Bear out of forest

by Dragon Breathing Fire

"I've done my mandatory years in the army so why did you enlist me to serve the navy?" When they first attack, billions died and billions more were force to migrate deeper inland. I enlist in the army as a mandatory service and after 7 years I'm finally free, well, one could hope. Follow me as I swim my way through Azur lane by interacting with the Ships and Siren.

8. Plot Armor

"Hmmmm… That should be it…" I hummed to myself as I checked something off the list on my tablet. After carefully waking up the sleeping Elizabeth, both of us continue examining the whole ship. I am currently in front of the stern main turret waiting for Elizabeth who is scolding the gunner inside.

"Good grief, what a pain…" Elizabeth tiredly exclaimed as she exited the turret. She massaged her right shoulder using her right hand while occasionally cracking her neck. I could hear her bones cracking whenever she tilted her head. Guess her old age is catching up with her bones. "Maybe I should order a massage chair or something."

"What are you talking about?" I approached her from behind. I put both of my hands on her shoulders and started massaging her. "You got a massager right here." I carefully put more pressure on Elizabeth's stiff shoulders, slowly kneading her meat to give her the most pleasure. Her shoulders steadily turn from a brick to a perfectly grilled meat. They are soft and succulent. I am having a hard time not just taking a bite on her neck, but I don't want to leave a mark that everyone could see. "How is it grandma?"

"You're good, kid." She said, sounding like she was in a world of pleasure, "Mind massaging my upper arms kid?" Of course not. I slipped my hands down and massaged her upper arms. If I was blind, I would've thought that I was gripping a brick or some sort. I was having a hard time kneading her upper arms from how built her muscles are. I have to expend more power to just push my fingers down, but her muscles are slowly but surely becoming more tender and softer as the time goes on. "You can go lower if you feel like it was enough."

"Got it, but please help me by relaxing your body. It's so stiff." I heard a small giggle coming from her mouth. She slumped her shoulders down and I could feel the muscles on my palms are getting softer than before. I move my hands toward her elbows and start treating them one by one. I first treated her right elbow, massaging her joint and stretching her arms until I could hear a crack from her elbow. After making sure her right elbow is fine, I continue on her left elbow. I hear a moan seasoned by pleasure from her as I carry out my massage. Ugh, it's stimulating but she definitely doesn't mean to let it out like that.

I move my hand down toward her forearms and start massaging them like I did with her upper arms. I put my thumbs on the inner side of her elbows, put a little bit more pressure on them and move them steadily down until they hit her wrists. I repeat this action multiple times until I can feel her pulse when I touch her wrists. It means that her forearms have calmed down enough for me to feel through her muscles. I moved both of my hands and placed them on Elizabeth's right hand. I put my fingers between hers and massage them as gently as I can. I pull her fingers one by one until her fingers let out a loud crack before moving to her next hand. A nice feeling of satisfaction rose from beneath me after I heard the 10th crack from her left little finger.

I was about to retreat my hands from her hand but she suddenly wraps her fingers around one of my hands. She tucked my hand in front of her lips and kissed the back of my hand. "Such lovely fingers and caring hands. Your girlfriend is a lucky lady. If I have to be honest, I am jealous of her." I hate to admit it, a blush was growing on my face. Damn this hag. "If you ever broke up with your girlfriend, please consider me first before going to anyone okay?" She suddenly turned her body to face me and pulled my face closer to hers. "I may be old but that means I know how to treat you well, kid."

"Shut it old hag." I turn my head sideways because I feel my face burning from embarrassment. The amount of compliments she is giving me is too much for me. I was very rarely complimented when I was a child, only when I met Mia did this change for the better. But even when I was with Mia, there was a limit we set for ourselves whenever we were in public to hide our relationship, even though people eventually found out. We wouldn't just wildly throw a compliment at each other, only when one of us did a good job, but Elizabeth right here is literally flirting with me in public. Mia… What am I supposed to do? I promised you that I wouldn't flirt with other girls but you didn't consider the other way around.

"Aaaawww… That's a cute blushing face you got there, kid." She put my chin between her thumb and index finger. She pulled my face to face her with a smug smile planted on her face. "I would pay thousands of dollars just to make this cute face the first thing I see in the morning." My face burns even hotter. I instinctively slap her hand away and turn my head sideway to escape from her, but she sees this as a challenge. "You're rebellious, aren't ya? Well, I never said that I don't like a challenge." She captured both of my wrists and push me toward the turret. I could feel the cold of turret steel on my back whilst feel a burning sensation on the front from Elizabeth's non-stop assault. She moved her mouth near my ear and whisper. "Why don't you show me that neck of yours? It's time for my lunch anyway. This is an order kid, so you don't have any right to object. All though, you're probably going to enjoy it anyway, right?"

"Damn you…" I reluctantly lift my chin up. Her mouth moved down from my ear to my neck. I could feel her wet and hot breaths on my neck which gave me a big goosebump. She hungrily opened her mouth and took a bite on the side of my neck. "Hnnngg!" A mewl escaped my mouth the moment her teeth landed on my skin. The sensation is like a bolt of lightning traveling through my entire body before striking my brain.

"For a man, you have a lot of sensitive spots." Elizabeth muttered from my neck. It's not my fault, okay! That's just how my body is wired! It's not my fault that my sensitive spot is easy to identify. Okay maybe that was my fault for being unable to conceal my reaction. "It makes you more fun to tease than other people." I could feel my energy and stamina slowly dissipating to the air the more pleasure I felt from her until my body felt like they were swaying with the waves from how light they were. "I regret not meeting you earlier than your girlfriend. She is a lucky lady, Igo. Can I ask you to call your girlfriend?"

