"Mein Kommandant. You have another visitor." Friedrich said as Odin peeked her head through the curtain.
"Kommandant? Is now a good time? I have something I wish to discuss with you." Odin said. Isaac nodded and she came in carrying a few blueprint tubes.
"We found a few blueprints that could be immediately useful." Odin said as she looked around and found an empty spot on the wall.
"Well, let's see them then." Isaac said softly, his voice a bit hoarse from the oxygen and the medicines they were giving him.
"They haven't hurt you, have they?" Odin asked.
"Nein. Nobody has laid a hand on him without my eyes seeing it." Friedrich said from outside.
"I see. Good. You're breathing is getting better, Kommandant. Hopefully you should be out of here in a week or two. Until then, We will have to secure this room. Nobody on this island is trustworthy anymore, Kommandant." Odin said.
"What do you mean?" Isaac asked as he tried to lift the mask from his face but was stopped by Odin.
"Don't panic. We will take care of it. But I will have to replace your guard once we leave. I'll take Friedrich and leave Nimi here to guard you since she can be in the room." Odin said.
"Friedrich. Come in here and close the door." Isaac ordered, putting as much steel to his voice as he could.
"Yes, Mein Kommandant?" Friedrich asked.
"Odin. What did you find?" Isaac asked.
"Taka radioed me this morning. At the other dockyard, they found a warehouse while looking for tools. They claimed that they were staring at a mountain of Siren tech in pristine condition." Odin said.
"Shit. That means that the Governor wasn't being as forthcoming as he seemed." Isaac said.
"I don't think that is the case. He has not done anything rash, knowing that we sent people over there." Odin said.
"I see. Who all knows about this?" Isaac asked.
"Only the three of us. I sent Omaha over there to lock it down. But I think he is hiding something from us." Odin said.
"What would you suggest then? He is the Governor of Fiji." Isaac asked.
"They have two, from the sound of it." Friedrich said as Odin looked at her.
"That is true." Odin said.
Isaac began to protest but was cut off by Odin.
"Anyway, I have these blueprints for a new ship. Your own personal ship, Kommandant." Odin said.
"But we don't have cubes." Isaac said.
"This will not need any. I have a theory about your little helpers that may make this work." Odin said.
"If you can source the material for it, I'd say go ahead and begin construction. Use the Bulins, they can get a lot more work done in a shorter amount of time." Isaac said.
"Understood. Just a few questions on how you want it set up." Odin said as she unrolled several more blueprints.
"Good Christ." Isaac said as he tried to sit up, ultimately being helped by Friedrich.
"Ask away then." Isaac said.
"Mainly just armament and utility. If we remove a turret, we can mount an aircraft catapult. Or we can arm it with a dual mounted Hedgehog mortar system. We can use the same design as Eldridge and just mount two where the fifth turret would be." Odin spoke.
"Can we just mount a fifth turret?" Isaac asked.
"I don't see why not. And speaking of, we have two competing designs for that as well. You can mount a Union 5 inch dual purpose, or a Royal 5.25 inch dual purpose." Odin said.
"Give me the Royal version. Bigger shells mean more flak." Isaac said as he gave it some thought.
"Then I will pass it on to the bulins. You stay and recover. I'll send Nimi in. Behave yourself, Kommandant." Odin said with a small smirk.
"Hey!" Isaac said as Friedrich looked at him, her golden eyes seemingly trying to draw him in.
"We will be off now, Mein Kommandant. We must begin building your new vessel." Friedrich said as she and Odin left the room.
"I can't help but think that I was meant to tell them something." Isaac thought to himself as he slowly laid back in bed. Several minutes later Nimi walked in wearing a short black skirt.
"Nice dress, Nimi." Isaac said softly as he looked at her from the bed.
"Thank you, Liebling. I found it in a ruined shop in town. It seems to fit quite nicely." Nimi said.
"I would have to agree. How is the port doing?" Isaac asked.
"Your mind is always on work. Can you not just relax for a while?" Nimi asked.
"I'm the commander, Nimi. I have to be functioning at all times." Isaac said.
"Well, you failed that directive. So while youre wallowing in pity, take some time to relax, my love." Nimi said in a joking tone as she sat on the bed next to him.
"It's nice to have such a caring fleet." Isaac said as Nimi gently rested her head next to his.
"Just rest. The fleet is doing well. Odin has it all taken care of." Nimi said as Isaac allowed himself to drift into sleep.
"Damn." Akashi spoke as she bumped into the computer next to the matrix device. A loud thud rang out as a small chunk left over from her Wisdom cube experiment fell onto the pad. One of the bulins was close by and saw the chunk laying on the pad and went to pick it up.
"Nyaa! Don't touch that without gloves!" Akashi said as she scrambled to stop the bulin from touching the wisdom ore. She slipped and fell, reaching her hand out to catch herself, she accidentally started the device. Both the bulin and the ore were gone by the time she looked up from the floor.
"Nyaa! Where did you go?!" Akashi cried as she frantically looked around the warehouse. After five minutes of looking, the computer beeped.
"Nyaa?" Akashi asked as she turned to see the finish button blinking. She went over and pressed it. The tube began to raise as if she had constructed a ship. Inside was a girl no bigger than the bulins, but with long blond hair.
