Elder brother's garrison

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“Absolutely delicious,” Missouri replied with a smile.

Saratoga looked thoughtfully at Missouri's smiling face. In an instant, the radar for catching someone cheating went off in her head, and she instinctively felt that something was wrong.

Just as Saratoga felt he had discovered something, suddenly, a panicked cry came from the other side of the hall.

"Waaaah—Sister Duan, are you alright?!"

"Oops... I choked!? It's all my fault for talking while you were eating, Sister Duan... I'm so sorry!"

"I...I'll give you a back massage, Sister Duan! Sister Duan, you...ah? Uh? Oh, you want water, right? I understand!"

"Hey, water...where's the water...uh, Sister Duan, wait a moment, I'll be right back! Sister Duan, hang in there!"

Then, a series of loud clattering and rummaging sounds came from the other end of the hall.

You can still faintly hear Duan Shuiliu choking and coughing incessantly, sounding pathetic.

"...What's going on over there?"

Saratoga frowned and muttered under his breath.

"It seems the Admiral and Miss Duan get along very well."

Missouri next to him laughed as she tore open the instant noodle packaging.

Instantly, the steaming vapor, like a small hot pot, carried the pungent aroma of instant noodles to those around them.

Saratoga turned around, looked at the bucket of noodles in Missouri's hand, and blinked slightly.

Saratoga picked up two pieces of fried pork chop and put them into Missouri's instant noodle bucket.

"Senior?" Missouri was somewhat surprised.

"Here you go." Saratoga propped her chin on her hand, turned her head to the other side, puffed out her cheeks, and snorted, "Although I don't know what you just did, this way, we're on the same side."

"Oops..."

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Xiao Bai took out a spare bottle of mineral water from the ship's equipment space, hurriedly unscrewed the cap, and handed it to Duan Shuiliu, who was coughing incessantly.

Duan Shuiliu awkwardly accepted Xiaobai's bottled water, tilting her head back and gulping it down several times before gradually calming down.

Duan Shuiliu put down the half-empty mineral water bottle and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Sister Duan, how are you feeling now?"

Xiao Bai asked worriedly.

"Much better. Thank you."

Duan Shuiliu expressed his gratitude.

Duan Shuiliu screwed the cap back on the mineral water bottle, placed it on the edge of his bowl, and then stared at the few glistening grains of rice that had just been sprayed out of the bowl, a faint hint of embarrassment flashing in his eyes.

Duan Shuiliu took out a piece of toilet paper and gathered the scattered grains of rice around the edge of the bowl, one by one, into a square paper ball.

"...Um, Sister Duan, I'm sorry...it's all my fault for bringing this up while you were eating." Xiaobai scratched her head apologetically.

"It was my request, you did nothing wrong." Duan Shuiliu seemed unwilling to dwell on the topic of spitting out food any longer, and instead asked, "You want to heal all the military police ship girls?"

"Hmm, is it... inconvenient?"

"Convenient." Duan Shuiliu nodded, then picked up the pork chop rice and continued eating it bite by bite.

Xiao Bai stared at Duan Shuiliu for a moment, stunned.

"Um, Sister Duan, what do you mean by 'convenient'...?"

"I gave you the key before."

"Ah... does it mean... you agree?" Xiaobai asked tentatively.

Duan Shuiliu chewed his rice and looked at Xiaobai.

His eyes seemed to say, "Wasn't I clear enough?"

"Thank you, Sister Duan!" Xiaobai smiled happily at Sister Duan.

“…I should be thanking you,” Duan Shuiliu said.

"Okay!" Xiaobai nodded. "I will try my best to heal them!"

"Don't spend too much time on it; you still need to plan the event," Duan Shuiliu reminded him.

"Ah...that's true...Well, I'll try to use my free time outside of events..." Xiaobai said with a slightly embarrassed smile, "But looking at today's schedule...it seems like I won't have much of a chance to push the event today..."

Xiaobai was indeed planning to promote the event this morning.

In order to participate in the event properly, Xiaobai even completed all the daily tasks.

Later, although Duan Shuiliu brought Xiaobai to the military police station, she knew the importance of the event to Xiaobai, so she didn't initially intend to stop Xiaobai from participating in the event. After bringing Xiaobai to the military police station and making her request, Duan Shuiliu originally intended to signal to Xiaobai that the conversation was over and that she should hurry back to the event.

Who knew that after Xiaobai finished talking to Duan Shuiliu, she not only didn't understand what he meant at all, but even went outside to start conquering Convers, getting engrossed in the side quests and having no interest in the main quest. Later, when Duan Shuiliu saw that Xiaobai actually liked spending time with him, he was a little touched and, in a moment of impulsiveness, stayed with Xiaobai until this late.

but.

We still need to participate in the event.

Being the world's number one in a newbie naval base is not only a status, but also a matter of course a belief. As long as a newbie naval base participates in an event, winning first place is a must.

"In short, although it seems a bit late today... it looks like we can't push the event anymore, and we've probably fallen behind quite a bit... but don't worry, Sister Duan, I'll work hard starting tomorrow!" Xiaobai said confidently to Duan Shuiliu, "I'll definitely get first place."

