Ironclad: How can hand-crafted knight belts not be considered genius?

After an unknown amount of time, Laira slowly woke up and opened her pale blue eyes.

"Um—what am I doing...?"

Laila, feeling a little dizzy, sat up on the bed, supporting herself with one hand.

The electric shock caused her to lose consciousness, resulting in some memory loss. Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, Laira couldn't recall what had happened for a moment.

Before my eyes, a man wearing a white lab coat is using an electric drill to operate a humanoid robot.

Orange-yellow sparks continued to fly out, spraying onto the lab coat, but the man seemed oblivious, still engrossed in his engineering work.

"It's done!"

Jiang Ning tossed the electric drill aside, rested his chin on his hand, and gazed at his masterpiece with secret delight.

"Hmm~ As expected of me~"

Now that the body structure is complete, all that's left is the energy distribution issue... How do we develop the energy processing core?

Jiang Ning gazed at his assistant, Number 1, who had undergone a complete transformation, and fell into deep thought.

After all, he is my training partner, and simple exercise functions certainly cannot meet my needs, so ordinary energy supply is definitely not enough.

Therefore, Jiang Ning found inspiration in the Chuangqi Drive and set up the same slot device for Assistant No. 1, so that it could also carry energy bottles.

After recovering, Leila threw off the covers and stepped barefoot onto the metal floor.

The icy touch instantly traveled from the skin to the brain.

"Hiss—it's so cold..."

Hearing the noise, Jiang Ning also turned around.

"Oh? You're awake?"

How was that? Did you get a good shock? Dare you touch my things again?

Jiang Ning looked gloating, which made Laila forget the coldness of the floor and grit her teeth.

After quickly putting on the black-rimmed glasses next to her pillow and finding her shoes, Leila was still driven by curiosity to come to Jiang Ning's side.

"What is this robot...?"

Assistant Number 1?! What did you do to it?!

Although its appearance has changed drastically, Jiang Ning has not erased the Black Tower Space Station number above Assistant 1's head.

Therefore, Laira could immediately recognize the predecessor of the tall and powerful robot in front of her.

Jiang Ning covered her ears and took a step back.

"Lady, could you please keep your voice down? Don't be so dramatic. I just upgraded it a little, is it really that big of a deal?"

"……a little?"

Laira stared wide-eyed at Jiang Ning, then at Assistant Number 1, before looking back at Jiang Ning.

"Where is 'slightly'? Tell me where 'slightly' is!!"

Jiang Ning waved his hand dismissively, but secretly he was pleased.

It's true that it's only when you show off in front of ordinary people that you feel a sense of accomplishment. The Black Tower lady is too much of a genius; in her eyes, everything is ordinary, to the point that she has no emotional value to motivate her scientific research.

"It was just something I did on a whim."

I wasn't praising you!

Leila looked at Jiang Ning, who was lost in his own world, speechless.

"That's not important. Oh right, I remember you're a staff member in the Energy Management Department, right?"

"Perfect timing, could you help me figure out how to adjust the energy management terminal on this thing?"

Jiang Ning took out the familiar Rabbit Tank Energy Bottle from his pocket, held it in his hand, and waved it at Leira.

Laira glanced at the red and blue energy bottles in Jiang Ning's hand, and unpleasant memories flooded her mind instantly. She quickly took two steps back.

These are the two things!!!

The feeling of being energized by electric shocks is really unpleasant, to the point that Laiira has a stress reaction when she sees Rabbit Energy.

These two things are the culprits who caused her to get electrocuted, and Laira can't possibly admit her mistake.

"What are these two little things? They don't look like batteries, so how come they're discharging electricity?"

And that belt device from before! It felt somewhat familiar to me at first, but I couldn't quite place it.

"Isn't that the red and blue bicolor monster that suddenly appeared during the space station attack a few days ago? How come you have it? Could it be..."

Laira suddenly had a bold guess about Jiang Ning's identity, but she quickly denied it herself.

After all, Jiang Ning, who was so thin, didn't look like someone who could fight.

Faced with Leira's barrage of questions, Jiang Ning did not respond, but simply placed the energy bottle on the lab table.

This time, Leira did not reach out to touch it again.

Looking at the obviously well-behaved Leila, Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile.

What was that saying again?

You can't learn something just by being taught; you can learn it after just one lesson.

The wisdom of our ancestors is undeniable. Instead of wasting your time warning the other party during the day, you might as well get shocked yourself.

"Want to know?"

Leira's gleaming eyes had already given the answer; she nodded her head vigorously, like a drumbeat.

I won't tell you.

Jiang Ning rolled her eyes at Laiira.

Jiang Ning had absolutely no liking for this woman who had appeared out of nowhere and was now threatening him with videos.

Ignoring all advice, he snatched my precious driver and then got electrocuted, leaving me to spend my precious time taking care of him.

The worst part is that she's sleeping in his bed! Unacceptable!

While Laira is indeed quite attractive, the world isn't just about who's good-looking.

If that were the case, wouldn't Lady Black Tower become a Star God?

"Aren't you afraid I'll post the video... ugh?"

Where's my tablet?!

Just as Leila was about to use her old methods to threaten Jiang Ning into submission, she suddenly realized that the tablet that had been beside her was nowhere to be found.

"I confiscated it."

After cracking the code, I took a quick look and there wasn't any important data. It's probably your personal device, right?

I've deleted the videos and stuff, so don't even think about taking them back. Consider it a lesson learned.

Jiang Ning pulled out Laira's tablet from behind him and waved it in his hand like a trophy.

"you!"

Leila felt a tightness in her chest from Jiang Ning's words.

"You're such a jerk!!"

"You're even accusing me first?"

Jiang Ning sighed, somewhat speechless, but still managed to speak.

"It's not impossible for you to know my secret, but you'll have to pay a price."

Upon hearing this, Leila instinctively crossed her arms over her chest, looking wary.

"Don't even think about it! I won't agree!"

"???"

Jiang Ning was completely baffled by this woman's peculiar thought process; it was the first time he had ever encountered such a dramatic woman in real life.

Who cares about your two ounces of rotten meat?!

I need your labor! Help me, you understand?

Leila then came to her senses, her face flushed slightly, and she responded weakly.

"Oh……"

Jiang Ning looked at the suddenly silent Leila and offered his terms.

"This is an energy bottle. The 'rabbit' and 'tank' are a kind of energy supply device."

In short, I need to insert these two bottles into Assistant 1 to power it.

Unfortunately, I tried several times before, but I couldn't get the energy transfer ratio between the two energy bottles right each time...

The previous explosion is the best proof of that.

Jiang Ning has been troubled by this problem for several system periods. Even with the help of [Divine Talent], he still needs to spend a lot of time exploring the mysteries within the energy bottle.

"...Is it really that simple?"

After a moment's thought, Leira gave her response.