Elder brother's garrison

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"Uh..." Xiaobai hesitated for a moment, swallowed, glanced at the scythe blade between her legs, and then tentatively waved to the Deep Sea Zuikaku, "...Good...good morning?"

"..." Shenhai Zuikaku didn't speak. She just looked at Xiaobai with a puzzled expression for a long, long time.

After a period of time.

A flash of understanding crossed the eyes of the Deep Sea Crane.

The deep-sea crane completely ignored the little white creature that greeted it, then put down its scythe, lay back on the floor, and closed its eyes. The movements were swift and practiced.

"Hey! It's not a dream, it's not a dream!" Little White jumped up immediately. She ran around the giant scythe to the side of the Deep Sea Zuikaku, and shook the Deep Sea Zuikaku who was about to fall back asleep, saying nervously, "Miss Deep Sea Zuikaku, this is reality! I've come to find you!"

"..."

"I noticed you hadn't shown up for a very long time, so I came to look for you!"

"..."

"I was ambushed by Miss Savoy, targeted by Miss Kamikaze, and even taken to Frederick for interrogation. I've overcome countless obstacles and hardships to come find you!"

"..." The Deep Sea Zuikaku opened her eyes and turned to look at Xiaobai, "...Not a dream?"

"Yes! Absolutely true!" Xiaobai pointed at the Deep Sea Crane and nodded.

"..." Deep Sea Zuikaku stared blankly at Little White.

"..." Xiaobai was also looking at Shenhai Ruihe with a sincere expression.

Make sense.

Xiao Bai felt that his long journey to find his family would most likely move Shen Hai Zuikaku. It was quite possible that Shen Hai Zuikaku would be moved to tears or sit up and say with a touched expression, "You are kind, and I am kind. Is your garrison short of people?"

but.

To Xiaobai's surprise, after staring blankly at his own face for a long time, the Deep Sea Zuikaku inexplicably showed a disappointed expression and sighed.

"You still... came."

The deep-sea crane murmured softly.

Chapter 1963 Zuikaku's Despondency

Far from being moved by Shiro's sudden appearance, Shinkai Zuikaku, after muttering those words to himself, turned his gaze away listlessly, staring at the floor with a sense of dejection, as if his carefully planned scheme had failed.

"Huh?" Xiaobai was a little confused by the behavior of the Deep Sea Crane.

Deep Sea Crane's reaction was truly beyond Xiaobai's expectations.

"Uh... Miss Fukami Zuikaku? Well, maybe it's just my imagination... but I suddenly feel like you've become a little... unhappy after seeing me?" Shiro asked awkwardly.

"..." Shenhai Zuikaku raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xiaobai, "...Who brought you here?"

Instead of answering Xiaobai's question, Shenhai Ruihe turned the tables and asked Xiaobai a question in return.

"Uh... um... it's Miss Savoy." Although Xiaobai didn't know why Shenhai Zuikaku was asking this question, since the other party wanted to ask, Xiaobai honestly answered, "Well... it's like this, I just told you. When we were looking for Miss Shenhai Zuikaku, we encountered Miss Savoy outside this ruined city. Although we had some physical conflict with Miss Savoy due to some misunderstandings, fortunately, after we explained our relationship with Miss Shenhai Zuikaku, Miss Savoy stopped and kindly led us into this city to find you."

“…” Deep Sea Crane.

“Miss Savoy is such a kind person…” Xiaobai clasped her hands together, interlaced her fingers, and smiled at Shenhai Zuikaku.

"..." Shenhai Zuikaku silently watched Xiaobai sitting in front of her with an innocent smile. Her expression wavered slightly, and her breathing became rapid for a moment, but she quickly returned to normal.

"...She's not a good person." Deep Sea Zuikaku said calmly to Xiaobai, word by word, his gaze peacefully fixed on Xiaobai's eyes. "On the contrary...she harmed you all."

"Huh? Why?"

“She…” Shenhai Zuikaku opened his mouth, hesitated, and finally sighed softly, lowering his head, “…You shouldn’t have come here.”

"This is what the Deep Sea Crane said."

"Uh...it's nothing...Miss Abyssal Zuikaku is concerned about us, right?" Xiaobai smiled with some relief and explained to Abyssal Zuikaku, "Well...how should I put it, although this place is indeed a den of dragons and tigers in a certain sense...we were almost surrounded and beaten by Frederick the Great and his group...but! Fortunately, in the end, I paid a small price and made a perfect reconciliation with them. Now, Frederick the Great and his group will no longer hold you responsible for losing that squadron of deep-sea escort ships, and they even want me to release you."

