The 6 guys were working on the project thanks to Dekisugi's guidelines, today they were starting with the base of the structure and as much as it wasn't believed after a friction between the members of the group, the base was beginning to take shape. It was already dusk when part of the structure was done, Dekisugi was assembling one of the motors for the propellers, but it suffered an unexpected failure. "Oh man, this is unexpected"
"What's wrong Dekisugi?" Asks Shizuka who approaches the engine together with Nobita.
"One of the motors that I brought for the propellers suffered a failure." The boy with the glasses looks at the motor for a while, and as if it were an impulse from nowhere, he decides to open his bag, take out a couple of tools and start playing around the engine while the pair continued talking. Seiya and Doraemon approach Dekisugi and Shizuka "If it were a small failure it wouldn't be so serious but, it turns out that we could be left without the engine and since there is a demand in the market for engines, it would be complicated"
"It's true, my father's company has a high demand for engines, I could help with trying to get one but I don't think I could get one for the time we have, but we could make a homemade engine" says the blue-haired boy.
"Wouldn't that take much longer? I wish I could help you with that but I know I can't help you by getting involved in the project" Doraemon says and Shizuka exhales.
"I would like to be able to help with that, although engines aren't my strong point." The girl with the pigtails looks at the pair who were hammering and joining some parts of the base. "What about you guys?"
"My hands are just as tied as Seiya, I'm rich but still when it comes to certain parts, I couldn't even do anything with the money" says Suneo
"It's worse for me, my parents have a bazaar, not a motor store, unfortunately" Gian hammers a little more.
Dekisugi sighs "Then we only have to make a new engine, but if we manage to divide these tasks and the external structure, we can have everything ready in time..." Suddenly, the engine begins to work normally making a sound that calls the everyone's attention, Nobita wipes the sweat from his forehead while taking off his work gloves
"That's it" says the silly boy and notices that everyone is looking at him and then gets nervous "Uuuuuh... I shouldn't have touched that, right?" Dekisugi and Shizuka approach with Seiya, Doraemon exhales smiling because fixing things ignoring the environment was something Nobita did in that steam world.
"Well done Nobita! You managed to repair the engine" Shizuka says with emotion while the pair who were building the base look irritated at that moment where the boy they bother got his moment to stand out without even realizing it. "You saved the team from getting a new engine"
"Impressive, and that was a complicated failure. It still surprises me how good you are at repairing without realizing it." Dekisugi puts a hand on Nobita's shoulder "Good job Nobi."
"Wow, so that's what Dekisugi meant when he told me that Nobita did something unconsciously" The blue-haired boy says while Doraemon nods.
"Yes, sometimes he repairs me when a screw or gear comes out. Although, it would be better if he did it consciously too, it would be better for him in the future" says the blue cat, crossing his arms. Nobita only blushes and scratches the back of his neck because of the praise from his friends, except for the pair behind, well, they were project colleagues, just that.
Dekisugi ends progress for today, so everyone returns to their respective homes to continue progressing with the flying ship. Both the clumsy boy and the blue cat are heading home, Nobita had a bag of cookies while he couldn't stop blushing while hearts came out of his head "Shizuka gave me this bag of cookies for the theater thing, I really love her homemade sweets, especially her cookies" An image of Shizuka giving him the bag of cookies while saying "This is for yesterday, thank you very much Nobita, enjoy them"
"These days are turning out well for me lately" Nobita says looking at the bag of cookies. "It's like for a while my bad luck has taken a vacation for a moment, I just hope forever."
"That's good, but don't also forget the advice of all of us about the matter of Gian and Suneo" Doraemon says while Nobita returns to pensive mode. But when they were about to turn the corner, they see a familiar person standing and leaning on a wall of one of the houses in the neighborhood, it was Seiya, who apparently had not returned home, was sad and looking at the ground. "But if it's Seiya, I thought he had stayed to wait for his sister."
Nobita remembers how the blue-haired boy was crestfallen in class, so putting the bag of cookies in his bag he goes to his classmate "Seiya!" He says to catches the attention of his friend "What are you doing here alone?"
The blue-haired boy just exhales "It's nothing, I didn't want to go home yet, I told Melia I would take a walk instead of going with her on her motorcycle powered"
Seiya's look of sadness couldn't leave Nobita quiet. If there is something that stood out in that boy, it was his concern for the feelings of others, so like the blue-haired boy, the boy with glasses also leans his back next to his side on the wall, Doraemon smiles and does the same next to his best friend "Sorry if I insist but, I saw that you were a little sad throughout the class, compared to your attitude yesterday, I'm a little worried that something happened to you"
"Oh really?" Seiya asks a little confused, as he was still learning to socialize, he wasn't very open to others, at least not enough to open up to others outside of his circle.
