The palace doors opened. Lining both sides to greet them were ranks of Mecha Puppets. They bowed in unison, speaking in unmistakably mechanical voices: "Lord Ryūshiki, welcome home!"
Seeing such novel things for the first time, Kaguya could not help marveling. "These... what are they?"
Ryūshiki said, "Asura Mecha Men I made."
Kaguya approached one of them and tentatively touched it. Its surface was cold... it had been fashioned from a substance unlike anything she knew.
The Ōtsutsuki Clan could use chakra to perform powerful taijutsu and create formidable blades. They had no need to go out of their way to manufacture weapons.
Their chakra itself was the mightiest weapon.
They had never experienced a "Stone Age" of brutal struggles against nature, nor had they ever needed to work with minerals.
Thus, mecha were utterly out of place in Takamagahara.
But Kaguya had only just left the Secluded World of a Hundred Years and had yet to see Takamagahara in its entirety, so they did not strike her as particularly incongruous.
She followed Ryūshiki into an inner chamber.
There was no concept of a living room here, but this was probably the closest thing to one.
Though spacious, the room felt terribly crowded. Aside from all its furnishings, a large table occupying half the room was covered in a dazzling assortment of parts and blueprints.
Various specimens hung on the walls-plants, animals, and even Rinnegan specimens.
Yes, in Takamagahara, where people ran rampant on the strength of their heaven-given gifts, the life sciences and natural sciences had already begun to sprout in this obscure corner.
"Sorry, I was pressed for time and didn't get a chance to tidy up." Ryūshiki began clearing the table.
"..." Kaguya's attention was drawn to the parts.
She picked up a Socket Wrench and slipped