The shining Shoko Toyokawa

Renna nodded, and she suddenly remembered something.

The person they were going to meet was, in a sense, very delicate for Maya.

"Tuk Tuk"

There was a knock on the reception room door.

"Sorry to have kept you two waiting for so long,"

A tall, blond man in a well-tailored suit walked into the reception room.

He is about 50 years old, and judging by his accent, he should be a real British man.

When he saw Maya wearing sunglasses, he was slightly stunned.

"I am Kenneth Gray, president of East Asia Heavy Industries."

But he immediately smiled and introduced himself.

"Hello, Mr. Kennel," Maya said, standing up to greet him and shaking his hand. "I'm Maya Hilbert. Colonel Natasha is injured, so I'm the one to speak to you this time."

If there is a list of people in this world that Maya least wants to see,

Then this Mr. Kennel is definitely among the best.

Not only because he is a death merchant, but also because he and Maya's mother have a sinful fate.

Even more so because… he is 'Maya's' sister, the real Char, and the annoying father.

"Nice to meet you, Captain Maya."

"Who is this?"

After shaking hands with Maya, he did not ignore Renai just because she was too young.

"My name is Jing Qin Rencai, and I'm Captain Maya's... bodyguard. Hello."

Rencai shook hands with him as calmly as possible and stepped aside like a real bodyguard.

But the girl obviously didn't have any qualities of a bodyguard, her eyes kept subconsciously looking at the two of them.

It seems that eating melons is really human nature.

"Ms. Jing Qin is truly young and promising..."

The two adults exchanged pleasantries for a while before getting down to business.

"Captain Maya, what do you think of the future of East Asia Heavy Industries, the largest designer and manufacturer of mobile suits?"

"Your company has always been the leader in the industry, and your products are highly favored by all parties," Maya said politely as usual.

"But your company's products are not ordinary mobile phones or computers, but dangerous and sensitive weapons of war."

"In the old days, when many nations existed, the trade of military equipment was often driven by political influence rather than economic benefits. This is even more true now."

"The Earth Federation's military Mark Rabbit demonstrates its determination to independently develop high-end equipment. Your company is likely to lose the Earth Federation, its largest buyer, in the future."

Kennell nodded, indicating that she was right.

There is another half of what Maya didn't say, which is that the biggest force promoting the self-production of federal equipment is Caius.

Therefore, in addition to the reason that East Asia Heavy Industry sells equipment when it has money, it also wants to go against Caius, which is why it keeps providing equipment to Ave Mujica and Thornless.

Caius's iron fist is terrifying to the 'poor guy', but it is not a terrifying thing to East Asia Heavy Industry.

At least that was the case before the cutting-edge MS industry was replaced by the Federation.

As I said before; military equipment is highly tied to politics.

For example, the old Lockheed Martin company had an annual profit of several billion, only about one-third of Apple's.

But the company's political voice is far stronger than Apple's. It has a mutually beneficial relationship with the American military, congressmen, and even the president's team.

The same is true for East Asia Heavy Industries now. As long as the Federation cannot do without the MS it manufactures, it will continue to prosper.

As for secretly selling some MS and spare parts to reactionary forces, even if there are righteous people who want to report it, the end result may be that they will be shot dozens of times in the back and "commit suicide".

How can we make the Federation urgently need its own cutting-edge MS?

The answer is to sell cutting-edge MS to the "reactionary forces".

This is an incredibly simple method, like a funny joke, but it is reality, and it is really hard to laugh at...

But this kind of joke-like reality also provides convenience for [Spineless].

Kennel readily agreed to provide MS and weapons to the Thornless Fleet.

He took on Wu Ci's very demanding new Gundam development plan without hesitation.

"We've already mastered almost all the difficult technologies for the Gundam you requested on our advanced demonstrator. Progress on the movable frame is a bit slower, though. Are you interested in taking a look at the demonstrator?"

"Technology verification machine..."

Maya had already guessed what kind of machine it was.

Chapter 25: Goodbye Chuhua

"Metas..."

"It feels like it's bulky,"

Jinna looked at the yellow-painted MS in the hangar. To be more precise, it was TMS that gave its own evaluation.

(PS: There are two forms, and the MS form is the main combat form of the MS. The TM-A side is the opposite, the MA form is the main form, and the MS form is only for close combat.)

"The mobile suits from the future or another world already have movable frames and mature TM-A bodies, but it is very difficult for us to build them ourselves. This Metas is the body we use to verify the technology."

"It's what you asked it to be," Kennell explained. "It can operate in space and in an atmospheric environment."

"It performs well in MA mode, and its MS mode is not inferior to the GM-2. It uses Gundamnium Alloy Y, and its armor is stronger than the Mark Rabbit Gundam."

"Can you replace Mark Rabbit's armor with Gundam Alloy Y?"

Maya was also not very fond of this machine.

"To be honest, the Mark Rabbit's body, aside from its fully movable frame, doesn't have much to recommend it. There's not even room for armor upgrades. I suggest you wait for the new Gundam."