"Hah~~ Hng! Why?" I asked her amid my moans.

"I want to ask her forgiveness for stealing her boyfriend." She quickly let go of my neck and gave me a kiss on my lips. It feels good. It's soooo gooooood even though it feels wrong. "Igo… Igo… Igo… Igo…" She muttered my name every time we separated our lips to catch our breath before smashing her lips with mine again. The amount of effort that she exerted to give me the most pleasure makes me feel bad to even fight back. At last, I couldn't even pull my hands to push her away and just let her have her way with me. Damn this widow. I am going to drown in pleasure if she keeps this up. Her hands let go of my wrists and move down toward my waist. She wrapped her arms around my waist with her hands on my ass which she uses to occasionally knead my ass cheeks.

"What a perverted old lady I have here." I said to her teasingly. She retreated her teeth from my skin and decided to use her tongue instead. She properly licked my neck thoroughly like a mother cat cleaning her kitten. "Hey hag, I don't know whether you know it or not, but we are in public. How about we stop?"

"If only we continue this later on."

"Sigh… fine." I submissively obey her request. It's not like I can deny her request anyway, she would just use her position if I reject it. It might even be worse that way since she would just ignore my demand if I piss her off. "Don't go walking around with a wet pussy now, old hag."

"With you next to me, that's impossible." Even when we agreed to stop the play, the old hag hasn't released me from her hug. It's quite the opposite actually, her hug gets even tighter. I try to push her away but she growls at me every time I put an effort to push her away. Her hand gripped my ass tight while the other one creeped it way under me and grabbed my balls. She tenderizes my balls like it was meat that was going to be cooked. "Let's go to my room right now."

"Come on grandma, we still have to go to the bridge."

"Ugh… Fine… let's finish this quickly." She furiously huffed away from me. What an annoying superior. Better start moving before she gets angry. "Come on!" Look, there she goes.

XxX-XxX

"I guess that is all from me. Is there any question?" Elizabeth asked the people in front of her. Currently the night sky has rolled up and covered the entire horizon in her darkness. The clear dark sky revealed the beautiful starry sky, it still mesmerizes me even when I have seen them many times already. I wonder what the people who lived here before think about it, I bet they were also mesmerized. "I take your silence as a no. Dismiss and return to your position." Elizabeth shoo all the people away.

Who are these people? They are the night shift crew. Most of the day shift people have drowned themselves in their dream world so the number of people outside was comparably lower than in the afternoon. Since I am the vice-captain on the day shift, I have to give my night shift counterpart, Saya, the data on my tablet. "Here you go." I hold a text file on my tablet and swipe them up until they are out of the display.

"Thank you Igo." Saya said gleefully.

"Stop flirting in front of people." "Do it in your own room would you?" "Just get married already." "Stop doing something wholesome will you?" "Yeah, Azis's degenerate blood is burning." "Fuck you!" "Stop fucking her so hard! I could hear her moans from across the hall." "Yeah dude. Carly got horny whenever she heard Saya's moans of pleasure. You have no idea how wet her room is." "I DID NOT! *KICK*" "FUCK! MY BALLSS! AAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

"Good grief…" Elizabeth disappointedly mumble to herself while I am grinning at the sight of a friend of mine rolling on the ground, holding his balls after being kicked hard. Serve that motherfucker right. I haven't fuck Saya to begin with. "You have a lot in your hand huh, Star?"

"Kind of." A tall woman answers Elizabeth with a sigh. She has silky black long hair that reaches up to her knee. She has your typical east Asian features like white skin, flat nose and small eyes. She also wears glasses which give her that bossy office secretary look. Her tight black short skirt that only covers her lower body until the upper thigh and her white shirt that's also almost as tight didn't help her image either. The first time I met her, I thought she would be that scary strict teacher you usually see in an anime or something. "It is better than silence though." She said while looking at the crew before refocusing her eyes on me. "By the way Igo."

"Uhuh?"

"I assume you have finished with the SS Ourang Medan book that I gave you?" I nodded at her. "Do you like it?" Her face shines bright and comes closer to mine. Yes, she likes mysteries, unsolved crimes and conspiracy theories. You have to see how cute she was when I found out that she likes this kind of stuff. She is like that lonely nerd that finally finds a friend that she can talk to.

"Yes, it's entertaining and thrilling to read especially since the same thing could happen to us." I answered her with a smile. Her face becomes brighter the moment I answer her, god damn she is cute.

"I know right!" She holds my hands with a high enthusiasm. "Oh yeah, here is a new book for you. You'll like this one." She brought out a thick book from behind her and handed it to me, but before I could take it, Elizabeth came in and took it. "What was that?"

"Do you have any idea how much this guy has been a pain in my ass because of your books?" Elizabeth hit Star's head lightly with that thick book. That looked like it hurt a lot. If high school ever taught me something, it is that Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell and that the heavier the object, the harder it hits even at the same speed. "You better not taint his head with stupid useless knowledge."

"Ow! That hurt grandma!" Hey now, you're in your early 40's. You're not that far away from her. "How rude, those are not useless knowledge. Do you see how happy he is? Maybe you need these glasses more than me."

"You say that but you don't have to deal with him."

"Fine then," Star took my hand and yanked me suddenly toward her. My body collided with hers and my head rested on her chest. "Why don't you change your shift and be with me inside instead of that old hag? I think Saya is mature enough to take care of Elizabeth's broken back." Star whispers to me while affectionately looking straight to my eyes. Her chest was comparable with Saya's or even bigger.

"Ah… Mmmmm…" I tried to find a word in my current state of mind. I guess my lack of sleep is taking a toll on my mind. Her pillow-like chest only worsened the drowsy feeling I have right now. "I don't think she would let me. Why don't you ask her?"

