Elder brother's garrison

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"Uh...no, no, I meant I hope you can..."

"To hell with the bad guys!!!" The leader slammed the table in front of him to the ground, then glared at the table with a manic, furious expression, repeatedly asking, "You're saying I'm a bad guy??? I'm a bad guy?!"

Under Xiaobai's astonished gaze.

The guild leader, who had been calm and resigned to his fate, suddenly became as furious as a mad leopard after hearing Xiaobai's words.

The commander immediately opened his mouth and started yelling at Xiaobai and Pompeii in rapid succession.

You're saying I'm a bad person?!

"It's you again, it's you again!!!"

"Do you think I'm a hopeless bastard who forces ship girls into slavery, extorts huge sums of money from foreign entities, is a swindler who linees his own pocket, is obsessed with beauty and only cares about money?"

"Yes or no?!"

"What do you know?!"

"Did you see those ship girls outside?? Did you see those ordinary humans outside??"

"Our regiment has a total of 87 people: 77 ship girls, 9 logistics personnel, and one regimental commander! Do you know how much our regiment costs in a day? Do you know how much it costs to maintain the ship girls' equipment and ammunition?"

Do you even know who those people are?!

"Most of the wandering ship girls are basically untrained! They have no equipment! Their training level is too low to pose a threat to a fully formed Abyssal Disaster! Do you think we forced them? Have I ever forced you? Do you think I don't want strong crew members? They all came to me voluntarily! What could I do?!"

"If you leave those low-level ship girls unattended, they won't be able to withstand the deep-sea disasters, and they're not good at human jobs. They'll easily go broke, they'll steal, they'll rob, and they might even run into human society to do shady jobs! Who do you think took them in? It was me! I took them in, equipped them, gave them resources, trained them, helped them grow, and gave them the power to fight! I made sure they could do the jobs that ship girls are capable of!!"

"Admiral, do you think training ship girls is free?!"

"Do you know how much money and how long it takes me to train a ship girl who can shoulder heavy responsibilities?!"

"The ship girls are very beautiful!"

"But I didn't touch them even with a single finger!!!"

"Because do you know how exhausting it is to support a group of nearly ninety people!"

"Do you know how painful it is for me to think about how to make money, what the whole team should eat, where they should live, and what they should use as soon as I open my eyes every day?!"

"You have the funds from above, the best conditions, and can enjoy the world's favor and praise! We don't! We can only eat what you leave behind, search for some remaining deep-sea hazards around the world, make a little money, and then support a whole bunch of people! A whole bunch of people!"

"And then I'll take all the world's criticism for you guys!!"

"Now you're saying I'm a bad person?"

"Am I a bad guy?"

"I! Am! a! Bad! Person!??"

Chapter 1317 The Outbreak of Pompeii

The mercenary leader roared at Xiaobai and Pompeii.

Outraged.

Impassioned.

A considerable amount of information was mixed in between his words, all of which rushed into Xiaobai's mind at once, leaving Xiaobai stunned and only able to listen silently to the leader's outburst.

break out.

It was indeed an outbreak.

Xiao Bai could tell that the commander was venting his anger, but it didn't seem to be originating from him.

After all, the commander's emotions were changing too drastically.

I was probably just a trigger.

Xiao Bai silently observed the man's expression.

Talk about it.

The operating principle of mercenary groups should be to come to places that lack the jurisdiction of admirals and are plagued by deep-sea disasters, collect a certain fee from the local people suffering from the disaster, and then clear the sea area.

Although this operating model is similar to that of an admiral, the two are fundamentally different in status, so mercenary groups are unlikely to be treated well by the common people.

Mercenary groups are roughly equivalent to arms dealers during wartime.

The mercenary group led by this leader must have suffered from this kind of prejudiced viewpoint and exclusion, and the emotions he had been holding in were finally punctured at the last moment of his conversation with Xiaobai.

and.

Xiaobai has no experience in handling the current situation.

