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Bismarck's POV
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after Berlin's show of distrust and hostility before leaving,our departure from Sakura Empire became diplomatically problematic as I,along with Schwester now had to discuss with the other leaders of what to do moving forward again as Berlin's leaving left a significant hole in Iron Blood's overall power and a posed a terrifyingly big threat to the Crimson Axis

though despite this,Iron Blood was not the center of the conversation as Berlin revealed to us significant information with his little stunt as his sudden distrust and obvious anger and hatred towards the Sakura Empire for whatever the Orochi is,made it clear that it was most definitely of Siren nature and possibly origin

this was backed up by the fact that Berlin holds no trust for anything Siren related and the members of the Crimson Axis knew of this,seeing as they've all fought with him on the same battlefield already

this left the Sakura Empire officers with many questions to answers and many explanations to be said as they know had to explain to us,what the Orochi really was,though originally they were going to show us,that became impossible when Berlin blasted the place where it was kept and encased it in ice 

there was no way in and no way out and until the ice was completely gone,the Orochi,no matter what it is,is completely trapped in whatever place it was kept in,though this was technically bad news,I saw it as good news as it bought Me and Iron Blood time to set things straight with Berlin and make a decision as to how we move forwards

with Berlin's clear hate with the Sakura Empire,it was obvious,no matter what we do,we wouldn't be able to have the Orochi and Berlin on our side at the same time,even if we were to separate the two,Berlin would no doubt hunt down the Orochi and seeing as he already has a head start on us,it was safe to assume that he was already making plans 

the choice between the Orochi and Brother was clear and obvious and I already knew that the whole of Iron Blood approved the decision,knowing Berlin's grown and growing popularity among Iron Blood

the rest of the situation was finding him across the vast ocean,he unfortunately left no clues and no hints as we would have to comb through the entire ocean to find him,I tried to rationalize my thinkings with his but even when knowing of his tactical view,it meant nothing with the endless of choices he could make

tactically,he could choose somewhere relatively close by to quickly strike and hide but he could choose somewhere far to buy himself as much time to prepare and ready himself,the Orochi however was not his only problem as he already knew that we would come looking for him,so personally would he have to choose somewhere secretive and secluded to hide or somewhere wide and open,where it be difficult for us to find him

this brought another moment where I had wish,I didn't neglect and ignore him as I didn't know where he would go to hide,there were too many options for him to choose from but he had to liberty of choosing anything while we would have to guess what he had chosen

although,this brought a moment where I was thankful that he had spent time with Tirpitz as she,having spent the most time with him than anyone else present,would know where he would have gone to,unfortunately,Schwester seemed a bit out of it and dazed as she blankly stared forward,seemingly lost in thought

deciding it would be for the better not to disturb her as Brother's sudden leaving was most likely greatly bothering her,I decided it would be better for Iron Blood to continue our departure from the Sakura Empire and return to base as at least there,we would be able to reconvene and gather our thoughts

seeing as they were in no position to hold us up either,the officers of the Sakura Empire,though hesitant about the decision,notably,Yamato and Akagi,allowed us to leave the Sakura Empire with no problems,along with the Vichya Dominion and Sardegna Empire as the Orochi was still indeed completed and ready to be launched,all they needed was to free it and prepare it for battle

though we were unsure if we had a lot of time or not,we knew we had something and we didn't want to waste a second of time,knowing that if the Orochi launches,Brother may never come back to Iron Blood again

as soon as we were able to,we departed from the Sakura Empire and set sail back towards our base as we needed to be quick and find Berlin as soon as possible,before he could do anything else that may result in Iron Blood losing more than it needs to

as we sailed back to base,I gathered everyone to my ship so we could discuss a plan as soon as possible and let the others,that were left back at the base know when we arrived,time was of the essence and every second wasted was a second closer to possibly permanently losing Berlin

Bismarck:Friedrich,is everyone here

Friedrich:yes,everyone is accounted for

Bismarck:good,everyone already understands what's happened and everyone knows what we have to do,correct

