Gundam: From Piece to Player

What does a company suspected of pollution do to pass the environmental protection agency's tests before opening for business?

While it can't compare to those 'top' positions, it's actually quite suitable for Joseph, who is now the mayor of New York City, as there's not much responsibility involved.

The Earth's environment is so good now, it shouldn't matter if it gets polluted a little, right?

"Is there anything else? Please tell me all at once."

"Thank you, Lord Djamitov."

"Thank me after we've taken down Karma Zabi."

"must."

Iserina, standing behind him, felt that the person in front of her was a complete stranger. Was this her usually composed father? How could he be so obsequious in front of her on that phone call?

The satellite phone's receiver went dead.

The beautiful female agent next to him put away the satellite phone, while Basque put his red sunglasses back on.

“It seems you do have some courage, Mr. Mayor.” Basque’s words revealed no emotion.

“Mr. Basque, I was just confirming again, I didn’t mean anything else.”

Although it was only a brief encounter, Joseph had already confirmed that the person in front of him was a complete scoundrel, but Joseph still didn't want to offend him.

"We will send an invitation to Karma Zabi today. Our agents need three days to set up the 'venue'."

Without turning his head, Basque said to the female agent behind him, "Captain Kate, you will assist Mayor Joseph throughout the entire process. This time, our intelligence department will be directly involved in the whole process. The assassination cannot fail again."

Basque stood up from the sofa and quickly left, leaving only the female agent and the mayor and his daughter behind.

After a moment of silence, Kate extended her hand to Mayor Joseph.

“Mr. Mayor, my name is Kate, and I also work for the intelligence department. I hope you can cooperate with my work.”

A deserted beach somewhere in the Bahamas, in the Caribbean Sea.

A young man was holding a little girl and spinning her around. On the table were various cooking utensils, gift boxes, and a rented speedboat with fishing rods and harpoons.

Happy birthday, little girl!

"I like you the most, big brother."

Kalmar picked up Haiwen and spun him around a few times before putting him down.

Turning my head to look at the palm-sized multi-legged robot on the distant beach—this was a new toy made by my senior, the 'machine' that Alice pilots, its shape somewhat resembling the mechanical spider from Ghost in the Shell…a smaller version.

Leaving Alice inside an undefended terminal risks damage from weapons, and this is also a test of the compatibility between similar mechanical bodies and strong artificial intelligence.

This is slightly different from operating a mobile suit, because Alice often has to 'accommodate' the pilot when piloting the mobile suit.

"Did you get a picture, Alice?"

"Got it! Got it!"

Alice (the spider) waved her little front claws.

Busy as we are, we still need to create these kinds of memories together.

We're celebrating Haiwen's 14th birthday. After today, she'll be entering puberty, so we can't just hug her randomly anymore.

With the sea temperature lowered, Kalma felt the warm sunshine on her skin, the fine texture of the sand beneath her feet, and the salty smell of the sea in the air.

He got it.

It turns out that everyone is like Char (referring to seeing the Earth as their mother).

Hua Ken did a really good job (using nuclear weapons to detonate the mass weapon), and his efforts were not in vain.

"Brother, do you think it's possible to create such an environment in the asteroid belt?"

Haiwen looked both lively and adorable today with her hair styled in pigtails.

"Ah."

This girl's words were truly astonishing. Karma pondered for a while, and finally decided to give up thinking about it.

Let's leave this problem to the pinnacle of human wisdom, to some great creation to solve—

"Alice, do you think we can create such an environment?"

"Let me think... There are successful examples of beaches and seawater in colonies, but sunlight... The intensity of sunlight in the asteroid belt is only 4% to 10% of that on Earth. Currently, there are technical difficulties in creating an artificial sun directly in space, and the potential risks are extremely high."

"It is suggested that a giant nuclear fusion reactor be built to supply light sources to simulate full-spectrum sunlight. However, given the current colony construction technology, there are still some engineering difficulties, and it would require a lot of resources... It is not a project with high economic and practical value."

Haiwen's smile faded as she listened, and Karma patted her head.

Some things cannot be judged solely on cost-effectiveness.

To increase population capacity, SIDE3 uses fully enclosed colonies instead of those with three mirrors (which reflect sunlight).

The light source felt like having a bathroom heater on in the toilet, completely different from sunlight. Living under this kind of light was quite uncomfortable.

