Gundam: From Piece to Player

Now, I am not only a pilot, but also the MS captain of the White Base.

Continuing to fight against the Karma Zabi machine carries the risk of being killed.

Moreover, Char Aznable, the Red Comet, hasn't appeared yet... If we go all out now, it's easy for that guy to intercept us in the middle.

With this in mind, Shiko sent a laser communication to the White Base, which was being besieged by Zeon Dopp fighters.

The communications contained the coordinates and location information of Karma Zabi's aircraft... and also instructed the White Base to send out fighter jets to deliver her shield and beam rifle.

Even if we can't defeat them, we must force them to leave that "beam zone".

Why is Amuro so slow? His opponent must not be strong.

The other one-eyed machine is recorded in the Federation's database. It can only be considered a regular ace-issue machine. It is stronger than the Zaku, but it can be completely overwhelmed by the performance of the Gundam.

Thinking this, a laser communication light suddenly flashed on the head of Kalmar's phone.

"who are you?"

Shiko found it hard to believe that her opponent would ask for her name during a battle.

For a moment, he couldn't figure out the other party's purpose, but the other party's long-range Zaku machine gun couldn't break through his defenses.

Delaying the conversation would also benefit Shiko, and she wouldn't mind letting the other party chat for a bit... Revenge couldn't be about letting the other party be killed without knowing anything.

Only by letting the other party know who killed them can the perfect revenge be achieved.

She returned to Laser Communications.

"I am the Avenger."

After a long silence, the other party asked, "Is Muya (SIDE4) or Zaen (SIDE1)?"

It must be said that Kalma Zabi is fully aware of what he has done.

“I am a Muya.”

"Feel sorry."

Is an apology useful? I'll accept your apology if you bring my parents back.

Nevertheless, this made her feel a little bit of goodwill towards this enemy... roughly from negative 100 to negative 80.

She will give the other party a quick and painless end.

Maple trees are deciduous trees that can reach a height of 30 meters, and some can even reach more than 40 meters.

Not to mention that for nearly eighty years, protection efforts have been carried out to safeguard the living environment of Earth's privileged population, with the massive forests tall enough to provide cover for 18-meter-tall mobile suits.

Amuro, holding a beam rifle, cautiously surveyed his surroundings... all of them were maple trees.

The detectors also seemed to be affected by this, and were unable to detect the enemy's location.

I feel like there might be a secret hidden behind any maple tree.

Suddenly, Amuro sensed a murderous intent coming from behind him... almost without hesitation.

Gundam completed three actions in the next moment: turning around, aiming, and firing.

The beam grazed the enemy's shoulder and entered the dense forest with its thrusters open.

"Don't even think about escaping."

Having finally pinpointed the enemy's location, Amuro switched his weapon to a beam saber.

Gundam's propulsion system was fully activated, and it lunged towards the enemy... The reason for not using a beam rifle was that it did not want to damage the environment.

The fire caused by Ms. Shiko's beam rifle has already burned down a 50-meter radius of forest, and the fire is still spreading.

If officials from the Earth's Environmental Protection Agency saw this, they would probably clamor to put Ms. Shiko in jail.

Amuro gradually caught up with the green machine, which suddenly made a strange move, activating its propulsion backpack and jumping up. Amuro was just about to lock on and aim.

However, the information his brain sensed made him immediately slam on the brakes.

Gundam's feet sank into the mud, and it braked to slow down, finally stopping just before hitting the trap.

There was an almost imperceptible fuse between the two maple trees ahead, and a large number of discs were tied to both sides... If Amuro wasn't mistaken, it should be something like a magnetic bomb cord.

The reason it can stop before it is triggered.

It was because Amuro saw it again: after he piloted his Gundam through the air, several "jumping" objects stuck to his mobile suit, and then he was engulfed by the explosion.

...And before this scene unfolded, he made another choice, just like when he saved Shiko, so the future changed.

In the brief delay, the green machine had vanished again, disappearing once more into the maple forest.

Intuition told Amuro that playing cat and mouse with such an enemy was dangerous.

The opponent wasn't a warrior, but an assassin who would stop at nothing to win. If that ability hadn't been triggered... he would probably be dead already.

With that in mind, Amuro no longer hesitated. He piloted the Gundam, turned around, and jumped up, deciding to meet up with Ms. Shiko first... also hoping to lure her out of this maple forest.

Haiwen watched as the Gundam above his head had already left.

He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She couldn't help but complain to her older brother... Why didn't he provide her with a powerful mobile Zaku? Although using this "Forest B3 Tiger" did achieve the goal of delaying time in the maple forest.

