Moreover, the pen barrel contained a spool of Black Technology fishing line.
Normally, the line automatically connected to the nib for easy retrieval. But after Jiang Xia got it, he had Haibara Ai modify it—worthy of being a genius honors student who had led the APTX4869 research at eighteen, she picked up Professor Agasa's assorted bizarre knowledge at an astonishing pace. Though she still could not match Professor Agasa when it came to inventing Black Technology, modifying existing gadgets was no problem at all. And if she did run into trouble, she could always ask the professor for advice.
So the steel pen Gin had given him now had several buttons it had not originally possessed.
Jiang Xia twisted the barrel and turned the steel pen to "Anesthesia Mode."
Then he detached the fishing line connected to the nib, removed the original nib, took out an even finer pointed tip, and fitted it on.
This was a disposable, shatterable nib. Upon suffering a severe impact, it would vaporize and disappear on its own. There were currently two versions: one delivered an electric shock, while the other administered anesthesia. Without the fishing line, it was essentially a short-range Anesthetic Dart or electric Bullet.
"..." In short, this steel pen was basically a gun.
Toyama Kazuha hid on the stage with Jiang Xia, crouching beside him with her knees hugged to her chest as she curiously watched him click away at the gadget in his hand.
The lighting here was dim, so she could not really make out what it was. She only saw a few faint flashes of reflected light before Jiang Xia stopped with satisfaction. "All right."
Toyama Kazuha nodded nervously. Peering through a gap in the Curtain at the packed audience outside, she could not help asking in