Today's tutelary fort remains peaceful.

"Pa pa pa..." A burst of gentle applause was heard. Veneto took off his sunglasses, clapped his hands, and looked at Ji Ling with approval:

"You're worthy of being my little sister, Cami. You did a great job and didn't let me down."

"Big Sister..." The girl was so excited that she almost shed tears after receiving Veneto's recognition for the first time. She patted her poor chest and said seriously, "Thank you for the compliment, Big Sister!"

"Yeah." Veneto nodded, his expression unusually gentle: "In that case, Cami, teach her a lesson for me."

"Eh?" Ji Ling was stunned, the tears in her eyes miraculously disappearing, and the corners of her mouth twitched wildly: "Me, me? Big sister, you, you can't be serious, right?"

"Of course." Veneto looked at her in surprise. "Didn't Cami say she would teach Ellie a lesson for me? Could it be that... you're kidding me?"

Seeing Veneto's expression gradually become gloomy, a drop of sweat quickly slid down Ji Ling's forehead.

Her expression was stiff as she reluctantly said, "But, Ellie is a battleship, and I'm just a destroyer..."

"What's wrong with a destroyer?" Veneto sneered, "Even a weak destroyer can threaten a powerful battleship..."

As he said this, Veneto keenly noticed that Xue Cheng's eyes beside him lit up and his eyes became excited when he looked at him.

Veneto knew why his admiral was so excited. He glared at him fiercely and continued:

"...Just like the heavily armored assassin Firefly. Though a destroyer, she was able to easily disable large enemy ships through artillery fire. You must have heard of Firefly's experiences in history, right? This is the power given to her by her never-give-up spirit!"

"So, Kami, as long as you have the determination to shed your blood for me, you can do it too!"

"Huh?" Jiling looked at Veneto dazedly: "Is this okay?"

"Of course, ship girls are idealistic beings. As long as you believe in it, you can definitely do it." Xue Cheng saw what Veneto was thinking and cooperated to support her.

"Then..." Ji Ling seemed to be lost in thought, his eyes falling on Veneto's breasts beneath her sunscreen suit. "Big Sister eats papaya and drinks milk all day long, and even secretly buys breast enhancement potions that Ke Wei has prepared. Why is her figure still so..."

She couldn't say the rest of the words because Veneto's eyes were as sharp as swords and he looked at her viciously.

Ji-ling chuckled twice, shrank his neck, and slowly backed away. "Anyway, no matter what, it's still a bit too much for me to face the battleship, so... Big Sister, Kami will take my leave first."

"Pa." A small, slender hand patted Jiling's shoulder. The little girl's expression stiffened. She slowly turned around and saw a face with an unusually bright smile. "Kami, don't be in a hurry to leave. It seems that the problem between us is not resolved yet."

"Help, help! Big sister! Save me!" Ji Ling struggled hard, reaching out to Veneto on the recliner, with a sad expression: "If you don't help, you will lose your only little sister!"

"I'd rather not have a sister like you." Veneto sneered, ignored Jiling's call for help, turned his face away, and let Andrea drag Jiling away, leaving behind a long scream.

Seeing that Caio had also left, Veneto looked around and found that only Xue Cheng and himself were left. Suddenly, he felt that his cleverness was not completely useless.

At least this time, if she hadn't angered Andrea, how could she have gotten the chance to be alone with the admiral?

Pointing to the lounge chair opposite, he motioned Xue Cheng to sit down. Suddenly, a faint scent of men's shower gel wafted over. Veneto looked up and saw Xue Cheng sitting next to him as if nothing had happened.

Seeing that he was looking at me, he looked at me with surprise and asked, "What's wrong?"

"...It's okay." Veneto lowered his head. The admiral seemed to be getting thicker and thicker. However, it must be said that this admiral was much better than the silly and stupid look when he just came back. His shameless look was very similar to when he first joined the naval base.

After calming down, Veneto took out a large pitcher of iced American coffee from the ship's space, poured a glass for Xue Cheng, and asked, "Admiral, are you looking for me about the celebration?"

"Veneto knows everything." Xue Cheng took the coffee and took a sip, feeling the coolness rushing to his forehead. Suddenly, he envied the girl next to him. It was so cool to carry another dimension with her.

