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Chapter 49 - CHAPTER : 48 : Arbiter

USNS William McLean T-AKE-12

At the overcrowded Infirmary of USNS William McLean, William looked through the reverberating chaos; the majority of the noise came from the Toddlers. Many of the Girls sustained injuries, especially the Capital Ships, which sustained Major injuries.

The Standard Battleships were the most injured as they were unable to dodge incoming shells with their slow speed. But a few of them only received minimal injuries because of their armor and superior protection.

The worst ones were the so-called Treaty Cruisers of the 20s and 30s; they received more Torpedo damage than any Shipgirls that were deployed. The Destroyers only received bruises as they fought other Destroyers, but they were the louder ones when it came to their injuries.

The Adults were trying to calm down the Littletons, or the Destroyers, with the help and assistance of 'Nurse Manjuus'.

The Littletons cried like they didn't want to be in this kind of place. Yeah, not even a single soul could make these Toddlers stop crying as they were getting injections.

The whole infirmary was filled with crying Toddlers as they received injections, making the other Toddlers beside them also cry as they saw the needle go through the skin.

Just like Goku himself, he's fucking afraid of needles, as a grown-ass man.

William muttered to himself. "Jesus. I wish USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort were here; those two have the most advanced medical facilities than me," He lamented.

He shifted his attention to the Sakura Empire Shipgirls that were visiting Shinano on her bed. Mikasa and Nagato were telling her the current state of the Empire and the ongoing battle.

Shinano felt unease with all the conflicting information being dumped on her head; she had only just recovered from the injury she received on her head, and now it ached again as the information flowed.

"So.... Musashi surrenders...." Shinano said as she looked down at her Hospital bed.

"Hai...." Nagato said. "She made a good decision because a Fleet of Siren Ships just showed up after the battle ended."

Shinano glanced around as she assessed the injuries of the Shipgirls. "Did the Sirens do this?"

"No... they received it from fighting our forces," Nagato said.

".... I see...."

After watching the Sakuran Girls for a while, he got out of the infirmary and headed outside. He left Vestal doing her typical healing on the injured. Outside the Ship superstructure, William leaned back at the ship's railing and smoked.

'I wonder who's going to show up next?' he pondered while staring up at the azure skies.

Sakura Empire Territorial Waters

One MH-60 Seahawk was speeding toward the battlefield as it was pushed to the limits of its maximum speed.

"Come on, hurry up!" Laffey-200 said, her tone firm, as she clung to its side.

As soon as the Seahawk reached the Battlefield, she didn't wait for it to land; she just straight-up jumped off the Helicopter with a big splash of water as she landed. Her gears were at full power as she sped up to the battlefield and summoned her M-134 Mini-gun.

Without any shenanigans, she opened fire at any Siren Ships that were in the vicinity of her gun range. The Siren Ship that was in the way of the spewing line of lead turned into Swiss Cheese and cut in half within seconds.

The Sirens were taken aback by the sudden appearance of the Death Bunny itself in the battle; Tester α and Observer α both watched the battle between her and Purifier. The intensity and pure chaos stunned them as they both didn't expect a 'harmless' bunny to be far more harmless than they presumed.

"It's her," Observer α said as she noticed.

"Seems like she's joining in the fight," Tester α observed.

"Order the Clones to handle her." Tester α followed the given command and ordered a portion of the Clones to engage the Death Bunny.

~Back at the raining lead and chaos~

Laffey-200 mowed down a line of Siren Ships like she was shooting a bunch of cars with a hail of bullets. Essex-12 and Lafayette joined in a chaotic firefight like it was the 4th of July. Leads were raining, explosions boomed in the distance, the screams and terror of the Sirens were like an orchestra of Democracy as our American friend rained lead.

Essex-12 with her Mk-19 and Lafayette with his Carl Gustav Recoilless Rifle blew up the nearest Siren Ship as it tried to test its plot armor. No fucking plot armor was going to save you if Uncle Sam rained down Freedom and Democracy.

