The moment Saitama appeared carrying Mitsumi in his arms, he paused at the specialized dual chair that was presented to him to sit in. Tacki had insisted on it to ensure that Mitsumi was always in his arms no matter what.
"Really?" Saitama asked.
"Yes," Tacki nodded. A small table was set up for them, and Overgrown Rover was quick to jump into Saitama's lap the moment he sat down with Mitsumi settled with him. It mouthed at Saitama's hand to carefully position it onto her belly before pressing into them both.
"I told it to do this as much as possible," Saitama said. "Also, if anyone keeps me away from her at any point in time, I will not hesitate to slap. You all have been warned. It's proven that my touch MUST be on her as much as possible. Don't keep me away from her. At all."
"Got it," Garou nodded from where he sat with Lily.
"Figured that out," Zenchu chuckled with Wind Crane nodding.
"Lady Mitsumi, I have something to tell you," Shenjou said when he walked over. "It's a bit important."
"Oh?" she smiled and got kissed by Saitama before looking at Shenjou to nod. Stable Rock moved to rest under the chair easily and grunted loudly. Bright Bolt was eating some fruits and vegetables from a raised bowl. Blue Ripple sniffed at his bowl of elegantly fileted and grilled fish. Then he looked at Mitsumi before nudging the bowl to her. He looked at the bowl and back at her expectantly. "What is it, Blue Ripple?"
"Um…can you feed me?" he asked and snuggled her with a heavy purr.
"So cute!" she giggled and was handed a fork by Tacki to start doing just that. Saitama sighed and found himself laughing at her happiness. Overgrown Rover huffed and kept its body firmly pressed against Saitama's hand.
"Anyways," Shenjou chuckled. "I recalled how Stable Rock had to strengthen the building foundations. I decided to lightly excavate underground to find out why that was so."
"I was wondering why you didn't join us in the hot springs," Rendor mused.
"Right. Lady Mitsumi, there is a Wind Crane Clan temple underneath us!" Shenjou said with a touch of excitement.
"What?!" Mitsumi gaped.
"It's not directly under this building, but the water actually seems to spring up a short ways away from it. I saw crane statues in a chamber when I found another cave nearby. I had to let you know," Shenjou chuckled.
"I must see for myself before I allow my daughter to visit it," Wind Crane said. She stood up tall and looked at Zenchu. He nodded and shadow phased away and back with her feather dress. She was currently in a large robe for now, but she knew she had to be ready to check into this important place now.
"Wait," Inichi said and frowned. "I'm getting something…"
"Oh? Hmm. You're right. We need to speak with the owners of this place. And we need to do this now. Mitsumi, you remember how renovations were going to be done? It was to find the temple. Or protect it. The owner of this place has a big secret. We must glean it now," Blue Ripple said calmly.
"I'm calling Sweet Mask to us," Inichi said. "He's on his way."
"Saitama…" Mitsumi frowned and got squeezed by him.
"Hmm. Oh. Can we get the guy with the flying robots to follow you? This way we can get television footage here on what's found?" Saitama asked.
"I can do that!" Metal Knight said from where his robot was hovering close by. "Genos! Child Emperor! Can you set up a television?"
"On it!" Child Emperor said and jumped up to help.
"I shall locate a portable television now!" Genos said and squeezed Kamiko before rising up to help.
"What's going on?" Stitch asked when he walked in with Sweet Mask and the board members. Tajima blinked with curiosity and found herself kept close to Sweet Mask's side.
"A hidden, sacred structure to the Wind Crane Clan is below this building. I need to see what it is all about," Wind Crane said calmly. "I will not allow my daughter to check into this. I am right here. I shall look for myself."
"Why?" the first board member asked.
"I am Wind Crane. I am the clan founder. Mitsumi is my last surviving daughter of my clan. I will not allow her to come to any danger," Wind Crane said with a small glare of her bright blue eyes. "I shall personally inspect this underground temple and insist on answers if it is true."
"We'll need to talk to the owners of this place and see if they knew," Zenchu said and escorted Wind Crane to a back corner. Mitsumi let her fans shield over Wind Crane to let her dress back into her feathers. Fire Flight mused at something and rose up to walk over.
"I shall accompany her. To help give light," Fire Flight chuckled and nodded. "It will be best."
