Xia Huanao’s side, though not yet successfully creating a flight water shuriken long sword adapted version, didn’t prevent Xia Huanao from thinking seven or eight hundred steps ahead after taking one step. What’s walking and seeing three? That’s ancient history.
After sleeping soundly with Shen Yu in bed, Xia Huanao went to school the next day to find Zhang Hong, hoping he could make a new device for him.
Xia Huanao arrived to find Zhang Hong after the first class ended, and directly slapped his design on Zhang Hong’s desk: “Zhang Hong, can you make this for me?”
Zhang Hong was stunned when he got the design, then asked, “What is this thing? A hidden weapon?”
“Hidden weapon your head, what hidden weapon is a pipe? This is a weapon.”
“It is a hidden weapon. I heard that in the great forest across the sea, the locals hunt with these things.”
Xia Huanao impatiently slapped the desk: “That’s called a blowgun. Do you think I’m the type of person who uses that? This is a weapon, just make it as a weapon for me.”
Zhang Hong mumbled while holding the blueprint, “You said before that a true master craftsman can fight with a streetlight… How do you use that thing?”
Xia Huanao thought to himself, “I should have let Jax use Counter Strike to give you a streetlight…”
Although these two had some minor disagreements, Zhang Hong was very interested when it came to action: “So what kind of weapon is this, and how is it used?”
Xia Huanao explained, “This thing is just a hilt, and when I press here, it can extend into a spear shaft. Is that a problem?”
Xia Huanao even demonstrated by pretending to use his hands as he explained. Zhang Hong shook his head after watching: “It’s not a problem, but for this kind of thing, can’t you just find a third-rate magician and ask to buy his magic wand?”
“That’s not the point. The point is this part here.”
Zhang Hong followed Xia Huanao’s finger: “What is this thing again?”
“A shuriken, don’t you understand?”
Zhang Hong increasingly felt that Xia Huanao was here to mess with him. The magic wand earlier was one thing, but a shuriken too? The only difference between these two things is that one is easy to find and the other is not.
Xia Huanao explained, “I want to use soft material for this, and it needs to be small. It also needs to be able to spin in my hand, do you get what I mean?”
“It’s a small helicopter, I get it. Not too difficult either.”
Hearing Zhang Hong repeatedly say it wasn’t difficult, Xia Huanao was very happy: “Then the third requirement is to integrate these two things. Do you understand?”
Zhang Hong hesitated slightly when he heard this: “What do you mean by integrate?”
“It means to make these two into one. Is that a problem?”
“Let me see. Ah, the bell for class is ringing, I have to go to class. Meet me at the secret base tonight.”
Class saved Zhang Hong, while Xia Huanao left school, deciding to do something big.
…
Let’s fast forward to a little after 7 PM. Xia Huanao pushed open the door to the secret base and walked into the basement. The basement was quiet, except for the large lamp on the ceiling, you couldn't tell anyone was there.
Xia Huanao walked in carelessly and saw Zhang Hong sleeping on the table. Xia Huanao checked his watch: “Seriously, the news hasn’t even finished, and you’re already asleep? That doesn’t make sense, wake up!”
Xia Huanao patted him for a long time, but Zhang Hong just stayed there motionless. Xia Huanao had known him for so long, he knew what he was thinking – pretending to be asleep to get some benefits from him. He could have just said so.
Understanding Zhang Hong’s thoughts, Xia Huanao stepped back and released Guagua from its Poké Ball: “Guagua, he’s asleep. How about we give him a haircut? Guagua, Flight Water Razor!”
Guagua had never played with this before, he hadn’t even seen what a razor looked like. Guagua had only seen Xia Huanao use scissors, but scissors were too complicated for him to form.
Although Guagua was stunned in place, Xia Huanao was a tricky character. With his wicked ideas, thinking of bad ideas was as natural as breathing: “Guagua, I’m telling you, just form a sword, or if that doesn’t work, yesterday’s pickaxe will do too.”
Zhang Hong’s eyes almost bulged out. Could he be any more outrageous? What kind of talk was that? Who uses a pickaxe to shave heads? If that thing comes down, it’ll smash your head into your torso, let alone shave anything!
Xia Huanao smiled wickedly, then clenched his right fist: “Let’s try again. This time, cooperate well with Guagua. Flight Water…”
Before he could say “Razor,” Zhang Hong yawned and woke up: “Huh, Boss, you’re here? Guagua is here too. Wait a moment, let me recover. Boss, do you need something?”
