Azur Lane:The Lost Bismarck Class

Understanding & Decision

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Bismarck's POV
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after Berlin's show of distrust and hostility before leaving,our departure from Sakura Empire became diplomatically problematic as I,along with Schwester now had to discuss with the other leaders of what to do moving forward again as Berlin's leaving left a significant hole in Iron Blood's overall power and a posed a terrifyingly big threat to the Crimson Axis

though despite this,Iron Blood was not the center of the conversation as Berlin revealed to us significant information with his little stunt as his sudden distrust and obvious anger and hatred towards the Sakura Empire for whatever the Orochi is,made it clear that it was most definitely of Siren nature and possibly origin

this was backed up by the fact that Berlin holds no trust for anything Siren related and the members of the Crimson Axis knew of this,seeing as they've all fought with him on the same battlefield already

this left the Sakura Empire officers with many questions to answers and many explanations to be said as they know had to explain to us,what the Orochi really was,though originally they were going to show us,that became impossible when Berlin blasted the place where it was kept and encased it in ice 

there was no way in and no way out and until the ice was completely gone,the Orochi,no matter what it is,is completely trapped in whatever place it was kept in,though this was technically bad news,I saw it as good news as it bought Me and Iron Blood time to set things straight with Berlin and make a decision as to how we move forwards

with Berlin's clear hate with the Sakura Empire,it was obvious,no matter what we do,we wouldn't be able to have the Orochi and Berlin on our side at the same time,even if we were to separate the two,Berlin would no doubt hunt down the Orochi and seeing as he already has a head start on us,it was safe to assume that he was already making plans 

the choice between the Orochi and Brother was clear and obvious and I already knew that the whole of Iron Blood approved the decision,knowing Berlin's grown and growing popularity among Iron Blood

the rest of the situation was finding him across the vast ocean,he unfortunately left no clues and no hints as we would have to comb through the entire ocean to find him,I tried to rationalize my thinkings with his but even when knowing of his tactical view,it meant nothing with the endless of choices he could make

tactically,he could choose somewhere relatively close by to quickly strike and hide but he could choose somewhere far to buy himself as much time to prepare and ready himself,the Orochi however was not his only problem as he already knew that we would come looking for him,so personally would he have to choose somewhere secretive and secluded to hide or somewhere wide and open,where it be difficult for us to find him

this brought another moment where I had wish,I didn't neglect and ignore him as I didn't know where he would go to hide,there were too many options for him to choose from but he had to liberty of choosing anything while we would have to guess what he had chosen

although,this brought a moment where I was thankful that he had spent time with Tirpitz as she,having spent the most time with him than anyone else present,would know where he would have gone to,unfortunately,Schwester seemed a bit out of it and dazed as she blankly stared forward,seemingly lost in thought

deciding it would be for the better not to disturb her as Brother's sudden leaving was most likely greatly bothering her,I decided it would be better for Iron Blood to continue our departure from the Sakura Empire and return to base as at least there,we would be able to reconvene and gather our thoughts

seeing as they were in no position to hold us up either,the officers of the Sakura Empire,though hesitant about the decision,notably,Yamato and Akagi,allowed us to leave the Sakura Empire with no problems,along with the Vichya Dominion and Sardegna Empire as the Orochi was still indeed completed and ready to be launched,all they needed was to free it and prepare it for battle