Elder brother's garrison

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"...Uh, were you following me just now...?"

“Just following them.” Zara smiled calmly, uttering a remarkable word.

"..." Xiaobai was silent for a moment, "...there doesn't seem to be any fundamental difference between stalking and tailing..."

And this tailing was far too blatant.

I'm almost shoulder to shoulder with Xiaobai.

"I've learned a lot, admiral from another region." Zara bowed slightly to Xiaobai with great politeness.

Xiao Bai looked at Zara bowing and felt puzzled.

"Zara, have you... seen me before?"

"No, this is the first time we've met."

"Then why are you following me?" Perhaps because Zara's following was too blatant, Xiaobai was not angry at being followed by the ship girl, but was just a little confused.

“Your expression when you were looking for me at the beach just now was quite different.” Zara gently turned the umbrella handle, causing the red umbrella behind her to spin around a few times with amusement.

"Uh...you, you saw it..."

“I’ve spent some years in human society, so I know my appearance is somewhat conspicuous to humans. Therefore, I’m quite perceptive when it comes to these kinds of looks,” Zara said with a smile to Xiaobai.

"Uh...no, I'm sorry..."

“Admiral from another region, there’s no need to apologize. Your gaze is clean and pure, and I don’t feel uncomfortable because of such a clear look. Speaking of which, it’s not because you noticed me that I’m following you.”

"Huh? Then why is it because of you..." Xiaobai was taken aback.

Zara gently raised her hand and covered her mouth with her wide sleeve, her emerald green eyes quietly glancing at Xiaobai a few times.

“I called you the admiral from another region so many times just now… and you didn’t object. It seems you really are an admiral,” Zara said.

“…Yes, I am indeed an admiral.” Xiaobai asked curiously.

"Are you here to address the pollution incident in these waters?"

"Ah."

"I see. Just as I thought." Zara looked at Xiaobai with more appreciation in her eyes. "Then we're on the same team."

"Hey, 'a group' refers to..."

“It’s not really appropriate to stand here. How about we walk and talk?” Zara walked up to Xiaobai from behind, tilted her head, and smiled at Xiaobai. “The inn is not far ahead.”

"Oh...okay." Xiaobai nodded and started walking towards the hotel. "Uh, Zara, are you staying at the hotel too?"

"Exactly."

"Oh, I see..." Xiaobai gave a helpless smile. "Then you can't really say you're following me. We're just going the same way."

"I see." Zara nodded.

"Um, Zara, what you meant when you said we're in cahoots is..."

“My companion and I have been traveling in human society for a long time. When we passed through this small village, we noticed something strange about the sea around here. In order to investigate this sea further and to protect this village as much as possible in case of emergencies, my friend and I decided to stay in this village for a while.” Zara said calmly, looking ahead. When she finished speaking, she lowered her head slightly and turned her gaze to Xiaobai. “So, since you have also come to protect this village, even if we don’t cooperate, we are people with the same goal, we are on the same side.”

"Oh...I see." Xiaobai turned her head away somewhat awkwardly. "I thought..."

"Why?"

"No, it's nothing..." Xiaobai coughed lightly, then looked at Zara beside her, "Speaking of which, you just mentioned traveling... Does that mean you and your friends are ship girls without an admiral?"

“Exactly.” Zara nodded, her expression calm.

"Oh ho..." Xiaobai nodded, took out her hand, silently looked down at her palm, and then extended it to Zara, "Well... please take care of me."

Zara looked at Xiaobai's palm with an inquiring gaze.

"Since you, Zara, have said we're in the same group, then at least in this village we're companions. Here, shake hands to show our friendship!"

Zara stared blankly at Xiaobai's palm, her gaze drifting to Xiaobai's cheek.

"...You really are an easygoing admiral. I thought admirals in this world wouldn't stoop to associating with unclaimed ship girls like us." Zara shook hands with Shiro lightly. "Please take care of me."

"I don't mind that."

Xiaobai and Zara shook hands.

After shaking hands, Xiaobai and Zara walked a few steps side by side.

“Oh, right, speaking of which, Miss Zara…”

"Just call me by my name, the admiral from another region."