“…I didn’t mean that…” Upon hearing the first half of Xiaobai’s sentence, Shenhai Zuikaku frowned slightly. She looked up, ready to explain, but upon hearing Xiaobai’s next sentence—that she had reconciled with Frederick the Great—She closed her mouth again, her attention drawn to Xiaobai’s words. She unconsciously listened to the rest of Xiaobai’s speech and finally asked, “…How did you reconcile with them?”

"Hey! Good question!" Seeing that Fukami Zuikaku had asked such a question, Xiaobai quickly rolled up his sleeves and earnestly explained to her, "Actually... the reason I came to see you alone, Miss Fukami Zuikaku, is not only because I care about you, but also so that I can get to the bottom of things with you as soon as possible... It's like this, before, in order to help us clear our names, I told a pretty big lie. This is what I said to Frederick in the conference room..."

Little White, beaming with excitement, repeated the story he had told Frederick the Great with great emotion.

About ten minutes later.

"...Then, in the story, we reached an agreement with you, Ms. Fukami Zuikaku, and became friends. In the end, you went back to the city alone to take the blame for me, while I couldn't let go of you, Ms. Fukami Zuikaku, so I brought people here to look for you." Xiaobai, her throat a little dry, put down her hands and said to Fukami Zuikaku, "Well, in short, that's roughly how it happened."

“…” Deep Sea Zuikaku listened silently to Xiaobai’s words, his expression unchanged.

"...Um...Ms. Fukami Zuikaku? What do you think of my story..."

"good."

"Other than that?"

"?"

"...Oh, no, it's nothing. It's alright, it's alright..." Xiaobai lowered her head dejectedly, rubbing her hands between her legs a couple of times. "Well...Miss Deep Sea Zuikaku, you must remember this, don't let it slip in front of the other Deep Sea Deans..."

"I know."

"……"noob.

The deep-sea crane's reaction was unusually normal.

Say something.

After being relentlessly pursued by Hindenburg the Deep Sea to tell stories, Xiaobai was actually a little arrogant, thinking that maybe he really was a good storyteller and that his impromptu adventures might be quite entertaining. So when he told the story to Zuikaku the Deep Sea, Xiaobai thought that Zuikaku would be as engrossed as the other Deep Sea Deans in the conference room.

The result was unexpected.

Let alone being addicted.

The reaction of the deep-sea Zuikaku was surprisingly indifferent...

Xiao Bai couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

The sound of someone getting up rang out in front of Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai looked up and found that the Deep Sea Crane had already stood up in front of it and was brushing the dust off its body.

"Miss Fukami Zuikaku, are you leaving here?" Shiro stood up with Fukami Zuikaku and asked her.

“Hmm.” Deep Sea Zuikaku gripped the handle of the giant scythe, pulling it inch by inch from the floor, and said calmly, “Since Frederick has already acquitted me, there’s no need for me to stay here.”

Deep Sea Zuikaku turned the orange scythe behind it, and the huge scythe transformed into a ball of orange light and disappeared beside Deep Sea Zuikaku.

“…Let’s go.” Shenhai Zuikaku turned his head, glanced at Xiaobai with dim eyes, and said softly to Xiaobai.

"Oh, oh..." Xiaobai nodded.

Xiaobai and Shenhai Zuikaku walked out of the room one after the other and headed towards the stairs.

“Frederick won’t forgive you just because of a few simple words,” Deep Sea Zuikaku said to Little White as they walked. “What else did you do after that?”

"Ah...you guessed that too..." Xiaobai smiled at Shenhai Zuikaku, then scratched his head and said, "Actually, it's nothing. I just took out some quick repair devices later and gave them all to Frederick as compensation for accidentally sinking the deep-sea frigate. Frederick even thanked me for my generosity."

"Quick...repair?"

"It's a high-tech item belonging to the ship girls, capable of quickly repairing damage to ship equipment."

"...Why hand over something so precious?" Deep Sea Zuikaku turned to ask Little White.

"...Well."

Xiao Bai almost opened his mouth and blurted out to the Deep Sea Crane, "You can easily bring out thousands of these in a newbie garrison," but thankfully he quickly covered his mouth.

—No matter what, the newbie naval base is still in opposition to these deep-sea commanders. Even though Shiro and the deep-sea Zuikaku have signed a provisional peace treaty, it's best not to casually tell the deep-sea Zuikaku this level of military secret...

"Ahem, Miss Deep Sea Zuikaku, didn't you also take all the punishment for me all by yourself?" Xiaobai lowered her hand and smiled slightly at Deep Sea Zuikaku. "The thing we humans value most is repaying a favor tenfold. Since you helped me, Miss Deep Sea Zuikaku, isn't it only right that I pay a little price for your freedom?"

"..." Shenhai Zuikaku silently looked at Xiaobai. She slowly turned her head and looked straight ahead. "...I didn't hide the matter of those deep-sea frigates for your sake."

“…Oh,” Xiaobai replied.

