Kongou and Hiei were able to stop the bleeding that escaped the Bismarck's left arm, Bismarck reflexively using her arms to block herself and sustaining significant damage, the German battleship's rigging totaled and no longer functional.
Her uniform was in tatters, stained by the blood seeping out from her wounds and burns, and it was by the Ise-Class battleship's grace that she hadn't simply keeled over and died from the entire barrage of cannon fire hitting her at point blank range.
Practice rounds weren't meant to kill, but that didn't mean they weren't dangerous at extremely close range.
Ise had made sure not to hit any vital spots despite pulling off her move at close quarters without much thought, the Kongou Sisters very relieved that this was simply a training session where mistakes like those were tolerated here, otherwise Bismarck might have found herself dying or even sinking should those cannons empty their shells in the right places.
Meanwhile, Ise was politely standing off to the side, waiting for the trio to settle their business before continuing.
She was slowly leaning from side to side like a blade of grass swaying in the wind, gleefully observing the Kongou Sisters hurriedly apply first aid to the injured Bismarck as the German battleship laid silently on the ocean.
Hiei finally stood up once she made sure that Bismarck wasn't going to die anytime soon as she ripped her bloody sleeves off, the clothing only serving to hinder them in combat.
She didn't say anything, but she simply focused her attention on the distracted battleship in front of her while Kongou stood up behind her, also discarding her miko sleeves.
Finally, Hiei and Kongou both armed their cannons to point at Ise, the aviation battleship simply raising her arms up to welcome the incoming shells as she smiled coyly, almost mocking the two fast battleships as the cannons of the two Kongou Sisters roared, Ise disappearing in an explosion that engulfed her as all the cannon shells hit the aviation battleship.
They both kept their distance in case the unpredictable battleship defied their expectations again, the air around Ise still smoking as she intently weathered all the shells headed her way.
But there was definitely movement from within, meaning that Ise was clearly up to something.
The pillar of smoke was suddenly displaced as Ise roared with the fury of a vengeful wraith as she appeared, her forehead bleeding and her miko uniform stained with splotches of blood as she rushed out with katana and cannon-sword in hand while closing the distance with her powerful legs and sparing use of her boost gauge.
Hiei and Kongou both froze in place, unsure of how to respond to this sudden change in Ise's demeanor.
But the momentary pause was calculated, Ise's bloodthirsty expression hardening as she flipped her body back to raise her right boat slipper up, savagely kicking Hiei in the gut and emptying her boost gauge to cause further damage to the fast battleship, sending her flying back.
Kongou was to Hiei's left, and was already reacting to Ise's aggression, running up to her back to engage in hand-to-hand combat as her cannons were still reloading.
But Ise had already anticipated this, and as Ise's bottom left cannon was no longer functional, she instead positioned her functional cannons while simultaneously spinning on the spot, now holding her katana in a reverse grip as she spun around and hurled her katana at Kongou, forcing her to use her rigging to shield herself and causing a sharp screech to accompany the sparks that were thrown up by the katana hitting the tough cannon armor and lodging itself in there.
But this too, was entirely calculated as Ise positioned herself and used the two functional cannons on her rigging to shoot at Kongou, hitting the fast battleship's shoulder and rigging all at once, Kongou shrieking from the thankfully inert and (mostly) harmless rounds impacting her exposed skin and causing the round to explode harmlessly.
One of Kongou's cannons, set to training mode, was hit by Ise's cannon fire and the barrels drooped, likely indicating that it was out of action.
Ise then heard the wrathful scream of Hiei, a wordless roar announcing her presence and fury as she pulled her fist back to throw a punch, but Ise used the boost in her other boat slipper to easily evade the incoming fast battleship.
Ise had four main cannons, one of them had its status marked as "damaged" and no longer functional.
The two working cannons she had were already emptied while firing at Kongou, and one of them was used as a cannon-sword while her katana was gone after having being used as a projectile to throw at Kongou.
Ise pulled back her left arm, the machinery that held the flight deck to her left forearm unclicking as Hiei changed course to charge at her again.