"She'll send me to the solitary compartment if I even dare to ask her that." We both giggle at the same time.

"Well, you wouldn't know before you ask right?" Elizabeth said behind me. I was about to turn my head before Elizabeth suddenly moved forward and crashed her chest with Star's chest. It was the biggest collision I've ever been into, literally as the force of Elizabeth's chest pushed my face deep inside Star's chest. The feeling of Elizabeth's C-cup breasts on the back of my head and Star's D+-cup breasts on my face was comfy as fuck, like holy fuck, the only thing stopping me from falling asleep right now is the breathing problem I have with my nose buried in Star's covered cleavage. Sniff… it smells nice. "So what is it, I could change it if you want?" From the tone of her voice, Elizabeth is taunting Star.

"Oh look at that. Two wasted lands are fighting over a fertile flower to seed them." "Which one will the flower choose?" "Igo wake up! I can only imagine how comfy those boobs are, but you'll be torn apart if you keep standing there." "Saya, come on! You don't want to lose to two grandmas with loose lower lips would you?" "Yeah Saya, you definitely fit Igo more than them."

"Azis, I'll give you the permission to beat the living shit out of your friends and they can't fight back." You can tell how annoyed Elizabeth is by the tone she is using.

"Azis, go pick a metal pole in the locker there." Locker where? Star is definitely pointing somewhere but Elizabeth's tremendous chest power makes me powerless to do anything. "Go beat them up."

"Yes ma'am!"

""FUCK!"" I hear a lot of footstep running out of the room like they are being chased,-no, they are being chased by a monster. I knew who they were by their voices. Fuck them! I have a girlfriend and she will be the ground where I sowed my seeds, not these two old hags… I hope so. Please god save me.

"Well if you excuse us," Elizabeth worms her forearm around my neck and pulls me out of Star's cleavage. "we, the day shifter," That sounds weird because I can't shift into other things. "have to sleep so that we can focus on our job tomorrow." Eliz suddenly bit my earlobe out of nowhere which made me mewl while shoving my head the other way. Her forearm makes me unable to move far enough to run which gives Eliz another chance to bite my ear again. I mewled again and again and again when Eliz continued her assault on my earlobe non-stop.

"S—Sto—S-Stoo—Stop….Aah! Hng! Stop! Please….. Ahn!" I couldn't believe I was being toyed with in public like this. My face was burning hot like lava from embarrassment both from Elizabeth's action and the eyes of everyone in the bridge. My energy is being drained away from the effort of trying to shut my mouth and push Elizabeth away. I need to push her away right now or I won't have enough energy to even stand up. "Elizabeth…Aaahh! Hng! Gah! Stop! People are watching…. Ahn!" Honestly, I think Elizabeth is one of those girls that like to see or hear me struggle. She inserted three fingers inside my mouth and stretch the edge and force me to open them wide. "Aaahh…. Awaahh! Waaahhh! Aaaahhhhh…." I put more forces to push her away, it's either now or never.

"Well if you have mark your side of the land, then let me do it too." Star moves forward and grabs both of my hands. She wringle her fingers between mine and held my hands in hers. She pulled my hands away from Elizabeth's body and held them in the air. She moves her mouth slowly toward my other ear. No, no, please no… As if the world is playing a cruel joke to me, she bites my other earlobe almost instantly. A huge jolt of electricity ran through my body, causing me to shiver under the sensation. "How cute… he is definitely fun to play with."

"I know right." Elizabeth's voice in my ear is almost mute because of how empty my mind is. My only focus and thought is to get away from the situation or someone has to relieve my pent up carnal. "Want to continue this somewhere?" I can feel Elizabeth's tongue slithering around my ear this time.

"Sure…" Why? Why are they so united about this? Why am I so weak the moment someone touches my weak spot? Someone…. someone please help me… "Saya, could you handle the place for an hour or so. I want to play a little bit…."

"Uh….." I heard Saya's doubtful voice. Good Saya, keep going…you're my hero! Wake them up and tell them how wrong this is!

"Don't worry, we'll let you play afterward." Hah, stupid Elizabeth…. There's no way Saya would sacrifice me just for own amusement.

"Uh…..sure….." Saya, honey, I love you, but fuck you! I see that I have no friends on this ship at all. My revenge story starts now! If only I can escape from these two hags.

"Thank Saya. Now if you excuse us, we got a boy to toy with." Elizabeth and Star release my ears which make me able to relax myself a bit before both of their arms wrap around my neck and drag me outside of the bridge. I try to resist a couple of times but they bite me every single time to stop me resisting. Fuck! I have to really, really train myself. Something told me that this kind of thing will happen a lot in the future.

We walk side by side for a lengthy amount of time for me and we finally reach Elizabeth's room. I tried to bolt out for a last ditch attempt but was quickly captured by Star and shoved inside forcefully. I landed on my butt on a red soft carpet. "Gah… This room again…" This is not my first time here and every time I was here, it's not for an innocent purpose. Her room was a lot more spacious than your average room, like 5 times more spacious with her own private bathroom. There is a comfy bed that I was familiar with on the top right corner of the room, a big bookshelf that was filled to the brink with documents and books, a long wooden table that looks like it was just refurbish stand proudly a few meters away from the front of the door and the appropriates wooden chairs being tucked inside the table. A big wardrobe on the right side of the room was standing behind a long red sofa that was usually used to receive guests.

"Get up or do you like playing on the floor?" Star teasingly said to me while licking her lips like a hungry predator.

"He'll play everywhere as long as you ride him properly." Elizabeth commented as she locked the door behind her. "But there is enough space on the bed for everyone."

