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Bismarck's POV
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once we found our attempt to escape the tsunami of ice futile,we were swallowed up by the wave of sharp ice but before we could be crushed,I found myself in a completely different area from where we were,I was perfectly fine,though a few of my joints hurt,I found myself,surrounded by massive and tall icebergs,snow and more ocean

my allies were nowhere to be seen and I had no idea as to where I was,all I did know was,that I was alone here and my allies we're most likely somewhere close by,I decided to head out quickly in hopes of finding someone and avoiding any enemies that might be around as I was in no shape or in any position to be taking fights 

the situation was definitely very dire,with Me weakened,alone and lost,my allies nowhere to be found,the enemy possibly being anywhere and my Brother's condition unknown,we couldn't be any weaker than we already were as I sailed through paths and open area of the icebergs to make any sense of where I was or find anybody

occasionally,as I sailed around,aircraft from the 4 major factions would soar over head,seemingly missing Me as I hid from Azur Lane aircraft while trying to catch the attention of the aircraft of my allies to no avail

the best I could do was follow the ones that were seemingly returning to their Carrier,which would in turn lead Me to wherever an allied Carrier was as I followed a few of them back,as I followed the aircraft,I ended up reaching multiple different paths,that split up into 2-3 or even more routes,which severely added to my troubles of being lost as I now had to pick random paths and hope they would lead me to someone or somewhere 

as I sailed through the icy waters,I went through multiple different paths and directions in hopes of finding anyone,that could help Me as I was still moving towards the direction of the returning aircraft but still haven't found anyone 

the possibilities of enemies appearing were very high and in my current condition,being fatigued,tired and weakened,their shot at taking Me down,couldn't be higher than it already was,meaning I needed to find anyone's help and fast to at least be sure,that someone had my back when I needed it

with a string of luck as I continued to sail forward with the same goal in mind,I was able to encounter someone as I saw a figure in the distance,sailing in the same direction I was as I quickly moved fast to approach them

the person noticed my presence and turned their attention to Me,allowing Me to see their face as I immediately recognized the person to be my Schwester Tirpitz,who seemingly was doing the same thing I was doing,of following the returning aircraft back to their Carrier as the two of us approached each other with haste

Bismarck:Schwester

Tirpitz:Schwester,thank goodness you're alright

Bismarck:I'm glad to see your alright as well,where is the rest of the fleet

Tirpitz:scattered,everyone is everywhere,including Azur Lane,the fleet is assembling near the edge of the icebergs in a defensible formation

Bismarck:where are we

Tirpitz:we're in the Arctics,Schwester,we need to move,we're not safe here

Bismarck:what about Brother

Tirpitz:we still haven't found him,which is why I've joined the search fleets

Bismarck:then forget bringing Me back to the fleet for now,let's go find Brother first

Tirpitz:are you sure,you should go rest first

Bismarck:I'll be fine,our priority should be finding Brother before anything else,knowing what happened,he's probably more weakened than we are,which means he's vulnerable,we can't let Azur Lane get to him before we can

Tirpitz:then stick by Me,I still remember my way around these areas even if the collapse of the Mirror Sea has messed a few things up already

Bismarck:then let's not waste anytime here,let's get going before something bad happen to Brother

Schwester nodded and then led the way while I followed her as we both began our search for Brother,who could be anywhere in this ocean,filled with ice,snow and possibly more dangers than what we first expect as we remained vigilant and cautious while we travelled and search for Brother and anyone in general 

as aircraft soared the sky's over us,we continued to search around for anyone who was lost like Me before,we had no communications as there was some form of interference,that was blocking our radios from each other,which meant no one could contact any of their allies and had to rely on anyone near them or be lucky enough to be next to a large group of their allies 

as Me and Schwester traveled,I repeatedly tried to use my radio on the off chance,that we might get some communication while we searched for more of our allies but even after minutes of attempts and different scans over our frequencies,I couldn't get through to anyone as Me and Schwester continued our search

