That boy. Summer grumbled.
He had just literally thrown her out of the plane as soon as she said she spotted her house... He flew dangerously low and slow... Before a mechanism within the aircraft shifted the windscreen back and she found herself ejected out of the plane while still strapped to her seat. Fortunately, the seat also had a parachute, else she might have had to rip the seatbelt to use her landing strategy.
She swore she could still hear the boy cackling long after he had turned around and left...
He was not going to get away that easily! She hadn't even thanked him yet!
But for now, she couldn't wait to see her little rays of sunshine and Tai.
"Just wait for me Nanashi Fukurou... I'll be back for you! You hear me! You cannot escape Summer Rose! I will find you! Even if I have to chase you to the ends of Remnant! You hear me?". She shouted to the wind, shaking her fist in fake anger, even though she knew he shouldn't be able to hear her...
For some reason, her instincts were telling her that he somehow would hear her anyway.
Somehow...
I chuckled as I had heard Summers declaration from the spy drone circling above her home.
I switched the screen back to navigation as the Raptor flew on Autopilot back to base.
I had to wait for a few more days before my charge returns... But for now... I needed to build an oil derrick, an oil refinery... And then there was a problem... While building an oil Derrick and refinery would solve my jet fuel source problem as well as help me rebuild the runway using proper asphalt instead of the literally flat ground I had cleared.
I was surprised that my tires didn't burst from it while taking off.
With oil also came plastics, rubber, and several compounds I could use. Especially for lubrication. Which I absolutely needed because I had been using cooking oil that I got from the grocery store which I repurposed to be used on machines But that was wasteful and wouldn't last long as the chemical structure was not made for such a thing and would deteriorate rapidly at high temperatures some of my machines reach... Such as this jets engine...
However, there was another concern.
None of the designs I had within my Command and Conquer power had anything that could mine metal the ground...
Absolutely no units were there which mined.
Well unless you considered the worker from the GLA faction... But that was literally a slave... Not something I could build.
Which meant I had to rely on my RWBY tinker power to design a mining robot to find and mine metals... But the problem was my RWBY speciality didn't specialise in mining unless it was dust...
This was a problem... I had to wait three more days for this week to finish before I can pick a new speciality...
Well, atleast I had time to think about which fictional setting I wanted to choose... Now then... A fictional setting that had a good metal extraction unit... Hmm...
Minecraft?
No... Hell no... I'm not spending all day mining with a pickaxe even if it would likely enable me to craft some crazy potions.
No... Something else. Something that would be specialised for the job.
And so the three days I thought carefully while I demolished several more of the damaged buildings and made a few drones to clean up and maintain the village...i couldn't clean this whole place myself after all. I was a single person.
I also added a second program to the Angel player. I think Summer didn't even notice that I was a Faunus. My features were not visible on the outside after all my owl feature was my Vision.
Faunus already have good night vision... And since I was an owl faunus, that night vision was enhanced even further. Not to mention that I could see even tiny movements even from a distance. But this was not something visible...
So I needed something I can use for others to recognize me as a Faunus... Specifically, I wanted other faunus to recognize me as a Faunus. Perhaps there was a way faunus could differentiate other faunus from humans even those who have very subtle features like mine. But I didn't know what that was or even if it existed at all.
So I came up with something with several trials and errors...
I coded owl wings using the Angel Player.
Kanade, however, couldn't fly, with hers. Because of two reasons.
One her body is far too heavy for the wingspan she used to carry her. A bird had hollow bones and feathers that cover the body making them extremely light.
Two the wingspan was likely not aerodynamic enough to carry her. While she had the angel player and created angelLike wings she might have not been able to make it aerodynamic enough as she likely focused on cuteness...like she did hand-sonic version 4.
Which was why she was only able to glide down and slow her descent instead of flying.
However, I had a problem...
I had no Owls to model my voice-activated wings after. I was able to make my wings a bit aerodynamic and have it coloured like an owl using pictures I got from the CCT network but it still wasn't owl feathers...
Owls were silent.
I had managed to stay airborne with the wings. I was even able to set it so i could flap at will... But it was loud.
Not silent...
