Von I-401 besiegt, schafft es Haruna, ihre Mental-Model-Form wiederzuerlangen, aber von Kirishima hat nur der Union Core überlebt. Ein mysteriöses Mädchen namens Osakabe Makie nimmt sie bei sich auf. Sie finden heraus, dass Makies Vater der Entwickler des Vibrations-Sprengkopfs ist und entschließen sich, einen Blick auf seine Unterlagen zu werfen, aber...
The I-401 returns to Yokosuka to pick up the secret weapon developed by the Japanese Government, the "Vibration Warhead", before returning to their base at Iwo Jima to make the final preparations for its journey across the Pacific. Meanwhile, Haruna awakens and meets Makie Osakabe, the child who rescued her. Pretending to be a human, Haruna keeps Makie company while Kirishima's core uses some of her nanomachines to make a spare body for her out of a Teddy bear. Takao arrives at Iwo Jima ahead of I-401 but is stopped by a vicious attack from unknown origin. Realizing that Makie is related to the deceased Tōjūrō Osakabe, the creator of the Vibration Warhead, Haruna and Kirishima contact their flagship Kongou and are instructed to investigate further. In the occasion, the two mental models are introduced to Tōjūrō, who is revealed to be alive, but bedridden. Tōjūrō reveals that after several failed attempts to develop a weapon to counter the Fleet of Fog, he came with a plan to create an artificial being with superior intellect capable to succeed where he did not, and the only surviving offspring of said project is Makie, who was the true creator of the Vibration Warhead. To protect Makie from the government, Tōjūrō forged his death and kept watching over her from the shadows but knowing he has not much time left and seeing how attached she became to them, he asks Haruna and Kirishima to take care of her. However, the army is already aware that Makie had made contact with ships of the Fog, and sends a unit to dispose of her.
Haruna et Kirishima ont survécu à leur défaite contre l'équipage de Gunzô, mais elles ne sont pas encore en état de retrouver la mer et le reste de la flotte de la Brume. Elles se retrouvent actuellement dans une résidence étrangement vide, habitée uniquement par la petite Makie et ses femmes de chambre. Pourquoi cette petite fille vit-elle seule ? Haruna et Kirishima ne vont pas tarder à le comprendre.
イ401に沈められたキリシマとハルナ。艦体を失い、メンタルモデルの身体だけになったハルナと、メンタルモデルすら失いユニオンコアだけになったキリシマは、不思議な少女・刑部蒔絵に拾われる。目覚めたハルナとキリシマは人間(とクマのぬいぐるみ)のフリをしながら様子を伺うが、蒔絵の父・刑部博士が人類の対「霧」最終兵器・振動弾頭を開発した人物であることを知り、その開発データを回収に向かうが…!?
被伊401打飞的榛名和雾岛被一个叫刑部莳绘的小女孩所救,榛名并无大碍但雾岛则全舰报废,所幸联合核心存活下来,为方便活动她变为莳绘的熊玩偶,莳绘因为有了这两名新朋友,每天都过的很开心。而榛名和雾岛继续待在这里也是另有所图,她们在宅邸的地下,找到了这栋别墅的主人刑部藤十郎,在向他索取震动弹头的开发数据时,得知了莳绘并非人类的秘密。
El I-401 vuelve a Yokosuka para recoger el arma secreta desarrollada por el Gobierno japonés, el "Vibración ojiva", antes de regresar a su base en Iwo Jima para hacer los últimos preparativos para su viaje a través del Pacífico. Mientras tanto, Haruna despierta y se encuentra con Makie Osakabe, el niño que la rescató. Pretendiendo ser un ser humano, Haruna hace compañía Makie mientras que el núcleo de Kirishima utiliza algunos de sus nanomáquinas para hacer un cuerpo de reserva para sacarla de un oso de peluche.