Nobita nods and smiles at him "Why not? When we first met, you were kind to me by helping me up after I fell in class, besides helping me clean the classroom, you're even supporting me with this Suneo and Gian thing. You aren't one of those who have looked at me badly in class even with the rumors. I would really like to thank you for this, and also Melia, although well, she isn't here right now."
"It's always nice to return good with good" Says Doraemon
"I know!" Nobita jumps forward and stands in front of the blue-haired boy. "Doraemon and I live near here. Why don't you come to my house for dinner? Of course, if your dad lets you. I would have also liked to invite Melia, but she's not there, so..."
"Did you say dinner?!" Yes, Seiya's twin sister had just arrived on the scene thanks to her powered motorcycle, she could fly thanks to the motor and electromagnetism that she had instead of wheels. Both Nobita and Doraemon let out a loud scream from the recent surprise.
"Melia?! I thought you came home!" Seiya shouts, who was also surprised by the recent appearance of his sister.
The girl jumps off her motorcycle "I was going, but that house is usually empty if dad is busy all day managing the company, so I was walking around the city a couple of times and I saw you guys talking! If we call dad on the phone, surely he won't say no, we had never gone to dinner with a friend, it sounds fun, come on!"
"Yes, come on Seiya, now that Melia is also here I'll be able to return the favor you did me yesterday for the cleaning!" Nobita says smiling like Melia, that in the end only makes the blue-haired boy sigh and he just closes his eyes while he smiles.
"Okay, if we call dad and he gives us permission, we will gladly accept, thank you Nobita"
The boy with glasses is happy while he and Doraemon guide both kids to their house, Melia kept being close to the blue cat due to the fascination she had with mechanics while Seiya talked with the clumsy boy. Elsewhere, another day ended at Suchimu Corp, Olivier was still in the office while drinking a cup of coffee from an old coffee maker, the man's dark circles were more noticeable, since with each passing day, the more pressure he had from his partners in finishing the secret project he had, Mia, his worker, enters his office with a can containing freshly prepared food, she was his most reliable mechanic. Her grandfather, who was a former worker who had retired, had instilled in her everything she knew.
"802 people, 802 and only 4 have approved, three with whom I had no choice, and one who offered because he believed in me... And I still can't find one who can handle the part of the project that is most complicated. The doors are closing, I would like the day to come when the project is finally completed and put into action to finally be with my children because this work is consuming me. But on the other hand, I wouldn't like this project to proceed since that means putting what I love most at risk, but it's more dangerous if Baron Kurai takes advantage of the fact that we have not made any progress." The president just sits in his swivel seat while putting his face on the desk "I will have good luck if this time the subject 803 who was sentenced to death works with the proyect, look at asking a prisoner for help..."
Olivier's desk phone rings and he answers it while he scratches his nose "President of Suchimu Corp. What do you need?" Mia prepares the can of food "Melia? What are you doing calling from an unknown phone?! Where are you?!" Olivier gets up from his chair while he listens attentively, a little worried but then he startles. "Uh? That a friend who is Seiya's classmate invited you two to dinner and you're using the phone in that house?" The president begins to remember something his son said to him the day before.
"I've made friends in the classroom, in fact, I made a blueprint based on the drawing of one of them, his name is Nobita, he's nice like the rest..."
"I see, I remember his friend's name, Seiya told me yesterday, usually I would say no because I'm worried about you being alone with strangers outside of school, home or factory. But, this time I'll pass that, you have permission. But I want you to return home as soon as you have dinner. Ok, I love you and tell your brother to I apologize for yesterday." Olivier closes the call and sits back in his desk chair.
"Every day that pair are already behaving like children again, that's good, sir, 80 and 81 need to interact with other children, they have spent a lot of time locked up at home since that incident that the fact that you told them they would go school made them very happy." Mia smiles as she gives the can of food to her boss
"I know, and that makes me happy, I gave them that permission because I owed it mainly to Seiya for what happened yesterday, that's why I have to finish this project, I feel like I'm already close, for the future of the people who trusted me and most importantly, for my children"
At the Nobi house, Melia hangs up on the old telephone that was near the entrance of the house and smiles "Done, he gave us permission!"
"It's incredible that dad let us stay for dinner, he's usually someone a little restrictive, but I appreciate it" Seiya says relieved but at the same time surprised, Nobita and Doraemon were next to them.
"I'm glad that mom prepared enough food for us, she was surprised to hear that I invited you to dinner." The silly boy also says relieved, to which Tamako leaves the kitchen wiping her hands on her apron.