Perhaps I could get an owl from a pet store?
Though that would mean travelling to Vale...
Hmmm... Wait Summer did want to pay me back... Perhaps I could ask her for a pet owl?
If I could get one I could analyse how they flew so silently.
"Owl Wings: Deactivate." I sighed as my wings vanished into data particles and I lost the feeling of in my back...
It was strange...perhaps I should remove that feature... I need a different control method... This one felt a bit off.
Today was the day!
Today was the day!
My oil Derrick was busy pumping oil and my refinery was processing them and storing them. The materials from the scraped buildings put to good use.
I was now getting oil a steady supply of oil.
Though I only needed to run it until my refineries storage tanks are filled. Which were massive.
And then.
It came...
A new charge.
I couldn't stop a nostalgic grin from appearing on my face as I used it.
However, unlike the others, I didn't just get the knowledge of how to build stuff and how it works shoved into my mind...
I also got the machine I thought that was going to have to build right in front of me as it simply appeared out of nowhere...
The Motherload.
It was a huge machine specially made for mining. My height barely reached half of the tank treads.
However, I couldn't run it here. I had to make it mine outside the village... After all, I didn't want the entire village to collapse from tunnels that it would likely drill under it... Not that that's likely to happen since I was going to build a Virtual intelligence to run it...
I also had to build the facilities to maintain it, refuel it and process the minerals that the Motherload would bring back to the surface.
Right I also have to connect the fuel systems... Perhaps I could connect it directly to my refinery?
Alright!
Lets get this party started!
Time to mine the shit out of Remnant... I wonder what I'll get?
My RWBY tinker gave me a good amount of knowledge about building Artificial Intelligences. They are extremely complicated and take a lot of time to mature and develop.
AI's are in a way like intelligent newborns who don't know what's right and wrong but have a lot of power in their fingertips. Those are the purpose of restrictions. To act as training wheels. Since humans won't be able to directly influence or teach them right from wrong...
Even programming one would take years let alone the time it would take to properly raise them.
It was why there was only one penny and not a whole armada in cannon.
Piedro was the one who built her, so only he would understand her full capabilities. He was also the only one who could raise her with love and she was his creation.
And the way she turned out showed how difficult it is to actually raise an artificial intelligence.
Unlike what I had used for all my systems. And now within the Motherload, they were all run by Virtual Intelligence. They would learn and grow, but they would never truly gain sentience or sapience as I wasn't anywhere ready to raise someone.
Even if that someone was an Artificial intelligence.
It took two days to set everything up with the help of my construction drone and right now outside the Village the Motherload was digging down and away from the village to find deposits of ores mine them and bring metals back for processing.
I was relaxing in the command centre watching over its progress and the Data I get from its sensors and all the other systems I had.
Speaking of other Systems my spy drone over Vale had now collected a lot of information which I was now categorizing into the system.
I needed the system to be able to distinguish between Civilians, the Authorities, and criminals, corrupt Authorities, important figures, and Huntsman. I'll have to code a neural network for this. Thanks to my spy drone I'm getting a lot of data. Though I have to manually look over a lot of them and to create the teaching program.
This was going to take a lot of work.
The drones that I'd sent to the other directions found a few other civilizations, not the size of a city but a large village. Two never returned back to me, I really needed to get a Satelite into orbit... Radio communication can't go so far without satellites.
I'm only getting a signal from the drone in vale and patch because they were fairly closeby. Since the bandwidth needed to send and receive data are fairly short and with so many obstacles in between its a wonder that I'm getting a signal.
One managed to make it all the way to Menagerie and returned. And boy it's recorded a lot of stuff.
There was good news and bad news.
Good news. There was a lot of lands.
Bad news. 2/3 of it is uninhabitable due to the excess of grim and dessert. So most of them congregate to small settlements.
And unlike in Vale, I couldn't see any faunus being mistreated. Because the entire place was filled and lead by faunus after all...
I even found the CCT support tower. They didn't even have their own CCT tower... I suppose it shows that the rest of the world don't really consider it a kingdom...
Hmmm... Wait Menagerie was Two thirds uninhabitable desert... Perhaps...
