Chapter 6: One More Year To Go

It's been a year since I decided to enhance my clothes and Shiro's clothes with runes, of course, our uniforms too. No one could ever be too careful enough these days.

Furthermore, Runes that would reinforce our body using the ambient mana in the air allowing us to focus in combat. It would definitely need a lot of tuning though.

It took about three days to figure out what runes to use and where calibrating the uniform so that it would enhance us to 95% Reinforcement however that too took about a few weeks of careful stitches and tears...

Yes, I stitched the runes into the cloth. The runes were stitched using a double-layered silver thread soaked in my blood.

How did I get my hands-on silver you ask?

Well, when you have mastered alteration to the level I have, you can alter the very atoms.

Now I'm not creating something from nothing. Rather I take something like graphite and fuse the protons and neutrons of the atoms around it together changing the atom. Meaning, I can also create gold.

Hmmm[H̶̹͙̱̰̊͋̈́̇͗̐̽͜͠o̴̡̧̠̰͔̔̄̀͑̓̐̓̒w̴̡̻͍̠̠̩͕͇̌̾̕ ̶̛͇̮͓̌́͆͋̀F̴͍̳̖̃̈́̽̔̒̂͝ư̸͉̬̽̇͋̓̈́n̵͍̞̘̊̿̕]... Anyways~ The problem is making sure I don't want to cause a fusion explosion.

Getting past the Coulomb force?

Alteration to temporarily reduce it.

That means I also have to direct the excess energy released by the fusion process and believe me there is a HUGE amount of energy.

I nearly caused an explosion the first time fused a few micrograms of hydrogen the energy that was released was enough to boil a cup of water.

Let me put that in perspective. A 1000000 microgram makes one gram. If I fused a gram of hydrogen, I would have leveled Fuyuki in a nuclear fusion explosion.

But it also gave me something. A weapon powerful enough to fight against these gods and legends[H̶̢̧̲̮̮̔̔̿̈́́̈́̕ȇ̷̟͍̰̤͉͚̙̟̈́͗ȟ̴̨͔̮̖͍͑̆͛́̈́͌͠e̸͍̝͙̖͊͊̀̑͛̃͑̚h̷̫͍͓̠̭̒̓̎̀̽ȅ̴̛̱̎͛͌̆̅͠h̸̛͙̿̏̎̿̍e̸̛̬̞̟ȟ̸̞͍̩ĕ̸̢̨̛͓̤̦͔͎̈̓̔ͅ].

Anyway, I got a hold of Raiga Fujimura and told him that I had an idea of a way to make a lot of money.

Raiga Fujimura was Taiga's grandfather and as nice as he was, he was still a Yakuza[U̸̟͇͓̞̺̺̹͗̂̍̈͊̄̓̏͜s̵̢̹̝͓̲̈̊͗̄͌̉͝e̴̻̥̹̗̥͈̎͑̏͋ͅ ̴̡̜̰̘́͂͐̕H̴̗̟́̓̀ĭ̴̺͍͙͙̍̍́͌̑̕̚m̵͉̯̠̗͍͖͔̓̐́͝].

I had presented him a prototype fusion energy generator about the size of a small cardboard box.

I designed it based on Fallout.

Though, I highly doubt they could sue me. It's not like Bethesda existed in this universe.

The runes lay hidden within the generator. Raiga was old however even he knew the value of what I had just shown him. Using his connections, we were given the approval to build a power station here in Fuyuki and so I built a full-sized fallout style fusion generator.

And a few more for good measure.

I also put up a simple bounded field to keep away those who do not know what this was.

Well, it only just gave the suggestion that there was nothing interesting there.

Looking at the building one would not think it was a power station as it was very quiet with most of the wires going underground.

Within a month I was selling power even beyond Fuyuki. I got about 40% of the profits. Raiga got 40% and the remaining 20% was given to the government.

It was what kept them from asking questions about how we were providing so much power.

So, I'm a millionaire now...

Which I used to buy the silver thread...

And any other materials that I so desired...

The enhancement for the V-Max was also coming along nicely.

I put stripped it of all its parts and put reinforcement runes in every part individually.

I also decided to reinforce the gas that I put in it.

Perhaps that was a bit much?

...

Nah... There's no such thing as too much. Especially in this universe where anything can go wrong[S̶̬̈́̎̒̏̅̒͘o̴̥̮͓̤͙͍̝̾̋̃̈̓̿̋̚ ̵̳̯͕̅̾̕T̸̨̡̯̩̳̣͆r̴͇̩͋̅̂͂͗́͆u̵̗̭̞͈͔͒̊͜ę̷̢̯̰̐́̇̄̀̇̕].

" Onii-chan." Breaking out of my long and lonely thoughts is Shiro's voice, who of course I told what was happening and is teaching the beginning magecraft. Can't have my cute Lil sis all defenseless now. Because other than Shiro and Sakura, everyone could die for all I care.

I'm the type of person to watch the world burn and not give zero shits If the ones I love are not In It.

Am I cruel?[N̵̤̜͂̀͐̀ǫ̸̛̗̪̮͛̐̈́̑͌̔] Maybe[N̶̢͕̜̳̘̔ȍ̴͈͕̥͛̚t̷̲̻̰͕̹̖̃͋̒̾̂͗͠ ̸̥̝͗̎̿̈Ą̵̛͗́̇͠͠͝ļ̶̨̹͈̞͉̈͒͂̒̇͘͝͠ ̴̧̲̳̬̦̈Ȁ̴̛̗͑̉̎̈́̿̚l̸̗͙̪͈̒̽͋̒͆͠l̶͕̱̤̂̆͘]... But I'm a thorough and cautious person at heart that sometimes I think one simple thing for like an hour and all the bad endings, while barely concerning the good endings.

Like one person one told me:" [ ] It's like you are playing a VN with E-Rank luck, getting every bad ending and then finally getting a good ending after so long."

Yeah In a way, I'm a negative person, but that's just me.

Am I trying to change?... No, I don't want to, but if the world so wishes It, then I'll see what I could do.

" Onii-chan?" Hearing the worry In her voice, my blank face became peaceful and friendly, like a Stant.

" Yes, my cute Shiro?" I asked, looking away from the night sky and the hanging full moon.

" What are you thinking about?" Shiro inquired of me.

" Nothing. Nothing at all." I answered fabricating my words with a straight face and a thin smile on my face.

" Nothing...? Are you sure?" With a worried expression, Shiro inquired of me one more, sitting by me on the porch.

" Yes, I am."

" Mhm, I trust you." She said simply as she rested her head on my lap, closing her eyes.

" Isn't this supposed to be the other way around?" I asked as my smile became thinner and yet happier at the same time.

" No."

" No? Are you sure?"

" I'm sure." Shiro nodded, getting more comfortable on my lap.

" Heh, your funny," I mumbled, running my hand down her long her, soothingly.

" And asleep..." I added, noticing Shiro has fallen asleep on my lap.

" Now ain't this just amusing." Letting out such, I Inhaled the cold yet warm air and exhaled with a very small smile on my face.

" I guess you can sleep here. It's not like my best friend: Insomnia is going to let me sleep anyways."

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