Gundam: From Piece to Player

The direction was not the direction of the battle between the New Federation and the Space Alliance, but rather it was completely hidden in the deep space of the universe.

"Lady Anna's machine signal has disappeared?"

"what?"

"I heard Lady Anna's last words."

"Did Lady Anna die in battle?"

"It was all those despicable enemies who killed Lady Anna."

"Avenge Lady Anna!"

Anna's "death" did not break the fighting spirit of the new humans of the New Federation; on the contrary, it seemed to trigger an "amplification" after certain conditions were met.

All the new humans on the battlefield felt that their perception distance, perception intensity, and reaction speed had all increased by more than 20%, and a pink "glow" appeared on their bodies.

The New Federation was initially struggling in this battle—but then, a miracle occurred. Each of the New Humans fought like ten men, as if God had placed a weight on the scales of victory for the New Federation.

Haman and Judau, however, had a clearer understanding—Lady Anna was indeed dead.

Before she died, she shared this power with all the new humans present and repeatedly reminded them through telepathic communication to ensure that the ideal of a new human home could be realized.

"Lady Anna ultimately hesitated and died at that man's hands." Harman sighed. "The new humans are powerful because of their emotions, but they are also unable to achieve absolute rationality because of their emotions."

“Sister Harman, now is not the time to sigh and complain. Professor Anna said that one day we will have to shoulder heavy responsibilities, and now is that time.”

Yes, now is not the time to give up.

Judau's Z-PLUS also turned pink and continued firing at the orange-red Cupid. Upon hearing this, Haman also cheered up again.

The two of them forced Elbi and Char to retreat one after another, but Banagher finally stepped in and prevented the two from losing with a four-on-two advantage.

When Karma handed over the "Anna" matter to Alice and rushed back to the battlefield to take command...

Only then did they realize that the situation was rapidly deteriorating, like in a strategy game where the opponent secretly took away several of their pieces and then enchanted each of their own pieces. With this shift in power, although it seemed like they could still win, in reality, there was no possibility of victory.

The enemy Newtypes looked extremely abnormal. In just two minutes, the tactical casualty ratio reached 1:8.

"A forced retreat?" Xia reacted strongly to Karma's words. "If we retreat, the losses will be huge."

"If you don't withdraw now, then none of us will have to withdraw... If we withdraw now, at least we can hold out based on the SIDE3 fortress. At most, the Alliance will have to spend more money to provide aid later, while also increasing the intensity of attacks on the New Federation's merchant ships to weaken their offensive capabilities."

Continuing to fight head-on when the opponent is on a strong momentum can easily lead to a collapse.

Char sighed heavily... If they couldn't gain more advantages in this battle, the New Federation would continue to deplete its own strength.

The chances of the Republic of Zeon winning will only decrease.

Ultimately, under Char's orders, all Zeon fleets, mobile suits, and the Space Alliance and Federation forces under the command of the Garma were forced to withdraw from the battle, while the New Federation held out relentlessly.

After incurring significant losses, the two sides finally separated again.

The newly formed Federation forces suffered more than half their casualties in this battle, but their greatest loss was the death of Anna El.

Karma naturally couldn't tell them about Anna, and she certainly wouldn't even consider telling them about her sleeping body.

The Republic of Zeon suffered two-thirds of its fighting force as casualties, while the Space Alliance suffered one-fifth of its casualties—mainly due to the deployment of drones. The Federation's doves, with fewer participating forces, and all of them being elite troops, suffered almost no casualties.

This outcome wasn't particularly bad, if it weren't for the news a few days later that the entire Abaoa air fortress had defected and surrendered to the new Federation.

The rebellion occurred when Char Aznable withdrew his main fleet to the outskirts of Side 3. After the base commander was assassinated, an internal mutiny led to the change of control of the fortress.

Solomon's rebellion was suppressed, as the area had just been occupied and still had a considerable number of Zeon troops.

A brat named Gremi Toto, who claimed to be the son of Kilian Zabi, took to the stage after Abaoa fell.

He was also one of the rebels... He joined the Zeon Republic Army by concealing his surname, clan name, and even wearing a mask, just like Char had done.

As for how he gained so many supporters and how he persuaded the Zabi faction of Abaoa to rise up and eliminate Char's important surveillance forces, it's not hard to explain. Back then, Gihren Zabi established a huge intelligence network among the SS remnants in the Principality of Zeon.

Not only were there some who slipped through the net, but there were also a lot of them, scattered both domestically and internationally—they had always been hostile to Char and the Deikun faction, and had been lying in wait within the ranks, waiting for an "opportunity".

This Gremi is willing to throw away all his pride just to get at the gambling table.

According to his statement, his father, Kiran Zabi, started the war because the existing Federation could not represent the future of humanity. If a new Federation, a new human race in power, were in charge, the War of Independence could be avoided.

—If the new humans are stronger, then let them decide the fate of humanity. This can only be described as a political ideology inherited from Gihren.

Ideology is ideology, and performance is performance. Karma believes that in the end, he and the forces behind him just want to become the people in charge of the [SIDE3 District] in the future planning of the new Federation.

After all, he himself happens to be a new human, which gives him a significant advantage in terms of identity politics.

You ask why Gremi Toto isn't using the revival of the Zabi family's name anymore?

Playing this game in this day and age means your brain hasn't been upgraded yet—it's too outdated.