The whole shootout was similar to the Movie: Predator 1987 as they let loose of their bullets. They all fired in the Siren Ships' general direction. Hail of bullets and wheezing anti-tank rounds impacted the Siren Ships' broadside, basically mowing down the entire Siren Fleet with sheer volume of Freedom and Democracy.

The Sakuran Shipgirls watched in awe as they witnessed a hail of bullets ripping the Siren Ships apart in numbers, and their aerial units were raining down Guided Bombs at the Armored Siren Ships. AH-64 Apache opened fire with its 30mm Chain-Gun and AGM-114 Hellfire Missile, and MQ-8D Fire Scout strapped with two GAU-19s on its side and AGM-114 Hellfire Missile opened fire at the Unarmored Siren Ships.

JS Maya sprang above one Siren Ship to another, cutting the Siren Ship's main gun with her Katanas. Out of Anti-Ship Missiles and left only with ESSMs and SM-2s to handle aerial threats, she engaged the Sirens with her Dual Wielding Katanas.

Takao, Atago, Choukai, and Cruiser Maya followed her as they also targeted the Siren Ship's main guns. Their Katanas shimmered in the glinting sun.

"Hey, this is quite fun," Atago said as she enjoyed slashing all the main guns of the Siren Ships.

"Focused, Atago. This is not a game," Takao said with strictness in her voice.

"Roger that, Ma'am~," Atago said with childishness in her voice.

Observer α observed the chaos, just floating in the air, legs crossed. Like a typical villain, she waited as the final boss of the fight. For now, the chaos below was a moment of entertainment for her.

"Our fighters' is being outgunned and out-ranged by the Modern Kansens planes!" Tester α exclaimed as she and her Clones tried to shoot them down, but with no success.

"Damn it! Just die already!" one of the Tester Clones yelled in frustration as all of her shots were just misses or being disoriented.

That same Clone who yelled in frustration was hit by an Air-to-Air Missile, crippling her Rigging in a single hit. "Daman it!!!!" She cursed as she felt pain.

The three E/A-18G Growlers jammed the Siren Targeting Systems while providing cover with the Modified SBD Dauntless Dive-Bombers. The other Hornets shot down the Siren Planes with AIM-260 JATMs from a very long range, out of the Siren Missile range.

"All Mass Produce Siren Ships! Target all those Planes. Ignore their attack; if we manage to cut their numbers, the next attack will be minimal," Observer α ordered as she coordinated another attack plan.

"But. Our numbers of Siren Ships will be cut to---" Tester α objected.

"Yes. Our numbers will be cut, but it's a sacrifice that I am willing to take. If I manage to take out their air power," Observer α said.

"Yes, Ma'am." Tester α, still having some doubt in her decision, complied.

Observer α returned her gaze at the Hornets above; she observed the aircrafts' capabilities and weaknesses. As she stared at the modern aircraft, time flew by; many of the Siren planes fell one by one as each minute passed.

Then her train of thought was cut off as she saw another Modern Aircraft that was slicker and had a smoother surface than the previous Modern Aircraft she saw.

She watched this Slick Aircraft and the two Smaller Slick Aircraft that followed it. The Siren Aircraft above were no match as these Aircraft dominated the sky; she saw the Siren Planes fall down in the sky like pieces of crap as these magnificent Planes eliminated them with ease.

'How? How can this aircraft manage to jam all our targeting systems without being detected? The jamming range exceeds that of my expectation, so I made the fleet cover a wide range of area. But they become prey for this Modern Aircraft.'

Observer α turned around to look at the Siren Fleet; the fleet lost one-third of its numbers as they were being pounded by modern munition with precise accuracy.

'Looks like you outwitted me this time, Code-G. You brought an entire fleet from another world to defeat me.' Observer α clenched her fist in anger as she realized that their situation was bleak.

