"This one... feels even harder." Jiu Ming pointed at the book in her hands, deeply conflicted. Haruhi, when had you become interested in books like this?
"Anyone who believes what's written inside is an idiot. Isn't what kind of baby you'll have decided from the very start?" She stuffed the book back without a care. "What a boring book."
"Oh! Found it. This one should be a little easier, right?" Suzumiya Haruhi's eyes lit up as she pulled out another book. An Earthen Gauss Rifle...
Jiu Ming immediately wanted to give a dry laugh. Seriously, every one of these weapons required one indispensable component: a High-Energy Crystal activation device!
Aside from Ability Users, who could actively draw upon the energy inside High-Energy Crystals through their own powers, artificial methods could only rely on external devices like activation units. And the smaller their specifications, the higher their value—and the more expensive they were.
Jiu Ming could now be certain of one thing: even if some of these books got out, they probably wouldn't pose much danger. What ordinary person could even make this stuff?
Money! Money!!
Even if they managed to create a finished product, without a suitable activation device it would all be useless. Inferior activation devices were generally bulky and heavy, and weren't very useful on weapons like firearms.
"Uh... this is simpler, but... do any of us happen to be tech nerds?"
Suzumiya Haruhi stroked her chin and thought for a while, then tilted her head slightly as she looked at Jiu Ming. "Weren't you a shut-in when you were alive too? It should be more or less the same."
"...Easy for you to say. How could those be the same?" Jiu Ming scratched his head helplessly. "I was a sickly shut-in. I barely even touched computers. Hands-on