Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Let's summarize our experience, Lieutenant Haiwen."

Upon opening the communication channel, Karma asked a question without any prior notice, and it wasn't in a casual tone, but more like a verbal assessment.

“Yes, General,” Haiwen replied in the channel. Her words also surprised Lala. “The local gangs must be colluding with the local ruling forces. Those that cannot be persuaded to reconcile or whose probability is close to zero should be dealt with as soon as possible.”

"What if the enemy force is too large? What if the unit stationed here is a division-level force of the Federal Army?"

"Execute the commander by decapitation."

“Then we can’t be sure about beheading?” Karma asked.

"The chaos created is enough to prevent them from stopping our operations."

"What should be done with the common people?"

"Find the financial managers of the Cabas mansion, take stock of the assets, clear out movable property, and relocate the civilians here to places where local forces cannot reach. I have already done this."

"it is good."

It's rare that Haiwen has also considered the matter of confiscating property.

That proves she is capable of thinking.

With the power of a Gundam, the gray entertainment venues of Kolkata could be destroyed overnight.

The question is, how do we handle the aftermath? What should the victims do next?

Karma didn't want to affect the other Zeon friendly forces that were on a mission too much; they weren't Zabi's private army, and at most they would make a fuss as the mission was nearing its end.

He called in Sri Lanka's Kawu transport squadron to take the gold and the girls onto a plane and fly directly to New York.

A portion of these funds was donated in the name of the Mayor of New York City to a neighborhood deemed safer by Alice.

The official explanation given was that the local priests were orphans displaced by the war.

The remaining portion was kept by Lala and two other older women, because as a high-end club, the children all spoke English, so daily life was not particularly difficult.

The next step is to help them successfully enroll in school, integrate into the local community, and acquire skills.

Of course, back in his North American home base, Kalmar no longer used the projector to hide his identity.

And that's how Lala recognized him.

"Colonel, I think I've seen you on TV before."

"In federal propaganda, I'm portrayed as the evil big boss, so of course you've seen me before."

Chapter 81 The Thief

As the weather on Earth gradually became hotter, at the end of May, Lala mastered the MS course that would normally take Zeon recruits three months to complete in just one week.

Even Haiwen couldn't help but marvel at what a true genius was.

"Today's lesson is over. Congratulations, Miss Lala. You learned very quickly and you will be able to graduate tomorrow."

In a hangar at a Zeon base somewhere in North America, the interface of the driving simulator slowly went dark, and Haiwen finished his instructor's duties for the day.

She was assigned by her older brother to teach Lara Singh how to drive.

Lala suddenly adopted a thoughtful expression.

"Thank you for your hard work, Instructor Haiwen."

"Hmm." Haiwen was about to leave when Lala grabbed his sleeve.

"what's up?"

“I want to repay the general’s kindness. What can I do to do this?”

"The general doesn't need your gratitude; saving you was just a casual thing to do."

Hearing Haiwen say that, Lala felt even more distant from him. Perhaps for such a great person, saving her was just a matter of course.

"Thank you too. I also want to repay Instructor Haiwen's kindness."

"Thank me for what?"

“My sisters were saved because of Instructor Haiwen… You were the one who asked the general for help, weren’t you?”

Haiwen's face didn't show any joy at Lala's thanks, because she had never told anyone about this.

"Did the general tell you that?"

Haiwen asked this question, but saw Lala shaking her head, and couldn't help but sigh.

The new humans are really amazing in some ways.

"Miss Lala, I don't care, but let me give you a piece of advice: sometimes it's better to know than to say it. Don't make yourself an outsider."

After hearing Haiwen's warning, Lala was immediately at a loss.

—The dividing line between Earth and space—

Near SIDE2, in the reef area, a Musai slowly entered, and occasionally, under the flashing indicator lights, one could see that the markings on it had been smeared.

"Haman, your feeling is correct, is it on this celestial body?"

“Miss Sally, my feeling is right, it is this celestial body.”

"Can its location within the celestial body be confirmed?"

"can."

