Elder brother's garrison

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"It's okay!" Wisconsin happily withdrew her arm. She looked around, then suddenly her demeanor changed, and she glared fiercely at the crowd around her.

Everyone watching Wisconsin felt a chill run down their spines. They instinctively shrank back, fearfully averting their gazes and only daring to steal glances at the people in front of the taxi.

“Look, that’s it.” Wisconsin said to Iowa, spreading his hands.

"..." Iowa shook his head helplessly.

"Grandpa, thank you for your hard work this time too!" Xiaobai walked to the front of the car and bowed to the old driver who was puffing on his pipe to express his gratitude. "Well, anyway... there are advantages to driving slower... at least it seems safer."

"Sigh, little girl, you don't know, the most annoying thing for us in this line of work is waiting at traffic lights. This road leading to the city center is crowded, so there are tons of traffic lights. Sometimes, once it gets congested... sigh, this isn't something I can talk about with a little girl like you. Never mind, never mind." The old driver initially seemed to be pouring out his troubles, getting more and more excited as he spoke. However, when he saw the innocent, wide eyes of the young woman, he smiled wryly, stubbed out his pipe, and then glanced down at the meter. "Hmm, same old story, around three or four hundred. Just give me whatever you think is fair."

After saying that, the experienced driver pointed to the QR code pasted on the car door.

Xiaobai took out her prepared phone and scanned the QR code.

"Okay, got it." The experienced driver grinned at Xiaobai and pointed behind him. "Here, you guys go get your things."

"Well, thank you grandpa!"

Xiao Bai bowed to the experienced driver, put away his phone, and jogged to the trunk of the taxi.

As the trunk was unlocked, the tailgate creaked open.

Missouri stepped forward and gently lifted the trunk lid.

Hindenburg, his face expressionless, was lying face down in the trunk, hugging his legs.

"Have we arrived?" Hindenburg saw the trunk open, his eyes darting around as he looked at the little white car outside.

"Um...we've arrived." Xiaobai smiled sheepishly at Hindenburg.

Hindenburg then released his arms from his legs and slowly climbed out of the taxi's trunk.

After Hindenburg came out, Missouri closed the trunk.

With the sound of an engine starting, the experienced driver waved to Xiaobai, then started the taxi and carefully drove away along the way he came, slowly blending into the bustling streets.

The taxi disappeared from sight.

Xiaobai turned around and looked at Hindenburg behind him.

"Um... Hindenburg... no, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to have troubled you this time." Xiaobai scratched his head and said to Hindenburg with an embarrassed look.

“I’m fine.” Hindenburg shook his head. “It’s warm and safe in there.”

"This isn't about warmth or safety..."

"...It's quite spacious too."

"..." Xiaobai was speechless for a moment. She cleared her throat and then clenched her fists. "Well, anyway, I'll book two cars when I go back!"

Hindenburg looked at Xiaobai's confident expression, thought for a while, and silently nodded.

Wisconsin, who was standing next to the car, walked over to Xiaobai.

"Anyway, Admiral, where should we go for fun first?" Wisconsin pointed to the park not far away and said to Xiaobai excitedly, "Admiral, Admiral, there's a park over there!! I've never seen a fountain before, how about we go for a stroll!"

“A park? Sure, but—we need to go to the bank first before we go to the park.”

"A bank?" Wisconsin was taken aback. "Why would you go to a bank?"

"I'm withdrawing money..." Xiaobai nodded, raised her phone and waved it in the air, then smiled apologetically at Wisconsin, "Well, actually, I haven't had any cash on hand since I paid Iowa in Chapter Six... We're going to the city to play later, and we're probably going to spend a lot of money, so... to avoid any unforeseen circumstances... I need to withdraw some money."

"Hey... In this day and age, haven't we already entered the era of cashless transactions? It's alright if the Admiral doesn't withdraw cash, right?"

"Not necessarily. For example, sometimes there might be stalls selling cotton candy or grilled sausages in the park, and those stalls might not support QR codes."

"Do these outdated stalls still exist nowadays...?"

"Yes, I have."

"Who?"

“When Richelieu ran a cotton candy stall in Kyoto, she didn’t support QR codes.”

“…Oh ho.”

The reason Xiaobai gave was incredibly convincing.

Xiaobai's salary bank card is from a fairly large bank. Even in a city like Qingke City, which is not very big, there are nearly ten branches of varying sizes in operation.

Xiaobai recalled the admiral of Qingke City and led the ship girls to the branch closest to their current location.

Even as afternoon approached, the bank still had a moderate flow of people.

We were just in a state where it wasn't exactly crowded, but there was still a sparse queue.

There are banks in the sea areas where Xiaobai has been on his expeditions. For various reasons, Xiaobai has used ATMs a few times, so he is quite familiar with the money withdrawal process.

Upon entering the bank, Xiaobai told the ship girls behind her to find a seat in the rest area, and then walked alone to the ATM with the shortest queue.

The allure of the Iowa class is not something that can be easily taken away.

As soon as Xiaobai reached the end of the line, she noticed that the people queuing in front of her and the surrounding ATMs kept glancing at the ship girls in the rest area.

"Those gentlemen... oh dear..."

"So beautiful, such a great figure..."

"What cosmetics are you using? Your skin looks so white and smooth."

Is she a celebrity?

"..."

After finding a common target to focus on, the people in front of the ATM, regardless of gender or even if they were strangers, subconsciously began to whisper and discuss among themselves.

Xiaobai understands this feeling.

