THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW
Meanwhile, we have a very important fanservice scene where Javelin's friends are talking.
Laffey: It's very hot...
Javelin: Are you okay, Ayanami-chan?
Ayanami: No, I was just thinking. I am worried about my friends from the Sakura Empire...
The girls were a little surprised by Ayanami's words.
Ayanami: The people from Azur Lane are great, but my friends from the Empire are also precious to me. I want to save them all.
Javelin stops and grabs Ayanami's hands.
Javelin: (Excited) Yes! Let's do it!
Laffey: The people important to you are also important to me.
Ayanami: I still don't know what to do, but...
Unicorn: Don't worry, we were able to become friends, so I should be able to make friends with the girls from the Sakura Empire too.
Ayanami: (Grateful) Thank you very much, all of you...
Ayanami is very grateful for Javelin and her friends' words.
Meanwhile, in the Sakura Empire, inside Nagato's office, Nagato and Kaga are talking, but more than talking, they are arguing loudly.
Kaga: Do you want to seal Orochi? Do you want to cancel a very important project of the empire for some whims?
Nagato: It's just a momentary pause until all the problems of the empire are resolved. With Akagi missing in action, we simply can't move forward.
Kaga: Who put that silly idea into your head?
Nagato: The decision is mine and mine alone.
Kaga: Nagato, you're naive. Without Orochi, the empire has no salvation.
Nagato: Kaga, you should rest too. Akagi's absence and betrayal have affected you greatly as well. Rest and let your heart heal.
Kaga: (Furious) Nagato! It is not yet confirmed that she really betrayed us!
Nagato: But it is written in the report, not only that, Shokaku and Zuikaku saw it, it was also reported that the planes from the second division reported the same thing as the fifth division.
Kaga: Nagato!
Nagato: (Annoyed) That is my decision! Now leave my office!
Kaga: But Nagato!
Nagato: Get out of my office, do you want me to throw you out by force?
Kaga, very angry, leaves the office.
Meanwhile, in the dormitories of the kansen, the kansen gather while having dinner.
Ise: This is starting to look troublesome.
Hyuuga: Project Orochi on hold and the mass-produced Siren ships are not responding to us, we are in serious trouble.
Atago: I am very worried about Ayanami and Akashi. I hope they don't encounter any problems while being in the enemy base.
Shokaku: First of all, I had said that this whole plan was doomed to fail from the beginning and I was against the war. They shouldn't have relied on a technology that is beyond our common sense.
Soryuu: It's not as easy as you think, Shokaku.
Hiryuu: Red Axis is not a monolithic alliance, we don't want Iron Blood to see us weakened.
Hyuuga: But the real enemy is the sirens, you know.
The girls remained deep in thought about it while eating, the atmosphere still feels very heavy.
On the other side of the Sakura Empire, Zuikaku and Takao walk through the nocturnal streets of the commercial area near the beach. Suddenly, they overhear a conversation between the Sendai sisters. The Sendai sisters were discussing the critical situation of the empire and expressing their concerns about losing the war.
Takao: How do you feel?
Zuikaku: I'm fine, I can fight at any time.
Takao: It's good to hear that, but the situation is not great, I'm afraid it's not just the Sakura Empire, I'm afraid everyone is being pushed towards a cruel and terrible fate.
Zuikaku: (Happy tone) In that case, it's up to us to change that bad ending.
Takao is a little surprised, but then she nods. Zuikaku remembers how Ayanami saved her from certain death, and Zuikaku is motivated to prevent situations like that from happening again.
Zuikaku: I can't afford to let them do all the work for us, we have to change and become stronger.
Kaga is sleeping, while she sleeps, she has a strange dream in which she remembers the past, but not her own past, it is the past of Akagi's memories.
Several years ago, there was a Battlecruiser named Amagi. She was the flagship of the combined fleet at that time. Unfortunately, Amagi fell ill, which prevented her from continuing her work. This led Nagato to assume command of the fleet, while Amagi remained bedridden due to her incurable illness. Akagi was very sad to see her powerful sister in such a bad state, barely able to walk.
One day Amagi had gone out for a walk, it was the first days of spring and she wanted to see the cherry blossoms just blooming.
At that moment, Akagi arrives to talk to Amagi.
Akagi: Sister Amagi, what are you doing here?
Amagi: I was watching... Cough! Cough!
Amagi suffers a coughing attack and falls to the ground, fortunately Akagi manages to catch her before she collapses.
Akagi: (Worried) The morning wind is not good for your health, what are you doing?
Amagi: (Smiles kindly) I'm sorry, I felt great today, please look, how beautiful the cherry blossoms are... Even if my light goes out, my heart will always be here.
In that moment, Amagi touches the center of Akagi's chest.
Akagi: (Sad) Why are you saying all of this?
Amagi: And my powers will be inherited by the new generation, so we will be together forever... my dear younger sister.
Amagi embraces Akagi and kaga buries her face in Amagi's chest, feeling the warmth of her older sister.
Meanwhile, Kaga sees Akagi's memory and she feels devastated. She feels like the trash that couldn't replace Amagi. So now Kaga starts to remember when they first contacted Observer.
[MEMORIES OF KAGA]
Observer: At this rate, the Sakura Empire... no, the entire world has no future. You need power, power akin to the gods. This black mental cube gathers all forms of data and evolves.
In that moment, Observer summons a black mental cube and it starts to shine intensely. Kaga prepares to defend herself, but Akagi stops her.
Observer: Data is will, will is power... especially for beings like us... that's why the ship created from the black mental cube will have great powers to revive the past and generate a new future.
Kaga: They are nonsensical nonsense.
Observer: I truly do not lie when I say that you can create anything with this mental cube... that includes reviving the dead.
Kaga: Don't talk nonsense... Akagi, don't believe the delusions of this madwoman.
Akagi: Yes, they are senseless drivel.
Observer: My, what hurtful words.
Akagi: No matter how much she may look the same and have the memories, she will only be a mere reflection, a copy of the original.
Observer: You're mistaken. If the appearance and memories are the same, then that is simply reality.
At that moment, Observer approaches Akagi to whisper.
Observer: So, what is real to you? Will it be a new ship, a great and powerful ship... well, what will be your desired ship? The only thing that matters to you is having Amagi by your side.
[END OF KAGA'S MEMORY]
Kaga: So in the end... there is no place for me other than Sister Amagi... I couldn't even be a replacement, but I don't care anymore, my sister's wishes are my wishes too. Kaga wakes up from her dream, then she starts drinking sake, her eyes are unfocused, it is obvious that she is under the effects of hypnosis by the sirens, now she is just a pawn of the sirens.
To be continued
I got to be a speed run mod woooooo
Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery (I make it on speedrun.com just wait for it to be accept)
USS swift I make 2v in NA so (1 irl size 1 scale up to fit all the weapon)