Meanwhile, the Kirian and Zabi factions, to which Gremy belonged, chose to side with the New Commonwealth.

This era is truly magical.

Chapter 330 Xia, it's time for you to have a child.

Looking at Sleeping Beauty in the blue cryo-chamber, Karma flipped the hair on her forehead upwards.

"It's time for a haircut," he thought, glancing at Alice in her white lab coat beside him.

"No brainwaves detected?"

"Yes."

"Undetectable".

Is he brain dead?

"No... because they were delivered in time, we quickly connected them to an artificial heart to pump blood and supply oxygen, and also administered intravenous fluids. Although a small number of organs failed, most of the organs were saved."

"But where did her soul go?"

"This is also what puzzles us. The current situation is somewhat similar to Ms. Sima's body after her soul was transplanted. After the soul transfer was completed, her original body received some kind of signal and began to 'die' only two or three minutes later. At that time, we were all focused on Ms. Sima's situation, so we couldn't save her. If we had that as a sample for reference, that would be great."

"It's okay... Nobody knows what the future holds."

Did Anna's soul also transfer?

If it were transferred, where would it go? Keep in mind that Cupid's cockpit was in a brainwave-shielded state at the time.

Could it be that the Zeta Gundam... slipped away through Anna's disguise?

"Brother, take a look at this message first."

Alice began projecting information onto the back of her hand. Karma observed the screen content and realized it was a live broadcast.

The streets of Shangri-La were packed with people dressed in black, who were marching.

Anna's half-body photo was projected in white and floated above the colony, with the year displayed on the west side and the weather set to a light rain.

[UC0059-UC0087]

This was clearly a funeral... unlike the grand funerals held for the dead of Zeon and the Federation, there was no one giving a speech.

Upon hearing the news, Karma also pulled up a chair and sat down helplessly.

Could Anna really be dead?

If the soul cannot be detected, according to the Murasame Research Institute's research on the brain, there is actually another possibility... that is, the brain is damaged, which leads to the shattering of cognition and soul. Some become mentally impaired, while others who do not wake up become vegetative.

Is it because he is fighting against himself?

Karma didn't remain depressed for long... He had already found the elixir of immortality, so he refused to believe he couldn't find Anna; perhaps she was just hiding.

"In addition, I also tested Ms. Anna's cells and found that her telomeres are shorter than normal," Alice continued.

"What do you mean?"

"This situation usually occurs in the era when cloning technology was not mature. It can also lead to a shorter lifespan than expected because the gene recoding repair cannot be carried out through sexual reproduction in the state of asexual reproduction. As a result, a segment of the erroneous gene code from the previous generation or the generation before that is retained instead of being reset."

"Don't tell them about this. I'll also move Anna's body to a safer place." Karma had already chosen a safe location in her mind.

It's not safe here in the Earth Sphere right now.

In July 0087, diplomats from the New Federation arrived at Side 6 and proposed signing a "Ceasefire Agreement." The main purpose was to encourage both sides to cease large-scale direct combat and attacks on transport ships for the next five years.

The war had only been going on for less than three months when it was called off for five years because of its high intensity.

For Neo Zeon and the Space Alliance, signing this deal has both advantages and disadvantages... although it's only slightly better than toilet paper.

On the one hand, Neo Zeon can make more thorough preparations for war and defense, while the Space Alliance can just complete the first phase of its immigration plan for tens of millions of immigrants, and its national strength will take off in the next phase.

On the downside, the new federation will likely be able to complete the integration of SIDE1, SIDE4, and SIDE5 during this brief period of peace.

The new Federation they would face then would be no weaker than the Federation that failed to fully mobilize during the One Year War (in this timeline).

But if we don't sign... if we keep dragging this out, the Space Alliance might be okay, at most they'll make some money, but the Republic of Zeon will definitely go bankrupt.

This matter is of great importance, so Char Aznable specially came to find Garma by spaceship... Commander-in-Chief Char Aznable must now be responsible to the people.

In the ship's wine cellar lounge, Karma began a private conversation with the other party.

"My friend, do you mean that Parliament wants to sign the Armistice Agreement?"

"Yes, they said if I didn't want to sign because of my reputation, they were willing to take the blame and let me 'resign' for a while."

"I think it's possible to sign, but the war must continue."

"What do you mean?"

“Zeon can sign, Space Alliance can sign, but the federal government can refuse to sign. And if they get another federal government to sign, we can still disguise ourselves as the New Desises and continue to attack New Federation merchant ships.”

What is 【New Disais】?

“In short, the remnants of the Djamitov Rebellion.” Karma put down his glass. “My subordinate, Commander Barnard, was attacked by these remnants while he was working on immigration. They even had a Gundam like the Mark 5… He gave it to me as a gift.”

"If we paint the aircraft to look like the new Disais, we can continue to disguise it as a Federation hawk operation."

Char was stunned. Was this even possible?

"Won't this go undetected...and affect our own country?"

"This means we have to avoid being captured in battle, and if we are captured, the government has to deny it to the death... There is also a risk that if we are discovered doing this, the New Federation will organize an external force to retaliate, just like that group of [pseudo-pirates] back then."

"I need to consider this. What is the opinion within your ranks? Do you support a ceasefire?"

"Everyone wants a ceasefire... Fighting now affects the economy, and a bad economy also affects making money."

“Then let’s call a truce.” Xia took a sip of his drink, then looked at Karma: “Are you alright?”