Chapter 32 - Military Police Azur Lane

One day after the unexpected incident, the Azur Lane military base restricted the movement of other nation ships and focused on repairing the damage to the Royal Navy ships in the repair yard. The incident regarding the explosion of the Royal Navy ship became a hot topic for all the shipgirls. Including the baseless accusations towards me.

 Ehm.. They were not wrong..

 Because I was the perpetrator.

 But.. Come on... Use the ship's logic to accuse me!

 To carry out justice and security at the Azur Lane military base, the Admiralty Code formed a Military Police unit to investigate the incident of the explosion of ships from the Royal Navy nation. The Military Police formed by the Admiralty Code is a combination of all Azur Lane nations who uphold military rules and Azur Lane alliance guidelines.

 So, what in my case?

 Erm.. They just came to my private room and asked about my activities the night before.

 How can I escape from an impromptu interrogation like this?

 The answer is simple..

 Sofia and I introduced the tactical Seawolf sabotage who infiltrated the Azur Lane military base. The bad incident that befell the Royal Navy nation would be covered up with small lies and other problems that would occur.

 After that small incident, the Siren Converter that housed the Temperance XIV arbitrator managed to turn the siren into a normal shipgirl. The memory of her being a siren was perfectly stored and the defeat that befell her made me her new Master. The laws and rules used by the siren were very simple, they lived by the rules based on strength status. The defeat experienced by the Temperance arbitrator and changing her body shape into a shipgirl was a domination of power that occurred by force.

 Like a chick separated from its mother, the Temperance arbitrator understood the situation and followed the game we were playing.

 "USS Jimmy Carter? This is the first time I've heard that name," said Roon.

 "Do you know her, Baltimore?" asked Mikasa.

 The Military Police Unit that visited me were ships that were emotionally influential and had extraordinary reasoning. Deceiving them with a messy charade was highly discouraged, especially for the Royal Navy nation that had joined the Military Police unit.

 The person I meant was Warspite.

 She was Queen Elizabeth's right hand who consciously stared at me with a sharp gaze. The gaze filled with the fire of anger was very pronounced with her hand holding a large sword.

 "USS Jimmy Carter? I've heard of it. Isn't that a submarine in the same class as the USS Seawolf?" Baltimore replied while glancing at me.

 "Yep, if you look at the family line. She is a sister-ship of the same class of submarine as me. Look at this... Isn't she very cute and sweet little sister?" I said to lighten the heavy atmosphere.

 For one clear purpose. I, Sofia, and the arbitrator Temperance have the same identity as submarines from the Seawolf unit. That highly classified information would take a long time to validate. Even for ships from the Eagle Union nation, the status of the Seawolf submarine is a top-secret guarded by the Admiralty Code. However, my condition that was approaching the day of death gave me a new drama after thwarting the previous plan.

 The plan that I had prepared beforehand would utilize the Royal Navy's rotten tactics with the art of Blackmail. The presence of the arbitrary Temperance that was released from the Siren Converter changed the main plan into a backup plan and created a new scenario along with its stage play.

 Now..

 Time to press the time bomb for this play...

 "Well... Before I search for USS Jimmy Carter when visitting us. I had a chance to visit the Royal Navy area to attend a dinner invitation. More precisely to small Buckingham Palace. If you don't believe me, please ask Warspite. We had a chance to meet in the throne room."

 "Hmm.." Roon muttered.

 "Huh.." Mikasa muttered.

 "Eh... Have you had a chance to have dinner with the Royal Navy nation? Is that true, Warspite?" Baltimore asked with her small glance directed at Warspite.

 "Ark! That's right. We invited him because we were curious about the mysterious submarine owned by Eagle Union," Warspite answered in a nervous tone and slowly maintained her intonation to be firm.

 I smiled at Warspite and waved my hand at her.

 It was just a small warning and public announcement that the incident that occurred inside small Buckingham Palace had a close connection to the attack on the Royal Navy ships that were docked at the Azur Lane military base.

 At a glance, I saw a complicated expression etched on Warspite's face. Her surprise became a special amusement for me.

 "Uhm.. Baltimore.. Please don't report this situation to the Admiralty Code. If the existence of USS Jimmy Carter is known to them, this military base will have a hard time dealing with the complicated politics created by humanity and Arthur doesn't want the Azur Lane alliance to be destroyed because of human politics."

 "It seems like things are getting more complicated than just finding the perpetrators of destroying Royal Navy ships."

 "Ugh, sorry. If the secret about USS Jimmy Carter is known to the Admiralty Code. I only have a few bad choices to deal with it."

 "USS Seawolf, I won't report your problem to Admiralty Code. However, they might report it."

