DC: I, Kamen Rider, am not a sorcerer

Chapter 191 This is not plagiarism, just drawing inspiration (Please subscribe and vote)
When Dick returned to the alley, the first thing he saw was Batman crouching in front of a small pit, seemingly inspecting something, while the Outsider had long since disappeared.

"Batman, where's that guy?"

Frowning slightly, Dick couldn't help but ask a question as he watched his father's retreating figure. He knew about the relationship between his father and Alfred, even though the outsider was just a completely opposite counterpart.

"He was killed by his own bomb. This should be their hiding place. Pandora's Box should be hidden in this area."

In response to Dick's question, Batman, having gathered what he needed, stood up and looked around, his eyes scanning the surroundings as if searching for something, before speaking in a deep voice.

After Batman knocked the Outsider down, he was planning to spare the guy's life, but the guy tried to ambush him with a bomb. Batman used his cape to send the bomb back to its original position, and the Outsider was killed by his own bomb.

After listening to Batman's account in his usual calm tone, Dick finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah, this area? Isn't it a bit too large?"

Dick reached out and closed the lever of the Fear Driver, deactivating his transformation. He scratched his head with a slightly troubled expression, as he had always disliked this kind of large-scale search without any specific location.

However, after receiving a disapproving bat-like look from a certain Batman, he simply withdrew his grumbling and obediently began searching the surroundings with the old Batman.

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"Although this flame thruster can give you extremely high speeds, have you ever thought about whether you can control your direction at that speed? And the shape of this thruster looks a bit like the rocket thruster of the Corsair Gundam."

With his finger lightly touching the design of the Flame Gochad drawn by Isaac on the blueprint, Hephaestus pointed out its shortcomings without any hesitation after listening to his design concept, and also made a fuss about the shape of the thruster.

Although Hephaestus spends most of his time inside Mount Etna, it doesn't mean he's unaware of what's happening outside. He's read some comics published in a certain Far Eastern country, such as Saint Seiya and Gundam, and even drew a lot of inspiration from them.

"That's true, tsk, senior Hephaestus, do you have any good suggestions?"

After recalling the performance of Flame Gorchard in the Gorchard TV series, Isaac had to agree with the statement of a certain god of fire and craftsmen. Moreover, relying solely on Flame Gorchard to deal with the version of himself that seemed to have mastered the power of the underworld would be no easy task.

However, since Hephaestus was able to point out the flaws in this form, he must already have ideas and solutions. With that in mind, Isaac politely asked for his advice.

"Since the shape of this thruster is based on the rocket thruster of the Crossbone Gundam, we can also draw inspiration from Gundam."

Hephaestus nodded slightly, seemingly satisfied with Isaac's attitude. Without hesitation, he expressed his thoughts, walking towards a cabinet not far away as he spoke.

Just as Isaac was wondering what Hephaestus was up to, he returned carrying over a dozen scrolls of artwork, placed them all on the table, and then gestured for Isaac to pick them up and take a look. "This is .GN-001·GUNDAM EXIA!?"

Isaac casually picked up a scroll from the dozen or so scrolls of drawings, unfolded it, and when the contents of the drawing came into view, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Because he saw a concept art of a mobile suit that he was very familiar with, the Gundam Exia, which had appeared in the series "Gundam 00" and served as the vehicle used by the protagonist Setsuna when he participated in armed intervention.

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is a very interesting work, especially the setting of GN particles and GN drives. We can refer to some of the concepts in it to modify the design."

Seeing Isaac pick up another sketch to look at, Hephaestus smiled and said that these sketches were the mecha designs he had casually drawn based on the mecha in the work when he was looking for inspiration.

"Hmm~ that's true. But now that you mention it, can I play with floating cannons or floating blades?!"

Hephaestus's suggestion made Isaac realize why he should remain confined to the forms that the original Gochard had appeared in. He wasn't like those two Hotaro; he was different from them in terms of personality and other aspects. The forms that suited them might not suit him.

However, when it comes to drawing inspiration from Gundam to create his own unique form, the first image that comes to Isaac's mind is the extremely flashy and unpredictable floating cannons and floating blades. Those things are really too cool.

“This child is teachable; let us continue our discussion.”

Seeing Isaac's increasingly imaginative expression, Hephaestus nodded with satisfaction, even quoting a proverb he had once heard from a friend as his evaluation.

"I think the first thing we should remove is this iconic rocket booster."

Pointing to the rather large thrusters on the side view of Flame Gochad, Isaac said in a tone that left no room for refusal, "If we want to be different from Hotaro and the others, then let's get rid of this most iconic thing first."

"But if the back is simply replaced with the shape of a GN thruster, it seems a bit too empty."

Upon hearing Isaac's words, Hephaestus frowned slightly and couldn't help but reply, as the god of craftsmen, he also had his own pursuit of the appearance of his creations.

"Indeed, how about we try pairing this together?"

After hearing Hephaestus's assessment, Isaac roughly visualized what he looked like in his mind and nodded in agreement, acknowledging Hephaestus's statement. While rubbing his chin, his gaze swept back and forth across the Gundam drawings, quickly stopping on a particular one.

(End of this chapter)