Gundam: From Piece to Player

The woman in fine clothes seemed to want an explanation from her, and the references to servants made Haiwen very uncomfortable.

My older brother has never called her that.

"Please let go."

"How dare a lowly servant be so arrogant? Who is your master?"

Owner?

Unable to contain himself any longer, Haiwen threw a right hook at the woman's chin. Although it was just a "grab," the woman immediately lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

Having cleared the obstacles in the road, Haiwen continued toward the destination of the signal source.

She finally located the source of the signal—VIP lounge 404, where the door was not closed.

This place is actually not far from the banquet hall—because there is no VIP access card, Haiwen came up through the fire escape. If he had used the VIP access, the distance would have been halved.

A room on a cruise ship.

Federal intelligence teams have hacked into surveillance cameras near the VIP cabins on the cruise ship, using hacking techniques to intercept camera signals in order to monitor the progress of their plans.

"Captain, someone is searching outside the cabin door; they're probably guards or something."

Is it the target?

"No."

"...The guards went inside; they're probably searching for the source of the signal."

Kate was somewhat disappointed.

If only that mayor's daughter could bring Karma Zabi back to the VIP lounge, just like she did when she was young. Seduction is a skill that federal female agents must be familiar with. Beauty itself is a weapon, how can you not use it?

……

"If only my physical body were here, right now I'm just a terminal or an earpiece, so I can't perform a more detailed scan of this area."

Alice said.

Haiwen has already entered the VIP lounge and begun the initial search.

This VIP cabin is a women's room—accessible through a few gowns in the wardrobe.

She knew nothing else about it. Haiwen thought this mission might involve combat, but it turned out to be the type of puzzle-solving she was least skilled at.

Helpless, she could only take out her phone to report the situation to her older brother, hoping to get the "spider" to come over.

Haiwen was typing on his phone when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

"Haiwen, how is the situation?"

Then her good brother, Karma Zabi, walked in from outside the VIP cabin.

“Hey, Captain Kate.”

"Miss Iserina?"

"Excuse me, I need to report the current situation. Karma Zabi said he was leaving for a while, but he hasn't returned yet."

"It's alright, you did a great job, Miss Iserina, you have made an outstanding contribution to the Federation, haha."

Kate then smiled and ended the communication.

Whether it was her imagination or not, Iselina felt that Kate's tone was relaxed and cheerful.

No way, Lord Karma.

Could it be my fault?

The girl's breathing quickened, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably... She wanted to do something, but she didn't know what to do.

. .

Thick smoke filled the VIP cabin.

Haiwen picked up the silenced pistol and emptied the magazine at the doorknob.

However, they were still unable to open the specially designed VIP cabin door.

[Based on preliminary analysis of intelligence, the enemy triggered a short circuit by overloading the electrical box, and at the same time changed the forced opening of the door in the emergency to forced closing.]

The enemy must have planted flammable materials in the ventilation ducts. A large amount of igniter material is burning in the ducts, and neurotoxins have been detected in the atmosphere. The two men will lose consciousness in three minutes. The fire smoke alarm system has been compromised; the two men will be engulfed in a fire that is not yet spreading in five minutes.

Because the spider terminal has many sensors and detection devices, Alice quickly got a thorough understanding of the surrounding information after climbing and jumping around the room for a while.

But isn't it a bit too late to analyze this now?

"What's the solution?"

Haiwen shouted, but was immediately choked by the smoke and began to cough violently.

"Girl, calm down and put this on."

Karma remained calm and collected, having somehow produced a fire mask and put it on, then handed one to her.

"Big brother, aren't you worried at all? Or... why did you come in with us? Won't we all get wiped out?"

Haiwen was almost in tears.

Karma touched her hair guiltily, admitting that she had indeed been a bit careless.

The Federation has performed poorly in ground warfare, but it has consistently shown promise in intelligence and covert operations.

The probe was the decoy, and the other party had also studied his personality... knowing that he would definitely come to trace the source of the signal.

But the key to all his success was that he had to get into this "spider web".

For example, in Haiwenlai, this trap will never be triggered.

But there's no use thinking about it now, let's try to find a way to remedy the situation.