"Time waits for no one," Maya said with a wry smile. "President Kennel, are there any other new models?"

"There is another one, it is also a product of Gundam's technology verification,"

Kennell led the two men deeper into the warehouse. As the warehouse door rose, a mobile suit with a slender frame and no armor yet appeared before them.

"Is this Hyakushiki?"

Although the unique golden armor had not yet been installed, Maya still guessed its true identity through the characteristics of this MS that were different from the first generation MS and did not seem to be as flexible as the Mark Rabbit frame.

"Yes," Kennell nodded. "The development of this machine is complete, and the parts for the prototype are ready. It will be delivered to you in just three days."

Compared to other monsters, the Hyaku-Shiki doesn't have exaggerated armaments, nor does it have any particularly outstanding performance.

Its performance is comprehensive, with strong expansion capabilities. Its armament and many parts are also compatible with the Likdias. Except for its lack of transformation ability, it can be said to be a perfect machine. It is very suitable for those who are short of people. The space inside the battleship is also limited and cannot accommodate a bunch of monsters.

In the end, Kennell and Maya reached an agreement that East Asia Heavy Industries would complete and deliver the Type 100 within two days in exchange for purchasing the verification aircraft Metas.

To be honest, there are no new machines available for use in the market right now.

What's even worse is that, now on the Thornless flagship, including the two wounded, there are only 5 MS pilots, which is one of the reasons why Maya came to the lunar city.

Because of East Asia Heavy Industries and other MS manufacturing companies, the Moon City has a thriving MS competition scene and many skilled pilots.

The question now is how to recruit these people.

Moreover, these people are about to go to the battlefield. If they are just novices, it would be like going to die.

Maya hesitated a little, wondering whether to go find the girl she had deceived.

But people like her always bring trouble to their friends, just like seven years ago...

Looking at the advertising screens on the busy streets, Maya suddenly had an idea.

…………

But sometimes, the more you don't want to meet someone, the more fate will play tricks on you.

In the crowd, there was a blonde girl who, despite wearing a mask and sunglasses to hide her face, still stood out from the crowd.

Including the heels, she was probably half a head taller than Maya, and the loose trousers that were more casual could not cover her long legs like egrets.

Maya found that she seemed to have lost weight again.

And he grew very tall all of a sudden...very tall.

"Maya-san?"

Seeing Maya stop, Rencai subconsciously followed her gaze and found that the tall blonde woman was also looking over here.

"Maya-san, is she your acquaintance?"

Maya came back to her senses and nodded, deliberately speaking in a voice that the blonde girl could hear: "No, I just think she looks a bit like the lead singer of an old-time band."

"Is that so..." Rencai felt that Maya seemed to be hiding something. She was about to ask directly, but the tall blonde girl came over with a pair of long legs.

Her steps were hurried, yet seemed... hesitant?

"Um, may I ask if we've met somewhere before?"

Her voice is unique and beautiful, the kind that you will never forget once you hear it.

Rencai felt that her voice, or more precisely her body, was filled with an inextricable sadness.

It seems like I'm always searching, searching for something...

Maya sighed in her heart, she knew that it was meaningless to escape now.

She moved closer to the blonde girl and pulled her sunglasses down a little so that she could see her golden eyes.

"How about we talk somewhere else?"

…………

Unlike colonized satellites, the geology of lunar cities is stable, and there is no problem of "losing weight" as the floors get taller.

Since the gravity here is only one-sixth of that on Earth, many buildings that only appear in fantasy are not uncommon on the moon.

For example, the tourist building where the three of them are now is tilted at a 45-degree angle, like a Mobius strip.

If you have the leisure time, you can take a special sightseeing small rail car, like riding a roller coaster, to travel around the entire 8-shaped building and circle back to the starting point.

The three of them obviously did not have such elegance.

After closing the curtains, the tall blonde girl took a deep breath, made up her mind, and asked hopefully, "Are you Xiaoxiang?"

"Chuhua..."

At this moment, Maya didn't know what to say.

"Xiao Xiang? Toyokawa Xiangzi?"

Rencai thought of one of Xia Ya's names, and then thought of the way she couldn't walk when she saw Maya, and the intimate name Xiaoxiang.

How could she not guess that the person in front of her was someone Xia Ya knew?

Renai knew why Maya's expression was so complicated.

Being treated as someone else is a very painful thing.

"That..." the girl said seriously, "No, Maya-san is Maya-san, not anyone else!"

"Is that so..." The hope in Chu Hua's eyes gradually dimmed.

But the darkness only lingered on her face for a moment. After she exhaled the pent-up air in her chest, a smile instantly appeared on her face. "So, it seems like quite a coincidence, you two, Wu Ci, are you coming to the moon to look for East Asia Heavy Industries?"

"I originally wanted to do some business with you guys, but now it seems that I'm too late."

"you are?"

Rencai instantly became alert. It was not strange to know Maya, but it was strange to do business with Maya.