Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Okay, I won't kiss your forehead anymore, you don't need to wear this thing anymore."

"I do not believe."

Karma thought to herself, "You can't possibly sleep with a headband on, can you?"

Take the elevator down from the upper floor and you'll arrive at the hotel lobby.

Anna suddenly pulled his hand tightly.

Are there assassins?

Karma's long-standing anti-assassination habits made him want to activate his exoskeleton immediately, but Anna's voice of dissuasion echoed in his mind.

"What's wrong, Anna? Is something the matter?"

Anna shook her head and smiled at him, saying, "It's nothing, just my imagination."

Two kilometers away, on a high-rise building, Miki lowered her binoculars, while Alice stood in the shadows beside her.

"Mother, shall we make our move now?"

"No, let's wait until they're in a less crowded area... How could this happen to me?"

“He promised me he wouldn’t find a new lover… The day before yesterday he told me he was going to the moon, but there’s no Alliance business on the moon these days.” Meixi bit her finger. “It seems that because I’m getting older, I’m less attractive to him.”

“Mother, I don’t think so… I’ve observed that when my elder brother sees you now, he exudes far more male hormones than before.”

Don't you need to analyze this already?

Meixi paused, realizing that although it seemed like a good thing, it wasn't a reason for her to forgive the infidelity.

"Kalmar is just too greedy; he wants everything!"

They came out.

"Come on, Alice, let's follow them."

Alice soon drove out in a Jeep. Since Karma was wearing a watch made by the Alliance, she wasn't afraid of being left behind. The positioning system, originally intended for safe searching, instead exposed her whereabouts while she was having an "affair".

Kalma hailed a self-driving taxi, got in first, swiped her card to purchase a day's service, and then called Anna to come up.

Anna hummed a little tune, looking to be in a good mood.

"Since you're in such a good mood, why don't you take the lead?"

Anna gently punched Karma's shoulder again.

"Where do we go now?"

"We're going to Akihabara... It's a famous electronics district and a mecca for anime culture. It's also the headquarters of Anaheim Entertainment, which has a huge number of model kits."

"Senior, do you like anime/manga?"

"I'm so sorry I'm a shut-in."

"Hahaha." Anna suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, so that Karma wouldn't notice what made her laugh.

Could it be that they think 'steamed goose heart in four houses' is bad?

"why are you laughing?"

"Sorry, I just remembered a kid who also has the nickname 'otaku' (a derogatory term for someone who is a shut-in or reclusive).

From noon to evening, the main roads in Akihabara are closed to vehicles and become pedestrian streets. After getting out of the car, the two continued to stroll along the road.

I passed a model shop called CANDAI, which appears to be a subsidiary of AE.

Karma stopped and led Anna inside.

The rows of models and octagonal boxes inside gave Karma the illusion that she hadn't traveled to another world. A dashingly dressed young man approached, looking like the shop manager or something: "Welcome, guests, to the official CANDAI flagship store. Is this your first time visiting an MS battle model store?"

“Yes,” Karma replied, and Anna nodded.

"Then I must introduce it to you. This is not an ordinary model, but a model that can actually fight."

"Can you demonstrate it for me?"

"Of course." The shop owner seemed happy to have attracted a customer, and didn't seem to care much whether the models would sell or not.

Karma chose a Zaku model, while the shop owner chose a Gundam Model 78 model. By placing them into an arcade battle system, the models were projected onto a random battlefield. He was using a guest account.

He quickly grasped the principle... by reverse-inputting stereoscopic projection images into the virtual world, one could then control the mechs to engage in combat.

"Wow, you're really skilled! Do you play esports games regularly?"

After the battle began, the shop owner found that the customer opposite him was getting the hang of things very quickly, and soon he was sweating profusely.

My own Type 78 is clearly more expensive and better equipped.

Yes, I play it sometimes—

This is a real war game.

In just three rounds, the shopkeeper was defeated by Karma's joint strike...

