The Shadows of the Sea

Echo vs Musashi + Sakurans and the Power of the Void

As Musashi fired their weapons at Echo, Echo was charging forward while maneuvering before  summoning a replica of Takao's Katana and deflected any incoming projectiles that went toward him.

Musashi: How are you dodging my weapons so easily and better yet, how do you have Takao's katana?!?

Echo chucked a bit before becoming serious

Echo: We'll it's simple, because this "game" is too easy for me.

Musashi seemed confused on Echo's explanation and questioned it more.

Musashi: What do you mean by that?

Echo sighed and explained all of it

Echo: To you, this seems like a duel, a fight but for me I see it as a simulation. This world is just "a game" to me and other people in my time. We control every decision in this world, we decide what's the shipgirl's strategy, who we choose, and etc. That's why many people like me have seen everything about every single shipgirls like you. As long something is like a simulation, a game, or etc to me, I can control it at will.

Musashi was shocked to hear that from Echo. There was a ton of thoughts she had in mind about everything in her life right now.

Echo presses a button which a pair of headphones appeared on his neck that started playing music as of it was like a radio. Echo pulled out two pistols and started spinning both of them. Echo looks at Musashi with a grinning face.

Echo: Let's continue with this "simulation"

As on cue more multiple SBD Dauntless appeared out of nowhere and dropped their bombs on Musashi. Musashi tries to dodge them but takes some damage by some of the bombs.

Musashi then fires her weaponry at Echo once more however Echo counteracts it.

"ACTIVATE ADMIRAL HIPPER'S GUARD SHIELD AND PRINZ EUGEN'S UNBREAKABLE SHIELD!"

As Echo yells that, shields formed protecting him from her projectiles.

"NOW ACTIVATE TIRIPTZ'S LONE QUEEN OF THE NORTH AND LAFFEY'S WARGOD OF SOLOMON PLUS ANNIHILATION MODE!"

Again as Echo yells that, he instantly started increasing his stats and performance.

Out of nowhere he gets hit by multiple torpedoes, bombs, and such. He looks around to see multiple Sakura ships surrounding him. Some included the crane ships, Soryu, and more.

Echo then looks at Musashi with a deathly smile

"Heh....trying to outnumbered me? Oh please this makes it much worse for your fellow ships"

Echo starts spinning around and around which he starts spinning faster which looked like a tornado from a third POV. With Echo, he activates once again another ability.

"ACTIVATE ALL OUT ASSAULT"

As Echo fired every single weaponry in his arsenal, bullets flies out of the tornado from every direction. In response, all the shipgirls including Musashi did their best to maneuver and dodge it, however one by one a shipgirl gets hit and receives massive damage since he still had those buffs making a bullet so powerful it could damage a Bismarck ship. One by one all of them got hit but kept fighting nonetheless.

Even with the amount of damage they received, they kept fighting nevertheless as Echo admired their determination yet he kept his guard manipulated the shipgirls' abilities.

Echo's Thoughts: hmm.....I have to end this somehow but how.......wait a minute.......

Echo closed his eyes for a bit and just chuckled