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Chapter Thirty One: Revealing Affections

31. Revealing Affections

08-19-2023

A/N: To all my readers in living in the Southern West part of the US, stay safe! Hurricanes are no joke! This is also why I had to delay the chapter, as I had to prepare for the storm! ANYWAYS, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Q: What kind of storms have you guys experienced?

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"With this powder that the blue jewels were pounded into, I'll just use science or something until it's a toothpaste consistency."

"'Science or something'? So if you just explained it to us, we wouldn't understand it?" Gen questioned Senku.

"What kind of science method are you talking about?" You asked him.

The scientist explained to all of you that the method needed involved adding hydrogen to the tungsten toothpaste to remove rust. Then they heat it inside of a glass vessel while it's hot and it'd be done by then. However, a minimum of over 1,000°C (1,832° F) is needed, as the hotter it is, the stronger the tungsten.

"Ohoooooo, we can just toss the whole thing in the kiln and fire it up!" Kaseki chuckled.

Chrome had a childish grin on his face. "I didn't expect it to be that simple!"

The green-haired raised an eyebrow in disbelief. "Are you guys stupid? If we tossed it into that crazy 1,000°C heat of the kiln glass vessel, what do you think would happen?"

The three of you thought about it until an image of tungsten Godzilla appeared in your mind and melted the glass vessel into a slime.

"Then do we need some kinda pinpoint heating apparatus or something?" Kaseki questioned as sweat dripped down his forehead. "How do we make one of those?"

"There's no time, so we'll have to split up. Me and (Y/N) here will take the toothpaste," said Senku.

"Alright, so who's going to make the apparatus?" Chrome blurted out. "Who else do we have...that's a sciencer..."

You and Senku just stared at Chrome as he realized what his job was going to be. By now, he should know how to create something from zero, considering that he learned everything from the ultimate sciencer himself.

"Just combine all the science techniques you learned and you should be good to go!" You exclaimed proudly with a thumbs up.

"Yeah, unless you're saying you need Professor Senku and Professor (Y/N) to help you," the scientist added with a snicker.

A confident smile appeared on the brunette's face as he gave the two of you a high five. "Don't make me laugh. You two aren't my mom and dad! If anything, you're the ones who better not come crying if you need help in the lab!"

The green-haired boy chuckled, "Kukuku, just leave the lab to us."

"And we'll leave the heating to you guys!" You added.

In the corner of your eye, you saw Kaseki sitting on one of the furnaces with a wistful look in his small eyes.

"You guys make me jealous. Even back when I was a kid, I was always alone since I loved making things, all by myself. I built bridges, shields, and all kinds of things to get people to stop being cold and ignoring me..." The old man let out a sigh, then a small, hopeful chuckle came out of his mouth, "Ohoho, to be honest, it really made me start feeling like I wished I could have a fellow crafting friend...or something..."

"But you already got three of them, old man Kaseki. Three crafting friends," the brunette told the man.

"Oho? Three? Where?"