Azur Lane: Land To Sea.

10: Blossoming Threats

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It has been a week since the encounter and the first win of Azur Lane's fleet against the Sakura Empire. And since then, the morale has been up. Efficiency was even better than last time. And about the disappearance and teleportation events that happened to Caster, he talked about it with Hood. In which she got surprised and knows about the white Wisdom Cube's power to... Teleport in random intervals?

The cube really needed more research into it. But on the other hand, Hood also told Caster on how did they got more powerful in a blink of an eye. And she also mentioned it's because of the power boost they got it made the Sakura Empire patrols go back to their base.

Caster was... Unsurprisingly confused. Maybe it had to do with the Wisdom Cube and then he remembered that the cube glowed and did something but Caster was hiding inside the building because he thought he's going to get teleported again.

It was an awful explanation but Hood was such an alpha that she actually got what he was saying after all of the blabberings. And Hood correctly assessed that Caster is horrible in explaining.

"I got weirdly nervous while explaining the events that happened to me." Caster said. Hood smiled and giggled afterward.

Anyway, enough of that... About the hip injury that Caster suffered. It wasn't as bad as the girls said it to be. But it was necessary. Because if Caster keeps getting injured, he'll basically turn into another Yorktown type of situation. So Caster taking care of himself. But the paperwork from the last 4 days can be put into one word. 'Suffering'. It made Caster more sleep-deprived, and his stress problems are going into a downward spiral.

But 3 days ago, he announced to the fleet that as the fleet grows, he will issue more scheduled patrols, missions, and larger commissions. Caster was finally getting the hang of being a Navy Commander.

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The scene was a very familiar one. The mysterious person who was on the edge of the aircraft carrier. Still was singing the song. And the moon illuminating the dark, dark skies.

But this time, the voice was so enchanting, that it made her come near to the mysterious person.

"You need to pick me up... I'll be here on 25..."

"You've been here this whole time?" The mysterious paused singing. "It's rude to be sneaking up on a person like that." The person turned around.

It was Caster. And he was smirking at her.

The smirk made her look away from him and blood rushed to her face.

"Y-your... Voice. And that song. I-I wanna hear that again." As she sat down next to him.

He smiled. And moved dangerously close to her.

Breathing on her neck. "I won't disappoint."

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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Enterprise shouted as she shooting out of her bed. Panting heavily.

'W-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-what... Just h-happened?' She thought as she touched her neck. And she only realized that it was only a dream. She put her palms on her face as she was flustered.

"It's... Only a dream right?" She muttered. And she wiped off the sweat of her forehead. "But why am I dreaming about him?"

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Caster was in his office. He already finished his morning routine. He was reading some commission confirmation papers. But Caster didn't look like himself. He was wearing something that wasn't there before. Eyeglasses. He had requested reading glasses and he got it in a timely manner.