Gundam: From Piece to Player

Anna leaned on the table, looking at the compass reading results: "That makes sense, but you should still make preparations, just in case."

"Professor, I hope you're not cursing me."

Three days after the first operation ended, the Federation forces launched a second MS force attack on the rebel ship Albion in Side 2.

Before launching the ACE campaign, the Federation had just transferred 100 "cannon fodder" mobile suits from Side 7 of Lagrange Base 3.

To deplete the ammunition and energy of those two Newtype mobile suits. The reason for using them is that the Federation Forces have blocked information about them.

They only knew that the rebel warships still existed, but they didn't know why they existed.

As expected, within twenty minutes of the start of the battle, another 32 captains' mobile suits were shot down, leaving the MS forces in a state of chaos and disarray.

Three RX-170 Gundams were quickly launched and flew towards the retreating troops, heading directly into the airspace where the battle was taking place.

Meanwhile, Shiko, the leader of the Federation's New Human Squad, and her wingman, Azan, were summoned half an hour before the battle.

The generals, including General Tiam, were briefed in person on the details of the entire operation plan.

Shiko finally understood Christina's role.

Even Yazan, who wanted to slack off during the Newtype Superpower War, had to admit that the success rate of this battle was very high.

They were within the enemy's firing range when they were about 25 kilometers away.

As the vanguard, Shiko piloted Unit 1 in front, while Azan's Unit 2 followed behind.

As several beams of light with predictive properties rapidly approached, Shiko, who had "seen" the outcome first, was able to completely evade them.

Yazan, on the other hand, looked rather disheveled. Although he reacted quickly, he still rolled a few more times due to inertia. He didn't have Shiko's precognitive abilities, so his face was also somewhat distorted under the influence of G-force.

[Sugai Utako, why are you, a fellow member of the New Human race, an enemy of us?]

The voice in Shiko's mind was transmitted directly into her head, making her frown. The previous rumors were indeed correct; the other party was also a Newtype, and that pharmaceutical company had made great achievements in Newtype research.

"Because you've colluded with those bastards from Zeon, you've supplied drugs to their Newtype organization."

Regardless of whether the other party could hear her or not, it was a way to strengthen her fighting spirit, Shiko replied directly.

[We have never had any contact with Zeon. You only learned a distorted truth from the Federation Army, and you're already turning your swords against us? Are you siding with the strong to continue bullying the weak?]

"Who can prove any of this?"

Shiko replied directly, saying she just thought the other person, that new human, was noisy.

Although the federal government is terrible, it hasn't gone so far as to use nuclear bombs to destroy cities.

That would be far superior to Zeon, and anything associated with Zeon is evil; it's that simple.

The poet stepped on the gas, and the gun in Gundam's hand switched to a beam Gatling gun, launching a rapid assault on the Zeon.

Meanwhile, the Zeon was flying head-on, and the two ships were rapidly closing in distance.

It seems I'll have to ask you to quiet down for now, Sugai Utako.

The Zeon swung out its two hands, creating two floating gun positions in the air, and began to fire in the direction that Utako was about to move.

Shiko rapidly wiggled the control stick back and forth, and the MK170, aided by the magnetic coating, performed several acrobatic maneuvers, flying through the Zeon's beam rain.

However, in the next instant, Shiko's expression changed drastically. She drew her beam saber from her waist and collided head-on with the NT-1's slashing beam saber... The impact of the I-field restraint weapon caused a burst of dazzling light.

The enemy aircraft, which had been hiding in the shadow of the 30-meter-tall fuselage of the Zeon, performed synchronized maneuvers, causing only one aircraft to be displayed on the detector.

Chapter 218 How did the machine start moving on its own?

The RX-170 and the NT-1 Gundam engaged in several high-speed sword battles.

Seeing this, Yazan quickly drew his gun and fired a signal flare into the sky.

What kind of schemes and tricks are you plotting?

Anna's voice resounded in Yazan and Shiko's hearts.

And when faced with the other party's questions—

"Ah!" Shiko tried her best to control herself from thinking about the answer to the question, and instead manipulated her body to continue drawing her sword and parrying.

She had a deep feeling that once they started to think about each other, their thoughts would be "read" by the other party, leading to the plan being exposed.

However, this mindless battle was immediately thwarted by the opponent.

While Shiko was distracted, NT-1 dodged the beam saber upwards and simultaneously thrust the beam saber out precisely, instantly destroying half of RX-170's head.

If it weren't for Yazan's timely cover fire, the mech would probably have been split in two at an angle by the enemy.

Yazan's support didn't last long... and he was soon overwhelmed by the Zeon's firepower.

【tell me--】

What are you thinking?

What are you thinking?

What are you thinking?