"How's my son?" Saitama asked her.
"He is well and calm. Keep him like this for no issues," Fire Flight said.
"What's this?" Sweet Mask asked.
"Oh. It's finally confirmed that Mitsumi is pregnant. With my son," Saitama said. "And if I don't touch her within ten minutes, her body goes nuts in a very bad way. So, yeah. She's with me everywhere. And I will slap whoever keeps me from her. There. You've all been warned."
"She's pregnant?" the first board member asked. The other three board members looked at each with a bit of knowing smiles.
"Yes. And I know you all want her to get legally married to me to have her help with funding," Saitama said with a touch of boredom. "We'll discuss it later. She needs to eat now. She got really sick when I wasn't with her earlier. She wanted to see if me being close to her like this was always needed. And it is."
"Speaking of marriage, I need you to sign a document for me," Rendor said and walked over to take a rolled parchment out of a protective tube. Mitsumi blinked at this and looked at Saitama. Rendor chuckled and said, "You don't need to read this."
"No. I do. Mitsumi told me to read contracts now to make sure nothing is wrong. And this is…for marriage?!" Saitama gaped on reading the first sentence.
"Well…yes…" Rendor said with a small, sheepish grin. "We figured you can sign the paperwork now to get things legally binding. The ceremony can happen later for public viewing."
"I…wow…" Mitsumi blinked at what she was reading.
"Whoever wants to sign as witnesses to this, make a line," Rendor said. "I already signed it with Tatsi."
"I see that…" Mitsumi said with a soft blush at the signatures.
"I have an idea. I don't want to sign this yet. How fast can we make this look like a wedding chair?" Saitama asked Tacki. "Or put up something resembling wedding decorations?"
"Oh! No time at all with the right stuff!" Tacki beamed.
"Good. I can't leave Mitsumi's side. At all. We have the legal paper here. Genos, let's live stream this. We can dress in something now and just do the small wedding thing now," Saitama said.
"Um…should I wear the traditional wedding gown?" Mitsumi smiled.
"Eh…I don't want to show that dress off, actually. People may get ideas to steal it. That's an important dress. It's ancient. One of a kind. As beautiful as you are in it, I don't want that dress design copied," Saitama said seriously. "But, you can wear a fan dancing outfit that looks like a wedding dress. I have my performance costume. Inichi can get that to us easily. So, let's plan to do this tonight. Still a bit of a full moon. We have a lot of heroes and association people here. We can do this."
"I will advise to wait until sunset. Even before dinner. This will allow us time to prepare and get certain needs met," Inichi said. "I know Orotsu will want to do a wedding cake of sorts."
"Oh! Huh. Okay," Saitama nodded.
"And…you know something else? If promised couples sign their names next to each other as witnesses…maybe this document can also be a bit of a wedding vow to them, too?" Mitsumi asked with a small smile.
"Ah…!" Fubuki blinked at the idea. Tsuruga looked at Tanktop Girl with a small grin. Kamiko found herself blushing at Genos's look of agreeable surprise. Sweet Mask caught Tajima glancing at him with a small blush. He mouthed to her that he would think about it.
"Rendor, is it, eh, easy to alter around where we sign?" Kamikaze asked.
"Tatsi and I did sign next to each other. So…it is something I can do," Rendor agreed. "Unless we all want our own documents?"
"Nah. This is fine," Tatsumaki chuckled and floated over to him to get squeezed. "Does this mean we're married now?"
"Not until Lady Mitsumi and Saitama sign it. We have some decorating to do!" Rendor said with a grin and let her kiss him. "However, I will make an area for main witnesses. Partnered witnesses will sign where we already signed."
"Awesome!" Fumio grinned and Black Sperm cheered.
"Kamiko, come and sign this with me now," Genos said. "I do want our signatures on the document. Everything will be binding when Master Saitama and Miss Mitsumi sign it."
"Really?" Kamiko asked softly.
"Yes," Genos chuckled and easily supported her tackling hug. "I love you, Kamiko. I am very glad I did not attack you that night."
"I love you, too, Genos. I'm also glad you found it beneath me to date an idiot," she grinned and squeaked at his squeeze to her form.
"A question," Suiryu asked when he walked over in his robe.