 Baltimore's words were directed at the other factions that were part of the Military Police unit. Warspite, Roon, and Mikasa were met with a sneer from Baltimore.

 "Hmm.. Them? Well... I've opened Pandora's box in the Royal Navy territory. Adding Iron Blood or Sakura Empire to my list of personal problems isn't a bad thing. I can handle it," I replied confidently.

 "So that's your answer? Personal problems, huh? Then.. I will withdraw from this case," said Baltimore as she left my private room...

 "B-Baltimore?" before Baltimore closed the door to my private room, Mikasa who was confused by this situation rushed over to her. Leaving Roon and Warspite who were silent observing me.

 "Heh, so that's it. Sakura Empire doesn't know about this incident and Eagle Union doesn't want to get involved in my problems. But.. Royal Navy and Iron Blood... Have you two worked together?"

 "Kuh!"

 "Hngh!!"

 Warspite and Roon were surprised by my statement. Their facial expressions couldn't hide the reality that had happened. Royal Navy and Iron Blood had worked together behind the Azur Lane alliance. I don't know their purpose in working together, it's just that...

 If two nations that are enemies work together, something terrible has happened under the control of the Azur Lane alliance.

 "Hmm.. Interesting.." Roon responded to my statement with a cynical smile. As a ship that has a Yandere personality, her mindset is very difficult to guess.

 "Your courage to oppose Iron Blood is very promising, are you able to do it?" Roon's sharp gaze was directed at me and the emphasis of her words showed her hostility towards me.

 Ahh.. Roon tried to provoke my actions.

 To respond to her too-ordinary provocation, I gave a small code in the form of a cold stare towards the arbitrary Temperance which had been renamed USS Jimmy Carter.

 "Ung??" Responding to my sudden cold stare, USS Jimmy Carter thought hard to interpret my little code until Sofia made a small movement that emphasized my cold stare.

 "AH!" With her small exclamation, she took out a photo from her military uniform and showed a photo of Bismarck wearing a maid uniform and the damage to her warship after dueling against me.

 "T-This.." Roon observed the photo from a fairly close distance.

 "Yes, that's my answer. Adding Iron Blood to the enemy list is not a problem for us," I said while awakening the imitation Wisdom Cube that was floating in my right hand.

 Following my little bluff, Sofia and Jimmy Carter took out the Wisdom Cube in their right hands.

 "Oh, one more thing. The one who attacked the Royal Navy was not me but.."

 "Her.."

 Roon and Warspite's gazes were fixed on Jimmy Carter. With her child-like body size, they would not have expected that the sudden attack would come from a submarine.

 "H-Huh? Y-You mean.. T-The attack came from outside?" asked Warspite.

 "Yep, thanks to that incident. I was able to find this naughty submarine," I replied while stroking Jimmy Carter's hair.

 "..." Jimmy Carter just kept quiet and accepted my gentle stroking of her hair.

 "Roon, I give you two choices... Ah! No.. I give the Iron Blood nation two choices. You will either be my enemy or the enemy of this scary little kid.."

 "..."

 "..."

 After my last statement, my private room was consumed by a silence that lasted for quite a long time. The defeat of Bismarck as the Flagship of Iron Blood was proof of our strength. Roon who realized this was silent and thought hard about the future of the Iron Blood nation.

 "You know, this will corner the Eagle Union nation too," said Warspite.

 "Don't worry, the Seawolf unit has been discarded by the Eagle Union. Thank to Enterprise for her actions... This is just a small war between the remnants of the Seawolf unit against two large nations. I think... It was very fun to do," I said with a small smile.

 "N-No way.." replied Warspite with a complicated expression on her face.

 "Well... That's what will happened to your nation. Now.. Please get out of my room before I kick you roughly... Oh! One more thing... If you don't answer in the next three days, I will assume we are in a personal war conflict zone."

 "Sofia.."

 "Jimmy Carter.."

 Responding to my call, Sofia and Jimmy Carter pushed the uninvited guest out.

 Claaaak...

 Daaagg..

 That sounds very rude but.. I could see a satisfied smile on Sofia and Jimmy Carter's faces.

 "Anoo.. Is it just me or am I involved in a useless conflict?" Jimmy Carter asked.

 "Oh, welcome to our useless conflict that just wants to have fun.." Sofia replied.

 "And.. Since when did I have a high-level Wisdom Cube like this?" Jimmy Carter continued her question while showing her imitation of Wisdom Cube.

 "Don't worry, Jimmy. Everything is moving according to plan.." I said to calm Temperance's arbitrary curiosity, the difference between siren and human culture made her have a bit of an identity crisis. Especially with the problems that come to her body as my sister-ships.