Perhaps I might be able to do something to that depended on if... If Menageries desserts had rich oil deposits...
I was really lucky that I was even able to find a small oil pocket here but it wasn't much. I'd say I had about 3 months before my oil well dried... I highly doubt I'd be able to find another oil deposit nearby.
So I immediately went to work building another drone...
Unlike my spy drone, this one was large. It would fly at an altitude of 85,000 feet. It would carry not just cameras but several sensors such as sonars, lidars, Radar, thermal imaging, a surface chemical analysis scanner. This also has a very powerful radio transmitter and it was made specifically for long-range, it's made to help guide the drone and do a complete scan of Menagerie. Once done it would return back to base to be refuelled and I would take a look at its data.
These scans would be able to tell me how likely there is oil and where once I've found the most likely spot. I'll remove most of the drone scanners and put in several pods that would be deployed onto the spots which would have the most chance of being an oil deposit and test run a seismograph to confirm the presence of oil and how much...
If the results are positive and there's a lot of oil the pod will send a long wave signal...
Unlike my drone transmissions, this signal would be a very radio long wave. I didn't need it to carry much data like video or audio... Just whether oil was present in the target location and how much.
Once I have the data... Perhaps I could have a word with the chieftain of Kuokana? I think it was Blake dad? Wait, wouldn't Blake would be a young child right now?
Before Adam took over... So the white fang might be in its peaceful stages...
If I.. could get into contact with him, I might be able to turn menagerie from a mostly uninhabitable desert, into a paradise for Faunus.
Faunus who no longer have to leave to make ends meet.
A place where they could be proud of...
Hmmm... Perhaps I'll have to speed up my plans. If I'm going to leave this place anyway may as well get the most use of it...
Though...ill have to write that request to summer for a pet owl...
It's time I get to trying to get my wings to be silent...
I needed to find what made them so different...
That was certainly a strange request.
She had just gotten a message from the boy who had saved her...
And it requested her to buy him, a pet Owl, a pet pigeon and a pet eagle? And he would consider her life debt paid?
Was that all her life was worth?
Nope, he wasn't getting rid of her that easily. Raven once called a fungus that grows on people and darn it she was going to live up to that name!
Closing the message she dialled in a number.
"Hello, Qrow? Would you mind stopping by? I have a request for you."
"..."
"No, it's not anything that would take long."
"..."
"Fine, if you help me with this I'll prepare the special brew."
"..."
"Alright, see you soon!" With that, she cut the call.
"Who was that?"
"Oh, Tai! I was just calling Qrow. For a favour."
"A favour?" Tai's eyebrow lifted in question."If I remember he's the one that owes you."
And summer told her husband of the message she had just received.
"Hmmm, an Owl, pigeon and an eagle? While Owls and pigeons are simple to get Eagles can be a bit dangerous right? I mean this Nanashi is a child right? So instead of an eagle, we can have Qrow be a Crow. I mean they are quite similar after all.
And so Qrow's fate was sealed unknown to him as a shiver went up his spine as he took a gulp of his flask... He was just returning from a mission so he supposed he could help summer out...boy, he didn't know what he was in for.
"You're saying that this kid killed Tyrian, with a Sniper and popped his head like a balloon? And he didn't seem affected at all?"
"He is the only survivor Qrow and he got his semblance after the destruction of the village. It is obvious that he needs mental help! We can't leave him alone out there!"
"From what you're telling me summer is that the kid not only managed to kill one of Salem's agents but he didn't have any problems afterwards, and you want to take care of a psychopath?"
"Psychopath or not he still saved my life Qrow, he even got his shoulder broken from it, and the only thing he asked in return was 3 pet birds! He didn't ask for an unreasonable amount of Lien which was well within his right! But he also nursed me back to health when I was unable to move for long! The child may be a Psyco but he didn't have to save me Qrow but he did it anyway! What do you think that says about him?"
"I'll admit, I'm am damn thankful that this brat saved you but think about it, how the hell did he survive on his own? How the hell did he know to build all these things you are saying? Don't you think somethings fishy with him? Hell, you said the kid build his own airship in a week! How the hell, does that not sound ridiculous?"