“…Hmm, Zara.” Xiaobai sized up Zara’s figure, thought for a moment, and then asked, “By the way, how did you manage to travel here?”

“Since we’re ship girls, we naturally prefer traveling along the coast,” Zara replied.

"Eh... Oh right, speaking of which, it seems like almost no one in this village knows you're a ship girl..."

"Being a ship girl can sometimes cause a lot of trouble. Although I can't change my identity, at least I can keep quiet about it. Besides, the residents of this village seem to have very stubborn opinions about the changes in the sea."

"...Don't the villagers believe in the changes in the sea?"

“The people who live off the sea think they understand the ocean very well, but the resentment of the deep sea is something that cannot be observed by human eyes,” Zara said.

"...So, no one paid you or your companions?"

"Ah."

"...Zara, are you still going to protect the village...?" Xiaobai said to Zara with great admiration, "How noble."

Zara glanced at Xiaobai and simply smiled.

"Admiral from another region, will you protect this village?"

"need."

"What if there's no compensation?"

“…Uh, that’s still necessary.” Xiaobai nodded without thinking. “After all, I’m already here…Cleansing the deep sea is the Admiral’s inescapable duty.”

“Then you are even greater than me.” Zara turned around and showed the red umbrella behind her.

"We are in this together, we are equally great."

"Pfft." Zara was amused by Xiaobai's words. She covered her mouth, looked at Xiaobai with a smile, and nodded and shook her head at the same time.

"Speaking of which, since we have the same goal, let's exchange some information. Zara, have you found anything on the sea these past few days?"

"No, my companions and I have been staying in the village these past few days, at most standing on the beach and gazing at the water for a while."

"Hey? Aren't you going out to sea?"

“Although our goals are basically the same, the tasks we ultimately need to accomplish are different. Your goal is to clean up the sea and fundamentally solve this problem, while my companions and I have different goals. Because our strength is limited, we can only help this village resist the first wave of deep-sea ships invading the shore after the sea has deteriorated to a certain extent,” Zara said to Xiaobai. “Once deep-sea ships appear in the sea, the people of this village will eventually accept the reality of the changing sea. At that time, the villagers should move away from here, the polluted sea will be cleaned up, and our goal will be achieved.”

"Oh... I see." Xiaobai nodded.

"I'm very sorry, I was unable to convey any useful information to you."

"It's alright, it's alright. You're all protecting the people in this village in your own way..." Xiaobai smiled.

Zara smiled silently.

The two continued walking down the street.

"Oh, right, speaking of which, why are you carrying an umbrella, Zara, even though it's not raining?"

"This? This is part of my ship's equipment."

"Eh...it's ship equipment..."

"It's a little heavy, would you like to try holding it?"

"Uh, no, no need..."

As Xiaobai and Zara walked and talked along the street, a small hotel with dim lights appeared in front of them at the end of the street.

At the hotel entrance, Yamato Akagi stood with his hands on his hips, gazing at Shiro and Zara from afar.

"Shiro! You're so slow!" Yamato called out to Shiro as he spotted Shiro and Zara from afar.

"Yamato-neechan!" Shiro waved to the Deep Sea Yamato from afar, "Sorry!"

Under the glow of the streetlights, Deep Sea Yamato and Little Sea ran up to Shiro's side, then looked at Zara next to Shiro with suspicion.

"Uh... Shiro, who is this woman...?" Shinkai Yamato had a look on his face that seemed to say, "Why can Shiro pick up girls while walking alone at night?"

“I am also a traveling ship girl stationed in this village. You can call me Zara. Nice to meet you.” Zara bowed slightly to Abyssal Yamato and tilted her head slightly to look at Shiro. “Now that we have arrived at our destination, I will take my leave.”

"Okay, goodnight Zara." Xiaobai waved.

Zara nodded, then her gaze drifted to Yamato Akami. Under Yamato Akami's strange gaze, she smiled kindly, then held up her red umbrella and walked past the two into the hotel.

Yamato watched Zara's figure disappear into the hotel with a strange expression, then looked at Shiro with some doubt.

"Xiaobai, is she the... unclaimed ship girl that Jinghua mentioned?"

