Azur Lane: The Shadows Of The Past

Faded Glory

"We can't send everyone out though." Yorktown says. "I must keep an eye on Enterprise."

"Yorktown, why do you worry so much about me?" Enterprise asks. "I'm just fine going out there."

"No you're not." Yorktown replies.

"Alright, I'll lead the investigation group. Eugen, Wales, Zuikaku, Tirpitz, I'm going to need you to come with me just in case things get ugly." Zed says.

"Since when did you become the commander?" Hood chuckles.

"It's alright. I think she knows what she's doing." Bismarck chuckles as the aforementioned ships join Zed in investigating the Royal Navy's strange doings. Meanwhile with the raiding party...

"Zuikaku, Tirpitz, you'll need to stay back in case things get ugly. Eugen and I are going to sneak inside and should something happen, let loose with everything you've got." Zed explains.

"But what about you two? Are you not worried about friendly fire?" Zuikaku asks.

"I'm more worried about blowing our cover than that." Zed replies. "I don't know who's on patrol there but I imagine they've got things in a tight grip over there."

"Alright, fair enough." Tirpitz says. "Good luck you two, it's just up ahead." She adds as she and Zuikaku stop and allow the lighter ships to go on ahead. that's when Zuikaku sees a little messenger approach her and she already knows who it's from.

"How's everything going over there?" Shoukaku's voice asks.

"Going pretty good, Zed and Eugen are infiltrating the Royal Navy to see what's going on." Zuikaku replies. "Tell the others we should be alright." Meanwhile with Zed and Eugen...

"Looks like they're lacking in security cameras, and they're more relying on personnel to guard... This should be easy for us." Zed chuckles to Eugen as they quickly knock out some of the guards.

"Where should we look though? There's so many places where they could have hid stuff." Eugen asks.

"Let's see if they're still using those strange chip things. I saw Queen Elizabeth's red eyes, and they reminded me a whole lot of Jack's when he went beserk." Zed replies.

"I know exactly which Jack you're talking about." Eugen says as the two look in a room and discover a bunch of boxes. Zed carefully opens one and her suspicions are confirmed.

"They've got a whole room full of these things... Do they not realize that they're malfunctioning?" Zed asks.

"Maybe some ships made it through the whole ordeal." Eugen replies as the two look further into the base and discover another, much larger room. "And this must be where they fit the chips." She says as she notices some strange machinery. "Wha- look at that!"

"There's a whole assembly line dedicated to building ships!" Zed says. "Not even the others have this kind of stuff. We have to get pictures." She says as she takes pictures of everything that they've discovered. "We have to make sure these get back to Bismarck."

"I'm just curious as to why they've been keeping this so secret." Eugen mumbles. "Could it be that they're ashamed of turning their best commander into a superweapon?"

"The heck if I know." Zed replies. "But the fact that they have stuff like this, stuff to churn out ships by the minute, and others don't just makes this all the stranger."

"It doesn't even LOOK like they built it in the first place." Eugen says.

"I wonder if they have any wisdom cubes left." Zed says.

"I doubt it. If they had more they probably would have sent more than just the queen." Eugen replies. "But then that could be some sort of-"

"Hey! What are you doing here?!" A voice calls out, and Zed and Eugen whip their heads behind them to see a guard!

"SCHEISSE!" Zed and Eugen scream.