"What?" Saitama asked.
"Can we leave some blank spots for future signatures?" Suiryu asked.
"Ah! In case you find someone?" Mitsumi smiled.
"Yeah. Or any others, really," Suiryu nodded.
"Hmm. Maybe. We'll see how much room we have," Saitama nodded.
"I get to be part of a wedding?! How beautiful!" Puri-Puri Prisoner beamed in his pink, fluffy robe.
"You sign where the board members sign," Kamikaze grunted. "I'll be watching where you sign your name."
"Oh, please! I wouldn't dream of doing anything wrong! I vow as a hero!" Puri-Puri Prisoner puffed up. Superalloy made plans to sign in an area that would be hard for a signature to be put next to his. Tanktop Master and Bane had the same idea. Tsuruga glanced over and rested his muzzle on top of Tanktop Girl's head. Then he mumbled in her ear.
"Really?" she blinked at him. He nodded and had her go with him to sign the parchment side-by-side to each other.
"I feel better," he muttered lightly to her.
"I see why," Tanktop Girl chuckled. Tanktop Master blinked from where he watched everything, but he also found himself pleased by this.
"Do you plan to try for kids?" Tanktop Master asked.
"Huh? Ah…probably not," Tanktop Girl chuckled.
"It's up to her," Tsuruga grinned lightly and let her lead him back to where they were sitting down.
"I shall request to sign the document discreetly with Siren," Metal Knight said from his hovering robot.
"That's fine," Mitsumi nodded with agreement.
"Also, I did send some robots to excavate carefully to widen the way. Something is…very amiss," he warned. Inichi looked at the hovering robot now and started to scan what he could in his human form. Wind Crane looked at Zenchu after she fully dressed and moved with him to sign the parchment next. Garou and Lily were right after them. Fire Flight was soon guiding Shenjou to sign with him shortly after the others finished.
"Let me scout with them. You stay here with Lady Mitsumi to help her," Garou said to Lily. She nodded and let him kiss her heavily before moving out with them. Stable Rock now glanced over from where the small group left and focused. Then he looked at Saitama to nuzzle his leg.
"What?" Saitama asked.
"Want to…check it…out?" Stable Rock asked.
"Wind Crane Clan Mother wanted to see it first," Mitsumi frowned.
"We can…go…" he snorted and moved to show he wanted them to follow.
"Why?" Saitama asked. Then he blinked at the mental poke at what was talked about before. "OH! Ah…yeah! And you are a GOD monster, too, so we'll be safe! Okay. We'll go with them."
"Saitama?" Mitsumi blinked when he gathered her up to lift her into his arms with Overgrown Rover.
"Treasure room…" Saitama mumbled in her ear to get her giggling.
"Want me to come with you?" Lily asked.
"I could use your help here, actually," Tacki beamed. "Wedding room setup! I need all the help I can get!"
"Okay," Lily chuckled.
"Let's…go…" Stable Rock urged again.
"I'm going, too!" Bright Bolt snorted and looked at Blue Ripple. "Just grow your legs out and come on!"
"What?!" Blue Ripple growled.
"Stop it," Mitsumi said and sighed with a shake of her head. "It's up to him to do that. I can carry him just fine."
"Not in a cave!" Bright Bolt said. "He needs legs!"
"Do you want to be carried?" Saitama asked Blue Ripple.
"I will douse you with water later!" Blue Ripple grunted and changed his flippers into legs. Now he seemed to muster along behind them on his short, stubby legs with his paddle-like tail of an eel waving back and forth behind him. Those that didn't see him like this just gasped with a form of awe. He had the movements of a crocodilian in full this way.
"You do look really cute like that! Just so you know," Mitsumi giggled at him. Now Blue Ripple blinked his milk-white gaze at that thought.
"I thought your eyes would glow like the others," Saitama said.
"They could. I prefer not to. It gives me away," Blue Ripple snorted and sighed. "I'm just not used to walking for so long."
"You have to get used to it," Bright Bolt said. "May as well start now."
"If you get tired, I'll carry you," Mitsumi offered.
"Okay," Blue Ripple sighed again. Inichi and Fubuki were signing the document now with Tacki and Kamikaze waiting after them. Kianna nudged King with a smile, and he found himself moving to do the same.