Listening to the regimental commander's self-disclosure.

"Uh... I, I..." As the admiral, Xiaobai was stunned by the captain and stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.

Just as Xiaobai was wondering how to respond to the explosive guild leader, another orange figure flashed in front of him.

"Shut up!" Pompeii flashed in front of the commander, shouting as she raised her arm and punched the man hard in the face.

For an instant.

The man, who was full of passion just a second ago, took a solid punch from Pompeii and was sent flying backward, crashing onto the table on the ground with a thud.

"Pfft!"

The mercenary leader felt as if he had been hit on the face with a heavy hammer. His nose and mouth suddenly felt warm, and he painfully closed his mouth.

"Huh? Pompeii?!" Xiaobai was completely taken aback when Pompeii suddenly appeared at this moment.

However, Pompeii seemed not to hear Xiaobai's words. She angrily kicked the table, bent down, grabbed the man's collar, and pressed him firmly to the ground.

"A bad guy? Isn't he?!" Pompeii glared at the man and shouted, "You're great, you're selfless, you save the world, you're supreme! But what about the fees you charge ordinary people?! Do you think you have a reason to ask for 1.8 million?! You're kidding me! You couldn't even sell me for 1.8 million!"

Pompeii seemed to have deliberately held back his strength in that punch, preserving a sliver of consciousness for the commander.

Pompeii grabbed the man by the collar and stared straight into his eyes.

"I appreciate your good deeds! But that's no excuse for swindling civilians! I'm a traveling ship girl too, and I've seen just as many cities as you! Do you know how many families can be ruined by 1.8 million? You take advantage of the fact that civilians have no choice but to extort money from them. Do you know how long those families you've drained will survive after you've cleared the seas?! You... you... you're so self-righteous, so self-important, blinded by your own achievements, and you feel like the whole world owes you something! What's the difference between you and those arrogant admirals who think they're powerful and don't care about human lives?!"

"What's the difference?!"

Pompeii practically shouted his last words.

The commander, whose face was covered in blood from Pompeii's punch, was stunned by Pompeii's shout.

For a moment, he could only stare blankly at Pompeii, blinking his eyes stupidly.

Pompeii himself quieted down.

Inside the tent, only Pompeii's heavy breathing, a result of his excessive exertion, could be heard.

"..." Little White stared blankly at Pompeii's retreating figure, mouth agape.

Pompeii...

It feels like it exploded too...

Under Xiaobai's watchful gaze, Pompeii took a deep breath, loosened his grip on the man's collar, and slowly straightened his back.

Pompeii looked down at the mercenary leader who was staring blankly at him.

It seems like.

It's as if two people with stories to tell are exchanging tales of their tragic pasts.

"Pompeii..." Little White ran to Pompeii's side and hurriedly took Pompeii's hand. "Pompeii, hurry... you guys were making a lot of noise, we have to get out of here!"

"Ah... Little White Admiral?" Pompeii, her hand pulled by Little White, seemed to snap back to reality, momentarily stunned. Then, she finally realized she had just done something quite terrible. Her mouth agape, she covered it in shock, staring at Little White, "Little... Little White Admiral, I... I... I'm so sorry..."

"It's alright, it's alright, you're right, and you did the right thing! Don't worry about that!" Xiaobai quickly took Pompeii's hand. "Anyway, some ship girls outside might notice the sounds coming from inside the tent, so let's go today!"

"Uh! Okay! I understand!"

Little White and Pompeii took turns pushing each other around the tent for a couple of steps.

Finally, Xiaobai remembered the man lying on the ground.

“Um… Mr. Commander, I’m so sorry for saying you’re a bad person earlier. I apologize.” Xiaobai bowed to the man. “However, as Pompeii said, your charges to the villagers are indeed seriously exaggerated, which is a big problem… But let’s put that aside for now. Anyway, it seems the situation isn’t suitable for chatting now, so I’ll take my leave. I’ve benefited a lot from my conversation with you today, Mr. Commander, and I will come to visit you formally another day.”

