Here is the 4th chapter of Cursed Luck! Enjoy!

Next Morning, Operation Room – Kaito POV

The light of the sun had begun to rise from the ocean as it began to illuminate the dark and quiet Shinkai-jima Naval Base. The sounds of waves hitting the concrete breakwaters and the sea gulls chirping high above in the skies resonated the quiet morning of the Naval Base. The lights in many of the rooms slowly began to activate and began their daily tasks.

However one area of the base was constantly lit, the occupant waking in the early hours of the morning to investigate a matter that had been on his mind since the day before.

Kaito leaned forward on the touch screen table with the images of yesterday's battle playing on the table. He was pleased at the quick work his ships were able to make of the enemy destroyer and was glad that none of them sustained serious damage in his first ever skirmish.

However several factors ran into his mind despite the success. The first was about the radar. He was notified about Abyssal Ship when it was about 3 clicks near the base. That, to him, was too close for his comfort and he knew he had to do something about that. The second thing was about the notifications. He needed some kind of sound that could notify him whenever a ship is close or a ship is soon built. Finally and the most important factor was where the destroyer came from.

He knew that Okinotori-shima Naval Base, the southernmost base had been constantly attacked or staging attacks against the Abyssal Fleet who has control over Indian Ocean, the seas in Southeast Asia, Southern Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and waters near Australia and New Zealand. His base at Shinkai-jima was about 250 klicks north of the said island therefore, he had not been expecting to see much action. Yes it was understandable that the Abyssal Fleet would try to knock out the supply lines like what they did to the US Navy in the Central and Eastern Pacific and the supply lines heading to the Pacific in the Atlantic of European nations, effectively cutting Japan off from the rest of the world. However he believed that this move by the Abyssal was too fast, allowing him to come to the hypothesis that they had most likely knew about an existence of a base somewhere in this area and had sent a patrol to scout it out. Therefore Kaito knew there is a big possibility that they have some type of base in the vicinity in order to counter his.

Kaito stared at the table for several more seconds until the image of the battle had ended. He pushed himself up as the three fairies; Mai, Azusa and Hitomi floated in front of him and levitate so they can stare at the touch table.

"For our first battle, this is some good results but we have several things to discuss. How the hell did we not spot the ship before it reached too close?"

"Hai, hai! Hitomi-chan can answer that! So it seems the surface to sea radar has a range of only about four klicks around the base." Hitomi explained while winking and swinging her wand.

"Why only four? That's too short."

"We don't know sir. We can only assume that it was placed temporarily during the construction of the base to spot enemy ships or…"

"Or placed deliberately by someone who knew I would be coming here…" Kaito finished Mai's sentence before clicking his tongue in annoyance. The choosing of a base commander was usually chosen sometime at the beginning of the base construction or right before to make sure they wouldn't be assigned to something else when construction was complete. Kaito sighed, deciding he can think about who would do such a thing on a later date.

"Okay, let's move onto to the destroyer… Hitomi, pull up the path of the destroyer when it came into our radar." Kaito requested as Hitomi waved her wand around and pointed it at the screen like a wizard utilizing magic. Kaito sweat dropped at her mage like attitude before the table began to shine as red dotted lines began to appear in the screen, showing the path of the enemy destroyer. He stared at it, showing that the destroyer entered the area from the northeast at a slight angle and was originally heading south but began to turn west about a half a click into the radar. Kaito placed his hand on the chin as he stared at the table for several seconds, his eyes narrowing at the sight.

"I don't think this will tell you much about where this destroyer came from…" Azusa commented quietly before Kaito raised his head as he looked at Hitomi once more.

"Can you increase the range of the map to about 200 klicks around the base with images of any known islands nearby?" Kaito commanded as Hitomi twirled her wand before the map began to widen with Shinkai-jima at the center. He could see numerous islands surrounding the base, most of them smaller than Shinkai-Jima and concentrated on the southern and western side of the map while a few islands littered the north and east side of the map.

Time to take a gamble at my luck… Kaito thought as he pointed at the red dotted line of the destroyer as the other members stared at Kaito.

"Extrapolate the line until it hits an island or near a patch of islands." Kaito finished as the three fairies glanced at Kaito, finally understanding what he was thinking to do. Hitomi smiled at her commander's idea before waving her wand once again as the red dotted line began to extend northeastward as the members patiently waited and watched where it was going. After several minutes of waiting and skating past a few islands, the line made its way towards a patch of island as it stopped right in the center of the patch of islands.

The patch of islands were several small islands surrounding each other to form almost like a square like pattern. Kaito smirked, thanking his luck for this find before glancing up at his fairies.

"How far are these islands from here?"

"Ummm… They are about 100 to 150 klicks northeast of here. Moreover are you sure it came from here?"

"No, I'm not. I am just extrapolating the course the destroyer took. Obviously it could come from anywhere but this is the only thing we got so we need to make use of it…" Kaito answered Mai's concern as Kaito stared at the patch of islands further before he zoomed in closer on the table to examine the islands more closely. Since extrapolating wasn't very accurate, there was large possibility that this was not the location of the enemy base. However he needed to take a chance and hope this was the location as he looked up at Azusa.

