Elder brother's garrison

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Before Mu Yu could press the camera button, Iahua, who was next to Xiao Bai, stepped forward and swiftly pressed the shutter button on Mu Yu's phone screen.

"Photographs are indeed a tool for recording beautiful things, but secretly taking pictures of ladies is not a gentlemanly act," Iowa said to Mu Yu with a light laugh.

"Ah, I'm sorry... I couldn't resist taking a picture of this soft, white little girl." Mu Yu blushed.

"Taking photos of underage admirals without permission can result in being charged with harassment and sent to the military police."

Iowa gently raised her hand, closed Mu Yu's phone, and handed it back to Mu Yu with a gentle smile.

Feeling immense pressure, Mu Yu extended both hands and accepted her phone.

"Ahem..." Mu Yu composed himself, glanced at Iowa, and then looked at Xiaobai, "Um, Xiaobai, is this super strong-looking older sister your newly acquired ship?"

"Newly built."

"Good heavens! Little White Sister, can you even build and ship anything?!"

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai realized that she had indeed been too good to Mu Yu.

I've only just started to treat him a little nicer, and he's already started to persecute me.

I'll let it go today because I'm in the wrong, but next time I'll have to be more critical of him.

"Um, speaking of which, where did Ringo-neechan and the other grandpas go?" Xiaobai suppressed the urge to punch him.

"Them? Ringo is probably there to commend the admirals who performed well during the event. You know Ringo is good-looking, so this kind of public appearance is perfect for him. As for those old men, they are usually very busy, so they packed up and went back to their respective sea areas as soon as the event ended today."

Mu Yu spread her hands and said with some pride, "But don't worry, Little White Sister. Although those vain old men didn't say anything when they left, Little White Sister's achievements in this event have actually won them over. They probably won't say anything to the newbie garrison again."

"Ah... I see." Little White breathed a sigh of relief. "Uh, but speaking of achievements... my achievements this time..."

"Yes, Little White, you really made the rookie garrison shine this time!"

"Ah? Really?"

"Little White Sister, I've been a governor for over ten years, and I've seen all sorts of talented and extraordinary people during that time. I've been clinging to your brother's coattails for so many years, but Little White Sister, you're the first governor I've ever met in my life who's so good at showing off."

Mu Yu spread his hands, looking at Xiao Bai with a helpless expression, "From the beginning to the end of the event, Xiao Bai, you were elusive the whole time, never showing your face once. Your merit ranking was also stuck at 1 point for ages. In the beginning, you caught the trend and attracted a lot of attention. Then, while all the admirals were enthusiastically discussing your naval base, you took down the super-powerful event boss that suddenly appeared and left the other naval bases helpless in one night, and swept through the entire sixth chapter of the sea area, giving all the admirals a good slap in the face. You see, this is simply a textbook example of showing off."

"...Uh, am I really that amazing...?"

"You're so impressive that I'm starting to wonder if you went to some fancy school for showing off, little white girl," Mu Yu said with a sigh.

"..." Xiaobai scratched his head, somewhat bewildered.

Although Mu Yu's analysis was very logical.

However, the reason why the newbie naval base's merit points remained at 1 from beginning to end was simply because the newbie was reluctant to exchange the Deep Sea Dean's Metal for merit points, thus enjoying the pleasure of being a hoarder.

As for trending topics and attracting attention, Xiaobai said she had never thought about it at all, since she was just a hamster after all.

But forget it.

do not care.

Anyway, it's a good thing.

Although he couldn't quite understand what Mu Yu was saying, he realized that she was praising him, so he decided not to dwell on the issue anymore.

"So, how did you handle the merit rankings this noon... when I wasn't here?"

"Ah, that's nothing. Actually, a minute before the event ended, Duan Shuiliu sent me the document, saying that her naval base had been transferred to you, so I transferred all her points to your naval base." Mu Yu gave Xiaobai a thumbs up. "Then I felt that wasn't powerful enough, so I added another ten million."

"...Can this be added freely?"

