"His name is Qingshui, and he's in my squad in the Puppet Force," Sasori said concisely.
Ebizo nodded.
He didn't deny Sasori's use of the word "friend," indicating he truly recognized Qingshui as one.
It seems what I did back then was right. Two geniuses of similar age and shared interests are bound to find common ground.
"Hmm, Qingshui, I've seen your information in Ishido Jonin's report. You're a good kid. You can come visit Sasori here more often when you have time. Come on, you two haven't had dinner yet, have you? I'll take you to the best restaurant in the village for a meal."
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On the third day after visiting Sasori's home, which was also the last day of his vacation, Qingshui used some of his accumulated war merits to exchange for two Ninjutsu training scrolls.
One was the C-rank Wind Release Ninjutsu, Turbulent Dance, and the other was also a C-rank Lightning Release Ninjutsu, Lightning Release: Ground Run.
This had been planned for a long time.
He didn't need to learn Turbulent Dance itself, but rather to borrow some of its principles.
Qingshui had previously wondered if he could use the principles of Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm to help the Puppet collect and compress gas for faster charging of the Pneumatic Fist, making it more powerful.
He began studying Lightning Release so that in the future, he could leverage Chakra's ability to manifest electricity, better integrating modern engineering with Puppetry.
Monzaemon, his former graduation instructor Jonin, believed Qingshui's Ninjutsu talent was average compared to true geniuses. He commented that if Qingshui didn't choose Puppetry and instead followed a conventional path, he could become a Special Jonin after adulthood, and if things went well, there was a slight chance he might even become a Jonin.
Qingshui could master some basic C-rank Ninjutsu if he put in the time, but B-rank Ninjutsu and above were another matter.
"It's a shame my Chakra affinities are only Wind and Lightning. If I had Earth as well, I might be able to try learning the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release in the future. Magnet Release combined with a steel battle suit—the image is too beautiful to imagine."
However, despite that, Qingshui felt his Chakra affinities were quite compatible with engineering Puppetry.
Wind Release could enhance pneumatic devices, and Lightning Release, well, that went without saying.
"And, Fatty Puppet should be able to upgrade again."
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While Qingshui's main body was busy learning new Ninjutsu, his Avatar in the DC Universe was also busy at the Kohl Gang's abandoned factory base.
As he gained more knowledge, Qingshui's design for modifying Fatty and Black Gold through the system panel progressed. While his main body was learning Ninjutsu, the Avatar could go ahead and start production.
The direction for Black Gold's improvements also differed from Fatty.
"Excellent. Dual bulletproof lenses, with transparent photosensitive material applied in the middle, then connected by wires to the microcontroller's pins, allowing it to display sensor signal data from all around."
Qingshui put down the welding gun and looked at the DLP chip, barely the size of two fingernails, fixed in Black Gold's eye area. He nodded with satisfaction.
Further down, a microcontroller was embedded inside Black Gold.
Connected to the microcontroller's pins were a communication chip and an analog-to-digital converter. The former received sensor signals from other components, while the latter converted these analog signals into digital signals, which were then sent to the DLP chip.
The DLP chip then converted the digital signals into image signals, which, through the miniature projector and lens array in front, could display information on the glass of Black Gold's eyes.
The method wasn't particularly clever or creative; it simply integrated various industrial components.
But it was practical, and thanks to this world's excellent industrial capabilities, all the necessary components could be acquired.
Of course, this cost money.
If it were just for a level like a university engineering student's graduation project, the parts combined might cost less than two hundred US dollars.
But the effect would be very poor, even useless.
At the very least, Qingshui couldn't imagine how much use an infrared detector with a range of only one meter or a sonar detector with a range of only five meters would be in combat.
On the other side of Gotham, Master Wayne's Bat-suit used detectors that could directly scan an entire building. Qingshui didn't expect that level of performance, but it should at least reach twenty to thirty meters and be able to see through walls, right?
Unfortunately, long-range detectors were military-grade and not allowed for sale on the market. Even if they were available, they would be imitations.
Moreover, they were all quite bulky, which didn't fit Qingshui's goal of miniaturization and integration.
Luckily, he had a good friend, Penguin.
Forget military-grade; even genuine military items, or even tanks, he could get for you, as long as you paid enough.
"Star City's Queen Industries' cutting-edge equipment can miniaturize underwater detection and mid-range thermal sensors to centimeter-level. That's truly impressive. I wonder if my main body can replicate these things without a complete industrial system."
Qingshui put away the soldering iron and nodded with satisfaction.
Limited by the display equipment and his own amateur background—with algorithms relying on how much useful code he could copy-paste from the internet—this sensor system certainly couldn't provide full-spectrum X-ray vision like Batman's technology.
But it could roughly display data indicating the direction and distance of detected heat sources.
That was already sufficient for combat.
He once again took out the welding gun and other tools to disassemble Black Gold.
He wanted to install a complete pneumatic system in Black Gold, not just built-in air pumps in the arms, but in other places as well.
Most importantly, he would add double-acting air cylinders and metal connecting rods to the hip, knee, and ankle joints.
These were small cylinders, intended to use pneumatic drive to enhance Black Gold's movement speed.
However, to maintain balance and flexibility, these cylinders wouldn't be overly powerful, but they'd still be enough to boost Black Gold's speed to the next level.
Furthermore, the pneumatic devices in its arms needed improvement.
Similar double-acting cylinder drives also had to be installed in its shoulders and elbows.
This would not only enhance the power of Pneumatic Fist to a certain extent but also increase the speed of its punches.
Of course, this also demanded a higher level of Puppetry from Qingshui, but fortunately, by reading the notes left by Monzaemon recently, Qingshui's Chakra control had significantly improved.
Even if the Avatar's Chakra quality was somewhat inferior to his main body's, it was still sufficient for manipulation.
It just meant it would likely be difficult to control another powerful Puppet.
The clanging of metal and the sizzling of welding echoed throughout the abandoned old factory all afternoon.
It wasn't until late at night that the accountant scurried in.
"Boss, Mr. Cobblepot is here!"
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