Gundam: From Piece to Player

Hearing Karma's teasing, Banagher lowered his head, grabbed his bath basket, and rushed into a separate shower stall.

Although it was funny, Karma couldn't laugh... If his guess came true, he feared it would be a different story.

After taking a shower and returning to her room, Karma took the bedding out of the closet and spread it on the floor.

"Uncle Gaman, who are you?" Banagher asked, somewhat surprised.

"I'm going to sleep on the floor for a bit."

"No need, you can sleep in the bed too."

Karma pinched Banagher's cheek, and he immediately blushed like a teapot.

Karma thought it was pretty much true, so she carried the pillow and blanket to the floor.

In the middle of the night, he opened the terminal in bed and told Alice to immediately collect information so they could test it out the next morning.

At 6:30 a.m. the next morning, Banagher slowly woke up from his sleep and smelled the aroma in the air. He went into the kitchen and saw Karma making breakfast, skillfully tossing a frying pan. He rubbed his eyes.

"Yasna, go and get me that bottle of specialty seasoning that we bought when we went to the moon."

"Oh."

Then you see Banagher hand him the salt from the drawer, which means the original [storage] can be activated.

Is he just half asleep or just naturally dense?

Seeing that he still looked half asleep, Karma's guess was right. While excited, she also felt a little scared. "Take the plate out."

After Banagher took the plates out, he washed the kitchen utensils, wiped his hands, and then followed him out.

Outside, they saw "Banaji" covering his face with his hands. It seemed he...she had finally realized what was happening.

"Miss Yasna, can you tell me where Banagher went?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry... Lord Karma, I didn't mean to take over his body." Miss Yasna stood up nervously, her face still bearing Banagher's.

“Banaji is still here, but he is currently asleep, and I cannot return control of his body to him.”

These words finally put Karma at ease.

Last night, I had Alice hack into the network to look up this girl's past. All I can say is that she's a pure, honest girl, even the type who's easily bullied.

Yasna Elmarit, who died during the test, has now been "resurrected"—separated from the Psycommu system of that machine, and now resides in Banagher's body.

It can be described as a soul transfer.

This situation is equivalent to an administrator logging into the same computer with different accounts.

Of course, the above is purely speculation and remains to be verified.

"Yasna, let's have breakfast first, and we can talk while we eat. Tell me what happened."

"Yes, Lord Karma."

The girl in front of me, from SIDE3, addressed me with utmost respect throughout, and even showed genuine awe. How is the Republic of Zeon promoting itself these days?

The situation isn't complicated: Yasna has been residing in the Psycommu system for almost two years, and as time goes on, she's nearing the point of losing her physical form. Unlike Lala, a phenomenal new human, the female ghost also has an "expiration date."

Then, Banagher learned about this situation through conversation during the test and suggested that she try residing in his body... which was actually his brain.

Only a sensitive child like Banagher could have such strong empathy and do something like this for an older sister he'd only met a few times... This is actually an extremely dangerous operation.

This young girl was also like that—although she initially refused, she couldn't resist the drive to survive, not to mention she was so young.

That's why the brainwaves fit together. It's because after entering Banagher's brain, Yasna's "brainwaves" were exactly the same as his.

In terms of the outcome, it was a success—and it left the world with an extremely valuable case of soul transfer, and a revolutionary one at that.

For the new humans alone... this means that they can achieve immortality by cloning their own bodies and then replacing them using a similar procedure.

"Can you see Banagher's condition now, Yasna?"

(Yasna Elmarit)

Yasna nodded: "When I went in, I caused a bit of a shock to Banagher, so he hasn't recovered yet, but he's much better than before."

"How did you come to the conclusion that he's much better?" Karma asked, explaining, "I'd like to know the basis of your judgment; it can't just be intuition, can it?"

"He said eight things to me in my dream today, and he said three things to me yesterday."

The reason was clear and easy to understand. Karma asked, "So, he can take control of the body whenever he wants?"

Yasna put on a thoughtful expression: "Of course, this is his body. Unless we can appear at the same time when using the Psycommu system, either it will be me or Banagher that appears."

Karma couldn't continue discussing soul transfer with the girl. She showed her around the base and explained the current situation, a precautionary measure in case Banagher "disconnected" later. The girl, having undergone military training, communicated quite efficiently.

As she said, Banagher was finally able to get into his room after his afternoon nap.

Considering the potential psychological damage he may have suffered, Kalmar could only earnestly advise him to notify the authorities in advance before undertaking any dangerous activities in the future.

When he organized his team to return to the psychic sensing laboratory and attempted to power up the Psycommu system on Yasna's machine... this time, the machine did not generate any brainwaves either—thus confirming the transfer had occurred.

The breakthrough in the elixir of immortality has thus made great progress, and the next step is to reproduce this result through experiments.

