God Of Crafting

"When you said you didn't have the time to get the parts to test it more…" Chihiro muttered under his nose before raising his head above the device and turning over to look directly at my face. "Why do I feel like that wasn't the full truth?"

Under the man's intense stare, I could only lower my head before nodding it to confirm his words.

"Once we've realized the implications behind this device… I thought it was better if we didn't do anything reckless.

It would do us no good if someone were to track our purchases to try to figure out what we need all sorts of chargers, potentiometers, and other parts so soon after making excessive purchases of cultivation materials for," I've explained my reasoning… Only to then raise my head and look right back into the man's eyes.

"Even if there really is some kind of force that stops people from realizing what seems obvious to us now, it's not like we can count on something that none of us actually understands."

Contrary to what I was worried about, Chihiro didn't make the whole discovery into a big deal. Or, to be more precise, he didn't act the part.

Instead, from the moment we left the sealed room all the way to when he lifted his face away from the device after inspecting it, he maintained a proper composure, not allowing even a hint of anxiety on his face.

It was as if… he either couldn't see the implications those devices could impose upon the world around us or if those implications weren't enough to phase him!

"That was a good call," Chihiro stated shortly only to pull out his phone, select one of the numbers, and then quickly raise it up to his ear. And a moment no longer than two pings of the call later…

"I need you to go and get me fifteen pieces of every kind of possible electrical component."

A short pause.

"No, you can exclude…" Chihiro looked down as he scanned my face for a moment. "Actually, yes, you can get those too. It won't hurt to pad the costs a bit and who knows, maybe we will find some use for those too?"

"Yes, yes, bill it to the branch enterprise."

"Research and Development."

"You can leave it in the public record, as long as it won't draw attention. Yeah, okay, hurry it up then."

Whoever Claire's dad was speaking with, their voice was too silent for me to hear. And so, I was left guessing what exactly was the content of their discussion just from the short messages Chihiro left.

"You can consider the issue of parts settled," the man said as soon as he lowered his phone off his head. "Since I'm billing it to one of my companies, I'm also going to shoulder the costs, just like we agreed in our deal."

'Oh, that's right,' I thought as I suddenly realized that in reality, I wasn't free to just spend Claire's money and resources as I wished. There were rules and stipulations to everything, and now that it was clear my newest creation wasn't something that could ever enter a wider market… It only meant that financing the entire thing now rested upon Chihiro's shoulders!

"I will add a ten million bonus for the discovery and a further twenty for the research and development that will be billed through the subsidiary I mentioned. In other words…"

"Whatever we need or want, they will step in and cover all the costs for us," Claire spoke out over her father as if to prove he was qualified enough to fill the shoes of a financial manager of the two-person company we had within the mansion.

"Yeah," Chihiro smiled lightly for the very first time since his face turned serious back at the mansion's entrance. Then, he did the one thing I didn't expect this outgoing yet still lofty high-rank cultivator to do.

He shook his head.

"Anyway, this isn't an issue that I alone can deal with. Most likely, I will have to go and have a talk with the city's governor first…" he stated, only to give me a long stare. "I hope you won't mind, but with how big this thing is," he waved his hand in the direction of the now disconnected device, "I'm out of options, really.

If my guess is right, this thing might be too big even for the central government to manage… But we will get there when we get there."

"Yeah," I nodded my head, "I was planning to give my uncle a call myself before I decided it was a better idea to wait for you to decide on what to do next. After all," I shook my shoulders, "even if we can't hide it forever, I don't think there's any risk of anyone finding out about this thing anytime sooner than a few years from now if we are careful enough.

So, waiting a day or two just to make a decision on how to deal with the matter isn't that big of a deal."

I finished my statement with a shrug as if the whole topic was perfectly neutral to me… even though it included the very person I was currently on pretty bad, not speaking to each other terms.

"That's not…" Chihiro's face tensed up a bit, only for the man to shake his head again before putting a gravely serious expression on his face and looking directly into my eyes. "Tim, with this thing, I'm going to have to go and talk to your uncle. Are you sure you are alright with it?"

'It's not like I can ask you not to, can I?' I thought, forcibly stopping a cheeky grin from taking over my face.

"It's not a problem, sir," I nodded my head just to show my respect both to the man and to the decision he made. "This thing…" I took a look to the side, where the device just… sat there, ominously. "This thing is too big for any of us to hold back. And if I can turn it into something powerful enough with all the tools and parts you've just ordered…"

This time I actually allowed my smile to creep up on my lips, only for it to make me wonder if I didn't just make quite the villain-fitting face.

"Then wouldn't it be possible for you to grow strong enough for neither the modern side or the spiritual world to have enough means to actively interfere?"