Duan Shuiliu, who was holding a pork chop rice bowl, chewed her rice and looked at Xiaobai, who was patting his chest with a confident expression. She thought for a while, swallowed what was in her mouth, and said: "Actually, you didn't fall behind today."

"Not lagging behind?" Xiaobai was taken aback. "Huh? What do you mean? Well, shouldn't our naval base be lagging far behind by now?"

Without the admiral's orders, the ship girls will never set out on a mission on their own.

This is an ironclad rule that even the newest ship girls strictly adhere to.

So Xiaobai doesn't think that his ship girl will go on an expedition while he's visiting the military police station. The newbie naval base missed two days of events in a row, so his merit points should still be zero.

Just as Duan Shuiliu was about to speak to Xiaobai's question, a phone rang, interrupting him.

Duan Shuiliu put down his rice bowl, took out his cell phone from his clothes, and looked at the phone number on the caller ID.

"Hello?" Duan Shuiliu answered the phone in front of Xiaobai and turned on speakerphone.

"Hey~ Admiral!"

On the phone, accompanied by the sound of waves, a cheerful, unfamiliar female voice rang out.

It sounds like this call should be from the ship girl, who is the admiral of the Mizutsu.

Xiao Bai looked at Duan Shuiliu's phone with some curiosity.

"Admiral, it's getting dark, shall we call it a day?"

"Hmm, how was the harvest?"

"Uh... a good harvest is impossible. None of the sisters have experience with this kind of activity, so a good harvest is out of the question today... It seems like there are only about sixty Deep Sea Dean Metals..."

"Oh."

"Ugh—this event is really tough. There are so many Deep Sea Deans. This is the first time I've ever eaten so many buckets in one day. I feel like my head is going to turn green."

"have a good rest."

"Alright! Oh right, Admiral, how many of those sixty-odd deep-sea metals should be distributed to the newbie naval bases?"

"half."

"Got it~"

There was a click.

The call ended amidst the ship girl's light and cheerful tone.

Duan Shuiliu silently put away his phone and continued eating.

Xiao Bai sat next to Duan Shuiliu, stunned for a moment.

"Eh?"

"Eh?"

Xiao Bai blinked, looking completely bewildered: "Sister Duan?? This is..."

“Although I’m here, the ship girls at my naval base are all out on expeditions,” Duan Shuiliu said. “Around noon today, I asked them to help you earn some merit points.”

"……"noob.

what.

Yes!

Duan Shuiliu also said that his ship girls are not from the military police; they are all in his own naval base.

Xiao Bai belatedly slapped his forehead, finally realizing what was happening.

Honestly, I almost forgot that Duan Shuiliu has a dual profession...

He's an admiral, after all; he'll definitely participate in events too...

Xiao Bai looked embarrassed.

I thought Duan Shuiliu would be keeping me company while I slack off today, but in the end, I was the only one doing it...

Xiaobai covered her face.

I immediately felt a pang of shame.

again……

He made Duan Shuiliu sacrifice for him again...

I feel so ashamed...

"Do you think half is too little?" Duan Shuiliu looked at Xiaobai's complicated expression and thought that Xiaobai was not satisfied with the proportion he gave her. "I can give you 80%."

"Ah, no, no." Xiaobai quickly waved her hand and gave Duan Shuiliu an awkward smile. "Um, why did you give it to me, Sister Duan? Isn't this what your ship girl earned through her own hard work?"

"You're helping me out today, and since there's no expedition event, I'm in charge. I'll give you some merit points to help you climb the rankings." Duan Shuiliu paused slightly after saying this. "Getting a good ranking in the early stages of the event will greatly help stabilize your ranking in the later stages."

"Ah... so that's what Sister Duan was thinking..." Xiao Bai murmured softly.

"Ah."

"But I refuse."

"???"

Chapter 1107 Even if you're beaten to tears, you have to keep pretending.

Xiao Bai's sudden rejection caught Duan Shuiliu off guard, who had assumed Xiao Bai would accept it.

Duan Shuiliu panicked briefly, glancing around.

Finally, Duan Shuiliu looked into Xiaobai's bright eyes, lowered his head, and thought carefully for a while.

Duan Shuiliu's brain was working at lightning speed.

Duan Shuiliu deduced from his words.

Finally, Duan Shuiliu raised his head slightly and asked softly.

"...Do you want it to be 100%?"

"Huh? No, no, no!"

Xiao Bai smiled wryly and quickly shook her head, "Sister Duan, you misunderstood. I didn't mean that I thought you gave me too little... I meant that I don't want any of it."

Duan Shuiliu was stunned.

She tilted her head, looking at Xiaobai with some confusion, waiting for Xiaobai's next words.

Such a thing as a free lunch.

No one should refuse.

"Although Sister Duan is right, the early rankings are very important and will affect the later rankings. But those merits are earned by Sister Duan's ship girls through hard work. I did nothing and I want to take half of them. It's too unfair to your ship girls, Sister Duan."

"...They probably won't mind."

"Ah..." Xiaobai chuckled dryly, scratched her head, and thought for a moment, "Well, Sister Duan's ship girls must all be very understanding sisters. They probably won't mind if I take away their hard-earned fruits. But... actually, I'm a little... unwilling to do this."

"What's wrong?