As if it were mental pollution, the opponent's brainwaves directly passed through the barrier between MS and exploded repeatedly in their minds, with echoes.

In addition to intense battles, Shiko and Yazan also have to endure each other's mental torment.

Because Shiko is a new type of human, her "sound reception" is particularly good.

In that moment of distraction, the NT-1 Gundam delivered a flying kick to the cockpit, the immense impact causing Shiko's face to slam directly into the brake system's airbag.

"Shut up, woman!" Even Yazan, who is usually tolerant of women, lost his temper.

[Yazan, you little brat, I saved your life back then, and you don't even know how to be grateful?]

"It was you?"

The fearless Yazan recalled the oppressive atmosphere of the battle on the moon, and although it was a bit noisy today, he didn't feel like he was about to be hunted by predators.

Is it because the other party had no intention of killing?

While Shiko was reeling from the blow, NT-1 continued to retaliate. Aronnax, piloting his mobile suit, severed the arm of Shiko's mobile suit with a single strike.

However, when he wanted to cut Shiko's body in half again and continue cutting her into human form to continue the work of capturing Newtype Pokémon.

However, a dialog box popped up on the onboard central control computer.

Thank you, Christina, for waking me up again.

The output of NT1's beam saber also decreased until it shut down, causing the attack to miss completely.

When Aronnax tried to push the control stick, he found that while the machine didn't stop moving, it wasn't moving as he intended.

The floating cannons on NT-1 began firing, but the target was not Shiko or Azan, but the Zeon.

Anna dodged the attacks from the floating cannons thanks to her powerful precognitive abilities.

However, the NT-1 Gundam did not give up, but instead took the lead and continued to pursue the Zeon, "not piloted" by Aronnax.

The machine he has now seized is a modified NT-1 Alex, and some of its features remain—learning computer mechanics from Alex has become the core of this plan.

Christina awakened the dormant ALEX by remotely linking it to the nearby Psammo system.

Between July and December of 0079, she devoted herself to "educating" the artificial intelligence on ALEX, and this AI established a connection until the NT-1 Gundam was captured by Aronnax...

Alex didn't appear at the time because he believed that if he activated the device rashly, it would not only fail to stop the robbers but also endanger Christina.

As the code was continuously overwritten, the learning computer fell into a deep sleep until the Pseudomy system on the NT-1 received the wake-up key sent back by Christina.

"It's a success, Yazan, hurry up!"

Shiko realized that the plan had succeeded, and Christina hijacked the other party's NT-1 Gundam through the brainwave system.

Yazan, Shiko, and Alex then launched a joint attack on the Zeon.

Three Gundam beam rifles drew lines of fire across space.

Although it still didn't graz the Zeong, its space for maneuvering became much smaller.

can win!

[That's a really good plan.]

“It’s over, New Humans,” Yazan said.

"I'll shoot you down right now!" Shiko said.

Aronnax, who had been "prisoned" in the cockpit of the NT-1 Gundam, can now take his hands off the control stick, which can be described as a close-up spectator position.

He opened the "private chat channel" with his mind.

[Professor, what do we do now? Should we use a gun to blow up the central control computer?]

In addition to housing the pilot, the cockpit also contains a large number of precision components, which cannot withstand internal damage. If the cockpit were to come to a complete stop, it would only take one burst of fire.

"If you keep doing this, the machine will need repairs again, and those two might finish you off if they see you like this. I've sent Harman to trace the source of the brainwave signal."

Can you withstand the attack from three mechs?

Sigh... this intensity is just child's play.

The next instant, the head and hands of the Zeon suddenly separated from the main body, and the power output to the mobile suit suddenly became the power output to the battleship.

Four extremely thick MEGA beams. Aimed at the guy who was sniping... This OT clearly didn't have the ability to attack and evade simultaneously.

"What?!" Yazan stared at the beam of light that had suddenly thickened.

"Yazan!"

After Shiko shouted, Yazan's mech was instantly damaged under the four beams of light, and the spherical escape pod was ejected in an instant—he escaped very smoothly, his talent for escape was comparable to someone else's.

Zeon dodged NT-1's slashing attacks as if it had eaten a Chop-Chop Fruit, while using the MEGA Particle Cannon to pierce the Poet's mobile suit.

In the blink of an eye, it destroyed the beam rifle in NT-1's hand.

Despite being surrounded, they still held an absolute advantage.

[Hehe, Miss Shiko, the plan was good, but your execution wasn't as good as we thought.]

Anna continued to mock Shiko with smug satisfaction.

"Shut up, shut up!" the poet cursed, racking his brains for a way to defeat the powerful BOSS in front of him.

My comrades have already gone to capture that Miss Christina. Thank you so much for delivering another new human to our doorstep!