The poison in Mizukawa wasn't particularly difficult to deal with.
At least, not for Qingshui.
With a single Delicate Illness Extraction Technique, the toxins were removed from Mizukawa's body.
What was slightly more troublesome were the internal injuries.
The very next day, Qingshui personally performed a minor surgery on Mizukawa, using Medical Ninjutsu to treat most of the relatively manageable internal injuries.
As for the more complicated ones, Qingshui prescribed medication to aid in continued recovery.
Theoretically, a direct cure using medication and Medical Ninjutsu was possible, but it would take several weeks, which was too long.
What Qingshui did would still heal most of the internal injuries, allowing Mizukawa to live for another ten years without issue. If Mizukawa strictly followed the prescribed medication for a year, the injuries could essentially be fully cured.
Hanzo watched with a hint of envy, also wanting Qingshui to help treat the internal injuries he'd accumulated over years of battle, but he didn't speak up.
Mifune had seemingly exchanged the Kusanagi Sword for this treatment, but what about him?
Even as an ally, one would still have to pay a price to have their injuries treated, right?
Not to mention, for ninjas, their own bodies harbored a lot of sensitive information.
Hanzo's own physical condition, the poison sacs within him—all required caution.
And then there was the concern that these medical ninjas might secretly tamper with one's body without them knowing.
Without sufficient trust, no ninja would entrust their body to another.
Hanzo didn't know what price he would have to pay to earn that trust, or whether that trust would be worth it.
Before leaving, Mifune specifically invited Qingshui and Hanzo to attend his general succession ceremony in the Land of Iron three months later.
Even though his physical injuries had mostly recovered and his strength had somewhat returned, he still decided not to remain as general.
At his peak, he was still defeated by Hanzo, and was roughly at the level of a regular Kage-level ninja. Previously, due to old age, physical frailty, and old injuries, his strength had almost dropped below Kage-level, putting him at the bottom tier of Kage-level like Rasa. If a few more years passed, it would be hard to say whether he'd fall out of Kage-level or if his body could even withstand those old injuries.
Now, even after recovering, he believed that Mifune, who was still in his prime, was more suitable to be the general of the Land of Iron.
He had already planned to pass on the position of general to Mifune within the next year or two.
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Marvel Universe.
Watt Manor.
Qingshui was having breakfast with goji berry tea, listening to Watos broadcast the morning news.
"Have they all been sent off?"
During breakfast, Qingshui asked Jorge as he cleared the plates.
"They've all been seen out, but young master, I suggest you exercise some restraint. Even for a Superhero, no matter how good their body is, they still need to take care of themselves."
The butler shrugged.
Last night, Qingshui had hosted a party at his manor to celebrate the successful acquisition of Blizzard.
It was the kind with many female models and actresses for company.
Later, Qingshui had taken seven or eight female celebrities and models into his private rooms and partied all night.
That's why Butler Jorge had added goji berry tea to his breakfast.
"Oh, my body is perfectly fine. I can take on ten special forces soldiers by myself, maybe even more. If I were to compete in the Olympics, I could win ten gold medals. Perhaps I should say, I'd win as many as I compete in. I'm serious."
Qingshui tilted his head, speaking to the resigned butler.
The latter gave Qingshui a look that said, it's your business, and left with the plates.
"Watos, has the Ancient One picked up the phone?"
Qingshui turned to the speaker on the table.
"I apologize, sir, the Ancient One has not responded."
"Alright, leave him a message. He can kick the planners' asses anytime now. If possible, ask him to also beat up the former Blizzard CEO, Dick, who has already resigned. Preferably, have him get into a car accident or an accidental high-altitude fall or something."
"Sir, I must remind you that intentional murder is illegal."
"It's fine, I don't intend to kill him. I just want him to be paraplegic or completely paralyzed, that's all. Anyway, just do as I say."
"Understood, sir. The aforementioned statement has been recorded and sent to the Ancient One."
"By the way, have the items delivered last night been processed?"