"Wait! I need the fans. If we're going out to visit a temple, I know we'll need them," Mitsumi said. Blue Ripple sent a thought to Wind Crane and had his own fans join hers to swirl around them. Inichi was able to send over the fan belts in case they were needed. For now, though, Mitsumi could only hold onto the belts as her robe was too bulky to put them on.
"Sooo…where are we going?" Saitama asked. "And I'm still in a robe. So is Mitsumi. Should we get dressed?"
"No…" Stable Rock snorted. Then he focused to grow large enough for the two of them to ride on his shell. "Get on…now…"
"Oh!" Mitsumi blinked and realized Saitama was already doing that. Bright Bolt and Blue Ripple were able to snuggle into their arms with Overgrown Rover. Then her fans settled like butterflies all over Stable Rock's shell neatly.
"I am…earth…itself…" Stable Rock grunted and focused to simply disappear into the earth with his passengers. They found themselves in a large, cavernous place now. "Bright Bolt…can you…make…light…?"
"Yep!" Bright Bolt nodded and focused for his antlers to glow. Small sparks that resembled fireflies now swirled around them to light up the entire cave system.
"Wow…" Mitsumi breathed at the sight of the large crane statues that lined the walls. A glowing fire soon lit up the old oil lamps to reveal Fire Flight, Shenjou, Wind Crane, Zenchu and Garou joining them. Bright Bolt still had the small sparks out to ensure there was enough light just in case.
"How did you get here before us?!" Zenchu blinked.
"How…do you…think…?" Stable Rock snorted and grinned.
"I have no idea how he even has the ability to think," Garou said to get Mitsumi coughing out laughter. Zenchu glared at his brother with scowl.
"I don't recall this place," Wind Crane mused. "We do need more air here. The tunnel reach is just beyond the building structure."
"Hmm…" Stable Rock snorted and glanced up at the ceiling to focus. Small holes formed neatly at various points to keep from being too obvious. The fresh air and sunlight quickly lightened the cavern up. "They will…seal…when we…leave…"
"Good to know," Saitama nodded. "Um…what is this place?"
"A place of offering. And it was used recently," Fire Flight said and pointed at an altar to Wind Crane. "The ashes of incense are a day old."
"Do you think we have a clan member here? Perhaps a grandchild descendant?" Mitsumi asked. "It would be the only way."
"You would think," Wind Crane nodded. Then she turned to see a woman running at them at full speed with a broom in her hands. "Stop! I am Wind Crane! The founder of the Wind Crane Clan!"
"What?!" the woman found herself stopping with shock. Now Wind Crane hunkered down under her feathers to become her crane monster form and clacked her beak. She definitely matched the statue carvings around them to show she was who she claimed to be. The woman burst into tears of complete relief.
"Hey," Mitsumi said and managed to move off of Stable Rock's shell to approach her with Saitama. "Even though I am Fan Dancer in the Hero Association, I am also the last true Wind Crane Clan assassin. Wind Crane Clan Mother is who says she is in full. I even have all of the fans! See?"
"You do?! Oh! I thought…this place was under attack again…" the woman sniffled and shivered. Then she blinked at the Wind Crane Clan fans that floated off of Stable Rock's shell to swirl around the chamber protectively. Blue Ripple's fans soon joined them. Now Wind Crane looked at Zenchu with a tilt of her head.
"Again?" Zenchu frowned.
"What would attack this place?" Garou frowned. "Who would even try?"
"We need to find out," Shenjou said.
"Please do!" the woman begged. "My great-great-grandmother made her family vow to protect this place. Against all odds. It has fallen to me and whoever else remains, but mainly me and my husband. It was why we made the retreat here. As much as I knew this place could be compromised, the resort sort of helped keep the land from being lived on. My husband and I have kept this secret for so long. And with the land getting weaker from the hot springs…"
"No. That was…fixed…by me…" Stable Rock nodded. "Where…is…the intruder…?"
"You helped the land?! Oh, thank you! Yes! It's someone that comes by now and then to try and steal things. Then sells them. I've been secretly buying them back when I found them. I've lost so much money…" the woman winced.