“…I’m sorry.” A tiny, almost inaudible voice, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, suddenly reached Xiaobai’s ears.

"Huh?" Xiaobai was taken aback. She quickly turned to look at Shenhai Zuikaku. "Miss Shenhai Zuikaku, what did you just say?"

"Nothing said."

"But, but I clearly heard..."

"Your illusion."

"Eh—but even the voices are exactly the same, it's really..."

"I told you, it's your imagination," said Deep Sea Zuikaku coldly.

“…Alright.” Xiaobai turned her head to the other side, sighed, and then suddenly seemed to remember something, turning back. “…Oh right, speaking of which, Miss Fukami Zuikaku, I have something I want to ask you. About the details of the deal you’ve been keeping so secret from me, can you tell me now?”

“…” Upon hearing Xiaobai’s words, Shenhai Zuikaku’s expression darkened again. “…It’s no longer necessary.”

“There’s no need for that…” Xiaobai looked at Shenhai Zuikaku with a puzzled expression.

"..." Deep Sea Zuikaku was immersed in a subtle, gloomy mood, looking exhausted, and seemed unwilling to explain anything to Xiaobai.

"..." Xiaobai looked at the Deep Sea Crane and tilted its head.

possible……

It's because the Deep Sea Crane has been locked up at the top of the tower for too long, so it feels a bit mentally exhausted and doesn't want to talk to itself about serious things for the time being. It's in a hurry to find a place to rest.

Ok……

Okay.

Anyway, now that Akagi Zuikaku has been acquitted, it doesn't matter when I ask her about it.

Tonight, Super Dahe and I spent a lot of time searching for the ruined city. Now it's almost dawn, and we need to find some time to go back before the ship girls at home find out...

Xiao Bai glanced at the Deep Sea Crane twice, then finally looked away.

After that, Xiaobai and Shenhai Zuikaku did not speak to each other again. The two walked quietly side by side down the stairs, floor by floor, back to the floor where Frederick the Great had been.

"Zuikaku from the Deep Sea!!" At the top of the stairs, Hindenburg from the Deep Sea, like a hunting dog eagerly awaiting its master's return, excitedly raised its hands upon seeing Shiro and Zuikaku. It ran up the stairs, rushed to the two, and scooped them up in its arms, ignoring the attempts of the giant dog behind it to stop it. "You're back!!"

Chapter 1964 An Unexpected Development

Hindenburg's mood remained as high as before.

"Admiral...I'm sorry..." Super Yamato, clinging to Hindenburg's slender waist, apologized to Shiro with a disheveled expression, "I, I tried my best to hold him back..."

"Hahaha... It's alright." Little White peeked out from Deep Sea Hindenburg's arm and smiled nonchalantly at Super Big. "Thanks for your hard work these past few days."

"...Thank you, Admiral..." Chao Yamato finally breathed a sigh of relief and released Hindenburg's waist.

"Admiral? Admiral!" Upon hearing Super Yamato's address to Shiro, Deepsea Hindenburg excitedly joined in, "Is that a name? It's different from before!"

Although the deep-sea deans are on the opposite side of humanity, compared to humans who have been studying the deep sea for five hundred years, the deep-sea side knows nothing about human development.

therefore.

Titles like "Admiral," which are exclusive to human society, are completely incomprehensible to these Deep-Sea Deans.

"Admiral isn't a name, Admiral is..." Xiaobai smiled awkwardly. She thought for a moment, then explained to Deepsea Hindenburg, "Well... just like when I said Miss Deepsea Zuikaku, the 'Miss' at the end, Admiral is also a title, it's a very casual thing..."

"I see!" Hindenburg nodded and smiled at Little White. "Then I'll call you Admiral too!"

"...Yes, either way is fine."

"Admiral!"

"Um……"

"Haha, Admiral!" Hindenburg of the Deep Sea gave Little White a happy look.

"..." Xiaobai reached out and touched Deepsea Hindenburg's head with a complicated expression.

I have this feeling... if I just used a little trick, I could bring this mentally unstable Dean Shenhai home...

"Where is Frederick?" Zuikaku asked Hindenburg.

“Over there!” Hindenburg turned around and pointed to the end of the corridor. “She wants to see you. I’ll take you there!”

"Hmm." Shenhai Zuikaku nodded, ignoring Xiaobai and the other two, and walked down the stairs on her own.

Hindenburg grabbed Shiro's hand and pulled him along to follow in Zuikaku's footsteps. Yamato also quickly followed in Shiro's footsteps.

"Zuikaku! No more confinement!" Hindenburg said excitedly to Zuikaku as he walked, waving his arms and turning around.

"Hmm." Akagi Zuikaku replied expressionlessly.

"It was the admiral who explained things to us and then saved you!" Hindenburg exclaimed excitedly. "What a story!"