Veneto nodded. "The tutelary fort has been discussing this very matter lately."

Xue Cheng looked at her in surprise: "Since you know this, why don't you tell me your opinion on this matter?"

"If we tell him, will the admiral still come to us like this?" Veneto blinked, looking a little naughty.

"Yes." Xue Cheng said confidently, "Veneto is so cute. Even if nothing happened today, I would still come to see you."

Veneto looked at Xue Cheng deeply.

I take back what I said before. It’s so annoying to have such a slick and nonsensical admiral now!

"Ahem." Facing Veneto's disdainful gaze, Xue Cheng coughed twice and naturally changed the subject: "What do you think of this matter, everyone in the I department?"

"Everyone agrees," Veneto said. "Elie and Caio even said they'd like to follow the admiral's lead and open a shop during the celebration."

"Kayo is fine, but Ellie..." Xue Cheng shook his head and smiled bitterly. According to the lines in the game, that was a tough guy who could fry French fries into charcoal strips and had trained in cooking in London.

If we allow her to open a shop during the celebration, someone might die, right?

Xue Cheng was thinking when the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

"Hmm?" Xue Cheng took out his phone and looked at the number displayed on the screen. He fell into deep thought: "Lin Xiaohe? Why is it her?"

Veneto crossed his arms, his face full of impatience.

I originally wanted to take this opportunity to be alone with the admiral, but was interrupted by a phone call. Especially the name that came out of the admiral's mouth was clearly a human female.

Could it be that... the ship girls in the naval base can no longer satisfy the admiral, so he starts looking for alternative stimulation?

Veneto's expression darkened, and he asked coldly, "Admiral, who's calling?"

"Uh, friends I met in the admiral communication group, shh, don't talk." Raising a finger to signal Veneto, Xue Cheng pressed the hands-free button and answered the call.

"Hello? Is that Xiao He?"

"Wow, Senior, you finally answered the phone!" An energetic voice came from the other end of the line: "I'm already at the dock. When will you pick me up?"

"???" Xue Cheng's face was full of questions, especially when he noticed that Veneto beside him suddenly burst out with an extremely terrifying momentum, his fear was even greater: "Wait a minute, what you said makes me a little..."

Pinching his eyebrows, Xue Cheng asked tentatively, "Are you at my dock now?"

"Of course!" Lin Xiaohe replied as a matter of course, "Don't you know, Senior? Your secretary ship, Miss Lexington, has already agreed to my exercise request and invited me to come play here!"

"This..." Xue Cheng was speechless: "She didn't tell me."

Lexington contacted Lin Xiaohe without telling me. It seems that he is still upset about what happened last time? That's why he wanted to invite her over.

As to whether the purpose of Lexington was to declare sovereignty or something else, Xue Cheng had no idea.

"Well, Miss Lexington is probably too busy, isn't she?"

Lin Xiaohe looked very understanding. "All matters concerning the garrison rely on the secretary ship to help handle them. Speaking of which, my Richelieu often complains to me about being too busy at work and having no time for shopping."

"But there's nothing we can do. Most of us admirals are just ordinary people. How can we possibly compare to shipgirls in terms of work ability? We just need to do our job as good wives, like serving them a cup of coffee while they're working on the secretary ship, or massaging their shoulders and breasts after a busy day... ahem, I mean, helping them relax and relieve stress."

Hey, you just let it slip. Breast massage, right? What you mean by relaxation and stress relief doesn't seem quite serious!

Xue Cheng was speechless, but he agreed with Lin Xiaohe's words that the admiral's job is to be a good wife.

In the final analysis, no matter how strong the admiral's work ability is, he can never compare to the almost perfect fantasy life of the ship girl. When he loses both military strength and intelligence, it is wise to lie down and live off her.

"Okay, if you're like that, just stay there and don't move. I'll pick you up now."

After hanging up the phone, Xue Cheng looked at Veneto beside him. The girl's face was as gloomy as water, and she looked at him with intense scrutiny.

Xue Cheng smiled slightly and said calmly, "Veneto, do you want to go with me to greet them? As a hostess, I can't be without the art of hospitality."

"Okay." Veneto did not refuse. In fact, she was thinking the same thing.