After all, the appearance of ship girls is basically the kind of top-notch beauty that is polished by special effects in movies, with many makeup artists working on them one after another. Now, these beauties have not only jumped out of the screen, but five of them have even appeared in the bank at once. For ordinary human society, they are indeed easy to become the focus of discussion.

—Well, how should I put it?

It felt rather awkward to have your ship girl being stared at like that by others.

Anyway, it wasn't very comfortable.

Or maybe I should just get some big sunglasses and baseball caps for Missouri and the others too...

Xiao Bai thought to himself.

But his gaze suddenly drifted to the ATM machine not far away.

A young girl with healthy, wheat-colored skin was holding a bank card in her hand, her big, dark eyes fixed on the ATM screen. She was nervously and clumsily poking at the card reader.

This girl has a long ponytail, slender hands and feet, a light figure, a small nose and mouth, and big eyes. If you only look at her profile, she doesn't look like she has fully grown up yet, but overall she is still quite cute and gives people a very healthy and lively feeling.

The girl was very young in both figure and appearance.

Xiao Bai blinked, seemingly lost in thought.

Judging from appearance alone, this girl is probably similar to Xiaobai herself.

And Xiaobai's appearance is even younger than his actual age...

In other words, this girl is very likely just a junior high school student?

Well……

Xiao Bai stared at the girl for a while, then thought for a moment.

Most junior high school students at this stage are enjoying the allowance provided by their parents, far from the dull joy of achieving financial freedom like Xiaobai, let alone the experience of holding a bank card and going to the bank to withdraw money.

It's quite interesting to see a junior high school girl like this in a place like a bank.

Is she a ship girl?

Chapter 1289 Robbery! (Third Update)

The girl, who looked like a junior high school student, didn't seem to be very good at using ATMs. She finally managed to insert her bank card into the ATM's card reader, but then stared blankly at the dazzling display screen for a long time, looking quite lost.

"Hey little sister, aren't you done yet?"

Behind the middle school girl, a young man who looked like a college student saw the girl staring blankly at the screen for a long time without making any moves, and he couldn't help but open his mouth in a bit of helplessness.

I heard a sound behind me.

The middle school girl's shoulders twitched.

"It's okay! I'm... I'm done!" The girl bit her lip, then dejectedly reached for the card reader, rubbing her slender fingers on it several times before suddenly pausing, "Huh? Where's my card...?"

"You need to press the eject button for your bank card to be ejected," the young man reminded him, somewhat helplessly.

"Huh? Oh...oh...then refund the card, refund the card..."

"Press the one in the bottom right corner."

"..." The girl bit her lip and tapped the bottom right corner of the screen several times. Then she stared nervously at the card reader. After the bank card popped out, she quickly pulled out her bank card, took several steps back with the card, and pushed it outside the security line.

Clutching her bank card, the girl nervously watched the next person approach, skillfully operating the ATM and withdrawing several bright red banknotes in less than a minute before leaving.

Xiao Bai stood at the back of his line, silently observing the girl's movements.

Every time someone approaches an ATM, the girl stares intently at the person operating the machine until the transaction is complete.

Judging from her reaction just now.

She seems to have absolutely no idea how to use an ATM, and her comprehension skills appear to be quite poor; she's also not very good at improvisation.

—This child doesn't seem to be very bright.

However, judging from her current behavior...

She was learning how to operate an ATM on-site?

Ok.

Although not smart.

But it seems like they're working quite hard.

Xiao Bai glanced at the nervous-looking junior high school girl, nodded inwardly, then left the group and walked towards her.

"Hello." Xiaobai walked up to the girl and gave her a friendly smile. "Excuse me, do you not know how to use an ATM?"

Xiao Bai's footsteps were light and airy, and the girl didn't notice him coming to her side until he spoke, at which point she turned her attention to him.

"Wow!" The girl was startled by the sudden appearance of Xiaobai next to her, and her bank card fell to the ground with a thud.

Xiaobai glanced down at the bank card on the ground, bent down to pick it up, handed it to the girl with both hands, and smiled at her.

"We look about the same age. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me, and I can teach you..."

"Snapped!"

Before Xiaobai could finish speaking...

The girl nervously grabbed her bank card, then frowned and looked at Xiaobai with a conflicted expression before closing her eyes, turning around, and running out of the bank.

When I ran to the bank entrance.

The girl holding the bank card bumped into a man, causing him to stumble back a few steps.

"Damn it...you little brat, are you sick in the head?!" The man didn't seem like a good guy. He was accidentally bumped hard by the girl, and almost fell over. After finally regaining his balance, he was so angry that his eyes were blazing. He raised his hand to lash out.

"I'm sorry!" The girl was even faster than him. She apologized quickly, then bent down and nimbly slipped under the man's arm. She then turned into a wheat-colored shadow and disappeared outside the door.

The man who was hit was also pushed down by several people who were with him from behind.

"This is important, this is important! Don't argue with a child..." His companions reassured the man.

"...Damn it!" The man frowned, shaking his arm in obvious displeasure. He then looked up at the people staring at him, glared fiercely, and shouted in a booming voice, "What are you looking at?!"

The people inside the bank were startled by the shout and quickly looked away.

Only Xiaobai remained standing there, somewhat dazed, head down, staring at her hands.

Uh……

how to say.

Xiao Bai has been a tyrant in the world of admirals for so long, and he's seen all kinds of arrogant girls. But this is the first time he's ever seen a girl who doesn't even want to say a word to him and just turns around and runs away.

Xiao Bai said he was a little discouraged.

Do I... look like a bad person?

Xiao Bai looked up and stared blankly at the glass doors of the bank.