Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Butterfly Effect

• Chapter Four •

Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Butterfly Effect - The Foreigner and Her Fleet

A/N: More than 80 views, that's quite a number and I did mentioned I would be happy to have 80 or 120. And maybe I was too early in asking you lot to pick or vote for certain ships that will appear in this story. Thank you for staying with me everyone and I appreciate it. I don't have a goal right now so let's aim for 150 views at the minimum. Anyways, enjoy the story.

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I found someone, a person that can give me an order I've been waiting to follow. But am I good enough for a person like him?

Izumi sat on her platform while her eyes were focusing on the main screens showing her current location and calculated the possibility of her enemy's last known position. She was too focused on her part and self that the small chatters coming from her Captain and the other crew members were inaudible.

A faint signature appeared on the screen and she immediately ran a scan on the Fog's database to identify the ship heading towards her at full speed.

The name "Admiral Hipper" pops along with her full details such as speed, range of armaments and equipments.

Being hunted by my own kin... it's far more than a disgrace. But I am no longer one of them, I belong in the hands of the human commanding me. May it be for revenge or world peace, I shall abide to it.

"We don't have time to deal with a cruiser..! Moreover, a Fog Heavy Cruiser!" Zenji sounded his concern, knowing that their performance were not as good as a heavy cruiser, one that belonged to the Fog.

Hiyou remained silent on his seat as his brain processed many options given by Zenji and his XO, Haruhiko, who was now worried for their own survival.

"Hiyou." Izumi finally opened her mouth to speak, earning her Captain's attention.

"You have made it clear that our objective is the Assault and Suppression Vessel, Kaga. Engaging in a fight right now will decrease our combat capability against the real target. However, it is your choice. My Captain."

Hiyou took Izumi's words as an advice and nodded, "Very well. We dive down as deep as possible and avoid detection by silent travelling. Lower down our engine signature and follow water currents to our advantage."

The mental model steered the vessel down and minimizes the engine output to avoid Sonar detection. She carefully studies the terrain and keeps watch on the enemy signature that was keeping it's course at maximal speed.

Onboard the Admiral Hipper itself, a woman stood on the compass platform while her eyes were scanning the ocean like a hawk trying to find it's prey. She had long waist blonde hair and her eyes were as blue as the sky. Unlike other mental models, she chose to wear an attire that her own vessel represents; a black German military uniform decorated with a few medals on it and the Iron Cross displayed just below her neck which is located at the ends of her collar. Strangely, she also possessed a jet black medium lengthened cane with a skull on top of it. The German mental model slightly adjusts the black beret settled on her head and sighed.

"There's nothing here. Are you sure that it's I-417? Or is it just your radar going all craaa-zy?" Hipper asked through the TacNet as she was almost sure that nothing could be found.

Kaga responded calmly from the other end, "I am most certain. Did you not say that Anti-Submarine Warfare is your specialty?"

The Heavy Cruiser fell silent and a laughter registered into the network, before the owner of the laugh spoke.