"What ??"

Between the sound of an explosion nearby, I stared at the girl who standing in front of me in confusion. What did she say about her name again? I blinked and unable to understand her previous word. It seems she has a headache and supported her head with her hand with the expression 'What to do..."

I am sorry, I just wake up and found myself in middle of a war zone!

"Sigh, please rest for a moment, okay. Admiral, It seems you are tired."

She shakes her head and then stares at me with soft gaze and a tired smile before slowly turned to the person beside her.

"Are the secondary armament ready?"

"Yes, ma'am. It’s loaded and ready to fire!"

The girl closed her eyes and nodded. When her eyes open, it glinted in seriousness, "Aim for their broadside."

The black haired girl said a command to the person and he saluted, the man then started to speaking with a metal pipe-like tool as he explained to shot.

Between my headache, my eyes found the ship who keep attacking us outside the window. Its body consist of wood with few metal plate, however its so big-no its even look too bulky to be a ships.

I wonder which nation build this ship? There is no record of this type of ship anywhere, I thought. Then my eyes stared at the ship's skull flag and a iron cage full of people, a pirate?

This bizarre sight made me to forget my headache as I stared at them in wonder. What made them so insisting as they keep shooting at us? I sure that their shoot not missed us from this distance as they sailing side by side at me.

This because I can feel the room shaking each shoot, but there is no worry from the other people here. If it was still the War of Worldship, this distance should be where the Close Combat Quarter where the side cannon attacking each other.

But here we are, I have a strange feeling that we not taking much damage.

Ah, maybe I was thrown into some action movie making and-

~BOOM!! BOOM!!

Fire! there was real fire outside! the ship which attacking us was on fire from our counter attack, oh no! It's look real! oh my, its fantastic! If I remember correctly the secondary armament of Hosho are four-single 14 cm/50 3rd Year Type guns, 2 at both side that fired 38 kilogram (84 lb) projectiles at a rate of six to ten rounds per minute! I believe I also has unlocked the upgrade that changes the previous AP bullet to HE bullet too!

Wow it's breaking them apart! Hm?

"Admiral, are you alright? your face is pale." Suddenly I hear a voice beside me and I jump in surprise.

I put my hand on my mouth to hold the urges to vomit.

Are you kidding me? I saw a real person burned to death! It's not a movie!

the girl patted my back and I raised my head, outside I could see that there are more ships nearby. What if they are also their friends? I shivered.

I stand up and shouted, "Full Rudder to Right! We must leave this place, hurry!"

The girl startled hearing me shouting and stare at the man behind her which he replies with a nod.

As I stared at the sunken ship outside, the headaches that I ignored start to kick in.

Argh, the pain. The headache become stronger as I hold my head and groaned in agony. I could feel a hand holding my shoulder while saying something. I shake my head and between my blurred vision I can see the girl with worried expression. I couldn't hear anything anymore as the darkness claimed my vision.

****

My body feels like floating, it seems like I remember this feeling before. De Javu? I open my eyes slowly and I wake up at the unfamiliar place. With a whoosh, I sit up and my head hit the metal frame above. Argh, it's hurt!

Suddenly I hear a giggle and a soft hand stroked my head, when I raised my head, I could see a familiar girl with long black hair in ponytail. She ignoref my confused face and with a smile she keep stroking my head in comfortable pace.

"You are funny, Admiral. You're just fainted and now you sure have a energy to do a wonderful leap. Is it still hurt?"

"N-no, I am fine!"

Ah, stupid why does I have to shout like that! it's not cool, me! Ah she smiled again. Anyway, where am I? seeing me who keep a confused face while looking around, the girl pulled her hand and she's look like understanding my confusion.

"This is your personal room, Admiral. We are still inside Carrier as we still not found any land."

"I-I see."

Hearing her sentence, I put thumb and index finger on my forehead. This was my habit when I lost in thought. Its seems like all of this was real, We are suddenly thrown in this place with this historical ships. It was unfortunate for this girl to suddenly arrive in this place with me. Ah, isn't there is another person beside us in this ships?

"Erm, may I know how many people currently with us?"

"The crew? Hm, there is 512 people including us. So there are 510 other people. 250 people are the Special landing force, 70 people are the Base Force, 70 people are the Defense Units, 10 people are the Communication Units, 10 people are cooks, 25 are Medic and Health Care, 50 are the Construction Battalions, and the rest are enlisted and pilot. All the crews are currently on standby."

I opened my eyes in surprise, "...So many."

She shakes her head, "No, Admiral. Our force was too small for a direct combat, our crew just a basic formation we had. We need more people to increase our power, but there is a bit problem, first we don't have many Construction Battalions, with our light armour the time for repair and construction would be affected. And then-"

~Growl

oops, I think my stomatch ruined the mood. look her serious expression was cramped. L-lets clear this now!

I tried to keep my expression and smiled at her, "It seems I was hungry, how about we had a meal beforehand?"

Different from my expectation who having a bright smile, the girl in front me throw a sigh. I suddenly have a bad premonition...

"It's sure is good suggestion, Admiral."

"Then-"

"However, I did'nt finished yet. The last and the biggest problem we had. We are already sailing for a few hour and we didn't sight any islands nearby. There is also no fish below the water surface, and we-"

~gulp

What else! dont suddenly stop speaking! you're making me nervous! If a water doesn't have any fish there is possibility of water poisoning or the worse case, a dangerous predators nearby.

Feck! Are you saying that we were chased by numerous sea monster without land! We are screwed!

The girls look like she understands what is on my mind and shook her head, like denied my thought.

Were we chased by the pirate with their kraken pet!?

"No, our biggest problem. We didn't have any food in our storage."