"This is the Mochi-Maker."
Luke, the inventor, clapped his hands and whispered: "Don't you want to eat some sticky rice cake? So I invented this machine."
Invention: Mochi-Maker
Source: Doraemon World — Future Tech Company.
Many of the gadgets in Doraemon were invented by Future Tech Company and famous doctors.
As we all know, anything that can be sold on the market is within a controllable range.
"Invention? You call this sudden appearance of a machine an invention?"
Uvogin's eyes bulged. He wasn't completely clueless.
He understood the meaning of the word invention.
But… he had no idea that the so-called invention meant something like this!
"Don't worry about the details."
Luke waved his hand. "Having sticky rice cakes to eat is the most important thing, isn't it?"
"You're right..."
Uvogin nodded subconsciously, then froze.
This sudden invention had completely overwhelmed his thinking, leaving him somewhat unsure how to interpret it.
Uvogin instinctively glanced at Machi, only to find she was still staring intently at the Mochi-Maker.
Well, with this machine, there was no need to worry about anything else.
Uvogin could sense that the boy seemed to have become a little weaker after the machine came out.
"So how does this thing make sticky rice cakes?"
Uvogin's large hand clapped the maker, a dull thud.
"Sticky rice cakes, of course, are made with glutinous rice."
Luke gave him a curious look.
"So, this crappy thing still can't just conjure sticky rice cakes out of thin air, right?"
The function of this Mochi-Maker instantly became nothing more than scrap metal in Uvogin's eyes.
"I don't know what kind of machine it is, but if it needs glutinous rice..."
Uvogin looked it up and down. "Forget glutinous rice, we don't even have the husks of some brown rice."
"But if this thing is taken apart, these metal pieces might fetch a good price."
Uvogin's eyes were filled with obvious eagerness to try it out.
This special discovery immediately brightened his mood. He even turned around with interest: "How about this? After we sell it, I'll give you some of the profits... Huh?"
He stared at the object that had reappeared in Luke's hand and was slightly startled.
"What are these?!"
"Something for growing glutinous rice."
"... Did you invent that, too?"
"What else?"
Luke said matter-of-factly: "Without glutinous rice, you can't make sticky rice cakes, so naturally, you have to grow glutinous rice first."
Grow glutinous rice...?!
Uvogin felt that such a statement sounded out of place in Meteor City.
In a place like Meteor City, there was even such a thing as growing?!
And wouldn't growing something take a long time?!
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and plant some rice!"
Luke casually tossed the long green capsule at Uvogin.
The latter fumbled to take it.
"This is called a seedling capsule, and it contains the raw materials for growing rice."
Before Uvogin could ask, Luke explained.
Then, he pulled out another small green tube and gently pulled the cord at the bottom.
Whoosh… bang.
A fiery red artificial sun rose into the sky and blossomed.
Under Uvogin and Machi's intent gaze, the miniature sun took shape.
This is the indoor sun, which helps the seedlings grow.
Whether it was because this was his first time inventing, or not, besides the Mochi-Maker, Luke even conjured a bunch of additional supporting gadgets as freebies!
Pop!
Under the stunned gazes of Uvogin and Machi, Luke took out a bottle filled with cloud and opened the cap.
And the most important thing…
"Scarecrow, and also..."
Luke's hands spread out the soft mats on the floor again: "Super small rice field."
This rice field even had fertilizer already prepared.
"That completes the initial preparations..."
Luke wiped the sweat from his face and breathed a sigh of relief.
Well, inventing so many items was a bit surprising, and it took a lot of effort.
But then he thought Uvogin's request was for sticky rice cake.
And these things he invented weren't the machine that could just conjure sticky rice cake out of thin air.
They had to be planted, cultivated, and then fed into the machine to produce sticky rice cake.
These extra steps made it possible for him to afford the expense of inventing so many items.
"In other words, if an invention directly achieves its goal, the consumption will be greater. But if it requires some personal effort in between, then the consumption will be lower."
Luke's understanding of his own abilities improved.
"Even so, the consumption is still high. I need to find a way to use Vows and Limitations to reduce it..."