According to Alice, the VIP cabin doors were designed with counter-terrorism in mind.

Alice calculated that it could withstand an impact of 1 ton, a force that even a spider's body could not generate.

Fortunately, this place is by the window, and there's a small observation window.

However, as long as there is a "gap", no problem is a problem.

Karma pulled out his pistol and fired repeatedly at close range at the window. Although the bulletproof glass did not shatter, it developed several cracks.

Alice then manipulated her spider body to smash the window, successfully breaking it, but she did not fall after the window shattered.

Instead, it abandoned its legs and "grew" wings from its back.

They flew towards a dark ocean.

Just thirty seconds later, the Gundam burst out of the waves, and the nearby flight platform was also launched at the same time. After jumping onto the platform, the Gundam roared towards the cruise ship.

It hovered amidst gasps of surprise from the passengers on the cruise ship.

With a chop to the VIP cabin, the Gundam pried it open like tofu, then with a forceful snap, the supposedly sturdy cabin became open-air like tofu. After the two climbed onto the Gundam's hands, the Gundam used its other hand to spray a large amount of carbon dioxide gas into the room, extinguishing all the fires in just five seconds.

The crisis has been completely resolved.

The commotion was quite large, and there was some panic below.

Because the Gundam's form is different from Zeon's mono-eyed machine.

The tourists attending the banquet on the cruise ship thought that some unknown force was about to intervene militarily against them.

Until Karma waved to everyone from her palm, and at the same time, the sound was amplified in sync with the Gundam's speakers.

"Everyone, this is Karma Zabi. There was a slight problem just now, but it's been resolved."

"Keep the music playing, keep dancing, it'll be late into the night!"

Gundam then launched countless heat decoys over the cruise ship to evade infrared missiles, along with several flares, which looked like beautiful fireworks in the night sky.

"Long live Lady Karma!"

The cruise ship passengers cheered.

They probably thought the appearance of Gundam was a pre-arranged entertainment program, and that the party would continue into the middle of the night.

Chapter 94 New Assassination Target

Thousands of miles away in Bretts, Djamitov watched the MS in the broadcast footage.

"That machine actually has the exact same face as the Gundam model developed by our army."

“It must be like Gundam, sir,” Basque said from the side. “The earliest eyewitness report of the Garma Zabi’s mobile suit was during the Battle of Great Britain. This mobile suit seems to have used a lot of new Zeon technologies, which resulted in overwhelming performance.”

"The RX-78 Gundam that Dr. Tim Ray is developing can defeat it, right? No matter how advanced it is, it's still a mobile suit that entered service six months or even longer ago."

"Hard to say."

"Hmm?" Jamitov was somewhat displeased. "Are you saying that the RX-78 series, which our Federation invested heavily in developing, is inferior to the mobile suits that Zeon developed a year ago?"

“My lord, according to my intelligence network, this machine not only incorporates Zeon technology, but also Anaheim’s advanced electronic technology.”

"It's AE again..."

Djamitov's face didn't show it, but Basque could tell from the way he tapped the armrest of his chair with his left hand that he was extremely agitated.

After circling in the air, the Gundam did not return to the ferry, but went directly back to the Zeon submarine that was monitoring it nearby.

The submersible aircraft carrier rose into the darkness of the night, while the Gundam slowly descended onto its storage deck.

"Sorry, brother, I lost my composure a bit."

Haiwen turned around and apologized to him. Since there were no temporary seats available, the girl was now sitting on Karma's lap.

"It's not your fault, girl, it was my oversight."

Karma stepped out of the cockpit and slowly descended onto the hangar floor via the cockpit's ladder.

"General." The captain saluted him.

"How is the situation?"

"As per your request, we have launched Sky-Sabers for aerial reconnaissance in the area to ensure the enemy has no chance of escaping by air. Three Turtle-type aircraft are on rotation near the mail ship to prevent any possibility of escape by sea. We have also notified our friendly forces on shore to wait at the final port."

"Thanks for your hard work."

“But even if we reach the port, we might not be able to identify these federal rats,” Kalmar said calmly. “They definitely have legitimate identities…and some of the celebrities invited on the ship must be providing cover for them.”