So he copied Lin Nai and called out, "Flame Lance!"
No response.
"Flame Lance? Heavenly Fire? Heavenly Fire Judgment? Heavenly Fire Unleashed?"
No matter how Siegfried shouted, the Heavenly Fire Judgment in Lin Nai's hand refused to respond to him.
Siegfried was thoroughly frustrated.
Damn it, Heavenly Fire Judgment had really been sweet-talked away by that brat (tragic)!
Meanwhile, Tesla and Einstein curiously took the Heavenly Fire Judgment, now transformed into a Flame Lance, from Lin Nai's hand.
The two Doctors grew increasingly curious about what exactly this thing was.
Could there be an AI inside it?
"Come on, don't make that face. Here."
When Siegfried looked up, he saw two pistols flying toward him and hurriedly caught them.
He looked at the Heavenly Fire in his hands, then at the Heavenly Fire in Tesla and Einstein's hands.
His CPU immediately overheated.
What was going on?
Why were there two?
Welt stared in a daze from the side. He realized that Lin Nai had used the Authority of the Herrscher of Reason to construct a Heavenly Fire Judgment.
Then his CPU overheated too.
Why Heavenly Fire Judgment instead of Star of Eden?
Lin Nai: That's what you're focused on?!
Tesla's Soft-Spoken Voice?
Anyway.
For various reasons, and after Tesla and Einstein stepped in to mediate things (played favorites).
Siegfried could only helplessly take the Heavenly Fire that Lin Nai had constructed with the Herrscher of Reason's Authority.
There was no helping it.
After all, he had been the one to start trouble first.
Even Kiana's gaze at him had become a little strange. Mainly because she had never expected Siegfried to pick a fight with Lin Nai.
And Siegfried had even gotten beaten up by Lin Nai. The swelling on his face still had not gone down.
Of course.
Afterward, Siegfried gave it a try.
After all, he still had some doubts.
Lin Nai had spent less than an hour in contact with Heavenly Fire Judgment. How had he managed to copy one?
Even Welt could not do something that absurd, right? It was obviously unreasonable!
So Siegfried had initially suspected that the Heavenly Fire Judgment before him was just an empty shell.
But after testing it, Siegfried quickly discovered that its functions were more or less the same as Heavenly Fire Judgment's, and its power was nearly identical as well.
He did not test Heavenly Fire Unleashed. If it really had that function, trying it even once would probably get someone killed.
The Heavenly Fire Greatsword could be combined, though.
So Siegfried simply accepted it.
What else could he do?
Take it back by force?
Forget it. Those few moves earlier had thrown him around badly enough.
Honestly.
He now understood why Welt's face had looked like that back then.
Because he looked exactly the same right now.
If they truly fought seriously, Siegfried felt for the first time that this was going to be rough.
How old was this brat, anyway?
And he could already beat the stuffing out of him?
What would happen when he got older?!
As for Lin Nai, today he had also obtained his weapon: Heavenly Fire Judgment, Flame Lance Mode.
Though he had no idea what exactly was going on, or why Heavenly Fire became a Flame Lance in his hands.
That did not stop him from having a new toy to play with.
After that, Kiana dragged Siegfried away to properly catch up.
After all, it was only natural that Kiana had things to say after finally seeing the father she had been separated from for so many years.
Lin Nai, meanwhile, followed Tesla, Einstein, and Welt to the laboratory.
"Lin Nai~"
"Lobster Doctor, if you have something to say, just say it. There's really no need for this. I'm getting goosebumps."
Hearing Tesla call his name in such a soft voice, Lin Nai instinctively took two steps back.
Even Welt shuddered. A gentle Tesla gave people a chilling feeling.
"Tch!"
Tesla curled her lips. Were the three of them seriously backing away?!
That was right—even Einstein had taken several steps back along with Lin Nai and Welt.
There was no helping it. She had encountered this version of Tesla far too rarely.
"Dr. Tesla, please act normal. Honestly, it's a little gross."