“Little White Sister, pacifying the entire sixth chapter sea area, even if it only brings peace to this sea area for a period of time, would be a great achievement for the stability of the entire human society. In ancient times, that would have cost ten thousand taels of gold and a fiefdom of three thousand li.” Mu Yu said to Little White, “This time, I’m only giving you ten million merit points, it’s just a drop in the bucket.”

"...Uh, but for the admiral..." Xiaobai.

"Well, I bet once those admirals calm down, they'll hate you to the core." Mu Yu looked up at the sky.

"……"noob.

"Anyway, since you're here too, Little Bai, here you go." Mu Yu said, returning to the stairwell to retrieve a stack of documents and handing them to Little Bai. "This is your first-place prize for this event."

"Oh? Oh, oh!" Upon hearing this, Xiaobai excitedly took the information Mu Yu handed over. "What kind of reward is it?"

The top prize during the last Autumn Deep Sea event was a top-tier carrier-based mecha girl. This year's Deep Sea event is much larger than the last one, and Xiaobai thinks the top prize might be even more generous.

Maybe she's a gun girl with a ship-mounted main gun?

Xiao Bai was a little excited.

Mu Yu smiled as she looked at Xiao Bai, who was asking her questions.

“A banner,” Mu Yu replied.

"……what?"

“A brocade banner,” Mu Yu repeated.

"???" Xiaobai was completely bewildered.

Mu Yu reached out and grabbed a piece of red silk from Xiao Bai's arms, then gently shook it in front of Xiao Bai.

With a whoosh, the silk fell down, forming a triangular bright red banner in front of Xiaobai.

The banner had four large, bright yellow characters written on it, along with a row of tiny characters.

—This is dedicated to the outstanding contributions made by the Newbie Town Hall to human peace during the sixth chapter, the Deep Sea event.

That's really awesome.

"..." Xiaobai, "Is this...?"

"Then look."

"But, but didn't you give me a mecha girl in the last event..." Xiaobai looked innocent.

"Ahem." Mu Yu's old face flushed again. "Well, little sister, you have to understand. Last time was a special case... This event happened suddenly, and in order to maintain order and improve the quality of the Admirals, the Admiral Guild maintained a high merit exchange rate for a long time, so we've already spent a lot of money over the past few weeks... So, well, you know..."

"……"noob.

"No, to be fair, isn't a banner a good thing? It's something to display at home to bring honor to your ancestors. Look at this, it's something our Admiral's Guild recognizes as awesome, isn't it? Isn't it cool?"

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai silently rolled up the banner and sighed softly.

A thousand words are stuck in my throat.

Fine.

Chapter 1219 Iowa, Come With Me

Despite working hard for several weeks, the result of only receiving a banner at home made Xiaobai slightly unhappy.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Xiaobai accepted the fact.

For beginners, the biggest reward of this event is simply participating in it.

Anyway, now that the event is over, he has all the Deep Sea Dean's Metal from his mountain, the 100% construction device, the Deep Sea Taihou Maid Group, and even built a top-tier battleship like Iowa. He can say that he has made a fortune and has nothing left to ask for.

A banner it is.

An officially bestowed banner of praise might sound a bit strange, but it's something that can help a newbie's naval base gain worldwide fame, so I think it's acceptable.

Since the current Admiral Guild doesn't have anything good to offer as rewards to newbies in the Naval Base, Xiaobai won't insist. After all, once you reach a certain level in the Naval Base, compared to mundane things like resources and money, things like exclusive titles, exclusive avatars, and dazzling rainbow wings that can prove your identity are much more attractive.

—It's decided.

—In short, hang this banner behind your desk when you get back to the naval base.

In front of Mu Yu, Xiao Bai slowly folded the banner.

"Oh right, that..." Xiao Bai said to Mu Yu while folding the brocade banner in her hand.

"What's wrong, Little White Sister?"

"So, the deep-sea activities in Chapter Six are now officially over, right?"

"Yup."

"Namuyu, do you have anything else to do right now?"

"No."

"Do you have time, Mu Yu?"

Yes, there are.

"Could you help me register the newly built ship girl?"

"sure."

"Won't this be too much trouble for you?"

"Nope."

“Ah…that’s great…Here, this is Iowa.”

"Okay."

Mu Yu nodded habitually, then turned around and rummaged through the folder behind her. "Little Bai, wait a moment, I'll get you a file card."