"What kind of scouting capabilities do we have?" Kaito asked as Azusa shrugged her shoulders much to his dismay. Mai floated slightly forward and cough into her tiny balled hand before looking back up.

"Since this base was built in mind of protecting supply lines, we have no means to scout an area except sending out the destroyers." Mai explained as Kaito clicked his tongue. He didn't want to risk sending his destroyers to scout a possibly dangerous and relatively unknown area. He turned to Azusa who had lowered her shrug and was casually floating in front of him.

"What can we build that would give us scouting capabilities?" Kaito asked further as Azusa stared into the ceiling in deep thought. She then pulled her tablet out of nowhere and began typing and swiping away, trying to find the correct information. Several seconds later, she looked up from her tablet as it vanished into thin air.

"That would be an airfield or a seaplane hanger. But you are not even close in having enough resource to build something like that."

"How much do they cost?"

"A seaplane hanger is about 10,000 to 15,000 of each resource while an airfield is about double that." Azusa answered Kaito's question bluntly as he groaned in annoyance. That was almost 10 to 30 times his maximum amount of resources his supply depot can hold.

"Plus both of them take time to build and require quite a lot of fuel and bauxite to maintain." Mai followed up with a smirk as Kaito raised his hands up in defeat, clearly knowing that an airfield or a seaplane hanger was out of the option. Plus he didn't really have the time to wait to get the resources needed or the time to wait for them to finish building. He needed information about this supposed base now and that meant that the only way for them to scout at the moment was send his destroyers to the islands and have them survey it. Of course he knew it was dangerous since he is risking having his ships possibly sinking but he needed to make sure that it wasn't a large base since that could bring hell loose to the supply ships. If it was a small base with small number of destroyers then he could possible strike it down with just two destroyers but if it was a large base that was pumping out battleships or submarines then he needed to inform HQ so they can do something about this.

Kaito narrowed his eyes and placed his left hand over his chin and mouth while his mind raced with ideas of how to overcome the problem. The fairies meanwhile stood nearby as they silently waited for Kaito to speak up. As if he remembered something he wanted to ask, looked up at Mai.

"I'm curious Mai but why didn't those batteries attack the destroyer. I mean their range is most likely the same as the radar right?"

"Yes but the most likely answer is that the destroyer was using the smaller island as a wall while it moved closer to the base." Mai answered as Kaito slowly nodded his head at her words but couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong with the cannons as well. He hoped in his mind that nothing was wrong with them as he pushed them out of thought since his current goal was on his next move.

He knew he needed to send Inazuma and Hatsushimo to this patch of islands immediately despite it being a dangerous mission and needed to upgrade the surface to sea radar so it can at least cover 8 klicks around the base. He also new he needed a new ship since it would give them more firepower. He thought for several more minutes in silence before he knew what cards to play as he glanced up at his fairies that were waiting for his orders patiently.

"Hitomi. Inform Inazuma and Hatsushimo to be in the briefing room in 15 minutes. If they ask why, tell them it's a mission. Azusa. I want to order several things regarding the structures of the base. How much resources do we have and can I do it though you?" Kaito said as he watched Hitomi give him a small salute before vanishing in thin air while Azusa smirked and pulled out her tablet.

"We have hit the max for fuel and steel, around 950 ammo and 900 bauxite and yes, you can do it through me." Azusa replied as she waited for her commander to send her orders. Kaito took a quick intake of air before continuing.

"I want to upgrade the bauxite generator once and the surface to sea radar so that it covers about 8 klicks around the island. Also I want to upgrade the supply depot so it can hold double our current resource max. Finally I want to order construction of a ship with 250 fuel, 200 steel and ammo and finally 100 bauxite." Kaito ordered as Azusa tapped away at her tablet as if she was sending the construction orders flying through the room before she stopped and looked up with thumbs up.

"Well we are going to use 250 fuel, 900 steel, 200 ammo and 800 bauxite up. That okay with you, Boss?" Azusa asked while Kaito was taken back by his sudden new nickname as he shook his head and nodded his head before Azusa sent the orders when the sound of the base coming alive suddenly erupted all around the room. Kaito walked over to a curtain and pulled it slightly to the side to look out the window. He could see several dozen fairies floating its way to the factory area while some were floating up to the radar above him. He could already see some fairies carrying resources out of the supply depot to their respective destinations.

"How long will this all take?"

"Bauxite generator: about five hours, radar: about three hours, supply depot: about six hours and ship: about four hours." Azusa said as she read the times out of her tablet. Kaito turned to her as he nodded his head before turning to Mai who was waiting for her orders. Kaito proceeded to pull out his tablet and extended it to her. Mai cocked her head as she glanced at it before glancing up at him.

"I want you to install some kind of alert tone or make it vibrate for every different thing that is happening in the base. I want to be able to tell the difference with each of them. Understand?" Kaito commanded as Mai saluted before taking the tablet and vanished in thin air, which was quickly followed by Azusa who smirked and twirled her hammer that appeared out of nowhere, obviously ready to get to her work.