Humph, a mere human wants to snatch my man from me and make me the loser? You're blinded by this thought! Today, let me, Wei, confront the mistress alone and show off my barehanded skills!

Veneto put down his coffee cup, not bothering to change his clothes, and followed Xue Cheng towards the pier.

Thanks to landmod for the eight monthly tickets~

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288. Fellow travelers

Chapter 288: Fellow Pathfinders ( words)

Pavilion at the pier.

The little maid in charge of reception looked at the visitor with curiosity. She seldom left the naval base and rarely saw other humans and ship girls.

"Ha...ah..." He stretched his body, and the hem of his navy-style uniform lifted slightly, revealing a slender waist.

The girl nimbly jumped onto the bench, grabbed the pillar with one hand, and used the other hand to block the scorching sun. She looked out at the scenery in the distance, a hint of amazement flashing in her lively eyes.

"Senior's tutelary fort is enormous, occupying an entire island. Furthermore, its location can't even be found on the official Navy maps. It's incredibly secretive."

As she spoke, she nimbly jumped to the chair on the other side, holding onto the pillar and looking around like a monkey.

"Admiral..." Beside the girl, a woman with long golden hair, a serious expression and slightly pursed lips looked at her helplessly.

Although she looks quiet and cute, she is always unwilling to settle down and likes to do all kinds of strange things, which completely destroys the beauty given to her by God.

"Could you please be quiet for a moment?" The blonde girl looked at her companion sitting next to her and the counterattack who had taken out a large number of drinks from the vending machine, and said helplessly: "At least for the sake of the children, set a good example."

"Oh, my dear Richelieu, don't be so rigid."

The young admiral nimbly jumped to the ground. She first took out a tissue and wiped the area where she had just stepped on. Then she put the tissue away, put her arm around the blonde girl's shoulders, and said with a hearty laugh:

"If everyone became like the soft girls in anime, speaking in soft voices, walking as if afraid of stepping on bugs, and even bowing and apologizing when bumping into a tree...how boring would that be?"

Richelieu looked at her: "But you are like this..."

"Don't worry, don't worry." The young admiral waved her hand casually and said nonchalantly, "Senior, you're not the kind of person who would bother with such trivial matters."

Richelieu's expression darkened slightly. "So, Admiral, do you think I'm troublesome?"

"Eh?" The young admiral was slightly startled by Richelieu's expression. His face was calm, but his brows were slightly raised, and it was obvious that he was not calm inside.

After a brief moment of daze, the young admiral hooked her arm around Richelieu's neck and burst into laughter. "How is that possible? Richelieu is my secretary ship and my marriage ship. No matter what you become, I will never despise you."

"So, Admiral still finds me annoying, right?" Richelieu said expressionlessly.

"Eh? Um, Miss Richelieu? You seem a little strange today, don't you?"

Just as the young admiral was scratching her head at Richelieu's questioning, a hesitant voice came from afar: "It's... Miss Lin Xiaohe, isn't that right?"

"Ah, it's Senior!" The young admiral seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw. She jumped up and rushed to the outside of the pavilion. She skipped and waved to the two figures, one tall and one short, walking towards her from a distance: "Hi! Senior! It's me!"

Xue Cheng held Veneto's hand and walked over quickly under the scorching sun. He first greeted Fan Xing, and while Fan Xing was evasive, he looked at the girl who rushed in front of him and stood on tiptoe to compare her height with him.

The other person was wearing a navy-style summer uniform, with a military cap on his long, straight black hair like silk. His small face was delicate and cute. Although his height only reached his chin, his legs outside his shorts were long and graceful.

This is a beautiful girl whose appearance can rival that of the KanColle.

Should we call it a girl's intuition? Even though she had never seen Lin Xiaohe's true appearance, Lexington still felt a sense of crisis about her. At this time, Xue Cheng saw Lin Xiaohe's appearance for the first time and had to admit that Lexington's worries were not unreasonable.

There are really not many girls as beautiful as this among humans.

While Xue Cheng was looking at the other person, Lin Xiaohe, as the person being observed, was also looking at Xue Cheng.

"Hmm..." Lin Xiaohe bit her finger, and looked up and down at Xue Cheng with her bright dark eyes. A trace of thought flashed across her brows:

"This is the first time I've seen what Senior looks like. No wonder he doesn't like posting selfies..."