"Thank you," Xiaobai nodded.

The scene gradually quieted down.

Mu Yu held the information card and flipped through it rapidly.

Xiaobai and the two ship girls quietly watched Muyu.

Time passed by minute by minute.

"……Um?"

Finally, Mu Yu, who was flipping through the data cards, paused. He finally noticed something was wrong. He frowned and turned his head to look at Xiao Bai in a daze.

"Wait, Little White, what did you just say?"

"Thanks?"

"Emmm, it would be nice to repeat this sentence a few more times, but the previous sentence, the previous sentence!"

"...Is this Iowa?"

"That's the line!!" Mu Yu slammed the information card on the table, staring wide-eyed at the two ship girls beside Xiao Bai with a bewildered expression. "Who is this ship girl??"

"Nice to meet you, I'm Iowa." Iowa, standing next to Xiaobai, gave Muyu a peace sign and stuck out her tongue. "Please take care of me."

"..." Mu Yu stared blankly at Iowa, "You...are Iowa?"

"I'm very sorry, but if you want me to take out my ID or other documents to prove myself, I really can't do that," Iowa said, shrugging helplessly.

“This is indeed my sister,” Missouri said with a smile from the other side of Xiaobai. “If Missouri can vouch for Iowa’s sister’s identity, then there shouldn’t be any problem, right?”

"Uh...this..." A rather troubled expression immediately appeared on Mu Yu's face. He looked at Xiao Bai haltingly, his face turning a deep purple-black, like an eggplant. After a long while, he finally squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, feeling extremely embarrassed, "...Little Bai, you really are...ten years without building a boat, and now you've built one that's terrifying...no, if it were this Iowa, I simply couldn't register it for her..."

"Huh?" Xiaobai was taken aback. "What's wrong? Why can't it work?"

Mu Yu held her head, put down her information card, and stood there for a while to catch her breath.

Take a deep breath.

Mu Yu then looked at Xiao Bai.

“Little White Sister, I’m exercising my governor’s authority. It’s true that we can skip a lot of troublesome steps here and register the ship girls directly without middlemen taking a cut… I know you asked me to register Iowa, probably because you don’t want to waste time, right?” Mu Yu said with a bit of helplessness.

“…Hmm.” Xiaobai nodded. “Uh…is that not okay?”

“If it’s a regular ship girl, then it’s no problem… For example, if you suddenly create a Bismarck, a Lexington, or a Hood, I can just complete the paperwork for the new ship girl and have her pick up her ID card the next day…” Mu Yu covered his head, looking like he had a headache. “But that’s because we already have a series of preparatory measures for these ship girls, so we can just use a template.”

"Huh? Uh... what does that mean?"

"To put it simply, as you know, little white girl, being a ship girl is a profession where, as long as she exists, the corresponding naval base can receive a regular salary from us, right?"

"……Um."

"The treatment of ship girls varies depending on their ship name, training level, and combat achievements. Each ship girl needs to undergo quantitative assessment at each stage, and the results are recorded as data. Therefore, we have corresponding treatment plans for ship girls with different names." Mu Yu spread his hands to Xiao Bai. "For example, suppose a new naval base builds a new ship girl named Bismarck. When registering her, I only need to check Bismarck's treatment plan to directly calculate how much salary this ship girl will receive each month, how much it will be equivalent to in terms of the naval base's combat power, and whether she needs to undergo a certain period of advancement assessment."

"Uh... then, Mu Yu, you said there's no way to register Iowa, could it be..."

"That's exactly what I'm saying." Mu Yu clapped her hands and flipped through the folder in front of Xiao Bai. "The Iowa-class is a top-tier ship girl in human history. For the past five hundred years since humanity emerged from the Age of Inactivity, it has been an unparalleled existence. The ship girl next to you, Xiao Bai, is truly one of a kind, unprecedented and unparalleled. If she were an ordinary battleship, it would be fine. I could just give you a high-level battleship's treatment plan without losing out. But for a world-class battleship like this, where do we have a corresponding treatment plan?"

"Huh?? Eh? But, but don't my family also have Wisconsin and Missouri? Aren't they also..."