"Purin?" The girl looked at her body and began to freak out.
"What happened to my body, purin?!" She asked.
"It looks like you had an accidental upgrade, nyaa. Akashi will have to study this." Akashi said as the new and improved bulin went over to her.
I-13 had received an alert from the hydrophones she had set up along the submarine nets. She had gone out alone to investigate.
"It should be somewhere around here." I-13 said to herself as her spotter plane circled over her submerged position.
"Ah. There it is." She said as her aircraft spotted a singular Destroyer class drone ship.
"Akashi has been wondering how drone ships work, maybe I can take this one in." I-13 said as she launched a spread of four torpedoes at the destroyer. She sent her aircraft to destroy the radio transmitter that was located at the aft. Thankfully, her plane took out the radio before the torpedoes hit, preventing it from calling for support.
"Yatta Yo!" I-13 spoke internally as the drone ship took heavy shield damage. She launched another and aimed for the powerplant just aft of midships. Sure enough, she struck true and completely disabled the ship.
"I guess I have to tow it back now. Akashi will have a field day with this." I-13 said as she surfaced and began towing the drone ship back to Azur Lane.
"Governor. I would like a word with you, in the office please." Odin said as she pointed to the office building. She had already gathered Eldridge and Friedrich to escort him into the office.
"What seems to be the issue?" Alexander asked as he sat at the table across from Odin.
"We have made a disturbing discovery on your Island, Governor." Odin said.
"And what would that be?" Alexander asked.
"We found a warehouse stuffed to the brim with Siren tech. It's one thing if it's inoperable. But this is pristine and fully functional. It kinda makes me wonder what else you have hidden from the Kommandant." Odin said.
"This is preposterous. You found some siren technology and you automatically assume that I know about it? What kind of intelligence ring do you have?" Alexander said as he went to stand, only to be forced back into his seat by Friedrich.
"Sit." She said coldly as Eldridge quickly taped Alexander's arms and legs to the chair before putting a cloth bag on his head.
"This is a witch hunt! This will not end will for you!" Alexander yelled from under the bag.
"Friedrich...pacify him." Odin said as a solid swing from Friedrich knocked Alexander out cold.
Several minutes later, Alexander and the girls had retreated to a dark room lit by a single bulb that hung from the ceiling.
"Eldridge. Wake him up." Odin ordered as Eldridge used her live wires to deliver a painful shock, jolting Alexander awake.
"Ouch! OW! Damn it!" Alexander yelled as he struggled in the chair.
"Now. We can do this the easy way... or the hard way. Which do you want?" Odin asked.
"I told you, I know nothing, you kraut harlot." Alexander spat, earning him a slug to the face from Odin.
"Enough with the names. I want to know what connection you have to the sirens." Odin said angrily.
"I don't have a connection!" Alexander yelled.
"We shall see. Pain is an excellent motivator." Odin said as she picked up a pair of steel working tongs, clicking them a few times for added effect.
"Wait! Wait! I'll tell you... just don't hurt me." Alexander said frantically.
"Oh, you'll tell. But you've lost the opportunity for a painless surrender." Odin said as she slugged him across the face again.
"Now talk before I have Eldridge turn your chair into an electric chair." Odin said as Eldridge pit the live wires of her rigging close to Alexanders ears, allowing him to hear the crackle of electricity.
"They told me that if they could use the island to store their technology, they'd leave Fiji alone. They also gave me a little girl as a sign of trust. They said her name was Mutsuki. The poor thing was so battered and bruised that even to this day she refuses to come out of her room." Alexander said frantically.
"Friedrich. I think he's hiding something more." Odin said, much to Alexander's dismy.
"Hmm. I could..." Friedrich whispered the rest in Odin's ear.
"What is she saying?!" Alexander asked, clearly freaking out worse than before, hearing the demon's voice suddenly cut out.
"Friedrich! That's way too much. His body wouldn't be able to handle it. Only two limbs." Odin said.
"Fine by me, mein child." Fredrich said as she slowly approached, making sure her heels made plenty of noise to continue to scare Alexander.
"They wanted my to report to them when they lose track of their trap here on Fiji. That Mikasa battleship was supposed to dispose of that commander so that they wouldn't have to worry about him. I told them I would report after I investigated the port!" Alexander said as a cold metal claw grabbed his arm.
"And MacArther?" Odin asked as Friedrich started to squeeze.
"That was the truth. They told me to use any means necessary to get you all to trust me if you had managed to survive Mikasa. I was to feed them information about fleet size and any plans i heard about." Alexander said.
"Let go of his arm, Friedrich." Odin said as Friedrich complied.
"Please... I told you all I know." Alexander said as Odin looked him up and down.
"Mutsuki. Have you harmed her?" Odin asked as she drew her blade and held it to Alexander's neck.
"No! I would never hurt her! I swear!" Alexander said as Odin noticed something that told her he was telling the truth.
"Cut him loose. We need to retrieve the child and bring her to the Kommandant so we can send her back to the green cat." Odin said.
"Understood." Friedrich said as she cut Alexander's bindings and threw him to the floor.
"You will drive us to her. Any tricks or misdirection will result in you tasting my steel." Odin said as she grabbed Alexander and dragged him to the Armored car.