"Impurities have been removed using a laser. They are currently in a high-energy reaction heating furnace, awaiting casting. The heating furnace currently has forty-seven percent power remaining."
As Qingshui spoke, he reached the entrance of the underground laboratory and opened the security door.
The first thing that came into view was a slightly disorganized array of equipment, arranged in a specific order, followed by two Electrolight Armors displayed in glass cases.
The Mind Stone Scepter, glowing with a soft blue light, lay quietly on a scanner, the gem-mounted front section already disassembled.
Nearby were several design blueprints that Qingshui had sketched with the help of a panel and Watos.
Further away, a temporary compartment had been set up, separated by insulation. Inside, one could see a high-temperature heating furnace, over three meters tall.
Beside the furnace was a large Arc Reactor, more than a meter in diameter, continuously supplying energy to the furnace.
As for what was being heated inside the furnace, it was Vibranium and some other metals.
Recently, in addition to acquiring Blizzard Entertainment, he had spent a large sum of money to purchase additional Vibranium.
Adding the three ounces he had bought previously, it totaled approximately one and a half pounds.
These metals were placed in various slots within the furnace. All metals except Vibranium had been completely melted.
Among all the metals in the Marvel Universe, Vibranium is undoubtedly one of the top-tier extraordinary metals. Only a few others, like Adamantium and Uru Metal, can compare to it.
In terms of performance, Vibranium is very similar to Promethium from the DC Universe. Both are almost indestructible and possess energy absorption properties.
There are differences, however. For example, Vibranium's density is actually very low, making it very light. Also, compared to Promethium, the energy absorbed by Vibranium is more easily excited and reflected.
To maintain contact with the outside world, Wakanda in Africa sells a limited amount of Vibranium annually. The official price is ten thousand dollars per gram, but these limited quantities are entirely controlled by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Other forces and individual buyers cannot obtain any.
No farsighted government would allow such strategic material to flow freely.
Even with Qingshui's current status, he couldn't simply buy Vibranium at ten thousand dollars per gram. If he wanted to go through official channels, he'd have to use connections to buy from the military. The small amount of Vibranium the United States obtains from Wakanda generally ends up in two places.
One is the military, and the other is NASA.
The price from the military isn't cheap, and it requires favors and comes with limited quantities, which are too small.
Another channel is the African warlord Ulysses Klaue, who also has a small supply flowing out.
However, the quantity would be larger, but the price would be even higher.
Qingshui's previous three ounces were purchased from him.
You could try to trick him, but only if you have the power to do so. Ulysses Klaue is an African warlord, the "local emperor" of the Salva Major Region (a fictional African region similar to Wakanda in Marvel), with significant influence and business dealings with many places around the world.
In that part of Africa, even the top three permanent members of the UN Security Council would find it difficult to eradicate him without paying a huge price.
It wouldn't be worth the effort.
As for other countries and forces, they mostly lack the capability.
Without that capability, Ulysses Klaue wouldn't even be qualified to be in the Vibranium business.
However, processing Vibranium is a challenge.
This material, like Promethium, has a limit to the energy it can absorb. If you apply force exceeding that limit, you can damage Vibranium.
To directly reach this limit with one's own power, a conservative estimate would require at least a Skyfather-level strength.
Qingshui wasn't sure if he could achieve this at full power, but he estimated he was still a bit short.
Unless he could master more powerful magic and then sacrifice more things to multiversal deities like Vishanti for casting.
Or wait until he could significantly unleash the power of the Mind Stone.
For now, he could only use a crude method.
Heat it, slowly.
This heating furnace was his own design, utilizing the oversized Arc Reactor for energy. It irradiated metals with high-energy lasers in different compartments of the furnace, causing them to heat up.
An Arc Reactor, in theory, can achieve an output of three billion joules per second. A palm-sized one can continuously supply power for fifteen minutes at full output.