Z23:I still don't quite understand,what did Sir Berlin see in the Sakura Empire to turn him aggressive

Bismarck:we'll get our answer when we find him

Zeppelin:where is,Tirpitz

Friedrich:well,almost everyone was accounted for,Tirpitz refused to leave her ship,she's standing at the front of her ship and staring at the ocean

Bismarck:that's fine,let's not bother her for now,what we need to do is make a plan to find,Berlin

Roon:it'll be easier said than done,Lord Bismarck,we have a lot of ocean to cover and 2 small children to find,they didn't even leave a hint or clue

Friedrich:Roon hold a good point,Lord Bismarck,how will we find the two

Bismarck:that's why we're all here,there's too much ocean to cover and another problem lies with their speed,which would let them easily leave once we're spotted

Spee:we don't have enough people to search the world for him

Bismarck:for now,all everyone should know is,that all of Iron Blood will be on search for the two,I've already called back the one's I've sent out to the other faction's territories,they will also join us,I want everyone to be ready to head out immediately when we get back to base and when I give the order

Everyone:yes,Lord Bismarck

coming to simple understanding and plan,I had everyone return to their ships for the time being as we fully sped back to base,though I said that every second wasted was a large loss,there was simply nothing we could think of at the moment with the amount of people we had,once again,there was too much ocean and too little of us,so we waited to return to abase before planning

Timeskip brought to you by whatever the FUCK this is

arriving at the base,I immediately had everyone gather around into Iron Blood's meeting hall as we needed to discuss a search method in finding Brother and to inform everyone of what happened in the Sakura Empire as everyone would need to know what had happened if they were to understand the need for such a sudden search order

those who were present when the event happened gave quick and brief explanations of the entire problem to the crowd and supplied details when asked for it as we quickly explained what had happened since we needed to act as fast possible 

as we were explaining,we heard a voice call out as we all looked over to see the ships I had sent out to the other factions,return safe and sound,with relative speed as well,there were four of them I had them called back to assist in the search as they approached us,at the front was a woman with long white hair and blue eyes,wearing a white uniform and a black skirt as she held a sword in her hand

with her was a woman with long white hair and blue eyes,wearing black armor and a black armor gown,she had a sword holstered to her waist,an admiral's cap on her head and a black jacket over her shoulders as well

these two were Mainz and Odin,a Light Cruiser and Battleship and two powerful ships I sent to the Sardegna Empire to keep watch on the faction and assist them when necessary,behind the two was a woman white hair and amber colored eyes with horn sticking out the side of her head,she wore a brownish black skin tight full body dress with a black over top above it

next to her was a woman with gray-ish blue hair and gray-ish blue eyes and 2 ram horns coming from the side of her head as she wore a shoulderless gray-ish blue dress that went down to her  lower thighs 

these two were Agir and August Von Parseval,a Heavy Cruiser and an Aircraft Carrier and the two ships I sent to the Vichya Dominion to keep the faction under watch and under check,they were four of the strongest ships in Iron Blood and are some of my most trusted girls in the fleet

with their skills,they could greatly aid in the search for Berlin and Z46,especially August who could cover a lot of area with her aircraft as we needed to cover as much area as we could in as little time as possible

the four approached us as everyone turned and looked as if they were meeting celebrities,which was not far off from the truth as the four had very good renown and popularity among the girls of Iron Blood

August:Lord Bismarck

Agir:we came as soon as we got the message

Mainz;we apologize for the small delay,there proved to be some small nuisances around the route we took

Bismarck:it's fine,what's important right now is you arrived as soon as possible

Odin:what do you need us to find,Lord Bismarck,what was so urgent to pull us all back for this search

I reached into my clothes and pulled out a pictures from inside my uniform as I handed it to Odin for the four to see and examine as they all looked at Me in confusion and surprise once they had seen the picture,it was after all a picture of Me,Schwester and Berlin a few days before the mission to recover the Black Wisdom Cube

Agir:I..............I'm sorry Lord Bismarck,I don't quite understand

Mainz:who is the boy,he..........greatly resembles Ms.Tirpitz

Bismarck:that boy is youngest of my Ship Class,KMS Berlin and you all are here to help find him

Odin:e-excuse Me,Lord Bismarck for my rudeness but,there was a 3rd Bismarck Class?!?!?!

