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Chapter 222 - 222: Tribute Is a Higher Form of Alliance · Nov 03, 2026

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201 Chapter 201 - 201: Meeting the Father-in-Law! A Shady Alliance with the Forces of Chaos 2026-11-03
202 Chapter 202 - 202: The Emperor of Demise: You’re Seriously Too Extreme 2026-11-03
203 Chapter 203 - 203: Inheriting the Chaos Throne, and Taking Another Dragon Girl Home 2026-11-03
204 Chapter 204 - 204: Girls, Tanks, and Starships 2026-11-03
205 Chapter 205 - 205: Nishizumi the War God, Do You Crave Power? 2026-11-03
206 Chapter 206 - 206: It’s Totally Normal for a Star-Destroyer to Appear in Tankery Matches 2026-11-03
207 Chapter 207 - 207: Panzer IV, Move Out! 2026-11-03
208 Chapter 208 - 208: Whose Tank Does Orbital Bombardment?! 2026-11-03
209 Chapter 209 - 209: Are You the One Who Brought Aliens Here? 2026-11-03
210 Chapter 210 - 210: Northern Parliament Shipgirls Reach Consensus with Pravda High School 2026-11-03
211 Chapter 211 - 211: The Imperial Starship Academy Officially Opens 2026-11-03
212 Chapter 212 - 212: Hurry Up, the Commander Is Handing Out Gear Again! 2026-11-03
213 Chapter 213 - 213: This Is a Teigu, Not a Lewd Toy, Thank You 2026-11-03
214 Chapter 214 - 214: Pay-to-Win Warriors! They’re All Pay-to-Win Warriors! 2026-11-03
215 Chapter 215 - 215: Let’s Go Rob Cybertron 2026-11-03
216 Chapter 216 - 216: Gundam Shipgirls vs. Transformers 2026-11-03
217 Chapter 217 - 217: Little Unicorn, NT-D! 2026-11-03
218 Chapter 218 - 218: The Ambition of the Siren Girls 2026-11-03
219 Chapter 219 - 219: Give the Autobots a Taste of Gundam Shock 2026-11-03
220 Chapter 220 - 220: Alien Gundams Aren’t Very Friendly?! 2026-11-03
221 Chapter 221 - 221: We’re Here to Spread Love and Peace 2026-11-03
222 Chapter 222 - 222: Tribute Is a Higher Form of Alliance 2026-11-03
223 Chapter 223 - 223: Shocking Optimus Primal for a Whole Year 2026-11-03
224 Chapter 224 - 224: Decepticons Drawn by the Scent, and Familiar Faces 2026-11-03
225 Chapter 225 - 225: All of Hoover Fortress in Chaos 2026-11-03
226 Chapter 226 - 226: I Will Strike Again in Gundam Form 2026-11-03
227 Chapter 227 - 227: The Commander Says, Clear the Field 2026-11-03
228 Chapter 228 - 228: I Want You to Be Good Friends with the Decepticons 2026-11-03
229 Chapter 229 - 229: The Siren Girl Has a Bold Idea 2026-11-03
230 Chapter 230 - 230: I Want to Turn Megatron into a Bratty Loli 2026-11-03
231 Chapter 231 - 231: The Great Reconciliation Between Autobots and Decepticons 2026-11-03
232 Chapter 232 - 232: Megatron’s Lifelong Regret—If Only He’d Met the Right Leader 2026-11-03
233 Chapter 233 - 233: Return, and the Increasingly Dangerous Loli 2026-11-03
234 Chapter 234 - 234: All the Treasures from That World Are Here! 2026-11-03
235 Chapter 235 - 235: Starship - Planetkiller - Silver Party Mode! 2026-11-03
236 Chapter 236 - 236: A Strong Commander Means Shipgirls Need Walls 2026-11-03
237 Chapter 237 - 237: I Gave You a Chance and You Blew It! 2026-11-03
238 Chapter 238 - 238: The Commander Often Deals with Life-or-Death Matters 2026-11-03
239 Chapter 239 - 239: Our National Ideal is Staying True to Ourselves 2026-11-03
240 Chapter 240 - 240: The Starsea Emperor Inspects His Loyal Vassal State 2026-11-03
241 Chapter 241 - 241: The Imperial Consort Returns Home in Glory, Kanae Visits the Snowy Swordsmith Village 2026-11-03
242 Chapter 242 - 242: Want to Try Shipgirl-Flavored Hot Spring Water? 2026-11-03
243 Chapter 243 - 243: A Commander Who Simultaneously Dates Eight Spirits is a Role Model 2026-11-03
244 Chapter 244 - 244: A New Spirit and a New Expedition Plan 2026-11-03
245 Chapter 245 - 245: Girl, the One Who Answers Your Prayer Is: Mecha God! 2026-11-03
246 Chapter 246 - 246: From Zero Begins the Wife-Raising Plan 2026-11-03
247 Chapter 247 - 247: Goblin Slayer? Goblin Exterminator! 2026-11-03
248 Chapter 248 - 248: Gained a High-Quality Monster Farming Instance 2026-11-03
249 Chapter 249 - 249: Second Interdimensional War—Seizing World Authority 2026-11-03
250 Chapter 250 - 250: The Natives Who Peed Their Pants in Fear 2026-11-03

