Epilogue - Bad End Route

[ Eagle Union Command Room. ]

 Sofia and I sat on the sofa.

 In front of me, a young man was playing with a pen in his fingers. He spun it and threw the pen at me. A very friendly and welcoming greeting.

 "You know, you're always a nuisance, Altair."

 "Even when you were in the orphanage, you were a source of trouble that was hard to control."

 "Joining the Eagle Union's secret navy, refusing direct orders from Azur Lane, sabotaging allied military cargo ships, and secret military operations that caused chaos in the ocean."

 "I admire you to do that blacklist job, Altair."

 "But, all this chaos is your greatest achievement."

 Plooook... Plooookk...

 It seems... My self... Or rather the identity determined by Quest is very problematic. All his words that cornered me felt like swords stabbing my body.

 That's not me!

 That's the identity given by Quest and coincidentally very problematic.

 "Uhmm... Excuse me?" I said to break the one-sided silence.

 "You still dare to speak before being ordered? You never change, Altair."

 The subtle sarcasm felt so smooth and made my heart ache.

 "Always causing unnecessary trouble from secret order."

 As far as I know, the only information I got was my identity as Altair and my old friend who led the Eagle Union nation at the Azur Lane military base.

 He was Arthur Mac William, the originator of the Seawolf unit and an influential military official in Eagle Union. The policies of Eagle Union and Azur Lane were very different, it was like the politics of two camps that ran based on their respective interests.

 If Azur Lane aimed to protect humanity from the threat of sirens. The Eagle Union nation aimed to control the ocean under their control. That dangerous thought made me sweat, especially with my submarine technology.

 "Arthur..."

 "Are you mad at me?" I asked.

 "..."

 He just kept quiet and stared at me. That sharp gaze was filled with hatred and a killing aura that came out of his body. My forehead was sweating cold sweat that slowly dripped down my face.

 "The Admiralty Code's order has to shutdown Seawolf class and do you know what happened?" Arthur said in a serious tone.

 "I once told you to get out of that secret unit and you ignored my words!"

 "I'm sorry, Altair. But this is the Admiralty Code's final order for the Seawolf unit."

 He opened his desk drawer and took out a revolver-shaped firearm. Looking at the firearm, I could feel a bad feeling about this.

 "The Admiralty Code's final order is Decommissioned. In other words, everything related to the Seawolf-class unit must be destroyed. And that girl… Don't worry, I will take care of her with great love," he said while smiling at Sofia.

 "W-What does that mean?"

 My bad feeling was getting worse. I could feel his serious gaze and his killing intent.

 He wasn't playing around!

 He was the type of person who would carry out orders without question!

 What should I do?! What should I do in this situation?

 He loaded one bullet into the revolver and spun it.

 Ctaaaaak!!

 Kriiiik!!

 "You know, Altair. I am someone who believes in fate and luck. Do you believe in all that?" Arthur asked.

 "..." I did not answer his question.

 "Altair, I will use fate and luck to determine your death. This revolver contains six bullet holes which means there is only one chance of dying out of five chances of living."

 "Are fate and luck on your side?"

 He began to point the tip of the revolver at me and pulled the trigger.

 Baaaaam!!

 Without saying much, the sound of a gunshot spewing hot lead penetrated my body. It felt very hot and painful. The bullet that flew past penetrated my chest and injured my lungs.

 "Koehn!!" without realizing, I vomited blood from my mouth and my breathing began to become heavy.

 Is this what someone feels when hit by a hot lead?

 Wait...

 This feeling...

 Could it be...

 I'm going to die again?

 Eh?

 Why?!

 Just because of the Admiralty Code's order, he didn't hesitate to shoot my body?

 What The Hell!!

 I looked at Sofia who smiled sweetly at me.

 "Master, see you in the next life. I will enjoy this life with my new Master. He looks more handsome than you."

 Ah!

 So that's it...

 I was betrayed by my artificial intelligence and my old friend.

 No... That's not it!

 I was betrayed by my Quest!

 What is this?!

 This feeling of anger!

 Curse you!

 This feeling of weakness that slowly devoured my body contained the black darkness that I remembered before. An eternal darkness filled with loneliness and silence in a space. My body slowly felt cold and the pain I felt disappeared.

 Ah! All my organs slowly stopped working. It felt good to die.

 I...

 Died...

 Ridiculously in the world of Azur Lane.

 Urk! Damn! Damn! Damn!

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[ Alternate Route When Quest Failed ]