"Perhaps, perhaps it's his semblance? Or perhaps he is just that smart? Regardless, I'd rather regret trusting someone than regret not giving someone the benefit of the doubt." Summer looked straight at him, her resolution firm.
Qrow sighed tiredly. Summer was not going to let this go. She always saw the best in others. Unlike how he and Raven used to be. Even as powerful as she was Summer was still willfully naive. Even after she had seen the ugly side of people she was still willing to give them a chance. It was what made Summer, Summer.
"Fine, I'll deliver the packages for ya and try to talk to him, but I won't be holding back if he attacks." Qrow sighed. "Still, think we should talk to Ozpin about this though."
"And I said it's not needed, he's just a child! I highly doubt he has any connection to Salem."
"Fine, fine! But you owe me a whole barrel of Rose Cider for this!"
"Of course." Summer smiled brightly knowing she won the argument. And Qrow simply sighed once more taking a Gulp of his flask.
The things he did for the people he loved.
Looks like you've got a small base up and running. Good. Because you won't be able to choose tinker powers anymore. Instead, you will have to earn them, can't have things getting too easy for you, because viewers have been complaining that you are getting too powerful. How you can earn you ask... That's something you can find out!
I crumpled the paper in anger!
Of course.
Nothing could be too easy for me. No, even if I nearly broke my back and tore my muscles to get the defences up and running when first arrived here it was considered fucking easy.
Shattering my shoulder bones using my modified Hecate II to save Summer Rose counted as easy, cooking, cleaning and doing everything to survive on top of building things to survive and get strong was considered too easy.
Whoever was complaining must not be human, or they were assholes who enjoyed watching me suffer.
I let out a sigh.
Whatever.
I wasn't going to let them enjoy it.
I may not get a new tinker speciality, but even before he got this power he was a hell of a science nerd. I used to read 8th-grade textbooks when I was in grade 1 because he found it fascinating. While other children played I found myself in a science or computer book.
I knew theories even without these tinker powers. These powers did confirm several of the theories for me.
Such as how the Cold fusion reactor ran.
Fusion usually occurs in the cores of stars made from highly compressed and heated plasma.
But fusion can occur in non-plasma environments too. Like the hydrogen molecule wherein which two hydrogen nuclei are kept relatively near to each other by sharing electrons.
The nuclei don't stay a rigid distance apart though. They vibrate and wiggle and every so often they can in principle get close enough to fuse.
But with hydrogen or nitrogen or oxygen or pretty much all other molecules, this happens very, very, very, very, very rarely.
It was why the atmosphere which has a fair amount of molecules isn't a giant fusion bomb.
However, things are different if you replaced the electrons in the hydrogen or whatever molecule you use with muons instead.
Muons are exactly the same as electrons except they are about 207 times heavier.
Being essentially heavier electrons they form the atoms the same way as electrons but since they are so much heavier their orbits are much closer to the nucleus than an electron with the same energy as an electron with the same energy and angular momentum would.
This means the molecules held together by muons have the radius of their atoms 207 times smaller than normal making them many, many any times morel likely to fuse.
So much so that they could fuse together even in temperatures near absolute zero.
That's how the cold fusion reactor ran. It also solved the problem of muons getting stuck by using several nanoscopic ridges that are shaped to increase the surface area as much as possible to free any muons that might get stuck and stop the fusion process.
It was how I now had electricity delivered to every single system here and the amount of energy a single Cold fusion reactor is capable of generating is ridiculous.
I didn't need to build a second cold fusion reactor unless I was planning on building a Particle Uplink Cannon, which I absolutely fucking will.
The Particle Uplink cannon would likely need its own cold-fusion powerplant connected directly to it.
That's how much power it required to charge at a reasonable amount of time. Not to mention the load it would put if I connected it to my main power grid.
Not to mention the particle Uplink cannon also need an array of special satellites in orbit. The satellites would be Geostationary and one would be right above the Particle Uplink cannon in order to reflect the beam with an orbital mirror specifically made to deflect the Particle cannon. The satellite deflects the beam to other geostationary satellites who reflect the beam to others until it reaches the satellites which were in the range of the target which would reflect it down on the surface of the planet to where ever the target was.