Xia Huanao nodded: “Yes, I ordered a feast as a treat for you. I was planning to invite you, but seeing you sleep so soundly, I thought it would be better to let you sleep a bit longer.”
Xia Huanao’s words were clear: as long as you finish the work, I’ll treat you to a meal. I have plenty of money, why would you be afraid that I’d mistreat you? Zhang Hong had learned a thing or two from his father and understood Xia Huanao’s implied meaning. He pointed to a box not far away: “Boss, the thing is over there.”
Xia Huanao opened the box and saw a metal tube that could be worn on the arm. Below the metal tube was a thinner round tube. Xia Huanao put the tube on his arm and asked, “How do I use this thing?”
Zhang Hong explained: “Just a flick of both hands and the hilt inside the round tube below will pop out. Pressing the bottom of this hilt will extend it.”
Xia Huanao casually swung his arm, and indeed, a metal rod the thickness of a ping pong ball appeared next to him. Xia Huanao grasped the metal rod and gently bent it, breaking it off: “Magnetic?”
“Yes, so it won’t be flung out. What do you think, not bad, right?”
Xia Huanao nodded, then tried the function of extending from a hilt to a spear shaft: “Hmm, very good. What about the shuriken?”
Zhang Hong walked over to him and pressed a button below his wrist: “Like this.”
As Zhang Hong made his move, a metal rod shot out from the cavity between the two round tubes. On the metal rod was a replica flight water shuriken made of blue gel.
Xia Huanao shook his hand: “Why isn’t this thing spinning?”
“It’s not charged yet. Boss, please wait a moment.”
Zhang Hong’s design was basically satisfactory, so now it was time for the scoundrel Xia Huanao, as the client, to make all sorts of idiotic demands. Of course, Xia Huanao wouldn’t make idiotic demands like “can’t use Photoshop, must use PS.” His first demand was: “Can it be voice-controlled?”
Zhang Hong thought about it, what’s the use of making it voice-controlled?
Xia Huanao explained: “Look, this button is placed here, and I can’t reach it with my right hand. Even if I use my left hand to press it, it’s very troublesome.”
Although Xia Huanao’s reasoning was sound, Zhang Hong knew that this seemingly valid reason was a cover for a less convincing one.
“Be honest, Boss Xia, are you still hiding something from me?” Zhang Hong nudged Xia Huanao with his elbow, acting as if they were close friends.
“The most important thing is to reduce my movements. Look, this thing is worn on my arm. Every time I use it, I have to swing it. Over time, both my arms will become different thicknesses, looking like I’ve trained them into ‘Kirin arms,’ which is quite unsightly.”
Zhang Hong laughed heartily: “I knew Boss would think that, so look, I’ve prepared this too.”
With that, Zhang Hong took out another identical box and handed it to Xia Huanao: “This contains another device. I made two at once. If you wear both, your arms won’t be of different thicknesses.”
You, you truly are a clever devil. You can think of such a solution? Wearing a pair? Do you really not know how heavy this thing is?
Seeing Xia Huanao’s expression change, Zhang Hong asked him, “So, Boss, what exactly are you having me make this for?”
After Xia Huanao explained, Zhang Hong’s face was filled with black lines: “No, Boss, if you had told me the requirements earlier, it would have been fine. You had to give me such a complicated problem. If you had told me the requirements, I could have made a simpler device for you.”
As Zhang Hong spoke, he removed the metal rod from the tube and hung it on Xia Huanao’s waist: “You can just hang this directly on your waist, and I’ll make you a glove that can simulate a flight water shuriken when you grasp it. That would definitely be lighter than this. Let alone your ‘Kirin arms,’ you wouldn’t even get fly legs.”
Watching Zhang Hong sit down at his desk and start making the gloves, Xia Huanao was very pleased that Old Zhang was finally useful. Although I originally just wanted to give him something to do, I didn’t expect him to be so capable, directly making the thing for me.
Xia Huanao was so happy that he naturally hummed his modified version of “The Great Inventor”: “Wake up, my great inventor, the goods you create are priceless~ Wake up, be a philanthropist for me, you deserve to be exploited by me…”
Of course, although Xia Huanao was humming softly in his mouth, he only hummed the tune. If he had actually sung the lyrics, there might have been trouble.
Xia Huanao imagined himself using the gloves to cooperate with Guagua and wreak havoc, becoming even happier, and involuntarily sang again: “…Wake up, my great inventor, the goods you create are priceless, Wake up, Wake up! Wake up! Zhang Hong, wake up, why are you asleep again? It’s only just past 8 o’clock. What have you and your Snivy been up to lately!”