Lost at Sea and in Another World

A Tyrant in Black

Author: It's reckless publishing this while I worked on another story which results in greatly slowing the update.
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I've been waiting for this...

Even a breath of fresh air isn't enough to calm down Tirpitz's frustration over doing nothing while her enemy is out on the open sea, terrorizing both humans and shipgirls. She feels cornered to a degree since her enemy is targeting her while she's stranded alone in another world. Since the beginning Tirpitz doesn't rely on others to save her, but she feels frustrated whenever she thinks about Tyrant.

"You're clearly frustrated..."

Warspite, who has been observing her for the past week, finally chooses to directly speak with her. Despite her gentle and noble appearance, Warspite is one of the oldest and battle-hardened shipgirl. Others would only realize this upon facing her once she's serious.

"......"
"Ah, how rude of me. My name is Warspite of the Queen Elizabeth class battleships"
"This is not surprising anymore..."

Just like with the other shipgirls, Tirpitz is already used to the huge difference in the shipgirls of the current world and her original world. Warspite looking and acting like a noble lady compared to the other knightly Warspite is nothing compared to Hiei of both worlds. Tirpitz shakes her head since she accepts the difference version of Warspite in front of her.

"So, what does the Grand Old Lady want with me?" Tirpitz doesn't seem to be in the mood
"Is something the matter? You sound a bit upset" Warspite tilts her head
"It's about Tyrant. I never really cared about her before, but now....it's different"
"Care to elaborate?"
"It keeps bothering me on what she wants from me. I'm not someone of value for someone like her to go all the trouble to chase me here"

From how Tirpitz describes it, she views herself as someone not important enough to be a target even by someone like Tyrant.

"Still, I can't let her be even if I'm the only one stuck here. If she wants me to come out badly, then I'll come to her myself"
"Don't be too hasty. Your opponent is more powerful than one battleship can handle. Nelson learned it the hard way. Don't wait till the last moment of your life"

Warspite briefly raises her voice and scolds Tirpitz for her impatience to fight against Tyrant because she feels the need to do so. Tirpitz may be a battleship, but she lacks the experience when dealing against superior opponents on a one on one match.

"I have to do something. You just can't let me do nothing until you start dropping like flies. I have to be the one to face her head-on" Tirpitz refuses to listen
"Good grief. You remind me of a certain someone during my childhood. Ironically, you're acting like a child yourself....." Warspite massages her temple
"......."
"You wish to face her to prevent casualties, but you are not the least prepared"
"What do you-"

In a split second, Tirpitz feels her arm twisting to her back and her whole body crashing down the solid ground. Her face immediately makes contact with the concrete ground and she lays in complete confusion with how she Warspite catches her off guard. In just the briefest moment, an 'old' battleship manages to send Tirpitz straight to the ground with little effort.

"H-huh? What just happened-"

Tirpitz presses both of her hands on the ground and slowly lifts her shocked body, but Warspite smacks her head down to the ground again before the Iron Blood could push herself up. Not only Tirpitz is annoyed at unusually strong obsolete battleship, her forehead painfully smashes against the concrete.

"See? You are not the least prepared" Warspite frowns
"Ugh. How is sending me to the ground related to being not prepared?"

Tirpitz manages to stand up without Warspite interrupting her attempt again and dusts off her white uniform. Of course she is unhappy with the unexpected action, especially that Warspite does it twice.