along with the lack of any form of communication,it was difficult to tell,where we were as the tall icebergs and pieces of ice served no indication as to where we were at in the area on top of that,the snow that fell from the sky also made a thing layer of fog,that made it slightly harder to see,the only upside to all of this was,that I was with Schwester,who,I assumed had memorized all of these area like the back of her hands as she skillfully navigated the areas and it's paths while I simply followed

if it were not for her,I would be beyond lost in this labyrinth of ice and I would have no idea where to go,I would be aimlessly wandering around the arctic and I would most likely get ambushed and sunk before I even knew it happened but as I sailed and thought of the scenario in my head,I noticed the multiple multi colored tears in the sky,that were opening and closing as I wondered if it was caused by the collapse of the Mirror Sea

Bismarck:Schwester

Tirpitz:hmmm?,what is it Schwester

Bismarck:I was wondering,do you know of those giant tears in the sky

Tirpitz:oh those,Akagi said that the Mirror Sea is dumping anything foreign out of itself

Bismarck:it is?,why,I've never heard of this before

Tirpitz:she said something about,because of too much interference and energy distortion in the Sea,it's emptying itself out,so it can fully collapse

Bismarck:so it hasn't fully collapsed yet?

Tirpitz:from what Akagi said,no,it needs some time to empty itself before it can fully collapse

at the mention of the Seas current condition,I came to a full stop as I had a sudden realization,which caught Schwester's attention as she quickly came into a full stop as well and turned to Me while I thought of the possibility,that might tell us where,brother was

Tirpitz:something wrong,Schwester

Bismarck:you said,that the Mirror Sea hasn't collapsed yet right

Tirpitz:yes,that is what I said,it shouldn't take too long for it to empty itself before it collapses fully

Bismarck:before we all got transported,Brother's power spiked and created a wave of ice,with him at the center,he didn't move from his position and he was also the cause of most of the power distortion in the Sea

Tirpitz:yes,that's true but what I don't understand where this is going

Bismarck:think about it,Tirpitz,the Sea is getting rid of anything foreign-

Tirpitz:yes but-

Bismarck:that means,anything that doesn't belong there is thrown out

Tirpitz:yes but where is this-

she paused before she could finish what it was she was saying as her expression changed to that of realization and fear as Schwester came to the same possibility,that I had as we both feared for the same reason

Tirpitz:the Black Wisdom Cube

Bismarck:it's object of Siren origin,would the Sea count Brother as something foreign or would it keep him there and collapse with him still inside the Sea

Timeskip brought to you Sub Zero and Berlin,back to back with each other

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Z46's POV
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after getting swallowed by the wave of ice,I blanked out for a uncertain amount of time,when I woke up,I was no longer in the Mirror Sea and was perfectly fine but I had no clue as to where I was and was nowhere near any of my allies or friends,worst of all,I didn't know where Berlin was,the last I could remember of where he was,was the center of the wave of ice,crying and yelling in pain

he was in pain and he needed help but I didn't know how to get to him,I didn't even know where he was in the first place,I was alone,lost and with no objectives,without a singular goal in mind,the only thing I could do was sail out from where I was and hope I could find some of my allies 

from what I could see and take note of,I was most likely in some kind of Northern Sea with all of this ice,snow and icebergs around,it was safe to assume,that I was in the Arctic Sea but in terms of telling Me where I was or telling Me where anyone was,it didn't really help Me much as I continued to search for Berlin or anyone for the matter

unfortunately for Me,as I was searching for my allies,I ran into a Azur Lane group,who noticed me as fast as I noticed them as I quickly surfed away from them while they gave chase,firing shells and torpedoes at Me while I evaded and tried to lose them using my superior speed as Destroyer 

though I had the edge on them on speed,they were relentless,most likely wanting to get any  amount of information out of Me as I surfed away from them,which brought Me to hiding between a small crack in and iceberg,where I hoped they would sail right past Me as I hid and thankfully enough,it worked out as Azur Lane sailed right past Me,losing my trail and going far away enough for Me to go in the opposite direction of them

once I lost my enemies,I resumed the search for my allies as I still do not know where they are or if they're even alright or even all here,the best hint I got was a few Sakura Empire aircraft,that occasionally flew overhead 

it was hard to tell,where they were coming from as they would fly over Me from multiple different directions,making it hard to tell,where they were launching from as I stopped moving to look around my surroundings,only to see,that I was now completely lost with no sense of direction to point Me towards my allies

