Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Is it tasty?"

"good to eat."

"Do you still want to go back to the White Base?"

"..."

"The Cage Mule"—Amuro Ray—is eating fried chicken rice at a Zeon base, completely unrestrained.

Amuro was astonished to see that Garma Zabi, the Supreme Commander of the Zeon Army on Earth, had personally come before him.

Even more unexpectedly, the other party was the pilot of the Zeon Gundam.

Although his escape attempt on the first day failed and he was tied up, Amuro calmed down after seeing the news on TV the next day.

Zeon wanted him to be established as an "anti-war" symbol in order to attack the Federation.

This means that although one's freedom is restricted, it also shows that life is not safe, and release is only a matter of time.

—Then it's best not to do anything to provoke the other person; it hurts to be hit with a stick.

I have to say, the Zeon base really does have good food every day... much better than the food rations at the White base.

Therefore, Amuro decided to eat more to put pressure on the Zeon army's supply lines.

"General, I am a civilian caught up in the war. When will you release me?"

"I'll tell you later... Didn't you say there were no more of your comrades on the White Base? Why are you still fighting in a Gundam?"

"I also need to protect Miss Shiko, and my parents." Amuro put down the chicken bone.

"Your parents have probably arrived at Jabro's headquarters by now."

"As for Shiko, the pilot of Unit 3, she's a soldier."

“Lei Jun, what you need to do now is not to go to that hellish battlefield, but to wait for the war to end, finish high school and college. You only have a junior high school education now, what kind of job can you find with that kind of education?”

Amuro looked at the man before him, who could be considered the big boss of the enemy camp. Although the other party was saying nice things, he keenly sensed that the other party was not entirely thinking of him... but was resisting something.

Could it be that he's afraid of climbing onto the Gundam?

He clearly defeated himself in the battle.

"General, do you know why Miss Shiko is fighting?"

A hint of displeasure appeared on the other person's face.

“Amuro, this matter is complicated. Don’t make judgments if you don’t understand it.”

"Oh." Amuro realized he had stepped on a landmine and didn't continue the conversation.

A silence fell over the air.

Finally, Karma broke the silence, as if invoking a magical spell: "Come out, Alice."

The next moment, Amuro saw a spider the size of a palm jump onto the table, which startled him so much that he almost jumped up.

But once they saw what the other person looked like, curiosity took over.

"A non-humanoid robot?"

"Yes, this is an embodied intelligence developed by our Deep Space Industry. It is a successor to 78-2 who studied computers. My fiancée was a student of the inventor of computers, and this is what she invented."

The other person's words revealed a lot of information, but Amuro's gaze was still completely drawn to the spider.

"Your name is Alice?"

The spider raised the front half of its grasping hand. "Hello, Lei Jun, let's shake hands."

Amuro reached out, not to shake hands, but to touch the forehead of the android, just as he had done to Haro when he was in a bad mood.

Suddenly, the other's eyes turned red, as if sensing Amuro's thoughts, and its six long legs retreated several steps indiscriminately.

"You're a bad guy... I hate you."

Chapter 111 This is a friend's fee, let's be friends.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Amuro said with a wry smile.

“How does it compare to your Hello robot?” Kalma asked.

“Of course it can’t compare.” Amuro looked at Alice with shining eyes.

Is it interesting?

"interesting."

"Do you think it's more interesting to spend your future researching AI, or to pilot a Gundam and stab someone's cockpit?"

Karma Zabi immediately increased Amuro's strength.

Amuro also stopped smiling and replied seriously, "...Of course, the former."

Although he enjoys piloting Gundams, he's not so twisted as to find pleasure in stabbing people's cockpits, nor does he have a particularly deep obsession with combat.

“I’m just like you. Once the war is over, I’ll resign from all my military posts in Zeon and focus on doing what I love… doing research, developing new technologies, and building a gas resupply station in the asteroid belt,” Karma said.

But he noticed that Amuro was looking at him with suspicion.

This kid doesn't believe him.

He didn't believe he would give up the power he had gained to do research.

Amuro is not simply a soldier who obeys orders; he has his own opinions on many things and does not blindly follow others.

His true nature is more like that of a keyboard warrior who frequently surfs the internet but suppresses his desire to express himself.

Otherwise, in the original timeline, he wouldn't have been so stubborn as to give speeches everywhere after the One Year War... promoting the idea of ​​the new humans.

Given the efficiency of the federal government, even if Amuro had been more discreet, he wouldn't have been arrested and forced to be a stud for seven years.

So much so that he got the nickname "Mule" on Simplified Chinese websites... which isn't entirely unfair.

At this point, Amuro was completely finished.

Seeing that the other party did not believe her, Karma did not try to prove herself, but asked another question.

"Amuro, do you know where I think is the best place for you?"

"where?"

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Amuro had no idea what the other party was up to.

But he felt it wouldn't hurt to listen.

Have you heard of Anaheim Electronics?

AE (Augmented Assassin) – everyone knows that.

Some of the parts of Harlow's device were pieced together by him after disassembling and reassembling AE electronic devices he found at a second-hand store.

"If you'd like, I can have my fiancée write you a letter of recommendation so you can get into her former mentor's research team when you go to university... to study the research team of the inventor of the computer."

Upon hearing Karma's words, Amuro unconsciously straightened his posture.

Sigh, recommendation letters.

Sigh, connections.

Karma smiled.

Although Amuro's father also had some connection with AE, he was involved in mechanical engineering.

Not to mention Tim Reyna's personality, which is like a rock in a latrine.

As a major client of AE and her senior's fiancé, Karma believed that his resources were far superior to his father's.

Humans are driven by desires.

Char is obsessed with promotions, revenge, and power. His mother, Garma, helps him plan and finds Lala.

Amuro's lust for power isn't actually that strong; he just likes carrots, consciously or unconsciously—so let him study computer AI and be exploited by his professor.

After graduation, you can pilot any Gundam you want, and if you're not satisfied, you can even build your own.

Putting aside achievements and such, at least we can be happier for his future.

For Karma, the future holds one less rival ACE and one more friend from AE.

This is a very worthwhile investment.

"At von Brown University? My father graduated from there too," Amro said with great interest.

"Yes, you can search for Professor Deco."

Amro took out his phone and started searching, discovering that, just as Kalma had said, this person was indeed a leading figure in the field of artificial intelligence...

"I was surprised to learn that the computer learning software was developed by this person. I thought it was developed by my father's team."

"Although your father was the chief designer of Gundam 78, your Gundam's systems were supplied by hundreds of vendors. Your father's job was more about piecing together the various subsystems to make it function properly..."

"Could your fiancée really write me a letter of recommendation?"

Amro confirmed it again, even using honorifics.

"When the war ends... if I'm still alive, this is a satellite phone with my number on it."

"..."

Karma put a phone on the table and stopped pretending.

He believed Amuro could understand the subtext.

And as he suspected, Amuro was indeed struggling with his inner conflict.

He knew that his father had a strong sense of belonging to the Federation and hoped to eliminate Zeon in this war, which was also related to his experiences when he was young.

But Amuro's views were quite different...

He himself has little enthusiasm for reforming the federal government. Although he enjoys online verification, he has no interest in becoming a disgraceful politician.

Amuro secretly wanted to break free from his father's influence.

He was instructed to be addressed as "Amro Ray" instead of "Dr. Ray's son".

Kegeon is evil, but the person in front of him isn't really a bad guy in the true sense... on the contrary, he's quite controversial.