"What's this?" Ren Yu frowned and raised a hand, scooping it over.
"See for yourself." Tesla was succinct.
Ren Yu weighed it in his hand, then casually opened the metal lid and glanced inside.
But the next second, he froze and asked in surprise:
"This thing... you made it so quickly?"
"Hmph, what else?"
Tesla seemed quite pleased with his reaction, raising her head even higher.
Suppressing his excitement, Ren Yu slowly reached into the black box and picked up the strange-looking amber pistol.
It had some heft to it, but it wasn't heavy. The iconic Homu smiley face decorated its surface, as if Dawei was trying to sweet-talk him.
The longer Ren Yu looked at it, the more pleasing it became.
This was the weapon meant for him.
This gun was called—
--Tarot Emperor Dignity After hitting a target, it automatically ricochets to other targets within a range of 500, up to 5 ricochets. Damage decreases by 25% with each ricochet. (World Adjustment: Changed to allow automatic/manual control of the bullet's trajectory, allowing it to be affected multiple times.) Reserve If this attack does not hit an enemy directly, recover 1 round of ammunition. (World Adjustment: Changed to refund Emblem Energy upon missing.)
Seeing how eager Ren Yu was to try it out, Tesla abruptly poured cold water on his enthusiasm. "Don't you dare fire that thing here. If you damage the lab, I'll let you have a taste of the Atomic Burst Fist!"
Hearing that, Ren Yu, who had been about to aim, paused and clicked his tongue disdainfully.
Like you could beat me.
Still, he obediently put the pistol away.
And at the very moment the thought of "putting it away" arose—
The gun in Ren Yu's palm suddenly vanished.
At the same time, Ren Yu felt as though he had established a connection with something unseen.
With a thought, Tarot Emperor reappeared in his hand.
"..."
"Are you doing magic?!"
Tesla, watching Ren Yu put away and pull out the pistol again, was utterly baffled.
"No..."
Ren Yu shook his head. "I feel like it's been stored somewhere, and I can put it away or take it out whenever I want."
"Stored? Something related to space?"
Tesla frowned.
This was clearly another new technology they had never encountered before—one they had never even dared imagine.
Just like this pistol. Once it had been made, there was nowhere to load physical bullets, nor was there any interface for injecting energy.
It was strange, but they had to admit that this gun truly had something extraordinary about it.
That was—
It could alter the kinetic energy of bullets that had already left the barrel.
If the following experiments went smoothly, Anti-Entropy would gain another group of "gunslinging experts" capable of fine-tuning bullet trajectories.
Gathering her thoughts, Tesla suddenly glanced at Ren Yu again and reminded him, "Are you coming with us to play cards next? Anti-Entropy has to get that Tranquility Gem."
"Huh?"
Ren Yu was immediately confused. "Wasn't the King of Gamblers Competition being held nine days from now?"
"Who told you that?"
"The internet said so."
"It's been changed! It's tonight now!"
Tesla tapped the mechanical assistant beside her, and it immediately projected a pale blue light screen.
Displayed on it was news about the time change for the Great White Shark Cup King of Gamblers Competition.
--Due to force majeure, the King of Gamblers Competition originally scheduled for 8/27 has been rescheduled to 8/18 at 8 p.m. All contestants are requested to board before 7 p.m. whenever possible. Late arrivals will not be accommodated. Thank you for your cooperation.
And the current time was—
--17:26
In other words, there was only a little over an hour left before boarding.
"Those old geezers are anything but honest. If they don't want to hold it, they should just say so! Why make things so roundabout? Isn't that infuriating?"
Tesla stomped her foot, then angrily turned and stepped onto the conveyor belt.
"Are you coming or not? If not, I'm leaving by myself. The car up there hasn't even been turned off yet."
Ren Yu was conflicted as well.
Should I go or not?
If he went, he might be able to obtain that Tranquility Gem.
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