Bismarck:we'll explain the details of it to you all later,for now,time is of the essence,we need to find him before he does something reckless

August:if he went missing or something,Lord BIsmarck,what happened that made him go missing

Eugen:long story short,he saw something in the Sakura Empire and he didn't like it,now he probably doesn't trust anyone in the Crimson Axis

Agir:I must admit,the boy is quite cute-

Zeppelin:I'd hold your tongue,Agir,the last thing you want is to have Friedrich on your case at this time

Agir:I.......see,but what did he see in the Sakura Empire

Bismarck:Orochi............the Sakura Empire's super weapon

Odin:he found it!!!

Mainz:if he found it and didn't like it,it only means it's something truly despicable

Eugen:all we have is assumptions but we think it's a Siren weapon,which automatically make it an enemy of his

August:can we be sure of this assumption on any scale

Friedrich:if there was a single Siren present when there is an Azur Lane fleet in front of him,he would rather kill the Siren no matter how much more difficult it would be than fighting Azur Lane

Agir:does he hate them that much

Friedrich:dear child,you don't know the half of his story,you may ask him yourself but we will need to find him first

August:where do we start then

Bismarck:that's our problem-

I walked over to a digital table and pressed a few buttons as a map of the world displayed in the air in front of us for everyone to see as they gazed at the map while it rotated in place

Bismarck:we have no clue as to where he might have gone to,so we have an entire planet's ocean to comb through

Odin:if he's anything like a Bismarck Class,then he shouldn't be able to get far,even when using his rigging

Zeppelin:that's where you're wrong

Odin:what do you mean

Bismarck:Berlin is not like us,not even like you or Friedrich,he's a ship made to transcend the theoretical limit of any ship by using the Wisdom Cube's power,the simple power of thought fueled a Cube to make a powerful Bismarck Class ship,Berlin was the product of it

AN:are the logical thinking people happy now that I've explained why Berlin doesn't capsize when rapid firing his gun,Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm or why he can go up to 100 knots,hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Mainz:why is he male then

Bismarck:that was unexpected but we accepted the outcome anyway,put it shortly,he could be half across the world right now and we wouldn't know it

August:how do we find him then,Lord Bismarck,we can't possibly search the world 

Agir:there is also the possibility of him disguising himself as an ordinary child and blending in with the human society,which would further dampen our search for him

Friedrich:no,Berlin knows his limits and his place,he wouldn't involve the world with this matter as he knows it would cause problems for others who have nothing to do with this

Bismarck:he'll stick to remote islands or secret locations that only he or maybe a few would know about

Odin:does HQ know of this

Zeppelin:not yet,we're going to try and find him first before sending for help,we want to avoid HQ on this matter as it could cause further problems

August:well this conversations once again comes full circle as we're left with the same question,how do we find him

we pondered a bit as waited for anyone to give any possible useful insight or meaningful ideas,unfortunately a search of this size had never been done before,so no one had any real ideas as to what to do,we were all unprepared for this scenario and now we were paying the price of it 

as we all thought of ideas,our brainstorming was interrupted as one of the girls came in  a hurry and in a panic as they were out of breath and seemed quite scared of something,she was a small girl with ink hair and pink eyes,wearing a short black and gray top cut out from the waist to show her stomach with a black and gray skirt with a short black jacket over her top

AN:KMS Warspite doesn't exist,she can't- 

I recognized her immediately as I had Z26 approach us as she looked like she had something important to relay to us as she caught her breath

Bismarck:you're out of breath Z26,what's the matter

Z26:L-Lord Bismarck,i-t's..........a--a-about M-Ms.Tirpitz

Bismarck:what about my Schwester

Z26:s-she left-.............she left the base,Lord Bismarck...........she went to search for Sir Berlin

Bismarck:SHE WHAT!!!!!!