"Tell me how much. I will reimburse you and then some. I am also Mitsumi Takashi. I will help you revitalize your funds," Mitsumi nodded. "As you are also a member of the Wind Crane Clan in lineage, you will be protected by me in full. I bet you can also learn how to use fans, too!"
"I always wanted to learn," she smiled. Wind Crane looked her over and clacked her beak with full agreement.
"Done! I plan to build a dojo to teach those that are willing," Mitsumi beamed. "What is your name?"
"Imai Kasumi," the black haired woman said and blinked her green eyes at them. Despite the housekeeping clothing she wore, she looked rather fit from everything she did around the location to keep things running.
"Do you own these lands?" Mitsumi asked.
"Not all of it. My husband and I have been trying to purchase it all," Imai frowned and shook her head.
"Good. I'll buy whatever is left and give you the deeds to keep protecting it," Mitsumi nodded. "Or I can own it as a joint protection standpoint. I could even make a small house on the land, too, to ensure that. If you don't mind, then it can be done easily. What do you think?"
"Ah! You would…?!" Imai gaped. "I mean…we'd have to find out how large this place is…but you'd buy all of this land?!"
"It's Wind Crane Clan property. We'll get it done and set up security. Building a small house near here will help, and we can be neighbors when we're around," Saitama nodded. "So, what's all in here?"
"It was mainly a secret training ground for new assassins. Or those that wanted to become assassins. Up ahead is a room filled with traps. I never went in there. I wouldn't even know how anything works. I don't even know how to open the doors," Imai shrugged and finally stood up. "But the intruder…he plans to show up again! Tonight! And I know he's been trying to open the doors, too!"
"The Secret Skins!" Mitsumi blinked on the connection.
"Only shows up around dinnertime. Like Inichi said…" Zenchu frowned. "What all was stolen before?"
"Just some very rare artifacts. Clothing, weapons and other odd things. A fan set was hidden here, too, but he stole that. It was set above the altar. It was the first thing stolen! And you got it back?" Imai asked.
"The collector! He had a fan set sealed in his home! The thief got in here and gave it to that one to keep it from us!" Mitsumi blinked at the connection.
"And this one is a benefactor for the Hero Association. But not after tonight," Zenchu grinned wickedly. "Rather interesting how loop holes are coming together, eh?"
"And we'll tie the knots up," Saitama shrugged. "So, this place is a training ground? Hey. Stable Rock. Think we can make a secret room past it?"
"Oh…" Stable Rock mused and turned to lumber at where the main doors to the training room were. Two large, magnificently carved cranes decorated the doors to show the room was highly valued and cherished. He sniffed around and focused for the doors to open up for him by manipulating the locks. Then a slab of rock came up to block an arrow trap from launching at him. "Funny…!"
"That's not right. For a trap to just launch on the door opening?" Saitama frowned. "Eh. I'll walk in first."
"Are you sure?" Mitsumi frowned.
"You're pregnant with my son. I can't get hurt. I'll walk in and check it out," Saitama insisted and pressed a loving kiss to her mouth. "Oh. Crap. I'm wearing a robe. Eh…Tacki can fix it if it gets damaged."
"I told you we should have gotten dressed!" Mitsumi sighed.
"Eh…I'm not worried. Just stay here. I'll jump back over at the five minute mark. Doggy, stay with her," Saitama said and placed her on Stable Rock's back. Overgrown Rover huffed and jumped up to Mitsumi to snuggle and lick her cheek. Then it whined at Saitama to argue with him. "Not now, doggy. Wait until I get back, okay? Then I'll try to understand you."
It huffed and yapped with disagreement to get him rolling his eyes at it. Mitsumi laughed and pet the tiny monster dog to appease it. Bright Bolt mused at something and trotted over to Saitama. "I'm walking in with you."
"Why?" Saitama blinked at him.
"I want to test something," Bright Bolt said. He grew larger to be up to Saitama's waist and snorted before following him in. "Electricity is known to cause static. Static can be a bit of a magnet. That arrow trap had metal in it, so I want to see if my static can throw off the traps that try to hit you. Like a static shield. If it works, I can protect Mitsumi even better."
"Oh! Heh! Okay!" Saitama grinned and scratched between his antlers. "Hmm. Not much light in here. I guess that's part of the training to attack in dark spaces. I guess I just…walk straight ahead?"
