In the Watcher Strait, aboard the "Yishi" Battleship.
By the time the lookout reported sighting the lighthouse on the unnamed reef in the center of the strait, a structure that had been extinguished for over a decade, it was already past ten at night.
Vice Admiral Takatoku, the commander of the Second Main Battle Corps, had been standing in front of the porthole for three hours.
Before seven o'clock, after having dinner, he had come to the command bridge and stood immobile in front of the porthole, staring intently at the pitch-black sea ahead.
What exactly did he see?
In fact, he saw nothing!
"Standing like a commander" was Takano's habit, as if by simply imitating Takano's actions, one could become another Takano.
Throughout that day, Takatoku's mood was very poor, one might even say heavy.