Ise suddenly swung her left arm out horizontally and flung her uncoupled flight deck at Hiei as though she were throwing a Frisbee, Hiei just barely catching the incoming projectile due to the unexpected nature of the attack, hearing Ise chide.
"Losing control of yourself just because your sister is hurt? HOW DEPLORABLE! MJOLNIR IMPACT!"
She failed to stop the incoming cannon-sword, held perpendicular to the ocean floor and hitting Hiei like a gigantic pseudo-frying pan as Ise held the cannon-sword with both hands on the same barrel and swung like a Major League hitter.
The cannon-sword hit Hiei in the upper torso and face like a bag of bricks, causing a shock wave at the moment of impact.
This was partly due to Hiei literally running into the mighty swing of the cannon and doing part of Ise's job, instantly knocking her out as her body, rigging and all, flew back from the impact.
She hit the ocean surface skidding and threw up large waves as a result, lying limp on the ocean surface as she hemorrhaged blood and her bruised skin darkening as she became motionless save for the twitching of her fingers.
Ise bent down to retrieve her flight deck, placing it back on the machinery on her left forearm as small clicks and whirred secured the flight deck to her arm.
She was a veteran who knew the importance of situational awareness, keeping Kongou in mind as she looked around and saw the name-ship of the Kongou-Class battleships pointing her cannons at Ise, with an expression that was bordering somewhere between pain and desperation.
Her miko uniform was partially in tatters from where the practice rounds hit her hardest along with a few splotches of skin that suffered first degree burns from the rounds hitting her bare skin and causing a mini-explosion of contained flames.
Her three working cannons were pointed at Ise, Ise's katana stuck in the side of one of them as Ise responded by throwing her cannon-sword that was unoccupied by Fairies at Kongou at the last second to block some of the cannon rounds, Kongou's cannons shattering the air with a deafening blast.
The cannon-sword did what Ise intended, blocking some of the incoming cannon rounds as the 35.6 Cm Twin Gun Cannon exploded in a burst of flames and metal shards as Ise circled the explosion, Kongou fumbling a she reached for the katana stuck to her cannon as Ise boosted forth.
Kongou finally gave up on that idea and simply held up her arms up to block Ise's advance as the aviation battleship's boost gauge and powerful legs pushed her forward at an unbelievable speed in order to close the distance quickly.
Ise threw a high speed punch which Kongou caught with her left palm, causing a minor shock wave to form from the impact as the same was repeated for the other arm, Kongou wincing from having to exert her burnt arm to such an extent as they both struggled to overpower the other through sheer strength.
But Ise still had a few more tricks left to play, raising her left leg as she intended to stomp on Kongou's feet, but Kongou anticipated this as she moved her feet away and started to look down.
And Ise suddenly pulled Kongou in, holding her hands tightly as she headbutted Kongou with the crown of her head, hitting Kongou again on the face for the second time, the first being Ise's knee hitting Kongou's face earlier.
As Kongou stumbled from the move, releasing her hold on Ise's hands as she bent over to clutch at her broken and bleeding nose that bore the brunt of the impact while stumbling back, Ise held the handle of her katana and pulled it out with a heave, throwing up some shards of metal and sparks upon pulling the katana out.
Taking her time to sheathe the katana back in her scabbard, she looked back to the trembling Kongou and skipped over to her merrily, in full control of the situation.
Standing diagonally to Kongou's right while facing Kongou's left, she firmly put one feet in between Kongou's legs and slapped a palm on the back of Kongou's head.
She made a sweeping gesture with her feet to cause Kongou to lose her footing while simultaneously pushing Kongou's face down towards the ocean surface to perform a savage face plant, causing waves to form from the force of the impact and effectively knocking out the fast battleship with her combat skills.
Kongou didn't move anymore, although Ise could see that she was still gasping for air, trying not to gulp in seawater as she lay motionless on the floor.
Ise radioed in for the retrieval team to try to retrieve the fallen 35.6 Cm Twin Gun Cannon that she threw at Kongou, not wanting to waste the base's equipment and incur a loss simply because of practice, exclaiming excitedly.
"I win!"