Kaito stood quietly in the empty Operations Room before exhaling a long breath of air. He glanced at the table in front of him before double tapping the table as it began to power down.

I hope what I did right now was right… This is going to be a huge gamble… Kaito thought as he turned on his heels and walked out of the room to prepare the briefing of his two ships.

Briefing Room – Inazuma POV

Hawawawa…Th-This is nerve-racking nanodesu… Inazuma thought as she took deep breaths to calm her beating heart. Her posture was tense and all over the place while her thoughts was racing in her mind.

It was the first time she would be going on a mission since being constructed thus the cause of her nervousness. She had always dreamed of going out to the sea to do a mission but she never expected it would be this nerve-racking. The battle yesterday was also very scary for her since it was the first time she saw and fought an Abyssal ship despite being created for sometime now. Now, just a day later, she would be going on her first ever mission. Of course she wasn't alone as she glanced to her left to find Hatsushimo sitting there, waiting patiently for their commander to walk through the door with a calming breath and posture. She sat straight and silent, seemingly nothing was making her nervous like Inazuma.

After yesterday's battle, the two had spent much of the time together, getting to know one another. While Inazuma was more shy and timid, Hatsushimo was kind and polite to those around them, treating everyone with respect. However at the same time she was brave and had a huge desire to protect her fellow ships and her commander, to the point sounding unusually reckless. Inazuma had hoped she would not be so reckless when they go out to see.

Hatsushimo, feeling eyes staring at her turned to the direction of Inazuma who was staring at her in a daze before she waved lightly. Inazuma snapped out of her daze and bowed her head apologetically at Hatsushimo who replied with a forgiving smile when suddenly the door opened. Inazuma spun her head around to the door to see Kaito standing there with a stern expression. Inazuma stared at him for several seconds before the sounds of someone standing up to her feet caught her attention. She glanced behind her back to find Hatsushimo standing to attention with a stern expression as Inazuma took a deep breath before quickly following suit, her head looking forward.

Despite not looking nervous, her heart was beating rapidly and almost felt like it was going to burst out of her chest as the sounds of footsteps echoed the briefing room before Kaito entered their line of sight and stood in front of them. The two members quickly gave him a salute; Hatsushimo's salute sharp and unwavering while Inazuma's was twitching slightly, most likely to her nervousness. Kaito returned the salute before waving his hands to sit down. The two members sat back down on their chairs as the lights began to dim and the screens in front of them began to light up and flutter to life.

"First of all, good job yesterday you two for defeating the destroyer quickly and effectively. You did an especially good job, Inazuma." Kaito announced with a smile as Hatsushimo bowed while Inazuma's cheeks blushed at her commander's words. She began to fidget while averting her eyes from her commander but still shooting glances up at him, obviously embarrassed by the praise. Kaito smiled at her response before returning to his stern expression as a patch of islands appeared in front of the screen.

"Our first priority is to find out where that destroyer came from. The fairies and I have been searching and extrapolated its possible course and found it lead to a patch of islands about 100, 150 klicks northeast of this base. I am sending the two of you to this patch of islands to scout the area and try to see if there is a presence of the Abyssal Fleet. If you located the enemy, I want to know their fighting strength and the location of their base if it exists. Once you have that, I want you both to pull out without engaging them. Once we have this information, we will see how we will deal with things from there. Any questions?" Kaito explained after completing his explanation of the mission to his two ships. Inazuma's nervousness still lingered as she saw Hatsushimo's hand shot up from the corner of her eyes.

"Are you sure the destroyer came from here sir?"

"Honestly, we are not sure. Extrapolating something doesn't provide us with accurate information but it's all we got. I rather gamble on something then gamble on nothing." Kaito answered honestly as Hatsushimo lowered her hand, her question answered by their honest commander. Although she hadn't been with for so long, Inazuma had come to notice that Kaito was honest and sincere, giving his true thoughts without hesitation. He also had a habit on gambling or testing his chances, most likely something do to with his famous unlucky luck. However she couldn't see anything unlucky with his luck but quickly drove that thought away as she raised her hand. Kaito glanced at her as she took it as a sign to speak.

"I-If we are spotted by the A-Abyssal Fleet, what should we do?"

Inazuma's question brought silence in the room as Hatsushimo glanced between the two of them while Kaito stared into her eyes in deep thought before snapping away to face both of them.

"If you are spotted, I want you two to immediate return to base. Do not engage the enemy. I can't afford to lose the two of you to the enemy yet." Kaito replied, his tone kind and caring, as he sounded worried for his ships if that situation would occur. The two members seeing his care for them nodded their heads as Kaito looked around at the two of them for more questions. Seeing that they had their answers, Kaito took a deep breath.

"Alright. The operation begins in 15 minutes. Good luck and be careful out there. Dismissed."

" "Yes sir!" "

Here is the 4th chapter of this story. Looks like things have finally begun to heat up for the team at Shinkai-Jima Naval Base. We have Kaito starting to upgrade his base as well as ordering his ships on their first mission. Let's hope nothing bad will happen next chapter ;)

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