The next day, Miyauchi Hikage first went to a larger jade market in Tokyo to see if he could find any spirit stones that could be used to make the Camera Obscura.
According to the settings in the Nioh series, a spirit stone is a high-density fragment of Amrita, with a faint golden glow on its surface. By crushing it, one can gain power in a short period of time.
However, that was the setting under the worldview of the Nioh and Fatal Frame series. Miyauchi Hikage felt that the probability of it existing in this world was not high. His goal in coming here was to see if he could find a similar substitute.
And he had also thought about it last night.
The Camera Obscura uses several Sanskrit spells engraved inside the instrument to stimulate the power of the spirit stone. As long as a vengeful spirit appears in the lens, it can lock onto the target and then attack it by pressing the shutter.
So, is it possible to use ripple power to replace that special power in the spirit stone, and use the Camera Obscura to achieve a medium-range, fixed-point attack with the ripple?
Miyauchi Hikage felt that this had a certain degree of feasibility.
You have to know, in the worldview of JoJo, the ripple itself can be amplified by some special gems.
Just like the perfect Red Stone of Aja, which could amplify the ripple that passed through it by hundreds of times.
Miyauchi Hikage didn't expect to have such dumb luck as to find that kind of world-class jewel on a casual trip out, but even if it could only be amplified by one or two times, it was still worth him making a trip.
When he returned home in the evening, he had three more red gems of different sizes in his hand.
These were all ones he had tested and found to be effective. The cost was not much either; the most expensive one only cost a hundred thousand yen.
Of course, the effect would certainly not be too good. The one with the best conduction effect only had about an eighty percent amplification.
Although it looked okay, because the purity of the gem was not enough, the ripple would become extremely scattered after being transmitted out of the gem, which was clearly unusable in battle.
However, Miyauchi Hikage had originally bought them to be processed and made into a Camera Obscura for testing, so this actually made it easier to test things out.
After messing with the gems, he sent a few more messages to check on Hikari, who was living outside. After confirming that she was living quite comfortably, Miyauchi Hikage finally opened his diary and began to write today's entry.
[The comment function was updated in the diary yesterday. This function really surprised me a little.
However, it's quite interesting to be able to interact in this way. It immediately gave me inspiration for today's diary.
So I'll first reply to the comment from that lucky audience member yesterday.
Setting aside your identity for now, regarding what you mentioned, that the Black Organization is very dangerous and should not be approached, I personally agree.
After all, those of you who are reading the diary are either students still in school or corporate slaves. Even if there are a few rich young ladies, if the other party targets you, they can always find an opportunity to strike.
In the early and middle stages of the Conan story, the Black Organization was indeed a very successfully portrayed, powerful transnational criminal organization. Gin was also a very outstanding villain. Although he occasionally had some "dinner-serving" operations, they were completely insignificant compared to the later members.
Oh, Gin is the big boss who bombed the Tokyo Tower with an attack helicopter in the movie. 80% of the Black Organization's prestige actually comes from him.
But after entering the middle stage, with the appearance of other members of the Black Organization, its prestige has been declining year by year.
Let's not even talk about the large number of undercover agents. As long as it's a country with an intelligence organization, they can plant an undercover agent inside.
Japanese Public Security, FBI, CIA, MI6... In the manga, out of a total of twenty to thirty organization members who have appeared, seven or eight have already turned out to be undercover agents.
Sometimes I really suspect that your Black Organization was deliberately created by the intelligence organizations of various countries to scam activity funds.
After all, besides the undercover agents, among the remaining dozens of organization members, there are also many who have defected or are already dead. The rest are basically just slackers.
The only one who seems to be working properly on a normal day is Gin.
Vermouth is busy raising a child, Bourbon is working four part-time jobs, a true god of part-time work. Korn and Chianti are a pair of useless clowns. As the organization's snipers, they haven't gotten a few headshots in thirty years. They browse Twitter while setting up their sniper rifles at work, and if they miss a shot, they directly blame it on their superior's influence.
As for the organization's second-in-command, Rum, this one is even more of a heavyweight.
He's said to be very mysterious, with few people in the organization knowing his true appearance. There are even rumors that he's vying for power with the boss.
In reality, since his appearance, his performance in the plot has been that of a pure clown.
I really like a line Rum said in the manga: "I only made one mistake seventeen years ago."
But when the case from seventeen years ago was drawn out, my god, it almost choked me to death. That series of secret operations really fed me up:
"Someone has noticed us, we can only leave now," "No, wait, there's still a problem at the scene, let's go back," "Someone has called the police, let's go," "That person is suspicious, chase him by car," "There are too many onlookers, let's retreat first."
After a series of suffocating operations, a case that was originally a trivial matter turned into the biggest mess since the organization was founded.
And then seventeen years later, when he finally encountered a fish that had slipped through the net from the case back then, he wanted to get rid of the other party but was completely seen through, and was even almost counter-killed, forcing him to flee in disarray.
Finally, after investigating and finding that the other party was now using the identity of a teacher at a certain school as a disguise, he had to give up the sniping plan because there were too many people at the school.
Gin dared to bomb the Shinkansen, bomb a skyscraper, and bomb the Tokyo Tower. The Ferris wheel in an amusement park had to roll far away when it saw him. How come when it gets to you, Rum, you can't even handle a normal school?
If I were Gin, I would really have to say, "How can the organization be run well when I have to work with insects like you?"
I suggest that when Rum is caught in the future, he can publish two books in prison. One called "I'm Too Cautious," and the other called "On the Art of Pulling and Pushing."
I seem to have said a bit too much about the Black Organization. Although I had a great time ranting, if I continue, I'll become a diary blogger for the Conan section.
Everyone, please try to say some positive comments in the diary.
I'm so relaxed now after resigning. I'm even planning to go hiking and camping in a few days. I wonder if I'll run into any familiar characters.
Also, isn't the LOVE LIVE competition going to be held recently? As an old Love Liver, I'm already prepared to go and cheer offline.
I wonder if there are any students from Otonokizaka among the people reading the diary. You can give me an autograph when you write a comment. Just think of me as your first fan.
Also, Bocchi-chan, if you can see this, you can also practice your signature. You're not so socially anxious that you'd even be shy about writing a comment in a diary, are you?]