I couldn't have found myself in a more dangerous and pitiful situation as I had no radar,no communications and now clue as to where I was,all because of some interference,that was blocking off all forms of electronic equipment,on top of that,there giant tears in the sky,that were occasionally dropping out chunks of ice 

I had no clue as to what those were but they clearly looked dangerous and probably should be avoided at all costs,but that was the least of my worries as I still had no idea,where I was or where to go from where I was

Z46(mind):no comms,no radar,no map,no allies,no nothing,I'm completely lost with no help and no means to properly fight back unless it was a one on one and I have no idea if Berlin is alright,he probably needs more help than all of us after what happened to him but I no idea where he could be........................................think,what would Berlin do in he was here,I need help,Berlin,I need help

I thought of any solution of I could think of but nothing,that could help Me came to my mind,all I could think about was Berlin,if he was ok and what he would do in this situation,and though some ideas as to what he would do came to mind,I couldn't possibly mimic them and hope to succeed,I didn't have the abilities,that he did

I was really out of options and I was still lost,the best I could hope for was,someone could run into Me,more preferably my allies and lead Me back to the rest of the fleet but the chances of that happening were slim and it was more likely for Me to get caught in a snowstorm than getting found in this place

but when things looked dire and as I looked around for anything I might have missed,that could lead Me to the fleet,I realized,that my chest was glowing,I looked down at myself in confusion as I lifted my clothes a little to see what was happening to Me,only to realize,that it wasn't my chest that was glowing

instead,it was the locket,of Me and Berlin,that I always wore around Me neck,I brought it out to see what was happening to it as I examined my glowing locket,while I examined it,I started to realize,that the ice,that floated around Me was beginning to move around and move in front of Me

I stepped back a little bit and watched the ice move about for a few moments as it was the smaller pieces,that were moving around Me but as I watched the ice move,it started to combine into a slightly larger piece of ice,that started to take form as I watched into all combine,once it finished,my eyes widened as I saw the ice make an arrow,that pointed right in the direction in front of Me

I looked back to the locket,that was still glowing as I put two and two together and came to a conclusion,that eased Me a bit despite my situation as I tucked my locket away under my clothes and sailed in the direction the arrow pointed as the arrow itself moved along with Me,just fast enough to always stay in front of Me

Z46(mind):even when your not by my side,your always taking care of Me,Berlin,I swear,I'm going to find you and I'm going to get you back to everyone,just wait for Me

Timeskip brought to you by Bismarck,Nagato,Q.E and the undisclosed main older Sister of the Eagle Union Shota OC

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Berlin's POV
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I didn't know where I was,I didn't know what to do,I couldn't think,I couldn't focus,I couldn't move,I couldn't do anything,everything hurt,everything was blank,everything was falling apart,everything didn't make sense

all I could do was lay down as I already was while I floated on water,the sky was collapsing,the ocean was breaking,the ice around Me was shattering,I should be running,leaving saving myself but I couldn't,all I could was lay down

my body wouldn't obey Me,I couldn't move,I had no feeling in Me,I had no senses,no actions,no reasons,there was nothing for Me to do,nowhere for Me to go,no one for Me to see,I had no objectives in mind,they were all already complete,there was nothing else for Me to do,no reason for Me to leave

as I laid motionless,I watched the sky break apart and fall while tears cut the sky,opening and closing,taking things around Me while leaving Me here to lay down,sooner or later,I'll be sucked into those tears or I'll just fall into the darkness,that appears when the ocean and sky break,whatever may happen didn't matter,all of this was meant to happen