"Ugh… Fine… just make it quick. I have to sleep for tomorrow." I grumpily said to them as I got up and walked toward the bed. I can feel Elizabeth's and Star's hungry gaze behind me as I loosen my belt and throw them away. I unbutton a couple of the upper buttons on my shirt and sit on the side of the bed. "Sigh… come… The sooner you guys do it, the sooner we finish."

Both of them let out a creepy giggle as they approached me. A dangerous light glows from their eyes, giving off a menacing vibe that strikes me to the core. They strip their clothes off one by one as they walk until there is nothing left to cover their body. Their erect nipples and wet vagina were on full display for me to see. These old hags were old only mentally but physically, they're almost the same as Mia. Beautiful mounds of men hope and dream on their chests with their pink peak lock and loaded is surely a sight to behold. I may be forced into this, but that wouldn't stop me from at least enjoying a tiny bit of it. Good god, hundreds would die just to see them in this shameful state.

"Since you want to end it fast." Elizabeth sits next to me, hand on my chest as she unbuttons the remaining buttons on my shirt. "You'll let us do anything." She whispers sweetly in my ear. Her cold breath gave me a goose bump that ran through my spine.

"I mean, I am not-I am—"

"You'll let us right?" Star sat on the other side with her hand unzipping my pants. "You want to finish this quickly right? So let us do whatever we want."

"I am gonna regret this, but fine." And yet I was right again. Well depending on how you describe regret, because I believe the only things that came out of my mouth this night are either moans or mewls of pleasure. Being treated by two highly skilled women was one hell of an experience and I am pretty sure they drained my balls until they were dryer than a desert. I was absolutely dominated by them, I can't remember how many times my effort to gain a little bit of dominance was broken easily by both Elizabeth and Star. I didn't last too long before I passed out from both exhaustion and pleasure. Good god, they're almost identical with Mia if you only look at their lust but Elizabeth and Star are way more experienced in this, causing me more pleasure per minute than Mia could've ever do.

XxX-XxX

"Ugh…" My brain… My brain hurts so bad. Also my body… couldn't believe there would be a day where I would need a worst word than 'fuck' to describe my condition. I lift my upper body up from the bed and try to collect my thoughts. Okay Igo… a cold chocolate milk is definitely, absolutely would help right now and a good well deserved break is something that I need too.

"Sleep well, prince?" Elizabeth said to me with a perverted smile on her face. She was laying naked next to me with a blanket over her body only covering her tummy down. She wrapped her forearm around my body and pulled me back toward the bed. I absentmindedly followed her lead and lay back down. "How was it?"

"I blacked out grandma, what do you think I felt last night?" I sarcastically asked her. Of course it was wonderful, she definitely knew this if she heard me or even looked at my face last night. "I maybe need to go to the infirmary after this… you guys break a lot of things inside of me." I look at my body to see if any of the pain I am feeling right now is outside pain rather than inside. The amount of scratch and bite marks is stupid, like holy fuck, are they actually wild animals or something? Most of those marks are concentrated on my nipples and pelvic area. Did I really pass out because of exhaustion and not because my body received a massive amount of pain from these beasts? Because by the look of my body right now, the latter looks more convincing by the seconds. "What did you do to me?"

Elizabeth's perverted smile becomes more devilish the moment I ask her. "Your body still reacts cutely even when you pass out and since you're not resisting then that means you allow us to do anything, right?"

"There's no way I can't say no! I passed out, woman!" I complained to her even though I was pretty sure I was moaning like a bitch last night even when I passed out. That wasn't my fault and there is no way I could train myself not to moan when I sleep. "This is basically you raping me when I sleep."

"But you like it don't you?" Elizabeth asked me while grinning from ear to ear. I want to slap that fucking face of hers. Just because I like it doesn't mean you should do it. What happens if someone who looks like me comes in and he is stricter than me? Are you going to rape him too? "Come on say it."

"Fuck you, old hag." I shyly answer her. There's no way I could just say 'YES!', I'll give her more motivation to do the same thing in the future. At least I want to fight back instead of just obediently follow her lead. "I am going to report you to the police."

"Sure, sure….. come here." Elizabeth pulled my head closer and give me a kiss. "Go take a bath first. You smell like my pussy after I masturbated." That's because my body is covered in your dried love nectar woman. "Go now before I change my mind and eat you here and now. Besides, my bathroom has hot water, you liked those the last time you took a bath here right?"

"Of course I do, it's hot water. Usually, the only hot water I get is a coffee or tea in the morning." I get up from the bed and stretch out. "Nnnnnnyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" I mew out loud like a cat as I stretch my body to its limit. No it's not weird that I mew like a cat, I start doing this after seeing a cat doing the same thing with an open mouth after it wakes up. It looks so good that I start copying it and it becomes a habit of mine to mew out loud whenever I stretch my body.

"Are you trying to seduce me to pounce on you? Because it's working, kid. It's working."

"I am not, grandma! Stop looking at my butts, you creep!" I grabbed a pillow and threw it at Elizabeth's face. I quickly ran to her bathroom, I don't want the grandma to get up and start fucking me again. Her bathroom is small, only having a shower, a toilet and a sink with a mirror. But in this ship, this is a luxury. Hot water, not waiting for other people to finish bathing before and a mirror that is not the ship's window. I turn on the shower and adjust the temperature. Hey, if she said go for it, I am gonna go for it. It's not good to reject lady fortune. The warm, calm water flowing down my skin, heating my cold body and treating my wounded skin. I could feel the water cleansing my skin of the dried love nectar and saliva. "Aaaaaahhhhhh…" I couldn't help myself to let out a loud moan of pleasure. Everyone definitely understands how I am feeling right now, sleeping inside of a cold room and taking a warm shower after waking up. It feels heavenly. Well if only that old hag isn't peeping at me.

