The basketball-sized orange tennis ball in front of him was currently emitting a faint white glow.
That's right, this was the new "Core Component" Luca had collected over the past few days.
After dealing with Kingpin and finally being able to develop peacefully, Luca had spent most of his time—aside from handling the aftermath of the incident and gradually getting involved in the company's operations—shopping at malls (scratch that), searching for more synthesis items.
However, initially, Luca wanted to try collecting the "Conan Five-Piece Set" to see what would happen when the "1/5" on the Gold Finger panel became "5/5."
So, he mostly searched in watch shops and clothing stores where items like "Stun-Gun Wristwatch," "Voice-Changing Bowtie," and "Elastic Suspenders" were likely to appear.
Unexpectedly, he didn't find a single Conan series item. Instead, he stumbled upon this glowing orange tennis ball at a pet toy counter in a mall.
Well, actually, this thing was originally intended as a "dog boredom relief ball."
But Luca didn't care about that.
Most importantly, the item description on the panel seemed perfect to solve Luca's urgent needs.
Moreover, since the "720 micron-level nerve stimulation units" required for the [TUX-1 Tactical Suit] (The Tuxedo) were hard to get, the "Synthesis Materials" for this new item arrived first.
Luca placed his hand gently on the "dog boredom relief ball."
The next moment, a pale blue panel popped up.
[Haro]
[Gundam 00 1/5]
[Creator: Europa Science Ship - Innovade 0026]
[Core Component: Aurantius Tennis Ball Toy]
[Synthesis Materials: 2 red LED beads, 1 smart chip loaded with weapon data, 1 set of small microphone and speaker equipment, 2 small multi-directional mechanical arms, 1 small battery, 1.32 square meters of carbon fiber]
[Item Description: Multi-functional intelligent pet. A small intelligent robot capable of human-machine interaction, weapon repair and manufacturing, programming, mecha piloting, and more. Due to its shell material, it is nearly indestructible by conventional attacks. Its internal chip also stores a large amount of technology far ahead of the current era.]
[Friendly Reminder: Hmm, don't treat it as an ordinary electronic pet. After all, for you, it might be more like a true mechanical master~]
That's right, this "Core Component" that looked quite funny could synthesize the famous true protagonist of the Gundam series, the ace Gundam pilot, Haro robot!
Crucially, according to the panel description, this version of Haro wasn't just an electronic pet.
It integrated functions like "weapon repair and manufacturing," "programming," and "mecha piloting."
If Haro is really as awesome as described, maybe this little thing is more like a true inventor than me, a fake!
Filled with anticipation, Luca didn't hesitate.
He hugged the tennis ball over and placed it down, taking out the other "Synthesis Materials" one by one from the newly arrived delivery box. Then, he drew a circle on the ground with chalk.
He placed the "Synthesis Materials" into the circle one by one.
LED beads, smart chip, multi-directional mechanical arms...
Once all "Synthesis Materials" glowed white, Luca exhaled a long breath and slapped his hands on the edge of the circle.
He chanted silently in his heart.
Synthesize!
Next instant, a milky white light enveloped the entire circle.
As the light dissipated.
A spherical robot, very similar to the previous "dog boredom relief ball," appeared in the center of the circle.
Done!
As the thought rose in Luca's mind...
The pair of red bean-like eyes on the orange-yellow spherical robot suddenly lit up and flashed.
Followed by a beep electronic prompt.
The next moment.
"Start up! Start up!"
The spherical robot with flashing red eyes repeated its startup voice while rolling out of the center of the circle to Luca.
"Highest authority! Highest authority!"
"Luca! Luca!"
As expected, does it also have a restrictive program similar to Baymax's Zeroth Law? It just feels a bit silly...
Watching the bouncing little thing in front of him, Luca felt that it didn't seem as intelligent as the Gold Finger claimed.
"Haro?"
"Haro! Haro!"
"..."
"Indeed a bit silly..." Luca commented.
Who knew, as soon as he said this, Haro angrily bounced up and headbutted Luca's knee.
"Not silly! Not silly!"
"Luca silly! Luca silly!"
Luca: "..."
"Little thing has quite a temper..."
Reaching out to stop Haro from "headbutting" him again, Luca squeezed it. Surprisingly, this robot, which should theoretically be made of the special material "E-Carbon" from the Gundam 00 world, felt quite elastic.
Thrown on the ground, it bounced back up after deformation, just like a real tennis ball toy.
Is this some conceptual power to adhere to the original version again?
Thinking that his Gold Finger had always been unreasonable like this, Luca stopped dwelling on it. Instead, he looked forward even more to the functions described in the Gold Finger panel. He asked immediately.
"Haro, tell me, what functions do you have?"
Hearing Luca's question, the bouncing little thing finally stopped.
Flapping its ear-like mechanical arm covers, it landed slowly and stabilized itself. Then, the red light in its two bean eyes flashed continuously.
However, just as Luca was eagerly waiting for Haro to introduce itself...
Unexpectedly, the little thing jumped up and smashed Luca's instep again, repeating seemingly angrily.
"Idiot Luca! Idiot Luca!"
Luca was stunned for a moment, then grabbed Haro with both hands and rubbed it aggressively, annoyed.
"I am the highest authority! You little thing..."
But before Luca could finish, the Haro he was rubbing spat out a data cable with a connector from its body, not forgetting to mock him.
"Connect device! Connect device! Talking complex! Talking complex!"
Only then did the indignant Luca realize.
With Haro's setting of speaking only two words at a time, if it really had to introduce all its functions verbally, it probably wouldn't finish until next month.
The little guy waiting obediently before was actually waiting for Luca to bring a computer to connect the data cable.
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Luca avoided Haro's "mocking" gaze, obediently carried the little thing to the computer, and connected the data cable.
Immediately, red light flashed in Haro's eyes.
Its various data capabilities were displayed one by one on the computer screen.