In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:Taisuke is told that Megumi is with Katsumata and Mitama , the talking owl who transferred into the body of a young girl . Sentence 2:Meanwhile , the ship transferring Hirose is sunk by Han , another Comrade working for Katsumata ; causing Hirose to sink under the ocean .
meanwhile