Just Turning a Stone into a Fan... What Was So Surprising About That?

Ian and his companions naturally had no idea how desperately Ron and Baines wanted to capture him after seeing those sculptures.

If Ian had known that the heroes from the world of League of Legends he had created were what had stirred up Baines, the devout believer,

he certainly wouldn't have gone to the trouble.

Fortunately, after eating and drinking their fill, the group had recovered much of their energy.

Machi and Pakunoda were both looking much livelier.

Only when he saw that the two girls had more color in their cheeks did Ian breathe a little easier.

After all, it was his decision that had forced them to endure a pursuit they never should have faced in the original timeline.

He still felt a trace of guilt.

The day grew hotter as the sun climbed overhead.

Ian's face grew brighter with anticipation.

A new round of check-ins was about to begin.

As long as his luck wasn't too terrible and he put his imagination to work, the new gadget should be able to help them in their current situation.

They were about to leave the garbage dump and enter a deserted wasteland.

Brown rocky dunes lay everywhere, a desolate sight.

Chrollo, Uvogin and the others had long since grown used to it. This was normal in Meteor City.

There was nothing but garbage and barren hills, a vast expanse of wasteland.

"Everyone, let's take a break. I think we'll have a way out soon!"

After crossing another small rocky hill, Ian glanced at the others and couldn't help speaking with delight.

Hearing him, Uvogin and Nobunaga, who had spent so much time with him, naturally knew what was about to happen.

After being together for so long, they had noticed the pattern: every time, Ian would produce some strange new gadget after noon.

The moment they heard Ian speak, both men's eyes lit up, and they asked eagerly.

"Whoa, Ian, are you getting another new gadget?!"

"We're counting on you this time, Ian!"

Machi's eyes flickered too, her little face full of anticipation. She also stopped walking and plopped down on the ground without the slightest concern for appearances.

Pakunoda, standing beside her, was a little puzzled. After catching her breath and hesitating for a moment, she asked.

"It's a little rude of me to ask, but, Machi, are we really going to rest...?"

Machi smiled and said softly.

"Don't worry. Ian must have his reasons for saying that. At least so far, he's never let anyone down. He's a lot more reliable than those two guys, Uvogin and Nobunaga!"

Uvogin and Nobunaga hurriedly turned back.

"Hey, Machi, if you're saying this guy's unreliable, don't lump me in with him!" ×2

The two spoke in unison.

Machi and Pakunoda exchanged a glance and couldn't help laughing.

And while everyone was relaxing,

the sun had moved overhead. Noon had arrived.

Ian closed his eyes slightly and immersed his mind in the hazy gray space of the 4D Pocket.

God of Doraemon, I shall receive your blessing!

With a thought, a green loudspeaker silently appeared before his consciousness in an instant, floating motionlessly ahead of him.

The moment Ian saw the green loudspeaker, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

He hadn't expected the Anywhere Door, which appeared so often in the original story, to be so hard to draw. He had tried so many times without getting it once.

Back in the real world, Ian slowly opened his eyes, and with a thought, a green loudspeaker appeared in his hand.

Chrollo, Feitan and the others immediately noticed the change.

Did he conjure a new gadget? There's a certain time restriction... Chrollo thought to himself, his expression calm.

Feitan, meanwhile, couldn't help recalling the green doll that had defeated him, and a chill ran through him.

"What kind of weird thing has Ian made this time?!"

The others gathered around.

Uvogin looked excited and couldn't help asking.

"Ian, what is that? Can it help us right now?!"

Machi, who had slowly walked over, gave him a light smack and spoke rather protectively.

"Whether it helps or not, it's Ian's gadget. Are you saying that if it's no use, you'll give up escaping and stay here?!"

She said this because she naturally didn't want everyone putting pressure on Ian.

Even though Ian had already promised that he would find a way.

Ian naturally understood that Machi was standing up for him and couldn't help smiling.

Clumsy as her efforts might have been, this little girl really was the person who cared for him most.

She had even saved his life.

He wouldn't let Machi live the same turbulent life she had in the original story.

Her kindness deserved to enjoy the beauty of this world, rather than wander through the dark world as a wandering doctor who danced with danger.

"Don't worry, Machi. I told you I'd take you all out to enjoy life!"

"If I couldn't even solve a little problem like this, wouldn't that make me a guy who's all talk?"

Ian chuckled, stepped forward and rubbed Machi's head.

Suddenly receiving such an affectionate gesture from Ian in front of everyone, Machi's fair little face flushed bright red, and she was at a loss.

Her usual cool demeanor vanished in an instant, and she looked more like a shy girl next door.

Perhaps only at Ian's side could she be her true self.

Still, she naturally had no intention of refusing. She just nodded silently and hurried behind Ian.

Uvogin and Nobunaga, meanwhile, looked animated, rapidly exchanging glances.

"Ahem, if I'm not mistaken, this gadget should be very useful to us. Of course, to be safe, I'll check again."

Ian wasn't entirely sure what the green loudspeaker was either.

Fortunately, he had already developed a new Nen Ability for gadgets whose functions he didn't know—[Gadget Instruction Manual].

He held the green loudspeaker in his left hand, and as he slowly raised his right, a sheet of pink paper had appeared in it at some point.

An ability derived from an equivalent exchange rule established through [Contract and Restriction]: by consuming 50% of his Nen in one go, he could obtain instructions for using a 4D gadget.

The next moment, Ian learned what the gadget in his hand was.

[Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker]

A gadget that could hypnotize and animate objects, even making them believe they were other objects, simply by speaking to them through the loudspeaker.

Ian's eyes lit up when he saw the description.

"It can animate objects..."

When he saw that line, Ian couldn't help feeling delighted. In just a moment, several ways to use the gadget flashed through his mind.

The gadget could provide an extremely wide variety of functions, making up for his current lack of gadgets.

In fact, as long as Ian's brainstorming was vigorous enough, he could use it to accomplish things only gods could do.

Unfortunately, the gadget didn't work on living things, nor did it turn the objects it animated into living things.

Otherwise, he really would have liked to test the limits of the gadget.

Seeing everyone staring at him, Ian had no intention of keeping it to himself. He smiled slightly, raised the Nonliving Hypnosis Loudspeaker and aimed it at a brown rock beside him that was half a person's height. After pondering for a moment, he spoke.

"You are a fan!"

"You are a fan!"

"You are a fan!"

As his third declaration fell, accompanied by a powerful intent to hypnotize, the next moment, under everyone's dumbfounded gazes,

a round hole opened in the otherwise ordinary brown rock, and a strong wind blew out of it, sending everyone's hair flying.

Even so, none of them had yet accepted the absurd scene before them.

They probably hadn't heard of turning stone into gold, but they had now seen a stone turned into a fan.

Of everyone present, probably only the simple-minded Uvogin and Nobunaga, who even regarded Ian as a god of miracles, wouldn't be surprised.

After all, it was... Ian. What was so surprising about him simply making a stone blow wind?!