Whoosh—

The Eternal Snowfall flew straight toward South America.

Setsuna had already learned the location of the other half of the Transwarp Key.

It was in the care of Optimus Primal, the gorilla-like leader of the Maximals.

Long ago, Primal’s homeworld had been invaded by Unicron. The Maximal chief, Ape Prime, entrusted the Key to Optimus Primal.

He commanded Primal to lead the Maximals aboard a ship to flee their homeworld and escape both Scourge and Unicron.

Eventually, their world was completely devoured by Unicron. On Earth, Primal formed a deep bond with the local humans and entrusted them with the other half of the Key.

The Maximals and their heroic warriors were also part of Setsuna’s childhood memories.

Along the way, Setsuna picked up two more Autobots—Wheeljack and Stratosphere.

Before long, they were all having fun aboard the Eternal Snowfall.

”Ohohohohooo—!”

Tashkent was driving Bumblebee’s body, racing through the starship’s hangar.

For a ten-kilometer-long starship, driving inside was no problem at all.

Behind her, Yukikaze pursued closely in Mirage’s Lamborghini form.

”Don’t run!!”

With a slick drift around a corner, Yukikaze left Tashkent and Bumblebee behind.

Mirage even projected several decoys to interfere with Bumblebee’s vision, and with a swoosh, they crossed the finish line.

”Lady Yukikaze wins Nanoda!!!”

The beast-eared shipgirl was in a fantastic mood after her victory.

Thump thump thump—she happily patted Mirage’s hood.

”Commander says you’re good people. Lady Yukikaze will protect you from now on!”

”Pfft—”

Arcee, watching nearby, was thoroughly amused.

These little ones didn’t even reach her thighs in height—just kids, really. She wasn’t quite sure what Setsuna’s intention was in bringing them along on the expedition.

She stepped forward, crouched down, and gently patted Yukikaze on the head.

”Shouldn’t it be us protecting you?”

”Are you the Commander’s daughter? Who’s your mother, then?”

Arcee tried recalling the girls around Setsuna.

Richelieu? Yat Sen? Taihou? None of their hair colors matched. The only one with beast ears was Nagato.

But she was way too... intense.

”You’re the short one! Lady Yukikaze is older than all of you combined!”

”I could beat every single Autobot! And the Decepticons too!”

Yukikaze huffed, puffing out her cheeks.

”Don’t believe me? Let’s have a match!”

”Hah?!”

Bumblebee and Mirage transformed back into robot form and came over, staring at the little shipgirl.

They had never encountered such a brazen little loli before.

If it were Unicorn or Gudako, that would be one thing—Gundams were tough to beat.

But this beast-eared girl? She looked like nothing more than a cute human child.

”You pilot one of those Gundam things too?”

Bumblebee crouched and asked.

”I don’t need a Gundam. I’m stronger than a Gundam.”

Yukikaze tilted her head proudly.

”Ha—”

Bumblebee extended a finger.

Just one of his fingers was about the size of her whole head.

”Wanna try your strength against an Autobot? If you can bend my finger, I’ll—”

Before he could finish—

”Hey!”

Bumblebee suddenly felt an overwhelming, irresistible force in his arm.

Yukikaze grabbed his hand and hoisted him upside down.

”You’re even lighter than an Infected Missile.”

”???”

Bumblebee, held aloft by one hand, was lifted and lowered like a barbell a dozen times.

Once Yukikaze set him down, he looked at the little loli full of question marks.

Existential crisis.

What the heck.

How could a human possess such monstrous strength?

This totally defied the laws of physics!

”Wow, that was awesome.”

Mirage gave Yukikaze a thumbs-up.

Arcee was completely convinced—especially after learning that these seemingly cutesy little lolis were actually kilometer-long starships, with unknown mass and weapons systems. She was stunned.

