Elder brother's garrison

The naval base really doesn't lack aluminum.

When Xiaobai took over the naval base, he checked the base's resource reserves.

Ship girls' equipment requires resources to operate, including fuel and ammunition for operation, and steel and fuel for repair. Aircraft carrier ship girls and special ship girls also require a special type of aluminum.

These four resources, in a way, reflect the combat capabilities of the naval base.

The naval base of Shiro has ample fuel and ammunition, and its steel reserves are practically overflowing, thanks to the ship girls' long-term, tireless expeditions.

As for aluminum, the amount supplied by the expedition is relatively small, so it is usually necessary to borrow some from deep-sea areas.

Since this would inevitably be warmly welcomed by the deep-sea amphibious ships, controlling resource consumption is extremely important. In the entire naval base, only the Bismarck, with its extremely high defensive capabilities, can borrow resources efficiently.

Then, thanks to Bismarck’s tireless efforts, the other three resources in the naval base combined did not amount to more than half of the aluminum.

It could be said that Bismarck single-handedly supported most of the aircraft carriers in the naval base.

“…stealing aluminum makes me happy.” Bismarck only considered Lexington’s suggestion briefly before rejecting it.

"Ah... I knew it." Lexington smiled wryly. "Having Bismarck in the naval base is truly a great blessing."

Bismarck nodded and walked out the door with Veneto.

Xiao Bai put down his teacup.

"Isn't Little White going to rest?" Lexington asked.

"Bismarck is working so hard, how can I slack off?" To this, Xiaobai showed a bright smile.

"Looks like he's caught the workaholic trait." Lexington sighed. "Alright, Little White, come here."

Lexington placed a large stack of documents that was on his desk behind him onto his workbench.

To be honest, Lexington has been really overwhelmed with work lately, and there's been a lot of backlog.

Xiaobai sat down at the workbench, picked up the paper Lexington had prepared, and began to write.

While it seemed that Xiaobai had just started working and there weren't many documents that required the secretary ship's assistance, Lexington turned to look at her sister.

“Saratoga, did you have fun?” Lexington asked.

“Mm.” Saratoga walked up to Lexington, hugged her, and buried her head deeply in Lexington’s soft chest. “Thank you, sister.”

Saratoga may seem wild, but she's actually quite clever. She naturally knows why Lexington sent her and Little White out.

It would be wonderful if Saratoga could overcome the barriers in her heart.

“…Hmm.” Lexington patted Saratoga’s head in his arms and smiled happily.

Saratoga misses the warm, soft touch of her sister's body; it's a comforting feeling of being embraced by maternal love that even a novice like Xiaobai can't replicate.

"Hmm..." At this thought, Saratoga reached out and slid her hand to Lexington's chest, grasping the two heavy, soft mounds of Lexington's breasts through her clothes.

"Stop fooling around." Lexington laughed and slapped Saratoga's hand away. "Who taught you to act like that... you're like an old rogue all day long."

"Ugh... It's too much that only the Admiral can touch me..." Saratoga hadn't been separated from her sister for this long, so she quickly switched to her spoiled mode, "I want to touch you too."

"Go touch your own, your older sister has to work." Lexington was used to her younger sister's lecherousness, but she really couldn't indulge her in this area.

After all, Lexington was determined to raise Saratoga into a noble and outstanding lady.

Saratoga pouted and let go of Lexington. She took a few steps back and moved closer to Little White.

Saratoga reached out and wrapped her arms around Little White's neck, pressing her face tightly against Little White's.

“Sister is bullying me... then I’ll touch Little White…” Saratoga then reached out and gently tickled Little White’s waist.

"Hahahaha...no...it tickles..." Xiaobai, who was still processing documents, was forced to give up his work by Saratoga's fingers.

...One minute later.

Saratoga knelt on the sofa, head bowed.

Lexington looked like he had a headache: "Do you know you were wrong?"

“Hmm…” Saratoga replied, pouting.

"What's wrong?"

"Touch my sister's breasts."

"Where did you learn that word? Cough cough," Lexington said. "Well, actually, it's fine to be a little coquettish sometimes, the problem isn't here, you know?"

"kindness……"

"Then where did we go wrong?"

"Disturbing Xiaobai's work..."

“Hmm.” Lexington sighed.

Saratoga is the type of child who listens for only three minutes after being scolded; unless it's a serious mistake, it simply doesn't register in her mind.

"It's okay," Xiaobai, who was working in the office, reassured her. "It didn't bother me at all."

“If we don’t teach him a lesson now, Saratoga might get into trouble if he lets himself go,” Lexington said.