Harman used her hands to operate the virtual 3D stereoscopic display again. What she had to do was mark the location of the "target" that she perceived on the celestial body.

Not far from the warship was the "body" of that celestial body, which was over 600 meters wide at its widest point and 1 kilometer long.

It's not an asteroid; it's a man-made object.

"Exploration Team 3 and Exploration Team 4, proceed with construction according to the points marked by Lieutenant Kahn."

Miss Sally, considered the man's confidante and strategist, gave the order.

"Received," the exploration team replied quickly.

When she opened her eyes again, Miss Sally remained calm and directed her subordinates to carry out the engineering work.

After joining the army, Miss Sally's rank rose almost like a rocket, making many officers envious... but only envious.

Miss Sally's relationship with that man is an open secret; the man even argued with Lord Dozru because of Miss Sally.

As a result, he is still not engaged to any noble ladies.

The facts have proven many people's guesses true. When the man went to Earth, he also brought a large number of close followers with him, while the fleet that remained in space was handed over to Miss Sally for command, completely independent of the Zeon attack force and assault force.

This shows how much the man trusted Miss Sally.

Miss Sally is directing the engineering team to blast the huge ruins in front of them.

And this structure, along with the items that humans had used—vehicles, buildings, asphalt—were stuck together due to celestial movements.

With two precise explosions, two exploratory holes were drilled into the structure, and after being explored further by a wired miniature robot, the results were obtained.

"Colonel Sally, the metal detector has detected it. The robot has transmitted images; it's the target."

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Sally replied to the frontline staff and put down the communicator.

Harman breathed a sigh of relief, swinging his legs; the dreaded "work" was finally over.

"You've worked hard, Hamman. I'll make you some black tea later."

"Uh-huh."

Harman tilted her head back, and Miss Sally gently brushed a strand of her hair aside.

Miss Sally was a sincere and gentle woman, and during the time I spent with her, Harman never found her to have uttered a single lie.

The black tea she brewed always helped Harman quickly recover her energy after a boring day at work.

Women often face many inconveniences when performing duties in a predominantly male military, and it was thanks to Miss Sally's arrangements and care that things were so difficult.

The engineering Zaku, carrying a life-sized engineering drill, approached the location of the celestial ruins. As the drill started, the "mine" was opened and enlarged. Then, the transport ship that had been prepared entered the mine, and the mining robots began to excavate the "mineral deposits".

The entire process took up to two hours, and Harman set an alarm.

—Ring ring ring.

The alarm clock rang, and Harman slowly woke up, finding herself wearing Miss Sally's sergeant's coat.

It's about time to go to the warship's hangar for cargo inspection.

Once inside the hangar, Miss Sally was already talking to the mine crew.

The "mineral deposit" collection vehicle slowly opened its gate, revealing its latest harvest—approximately 30 tons of gold.

This is also why Lady Kycilia sent him here—Haman has the superpower to search for and locate objects.

Why do these places produce gold?

During Operation Britain, the largest and wealthiest colonial space cities in each side were destroyed by nuclear bombs, but the nuclear explosions did not destroy everything.

There must be banks within a cosmic metropolis, and the banks must have gold reserves in their vaults as an anchor for their currency.

They were forgotten by the world during the war.

However, the man did not forget.

Even though he explained to the members who were carrying out the mission that he was only borrowing it temporarily, that the value of the gold he had mined was clear and the accounts were clear, and that he would return the principal and interest to SIDE2 later.

As for Side 1 and Side 4, perhaps out of guilt, cowardice, and hesitation, they still didn't send the fleet to those two places to mine for gold.

No amount of sweet talk can conceal the true nature of this matter.

It's clearly theft, but they don't dare to go all the way, which makes them seem extremely conflicted.

Harman also asked Miss Sally privately.

Miss Sally kept defending him.

"Haman, the general is not a thief, he just needs the money urgently."

Love can be blinding... Miss Sally must have been deceived by that bad man.

Although they had little contact, the man was a habitual liar and harbored ill will towards Lady Kycilia.