Speaking of it.

Xiao Bai recalled the business card the guild leader had given him and the guild leader's name.

"Commander Huai Ren." Xiao Bai gave the commander a kind smile.

"..." Commander Huai Ren silently looked at Xiao Bai, then he raised his head shakily and gestured towards Xiao Bai.

"Commander Huai Ren? Do you have anything to say?"

"The information here is... something I bought." Commander Huai Ren coughed twice, wiped the blood from his nose, and spoke to Xiao Bai.

"Bought?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

"……Yes."

“…Ah.” Xiaobai blinked, thought for a few seconds, and then nodded. “I understand. Thank you for your help, Commander Huai Ren. Um, your injuries are a bit serious right now… Anyway, I’ll come back to talk to you more about it next time. You should focus on recovering…”

Little White got up, pushed Pompeii beside him, and hurriedly ran out of the tent.

Commander Huai Ren was left alone, lying on the messy ground, feeling the excruciating pain in his face, staring blankly at the tent flap.

Depend on.

Commander Huai Ren cursed silently in his heart.

How old are you?

Even now, I still feel this way whenever I hear the homonym of the name my elementary school classmates gave me to make fun of me.

I was a bit out of control...

Now I've gotten myself beaten up again.

How did I end up like this?

I couldn't resist.

Chapter 1318 is starting to get into the bonus content phase, isn't it?

After Xiaobai and Pompeii left the tent and disappeared into the grass at the edge of the camp, the mercenary ship girls who had noticed the unusual noises inside the tent approached it with curiosity and lifted the tent flap.

"Commander? I think I just heard something strange coming from this tent area... Eeeeeeeeah!!!"

Screams quickly replaced the ship girls' whispers.

The chaotic scene inside the tent came into view of the ship girls, and their gazes were fixed on the man lying on the ground with his face covered in blood and his breathing weak.

"Commander! Commander, you've been attacked again!!"

"Help! Help! Someone has attacked the commander again!"

"Go, Commander! Go, Commander!"

"Commander, hang in there! Don't stop breathing!!"

……

The ship girls' noisy shouts spread like wildfire across the entire camp. In an instant, the ship girls stationed there ran around, yelling and screaming, turning the once quiet wasteland into a chaotic mess, like a pot of boiling oil.

Amidst the frantic shouts throughout the camp, Xiaobai and Pompeii, looking somewhat disheveled, ran back from the weeds to the concrete street.

On the side of the street, two mercenary guard ship girls were still unconscious. Missouri had put them into two sleeping bags and hung them from the tree trunks by the roadside.

Missouri and the others watched as Little White and Pompeii hurriedly ran back to the street.

"Admiral! What happened over there?" Missouri reached out and pulled Little White out of the bushes, asking in surprise, "What a loud noise!"

"Uh... well, it's a long story." Xiaobai was pulled into Missouri's arms. She looked up and smiled shyly at Missouri. "Anyway, I've gotten the general information I wanted to know, although I don't know the details yet. Let's go back to the beach..."

“…Okay, Missouri, I understand.” Missouri glanced briefly at the bustling camp in the distance and nodded. “This place is indeed a bit troublesome right now.”

"Speaking of which, this is quite a big commotion... Admiral, did you beat up that regimental commander again?" Wisconsin asked.

"Uh... well..."

"Yes, it was me..." Pompeii raised his hand with an embarrassed and ashamed expression. "Yes... it was me again... I'm so sorry, I think I've caused you trouble again..."

"No, really no, Pompeii, you did a great job just now. And without your help, Mr. Commander wouldn't have told us where the information came from, right?" Xiaobai forced a smile and waved to Pompeii.

With Xiaobai's mysterious remarks.

Completely unaware of what had happened, the crowd repeatedly turned their puzzled gazes toward Pompeii.