"No idea," Bright Bolt snorted and activated his static shielding. Several arrows launched out and got deflected. Saitama did catch one of them to study it later. Bright Bolt was surprised at that. "You caught that?!"
"Yeah. It's easy now," he shrugged and kept walking. He found himself leaping over a sensation that the floor was shifting to show a small spike trap almost got him. He just kept walking and paused at the feel of a bear trap closing on his ankle. Kinda weak for traps, but this is a training room for new assassins. It's meant to spook. Not hurt. He shook the broken trap off and continued to walk. They got to the end of the room and found a lever. "I think if I pull this…"
"Something might happen?" Bright Bolt snickered. Saitama carefully pulled the ancient lever down. The wall shifted on his left to reveal a chamber. He was able to walk into it, and he paused at the sight of a skeletal figure in an old Wind Crane Clan dress on a raised slab of rock. There was a scroll in the hands of the skeletal woman, and Bright Bolt was quick to call for Wind Crane.
The moment Wind Crane stepped her body into the training room, she felt a sensation of elated peace encompass her. None of the traps sprung open. Mitsumi was brought with her to keep her safe, and Saitama was quick to jump onto Stable Rock's shell to join her and hug her tight. She sighed with intense relief to show he almost hit his time limit away from her. Overgrown Rover even snatched up his hand to press into her belly securely to show the need to touch was intense.
"Babe? Who is this?" Zenchu asked when he shadow phased in. Wind Crane became her human form and gently took the scroll from the protective skeletal clutches. Fire Flight and Shenjou were quick to join her, and a flame of light was produced. Wind Crane read the scroll and found herself gasping with shock. As well as intense horror.
"What is it?!" Garou asked on seeing her response when he walked in.
"This came from the last leader of the Wind Crane Clan!" Wind Crane winced with pain. "This scroll is the order to disperse the clan. To hide and die out peacefully. To make the clan no more. I tried to reach them! I tried to have them hear me when my fans were last together! She locked herself here knowing that she committed herself to death for having no daughters or heirs to her fans! I have so much sorrow on reading this…!"
"Hey," Zenchu said and found himself hugging her sobbing form.
"I…tried to…!" she gasped and couldn't stop the grief that came forth now.
"You have Mitsumi now. That written order is now forgotten. We need to make a new ruling for the clan," Blue Ripple said when he walked over to show his support. "We will do this the moment we get home."
"I don't think anyone knew she was in here, either," Mitsumi frowned sadly.
"No. She did this in secret. Her scroll states this. She felt that she failed the clan. She told others that she was moving away, but instead she came here. She locked herself in. She had her fans set up as a silent guard, but after she died…they simply slept," Wind Crane shook her head. The fan set spoken of floated over to Mitsumi to let her hug them.
"You were placed here and forgotten. Stolen away when found. Captured to be kept away. Now you're free with me to help us. Thank you," Mitsumi said softly. The fans vibrated to show they were pleased and happy to help. "I shudder with horror that she let herself starve to death. Such a cruel fate to die with!"
"No. She killed herself when she knew what was happening. Look where her heart would have been in the body. There's a knife. She ended her own life when the suffering was too much," Shenjou grimaced and pointed to the crane dagger that lay within the skeletal ribs. "This dress is ruined from the blood all through it."
"Tacki should see this dress, though. It's different," Mitsumi admitted.
"It is the garment of a leader of the clan. You see how the collar is formed with small spines to cradle the neckline? It's much like Saitama's new cape design, too. Wait…oh! It can hold my longest feathers easily! You need this dress, my daughter! As the new leader of the clan, this is something you must have at all times.
"As for this poor daughter of mine, we should bury her with honor. I shall hold the scroll with me, as it is priceless and a form of knowledge. We shall rise above this tragedy with joy that the clan will not need to end," Wind Crane nodded. Imai was now guided into the chamber to see the old body. She was told of the new plans. She was overjoyed that the clan was going to come back to life.
"There's a small hill a mile away that's around this temple. I haven't bought the land there yet. Get it! Build a house!" Imai said. "I'll show you all the land around here from a map I made."
"Where can we bury her?" Mitsumi asked.
