Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 2080: Reverse Engineering of Steel Buster, Initiated!
"Is this the world twelve thousand years from now?"

Noriko Takaya, holding a steaming cup of milk, sat on the sofa on the terrace, gazing at the woods outside, and sighed.

"No, Fazi, this isn't our world."

Amano Kazumi sat under the parasol next to her, holding a document, and read it carefully.

"Really? But it doesn't look bad at all, my dear sister."

Noriko Takaya sighed deeply, raised her head, and looked at the "stars" hanging in the sky, which could be clearly seen even in daylight.

"This world, like our home, is capable of space travel!"

"But there are also many enemies! A solution."

Amano Kazumi shook her head and sighed softly.

On that day, when both of them thought humanity was extinct, the warship carrying numerous gyroplanes broke through the clouds and flew in under the sunlight, opening its arms to the two who had crossed twelve thousand years, bringing the joy of welcoming them home.

"But didn't that Marshal He Ming also lead everyone to drive the enemy out of the solar system?"

Noriko Takaya chuckled and shared the knowledge she had gained from her recent tutoring sessions with Kazumi Amano.

Little did they know, Amano Kazumi already knew everything about it, and in some aspects even more clearly than Takaya Noriko.

However, Amano Kazumi did not want to dampen Takaya Noriko's enthusiasm for learning, so she chose to listen quietly as Takaya Noriko chattered on about what she knew.

Just as the two were talking, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in!"

Amano Kazumi raised her hand to signal Takaya Noriko to be quiet, then called out towards the door.

"excuse me!"

As the door opened, a group of elegant and dignified maids pushed a food cart into the room.

The person leading this group of maids was none other than Lian, the maid who had stood beside He Ming that day.

“Miss Lian, there’s no need for that. We can handle these things ourselves.”

Amano Kazumi said helplessly.

"Please, distinguished guests, do not feel constrained! Although this is not your hometown, your courageous choice to cover the retreat in order to save humanity and ultimately open up a new future for mankind deserves the highest level of hospitality from fellow human beings, the Earth Alliance."

Lian bowed slightly and said respectfully.

This excuse was used every time Amano Kazumi said that they didn't need to be treated with such high standards.

In the end, Amano Kazumi gave up struggling and had no choice but to accept these high-level treatments.

Moreover, from Ren's words, Amano Kazumi also discovered something.

It seems that He Ming, whom Lian calls "Master" and is also the Marshal of the Human Earth Alliance, seems to know the future of their home world.

"that···"

Just as Amano and Mimi were pondering how to ask Ren about this, Noriko Takaya raised her hand, indicating that she had a question.

"Please speak, Ms. Noriko Takaya. I will answer any question I can."

Lian smiled slightly.

"Yes, thank you for your help! May I ask how you plan to handle the wreckage of Gunbuster?" With Amano Kazumi to rely on in most aspects, Noriko Takaya was not worried, but she was very concerned about the wreckage of Gunbuster.

“Gundam Buster? That is indeed a problem. Ms. Noriko Takaya, would you like to see Gunbuster appear before you again, intact? Or would you prefer to take some parts from the wreckage of Gunbuster as a keepsake?”

Instead of giving a direct answer, Lian provided a counter-question.

"what?!"

Noriko Takaya was initially a little confused, but the next second, she exchanged a glance with Kazumi Amano and shouted in unison.

"Can you fix the Steel Buster?"

Seeing the two people's shocked expressions, Lian smiled confidently.

"Of course. It depends on your choice."

"sister."

Noriko Takaya quickly pulled Kazumi Amano to a corner and they started whispering to each other.

Lian then had the maids take the food and drinks from the food cart and place them on the table one by one, waiting for the two to finish their discussion.

The two did not discuss it for long.

Noriko Takaya looked at Ren with expectant eyes and said.

"My sister and I hope to see what the Gunbuster looks like after it's been repaired."

"Well then, please wait a while, our two distinguished guests! Our technical team is currently discussing how to repair the Steel Buster."

In fact, even if Noriko Takaya and Kazumi Amano choose to take some parts from the wreckage of Gunbuster as souvenirs, as the last trace of Gunbuster, Heming's side will still measure and study Gunbuster.

However, no repairs or damage will be done to the Steel Buster itself.

However, after Lian brought back the reply that the two wanted to see the repaired Gunbuster, all the measurement and research work was overturned on the spot, and a new phase of repair and reverse research began.

During this phase, He Ming directly dispatched the three trump cards—the intelligent AI cube Adino, Elise, and VEDA—which possessed massive computing power resources, to assist the second technical team he had assembled, in addition to the antimatter engine team, in conducting reverse engineering research on Steelbusta.

"This, this is really... He Ming, you can't stand to see Aeolia and me living in seclusion, can you? You have to drag us out of our hometown."

Also during the Dimensional Shock, following the witch's arrangements, but unlike Kujo Lisa and the others, the two old professors who chose to return to their original island in Aeolia to live a leisurely life were discovered by He Ming and directly transferred here by order of the Marshal of the Human Earth Alliance to take charge of the reverse engineering project of Gunbuster.

"Haha! Professor Eifman, don't say that! You and Aeolia are still very vigorous! How could we let you be idle for a long time! Besides, don't you two have any interest in human technology from 12,000 years ago?"

He Ming laughed and secretly used a fallacy to change the subject.

Anyway, after seeing the shrinking reactor on Gunbuster, the two old professors, even if they had doubts, wouldn't question it too much.

Because this is a technological approach that is completely opposite to the current Human Earth Alliance.

"Efman, stop arguing with He Ming. The most important thing right now is to reverse engineer the Gambast."

Aeolia adjusted the monocle hanging over her right eye slightly and looked at Steel Buster, who, despite being badly damaged, still exuded an imposing aura.

"This must be the Gunbuster that supposedly triggered a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy in another world, thus defeating the enemy, right?"

"Yes! That's it. Gunbuster!"

(End of this chapter)