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Although, according to what Baymax had said earlier,

as long as they made the medicine, it should be able to cure Gina's condition completely.

However, considering how much time and how many tedious steps that would take, Luca didn't plan to explain it all to Shamira again. He only needed her to understand that her mother Gina's condition wasn't hopeless.

Anyway, there'd still be time to explain the preparations for the treatment once Baymax had finished running its tests.

After Shamira, who had been visibly emotional over Baymax, had calmed down a little, Luca spoke again.

"Aunt Shamira, you didn't come over just to bring me food, did you? How long do you think it'll take to get the materials I mentioned earlier? Oh, and how's it going with that tactical team?"

Actually, the first question was what Luca really cared about.

The bodyguard issue was important too, but having just synthesized [Baymax] and [Tracking Glasses], both of which had extremely powerful functions, Luca was more excited than ever about making new items.

Besides, although [Sweet Captive] had a somewhat ridiculous name, it was indeed a mechanical arm with healing capabilities.

And with the whole "glowing" problem still bothering him, Luca wanted to synthesize it as soon as possible.

However, Shamira's answer to his question dampened his anticipation a little.

"The company already has the Grappling Gun and Transmission Rod you asked for in stock, young master. They should be delivered to the house tomorrow. And... well... different models of vibrators are pretty easy to get, too."

"The only difficult things are the Medical Devices you mentioned earlier. Some of them are rarely seen on the market, so they might take longer to arrive."

What Shamira didn't mention was that the company's weapons division had also been somewhat reluctant to provide the Grappling Gun and Transmission Rod Luca had requested.

After all, Luca had no actual authority at Orange Industries. At most, he was a fourteen-year-old boy who happened to be the company owner's heir.

They could let the weapons division provide "materials" once or twice. The employees could treat it as a way to curry favor with their future boss and play along with a child's make-believe game.

But if it kept happening, they were bound to start complaining.

And with Shamira's position as the boss's "trusted driver," to be honest, she couldn't exactly keep those rather arrogant "researchers" in the weapons division in line.

Still, they only dared to grumble a little and express their dissatisfaction indirectly.

It was work, after all. Even graduate students had to babysit their professors' kids. They didn't want to cause trouble by refusing a small request from someone like Luca.

So Shamira had decided not to bring it up and give Luca one more thing to worry about.

Back to the present.

After hearing Shamira out, Luca thought it over and decided not to press her. He simply said,

"Then let's leave it at that for now. Just let me know when any of the Medical Devices arrive."

"Of course."

Seeing that Luca had taken the matter in stride, Shamira secretly breathed a sigh of relief before answering his other question.

"About the tactical team, I've already been in touch with Dun Shan... Oh, he's the team leader. They've been on standby these past few days, and they set out to return as soon as we finished our call."

"As for timing, they'll arrive by the day after tomorrow at the latest. If all goes well, they should get here tomorrow night. You know how chaotic things have been around Manhattan lately. Even Connecticut has become a bit of a headache..."

Luca casually shook his head.

"I understand, Aunt Shamira. You don't have to explain."

"But, young master, you said you were going to check on your mother tomorrow." Shamira sounded a little hesitant.

"It's fine. I've still got you, Aunt Shamira."

"Then get some rest, young master. I won't disturb you. I'll have the cleaning staff take care of everything here tomorrow."

As she spoke, Shamira started toward her room. Then she paused, thought for a moment, and added,

"You just ate, young master. You can move around a little before going to bed."

Watching Shamira walk away, Luca couldn't help smiling.

"Shamira used to be so careless, and now she's even worrying about my health."

But Luca hadn't been planning to go straight to bed anyway.

At least, he still had something to take care of before turning in.

"Baymax, bring your case and come with me."

With that, Luca strode toward the stairs leading down to the villa's basement.

Baymax first looked around at the messy floor, then took quick little steps over to the red case used to store itself. It picked the case up and immediately followed Luca.

In the second basement.

The basement covered an enormous area, and the entire second underground floor consisted of just this one room.

But all around the basement room,

the 3D Printer, Laser Cutter, Small CNC Machine, Spectrum Analyzer, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer...

All sorts of experimental equipment filled the room, making a space that would otherwise have felt enormous seem much less empty.

In fact, this basement was a private home laboratory that Luca's father, Herman, had specially commissioned.

At first, it had been meant for occasionally teaching Luca basic theory and fostering his interest in electronic engineering. At most, it might also be used for making little robot toys together.

But as they bought more and more equipment, constantly upgrading and replacing it with items from the company,

Herman had gradually started using the lab as a small testing site outside the company, conducting research and experiments there in his spare time.

Now, however, Luca was the only one who used it.

Looking around the laboratory, Luca couldn't help recalling bits and pieces from the original owner's memories, the happy times he had spent with his father, Herman.

Actually, those memories in Luca's mind felt more like watching a movie from the perspective of an outsider.

That was why, after transmigrating into this body, he had always known he wasn't the original owner, and why his feelings toward his parents had always been somewhat disconnected.

Still, even if it was a movie, seeing things from a first-person perspective inevitably made it easy to feel involved.

With the vivid memories brought back by this place, and the fact that he had attended his father Herman's funeral earlier that day, Luca couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.

"Come on, why am I thinking about all this? Who knows what kind of abilities I'll have in the future? Maybe I can bring Herman back to life someday. That would be one way to repay him for taking over the original owner's body."

Quickly shaking off these "pointless" thoughts, Luca strode over to a computer.

"Baymax, come here! I'm going to upgrade you~"