Zeppelin:looks like she was a lot more reckless about this,than we had thought

Bismarck:where did she go!!!!

Z26:I-I d-don't know,s-she said s-something about k-knowing w-wh-where Sir B-Berlin is-

Bismarck:dammit!!!

Z26:s-she also said,t-that everyone s-should wait at t-the base for her

Bismarck:dammit,Tirpitz

Friedrich:what do we do,my child,we have no idea where she went or what direction she took

Bismarck:*sigh*we'll wait for her here,we have no choice,I want some to get Me a line to her as soon as possible

Eugen:I'll have it done in no time

Bismarck:until further notice,this meeting is finish,everyone return to their tasks and finish their work,dismissed

having heard my command,the fleet dispersed to get back to work while the rest of us Officers and trusted ships of mine stayed behind as Eugen tried to get a line to Tirpitz who may have gone rogue as well

Timeskip brought to you by Lil Tirpitz and Lil Bismarck

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Tirpitz's POV
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after taking some time to recollect my thoughts,I had a good ideas as to where Berlin might have taken Z46 for their hiding spot,I had already left the base without telling Schwester or anyone other than Z26 who had seen Me leaving as I didn't want to waste anymore time and find Berlin

I was already separated from him behind once and I wasn't going to let it happen again,Schwester most likely already finished finalizing a plan with everyone or Z26 gave them my message but that didn't matter,I just needed to find Berlin and explain to him what is going on with the Orochi and Iron Blood

Me and Schwester should've answered him when he asked us about the Orochi but we didn't know how and our silence brought us to this mess we were now in,the problem was simple and the solution was simple,all that was left was to find him and execute the solution

as I sailed towards Berlin's most likely location however,my radio began to act up as I accepted the call to see who it was as I had done my best to conceal my signals and frequencies,to my surprise it was Eugen on the other end as I heard her voice from the other end of the call as she seemed to be with multiple people

Schwester's voice,along with multiple others could be heard from the other end of the call as Schwester's commanding tone ordered Eugen to pass the line to her,so she could talk to Me and not long after,I was now in a call with Schwester as I continued ahead towards Berlin's location

Bismarck:Schwester!!

Tirpitz:Schwester

Bismarck:what are you thinking!!!,where are you right now!!!

Tirpitz:I'm on my way to the most likely location,Berlin would've gone to

Bismarck:without a single word to us about leaving!!!

Tirpitz:I'm sorry but the more time we take to prepare,the more likely it is for Berlin to do something we may never figure out,I need to be quick

Bismarck:you could've at least brought a small group!!!

Tirpitz:we need to talk to him,not threaten him with a hunting party,we're already on thin ice,Schwester,we cannot break it any further

Bismarck:stil!!!-

Tirpitz:he STILL has patience and trust in us,we cannot afford to lose that any further by looking like a threat to him or Z46,I'll go talk to him and sort things out and let you know what happens as soon as possible,while I do that,I need you to make sure the rest of Iron Blood is safe

Bismarck:................*sigh*fine!!!!,but you better make sure that you 3 get back here,safe and sound

Tirpitz:I plan on it,I'll send word as soon as I can,Tirpitz out

immediately cutting the call,I continued to sail towards the location I know Brother had to have chosen for his hiding spot as it quickly began to come up from the horizon where I could see it's massive size

as far as I was aware,only Berlin,Z46 and Me should know of the existence of this area as it was uncharted on any map and from Berlin's voicing of his intentions,he wants to keep it uncharted for as long as he lived 

the area was a massive group of islands of all sizes,bridged together by shallow paths of sand,just a foot deep into the water,Berlin spoke of the area to Me when we were still in the Arctic and he called the place a paradise,having lush flora all around,healthy and friendly fauna running in the wild,incredibly beautiful views and scenery and natural high end defenses 

it was a great place to relax in and was a highly defensible position from any attack,the islands themselves were quite curiously formed as a long stretch of shallow sand stretched out from the islands themselves,making fully materialized ships unable to encroach to get close without beaching themselves while there were many deep spots of water scattered in the close proximity of the islands

the group of islands themselves was incredibly high value as a strategic base position as the area and natural terrain would make it near impossible to destroy an entire base on the island,having many outlying islands,a large island ring on the outside and a massive island inside the ring with multiple smaller islands inside,that are all connected,the area could easily become an impregnable fortress for Iron Blood

as for why Berlin decided to hide it from everyone instead of sharing or talking about such a treasure of a find is unknown to Me but that didn't matter at the moment,what did matter was finding Berlin and Z46 on these many small and large islands