"I have…an idea…" Stable Rock mused and looked at the floor below the slab of rock the body was resting on. He focused for a new chamber to appear below the floor. "Bury her…there. This place…will become…a treasure room. Her body…will guard…the treasure…in peace. A hidden…sacred…artifact…of trust…and loyalty. Let her…hold…the dagger…too. That…is a…rare…and ancient…artifact…as well…"
"We need the dress. Unless we can…ah! Inichi will show the image of the dress to Genos. He's sketching it out for Tacki to recreate it right now. We'll…need some feathers," Garou said from what he was getting mentally.
"That is fine. I can assist after the dress is ready for them," Wind Crane nodded. At the sight of Metal Knight's hovering robot appearing, Mitsumi knew the others wanted to see the inside of the temple.
"Is a television ready?" Saitama asked.
"It is. I have been showing the interior to them now. The night vision in this drone is also activated to reveal this chamber. Who's body is this?" Metal Knight asked at the sight of the skeletal figure on the slab of rock. It was now explained who the deceased woman was and the plans that were to be set in motion. "Let me know what security needs can be provided. That will be easy for me to do. I can also have the house built as another way to travel underground in secret. That's not a problem."
"Good. Anyways, I'm starting to get hungry. Let's bury this woman, make the treasure room and head back out," Saitama nodded. "And I want to know if that Secret Skins thing tries to get in here again."
"I…will know…personally…" Stable Rock grunted and watched Blue Ripple carefully levitate the old body to rest in the new lower chamber. He wanted no one to touch the body, and he made sure the dress was viewed in full before resting the old dagger over it. Tacki already wanted to recreate the dagger, too, as it was something a clan leader would have carried.
"I don't know if we can get a mold of the dagger," Mitsumi frowned at what Tacki wanted to do from the mental conversation.
"Hmm…I shall…try something…" Stable Rock mused. "Put…the weapon…on the floor…"
"Oh?" Blue Ripple asked and levitated it to do just that. Stable Rock focused for a slab of soft clay to rise up from the ground and surround the dagger. Then he focused to split it apart. He had the dagger moved to set back with the body for safety, and he focused on his shell for a stream of gold to easily pour into the clay mold. A small hole was made after it was fitted together to fill the rest of the mold up.
"That's so cool!" Saitama gaped with excitement.
"Fire Flight…can you…heat…and solidify? Then…Blue Ripple…can cool…everything…" Stable Rock nodded. This was now done, and Saitama easily broke away the clay to reveal the new dagger. "Good! Tacki…can decorate…this…with my…stones…"
"And buff it up, too," Garou said with a small grin.
"There are a few things that must be made that a clan leader would hold. I shall give over all the details," Wind Crane nodded. Now they watched Stable Rock have Saitama and Mitsumi move off him so he could climb onto the elevated slab. He got a bit larger and focused to let even more gems appear to encrust over his shell in various sizes and types. That got Saitama's jaw to drop.
"The larger you get…the more gems…?!" Saitama asked with fascination.
"Yes…" Stable Rock snickered and let the wealth fall from him in waves. Now he had clay blocks appear and formed them into smaller hollow squares. These were filled with gold from his shell to make gold bricks after they set.
"That is absolutely insane!" Zenchu blinked with shock.
"And…all…belong…to my…owners…" Stable Rock snorted. He had Saitama free all the bricks to stack in various places. "Some will…be given…to the one…that works…with my…stones…"
"For Tacki to make jewelry. I get that," Mitsumi nodded.
"I will…come back…later…to place…more…in…" Stable Rock said while he shrunk smaller and lumbered off the slab. The floor now had a good foot of loose gems and golden bricks all over it. "I am…not done…with this…place. I want…to catch…the intruder…first. Then…we come…back."
"This is…wow…" Imai blinked at the sight. Mitsumi picked up a large sapphire to hand to her.
"For you to help replace some funds," Mitsumi winked and got hugged tight.
"Give…a brick…" Stable Rock said to Saitama for a brick of gold to be given over. "We should…leave…"
"Okay…" Imai could only shiver with excitement now. That thief is going to be so in for it! I know when he arrives, too! The moment I see his car show up, I'll inform them all. My great-great-grandmother's legacy will finally be preserved and brought back to life. I'll inform the family the moment it's all in motion to see if they want to help.