Chapter 80: The Limits of Humanity are Two Thousand Words

"Jiajia, have you put all your luggage in your ship's equipment space?" Lexington asked as if she had just remembered something during her lecture.

“Yes.” Saratoga nodded.

“Jiajia, go put your luggage at home.” Lexington put her hands on her hips. “Xiaobai and I still have to work.”

"Oh." Saratoga still listened to Lexington, and nodded like a hamster, then opened the window and jumped out.

Saratoga still can't shake the habit of not using the main entrance.

We'll have to give Saratoga a good talking to when she gets back.

Lexington walked over to Little White.

Xiao Bai put down his pen and let out a soft sigh of relief.

“It’s done,” Xiaobai said to Lexington.

"Huh?" Lexington was taken aback.

"It's done." Xiaobai thought Lexington hadn't heard him clearly, so he repeated it.

Lexington glanced at his watch.

Did I just have a long chat with Saratoga?

It's only been less than ten minutes.

"Can I take a look?" Lexington asked.

"Okay, sure." Xiaobai handed a stack of documents to Lexington.

Lexington took the document and looked at it carefully for a while.

Xiaobai wasn't usually this fast at processing documents. This stack of Lexington documents would take several hours to process, whereas it used to take Xiaobai at least half an hour to finish.

The various tedious and complicated forms on the document have been filled in accurately with the required information.

Lexington was in a bit of a mess.

When did Xiaobai become so amazing?

"Has Xiaobai practiced these recently?" Lexington asked.

"No." Xiaobai found Lexington's question a little strange.

"Ah... I see." Lexington put the documents back on his desk. "Looks like I'm getting more and more of a drag on Xiaobai."

It seems that Xiaobai is getting more and more skilled.

Little White...you're really amazing.

Lexington thought to herself and turned her back.

...I can't afford not to work harder.

“Lexington.” Little White’s voice came from behind.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Lexington turned back.

Xiao Bai shifted its bottom to one side of the stool, leaving a small empty space.

She looked at Lexington with a smile.

Lexington paused for a moment, then hesitated before sitting down on the stool.

The two of them squeezed onto a bench, and inevitably there was some physical contact.

"What's wrong with Xiaobai?" Lexington asked.

“Lexington.” Little White reached out and placed his hand on Lexington’s head, saying softly, “Thank you.”

Lexington's neatly combed hair felt very comfortable to the touch.

Lexington was still in shock at being patted on the head.

"Thank you for your hard work." Xiaobai's gentle voice came from Lexington's ear.

For some reason, Lexington's eyes instantly reddened the moment she heard those words.

She covered her mouth, looked at Xiaobai, and couldn't make a sound.

Xiaobai's network of admirals spread out and enveloped Lexington.

Lexington seemed to know what Little White was going to do and released its ship equipment.

Following Lexington's guidance, Xiaobai's admiral network reached the depths of the ship's equipment and completed the link.

This was the first time Xiaobai had completed a link so smoothly and naturally.

After her brother's death, the naval base should have been torn apart, with the ship girls going to other naval bases that needed support, or losing their ship equipment and becoming ordinary people.

This is a somewhat cruel, yet perfectly normal thing.

But Lexington stopped all of this. As a ship girl, she supported the naval base and used all her strength to preserve its shell.

This is something that all the ship girls in the naval base understand.

This is one of the reasons why all the ship girls respect Lexington.

No one knows how much effort Lexington put in to preserve the naval base, how many people he pleaded with, how much time and energy he spent dealing with the countless, insect-swarming official duties, and how many sleepless nights he endured the difficulties posed by other admirals in order to find a true successor for the naval base.

After his brother's death, Lexington could have simply walked away.

As one of the best ship girls, she has a better place to go and better treatment. Even if she loses her ship equipment, as a human woman, Lexington's abilities are still top-notch.

There are countless places where she is needed.

However, she stubbornly refused all invitations and took on all the responsibilities of the naval base. She wanted to protect her home and the place that the person she loved loved.

As a ship girl and admiral, I will protect this place on the verge of destruction.

Lexington himself didn't know why he did it.

Why did I do this?

What is it that I really crave?

Until Xiaobai said, "You've worked hard."

Until Xiaobai awkwardly touched her head with her hand.

All I wanted was to feel that warmth again.

"The heir to the naval base is Shiro, that's wonderful!" Lexington hugged Shiro with tears in her eyes.

"My new admiral is Little White, it's just too good to be true," Lexington murmured, her voice trembling with tears.

So from now on, we can stop trying, right?

If it were a novice, handing over the naval base to her would definitely be no problem.

……

Outside the window of the admiral's office, Saratoga was hanging from the windowsill.

Saratoga never left.

She looked directly at the sun.