I secretly glanced back toward the door. I could see that it was slightly open, big enough for Elizabeth's eye to peak. Sigh… seriously, again? I wonder how her head is wired honestly, she has seen me naked and we had sex so why is she peeping me like a creep? Well, I guess it is better than her just barging in and fucked me right under the shower. I reckon I should just let her peek at me to her heart content, sooner or later she would cum anyway. I should try to ignore her but her sharp gaze feels like they are cutting me straight through my skin, making it hard to focus on myself. Gah!

"Old hag! I know that you're peeping at me. Stop that!"

"What are you talking about? I am not." Then why is the source of that voice of yours right in front of the door, huh? Ugh whatever! Enjoy the view while you can grandma! Fuck her, seriously….

I return my focus back toward my current activity. She is going to be there until I finish bathing so why even bother. "Hummm~~ Hmmmm~~" I start humming to get my mind off Elizabeth, it's the least I could do. I pick a blue soap and use it to thoroughly clean my body. Neck, arms, chest, all of my body part, I make sure to clean them until I can't smell Elizabeth's and Star's love juice on them. I don't think there is any use in trying to hide my relationship with Star and Elizabeth after what happened last night but that doesn't mean I shouldn't clean myself of the lovely stench.

I wash off my entire body from the soap and bubble. A quiet creak from the door makes me glance back. What is that old hag doing? Hmm… Elizabeth isn't there anymore, did she cum too hard again? Good grief… Well, even if she did, she would scream my name if she needed my help anyway and I didn't hear her or anything. Could the shower be too loud? Well it is echoing but I don't think it would deafen Elizabeth's scream if she was in front of the door. No, I don't think it could do that, she's probably doing something on the bed. Better be quick.

I turn off the shower, dry myself with a towel and walk outside. I see Elizabeth hurriedly put her uniform back. "Go wear your uniform! There's a report that the enemy was spotted near the Merlion Domain." I nodded and quickly grabbed every piece of clothing that got thrown away last night. "After you're done, go to the bridge! I'll go first!" She quickly sprinted out of the room after she said that. It didn't take long for me to put on my clothes, grab my tablet and run to the bridge. The hallway from the rear admiral's room to the bridge was filled by people running to their post. Since this could be a confrontation then everyone, both the day and the night shift, will be deployed or be on call. There's no more shift if the ship sinks.

The bridge was dark and cold to maximize the effectiveness of the display screens, this was achieved with the advanced glasses that the window is made of. The glass could be toggled to reflect most of the light on a single press of a button. The bridge was filled with people talking with each other, confirming things, commanding and yelling out information. I walk toward Elizabeth, Saya and Star. "I am here, what's the situation?" I asked them. In front of us is a square table with a big touch screen. The screen displayed our current position with the coordinates, speed, number of ships, firepower, basically every detail you need to strategize a plan. There's a red bubble in front of us, next to the Merlion Domain, I guess that's where the enemy position is.

"The Third Malaccan Fleet managed to pick up something on their radar. When the Dragon Empery send one of their scout planes to check what it is and they managed to see one of the enemy ships." Saya answer me. She sends the detailed report to my tablet.

The 10th Golden Pheasant squadron has encountered what looks to be multiple enemy destroyers near the coast of what was used to be the Merlion Domain. The ships were reportedly not moving. We don't know if this is a scout fleet or not, but elimination of the fleet is highly recommended as the First Malaccan Fleet would cross its path.

I place my finger on the touchscreen table. I push the icon that represents our fleet and drag my finger to the middle of the red bubble, creating a thin white line that ends in an arrow. I push the screen again and a digital keyboard pops out. I type 'EST ARVL' on the keyboard and a black box that looks like it was an internet pop out suddenly opens and it contains random numbers that spin like they are a casino machine before settling on '000:01:54:187'. "We got two hours. Should I send the container ships back first with some escort?"

"That would be helpful. Thank you Igo." Elizabeth said to me without averting her eyes from the table. She and Star are currently having a meeting with the other Malaccan Fleets, The Dragon Empery Navy, the Dragon Empery Air force, the Sakura Empire Navy, and the Sakura Empire Air force. I shouldn't disturb both of them.

I turn on my tablet and open up an app. The app shows a list of the ships on our fleet right now with their pictures, armaments, capability, the group of which the ships are and so on. "Saya, I'll give you the list of the ships that would escort the container ships back. Could you coordinate them?" Saya nodded at me without even a hint of hesitation. I group all of the container ships and swipe them up until they disappear off the screen. Now I need to choose the escort and I immediately choose a destroyer squadron, a cruiser and a bunch of little ships. "There. Saya, please coordinate them! The faster they leave, the better."

"Leave it to me!" Saya turned on her tablet and video called all of the respective ship's captains. I leave that to her, she is smart enough to do that.

"Igo, come here." Elizabeth called my name while still looking at the table. I move beside her and look at the screen. There were a bunch of colorful lines crossing here and there. The screen looks as if a bunch of drunk spiders shit their webs all over the screen. "What do you think?"

"Fill me up. I need to know at least seventy percent of the data to make my judgment." I said to Elizabeth. After that, Star started reviewing the strategy and explaining it to me. The pink lines coming down from the South Dragon Empery Sea are the combined fleet from the Third Malaccan Fleet, the Dragon Empery Navy and the Sakura Empire Navy. These fleets would push the enemy so that they wouldn't push North and everyone predicted most of the enemy forces would move West toward us and we have the job to hold the enemy. "We are dead and so are the container ships behind us. Period."

