POV FIRST PERSON

It had been 7 days since we arrived at the base, the girls began with the repair preparations for the damage in the previous fight we had with the empire, due to my fault of using a nuclear warhead, the damage was catastrophic and the repairs were going to last an eternity.

Now we are in the command office talking about what happened and the strange activity of the cube that we seized from the empire or, rather, the cube that we stole from the empire.

Wales: Well, thanks for the report.

Cleveland: Thank goodness the repairs were expedited and the ships can be in service again.

Vestal: But it will take us a month to finish them.

Wales: I don't care, it's a month it relieves me a lot, well moving on to the main topic.

In that on the table a Tech Box opens revealing the black mental cube.

Me: I think, or does that thing shine more than before?

Belfast: Since our last battle, the cube has been acting abnormally. Unfortunately we cannot know what can happen.

Wales: The black mind cube is the key to ending the Orochi project, no doubt this is a siren plot.

Me: Hmm, surely the siren will take possession of this weapon when the Sakura empire finishes building it.

Cleveland: I think so too.

Hornet: We should stop that, but...

Wales: The current situation doesn't warrant it.

Me: How's Enterprise?

Hornet: She's better, (sigh) Though I don't know how she could fight with such an injury.

In the past operation, Enterprise had taken damage when she fought Kaga.

THIRD PERSON POV

In the Enterprise port she walks while she supports herself with a cane, then she sits on a bench and starts to see the beautiful blue sea and she feels very nostalgic, she thought of the time she sailed with her older sister.

Vestal: So you were here.

In that Vestal calls her from behind.

Enterprise: What's up Vestal?

Vestal: You're still recovering, you can't go there unattended.

Enterprise: I was bored lying in bed all the time, the television doesn't work due to staff shortage and I've already seen all the movies, it's already boring to a certain extent, being here at sea amuses me, relaxes me and I feel that I recover quickly.

Vestal: In that case, as your supervisor, I'll accompany you.

Enterprise: My job now is to recover myself, yours is to repair the ships that are damaged, please do not abandon your obligation to take care of me.

Vestal: But...

Enterprise: or I have already been treated, please do it, I order it as your superior.

In that Vestal nods and leaves very dejected.

Enterprise: (smiles) She's as overprotective as ever, although I like that side of you.

POV FIRST PERSON

I'm escorting Laffey and Javelin to the shopping area, it seemed that Javelin had broken several cups she owned and now she had to replace them.

Me: It's kind of tragic that you broke those cups.

Javelin: (Sad) Yes, they were my favorites, they had the image of my ship.

Laffey: Don't worry, I've heard that Akashi does paint modifications to mugs.

Javelin: (Panic) Do you know how much that job costs? It costs a fortune and you have to pay for it with gems!

Me: Gems? Aren't dollars used?

Javelin: Of course not, there are jobs that are very difficult and only pay with gems!

Javelin: (Depression) I'll have to settle for a simple cup, I hope I find one to my liking.

Me: Please don't be sad, you will surely find a cup to your liking.

Javelin: (Recovering morale) Yeah! I won't be sad anymore!

Me: Unexpectedly very effective.

¡CLING!

In that I detect a threat and I get in front of Javelin and stop something round with my hand.

At that I hear a scream.

???: Are you ok!? forgive us!

In that I see Bogue, a light aircraft carrier who plays with Eagle Union and Royal Navy destroyers, so I looked at my hand and in my palm was a baseball.

Me: Be careful with the ball! You should play in a playground not outside the academy!

Booge: I'm sorry!

So I throw the ball back and Bogue catches it and the girls are shocked.

Gridley: Incredible!

Fletcher: That pitch was pretty cool!

Bogue: Not bad. (Smiles) You're someone with a lot of promise in the game.

Me: (uncomfortable laugh) Yes, but play carefully, remember that there are also girls walking around here.

Bug: Ok.

SAKURA EMPIRE IMPERIAL PALACE

At this moment Shokaku (who is very injured) gives a report to Empress Nagato, Nagato is the current ruler of the Sakura empire, although only some kansen know it, for most Nagato is only a very competent Commander with the appearance of a girl .

Shokaku: ...Here ends my report.

Nagato: (sigh) I see, so Akagi didn't come back.

Shokaku: Yes, the operation was a total failure, we lost Akagi the current commander of the operation and Kaga the vice commander was seriously injured, Soryuu is replacing her as the acting commander, also as I mentioned before, the black mental cube is in hands of Azur Lane, the situation is very serious, our resources are at the limit, the repair of all the damaged ships would consume all those resources.

