Gundam: Changing the World Even with a Mass-Produced Unit

Chapter 202: Chapter 204 – Fan



Chapter 204 – Fan

Just as Amuro was about to engage, another person in a Titans uniform suddenly rushed forward from behind. With a raised arm, he struck Jerid hard in the lower back with a sharp elbow blow.

Jerid immediately cried out in pain and collapsed onto the floor of the low-gravity environment, then rebounded slightly from the force of the impact.

"My apologies for the spectacle, Lieutenant Colonel Bright, Captain Amuro."

The man who elbowed Jerid offered a salute to Bright and Amuro after teaching the guy a lesson.

"Monsha, or should I say Captain Monsha now? It's been a while."

Captain Bright returned the salute and recognized the man before him.

Running into an old comrade in a place like this brought a certain sense of reassurance.

Jerid naturally wanted to retaliate, but when he looked up and saw it was Monsha—someone who held considerable status even within the Titans—he had no choice but to awkwardly pick himself up and fall in line behind him.

This was one of the Titans' top aces—the pilot of the Gundam GP01.

If Jerid wanted to participate in the much-rumored new Gundam testing project within the Titans in the future, this man would surely have significant influence over pilot selection.

All he could do was stand behind Monsha with a swollen, red face—still showing the marks from being hit earlier by that young man.

Seeing the situation under control, and no longer on the verge of a confrontation between the Titans and AEUG, Amuro slowly lowered his stance.

He was now someone who knew when to resort to violence—and when not to.

Turning his gaze, Amuro looked toward the two women holding back the young man.

Among them, one was a civilian, while the other was a girl in a Titans uniform.

"Beltorchika… I didn't expect to see you here."

Amuro looked at the blonde girl with a complex expression.

That uniform really didn't suit her.

From the very beginning, the girl had clearly noticed Amuro, but seeing he might clash with Titans personnel, Beltorchika had deliberately restrained herself from intervening.

"Hmph, I could say the same. Didn't expect to see you either."

Beltorchika still had the boy gripped firmly by the back of his collar to stop him from acting recklessly.

But suddenly, the boy, who had calmed down somewhat, began to struggle again.

"Do you even understand the situation right now?!"

Already frustrated by her current circumstances, Beltorchika snapped when she saw the boy—whom she was holding back out of goodwill—refusing to cooperate.

The civilian girl also began trying to dissuade the boy from acting rashly.

"Let me go, Fa! You too! I'm not an idiot—I know exactly what I'm doing!"

The girl called Fa was pushed aside by the boy—Kamille—who used his shoulder to bump her out past the Titans' barricade.

He then placed his hand on Beltorchika's arm, still gripping his collar.

Judging from his posture, he was trying to perform a shoulder throw!

Just as Kamille was about to act, a hand pressed down firmly on his shoulder.

"Urgh…"

One hand held Kamille's shoulder in place, while the other shielded Beltorchika behind him. Amuro was slightly surprised.

Kamille looked no older than a high schooler, yet Amuro had nearly failed to restrain him.

"Don't resort to violence."

Amuro also stopped Beltorchika, who seemed ready to deliver a smack of her own, and addressed the two of them.

Beltorchika exchanged glances with Kamille, then, with a cold snort, stepped back to stand beside Bright.

Seeing that despite her irritation, Beltorchika was still generally willing to listen to him just like in the past, Amuro temporarily put aside the flood of questions in his mind.

"Mr. Amuro, Captain Bright!"

Before Amuro could say anything to the boy in front of him, the latter spoke up first.

"I came here today just to meet you!"

"Huh?"

Standing behind and conversing with Monsha, Bright turned toward them with a surprised look.

"To meet us?"

Amuro had been about to scold the reckless kid, but instead was taken aback by that response.

Or rather—wasn't he the one who had drawn Amuro here in the first place, more so than Beltorchika?

Wearing a green outfit full of youthful energy, with matching soft green medium-short hair, and a gentle, androgynous face—the boy exuded an unusually neutral charm.

Given his name—Kamille—which carried a naturally gentle tone, it wouldn't be surprising if someone mistook him for a girl at first glance.

Perhaps it was for that very reason that he cared so much about how others perceived him… and why he often sounded like he was shouting.

"Yes! Captain Bright is the commander of the White Base, and Mr. Amuro, you're a hero of the Federation—the Federation's greatest pilot!"

"Hey now, isn't Lieutenant Eli even more impressive? He's got a higher kill count!"

As Amuro flushed slightly from Kamille's words, a familiar voice spoke up behind him in protest.

No doubt it was Beltorchika who had jumped in to rebut Kamille.

Sighing, already used to her antics, Amuro reached back without turning around and gently lifted Beltorchika's chin, signaling her to be quiet.

That move demonstrated the battlefield instincts he'd honed in combat.

Seeing this, Kamille blinked in surprise—at that moment, Amuro seemed to "loom larger" in his perception.

Not in a physical sense, but in something deeper and harder to define.

"I heard the White Base was coming here, so I came to meet you both—and ask for your autographs!"

Amuro immediately exchanged a look with Bright.

Had this been right after the One Year War, Amuro would have been deeply moved by the boy's passion.

But now, having graduated from the military academy and served two years as a professional soldier, Amuro's first reaction was to sense something suspicious.

While it was true the White Base's arrival wasn't under a full security blackout, the timing of its entry should still have been confidential—civilians weren't supposed to know exactly when it would arrive.

This was standard practice to prevent Zeon remnants from tracking their movements.

Amuro, without revealing his thoughts, leaned in slightly to talk with Kamille.

"Sure, of course you can get an autograph."

Amuro signed his name in the notebook Kamille offered, even leaving a short message: "Grow into a real man."

Then, handing the notebook to Bright, he leaned closer to the boy and continued the conversation.

"You waited here for us? That must've been a lot of trouble."

"No, I just got here! I snuck a look at my dad's schedule."

As if realizing he'd crossed a line, Kamille lowered his voice for the last part.

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