"Figure." Elizabeth mumbled to herself.

"How about we slowly retreat instead of holding our position?" I give Elizabeth a suggestion and I see her eyebrow perk in curiosity. I place my index finger a couple centimeters away from the enemy bubble. "We hug the shores of Sumatra Island and make a huge U-turn just in front of the enemy." I describe my plan whilst moving my finger appropriately. "After that we would move zig zag in the strait of Malacca while firing and make sure the enemy doesn't get too close to us."

"I assume the reason we are moving zig zag is to slow us down and not catch up with the container ships?" Star asked me and I nodded at her. This battleship may be huge but its speed it's not to be trifled with. It can easily catch up to the container ships if we put the engine to max and go in a straight line. "We could do that and we better do that. Worst case scenario, we could make a huge wall made out of Battleships in the strait to protect the container ships."

"That's the worst case scenario." Elizabeth said to Star. "Star, contact the combined fleet and ask them not to shoot before we distract the enemy. They would be the flank and destroy the enemy from behind, slowly carve the enemy till they're nothing more than an empty husk."

"Yes."

"Elizabeth, could I ask to make another suggestion?"

"Give it."

"The Second and The Fourth Malaccan fleet, could I ask them to make a big line from the tip of Sumatra? The line would stretch Northwest of the island and they would help keep the enemy in a single line. I don't want the enemy to escape to the Indian Ocean."

"So you want us to be the lid, the combined fleet to be the bottom and the Second and Fourth Fleet to be the skin?"

"Yes and we got the peninsula as a hard place that they can't move into. The Air force is going to be the support."

"We have the highest chance to die in the first phase while The Second and Fourth Fleet will be the one that the enemy would gun down when the second phase rolled in." Elizabeth frankly said to me. Yes, I understand what she is saying to me. We are basically running and showing our back to the enemy. One lucky shot could hit the propellers, making us a paralyze duck in the midst of battle. The Second and Fourth would be fine considering that they would be facing the enemy on either their Starboard or port side. "But won't the container ships be caught in the middle of this if we are sending them to the Bay of Bengal."

"They have a better chance to survive if we are near them. I imagine the enemy would like to eliminate us from the chessboard first before going for the container ships." I am not gonna lie, I am not pretty sure about that part of the plan yet. I am just hoping the enemy would think like how a human would and eliminate the threat first but they could think like a Northern Parliament and rush B instead, B being the container ships. I would like to think about this more but time isn't exactly on our side. The worst case scenario is that this is just a surveillance force which means the longer we wait, the higher the chance that the real deal would show up. "The Defense Instalments on the port should help us a lot."

"Yeah. Saya, contact the container ships and their escorts! Told them to move as fast as they can to the port in the Bay of Bengal! Don't forget to relay the strategy to them." Elizabeth commanded Saya before returning her gaze to the table. "Igo, relay the strategy to the rest of the fleet. They are probably waiting for us to contact them. Use this table if you have to."

"Okay." I press the screen display three times and a blue box with a bunch of icons on the top left pops out. I turn on the tablet and open up the same app that I used to send ships to Saya. I dragged all of the ship's pictures and swiped them up toward the table. The ship's picture that I swiped up shows up on the blue box. I tap the video icon on the top left and that simultaneously video calls all the ships. Now I just need to-nevermind, all of them had just answered the call. "We only have approximately an hour before contact so listen up! I won't repeat it twice! Save the question for later." I start explaining the plan to all of them and thankfully, most of them are veterans and have experiences in this. "The small ships like corvette and frigate would rely mostly on their rockets. These ships would be in front of the fleet to hide from enemy fires. The big ships would rely on the data and position of the enemy through the network so make sure to keep your eyes on your radar. The Battleships would fire salvos on the enemy who managed to pass the seven nautical mile line, The Cruisers and The Destroyers would engage the enemy that managed to pass through the three nautical mile line and the rest would support via long range rockets. Make sure to engage the closest enemy first, a single ship that manages to pass through our line would be a death sentence for the container ships. Is there any question?"

"No sir!"

"Good. Start making the required preparation now. ETA forty five minutes." I terminated the video call as soon as I finished my sentence. Now all I need to do is focus on this battleship. I open up my tablet once more and open the app that shows me the detailed information about this battleship's current condition. All weapons are loaded, turret rotation and elevation are fine, second armaments also fine, rockets are in stock and the power plant and propulsion system is ready to be used to the max. I could only hope that every ship's condition is as prime as this. "Guess we are ready. Is there anything, Elizabeth?"

"No. Igo, I'll let you handle the aiming. Go to the lower bridge!" Elizabeth commanded me while looking at me sternly. I nod at her and start walking toward the door. But before I could go too far, Elizabeth put her hand on my head and patted me. "Good job kid, you learn fast. I am proud of you."

"Thanks, grandma." I gently push her hand away. "Handle the steering well will you?" I jokingly said to her before continuing my journey downstairs. I walk out the bridge, run down the hallway toward the stairs and climb down. The room that I was going to is right below the bridge, this is the room where some of the most powerful computers on this battleship are stationed. I walked through a thick hatch door and I was immediately welcomed by a person.

"Good morning, vice captain Igo!" That person salutes me before giving me an earpiece. The earpiece was small enough to fit on my ear and it had a flexible mic that could be positioned in front of my mouth. I quickly put it on my ear and tested it at first. I don't like malfunctioning equipment being found out when we need them the most. "Yes sir, I could hear you."

