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*Kenneth POV

With the help of the mysterious girl, my shipgirls and I were able to escape from the ship. We soon arrived at an area where the sakura empire pawns were gathering

"All the sirens are disappearing but the mirror sea is not going away." archerfish pointed out.

"This place gives me the creeps, but it's also pretty inspiring. Puddin', do ya think I can make a movie script out of this?" San Francisco asked me

"A Mirror Sea where Pawns are fated to fight and sink, again and again... It's rather saddening..." Helena remarked.

"Yeah it's depressing." I agreed

"Everyone look over there." Archerfish pointed at the pawns.

"That Hiryuu Pawn has seen better days, huh? ...This one's totally frozen as well. They aren't responding to us at all. The ones over here aren't either..." San Francisco remarked while observing the pawns

"The Reenactment has ended. What now remains is a moment frozen in time" I said.

"Commander, I've never seen a Sakura Empire carrier up close like this before! And look how lifelike it looks! It'd be hard to tell the difference in an actual battle" archerfish exclaimed

"To be honest, I love the design on the flight decks of the sakura empire carriers.'' I said.

"Woah, look at this spinny thing above the flight deck of this carrier." San Francisco pointed at the radar

"You mean the radar?" I asked.

"It almost looks like it's reacting to you, Puddin'! You're so lucky you basically get to be a movie protagonist~" san Francisco remarked

"I apologize for the delay. Disabling the sirens' defense systems proved more difficult than expected." The mysterious girl aka 'HELENA' came back to us

'What's next?" I asked

"I am about to rewrite the very core of this Mirror Sea." 'HELENA' replied before snapping her fingers

*Mirror sea

*Evan/My POV

while we were busy engaging the pursuing sirens, a gaping rift appeared in thin air, releasing some sort of strong wind

"Where is this strong wind coming from?" Maestrale asked

"What's with that rift?" I asked as I observed the rift through my binoculars on board Aquila's production ship

"is that where my commander was taken?" Admiral Kenneth's new jersey asked

"Thank goodness it worked. the way is now open." the mystery girl came back and said.

"I'm not sure how you did it but we'll be able to find my commander now, right?" Admiral Kenneth's new jersey asked.

"Yes... But look around us... We don't have much time" the mystery girl said as the pursuing sirens slowly closed in on us.

"Then we better hurry then. We're heading into that rift, correct?" I asked.

"yes. What do you see within that rift?" the mystery girl asked.

"a bit like hell to be honest." Ticonderoga replied

"What you are seeing is the true nature of this place that has been well concealed by the fog. Visual impairment, electronic jamming. Stealth devices, and sensory interference. This is the true nature of the sea fog... A way of concealing Compiler's large-scale weapon." the mystery girl explained

"Compiler? That sounds like a siren name. Was expecting Royston to be behind all of this but oh well." I thought

"And over there is the place where Kenneth is waiting. The graveyard of the sakura empire pawns." the mystery girl added in