Elder brother's garrison

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Sure enough, there was a faint aura of the deep sea on the surface of the sea. However, judging from the situation, the aura of the deep sea here was not very strong. At least it was not strong enough to create a deep-sea amphibious ship.

At least for now, the sea area is relatively safe.

Xiao Bai withdrew her gaze, feeling slightly relieved.

The country road led into the village, and Xiaobai and the others entered the village under Jinghua's guidance.

It's almost night now.

It was quite dark, and a few streetlights were lit along the village streets, making the streets appear somewhat dim.

Little White looked around the village.

Although this village is a village, it is located by the sea and fishes, so it seems to have some economic ties with the surrounding cities. Therefore, this small village has basically all the components that a small city should have.

"Speaking of which, Jinghua, how long have you been gone from here?" Xiaobai asked curiously as they walked together.

"It's been almost four days," Jinghua said apologetically to Xiaobai as she turned around.

"It's been so long... Won't your teacher worry?"

"This... I don't know either." A faint hint of embarrassment crossed Jinghua's face.

Xiao Bai silently glanced at the bewildered expression on the screen and said nothing more.

Led by Jinghua, Xiaobai and the others walked along the street to the seaside of the village and gradually approached a dwelling with a slightly wider view.

“My teacher is in that house over there!” Jinghua said, taking Xiaobai’s hand and pointing to the house not far away.

"Kyoka, do you live with your teacher?"

"Yes, I was raised by my teachers!"

"Huh? Oh..." Xiaobai nodded, silently being pulled by Jinghua, and walked towards the house.

Even at night, there are many lights on the seaside of this fishing village. By turning his head, Xiaobai can see many strong men barefoot on small boats on the other side of the beach, chatting with each other while holding a big bamboo pole.

The sea area is already filled with the scent of the deep sea, I never imagined so many people would still linger on the surface...

As Xiaobai walked, he gazed at the people on the sea and sighed inwardly.

Out of curiosity, Xiaobai used her ship girl-level hearing ability to eavesdrop on the conversations of the people on the sea.

The men's conversations were quite simple and straightforward, mostly revolving around the day's harvest and gossip about their extended families. However, amidst the chaotic chatter, Xiaobai overheard a conversation that caught his attention.

"Those two women from out of town who came here for tourism the other day, they were so beautiful, their figures, their demeanor, oh my..."

"Her skin is so delicate, you can tell at a glance she's a pampered young lady, not from our world..."

"Sigh, I don't know what it is about us that attracts them."

"Maybe the young lady has never seen the sea before? She's come here to watch the sea for a few days. Haven't you seen those two girls hanging around here every now and then? We can at least get some eye candy..."

……

Xiao Bai blinked.

It seems that the men on the beach were talking about the ship girls that Kyouka mentioned who had appeared here to protect the city these past two days.

But... are the ship girls hiding their identities?

Xiao Bai thought to himself.

"We're here!" Jinghua called out to Xiaobai.

"Oh!" Xiaobai shifted her gaze to what was in front of her.

Then, just as Xiaobai's gaze swept from the sea to the house in front of him, a beautiful crimson figure suddenly appeared in Xiaobai's sight from a shadowy corner of the house.

The crimson figure quickly disappeared.

Xiaobai stood there, stunned.

In the dim light.

Xiao Bai felt like he saw something...

A middle-aged woman holding an umbrella.

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The crimson figure flashed past in Xiaobai's eyes.

Vaguely.

Xiao Bai seemed to see a woman with a red umbrella walking from the seaside along the street into the village, and then quickly disappearing into the darkness of the village.

It was a slightly eccentric older sister dressed in red. Even though it wasn't raining, she was holding a red umbrella that wasn't too big or too small. The red umbrella obscured her face, so Xiaobai couldn't see her face clearly.

"Is she the ship girl that Kyoka mentioned...?" Xiaobai paused, then murmured softly.

