The shop for replenishing engineering equipment was located on a Sky Island. The trees on that island had grown in parallel rows like walls, while within, they had grown into the shape of shelves for displaying goods. Beneath the island lay storage rooms excavated downward, and a sixty-meter tree tower had been built there. A sleeping Guiding Giant Cat Lamp sprawled atop it, radiating a glow whose presence could be easily sensed even from dozens of kilometers away.
"Cat tools! Cat wants new tools!"
"Meow-ow, cat can smell the fragrance of parts!"
A batch of engineering Cat Lamps surged past Jiang Han in jubilant celebration and rushed onto the island, like college students from football and basketball clubs flooding into an all-you-can-eat cafeteria after a practice match—except the one worrying about costs had changed from the buffet owner to Jiang Han.
"Put it all on the tab. We'll reimburse it afterward."
After giving it some thought, Jiang Han said this to Cat Inis. If she did not claim reimbursement, this expenditure would be far too unjustified. Fortunately, most witches buying airships were rolling in money and would not mind paying a little extra, making it truly hard for her to refuse the chance to write up a few more reimbursement forms in a perfectly reasonable manner.
She pulled Cat Inis closer again and quietly hinted:
"Have the engineering Giant Cat Lamps keep an eye on these little cats. The parts they buy absolutely must be usable on airships. Remember that—especially don't let them buy tools and parts for repairing fortress vehicles. Though I can understand their interest in restoring old cars."
Cat Inis blinked her cat eyes and flashed a heartwarming smile that put cats at ease.
"Cat understands. By the way, meow-ow, has the Acting Lord prepared a list