The more they stayed here, the more of her Siren Ships in her Fleet were being targeted like prey in front of the loitering Hawks above. And an Underwater predator below preyed on their Aircraft Carrier.

~Below~

Siren Ships with ASW dropped Depth-Charges below, leaving a wake. The Depth-Charges exploded without even knowing if it was a hit or a miss. Denver-856 was at her diving depth; her dive was too deep for the depth-charge explosion to reach.

Denver-856 targeted the keels of each Siren Carriers with MK-48 Torpedoes. Her primary role was to not let the Siren Fleet above gain Aerial Supremacy as she targeted the Siren Carriers.

"Crap! How many Carriers did this Siren bring? There are too many of them. Even if I sink one, there are still fifty more left!" Denver-856 cursed as she had never in her lifetime exhausted her stock of Mk-48 Torpedoes in one single engagement.

"I kinda wish America did not retire all its Nuclear Torpedoes in this kind of situation. I can wipe them all out with ten or even twenty Torpedo shots."

Denver-856 then fired another four salvos of Torpedoes at the four Siren Carriers above the surface. Four Siren Carriers were struck on the port and starboard sides as the Siren Carrier tilted, and Siren planes on the deck fell into the Ocean, making splashes.

Above the surface of the ocean that was littered by Siren wrecks and burning oil. The smoke coming out from the burning wrecks of Siren Ships was like the Burning Oilfields of Kuwait in Desert Storm. The sky was black due to black smoke from the burning wrecks and oil spilling in the ocean.

Lafayette jumped from the Plasma Cannon attack of one of the Tester Clones. He fired back with his Carl-G at the attacker. "Eat this Siren, Scum!"

The projectile he fired turned into one Naval Strike Missile and hit the Siren Clone's Force field. The shockwave from the explosion rippled through the force field.

"Damn you...." Tester Clone cursed as she was insulted by a mere Child with a Carl-G.

Laffey-200 started raining lead at the Tester Clones with her M-134 Mini-gun; many Tester Clones used their Force fields to block the raining lead. But Laffey-200 used this opportunity to launch a bunch of Tomahawk missiles at the clueless Clones.

The Clones exploded like a typical Hollywood explosion; parts of their Bodies, Blood, and Gore flew all over the place.

Many of the Tester Clones disengaged from the Battle as they felt fear from this "Overkill Bunny". The other few just straight-up thought, 'Fuck This shit, I'm out'.

Essex-12 used her imagination to the limit as she chained a bunch of HIMARS on her Flight Deck Rigging. The HIMARS Truck swiveled its launcher and fired a Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) at Tester Clones as she fired all her cannons ranging from 20mm CIWS and Dual .50cal that were bolted on her deck.

(The United States Marine Corps. conducted a live firing exercise at the deck of LPD-23 USS Anchorage. One HIMARS fired at the Hele deck of the Amphibious ship.)

"There are too many of them, 'Elder'...." Centaur commented as she fired an arrow that turned into 4 Spitfires. She tagged along with Essex-12.

"Could you please! Stop calling me 'Elder,' I'm not that old! Just call me "Ma'am" or anything else besides "Elder." Do you understand!" Essex-12 yelled, too annoyed at being called "Elder."

"Yes, Eld--- errs... Ma'am," Centaur stuttered.

Essex-12 thought. 'Is this how CV-6 feels every time CV-9 annoyed her?'

"By the way.... why the fuck are you still here?!" Essex-12 yelled, scaring Centaur.

Centaur recoiled in fear. "My-a-My elder... there are a few Destroyers that were left here," She said in a shaky voice.

JS Maya blocked or cut the lasers like a Jedi with her Katana as the katana's blade glowed like a lightsaber. Combined with her sword skill, she managed to dodge all the attacks and returned fire with her MK-45 Naval Gun.

Takao sliced the projectile that the Siren Destroyer fired at her; she then fired back with her main guns. Atago did the same thing as Cruiser Maya and Choukai headed straight to the enemy as they slashed the main guns of that Siren Destroyer.

