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Chapter 46 - Chapter 46 – The Cost of Creation

To create anything with the Reality Stone, I had to understand something fundamental—something the movies never bothered to explain, but the actual stone made painfully clear:

Creation requires knowledge.Creation requires energy.Creation demands a price.

Understanding Matter

The Reality Stone didn't work like some omnipotent "make‑anything" button.

It demanded precision.

If I wanted to create even a simple metal bar, I had to understand:

Its molecular structure

How the atoms bonded

The exact lattice arrangement

Its density

Its impurities

Its atomic weight

If my mental schema was even slightly off, the Stone refused to work—or worse, produced a malformed substance that destabilized within seconds.

Even with the mind of Rick Prime, it was… taxing.

The Price: Energy and Life

Every attempt at creation drained my physical energy, not my chakra, not my magic—my actual stamina.

As if I were manually building the object myself using raw vitality.

Creating a small metal sphere left me sweating.

Creating a complex alloy knocked the breath out of me.

Creating anything larger than my hand made my muscles tremble.

And if my physical energy ever hit zero—

The Reality Stone would start feeding on my life force.

I felt it during the third test.

A faint corrosive pull in my bones.My heartbeat slowing.My breath growing cold.

That was the stone's nature:You get what you want—but you pay with your life if you're careless.

My Advantage: The Uzumaki Bloodline

Thankfully, I had one gigantic advantage:

The Uzumaki bloodline.

It gave me:

Massive vitality

Huge life force reserves

Rapid regeneration

Insane stamina

The perfect complement for wielding the Reality Stone long‑term.

Even so, I wasn't reckless.

I could create nearly anything…But only in small pieces.Only if I understood it.And only if I was willing to pay the energy cost.

Worst‑Case Contingency

If I did ever burn through too much life force?

I had the one emergency fallback that made even the Reality Stone feel tame in comparison:

SCP‑006 – The Fountain of Youth.

A single sip could reverse the biological damage, restoring years of lost life as if nothing had happened.

Was it dangerous to rely on it?Yes.

Was it addictive to the human ego?Absolutely.

Would I use it anyway if necessary?

Without hesitation.

The Conclusion

Even with its limitations and terrifying cost, the Reality Stone was still the single most powerful tool the Foundation possessed.

I couldn't create cities or stars.

But I could create:

Perfect circuits

Rare metals

Stabilized alloys

Miniature prototypes

Components impossible for ancient technology to produce

And that alone—

Would reshape the future of the Foundation and the world.

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