"Good." I murmur to myself. I put my ass on a comfy chair that overlooked the entire room. The room that I am in right now doesn't have any windows and the wall was made of light-absorbing material. There's only two ceiling lights but they are currently being turned off. Like I said earlier, this room is where some of the most powerful computers are stationed. I could see rows after rows of computers with two to three screens, each displaying different information and programs. If you show the picture of this place and a picture of the communication center on Nasa to a bunch of people and ask them to tell the difference, I bet they would've had a hard time doing it, the room being dark is out of the door because that is obvious. There are walls of racks on the right and left side of the room which hosts most of the processing power and server for this room. I believe the ram of the computer reaches 30-50 Terabytes whilst the storage reaches hundreds of Terabytes. This baby could play every single game in existence and it would probably still have some ram to spare, but it still can't run Google Chrome with more than 5 tabs open. "Elizabeth, could you hear me?"

"Yes, loud and clear."

"Good, there isn't any change in the plant right?"

"No, we are currently hugging Sumatra's shore and are waiting to make the U-turn. Our radar picks up on the enemy position. Be ready to fire."

"Got it." I lightly tap the floor and two long displays and one square display screen rises from the floor. The screens keep on rising until it is as high as my waist which is high and near enough for me to easily and comfortably operate them. The two long screens circle around me like a hula hoop while the square one is in front of me. I lightly put both of my hands on the two long screens and all of them suddenly light up. The square display shows me the map whilst the others give me control as if they are a keyboard to a computer, just more sci-fi-no this is not a fiction so I guess I should call it, more sci…? Yeah that's weird. The square screen shows me the same map like I saw earlier with my fleet being represented by white dots while the enemy by red dots. Yeah there are a lot of red dots near the Merlion Domain. "Hoggan, Kogger and Tulip, do you copy?"

"""Yes."""

"Hoggan, you'll be turret 3, Kogger, you'll be turret 1 and Tulip, you'll be turret 2. Keep your ear open on the com."

"""Yes sir!"""

Good. That's one thing off the list. "Start calculating the probability of hits. Give me the report on the highest one." I scream out loud and all of the navy personnel immediately get to work. I push the earpiece on my ear and talk to Elizabeth. "On your command Elizabeth."

"Got it. Start shooting after we start turning. Give them hell!"

"Sure." After I said that, the report started showing on the screen in front of me. Since most of them have a high probability to hit, I should spread them out so each turret would destroy a ship instead of them focusing on a single one. I send each turret a different target, how high did they need to elevate the turret, when they are supposed to fire and the prediction of the enemy's movement. "Start aiming and shoot when the time comes! Don't fucking miss!"

"Don't worry, the eagle eyes never miss!" "Are you doubting my ability, vice captain?" "When did I ever miss?" Okay, motherfuckers are getting cocky. I am going to kill them if they miss the shots. But I can't deny that it somehow put me at ease. My mind had been nothing but strategizing non-stop, trying to come out with a better one where everyone would come out alive. I guess I should just accept the reality. If this is where I die, then fuck it. I got fucked by two highly experience women last night and that is a win in my book, even if Mia is going to hate me.

Mia…

Sorry, but it seems that this may be where I meet death.

I smack myself in the face to bring my mind back to reality. "Sigh… We'll here we go. Everyone starts calculating again, three of you calculate the probability toward our current target just in case we miss while the rest of you search for new targets." I commanded them and they immediately went to work.

*BOOOOOM*

"REPORT NOW!" I scream at them when I hear the thunderous sound. The turrets already fired their shells which meant we only got approximately 3 minutes before the turrets finished reloading and ready to fire again. A single second wasted could be bad in the long run. Reports start popping out on my display and I immediately relay the information toward all the turret gunners. "Here's the information! Shoot when you are finished reloading! Don't wait!" I didn't wait for the gunners to say their affirmations and instead immediately command the personnel in front of me. "Do my earlier command, three calculate with the same target, while the rest calculate new target! We are also going to use the rockets from here and on! We are going to use all the SLS!"

"""YES SIR!"""

And the battle waged on. Salvo after salvo, rockets after rockets, we fire every single chance we get with an incredible succession. I could hear and feel the battleship shake violently whenever we got hit by the enemy shells.

*BOOOOM *BOOOOM *BOOOOM

*CLANK *CLANG *CLANK *CLANK *CLANK *CLANG

*BOOOOM

*CLANK *CLANG *CLANG *CLANG

Fuck they are hitting this ship hard! There are times when I need to breach myself because the shake feels more like a quake from how bad it is. I wonder, if they put a sensor on this ship, how big would that quake be on the Richter scale?

*CLANG

*BOOOOM *BOOOOM

*CLANK *CLANG *CLANG

Shit! I look at the map in front of me and see that we are only halfway there. Oh god, everything went so fast—

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

A sudden loud explosion violently shakes the entire ship. I could hear all the computers and racks rattle like a baby toy. It was so hard that most people in the room fell onto their computer including me. I quickly pushed my body up, I got no time to spare even if my face still hurt like hell. "Everyone get up! I need the report now!" I scream at them with the most confident voice I could muster. I am afraid that one of them could be frozen in fear and I hope my voice snap them back. I knew I could comfort them instead of screaming but I can't do that now, so maybe after this I could treat them something if we-

*BBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM

A loud explosion ruptures the right wall open like a giant monster looking for humans to eat. The dark room was immediately turned to the brightest room I've ever been in as the explosive went through the wall and entered the room. I got sent flying by the explosion, through the long screen that was on my left before hitting the left wall hard. "GAH!" A massive amount of pain ran through my body, especially my left side as my senses came back to me. I don't know how fast I was flying but all I knew is that it only took me half a second to be slammed to the wall. The world seemed to move slowly as gravity started to work again on my body and pull me back toward the floor face down. "Ugh…. GGUUUHH!" I grumble in pain as I feel something huge fall onto me. It was the hardware rack and by god are they heavy.