Meanwhile, intelligence indicated that a battle had broken out at Blue Noah.

Clearly, some forces are not going to wait any longer and have already begun to attack the Federation.

Chapter 286 The Terrifying Pseudo-Pirates

On May 1, 0086, a month after the first colonies arrived, SIDE7 now has twenty-five colonies.

As a key military stronghold in Side 7, Azure Noah is a place where the Federation Army conducts extremely frequent training exercises. In order to deal with possible threats, the soldiers are actively preparing for war.

"Look at you bunch of cowards. With your driving skills, you can't beat the pseudo-pirates at all."

"Yes."

"Don't answer 'yes' to that. Are you all idiots?"

"No."

In Blue Noah, Lieutenant Emma Sin, a Japanese-American officer, is reprimanding underperforming team members selected from Earth.

Jellette Mesa and Kakrikon Kakul, both MS instructors, were watching this scene from a nearby hangar.

“Lieutenant Emma is really diligent,” Caglicon said. “If I weren’t already in a relationship, I would definitely try to pursue her. Jellett, aren’t you single? Don’t you have any ideas?”

Jellett considered the possibility for a moment, then shook his head after a few seconds: "Beautiful as she may be, marrying a woman like that would only bring trouble."

"So what kind do you like?"

"The kind of Yamato Nadeshiko who can silently support her husband from behind and be very strong in critical moments."

"So you're a traditionalist."

Jellett looked at Kakricon with some disdain, thinking that every time he chatted with this guy, the conversation would turn to women, and he was really driven by his lower body.

Can't we talk about the future, plans, or something? As General Djamitov said, now is the time to make the Federation great again.

He couldn't help but imagine that with his talent, he would surely rise through the ranks and eventually reach a high position.

I heard that the soldiers in space were afraid to fight the "pseudo-pirates," saying they were invulnerable to bullets and could foresee the future... It's a disgrace to the Federation soldiers; they can even make up such excuses to avoid battle.

The Jamaican lieutenant colonel also stated that these are all propaganda offensives created by the SIDE separatists and the Republic of Zeon.

If you believe it, then you'll really have it in your life.

"What are you two doing? Slacking off?"

Just then, a jeep approached rapidly from a distance.

"Captain Lyra!" the two said in unison.

"Our respective MS teams are conducting combat training in the mountainous area, and I am discussing the next training plan with Lieutenant Jellett."

Kakrikon, like a seasoned veteran, handled the situation with practiced ease.

"Is that right?"

“That’s right, sir.” Jellett also became diplomatic.

"We need to increase the intensity of the training, and you all need to supervise the whole process to ensure the training effect." Leila said this and then told the driver to continue driving.

“What about this one?” Kakrikon winked at Jellit.

"This is not bad, but I can't handle it."

Just then, the alarm of the Blue Noah 2 began to sound, and the MS pilots who were training, inspecting, or slacking off all rushed towards the hangar.

【Pseudo-pirates】are, after all, synonymous with piloting mobile suits, far superior to ordinary terrorists. Only by entering a mobile suit can one avoid dying from the aftershocks of various strange attacks.

Several tens of seconds later, multiple alarms were detected on the mirror surface.

Meanwhile, Jellett led his squad in an MK2 to scout out one of the locations, also to prevent the enemy from breaching the outer wall and entering directly.

When he arrived at the scene as a reconnaissance vanguard, he found that air was rushing out rapidly through several tiny gaps, which were small, like those caused by space debris.

"The MS units patrolling the perimeter are all asleep. How come they can't even stop the enemy?"

Jellett cursed, only to find that the openings were very symmetrical when he got closer to the hole. Before he could react, the mirror below his machine lit up with spots of light from the concentrated laser.

Then penetrate it.

"hiss."

A beam of light shot down from below, nearly piercing the MK2 through.

Jellett's hand trembled slightly. As he stepped on the accelerator and sped off in one direction, several small beams of light continued to shoot toward him from the glass below.

The beam of light left countless tiny holes on the mirror surface, like a punch.

Jellett felt his mind go blank, like when he discovered he couldn't solve the first big question in an exam.

The opponent was aiming through the "colonial mirror," and because the mirror was an obstruction, it was impossible to see the opponent directly, yet the opponent seemed to have X-ray vision and could see him.

Finally, Jellett couldn't take it anymore and switched MK2's weapon to a beam rifle, regardless of whether it would affect the colony's structure or whether it could hit the target—he figured he could just blame it on the other side.

He pulled the trigger directly at the mirror surface of the Blue Noah. The power of the beam rifle instantly cleaved a huge hole, and the combined damage caused by the enemy was not as great as the power of his single shot.

Considering that the Azure Noah serves as a military base for our side, this is tantamount to self-inflicted damage.

"There's no other way; I can't fight through a mirror."