"Dinner is ready children, please come in and be welcome again" says Mr. Nobi smiling "Nobita, wash your hands before going to the table, I already know you and I always have to remind you!" The boy with the glasses only exhales tiredly but still agrees to wash, Doraemon smiles fondly but Tamako looks at him raising her eyebrow "You too Doraemon, you're another one who forget that!"
The robot cat is startled and runs after Nobita towards the bathroom. In a while, Nobisuke, Tamako, Nobita, Doraemon and the twins were having dinner in a warm atmosphere. In the large Hirano house, there were employees who cleaned and cooked for the pair, since the president usually spent more time in his factory and it wasn't common to see the three of them eating together. Which for Seiya and Melia, the homely atmosphere of the Nobi house felt very pleasant. After eating, the pair say goodbye to Nobita's parents and leave so they can go home.
"Thank you for inviting us to dinner, Nobita, the food your mother makes is delicious" Seiya says smiling.
"Yes, it was very nice to be surrounded by a lively atmosphere, usually there are only two of us and the workers at our house prepare everything for us, but here it felt very good" Melia says, scratching her arm.
"It was nothing, I think you both needed it" Nobita says also smiling.
"Umm... Nobita... Seriously... Thank you" The blue-haired boy scratches the back of his neck "Yesterday, I tried to talk to my father in his office about how my first day at school went, but he couldn't stay since he is very involved in his work, I would like to be able to say more about what has him busier than before but, that is confidential But... Thank you for caring about how I was feeling, I was a little depressed because of yesterday because we don't usually spend much time with dad."
"So that was it. I imagine you must have felt ignored, or rather both" Nobita says, feeling sorry for his friend.
"Yes, but we're already used to it. If we could tell you everything, believe me we would, we really like you. But you know: confidential" Melia says as she gets on her motorcycle as she begins to levitate.
"I understand the confidentiality, especially with the fact that Baron Kurai is doing his thing" Doraemon says. "And what about your mother?"
"She decided to go to another city, she left us with dad, she didn't feel comfortable with the pace of life he was leading" Seiya says to which Doraemon and Nobita startle.
"Oh, excuse me then for asking that" says the blue cat, a little embarrassed.
"It's okay" Melia says "Again, thanks for the food, see you tomorrow at school"
"See you tomorrow guys" Nobita says, waving goodbye just like Doraemon.
"See you tomorrow Nobita, thank you for everything, I really needed a break like this" Seiya says goodbye, gets in after Melia and they both fly back home "The truth is, I couldn't help but be honest with him, now I understand more the reason that Shizuka and Dekisugi are his friends, it's a shame that not everyone sees him that way because of that pair, I wish I could do something for him."
"I can still use my confetti machine modified with hot sauce for bullies" Melia flashes a mischievous smile as she drives
"...I'm going to add it to my (Possibly) list" Seiya says with a knowing smile.
"GOOD!" The black-haired girl says out loud "By the way, dad said he's sorry about yesterday."
Seiya is startled to hear that even though his father was busy, he had heard part of what she was telling him and that made him feel somewhat good.
Everything was relatively calm in Sutirushiti... Although, in the depths of the city, exactly in an underground part, a black building from which smog was coming out everywhere had some mechanics working en masse, mechanical robots and inventors, a considerable number of airships were being created and in the black building, exactly on the sixth floor, there was a dark vintage office, there was a large armchair where someone was sitting, it was someone with a samurai-style metal armor with gears.
Yes, it was Baron Kurai who at that moment wasn't wearing the helmet that hid his identity, he was cleaning the large katana that he made himself. "I think I need to remake the blade, it's already rusting." You couldn't see the man's face in that moment, but you could see that he had a small gray beard on his almost rectangular chin while he moved his lips, but you could tell that this scientist seemed to be past middle age. At that precise moment, a beautiful mechanical woman with an hourglass body wearing a white blouse, a black and red vest, black pants and gloves, red boots with heels, black hair tied up like a pompom, and red lipstick-painted lips enters the office approaching the baron.
"It's been a long time since we made any noise, boss. Do you already have a target in mind? Chaos is calling me and I still can't pick up the phone" says the woman in a charming voice.
"Don't worry Katami, we're not far from our big blow, but for now we can continue causing small doses of chaos until we weaken Sutirushiti enough and take it over. And yes..."
The baron turns to see a board where there were already marked targets from the previous attacks and one unmarked "According to an insider, within the end of the month, a big prey from Suchimu Corp will go, I would like to hire him so to speak since he has important information about mechanical prosthetics that would benefit us. So we will bring it here while we cause chaos there, I'll go personally by the end of the month"
The new objective was the presentation of a particular project, the scene shows a photo of the large hall that is near the school, all while the baron laughs along with his mechanics.
