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the sky was blue with barely any clouds in the sky,the sun was nearly at it's peak as the heat intensified,in a city,roamed by many people,doing their own thing as they continue their everyday lives,3 stood out from the rest,they entered a large building with the letters "JFA" on as males and females in uniforms roamed the area,the 3 entered a room with a large circular table in the middle as they sat down in chairs,across from each other,one of them had blonde hair and green eyes,he wore a black suit with a white uniform underneath,along with black pants and black shoes with a golden gun,holstered to his hip

AN:I'll be honest with you all,this is not what I expected Otto to look like

another had black hair and black eyes,he wore a naval Commander's uniform with the Commander's hat,along with white pants and black shoes,he had 2 hand cannons holstered on his back waist

the last one had spiky black hair and black eyes,he wore a black suit with a red coat over with,along with black pants with black leather boots with 2 guns holstered on both of his hips

the 3 men were staring at each other as if they were enemies but none of them had intent of fighting,silence filled the room as the 3 stayed quiet,just observing each other,waiting for anything to happen,then,the man in the Commander's uniform broke the silence between all 3 of them

???1:ok,I know we've had our disagreements but we agreed to come to these meetings to talk,so,Otto,what did you call us here for

the blond man named Otto sighed as he lifted his head up looked at the other 2

Otto:alright,these meetings are arranged to talk about the 3 threats,so let's get down to business,I have recently found out that,Honkai have been spotted in G&K territory and are being left alone,why is that

???1:actually,it has also come to my attention that the sirens have been advancing in G&K controlled waters,why is this happening Kryuger

the spiky black haired man sighed and responded

Kryuger:the honkai threat,is something out of my girl's reach,most of our attacks can barely scratch them and for the sirens,their too advanced for us,their tech is nothing like Sangvis Ferri's,the girls have a hard time fighting them,so I've left the threat alone for now as they don't seem to be attacking for now,plus most of my problems are tied with Sangvis Ferri itself,they been terrorizing towns,under G&K protection so the girls are having it rough already

Otto:so your saying you can't beat the honkai

Kryuger:yes,we've killed some of them with unconventional means but more just appear later

???1:as long as you keep the populous safe from Sangvis Ferri,my girls will deal with the sirens in your waters,their most likely trying to get a foothold that's close to mainland

Kryuger:that would be relief Fritz,

Otto:do you have any info on you side,that you would like to share then,Kryuger

Kryuger:yes,Sangvis Ferri have been going active in Schicksal territories and Azur Lane waters

Fritz:the enemy of our allies is moving against us,cause they know our technology is ineffective against them,I remember when San Diego almost got sucked into a blackhole that was created by the SF(Sangvis Ferri)ringleader Architect

Kryuger:it was way to close of a call

Fritz:very,now,any news from your side Otto

Otto:a good amount,the levels of honkai energy have been rapidly spreading due to the Herrscher's activity,there are more semi-Herrscher's than normal and with the growing of honkai energy,more creatures and people are being corrupted,we've had a total of 400 people in G&K territory turn into zombies and honkai while wildlife in Azur Lane's ocean's are turning into new kinds of honkai

Kryuger:this is troublesome,if all of the enemy is in our territories,we might be forced to deploy girls into each other's territories

Fritz:that could be problematic as the girls can't fight efficiently in each other's terrain

Otto:and to top it off,they already have bad blood with each other,plus most of the Captains,Commanders and Generals are incompetent and terrible leaders

Fritz:agreed,they tend to make stupid and reckless decisions,putting the girls in harms way

Kryuger:true,we've had some good one's but they keep getting killed

Otto:the enemy is adapting,their taking out leaders because they know the girls have little coordination with each other

Fritz:the JFA(Joint Forces Academy)has instituted survival and combat lessons into the curriculum and it's shown it's effectiveness as a lot of recruits are getting dropped because of it

Kryuger:true but even with the new curriculum,these recruits are not skilled enough,even if they do graduate from the academy

Fritz:*sigh*things used to be much better for us

Otto:true,the new generation of leaders are not making the cut

Kryuger:their not good enough to last

Fritz:if only he was still around

Otto:who?