"Bird's Nest Head! What the fuck! What's gross about it?! What's gross about it?!"
As expected, Dr. Tesla reverted to her original form, waving her arms and claws at Einstein like a lobster.
Lin Nai and Welt exchanged a glance and quietly moved a little farther to the side.
So they would not get caught in the crossfire.
That would be pure suffering!
After the commotion died down for a while, Tesla finally turned her gaze toward Lin Nai in the distance.
"So, what is it, Lobster Doctor?"
"Ahem, well, Lin Nai, can you lend me Heavenly Fire Judgment for research?"
Tesla said this rather sheepishly.
At first, her interest in Divine Keys had only been so-so. After all, Anti-Entropy already had Star of Eden.
But after seeing Heavenly Fire Judgment transform because of Lin Nai, her interest had immediately been piqued.
What principle was behind it?
And why did Heavenly Fire Judgment transform after encountering Lin Nai?
Did Lin Nai have some connection to Heavenly Fire Judgment?
Tesla did not understand, but she was extremely curious about this matter.
Lin Nai's expression turned subtle. "Dr. Tesla, don't tell me you want to research Heavenly Fire Judgment?"
"Yep."
Tesla nodded, then seemed to think of something.
Her eyes rolled, and a hint of slyness appeared on her face as she said with a grin:
"It won't be an unfair trade. Lend me Heavenly Fire Judgment, and I'll have Welt lend you the Ninth Divine Key. How about it?"
Lin Nai rubbed his chin and suspiciously sized up the Lobster Doctor before him.
He could not shake the feeling that she was up to no good.
Still, trading Heavenly Fire Judgment for a Star of Eden... both were Divine Keys.
He glanced at the Heavenly Fire Judgment he had placed in the System Space, which had changed from a Flame Lance back into its dual-pistol form.
When he had touched Heavenly Fire, he had obtained the Flame Herrscher Core.
So if he touched Star of Eden, could the system give him something too?
After thinking it over, Lin Nai quietly constructed a Heavenly Fire Judgment inside his clothes.
The constructed one was no different from the genuine article.
Besides, Tesla wanted to take it apart for research. It would be a shame if she broke the real one.
Pretending to be deep in thought, Lin Nai finally reached out and took out the imitation Heavenly Fire Judgment.
He placed it on the table.
"Fine, you can have Heavenly Fire for research, Lobster Doctor. But can I really have the Ninth Divine Key?"
Lin Nai was curious. Star of Eden was also a Divine Key, wasn't it?
"No problem."
Welt spoke up. As the Schicksal Alliance Leader, he had full authority to mobilize it.
They trusted Lin Nai with it.
"Hehe, then I'll borrow Heavenly Fire! Bird's Nest Head can go get the Ninth Divine Key for you!"
Tesla cheerfully took the Heavenly Fire Lin Nai had constructed and left to study it.
The main reason she had traded Star of Eden for Heavenly Fire.
Was that she wanted to see what would happen after Lin Nai touched Star of Eden.
Heavenly Fire had become a Flame Lance.
Then what about Star of Eden?
Would something similar happen to it?
Unaware of this, Lin Nai was somewhat surprised. He had thought Lobster Doctor intended to have Welt directly construct a Star of Eden for him.
"So, Lin Nai, how did you manage to construct Heavenly Fire?"
While Einstein went to retrieve it, Welt asked his question.
From the moment Lin Nai first saw Heavenly Fire to the moment he got his hands on it, less than an hour had passed, right?
Then he had copied Heavenly Fire right in front of them and tossed it to Siegfried.
It was hard to imagine Lin Nai could do that.
"Um... how did I construct it? Just like this, then that, then that?"
Lin Nai answered uncertainly.
Even he himself had no idea how he had constructed it.
It was just that the instant he held Heavenly Fire, he felt that he... probably, maybe, possibly knew how?
Maybe it was the power of I reckon?
Welt's expression at that moment: (x_x)
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