Takao stopped for a moment to watch JS Maya go toe to toe with Tester Clones with her sword skill. JS Maya avoided all the Plasma Cannon Attacks and started cutting the Plasma Cannons with her Katana.

"Whoa...." Takao was impressed at JS Maya's moves and skills as she watched her dueling a Siren Clone.

"It is maybe quite amazing to see 'our' successors to be better than us. Right?" Atago said.

Takao sighed. "Yeah... it may be amazing."

-Yo Japan... Where the fuck is JS Takao? We got JS Atago, JS Choukai, and JS Maya as Aegis Destroyers, where the Fuck is she? -

2

Kaga was currently being assisted by the Mutsuki's in the Safer Zone of the Sakura Empire's Territorial Waters. With the flooded and damaged hull, Kaga's Carrier was slowly being towed by the Mutsuki Class Destroyer at the speed of Mach-potato.

"Don't worry, Kaga sempai. I have a candy for you. Don't be sad," Mutsuki said as she pulled out a candy from a candy pouch. She offered it to Kaga with a smile to lighten the mood.

Kaga smiled a bit and took the candy that she offered and asked her. "Where did you get this candy?" Kaga saw an Eagle Union stamp on the candy wrapper.

Mutsuki bullet sweat-dropped as she was asked; her Sister-Ships also bullet sweat as their facial expressions were similar to being busted by the police.

"Umm... ah... no ...." Mutsuki tried to think of changing the subject, but Kaga looked at her.

"Tell me...." Kaga said.

~Flashback~

"We surrender!" Mutsuki announced.

"Fine, a deal is a deal. Here's your candy," Bache threw the candy pouch at her. Mutsuki caught the candy pouch.

"Okay. Let them go now," Bache said. Sims got out of the way as the Mutsuki's ran toward the injured Kaga.

"Next time Hamman will beat you. Do you understand!" Hamman remarked as she cracked her knuckles.

The Mutsuki's sailed away as they were threatened by Hamman. Many pulled out their tongues at Hamman; the others called her "Meany."

"Why you little!" Hamman hissed at them.

"Whoa, hang on there. What are you doing? If Yorktown found out that you are bullying those smaller than you, what do you think she would do?" Bache said.

Hamman just made "Hamman noises" as she complained at the two.

~Flashback End~

Kaga closed her eyes and sighed; she opened her eyes and placed her hand over Mutsuki's head. Mutsuki made an "EEKK" noise, but Kaga just gave her a gentle head pat.

"I see... you were surrounded, and you were forced to surrender," Kaga said with sadness in her voice. "I know now how it feels to be defeated."

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Laffey-200 was mowing down any Siren facing the end of her M-134 Mini-gun like how she mowed down GRASS without the GR. After spewing freedom in kilograms, her M-134 Mini-gun stopped firing as it was out of ammo. One of the Tester Clones noticed and got cocky.

"HAH! Looks like that crazy bitch is out of ammo!" One of the Tester Clones said as she charged towards her without knowing any of the consequences of her stupid action.

"Wait, stop!" one Tester Clone tried to stop the other Clones from charging ahead at the monstrosity they just faced, but with no success.

This bitch was going to find out the word: Fuck Around and Find Out. But for this Bitches, it meant 'Charges at the Americans and get converted to Democracy in maximum proportion.'

Laffey-200 detached her M-134 Mini-gun from her rigging. She then grabbed the barrel and held it like a baseball bat. As the Siren Clone got closer, she swung her M-134 Mini-gun at the Clone's face with an excessive force that even broke her M-134 Mini-gun.

That Tester Clone fell as she got smacked in the face with the M-134 Mini-gun; as she got up, Laffey-200 summoned a Benelli M4, then shoved it into the Clone's mouth.

The Siren Clone was surprised as a 'Big Black Barrel' of the Benelli M4 was in her mouth; the Clone looked up as she sucked the barrel.