Berlin(mind):objective complete,data gathered,Orochi awakening,imminent,Sea Collapse,imminent........Objective Com-.................Objective-..............Obje-......................no,that's..........not..............right....................it's not..............right..............what.......happened

as my senses returned and feeling came back to my body,I slowly tried to move,my body was aching and hurting all over but I managed to sit up and see the destruction around Me as I confusedly looked around the place I was in

it was like waking up from a dream but instead,I was waking up in a dream as it started to collapse around Me,as I looked around,I looked in front of Me after sensing someone's presence as I looked to see myself,standing on top of some ice as their eyes glowed a golden Siren like color while looking at Me as I recognized the energy I sensed

Berlin:Sub.......Zero

Sub Zero:it's good that you remember Me,this may be the last time we meet

Berlin:what's......happening,what happened

Sub Zero:the Black Wisdom Cube inside you resonated with this Mirror Sea,adapting it's objectives and goals,it fought you for your body and you lost

Berlin:I........lost?

Sub Zero:it was to be expected,the Sea attacked Azur Lane to gather data for the Orochi awakening,it would've attacked your allies if not for a unexpected appearance

Berlin:what happened

Sub Zero:an old ghost appeared,fought you and you ended up in a draw in the end,all I can really say is,watch out for the Ghost and the Dog

Berlin:what's happening.........with you

Sub Zero:the Orochi data is complete,I'm being called over to the other Black Wisdom Cube,this is the last time we will meet

Berlin:I see

Sub Zero:remember our deal,Berlin,I gave you my power and I'll be watching to the end,so give Me a damn good show,you got that

Berlin:I'll see to it,that your dead in the Orochi's body

Sub Zero:hahaha,that's what I like to hear,so get out of here quickly,this place is collapsing and once it does,your not getting out of here

Berlin:thank you,I'll get on the move

I slowly stood up from where I was,using my spear as a walking stick to help Me stand as I found myself to barely strong enough to move around,as I stood up,I looked up to see,that Sub Zero was now gone,no traces left behind and with no warning as I looked around to see if I could find him

in the end,he was nowhere to be seen and I assumed he disappeared,being called to the other Black Wisdom Cube,that is in Ms.Akagi's possession,so instead of thinking about the Siren,I got on the move despite my aching and weakened body being almost unable to move

as the world collapsed around Me,I looked for a way to exit the Mirror Sea as I limped around the ice while the collapsing world around Me,drew closer and closer,luckily for Me,the Sea seemed to notice that I was something to be dumped out of Sea as a tear in the sky appeared right in front of Me,except it was on the ocean surface instead of the sky

I skeptically looked at the tear before looking behind Me to see the collapse drawing ever closer as I turned back to the tear in front of Me before I steeled myself to allow myself to pulled into the tear as I let go of all control while I felt my body be dragged forward until I felt myself start to fall into the tear as I closed my eyes and let everything else do the work while I could maybe go back to sleep

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Tirpitz's POV
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we've been searching for more than 30 minutes,we've ran into multiple groups of allies and pointed them towards the fleet and ran into multiple fleets of enemies,which we avoided,from all that's happened since Me and Schwester started searching for Brother,we still had no idea as to where he was,it was like he didn't exist 

despite the difficulty we were facing,we continued to search for Brother as a snowstorm,that started 10 minutes ago,start to pick up in strength again,we sailed through the strong winds despite no being able to see more than 3 feet in front of us as we refused to leave without Brother 

Bismarck:this storm is making this more difficult than it already is

Tirpitz:we're past the middle point of the Frozen Labyrinth,if the Sea split us all up the way I think it did,then we're moving to close towards Azur Lane

Bismarck:are you sure

Tirpitz:there are 2 entrances and 2 exits to the labyrinth,one on each side of the maze,our allies are grouping up at the entrance from where we came from because that is where they were sent to,the same probably happened to Azur Lane on the other side

Bismarck:should we turn back then

Tirpitz:it would be safer for us to do so,with this storm going on,it's too difficult to see,our best option is to head back to the middle point and wait for the storm to pass

Bismarck:what about Brother,would he have been sent to this side of the labyrinth

Tirpitz:I'm............not quite sure of that,I'd say it's unlikely but not impossible,if I'd have to guess,he might have been sent to middle itself or nearer towards our side