The shop owner wasn't angry at all, and said, "If you, sir, come and play this game, you will definitely become the true champion of the PVP tournament."

The game design is pretty good, and it's quite suitable for beginners.

Karma was considering whether to have the league also open a competing company to put pressure on them, in order to prevent them from monopolizing the market and abusing their power.

Compared to the virtual combat equipment at the Younuo Museum, this system isn't particularly technologically advanced. However, considering that this combat model system is a game for ordinary people, and taking into account profitability and maintenance costs, this model might be even more suitable—continuously making money by constantly releasing new models and even components.

"Play one more game with me."

"Guest, this—." The shop owner saw another group of customers coming in, and his employees were busy and flustered. He wanted to go out and help.

"Play one game with me, and I'll buy the Z Gundam model you're promoting."

Karma's words forced the shopkeeper to sit down again.

While he couldn't see her, Anna was picking out models on the shelf when she was blocked by a mother and daughter, one in front and one behind.

"You wicked woman who destroyed other people's families, leave my husband."

Meixi looked at the woman and felt a sense of danger, with a strange feeling of déjà vu... Even though it was their first meeting, Meixi searched her memory but found no record of the other woman.

It was as if it had been deleted by an invisible hand.

“Missie Lutz, he is not your property.”

This mistress even knows her own name.

"So you mean you knew he already had a wife, but you were still willing to be the other woman?"

"Don't get me wrong, you're the third party."

Meixi's patience with this woman was running out; at first, she just wanted to scare her away.

Unexpectedly, the other party stuck to it like chewing gum on the sole of a shoe, and it couldn't be pried off.

He gave Alice a look, and Alice moved closer to him in return.

Just as she was about to have Alice launch an attack, Misaki felt her brain buzzing, unable to think, and experiencing a sharp, needle-like pain.

"Stay away from me, AI, or I'll turn her from a genius into an idiot."

Alice stopped, took a few steps back, and said, "Miss Anna El, we're all family, there's no need to make things like this, is there?"

Chapter 318 Shura Field

After hearing Alice's words, Anna finally stopped.

However, the next second, Miki started walking towards Anna and was then taken hostage by Anna.

"Mother?"

"I've already hypnotized her."

The gems on her bracelet glittered again, and Miki, looking up once more, slowly reached for her pistol pouch... like a puppet on a string.

At this point, Alice could no longer stand idly by. Although there were no Three Laws or similar laws, in the mind of the artificial intelligence, the safety of her mother was paramount.

She "targeted" Anna El and fired a mind-bomb weapon—a weapon she obtained from Dr. Murasame.

"Ok?"

Anna sensed the brainwave attack from the outside, frowned, and immediately used her wall skill to instantly create a wall. At the same time, she had Misaki come over as her hostage—to prevent Alice from taking physical measures.

It didn't work?

Well, both mental and physical attacks have failed, so we can't go all out.

Alice considered all the possible outcomes in a mere second and finally made her choice—to call the wicked man.

She doesn't help with housework.

Karma had just defeated the shopkeeper and won the second game, and a number of children had already gathered around her, all watching Karma's amazing gameplay.

Then I saw the communicator ringing.

"Hey?"

"Big brother, my mother has been kidnapped by Sister Anna, and I can't handle it."

"What? A chaotic scene has begun?" Karma exclaimed in fright, immediately getting up.

"guest?"

"Could you please check the surveillance footage later? Don't worry, I'll definitely buy the items."

Five minutes later, Karma carried the unconscious Misaki out of the store.

Anna followed along, sulking, clearly unhappy that her date time had been taken up.

Alice, standing behind him, was holding two MG model toys, and this bizarre combination naturally attracted the attention of many passersby.

"Alice, when did you arrive?"

"The day before you came, brother."

"Shouldn't you have realized what was going on when you saw Anna?"

"That's a question for Miss Anna... why does Mother seem like she doesn't recognize you?"

Karma glanced at Anna out of the corner of her eye, but Anna didn't say anything.