Just imagining that the Autobot leader couldn’t beat this little loli gave her a strange feeling.

In a way, they were all of the same kind.

Gudako, too, refused to be outdone.

”Don’t go thinking I’m just some reckless Gundam pilot, alright?”

”I can do all kinds of stuff—magic! Have you seen magic before?!”

”Oh?!”

The Autobots gathered around Gudako.

She showed off Chaldea’s magecraft and various strange dragon-based spells.

For a purely technological civilization, magic was something the Autobots had never encountered before.

”Self-speed enhancement.”

”Strength boost.”

”Gravity reduction.”

Gudako shwoosh shwoosh shwoosh cast a bunch of enchantments on Bumblebee.

”Oooohhhhh—”

Bumblebee suddenly felt supercharged and started zooming around the Eternal Snowfall’s hull.

”Come on then, let’s have a rematch, little girl.”

He reached out to Yukikaze.

And then—

WHAM!

He was thrown over the shoulder and slammed into the ground by the tiny shipgirl.

”...”

Bumblebee lay on the floor, staring at the ceiling, questioning his existence.

...

On the other side—

While the others played around, Setsuna was in talks with Optimus Prime about future cooperation.

He still trusted this righteous Autobot leader.

”You mean, you can not only help us return to Cybertron, but also solve the planet’s energy crisis and eliminate the Decepticon threat?”

”All in exchange for the Transwarp Key?”

Optimus looked at Setsuna with surprise.

This man clearly knew a lot about Cybertron and its current situation.

After years of war between Autobots and Decepticons, Cybertron had been devastated.

The greatest challenge facing the Transformers was their homeworld’s depleted resources. To search for more, both factions had ventured deep into the galaxy.

Their conflict had only escalated during this process.

”That’s right.”

Setsuna nodded.

”Once we have the Transwarp Key, we can quickly develop faster-than-light ships and achieve long-distance interstellar travel.”

”Our ships are far more advanced than the Ark or the Nemesis. They’ll easily find resource-rich planets out in the universe...”

Four million years ago, the Autobots had built the Ark to flee their resource-depleted planet.

From Cybertronian standards, it was one of the most advanced spacecraft.

Capable of housing over 300 Cybertronians and utilizing spatial wormholes for short-distance teleportation.

But to Setsuna, it wasn’t impressive. Aside from its jump ability, its size and combat capabilities couldn’t compare to a starship.

—And even its spatial jump tech was unstable, far inferior to controlled warp and hyperspace travel.

As for its other systems? Outdated.

Had it not crash-landed on Earth, Setsuna doubted it could have ever found a new habitable planet.

”Then what’s your condition?”

Optimus looked at him.

Such generous terms, perfectly targeting his pain points—clearly not charity.

”I have a few minor requests.”

Setsuna raised a hand. He always preferred transparency.

”First, the Transwarp Key and the AllSpark come with us for research.”

”Second, I will support your exploration efforts in this universe and provide necessary assistance—such as ships or resources.”

”But I want a portion of the resources you extract as compensation, and I ask that Cybertron share some of its technologies with us—like space compression and space bridge systems.”

In theory, once they developed FTL tech, Setsuna could send a fleet and conquer Cybertron by force.

But Optimus Prime and the Autobots were decent folk. Setsuna felt it would be better to let them govern Cybertron, and having more allies in this universe was no bad thing.

As for the Decepticons—he had a different plan for them.

”...”

Optimus Prime pondered for a while.

The other party’s military and technological capabilities clearly surpassed Cybertron’s—just the starship tech alone proved that.

The only things they lacked were FTL 1.3 and spatial jump technologies.

Setsuna’s proposal was indeed attractive. Not only would they be sent home, but they’d get help rebuilding their homeworld and resolving the Decepticon conflict.

All he asked in return was a share of the gains.

It was a bit like a stakeholder investment.

As for the Transwarp Key and the AllSpark, Optimus figured that even if he disagreed, it wouldn’t matter—Setsuna had the power to take them anyway.

As long as he could help save Cybertron and eliminate the Decepticon threat, it was worth it.

”Sounds like a win-win deal. I accept.”

After a long pause, Optimus extended his massive hand.

Setsuna materialized part of the Turn A Gundam, and the two shook hands.

The two sides quickly moved on to more detailed discussions of the partnership.

”...”

Belfast and Chen Hai exchanged glances, then whispered to Setsuna:

”Commander, with you skimming resources and asking for tech sharing... are you basically making Cybertron pay tribute...?”

”Mhm.”