I got onto one of the outlying islands and unsummoned my rigging as I could traverse the islands by foot and not have to waste any energy as i began to make my way towards the large center island at the center of the ring using the shallow sand paths

disregarding the time restraint I was setting on myself,the islands were beautiful with white sand,lush greenery and open views,other than a impenetrable fortress,this location was optimal use for a resort or vacation home of any kind and being on an uncharted location,unfound on any map,no one would find you here

the views of the island didn't stop at the beaches alone however as the inside of the forests on the outer island ring was incredible on it's own,the trees created a near perfect cover from the sun,grass and moss were generously around the area with little mud in the area with small cleared paths,that were most likely made by Berlin a long time ago

not only that,there were small to medium sized animals on the island,minding their own business,they seemed intrigued about my appearance on the island but were relatively still on their part,mostly keeping watch of Me as if they did not fear Me or worry about Me,which was unusual for most wild animals

I could only assume that they had gotten used to Berlin's friendly nature towards everything that was not a Siren and thus became more lenient and trusting towards people,which would not be so much of a surprise as Berlin managed to tame a Polar Bear back in the Arctic

exiting the forest of the outer island ring,the center view became visible to Me as I looked at it's massive scale before moving back on to the shallow sand path to reach it,from what I could remember of what Berlin said to Me back then,he had already made a path to a nice area on the center island,which I could now take to hopefully find him

as I reached the center island,I unsummoned my spear as there were few animals on the center island,from what I could remember and I didn't want to seem like a threat to Berlin or Z46 if I encounter them 

stepping off the sand path and into the center island forest,I found the path inside of the thick cover of the trees and followed it as I once again tread mindfully through the forest,keeping my eyes out and my sense high to see if I could find or sense anything

after a while of walking through the forest,I had been moving along the path for sometime and as I continued to move forward,I could sense the weak energy signature of two ships nearby,they were incredibly weak and faint but I already had a good feeling that it was not because they were injured or hurt

coming out of the forest,I came out to a large and beautiful cove like area,it was yet another beach,that coved into the island and went out to the water ring that surrounded the island,the sand once again made the water shallow as the trees nearly perfectly conceal the cove while a few large rocks stuck out of the sand in the water

as I looked at the cove's natural beauty,I could already sense danger and someone's presence behind Me as the blade of a spear was held up next to the side of my neck,I turned my head,ever so slightly and glanced behind Me to confirm that it was in fact Berlin,with his piercing silver eyes shooting needles into my back with his stare

he was clearly threatened with Me just being here,whether I did or did not have a weapon or my rigging here but that didn't matter,I just needed to talk to him and get this over with,so we could go home in peace

Tirpitz:Ber-

Berlin:how did you find us

Tirpitz:you told Me about this place before,I only recently remembered it but I had a good feeling you might have gone here

Berlin:tch-

Tirpitz:listen to Me,Berlin,let Me explain for Iron Blood-

Berlin:I don't have any reason to trust Iron Blood or you,right now,Schwester,you know that and now that you know where we are,I can't let you just go back

Tirpitz:I'm not here to fight,I'm here to set things right,your Schwester and I should've given you an answer when you asked us but we didn't,I'm here to make up for that mistake,just let Me explain

Berlin:whether,you explain to Me or not,what reason do I have to believe it

Tirpitz:do you not trust Me,your Schwester Bismarck,Iron Blood,do you have no belief in us

he was silent,Berlin gave no immediate answer but I soon got it as he moved his spear away from my neck before taking a single jump backward to make some distance as I turned to look at him 