The figure appeared so suddenly and disappeared so quickly that Xiaobai didn't even have time to react. So much so that Xiaobai didn't even use the Admiral's Network to identify her true form until the crimson figure disappeared deep into the darkness of the village, completely blending into the night.

However, normal human women probably rarely have that kind of unique temperament and figure.

Xiao Bai recalled for a moment.

The older woman with the umbrella had a tall and slender figure, but her curves were striking. Against her serene demeanor, she resembled a red pomegranate hanging from a tree after the rain—cool yet alluring.

"Big sister?" Jinghua saw Xiaobai staring at the street, looking lost in thought, and couldn't help but tug at Xiaobai's hand curiously.

"Huh? Oh... I'm here." Xiaobai snapped out of her daze and smiled shyly at Jinghua.

"Our teacher's house is just ahead," Jinghua said to Xiaobai, pointing to the house in front of them. "It's my teacher who wants to see you. Go and see him!"

"Okay, sure." Xiaobai nodded, as she was also curious about Jinghua's teacher.

After receiving Xiaobai's promise, Jinghua was quite happy. She skipped and hopped towards the door, rummaged around under the flowerpot by the door for a while, pulled out a key, and carefully blew off the dirt on it.

"Speaking of which, Jinghua, just now, I saw a lady with a red umbrella on the road around here." As Jinghua was unlocking the door, Xiaobai recalled the figure that had just passed by and said curiously to Jinghua.

"The older sister with the umbrella?"

"Hmm, do you know Jinghua?"

"Yes, I know them. Our teacher said they are ship girls who came to protect our village," Jinghua said to Xiaobai.

"Eh... so Kyoka, your teacher knew about it..." Shiro looked at Kyoka with some surprise. "From what I overheard the men talking on the beach, they didn't seem to know that they were ship girls."

"Well..." Jinghua's lively expression darkened slightly. As she unlocked the door, she said to Xiaobai with a hint of disappointment, "It's like this, actually, no one in the village believes what the teacher said..."

"Do not believe?"

“Yes, after the teacher said that the waters outside the village had become dangerous, the villagers no longer believed him.” Jinghua looked somewhat sad.

Xiao Bai remained silent.

Ordinary humans, unlike ship girls, do not have such keen senses. Their perception of deep-sea aura is actually quite dull. Unless the aura of the deep sea has multiplied and expanded to a level visible to the naked eye, humans cannot detect it using only their senses.

It seems that the teacher at Jinghua has it pretty tough...

"Speaking of which, Jinghua, do you know the name of that ship girl with the umbrella?" Xiaobai thought of this and suddenly felt that the topic was a little heavy, so she quickly changed the subject.

"The name of that lady with the umbrella? Hmm, she mentioned it. If I remember correctly, it should be..." Jinghua, who was opening the door, turned the doorknob with a creak.

then.

A strong smell of Chinese medicine wafted out of the room.

Jinghua was stunned when she pushed open the door.

Xiao Bai and the others behind Jing Hua were also stunned when they saw the scene inside the room.

There was no corridor in this room; behind the door was a large living room connected to the kitchen. A campfire was burning on the kitchen floor, and a pot of Chinese medicine was bubbling on the fire.

These were not the things that surprised Jinghua, Xiaobai, and the others.

To everyone's surprise, and even shock, was...

A person was lying face down on the living room floor.

An elderly man, dressed very simply, with a hunched back and gray hair.

The old man lay on the floor, his body hunched over in obvious pain. He clenched his fists, pressing them against his chest, and groaned in pain through his nose and mouth.

"Teacher!!!" Upon opening the door and seeing the scene inside, Jinghua's face instantly changed from joy to horror. She screamed and ran into the room, frantically throwing herself onto the floor beside the old man. With a trembling voice, she anxiously cried out to him, "Teacher!! Teacher, wake up! What, what's wrong with you!!"

"Admiral, could you please help that old man lying on the ground up a little?" Missouri asked Xiaobai as soon as Jinghua rushed into the house, putting his arm around Xiaobai's shoulder.

“Sure! Do you have a way, Missouri?” Little White nodded quickly.