"Uh... I'm not really sure either, but anyway, she doesn't seem like an ordinary ship girl." Xiaobai said softly, watching Zara's back.

"Ah? Really?"

"Well, when I shook hands with her just now, I subconsciously, secretly, and accidentally used the Admiral's Network to investigate." Xiaobai raised her palm and winked at Shenhai Yamato. "Yamato-neechan, listen to me."

"I'm here."

"That ship girl named Zara is fully trained."

Chapter 1301 This time, perhaps...

Based on their respective circumstances, ship girls in the world can be basically divided into two categories: military ship girls and civilian ship girls.

Military ship girls, as the name suggests, are ship girls created and trained by admirals who have successfully graduated from the admiral school and are able to take charge of a region, using construction devices to resist abyssal ships.

Civilian ship girls, on the other hand, are ship girls built by humans using slightly inferior construction equipment and crude construction techniques.

Due to the inferiority of the construction equipment, coupled with the extremely backward training system for ship girls in human society, civilian ship girls are generally far behind military ship girls in terms of ship equipment grade, equipment, training level, and combat experience.

The two ship girls, Entry and Emerald, in Xiaobai's newbie naval base are actually among the most powerful civilian ship girls.

Logically speaking, the Entry-level and Emerald should represent the pinnacle of civilian ship girls' self-improvement, and it's unlikely that there will be civilian ship girls more powerful than these two.

But just now, when Xiaobai shook hands with Zara, he was surprised to find...

Zara's ship equipment level is actually maxed out.

Admittedly, the term "max-level ship girl" sounds intimidating, but for most new naval naval naval navies, it's just a starting point for becoming stronger, and nothing special.

However, Zara is not a military ship girl after all, so it's really strange that she can have a max level.

"Uh... max level? Is that strange?" Deep Sea Yamato didn't understand Xiaobai's question. "My ship equipment level was maxed out hundreds of years ago."

"After all, she can't compare to you, Yamato-neechan..." Shiro smiled helplessly.

Abyssal Yamato was once a formidable force in the deep seas, with countless ship girls clashing with her every day. Under such intense and high-pressure battles, it would be strange if Abyssal Yamato's ship equipment level wasn't high enough.

"Hmph, so that means I'm better than her." Yamato Akami crossed his arms, looking smug.

"Yamato-neechan, you're the best!"

"Hehehe..." Abyssal Yamato scratched her head and laughed sheepishly, "It's nothing special... But since you're curious about that ship girl from earlier, how about I go ask her for you?"

"Ah? No need..." Xiaobai quickly waved his hand, "Although Zara seems to have a secret, I just talked to her, and she seems to genuinely want to protect this village, unlike a bad person."

"Oh... I see." Yamato Fukami nodded. Since Shiro thought it was okay, Yamato Fukami didn't mind either. "Let's not worry about that, Shiro. We already checked in before you came to the hotel. This hotel is quite clean, but the rooms are so small... there isn't even a bathtub."

"After all, the conditions are different from those in the city... I'm sorry to have to trouble Yamato-neechan..."

"Hmph, actually there's no such thing as feeling wronged or not. There are advantages to having a small hotel too."

"benefit?"

“Each room can only accommodate two people. Missouri is being closely watched by Hindenburg, so she can only share a room with her. Wisconsin will share a room with Iowa…”

"Oh...eh?" Xiaobai nodded subconsciously, then suddenly paused, "Could it be..."

“That’s right!” Yamato Akagi smiled smugly and showed off the ring on his hand. “Shiro, we’re sharing a room!”

"Ah...ah...oh..." For some reason, Shiro's gaze unconsciously drifted to Yamato's pink and cool lips, and suddenly her face turned red. "Uh...I'm sharing a room with you, Yamato-neechan..."

“That’s right.” Yamato Fukami hugged her happily. “Everyone is chatting in our room right now, and Kyouka is here too. Let’s go in quickly.”

"Uh... um, um..." Xiaobai covered her mouth, her cheeks flushed as she nodded.

"Also, since we've finally managed to sleep together again, Shiro, how about we... do something special tonight that we rarely do..." Yamato Fukami hugged Shiro's arm, and as she spoke, a shy expression appeared on her snow-white face.