Berlin:one chance

Tirpitz:listen,think about it,Berlin,why would Iron Blood have an investigation on the Orochi if we didn't know about it-

Berlin:double investigation trick,by having an ongoing investigation on something,you can easily fool a secondary party about knowing nothing,used my Ms.Zeppelin on a mission in Vichya

Tirpitz:why would we pester the Sakura Empire about its location

Berlin:can you prove right now that you have or have been doing so

Tirpitz:I.........-

Berlin:didn't think so

Tirpitz:why would we leave Eugen in her team in the Sakura Empire then,if we knew that things were going smoothly with the Orochi then why leave a team there

Berlin:diplomatic means,a show of trust,spies to watch the Empire's movement and an ensurement that the Orochi's progress does go smoothly

Tirpitz:then-

Berlin:NOTHING you've said has proven,Iron Blood's innocence,I still have no reason to even believe anything you've said

Tirpitz:you have to believe Me on this,Berlin-

Berlin:I WANT TO BELIEVE YOU..........but you're not giving Me anything I can fully believe in,I...................-,give Me a reason Schwester,even just one

his own leaving had hurt him just as hard as it had hit us,he didn't want to but to make sure the world is safe,he left anyway,he wants to trust us but he can't,he wants to believe we're telling the truth but I can't give him anything concrete enough

I just couldn't find anything to tell him,we had left him out of the meetings to keep him away from the Orochi but now,he can't believe anything I say about it,I needed something he would believe and knows is true,even the smallest detail could help Me right now as I racked my head,until it came to my mind

Tirpitz:what about what happened to you in the Mirror Sea

Berlin;what does that have to do with thi-

Tirpitz:why would we carry on with the battle if we knew you would be in serious danger-

Berlin:..................

Tirpitz:we wouldn't not even if it's for the Orochi,because the planning is made by the Sakura Empire,they're in charge of overseeing everything,including the Orochi,and to make sure it's progress is kept away from the enemy,they kept away from even us

Berlin:that doesn't prove things

Tirpitz:it does,if we knew that the Orochi could be completed but endangering you in the process we would never follow with it,you know this,the accident in the Mirror Sea is because of the Sakura Empire's failure to account for you in the process,which proves we Iron Blood knows nothing of the Orochi's status other than reports

Berlin:that................would make sense

Tirpitz:it also aligns with the reasoning for Eugen's team's investigation in the Sakura Empire along with my and Schwester Bismarck's failure to give you an immediate answer about the Orochi,we couldn't answer because we didn't know a lot about it

from Berlin's expression,it was clear he was assessing my answer for any holes in the logic,everything did align though,despite their being other possible reasons for what I said,most of the reasonable alternatives were fat fetched and unlikely

most likely coming to the same conclusion,Berlin unsummoned his spear and let out a sigh as I did the same,before I knew it though,Berlin had charged at Me and tacked Me with a hug as I barely kept my balance and stayed on my feet,I looked down to him and saw him with a few tears in his eyes as he hugged tightly while I wiped away his tears and hugged back,relieved that things worked out

???:I'm glad that things worked out,does this mean we are returning to base then

coming out of the treeline,Z46 stepped into the sun as it begun to set under the horizon,she had a calm but happy expression on her face as she looked relieved as well,most likely for the same reason as Me and Berlin as she approached us while Berlin calmed down and broke away from the hug

Tirpitz:you two will have a lot to explain to Schwester

Berlin & Z46:yes ma'am

coming to the end of their short leaving,Me,Z46 and Berlin left the island and made our way back to Iron Blood,now having Berlin and Z46 back,Iron Blood's power problem was fixed and we now turned to the next problem,what to do about the Orochi

Author:and that will end this chapter guys,I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I liked making,more characters have been introduced and Berlin did not pull a Nagaro and go rogue,hope to see you all in the next chapter,until next time

BAM,SURPRISE CHIBI SEATTLE,SHE WILL BLESS ALL YOUR GACHA PULLS IN THE FUTURE BUT ONLY IF YOU COMMENT "SEATTLE IS THE BEST"

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