Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Phoenix was defeated?" Even Basque couldn't remain calm upon hearing the news. "This is number four! Director Namikar, did you make a major mistake in your adjustments?"

Development Director Namikel could only check the past records and adjustments with a look of horror.

However, all records show that everything is normal... In fact, Feng's mental state is better than usual.

“I’ve checked, and there’s nothing unusual. If it’s the Space Alliance, Basque Commander, could it be a problem with the performance of the aircraft?”

Is it the body's performance?

"You should first look for the reasons within yourself, instead of shirking responsibility."

Although the Basque continued to pressure the Murasame Development Director, he already had the answer in his heart.

He used to be an intelligence officer... As early as the end of 0078, before the Federation's mobile suits were even available, Garma Zabi was already piloting the ZUDA Gundam, which later outperformed the Type 78 (September 0079), and wandering around the battlefield during the One Year War.

And now that group of people are located in the asteroid belt... it wouldn't be surprising if they had already developed a groundbreaking machine.

After bringing the hound's torso back to the destroyer, Kalmar prepared for the welding engineering team to saw open the deformed cockpit. A section of the cockpit had been destroyed by the missile's blast wave, and the information and data on the onboard computer would likely need to be repaired before they could be retrieved.

"Sir, there are vital signs in the cockpit." This was due to the infrared heat alarm on the welding machine crew's equipment.

"Oh?"

In Kalmar's understanding, the chances of an ordinary driver surviving being hit by eight hypersonic bombs are extremely slim.

Those who survived were either drivers who were made of concrete pillars or those who had undergone special treatment... Now they are just like wild animals that have mastered the ability to play dead and fight back.

"You all move aside."

Karma removed the electronic helmet she wore for combat, replaced it with the sealed protective helmet of her exoskeleton armor, opened the cockpit, and jumped from a height of 10 meters... Actually, it wouldn't matter if she didn't wear it; she wouldn't die from the fall because of the low gravity.

However, the next step requires force to completely remove the deformed cockpit panel.

The moment he moved away, the outer armor was filled with a large electric protective field, which shot down the incoming missile—he was shot.

The short-haired girl in the cockpit was shooting at him, but after seeing that the shooting was ineffective, she decisively chose to throw away the gun and planned to take out the assault rifle under the cockpit and start shooting.

Karma didn't give her a chance to fire again, as stray bullets could injure other maintenance crew members in the hangar. He grabbed the barrel and twisted it hard, rendering the assault rifle unable to fire.

As he approached, the green-haired girl sprang up with incredible speed, attempting to wrap her legs around Karma's arms to form an armbar.

It can only be said that this was a wrong choice.

The current traveled through the girl's entire body in the next moment, causing her to freeze. The electronic display on the armor panel showed that some liquid was still flowing out.

Karma showed no mercy, pulling her out of the cockpit while still standing and slamming her to the ground, thus ending the fight.

At the same time, call the ship's medical team over and bring the restraint bed as well.

Are they enhanced humans piloting this machine?

It's not surprising.

It's a good opportunity to see how far the Federation's enhanced human research project has progressed.

Who is this again?

Karma looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't be sure who the man was.

In the following days, he received reports from Alice that Miao An had gradually gained the approval of the Pomeranians due to her bravery in battle... Most importantly, she had successfully established a "bond" with Ma Qiu, which meant that the operation to recruit new humans into the team was progressing in an orderly manner.

Karma is about to face off against Skywalker.

However, since the Federation forces are currently nearby, they will likely cause trouble when the battle is nearing its end.

According to intelligence shared by the Republic of Zeon, the enemy has dispatched another fleet and called for reinforcements.

It seems that the capture of the enhanced human has prompted the Federation forces to reassess their combat capabilities in this area.

Looks like it's going to be another chaotic mess.

Chapter 252 Showdown with the “Strongest” Newtype

August 12, UC0085.

MK3 has been deployed on the Ireland-class launch platform.

"Be prepared for a war of attrition, Camus."

"Yes, Uncle Amuro." Amuro felt a pang of discomfort upon hearing the other man address him as "Uncle," but he still continued to remind him as if he were an elder.

"Judging from the appearance of that unidentified machine, the Federation is also watching the competition. They might just barge in during the battle, so you need to make good use of your abilities."

“Roger that.” Camus thought for a moment. “Should we keep an eye on the one-eyed machine with the backpack? That guy from Blackguard whose ID is [Full Control].

"...Like I said, if you can't beat them, I will."

That's really reliable.

Even if I fight haphazardly, as long as Uncle Amuro launches an attack, the situation will improve again.

Camus couldn't help but think this.

With acceleration from the electromagnetic catapult trajectory, the MKIII was launched into space.

After flying for about 5 minutes, Camus arrived at the venue of the Legion War.

Camus naturally began scanning the map, his powerful perception revealing everything around him.

This is a new human skill called "Wide Area Perception," and it's the first skill featured in NEWTYPE magazine.