Bismarck:then let's head back before Azur Lane finds us,we'll use the storm to hide from their aircraft 

Tirpitz:understood

the both us quickly stopped and turned around before sailing away as we quickly made our way towards the middle point of the labyrinth with Me leading the way as to not get lost while we sailed forward,while we made our way back towards the middle point,we noticed that the snowstorm was lifting up and weakening,which made us question our choice to head back as we stopped to wait for the storm to fully lift

as the storm slowly but surely lifted,I took notice of something in the sky,I realized it was one of the tears from the Mirror Sea but it seemed much larger than the rest in comparison as I could barely see the outline of the tear,making it hard to tell

once the storm lifted however,my suspicions were confirmed as it was indeed a giant tear in the sky,possibly trice the size of every other tear in the sky as I looked at it and realized,that it was directly above the middle point of the labyrinth 

much like Schwester,I questioned the size of the tear as it could be significant to something happening but as I looked at it more,I realized that a singular figure fell from it,which Schwester took notice of as well,we both looked at the falling figure as we tried to see what it was but once I realized what it was,my eyes widened,along with Schwester's as we saw,that it was Berlin,that was falling from the sky

in a hurry,I led Schwester towards the middle point of the labyrinth,taking every shortcut and fastest route to get there faster so we could find a way to stop his fall before it was too late for him,as soon as we arrived at the middle point,we ran straight into Eugen and a multiple Sakura Empire ships with her as our two groups joined while Eugen explained,that they also saw Brother falling from the sky and wanted to stop him from falling

despite taking the fastest routes and taking every shortcut,it still took a considerable amount of time to get to the middle point as Brother was now quite close to hitting the ground while the tear above him was now half way through closing,despite with everyone here,there was little we could as no one had any capabilities to stop his fall

the best thing we had was Schwester Bismarck's black hole ability,which she hoped could suck him,thus breaking the momentum of the fall but we all agreed that it was too risky and dangerous as he could be severely injured already and we would only be injuring him more,which unfortunately left us with no options left

as we watched Brother fall from the sky while brainstorming for any ideas,our window for helping him was closing fast and there was nothing we could do about it except watch as I gritted my teeth due to my helplessness again

it was just like that day from 2 years ago,when I couldn't protect him from the Sirens,leading to him being alone and stuck here for those 2 entire years,I was useless again,i couldn't protect him then,and now,I couldn't protect him again as I watched him fall from the sky

we had thought there was nothing else we could do and we were right,no one with us had the ability to stop the fall but before we even knew it,out of complete suddenness,a giant spike of ice erupted from the ocean,stretching out to the sky as it then grew out multiple spikes out of it

beyond the tall spike of ice,I saw another figure moving fast towards us as it jumped onto the spike and started scaling it,jumping off of the spikes that grew from the larger spike,the figure scaled the tall structure of ice with incredible speed as it reached the top with ease and then jumped into the air from it as the figure intercepted Brother's fall,taking one of his arm and putting around their neck as they both fall down

the figure moved back towards the ice as it began to slide down the spike of ice,grinding their shoe against the spike to slow their descent as the figure unsheathed a sword and stabbed it into the spike,further slowing down their descent back onto the water

as I looked at them descend,it was only until they were quite close did I realize,that the figure was in fact,Z46,who finally reached the water with Brother while we all immediately sailed towards the 2,full with worry

as we reached them,Z46 was checking on Berlin's vitals,looking at his pulse and his breathing before looking towards us as Schwester Bismarck and I immediately kneeled down to their level to see Berlin

Z46:Lord Bismarck

Bismarck:tell Me,he's alright!