This is a theoretical value that only Tony Stark can turn into a practical one. The Arc Reactor Qingshui made with nanobots has slightly lower hydrogen saturation than the original, and its energy output design was created by Ivan Vanko after Stark's guidance, so it simply can't reach that theoretical limit.
But it can still achieve over 2.5 billion joules per second.
The Arc Reactor currently powering this furnace is over a meter in diameter, twice the thickness of a standard Arc Reactor, and equipped with four sets of energy output devices. It can output over ten billion joules per second and sustain full-load power for thirty hours.
What does ten billion joules per second mean? Its power generation is roughly equivalent to half of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower station.
Although it only lasts thirty hours while the Three Gorges Dam is permanent, it still demonstrates how astonishingly powerful the Arc Reactor's energy is.
Similarly, this also indirectly proves how difficult it is to melt Vibranium.
This Vibranium had been heating for a full sixteen hours.
Last night before bed, it had already been heating for six or seven hours, just reaching a red-hot state then.
Now, it's mostly melted and ready for casting.
He wondered what kind of black technology Howard Stark used to process Vibranium in the 1940s, with the technology available then, to craft that shield.
The metals in the furnace weren't just Vibranium; there was also a part removed from the Mind Stone Scepter.
The Ancient One's assessment of the Mind Stone Scepter was "mediocre": first-rate materials, second-rate craftsmanship, and second-rate effect. To lower the threshold for using the gem's power, its maximum potential was less than half of the Mind Stone's true capability.
The "first-rate material" referred to the part at the top of the scepter designed to hold the Mind Stone.
It was made of Uru Metal.
The hardness of this metal is not inferior to Vibranium or Adamantium, and it possesses better energy affinity, with a powerful enhancing function for magic and similar things.
Kamar-Taj and Asgard both have mature methods for processing and utilizing Uru Metal.
Top-tier artifacts like the Eye of Agamotto, which holds the Time Stone, Mjolnir, and Stormbreaker, are mostly crafted using Uru Metal as their primary material.
Therefore, melting and processing Uru Metal was actually simpler than Vibranium; he could use other substances as catalysts to accelerate its melting.
He'd gone to all this trouble, of course, to forge a magical artifact of his own.
While the scepter was usable, it didn't align with his fighting style.
Kamar-Taj, with its millennia of heritage, had a wealth of experience in forging magical artifacts from successive Sorcerer Supremes. They had also accumulated some knowledge regarding the use of Infinity Stones.
Qingshui dug up relevant information from the library and consulted Wong, known as the "Magic Encyclopedia," on many related topics before deciding to craft his own artifact.
He had already run simulations in the system panel, and it indeed showed that it could unleash power exceeding that of the Mind Stone Scepter.
Time to get to work.
"Watos, inform Jorge to prepare food for the next three days. During these three days, I am not to be disturbed by anything. If there's an emergency, just tell you directly, and you can relay it to me."
Qingshui rotated his wrist, took off the watch on his left hand, and instructed.
He planned to create two things.
One was an artifact, similar to the Eye of Agamotto, with Uru Metal at its core and a small amount of Vibranium, to better help him utilize the power of the Mind Stone Scepter. The other was a weapon with high armor-piercing capabilities, with a blade forged from Vibranium.
It wasn't that he didn't want to make a set of armor like the White Knight's, plated with Vibranium, but he simply didn't have enough Vibranium. Furthermore, Qingshui's Vibranium processing techniques weren't as refined as Lex Luthor's Promethium expertise.
Molten metal flowed from the laser heating furnace into the mold.
Qingshui stood by, constantly fine-tuning the high-tech mold with robotic arms based on the monitoring data displayed on the computer, while simultaneously using Chakra to cast various spells for assistance.
This was essentially ancient forging, combining high technology and magic.
The molten metal was poured into the mold in batches. When the last drop of metal entered the mold, the final batch of ceramic-based molds immediately covered it for the last step of shaping—Uru Metal and Vibranium were too hard for grinding and processing.
If he wanted to make a weapon with an edge, he had to do it while it was still hot.
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