It turns out that this was completely unnecessary. Not only were there too many people living there, but there were also a lot of vacant spaces... The residents were about to leave.

"Alice, don't always think about cost-effectiveness. What's wrong with building wonders when production capacity is sufficient? It can also increase happiness and livability."

“Make the arrangements,” Karma said.

"To be completed during the second five-year plan."

To prove he meant what he said, Kalmar directly outlined the construction timeline.

"Yes, include the construction of a nuclear fusion reactor solar matrix, beaches, and marine ecological colonies in the 0085-0090 key projects," Alice replied.

Karma didn't notice that the girl next to him already had longing in her eyes.

As if remembering something, he took a gift box out of his camping backpack.

"Haiwen, this is a gift I prepared for you."

"Thank you, brother."

"Let's take it apart and see."

Haiwen unwrapped the gift and found a dark blue dress with a large lapel and a triangular red scarf.

"This is?"

"This is a sailor uniform, which is also used as a school uniform for girls in my hometown."

Haiwen smiled and hugged the gift to his chest. "I understand what you mean, brother. I will keep it safe."

"Uh-huh."

Although she didn't know what Haiwen understood, Karma thought that ambiguity was also a kind of beauty, so she should just enjoy the peaceful moments she had now.

He simply thought this girl would look great in this. Plu was the same age as Haiwen at the time, and she looked stunning in a sailor uniform.

"Alright, we've received our gifts. We were going to have cake, but it's still early. Let's blow out the candles tonight. Now, let's go catch some fish on the airship."

Haiwen went to the ship.

Alice's mechanical spider suddenly leaped a few times and darted onto Karma's hand, its legs wrapping around his wrist, transforming into a [watch form].

A message is scrolling across the interface.

Interesting. The mayor usually treats me like a mouse before a cat, but now he's not only not running away, he's actually coming to me on his own initiative?

Chapter 90 The Kalmar Assassination Plan

The United States has several holidays to celebrate in June, but none of them are particularly suitable as a party theme.

The only thing that can be associated with Zeon is Immigrant Heritage Day, which celebrates the contributions of immigrants to American society.

Since Zeon itself considers itself a space colony, it is appropriate to invite Karma Zabi to participate based on this consensus.

Moreover, Karma has been cultivating his image as someone who doesn't escalate wars but pursues independence.

"Kalma Zabi accepted your invitation, but asked him to book the venue for the banquet?"

“Yes, Captain Kate,” Joseph said tentatively. “Do I still need to suggest changing the meeting location?”

Kate shook her head.

"Kalma Zabi is a man who likes to plan things out. If we invite him again, we'll become suspicious. Where is it?"

"He requested that it be done on the Princess Cruises ship."

Princess Cruises... was originally a cruise ship owned by the Carnival Corporation, but after entering Universal Century, due to poor management, the Carnival Corporation was acquired by a larger corporation.

Yes, it's Anaheim again.

Its subsidiary Anaheim Entertainment acquired Carnival Corporation.

Although the company headquarters has moved to the lunar city of "Von Braun," this American electronics company still has a wide influence in the United States, with its Earth headquarters located in California.

Kalmar's choice of this location has a somewhat "neutral" feel to it.

Anaheim Electronics cannot be viewed as an ordinary company, but with 150 subsidiaries involved in the military, energy, and communications sectors, it is an enormous behemoth.

As expected of Karma Zabi... Such deep scheming.

Let's assume the Federation is able to successfully assassinate Kalma Zabi on the ship.

Then AE Corporation is definitely involved. Zeon, with a pretext for revenge, will take over the supposedly neutral Von Braun City in the name of revenge.

This will force AE to increase its security forces in order to prevent accidents from happening.

This will significantly increase the difficulty of federal assassinations.

You ask why AE is more powerful than the member states in front of the Federation?

It resembled a country within a country, something Kate couldn't possibly understand.

“Miss Kate, I think I can also do my part.”

Just then, the mayor's daughter, Iserina, stood up.

"Iserina, get out. This is none of your business."

Joseph shouted that he was going to drive his daughter out.

Kate's gaze lingered on Iserina for a moment, a barely perceptible smile curving her lips.

“Wait, Mr. Mayor,” Kate said. “I’ve suddenly had a bold idea.”