Laffey-200 looked down at her and pulled the trigger like a cold-blooded killer; her eyes glowed red. Siren Blood splattered all over her face and body; she just stared at the headless corpse.

"Okay... getting close to her is also a bad idea," One of the Tester Clones said.

"Whoever created her. They really wanted their enemy to be dead, as in real dead," One of the Tester Clones commented as it slowly lost its sanity.

"She already killed 4 of us Clones, and one just now ," The other Tester Clone adds.

JS Maya avoids all the incoming lasers as she performs an aggressive maneuver with the help of her ECM's all the attacks against her are totally messed up. But some almost got close in inches. She manages to bypass the defenses and manage to cut one of the heads of the Clones with her Katana.

JS Maya catches a breath as she finished one Tester Clone. "That's.... one.... for, now..."

Then her Aegis Radar detects another incoming shell in her direction. JS Maya is too tired to move; her two CIWS are still reloading. She put all her energy into decapitating one Siren Clone head; now she's unable to move.

Lafayette manages to swift in time as he fires his RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile and MK-110 57mm Bofors Automatic Naval Gun. The ammunition air-burst at the incoming shell was sprayed with tungsten metal as the round burst. The RIM-114 Missile intercepted the bigger shells mid-air.

"Thanks for the save. I owe you one," JS Maya said.

"No need," He said. As he pants from too much acceleration.

MV-22 Osprey

Bremerton leans to her right and whispers to Baltimore. "Is the Queen alright? She seems to be pale?"

Baltimore whispers back. "According to the rumors at the Base. Queen Elizabeth really hates riding this aircraft."

"Why is that?" Bremerton asked. Baltimore shrugged it off. "I don't know."

"Why am I sitting in this aircraft?! Do you have any aircraft that is not wanting to kill its passengers?" Queen Elizabeth complained; she promised herself that she wouldn't ride this aircraft. But now, here she is riding one.

"Your Majesty, it's alright. Sir. Lucas said to me before this version is way safer, and that was in the past. This aircraft improved overtime in their world," Warspite said to calm the Queen from being too scared of this aircraft.

"She's right, Your Majesty. Those crashes happened 20 to 30 years ago. So the chance of this aircraft is only 10% of 100%," Enterprise-80 added.

"But--- AAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!" Queen Elizabeth screams as the aircraft jerks a bit. She grips her seat tightly; her face is pale from fear of this aircraft crashing.

Both Bremerton and Baltimore gulp as they heard their conversation. "Now I know why Queen Elizabeth hates this aircraft," Bremerton exclaims.

"Y-Yeah," Baltimore said in a slightly scared voice.

"If I die from this aircraft. Who would 'protect' the precious Destroyers?!" Ark Royal yells, surprising everyone.

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Victorious is the cheerful one in the Royal Navy as she rides this aircraft. "Do not worry. Everything will be alright, Your Majesty."

Neptune is sweating heavily as the deck of the Osprey starts to flood, a little bit. "I have a bad feeling about this aircraft."

"Ma'am, we've reached the drop zone," Bunker Hill-76 contacts the radio of the Osprey.

The red light in the rear door of the Osprey turned green, while the rear door slowly opened. Enterprise-80 unbuckled her seatbelt and spoke. "We've reached our dropping point. Move! Move!"

Everyone unbuckled their seatbelts as they lined up for a jump. Baltimore jumped off first, followed by Bremerton, Neptune, Ark Royal, and Victorious.

Before Victorious jumped off the aircraft, she prayed. "The goddess of victory shall protect us from harm."

Enterprise-80 thought. 'Why do you think I brought you?'

Victorious then jumped off like the others. She activated her rigging as she landed with a big splash of water as she jumped off the plane from a height of 30 meters.

Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, and Enterprise-80 followed suit. They all landed in big splashes of water.

