"Oh, boss, you want a couple to use as bodyguards?"
Xia Xi thumped his chest, his tone thoroughly brisk.
"No problem. Just say the word!"
"Even if I have to sell everything I own, buddy, I'll build you a top-of-the-line one."
After all, all his everyday expenses, along with the upkeep of his underlings,
came from this generous patron.
Naturally, if he wanted a Combat Puppet, Xia Xi had to oblige.
Forget one-even if he wanted seven or eight,
Xia Xi could squeeze out some time and build a [Demon Blade Seven-Person Squad] in batches for delivery.
Ubuyashiki, however, shook his head.
"It isn't that I need these capable, powerful mechanical figures to protect me."
"Rather than protecting someone like me... who serves no purpose beyond providing everyone with logistical resources,"
"the Swordsmen who always fight on the front lines need them more."
Ubuyashiki looked at Xia Xi with an earnest appeal in his eyes.
"So, Xia Xi, could these things... eventually be put into widespread use among the Demon Slayer Corps' Swordsmen?"
His voice was very gentle.
There was none of a company president's air of casually ordering his wage slaves around.
It was closer to a request and a question.
Xia Xi looked troubled. "Mass production probably isn't possible."
The System's skill was called [Mechanism Puppet Technique], not [Puppet Technique Machine Tool] or [Puppet Technique Production Line].
At its core, he still had to build them by hand, little by little.
Rather than hoping for semi-automated or fully automated assembly-line production,
he would be better off recruiting a few talented apprentices to learn the skill from him.
Of course, Xia Xi probably wouldn't have that much time to teach apprentices, either.
After he explained this to Ubuyashiki,
the physically frail Oyakata-sama of the Demon Slayer Corps fell into