Other than the satellite directly on top of the particle cannon the others would be able to adjust themselves so that their reflectors would deflect the beam until it aligns to the target uploaded by the Command centre.
Then the particle cannon would fire a small pulse at 1 kilowatt. A fraction of its power and it the computer would see the effect of the pulse...
If the pulse hit the target there would be a slight rise in temperature which the satellites thermal sensors would pick up.
If the pulse hit the correct target then the Partie Cannon would release its full power of 5000 Petawatts. Or 5 Exawatts. The particle beam would be Powerful enough to vapourised anything in its path.
Though I also need to get to replacing my defences with Laser turrets... The turret would run out of ammunition in about a two more from the current usage and Grimm attack levels.
I was lucky not a lot of Grimm come since I was a single person I didn't have a lot of negative emotions to attract hordes of Grimm.
I haven't made any ammo for the turrets after all.
Not when I could build something better.
A Laser turret.
Requires no ammo except for power... Lots of Power compared to any other turret.
They were like miniature Particle cannons except they took a fraction of its power 50 Petawatts.
Of course, as powerful as my Cold fusion plants were, there's no way it would reach those levels of output. At max, my Nuclear cold fusion reactor could output 150 Gigawatts at peak power.
Nowhere near the power required to directly fire the Laser turrets let alone the particle cannon.
Which was why both the particle cannon and the laser turrets would have huge Super Capacitor banks made of Graphene would be built into them which charges until full.
I was brought out of my musing when my defence systems alerted me of a person approaching the gate...
What in the world was a person doing in the middle of nowhere?
Saving my blueprints I brought up the defences camera I found who it was and my eyes widened.
It was Qrow carrying what appeared to be a briefcase...
It's only been 8 days since I've sent the message to Summer. I definitely didn't see any cages for birds...
So why is he here?
Did Ozpin send him to recruit me?
That could be possible but dear I hoped not. I was hoping to head to Kuokana to meet up with the White Fang and Ghira as soon as I perfected Guard skill: Owl's wings.
I'll have to decline the invitation if he offers it... But I'm not going to go out to greet him...
After all, I couldn't take any chances... This was not summer, who was unprepared and completely surprised.
He had his guard up and would likely never let it down around me even if he looks relaxed.
No.
I'll guide him to me instead.
He can meet me in the Command Centres meeting room. Which I had prepared in case someone like Tyrian or Hazel comes after me.
Where I have hundreds of hidden defences set up that I could command to shoot Qrow in the blink of an eye if he tries to attack me or subdue me.
I gave the authorization the mega locks unlocked the and the metal gate opened letting Qrow access the facility. The defence trailing his every move to give the message that he was being watched...
A construction drone hovered towards him as I activated my mic to welcome Qrow...
Qrow didn't know what to expect...
A child had saved Summer from being murdered by one of Salem's agents.
From what he had heard the child was some kind of genius.
But it seemed too convenient to Qrow.
A child who somehow survived on his own in the middle of nowhere, killed Tyrian just in time to save summer.
It was as if the entire thing was set up.
It reeked of a trap.
Perhaps a method to put a spy on the Inside after gaining trust.
So he told Ozpin.
And Ozpin agreed that I seemed fishy so now he was here to see for himself whether the brat was an agent of Salem or just a scarily smart brat.
"Perhaps, he may be one of Salem's agents, or perhaps not. However, if he isn't and Summers description of his ability is true, then perhaps he would grow up to be someone truly great. Someone that could do a lot of good. So it would be best if we observed him first."
So here he was now standing in front of the location that Summer had sent on his Scroll Map.
This place didn't look like a fallen village!
It looked more like a fortress.
The walls were tall and made of concrete.
And in front of him was what appeared to be a huge mechanical door.
He also spotted what appeared to be several turrets.
They looked far too chunky. Perhaps an old one? Regardless they seemed to be following every moment.
Hmmm now, that's something...
Reaching back and putting a hand on his weapon didn't seem to change anything.
But when he took out Harbinger then something did change.