Z46:he's is alright,only exhausted and fatigued,most likely caused by the Mirror Sea incident

Tirpitz:we should get back to the rest of the fleet now that we have him back,no need to linger here any longer

Bismarck:agreed,Eugen,carry Berlin,Schwester lead the way

Eugen approached closer and took Berlin into her arms as I led all of us through the labyrinth,following the fastest route to get back to everyone,so we could get some treatment for Brother and so we could all get some rest

Timeskip brought to you by Berlin and Nagaro giving Kasumi and Z46 a piggyback ride

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Z46's POV
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as Ms.Tirpitz led us through the maze of ice,we eventually made it to a large area,a little bit away outside of the maze,making it a somewhat defensible position as we saw the fleet we fought with in the Mirror Sea

everyone was assembled in this area or was on their way as a few aircraft were being launched or returning to the Carriers here as Ms.Tirpitz led us to the rest of Iron Blood while our Sakura Empire friends broke off to join their own forces as we approached Ms.Friedrich's ship,which seemed to be one of the only two ships,that were out for Iron Blood,the other being Ms.Zeppelin

we boarded the ship as Ms.Bismarck looked around the ship to see,that with us arriving,Iron Blood was fully assembled as everyone else realized,that we had arrived and immediately came towards us,especially Ms.Friedrich and Ms.Zeppelin who seemed extra worried

Zeppelin:Lord Bismarck,it's good to see you all safe

Bismarck:I need a report

Zeppelin:with your arrival,Iron Blood is fully assembled,we're now just waiting for a some Vichya and Sakura Empire ships

Bismarck:alert Me once everyone is assembled,I don't want to stay any longer than we already have

Friedrich:what of,Berlin,is he alright 

Eugen:he seems alright enough but he isn't  waking up

Zeppelin:too much energy was used in the Mirror Sea,it's why it collapsed and we all know he was the source of the energy

Bismarck:for now,I want him to rest,Friedrich,you're to watch over him and make sure he rests

Friedrich:of course,Lord Bismarck

Bismarck:the rest of you can get some rest as well,we leave as soon as-

before Lord Bismarck could finish,a Sakura Empire ship boarded Ms.Friedrich's ship and notified us,that everyone was accounted for and everyone was ready to leave before she left herself as Lord Bismarck turned to all of us with a slightly annoyed look

Bismarck:change of plans,Friedrich,get us on the move,Schwester,bring out your ship and take Berlin inside,I'll leave you to watch over him

Tirpitz:understood

Eugen handed over Berlin to Ms.Tirpitz as she brought out her ship while Ms.Friedrich got us on the move along with the rest of the fleet but before Ms.Tirpitz could leave with Berlin,yells from our allies sounded from the side as the warning for an air raid sounded across the fleet

we all looked towards the maze and saw a large amount of aircraft,moving towards us at high speeds,loaded with ordnance as everyone scrambled to get good position for Anti Air cover while our own Aircraft was quickly launched to intercept them

though our aircraft was launched,not enough was in air as the air raids numbers still squashed our own in a large manor while they continued to move towards us,I knew there was no way we were going to be able to defend against an air raid of that size and in a act of desperation,I asked Berlin for help one more time,just so we could get out of here

Z46(mind):come on Berlin,I know you're tired and you need rest but we need you,one last time,I know you can pull through for us

as I made my request as I looked down to see my locket glow again with the same light from before as I took out my locket from under my clothes and took it off completely before holding it in front of Me as I looked at it glow before I tossed it towards the air raid with all my might,catching the attention of everyone in the fleet as we watched my locket fly towards the enemy aircraft

my locket went head on towards the aircraft,flying past ours while glowing brighter as it approached the enemies in air,all before it glowed with a blinding light,that soon died down as giant wall of ice,suddenly erupted from the ocean,knocking my locket into the air and appearing right in front of the aircraft,leading them to crash with no hope to evade as all the aircraft crashed into the wall of ice

we all just watched in awe as smoke flew into the atmosphere behind the wall of ice while we all sailed away from the maze and made our way back to base,but as we left,I glint of light caught my eye as I looked up to see my locket falling back down above Me as I quickly took a few steps back and caught it as I looked at it to see,that it was completely undamaged as I held it close to my chest before putting it back around my neck

Z46(mind):Berlin,you really are the best,even when your tired beyond belief and unconscious in someone's arms,you always look out for all of us

Author:and that's going to do it for this Chapter guys,I hope you all liked it cuz Berlin is nearing the truth behind the Orochi,I hope you all look forward to that in a future chapter,until next time

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