And finally he saw it, the huge black butterfly, the nuclear fusion reactor faintly emitting a restrained light, the entire machine resembling a miniature star... In the past, Camus could only experience the same feeling at the warship level.

Camus then used the second skill described in another book, NEWTYPE.

[Mind Invasion]

This skill allows you to easily penetrate the walls of someone's heart and easily read the target's thoughts.

However, this tactic did not work.

However, the cockpit of this machine was encased in a black sphere, and his brainwaves could not penetrate it.

In the past, Camus could declare victory in battle by using these two skills, but this time he clearly failed to do so.

Camus decided to observe the enemy first before making any plans.

[Brainwave Warning]

[Brainwave Warning]

The screen lit up with a red warning word throughout the day, indicating that the brainwave intensity had reached the highest danger level among the three levels of red, yellow, and green (Char's was green, the weakest level), meaning that the person who came was the most powerful Newtype.

Karma smiled and pressed the mute button.

There's no need to show this anymore.

He had already guessed who his opponent might be—the strongest Newtype, Camus Vidan.

The past is inevitable, and the future is unknown.

But you are truly the only one who can be called the "strongest" of this era—the original protagonist of this era.

At this moment, the concentration of Minovsky particles in the battlefield area has reached a level that is undetectable by electromagnetic waves.

The MK3 flew past Cupid at a distance of 12.9 kilometers and surprisingly did not choose to continue to approach. Every time Cupid tried to get closer, the MK3 continued to retreat and increase the distance.

This is all within the detection range of Cupid's meter-wave radar, which has a detection range of 20 kilometers.

Kalmar guessed that this should be the limit of the detection range of the opposing machine.

Although it's possible to engage at this distance, Karma doesn't want to launch missiles from such a distance because it means having more than 3-4 seconds of reaction time, which is far too much evasion time for Newtypes.

If the distance can be increased to 4-6 kilometers, that is the absolute kill range of a super high Mach missile.

Of course, enemies can also attack you... but Cupid has an I-position.

After wandering around for several minutes, the other party still didn't dare to approach... Since the other party didn't dare to approach him, Karma decided to take the initiative to approach them.

Cupid blinked the pterosaur display on its head.

Nuclear thrusters on its shoulders allow helium-3 to undergo fusion in a plasma field, propelling the massive Cupid into an agile hunter.

"Is it coming?" Camus's nerves tightened instantly. He immediately activated the MK3's high-output beam rifle to irradiate the area, while simultaneously opening the thrusters to create distance.

However, Cupid's speed was invincible. When the two were 5 kilometers apart, Kalmar pulled the trigger of the missiles, and 10 missiles roared toward MK3. This was also the ingenious design, which ensured that Cupid could maintain absolute defense in Field I while launching an attack with physical missiles at the same time—the two did not interfere with each other.

Faced with the barrage of missiles, Camus made a lightning-fast turn... and his beam rifle began firing continuously in the direction of the incoming missiles in diffusion mode.

The missiles were shot down one after another, and the MK3, unable to dodge, quickly swung its beam saber... shooting down all the approaching missiles, and then smoothly launched a falling slash at the approaching Cupid.

At that moment, Cupid drew his beam boomerang from his waist and hurled it at his opponent with lightning speed.

The enormous beam wheel, spinning at high speed, resembled a meat grinder.

"What? It's not drawing a sword?"

This clearly made MK3 feel threatened with death, so it had no choice but to hastily use its beam saber to try and open the wheel with all its might, which also slowed its momentum.

In the blink of an eye, Cupid had already passed him by.

At the same time, the powerful Mega Particle Cannon on its back fired continuously, directly hitting the MK3's back.

MK3 was in a very bad situation and could only barely turn around and hold its shield to fight back.

Although the MK3's shield was treated with AE's latest beam coating, it couldn't withstand the hammer blows of the Mega Particles for even a minute.

Camus took a deep breath... The mech was constantly trembling from being hit. If the mech had a durability bar like in a game, it would lose health from the continuous tremors.

That will lead to defeat.

I might actually be killed by the [Sisvida]'s continuous "ranged weapons," and the opponent doesn't seem like the type to risk close combat.

Although it's not a life-or-death struggle right now, if I choose to surrender, the other side will most likely stop.

But Camus remembered the huge bet he had placed on himself... the money he had invested in immigrating to Shangri-La with his mother... he absolutely could not afford to lose it.

Driven by Camus's fighting spirit, the Psycommu machine, designed specifically for enhanced humans, began to respond to him.

The joystick retracted into the machine body, and the psycho-pilot mode was activated.

The shoulder-mounted propulsion wings also began to flash a bright blue light, and two fuel tanks for extending the combat radius were then dropped.

With a leap in maneuverability and increased thrust, the fuel tank was jettisoned, resulting in a second acceleration.

Under such extreme measures, the MK3 reached three times its original speed.