There was a blinking red light on each turret that he was sure wasn't there before.
An indication of something?
A warning?
Regardless he had to be careful here.
The metal gate in front of clicked and with and began to slide open with a loud hydraulic hiss.
Still keeping on hand on Harbinger he slowly began to walk in keeping an eye out for anything.
The buildings around him were strange, completely different from any design he had seen before...
And then a fucking Robot was hovering towards him.
He got enough of that from Jimmy already.
"Greetings, May I inquire who you are and your purpose here?" A young voice came front he hovering robot. He knew Summer told him that the kid was young but hearing it himself was another matter. He sounded so young! He couldn't be much older than Yang!
Letting go of Harbinger he relaxed his muscles but didn't let his guard down.
"The names Qrow, Summer said you requested a few pets, she called in a favour, so I get to play mailman." He paused popping the lid of his flask and taking a sip before putting it back. "So, are ya gonna make me stand here all day what?"
"Ah, I see. Very well please follow me." The drone bobbed and began to float away.
With no other choice Qrow began to follow the drone but kept his eye out and he spotted quite a lot of things.
First...
This was definitely a settlement as summer had claimed.
A fallen settlement.
He could see several signs of it.
Though he noticed the odd buildings that stood out.
Particularly looking like the stuff Atlas made.
The high-quality stuff.
He also spotted several other drones like the one he was following that seemed to be working on a building Twisting bolts, welding, hammering,
Summer wasn't joking.
This kid was using robots to break down unusable buildings that were damaged in the Grimm attack that destroyed it and using them for resources...
Holy shit...
This kid... Whoever he was... He wasn't just a Genius... He was the next Professor Hazard. Except the kid's stuff wasn't blowing up...
How the fuck did he build all this?
Even if he was a genius it doesn't make sense that he was able to know so much. Let alone have the practical application to build the ridiculous stuff he was seeing.
Eventually, he was led to a strange building, its feel was like a CCT tower but yet more authoritative... More militaristic.
A door opened automatically and he was led through a long hall into what appeared to be a meeting room of some kind. He had been keeping an eye on the path he had been lead by the bot. Looking around the hallways didn't seem to reveal any traps or cameras that he could recognize, but that made him even more suspicious.
Perhaps he was paranoid. But his gut was telling him that he had to be careful. And his gut had saved him several times.
He was finally lead to a room which looked like something that came out of a comic book laboratory.
And within he saw a kid who seemed to be typing something with several screens around him...
"Come in, come in. Have a seat, would you like some tea or coffee?"
"Have any strong booze? "
The kid looked up from typing and stared at him raising an eyebrow...
"What?"
The kid shook his head.
"I apologize. I do not keep any drinkable alcohol in hand except for diluted Ethanol. Which I do not believe would taste very good."
"No shit." He knew what the boy was talking about...it was the stuff used in the hospitals.
The boy continued as if he didn't even hear him. "But I do remember a hidden cellar in one of the houses that had several bottles of what I assume is likely alcohol...I'll have a strong one brought over."
"Sebas," The kid said turning to the robot which had lead him in. "I want you to go building G3, under it is a Cellar containing various liquids in bottles made of silicon dioxide. I want you to bring me the one which contains the liquid with the highest concentration of ethyl alcohol."
The robot left through the door without a word other than the humming of its thrusters.
"Now then, I believe you said Summer send you? Did she accept my request?"
"Yeah, there here." Qrow but the briefcase on the table.
The kid looked at the briefcase and then at me and raised an eyebrow.
Qrow shrugged. "Don't look at me, one of my friend's semblance allows him to fit several objects into a container which shouldn't be able to hold them at all in the first place."
The kid's eyes widened. "A spacial distortion? So the internal volume is larger within the container?"
"Yeah, doesn't even change its weight either..."
He swore the kid's neck should have snapped from how fast he turned and stares at him like he was told that the world was flat or something. "Of course only he can do it. Once somethings bigger than it is taken out you can't put it back in, only he can."
