...whatever could you be talking about?

Was that also part of the plan?

Atlanta, you've had too much to drink...

Houshou-san, water...

"Borscht" Contents are Millitary Vodka

The one that went down into the bunker wasn't anyone from Gangut's side...

But Ooyodo, right?

The missile launching incident that was due to Tashkent mistakenly pressing the button... or so I heard.

But what if you had made a backup launch button, and had it ready and waiting?

If none of the Soviet ships happened to press the button, then the missiles would have launched anyway under the auspices of an "Abnormal Activation of the Launch System", no?

What would it be in aim of?

If you knew all about the Soviets' bunker and could come and go as you please, then I think it's a distinct possibility...

...and after the brouhaha from the missiles had died down, Ooyodo would once again steal her way into the Soviet bunker, and swap around the labels again - putting everything back to how it was, thus eliminating any evidence.

And if this hypothetically did, in fact, happen...

...me.

So that I could earn clout and be rallied around in my role as the acting dorm manager.

With the loss of Bismarck, the foreign ships' dormitory had been on the verge of collapse...

And thus it became necessary to install a new and agreeable leader with great haste.

But without any truly suitable candidates, you used the Soviet-US friction to your advantage...

"In the midst of a crisis that could result in the immolation of the dorms, a saviour appears!" That was the role that was unwillingly thrust upon me.

Having a guilty conscience over the affair, the Soviet ships and Warspite then meekly accepted their punishments handed out to them by me, the one who protected the dorm.

Out of all the foreign ships, the Soviets, with their rebellious spirit, the veteran Warspite... and the one who styles herself a Hero, Iowa.

This is just a guess, but... you were the one who asked Got to keep an eye on the French ships, weren't you, Admiral?

All resulting in the foreign ships' dorms not falling into ruin before Bismarck made her return.

After experiencing my ever-so-slightly harsh dorm management, maybe everyone will be kinder to her now that she's back...

All's well that ends well.

But more importantly, 3 hours a day just isn't enough to get any hardcore gaming done...

So hey...

ARGHHH!!

That business with the missile... I'm talking about how it might have well been a setup by you so that Gangut would make a mistake with the warheads, Admiral-san...

Even if I could have managed to do a switcheroo with the warheads, I couldn't have launched them, now could I?

...indeed.

Ooyodo took off the labels of both the vodka and borscht containers that were sitting on the table.

She then stuck the borscht label on the vodka one.

Having done so, she then either hid or removed the container that held the borscht.

Having the three of them actually abide by my rules in the first place was more instrumental in having everyone else listen to me than the actual saving of the dorms.

The Italian ships, well... they still have their freedom, so to speak.

Just so that nothing untoward would happen to the dorm manager that you took such great pains to put in place.

And now with an assistant dorm manager in place, having re-evaluated our management style, the foreign ships' dormitory should be running smoother than ever before... that's how it all played out.

...but...

Well... now that you mention it, when I heard someone climbing down the ladder, I scarpered post-haste... so I didn't catch a glimpse of who that person actually was.

Eh? When I came back from my infiltration of the Soviet bunker, did I confirm that it was Gangut or the others... you say?

borscht