Nagato: I see, Shokaku tell you something.

Shokaku: What would it be?

Nagato: A few moments ago Kaga came to visit me, she insisted endlessly that she wants to continue the Orochi project at all costs, what do you think about it? She be honest please.

Shokaku: To be very honest with you, it is very dangerous to pursue this project, we are dealing with a technology that we know nothing about, we are practically playing with "nitroglycerin and fire on a sunny and very hot day".

Nagato: I understand, I don't like to doubt a good friend, but it seems like I have no choice.

In a restaurant in the Sakura empire, the Iron Blood girls talk while having dinner.

Z1: Without a doubt, the situation of the empire is very serious.

Z23: The situation of the empire is in a very dangerous situation, we Iron Bloods shouldn't we make a move?

Eugen: (Mocking tone) ~Ara~ Do you propose that we attack the empire while they are very confused? I didn't think you were so evil.

Z1: Hehehe, you even sounded like a demon king.

Z23: (5 veins of discomfort pop out on her head) Do you want to die? You know very well I didn't mean that.

Eugen: By the way, speaking of which, (Snickering) I've seen you walk very close to Ayanami. Are they dating?

Z23: (blushes) What are you saying?

Z1: LONG LIVE THE GIRLFRIENDS!

EUGEN: Long live!

Z23: (Gets embarrassed) What are they saying?

Eugen: What's wrong with being in love?

Z23: Don't be stupid! Ayanami is a girl and so am I!

Z1: (Masculine tone) If you wish, I can give you advice on how to flirt with a girl.

Hipper: (gets upset) Eugen! Z1! This is serious! If we don't do something, the empire will surely be in danger.

Eugen: (Calms down) Hmmm, I don't know.

Hipper: What was that?

Eugen: Let me think, Hipper, let me touch your butt to think better.

Hipper: HAAAAAAA!? What the hell are you thinking pervert?

Eugen: Come on just let me touch you!

Hipper just holds on while her little sister touches her.

Eugen: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Hipper: (somewhat embarrassed) Are you done yet?

Eugen: HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. Sister, I think you've put padding in your butt.

Hipper: ....

¡PLNACK!!

Z1: (Not knowing how to react) ...

Z23: (Not knowing how to react) ...

Hipper at supersonic speed had grabbed the table and smashed it on Prinz Eugen's head. Now Eugen was lying on the floor unconscious while foaming from her mouth.

Z23: (Concerned) Will she be alright?

Hipper: (Furious) She's fine! At best she'll just have total amnesia! (Giggle) Hehehe, now I can make my sister a decent little sister.

Hipper picks up an unconscious Eugen and carries her like a princess and carries her off to Z1 and Z23's shock.

Z23: Hey Z1, do me a favor.

Z1: Do you want me to help you pick up women?

Z23: No, remind me not to make Hipper mad.

Z1: I will, but also remind me.

Z23: Thank you.

AZUR LANE BASE

At the base everyone relaxed, because all the girls were stressed from the previous combat, Wales ordered the girls who participated in the previous operation a day of rest.

In the royal gardens the Royal Navy girls play GOLF.

PLAQUE!

It was Queen Elizabeth's bat hitting the ball, it was a perfect shot that got full points.

Sheffield: Nice shot.

Warspite: I expected no less from my sister.

The next to play was Hood, Hood also manages to tie Elizabeth, but Elizabeth is not upset at all, because she is tired of all the games ending in a tie.

QE: (Philosophical mode) What are sirens?

Warspite: Excuse me sister?

QE: They are our enemies, but what exactly are they looking for? Where do they come from? There are many questions that we cannot answer, our technology advanced drastically since one of them gave us knowledge, but also one of them started hostilities out of nowhere, without a doubt they are a race that we cannot give our common sense to understand.

Warspite: I thought the siren tried to exterminate humanity.

QE: If that was the case, they would not have let humanity develop the kansen, but they did not attack the scientific bases where the kansen were developed, but they did attack all the military bases in the world destroying them completely. If their plan was to exterminate humanity, they would have attacked the scientific bases first instead of the military ones, without engineers, scientists and technicians, the military would have been left without weapons developers.

Warspite: Oh, I get it.

QE: To decipher this unanswered crossroads it is necessary to analyze the black mental cube thoroughly.

TO BE CONTINUE...............................................