The other Ospreys, carrying Formidable, Bunker Hill, Intrepid, South Dakota, Alabama, Massachusetts, Nelson, Rodney, and Bunker Hill-76, jumped off.

And the other Ospreys, carrying Minneapolis, Portland, Indianapolis, San Diego, Dido, Atlanta, San Juan, Serious, Hermione, Cheshire, and Frigate Belfast, jumped off.

They all formed a battle formation. Baltimore, Bremerton, Minneapolis, Portland, Indianapolis, Dido, Serious, Hermione, Neptune, and Cheshire are the vanguard.

The center of the formation is Enterprise-80, Formidable, Bunker Hill, Intrepid, and Ark Royal; their role is to strike deep into the enemy formation.

The battleships behind the vanguard are Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, South Dakota, Alabama, Massachusetts, Nelson, and Rodney, who will provide naval bombardment.

Bunker Hill-76, Frigate Belfast, San Diego, Atlanta, and San Juan will provide Anti-Air to the fleet.

Bunker Hill-76's Rigging is similar to every Aegis Ship Configuration. Her right rigging consists of 64 VLS Cells, 155mm Advanced Lightweight Gun System, and CLaWS. The left rigging consists of 64 VLS Cells, 1 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile, and a single Triple Torpedo Tube. The rear rigging consists of the Ship's superstructure and houses the AN/SPY-6 Aegis Radar.

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Frigate Belfast's Rigging consists of 24 VLS Cells, a single MK-45 Naval Gun, and CIWS on its sponson. The Left Rigging consists of 48 Sea Scepter, 30mm DS30M Mk2 Gun, and CIWS. The rear rigging consists of the enclosed mast with the rotating Type997 Artisan.

With the wave of Queen Elizabeth's staff, the Battleships from Eagle Union and the Royal Navy raised their cannons in the air.

"FIRE!!!!" Queen Elizabeth shouts as she waves her staff at the Siren Fleet's direction. All the Battleships rained down shells at the Siren Fleet.

The Vanguard Force engages the weak but numerous Siren Destroyers. Azur Lane planes engage the Siren planes in the sky, and many Dive-Bombers or Torpedo-Bombers targeted the Mass Produced Siren Ships in formation.

"Thank God. Pants They made it in time," Lafayette said in a tired voice.

Centaur was delighted as she saw the Azur Lane Main Force showed up in time of need. "My, Elders. They have come."

Essex-12 is too annoyed at the word 'Elder'. "For real... stop calling someone 'Elder'!"

"I'm sorry. But that's how I greet those who are experienced in battle than me," Centaur said with a pleading tone.

"Fine. Whatever, just cover my back!" Essex-12 said. Centaur nods. "Right, Ma'am."

"FIIIIIRE!!!!!! Punish those Siren scum!" Queen Elizabeth shouted as she waved her staff and fired her Main Cannons at the Siren Ships; her high pitch voice boomed.

"Language! Your Majesty, language," Warspite, Formidable, Victorious, and Frigate Belfast spoke in unison.

"I don't care! Just shoot at the Siren Ships!" Queen Elizabeth is now screaming like a brat.

Observer α saw the approaching Azur Lane Main Force in the distance unfazed, as 16-inch Shells rained down on the Siren Fleet. Her two eyes were fixated on the fleet that was coming; she observed the fleet's tactics and pattern.

"Their movement... they only targeted the most priority targets with their modern munition like..." as she said those words, she watched the Tester Clones, Siren Battleships, and Siren Carriers being targeted.

".... I see... your weaponry maybe superior. But your numbers are limited," Observer α smiles. But her smile was momentarily interrupted as one of the Clones lost a chunk of its body and an unknown object flew towards her, cutting one of her Tentacles and destroying one of her Plasma Cannons.

The destruction didn't only end there; the crack from her destroyed Plasma Cannon crawled through her Rigging. The sensation of pain consumed her body as every fiber of her being ached.

"Who...? DID THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!" her voice boomed in a shriek.

