Azur Lane: Silent Service
Chapter 25 - The Poor Little Boy
The main base of Azur Lane was filled with thick white smoke. The spreading smoke swallowed the shape of the island perfectly. From behind the thick smoke, a small torpedo that flew high through the thick smoke and surrounded the island to observe the situation.
It was the Hunter Killer Drone that the USS Seawolf used to see the surroundings without coming out of the water surface. The small object flew out forming a circular formation that surrounded the island.
“Tsk! Seawolf!” said the mysterious girl figure from behind the dark sea.
Slowly... The mysterious girl opened her whitish-blue eyes and the body of her stinging tentacles that crawled to the surface of the water.
*Splaaaash...
The girl's body covered in white tentacles began to enlarge and pulled out a siren weapon in the form of a light cruiser cannon. The siren gear she wore emitted a mysterious, whitish-blue wave and created random radio waves that damaged the surrounding communication channels.
“You know, it's useless to me.”
“H-Huh?!”
A hidden siren communication channel detects an unknown intruder joining the siren communication network.
The mysterious girl was very surprised after hearing that voice. A voice that was heavy and gave a terror of fear in each of his words.
“Arbiter? Antiochus? Or Arbitrator Temperance XIV? How do I call you?”
“...”
“...”
“I know you heard my voice, should I send a warm greeting to your position?”
“Tsk! Why should I meet a monster like you here?” reply to the mysterious girl.
“Oh, you attacked the main base of Azur Lane and hope not to meet another monster besides myself?”
“Cih!” reply the girl with a little swearing.
“Operation canceled! All units back!” without wasting time and sacrificing the futile mass-produced siren, the mysterious girl opens a black portal that slowly sucks in mass-produced sirens.
As his body entered the black portal created, it suddenly heard the sound of an akitf sonar moving under its tentacles.
“Hum?” active sonar beams approaching its tentacles are heard getting closer and air bubbles moving to the surface of the sea are clearly visible.
“Huh?! Torpedo!” the mysterious girl panicked and moved her body away from the black portal to avoid torpedo attacks.
*mag... Waistband... Pinngg...
*ping...Ping...
*Weeeeerrrrr...
*Kabooom...
The torpedo attack fragment and the exploding seawater pressure destroyed some of the mysterious girl's tentacles as well as her siren gear.
“Seawolf!!” his facial expression became panicked after his tentacles and siren weapon were broken. A light blue-colored light started to shine on his body and repaired the damage his body had suffered. The destroyed tentacles and siren equipment slowly grew back on his body.
“Hmm... Apparently so. Your Overdrive armor does not react to underwater attacks. Pretty good information for a top level siren like you.”
“How about the Shield Module Damage Deflection you use?”
A resounding voice flew towards the mysterious girl. The sound came from the burning of UGM-84 Harpoon guided missiles that flew towards the mysterious girl figure.
*Swiiiing!!
*Kabooooom!!
The sound of a huge explosion was clearly heard. The mysterious girl could not avoid the surprise attack and received a special gift from the figure who infiltrated her siren communication network.
The small wounds on his body that had healed back opened. This time, small drops of light blue blood adorned her little face.
“Quuuh!!”
The mysterious girl's breathing was heavy and her siren equipment was falling apart again. Her tentacles and injured body looked extremely weak like a little girl being played with by an adult.
“Hey, I've heard interesting information about you.”
“Based on the information I heard, you messed up the communications radios of the second Eagle Union fleet and infiltrated the radio communication network and ordered them to surrender.”
“You do not cooperate with sirens and view them as insects but receive direct orders from Arbitrator The Hermit IX. Doesn't that mean you're taking orders from top-tier insects?”
“You know, I'll do it the way you did.”
“Arbiter Temperance XIV, surrender and I will take care of your needs while being my prisoner of war.”
The offer of surrender felt very tempting for the helpless little girl. His flat face expression responded to that tantalizing offer with a small twitch.
“Urgh... I-I..” the mysterious girl looks worried about her decision.
The figure of the ship is invisible, unpredictable, and mysterious.
The legendary figure that became a siren nightmare was in front of him. The ability to attack like a hungry wolf and disappear like a ghost of the ocean. This figure is known as Seawolf. Because the Seawolf attack was so effective and terrifying, the siren mass-production group avoided the sea route that Seawolf inhabited.
The heavy injuries the girl had experienced became a nightmare that imprinted her memory.
The sudden attack injured his body and inflicted pain that he had never experienced.
“A-I..”.
“Redden..”.
With that gentle tone, the girl fixed her body without a siren weapon. His small body clad in siren armor that was dominated by light blue and black now stood upright without a fight.
“Don't giving up so easily, you don't need to feel pain.”
The figure of that soft voice echoed behind him and a warm gentle swipe touched his head.
From the reflection of the calm sea level, the girl saw a mysterious male figure wearing an Eagle Union military uniform standing behind her and rubbing her head.
That expressionless face slowly turned into fear regarding death. The existence of a mysterious figure that attacked his body and appeared suddenly gave a powerful psychological attack against him.
“Please, I will not kill the siren who has surrendered.”
“Well, most sirens who give up trying to escape from me. So, I slightly finished my pending work.”
“If you understand my words, don't make me hassle.”
The mysterious male figure smiled and took off a gentle swipe from the head of the girl.
“Be my prisoner of war..” said the mysterious figure as he extended his hand.
The frightened girl moved her hand and grabbed the hand of the mysterious figure.
*Byuuuuurr!!
*Bssssstttt!!
Suddenly, the sirens of the girl's communication channel was cut off. The mysterious figure gave a small code with the index finger on his lips to remain silent.
“Ssssttt... I've kept my word.”
“Now, it's time to return to the main base of Azur Lane.”
“Before that, please do not be surprised by what I will do in the future.”
The mysterious figure pulled a small gun out of his military clothes and shot the girl in the head.
No gunshots.
There was only the quiet sound of the wind and the sound of small waves in the high seas.
The gun contained a tranquilizing needle that made the girl feel sleepy and sound asleep. The mysterious figure raised its body and dived into the ocean towards the submarine leaning on the mud floor.
The mysterious figure slowly entered the hatch of his submarine as the entrance.
“Welcome back, Master.”
“I'm back, Sofia.”
“Is the child okay?”
“Yap, if only the girls of the ship did not care about the shape of the siren. This little boy might have drowned into the cold ocean. But, here I am. Rescuing the sirens that were supposed to be their enemies.”
“But, thanks to this little boy. Master got a new lead on that, didn't he?”
“Yep, this little boy is a big investment for my siren technology.”
“Fufu... Masters. It sounds very cruel to make a small child an investment.”
“It's okay, isn't it? This is for the benefit of mankind, ship girls, and siren.”
“No, more precisely this is because of the Quest that forced me to protect it in order to obtain Siren Converter” technology muttered the mysterious figure subtly.
...(.(.Arbitrator Temperance XIV) ...