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Chaotic music suddenly blared.
Purple shockwaves shaped like musical notes surged from the keytar, barreling towards the fully armored Mitsuki in the distance.
Unlike the rebellious orange Haro, Mitsuki followed Luca's order to stay put. He didn't dodge, bracing himself to take the sonic impact head-on.
However, the expected violent impact didn't materialize.
Perhaps because Luca's playing was atrocious, the wobbly sonic waves couldn't even shake the weight of the Pandora armor.
Moreover, with Mitsuki's chakra control, he could use the "Tree Climbing Practice" technique through the armor to anchor himself firmly to the ground.
But just as Mitsuki was wondering what was happening, the chaotic tune suddenly shifted. The melody of Für Elise danced from Luca's fingers.
In the next instant, the power of the sonic waves spiked dramatically.
But instead of Mitsuki being blown away...
With a pop, the tightly sealed, full-body Pandora armor was simply... ejected.
As if it had phased out of reality, the entire suit detached completely from Mitsuki's body and flew off into the distance, carried by the shockwave.
Before Mitsuki could process what had happened, his black suit followed suit, flying away like a kite with a cut string.
Seeing this, Mitsuki's expression changed drastically. He erupted with chakra, instantly leaping away from the path of the sonic blast.
Actually, Luca had stopped playing the moment the armor was blown off. Mitsuki losing his jacket was just collateral damage from the lingering shockwave.
After all, Luca didn't have the artistic inclination to critique Orochimaru's taste in creating artificial humans.
"Lord Luca, for the next test like this, I suggest you find someone else to help..."
The usually stoic and unflappable Mitsuki wore a rare look of helplessness.
Although the Orochimaru faction seemed indifferent to appearances, the "Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique"—which involved shedding skin—always left the user fully clothed afterward. If they were truly shameless exhibitionists, they wouldn't have bothered adding that complexity to the jutsu.
Hearing even the good-natured Mitsuki complain, Luca sheepishly put away the [Bad Boy Keytar] and signaled for him not to take it to heart.
However, Luca was quite satisfied with the results of this impromptu test.
"The completeness and intensity of the music determine the power of the sonic wave. As long as the shockwave is strong enough to move the equipment, it gets blown off directly?"
"And it seems unreasonable. It blows it away regardless of how securely it's worn. It strips it off completely..."
"In that case, this seems like a pretty good anti-armor Noble Phantasm~"
For some reason, the first thing that popped into Luca's mind was Tony's Mark suits.
The standard Mark suits were lighter than the Pandora armor he built. Even a butchered rendition of Für Elise by a musical idiot like him should be enough to handle them.
"What is this? An advanced version of Expelliarmus?"
Of course, if used against enemies...
"Does Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet count as clothing?"
In the original story, Iron Man and the others struggled mightily to remove the gauntlet and ultimately failed.
If he used the [Bad Boy Keytar], wouldn't he solve the Thanos crisis in minutes?
After indulging in these wild thoughts, Luca carefully stowed away his precious keytar.
Seeing Mitsuki retrieving his Pandora armor and preparing to apply the Summoning Jutsu seal, Luca walked over quickly.
"Save the Summoning Jutsu for later. I plan to make a Pandora set for Dunshan too, so there'll be plenty of time."
"Let's go see the SMILE fruit you created first~"
...
Fourth floor of the Yuri Combat Lab, inside Mitsuki's exclusive bio-lab.
Luca stared blankly at the massive machine in front of him.
Mitsuki, seeing Luca stop, thought he was confused about the machine itself and stepped forward to explain.
"Lord Luca, as I mentioned before, in actual application, we can bypass the SMILE fruit entirely. Through serum injection, the subject can gain the abilities of Chakra-modified cells. Of course, with slight modifications, this machine can also directly produce SMILE fruits..."
"No! Don't modify it!"
Mitsuki was cut off mid-sentence by Luca.
"My Lord, what do you mean...?"
"I mean, you might need to build another machine like this from scratch~"
Luca teased.
The reason he said this was because...
At this very moment, the "Chakra Genetic Modification Device"—or "Chakra Fruit Maker"—built by Mitsuki's own hands was emitting the soft white glow exclusive to core components.
Under Mitsuki's puzzled gaze, Luca placed his hand on the giant machine.
The next moment, the familiar pale blue panel popped up.
[DNA Infuser Gun] (Super Gene Extraction Device)
[Source: Megamind World (3/5)]
[Creator: Megamind]
[Core Component: Chakra Genetic Modification Device]
[Synthesis Materials: 1 Genetic Injection Gun, 1 Metal Tray, 1 Funnel Flask, 1 Glass Capsule, 1 Pair of Heat-Resistant Iron Tongs]
[Item Description:]
After Metro Man faked his death and retired, a bored Megamind decided to create a new hero to fight, continuing their game of hero vs. villain. He built this miraculous machine, which can extract superhero DNA from just a few flakes of dandruff and grant the injected subject most of the superhero's powers.
This machine isn't limited to Metro Man's DNA. As long as you have enough... dandruff (genetic material), you can use it to create any super-powered individual.
[Friendly Reminder:]
Although the subject can only gain one type of superpower gene at a time, the accompanying injection gun can reverse the process, extracting the modified gene to swap it out. It's truly plug-and-play genetic modification!
Scanning the description quickly, the corner of Luca's mouth curled up.
"Megamind's creation again? Genetic modification for any superpower??"
He turned to Mitsuki and patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction.
"Hmm~ I think you might not need to build a new machine after all~"