"Who did that!!!!" she asked angrily, a sneak attack in front of her, and a powerful one to even destroy one of her Plasma Cannon and cut one of her Tentacles.

Tester α snapped out of her daze; she quickly darted to the direction where the projectile came from. She didn't take a long time, nor guess at the person who did it to Observer α.

"Enterprise," She uttered the name of the Kansen that took a shot at Observer α.

"So it's her then," She furrowed her gaze at the incoming threat, she then glanced at the unconscious Akagi being held by one of her tentacles. She smiled and talked to herself. "Sorry, Akagi. I have to let you go now, you're just a dead weight."

She then let go of Akagi in the air as she as she prepared to face-off a real opponent.

"Akagi sempai!!!" Takao screamed as she saw Akagi fall into the ocean. Takao and Atago sailed to where Akagi fell to retrieve her.

Takao and Atago fished Akagi out of the water as they both carried her to the safer waters.

Takao contacts Kaga and the rest through her paper cut-out. "This is Takao, we have Akagi. We are now heading back to the mainland."

Both Takao and Atago sailed toward the mainland along with Cruiser Maya and Choukai, as they watched their retreat.

"Seems like she's heading towards us," Tester α said, her gaze focused on the incoming opponent.

"She really did," Observer α said, while still covering her grazed cheek, her gaze furrowed and her teeth gritting in anger.

Enterprise-80 landed on the surface with a big splash, making them know her presence; she landed several kilometers away from Tester α and Observer α's position. Beside her, Bunker Hill-76 landed with her imposing angular Boxy Rigging that housed the SPY-6 Radar.

Enterprise-80's Rigging consists of 6 flight decks; the other 2 are the landing decks, and the other 4 are the Catapult Decks. CIWS, RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile, RIM-7 Sea sparrow, and CLaWS are on the side of each flight deck. Right behind her is the Ship's Bridge or island. Her Quiver is shaped like an RIM-116 Launcher.

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Enterprise-80 summons her Bow. Her Bow was similar to CV-6's Bow with a modern design and Ford Carrier Bridge. At the end of the Bow's raiser, two electromagnetic rails protrude.

She points her Bow at Observer α; she then spoke in an authoritative tone. "Observer, lower your weapons and surrender yourself, I promise to you and the rest that would never be harmed. You have a minute to think."

"What is she now? Is she demanding me to surrender – is she gone mad!" Observer α said, quite in disbelief of the demand.

"Sorry, but I don't have any appointment for diplomacy, as you can see, I'M BUSY DESTROYING HUMANITY!" She screamed at her.

"I guess diplomacy failed," Enterprise-80 muttered. "USS Enterprise, engage."

Enterprise-80 pulled the string of her Bow while the two Electromagnetic rails sparked with electricity. Her sight locked on her target, it was then aided by the targeting radar.

She released the two arrows as they glowed in bright light-green. The two arrows produced a sonic boom as they were propelled by the rails of the Electromagnetic rails. The arrow reached the speed of mach6 as it flew towards Observer α's general direction.

Observer α dodged and quickly activated her Force field at the incoming projectiles. She also returned fire with her 7 remaining Plasma Cannons. She was then struck by a Radar Guided 2,000-lbs GBU; the sheer kinetic force and explosion blew her out in the air as her Force Field flickered, which concerned her a lot after seeing it.

Bunker Hill-76 engages Tester α as both combatants threw attacks at each other. Bunker Hill-76 opened fire with her AGS Gun and ESSMs, followed by various caliber guns bolted to her deck. Tester α launched her own attack via Plasma Cannons and Missiles.

Their battle was heated as two Lobsters thrown into a Microwave, both moved in circles and threw attacks at one another; one threw an attack, the other blocked with a Force Field.

Back at Enterprise-80 and Observer α, both engaged in a heated battle between strategies. Both activated their sophisticated ECMs at one another and exchanged blows, in blows which means Plasma Cannons and 2,000-lbs GBU accelerated at mach-speed.