Fritz:Azur Lane used to have an incredible Commander,capable of leading all of the shipgirls in battle,utilizing everything he's got in battle,the girls took down Sirens,Honkai and Sangvis Ferri alike,under his command

Kryuger:sounds like a great leader

Fritz:he was,unfortunately,he retired early,only 2 years in service but then again,he joined at the age of 12,how the academy let him join,beats me but he was a prodigy to say the least

Otto:the Academy let someone of that age join,what the hell were they thinking

Fritz:well actually,he joined the academy when he was 8

Otto:WHAT THE HELL

Kryuger:honestly,kinda reminds of me of a General,G&K had once,brought the girls on so many battles,killed Sangvis Ferri,Honkai and Sirens alike as well,so many innocents were saved and protected while he was in command of the T-Dolls

Otto:amazing General then

Kryuger:yah,to think he was only 10 when he became a General

Otto:what the hell is up with you 2 and bringing children into a war

Fritz:he passed and graduate the academy,he was skilled enough to lead,I don't see why not

Kryuger:yah,a shame he only served for 2 years,the girls have been looking for him,for forever

Fritz:same,the girls have been trying to track him down ever since he left,no one has had any luck,it's like e just vanished

Kryuger:what about you Otto,had anyone like that

Otto:Schicksal did have someone of similar skill,he led the on the Hyperion for 2 years,protecting many major cities along with the Valkyries,best Captain I had ever seen,no matter the threat,whether Siren,Sangvis Ferri or Honkai,he led the girls to victory,the girls having been trying to track him down and convince him to join again,ever since he retired 3 years ago

Fritz:I guess everyone has their fair share of elites

Otto:yes,he was 14 when he left Schicksal

Kryuger:I'm curious as to what their name was

Fritz:I am too

Otto:say on 3,1

Fritz:2

Kryuger:3

The 3:Shadow Freedom

the 3's eye's widen from hearing each other say the same name,they looked at each other in shock as their General,Commander and Captain was the same person

Fritz:wait,are you 2 sure,that his name was Shadow Freedom

Otto:yes,I have never forgotten that name

Kryuger:agreed,such a person is not easy to forget

Fritz:so he served on all 3 fronts

as soon as Fritz said that,a computer like voice spoke from nowhere

???:voice password recognized

the 3 look to the left as they saw a the wall open to reveal 3 small boxes with different designs,one had the designs of multiple firearms,going across the box,another had ship designs going around the entire box and the last box had wings on all sides of the box,the 3 stood up and went up to the boxes and picked one up each,Kryuger took the firearm designed one,Otto took the one with wing designs and Fritz took the one with ship designs,they examined the boxes before the decided to open each one,when the opened the box,they saw a single piece of paper with numbers on it in each one

Fritz:paper

Kryuger:that's it a piece of paper with numbers on it

Otto:why would someone hide something like this

Fritz:what does your paper say,mine say 107

Kryuger:mine says 86

Otto:147 on mine

Fritz:what do these mean

Kryuger:don't know,maybe it's just some kind of joke

Otto:if it is,it's a bad one

Fritz looked at the boxes again as he examined each one,he took notice on 2 letters in each of the bottom of the box,the wing box had "OW",the gun box had "SH",and the ship box had "AD",he thought of these 2 letters as he stared at the boxes,his eyes then widened as he had a realization,Otto and Kryuger took notice of this as they look at him in confusion,Fritz took the boxes and arranged them,making the word "SHADOW" with the letters,he showed the other 2 as their eyes widen

Otto:Shadow

Kryuger:he left this but what does it mean

the 3 thought about it for a few moments as they thought of what the 3 numbers mean,then Otto gasped,catching the other 2's attention

Otto:coordinates

Kryuger:what

Otto:the numbers are coordinates

Fritz:most likely to his location-,I.R.I.S

a large screen came down from the ceiling with a blue line across the screen as it spoke with a metallic voice

I.R.I.S:you called Admiral Fritz

Fritz:put up a world map,

I.R.I.S:very well sir

I.R.I.S's projects a 3d image of the globe,showing the continents and the countries

Otto:I.R.I.S place coordinates 86,107,147

I.R.I.S:triangulating now

I.R.I.S then projected 3 lines onto the globe projection,one green,one blue and one red,after a few moments,the 3 lines intersected in one place

Fritz:he's been there this whole time

Kryuger:one of the only places,independent of all 3 organizations

Otto:one of the major cities

The 3:New Washington DC

Author:well that will about do it for the prologue,I do hope you all did enjoy it,I might mess somethings up with the story as I'm not super familiar with HI3 yet and I know barely nothing of G-F so bare with me here but despite that,I hope you all look forward to the next one,until next time

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