“Missouri isn’t entirely sure either, but judging from the setup inside the house, the old man is likely suffering from some illness, and his sudden illness may have been caused by not taking his medicine in time. Missouri has some experience in preparing Chinese medicine, so he can help deal with the medicine over there.” Missouri pointed to the pot of Chinese medicine that was bubbling on the kitchen stove.

"Okay!" Xiaobai nodded to Missouri, then trotted over to Jinghua's side and gently squatted down. "Jinghua, quickly help me lift your teacher's upper body up."

"Eh... um, um!" Jinghua heard Xiaobai's instructions and hurriedly joined Xiaobai in pulling the old man's hand, tugging the old man who had fallen to the ground upwards.

"Admiral, just lift his head and body up a little bit, don't touch the old man's body too much," Missouri said to Xiaobai as she rolled up her sleeves and squatted down by the stove.

"Okay!" Xiaobai replied.

Missouri picked up the scalding hot Chinese medicine pot, frowned, bent down and sniffed the steam rising from it, then silently nodded, grabbed a bowl from the campfire, and poured the brown medicine from the pot into it.

Missouri carried the herbal medicine to the old man's side.

"The soup is still very hot, so it might be a little difficult to drink it," Missouri said to Little White.

"It's alright, leave it to me." Xiaobai reached out her hand, and while Jinghua's attention was entirely on the old man, a blue flame shot out from Xiaobai's finger. Xiaobai flicked the blue flame across the boiling Chinese medicine soup, and the scalding soup instantly cooled down.

Missouri carefully brought the chilled medicine to the old man's lips, tilted it slightly, and as the old man swallowed unconsciously, Missouri shoved all the medicine into his mouth.

After drinking the medicinal soup, perhaps due to psychological factors, the old man's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and his groaning gradually stopped.

“…Phew.” Little White watched as the old man gradually calmed down and breathed a sigh of relief. “Thanks to you this time, Missouri.”

"Missouri only did a tiny, insignificant thing." Missouri put down her smooth bowl and smiled at Little White.

Xiao Bai's gaze fell upon Jing Hua.

"Kyoka, is your teacher... in poor health?"

"...I...I don't know." Jinghua's face was pale from the fright she had just witnessed. She stared blankly at the old man's wrinkled face. "Teacher sometimes drinks some Chinese medicine, but every time I ask him, he says it's just some fitness products he's been sold on..."

“It might be a bit of an exaggeration to call it a fitness product.” Missouri shook her head. “Although the subject of traditional Chinese medicine is very profound and Missouri knows very little about it, I judge that most of the herbs in this prescription are just for calming the mind and have no effect on fitness whatsoever.”

"Huh? Is that so?" Xiaobai asked in surprise.

"Admiral, do you remember what Missouri was doing when you first met her in this world?" Missouri smiled at Little White.

"Uh... I think it's for a nurse." Xiaobai nodded. "But... is it just a calming and soothing potion..."

Xiao Bai looked down at the old man's face.

After taking the traditional Chinese medicine, the old man's complexion was still somewhat unpleasant, but his pained expression seemed to have gradually subsided.

It's a really strange illness.

Traditional Chinese medicine that only has the function of calming the mind and soothing the nerves should not be able to cure even a fever or a cold, right?

The way this old man was lying on the ground just now makes it hard to believe it was just a minor ailment.

But after drinking the calming potion...

Calm your mind and spirit...

Ok……

Ok?

Xiao Bai suddenly raised an eyebrow.

Could this old man's illness be... a mental illness?

Ah, of course, this mental illness doesn't refer to the kind that causes madness, but rather a mental disorder.

Xiao Bai briefly recalled the old man's condition when he had just fallen ill.

He appeared to be in pain, was unconscious, and had minimal sensitivity to external stimuli...

really.

It looks a bit like a psychological trauma.

However... normal, ordinary humans shouldn't have mental power, right...?

Is it...

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai silently spread out his network and probed the old man's body slightly.