But presumably, it all benefits Char, an outsider.

There was a coordinate on the dashboard, and Haiwen headed towards that coordinate and finally saw a weapon and equipment delivered by Dedai for the second phase of the mission.

The B3 Tiger lifted the canvas covering it, revealing two 280mm Zaku rocket launchers.

Haiwen glanced at the white base high in the sky.

The white base is activating its air defenses and is engaged in dogfights with waves of Doppler fighters.

This Woodland Tiger uses the same infrared absorbing coating as the Turtle King on its surface.

Let's launch a surprise attack as my brother suggested.

Amuro returned to the coordinates where he and Shizuko had separated earlier.

Then we saw an even bigger wildfire burning in the forest, which was the bombing zone created by the white base with missiles.

Ms. Shiko's Unit 3 is engaged in battle with the pink Zaku, which has arrived at some unknown time.

It's Char.

Utako was fiercely attacking and defending with her shield and beam saber, but Char was not gaining any advantage and was even slightly losing ground.

The gray "Gundam" we just saw was standing with its arms crossed... not helping at all, just watching.

What's the point of having MS perform such a human-like action?

They noticed Amuro's arrival.

"Gundam" turned around, picked up the great axe that was lying on the ground nearby, and slowly walked towards him as if it had recognized the arrival of the player.

Amuro immediately switched to his beam rifle and opened fire on ZUDA in front of him.

The Gundam in front of him started running towards him, and he actually used the small shield attached to his arm to block it.

It withstood several consecutive attacks from Amuro rifles... and finally shattered.

The beam weapon left deep marks on it, but did not penetrate.

The enemy machine has incredibly strong defense... This is the first time Amuro has ever seen armor that can withstand a Gundam beam rifle.

Amuro thought of the new weapon his father had given him, which might be just right for facing such an enemy.

The Gundam's weapon slots switched rapidly under Amuro's control, and the weapon icon was a huge spear covered in spikes.

Meteor hammer...with propulsion nozzle.

Gundam pulled out the meteor hammer placed on its back, pulled it with one hand, and dropped it to the ground.

With his other hand, he drew a beam saber.

Amuro used to play a lot of games at his home in Side7, including many that used melee weapons, and he knew that stacking defense was useless against heavily armored enemies like these.

Only by firmly penetrating the enemy's vital points with a melee weapon can their movements be stopped.

The battle resumes.

Chapter 109 Harvest

A massive beam axe blade slashed down at the Gundam, but Amuro twisted the control sticks on both sides to dodge the attack.

ZUDA's wrist, gripping the beam tomahawk, twisted at an uncanny angle... a movement that a human wrist cannot perform.

But MS can, the axe blade can switch to a horizontal slash at an extremely fast speed.

With no way to avoid it, the meteor hammer was pulled back as the Gundam's chains contracted, and the impact of striking the opponent's wrist caused the strike to miss.

Just as Unit 2 was about to take advantage of the opponent's momentary lapse in movement to stab the opponent's cockpit with its beam saber, the Vulcan cannon on ZUDA's head quickly opened fire.

Unit 2 was forced to use its arm armor to shield itself from damage to its head monitor.

"Does the opponent have four arms?" Amuro wondered. "How can it wield two weapons at the same time?"

ZUDA's thrusters propelled the mobile suit closer, launching a third wave of slashes with its beam tomahawk.

The target shifted to the arm holding the beam saber.

Although there's a chance the opponent might miss, Amuro has never had the habit of trading blows since he started piloting the Gundam. Besides, if his arm were cut off, there would be no chance of victory.

While gripping the joystick to tilt the machine backward, he slammed on the reverse thrust (brake) and prepared to switch to the beam rifle for a shooting engagement.

Seeing him retreat, the MS in front of him actually discarded the beam axe in its hand (a step faster than Amroche's weapon) and took out a 120mm machine gun, assuming an aiming posture.

Amuro's mind went blank; he couldn't understand the other person's actions.

The Zaku machine gun can't break through the armor defense of Unit 2. What is the enemy doing?

But the next moment, he found that the driver's main screen was covered with an unknown substance that looked like an emulsion. Amuro frantically tried to adjust the other surveillance cameras before he could barely get the view out of his sight.

And then he pulled out of his field of vision.

However, I found that the control stick could not be moved—to be precise, the joint seemed to be stuck, and the body movements also became stiff, like an old man with arthritis.

The enemy's fist was already blasting towards his cockpit.