I tried to push my body up and crawl away from the rack above me but another explosion happened on the same side of the wall, violently shaking the entire room again and sending another rack of hardware falling onto me. My effort to push the racks away was shattered when I felt another rack toppling onto me, crushing my legs and making me unable to crawl out as well. Damn it… I press my earpiece and talk to the gunners. "Our room had been breached. All night gunners would be in charge of independent aiming of each turret. Make sure to aim for the closest one!"

"""Yes sir!"""

Well that one thing out of the way, now what about the others? I am pretty sure there are 10 – 15 people in this room. I hope none of them are in a worse situation than I am. "Everyone, are you alive? Scream out to let me know!"

"I am sir! But most people have been knocked unconscious by the impact!"

"Can you walk?"

"Yes sir! Wait for me sir, I'm going to—"

"Don't even think about saving me. Go out and search for people! This is an order!" I commanded him with the most positive tone I could muster, but my current condition isn't helping me sound positive at all. If this is a movie and you hear a character cracking a joke and saying reassuring things while they are having a near death experience or something close to it, you would think that person is going to die right? Yeah that's the position I am currently in right now.

"Yes sir! Please hold on until help arrives!" Yeah I am definitely going to die today. Can someone hand me a gun? I would rather shoot myself rather than being tortured for a long time before being crushed under these racks. Someone give me a gun please!

*CLANG *CLANG *CLANK *CLANG *CLANG *CLANG

*BOOOOM *BOOOOM *BOOM

The racks on top of me clatter furiously, raining their hardware onto me. I said gun world! Not hardware! And your aiming sucks god damn it! You couldn't even hit my head!

*CLANK *CLANK *CLANK *CLANK *CLANK

*BOOOOOOOOOOOM

I am sorry World! "Guh…..Fuck…..Aaaaggghh…..shit that hurt." I grumble to myself. I wrap my arms around my head as I feel hundreds of electronics ramming into me. It hurt like hell when the pointy edge is the one that made contact with my body with a lot of momentum behind it. I tighten my arms as the world rumble angrily again and more hardware are falling onto me. Good god, will this ship sink while I am in this condition? Being pinned to the floor as the ship sink and drown without even having a chance to run. Ah fuck….. imagining it isn't pleasant at all. I am going to try god damn it! If I die, I am going to die in a massive explosion not pathetically drowning!

"We are here sir!" I hear the same voice coming from the door. I am surprised people have taken notice of the big gaping hole on the side of the ship. They need someone to tell them first before they go into this room.

"I am here." I said to him calmly. At this point, I am probably the hardest to save from my current position. "Don't try to save me, it's useless, this thing is heavy. Search for someone that you could easily save before saving me."

"Yes sir, please wait for us!" That voice said to me with a reassuring voice. Dude, you don't need to reassure me anything. It's not like I'm going to go anywhere with my legs being crushed under hundreds kilograms of hardware. I hear people rushing into the room, lifting things, yelling to get the crushed people's attention and carrying the injured out of the room.

"Hah… Hah… Hah…" The sound of my heavy breathing echoed under the racks dome. Now that the injured are being treated and carried out of the room I can finally focus on myself. I don't know how the hell I did not hear or feel my heavy breathing, but god damn! Am I deaf? "Ahhhh… fuck me…. This sucks ass….."

"Sir! We are going to rescue you now! Please don't give up on us!" I am not dead or even close to dying yet you piece of shit! Don't say it like a doctor trying to save his patient, god damn it! I see multiple pairs of feet lining up in front and beside me and not long after that, a bunch of hands grab the casing of the racks. "On the count of three! One! Two! THREE!" Thank you guys! They actually manage to lift the racks high enough for me to crawl my way out.

"Thanks guys! I owe you one! Now go away from this room! A lucky shell could be the end of us if it managed to explode here."

"Yes sir! But how about you?"

"I'll follow you as soon as I manage to find my tablet! Now go! Your effort would be much more needed somewhere else other than here!" Everyone nodded at my command and immediately ran out of the room. I could faintly hear their footsteps getting smaller and smaller before being muted by another volley of salvo.

*BOOOOM *BOOM *BBOOOOOOOMMM

"Hah… Hah… Hah… Hah…" My heavy breathing was almost silent. The amount of noises coming from everywhere is astonishingly loud. The sound of mechanical machines turning the turrets, the sound of people screaming orders outside, the sound of rockets being fired and exploded because of enemies AA, the sound of enemy's miss salvos and the sound of enemy's salvo hitting the side of the ship. It's almost comical because in the last 6 months, all that I could hear was the sound of the waves and wind, but now, I miss them. "Sigh… Ugh…" I sigh at myself at first before trying to stand up. Pain soon suddenly rose up from my legs and prevented me from even moving them. It was coming from my lower legs, the part where the racks crashed earlier. Good grief, seems like I am not moving…. Fuck! Can't believe I am going to die like this… Whatever, where's my tablet? better do my job till the end.

Mia, I am really, really sorry.

"Here we go….." I said to myself out loud when I found two tablets, trying to cheer myself in this daring time. "Hahahahaha…. Hah… Shit whatever! FUCK THIS!" I pick both of the tablets that had broken screens on them and try to turn them on. Lucky for me, both of them are still working. Thank you whoever is making these tablets! You save me the trouble of looking for another one! Now, LET'S GO!

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How do you know if you're a clone or not?

That skin-tight garment is doing her body justice.

"Now, tell me Igo. Do you know which fleet you are getting promoted into?"

"You're just lucky you have great genetics. Just because you have a good body doesn't mean you have a good personality."

"Just because your boobs are real doesn't make Azur Lane real! I didn't see them."