"My .... You're quite proficient, I couldn't have asked more for the one who bore the name: Enterprise," Observer α said with quiet amusement in her voice.

Enterprise-80 didn't pay any mind as she was focused on bringing her down with her bow.

'Damn it! She really is serious about taking my head off,' Observer α thought as her mind raced for a plan to counter; like a turtle, she was pinned down at her own Force Field. Enterprise-80's Planes were solely focused on her in breaking her turtle shell.

Observer α may have more powerful Plasma Cannons in numbers, but the Planes that Enterprise-80 brought to the fight were like a pluck of vultures taking bites off her.

The E/A-18 Growlers above gave her more headaches as she didn't just have to fight off Enterprise-80; she also needed to fight off the constant jamming that was frying all of her electronics.

Snapping at the constant jamming of her electronics, she accidentally gave off a window of opportunity to exploit. Exploited she did, Enterprise-80 launched two of her arrow rods at her. The two arrow rods glowed in a Light-Green Arrows, then turned into a Radar Guided 2,000lbs GDU.

The force of 4,000lbs explosive and the speed of its acceleration that went mach6 managed to break Observer α's shield with ease.

Observer α was injured from the explosion; her thin clothes were torn. Her tentacles were bleeding, and much of it was ripped off from the explosion. Observer α used most of her tentacles to cover her body from the explosion.

Enterprise-80 loaded another arrow at her Bow as she stared at the dazed Observer α. She pulled the string; this time, her aim was the heart or core.

"Observer, no!" Tester α saw how Observer α got injured; she flew towards her, but she was stopped by Azur Lane's Main Fleet's Vanguard. She couldn't do much, but to wait for her arrival.

Observer α was dazed and shaking as she muttered to herself. "H-How? How did she manage to break my defense and injure me in a single attack?"

Observer α's mind was too clouded by fear that she forgot Enterprise-80 was aiming for her core. This was the first time she was injured and humiliated, and most of all, she feared death.

"It's over," Enterprise-80 said as she released the string that propelled the arrow from her bow. Observer α's heart beat frantically as her mind was still clouded by fear.

As the arrow flew towards her, then a large blue laser blast was fired at the arrow, saving Observer α from certain doom.

The arrow that Enterprise-80 fired exploded as it was hit by a large Laser Blast that came out of nowhere. Then her radar detected the next attack.

She jumped back as another Laser Blast hit her previous position. She looked at the direction where the laser blast came from.

Everyone and even the Sirens looked in the same direction. A slightly large purple portal appeared as everyone felt the dread that the portal exerted an ominous aura.

"Oh! Come on. What is it this time!" Lafayette and Essex-12 exclaimed in unison; they were too annoyed and tired of any Siren tricks.

Laffey-200 stopped in her tracks of bullying the Siren Clone as she looked at the direction where the Laser Blast came from. "Another enemy," She said in her typical Laffey tone.

"Warspite? Could it be?" Queen Elizabeth asked in a serious tone; her facial expression darkened as she gripped her staff tightly.

"Seems like it, Your Majesty," Warspite also having the same serious expression as Queen Elizabeth, as they both knew who was the one behind that portal.

Enterprise-80 contacts Bunker Hill-76. "Bunker Hill. Prepare your Prompt Strike Missile."

"Yes, Ma'am" Then the comms went static as someone was jamming it.

The purple portal grew larger as a White-Haired Woman wearing a White Dress with a jet-black Shark Rigging and four Plasma Cannons on its right side appeared at the portal and looked down at everyone below her.

"So, that's her...." Enterprise-80 said as the two eyed each other. She gripped her bow tightly; her onboard A.I tried to analyze the Woman.

Tester α turned around and looked at the woman with a smile on her face. "Finally, you've arrived just in time."

Observer α, on her knees, looked up at her and cried out. "Arbiter!"

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