"A semblance that imitates the Mass Effect? But the only substance that I know that can reduce mass is the Element Zero and even that is something only formed after a Supernova when a sufficiently large star dies. For a semblance to have such an effect... " The kid shook his head breaking out of whatever tirade he was is. "Ah, I apologies. If I may? "
The kid even acted like Dr Hazard. He only now needs to start saying Brilliant or Fantastic occasionally and he'd be a perfect copy. He wasn't sure what exactly the kid was talking about but he had been around enough sciency guys to know the difference between a kid excited to learn science stuff with a semblance that helped him in a mental capacity, and an expert who actually knew his stuff.
This kid he fell into both.
Perhaps he didn't have a mental empowered semblance as ridiculously rare as those were. But until he knew for certain he couldn't cross it out.
He knew his stuff but he also had childish mind.
But just to be sure he was recording this entire conversation so he could show it to Ozpin and see if he is a legit guy or a kid over in his own head... Though considering he build the robot who now just arrived with a booze bottle he's definitely someone who knows his stuff...
But before he gives the case... He had a question...
"What are you gonna use them for?"
The kid looked at him as if he was stupid.
"For experiments duh! What else do you think?"
"Oh? You're going to cut them open?" Just like how you effortlessly popped Tyrians head like a Balloon?
"Of course not!" The kid looked at him with disgust clear on his face. Huh? He was sure his guess was correct. "I'm simply going to place them in a room with several high-speed cameras and sensors to observe them. Why the world would you think I was going to dissect them? I'm not a Biologist. My field of research lies in Robotics and Aviation, I'm merely interested in their flight capabilities. Eagles are one of the fastest birds in the world, owls are the most silent and a Pigeon is a good average." I wish to observe how they fly and see if theirs anything I can use to improve."
Qrow blinked at the complicated answer, and finally pushed the case towards the kid and took the bottle from the Robot who was hovering next to him with a bottle of booze and took a large gulp.
His eyes widened as he lowered the bottle.
"Damn, that's strong stuff." Looking at the label showed why. "Cherry Blossom - 5309. Two centuries... Damn this thing would sell for a damn high price."
The kid had already figured out and taken the three cages out of the briefcase containing the pet birds he had requested of Summer.
"So, whatcha doing here?"
"Hmm?" The kid had gone back to typing after keeping the birds away.
"I'm asking if have a dream kid. What do you want to do when you grow up?"
The boy paused as if thinking for an answer before looking at him...
"I have one goal and its something I'm working towards even now. Not something I'm going to be waiting to accomplish when I grow up. I don't know how long it's going to take so I'm starting it early."
"Oh, and what's that?"
"That... Is a secret." the boy grinned before going back to whatever he was typing. Damn. He was sure he had earned the kids trust...
Where did his cool Uncleness go? Was he not cool anymore? Was he not trendy?
Well.
It seems he has to keep an eye in him a bit longer.
"Alright kid I'm leaving, Take care of yourself alright?"
The kid nodded. From all the things he had seen even if he was a kid, he was far more mature than one.
Someone who had experienced the harshness of the world and come out alive...or one of Salem's agents.
He dearly hoped that was wrong... He did share some damn strong booze with him after all. It'd be a shame if he was with the enemy.
As he walked out towards the exit of the gate guided by the robot he looked around. The scroll that was hidden in his jacket recording everything it can.
Once he was outside and the gates shut behind him he began to walk away and soon was out of sight for any human or normal camera would see he vanished...
And an inconspicuous Crow began to fly above the Village eventually landing on top of one of the buildings...
The Crow might have been inconspicuous... But a spy drone flying high above the clear sky even more inconspicuous than the crow was observing said inconspicuous crow quite carefully, its IR sensors and Cameras locked on to it and it continued to record everything this inconspicuous crow did.
Within the Command centre, a child began chuckling.
Fooling him wasn't easy but I did manage to pull off a decent genius scientist impression if his reactions were anything to go by...my chuckles halted as I looked through my drone feed.
Nice try Qrow...
Honestly, if I hadn't known who you were you might have caught me.
But it seems ill have to complete most of my project indoors for now...
And once he leaves I'm going to have to add a few extra lines to the laser turrets targeting algorithm when building it.
Specifically to shoot down any crows or ravens with extreme prejudice..