The Mech Touch novel Chapter 1193

Ves threw the worthless suit button to Lucky.

"Meow?"

"Eat it."

"Meow!"

"What do you mean it tastes awful? You’re able to digest the most unusual exotics! It shouldn’t be any problem for you to eat a simple suit button!"

"Meow meow meow!"

"Yes, I know it’s made out of composites. I don’t care if it tastes awful to you. I need to get rid of this button without leaving any evidence behind."

After a bit more arguing, Ves eventually forced Lucky to eat the suit button. His cat mournfully hissed at him immediately afterwards.

The suit button tasted awful to Lucky! There was hardly anything of value to his remarkable digestion system!

Ves shook his head at the sight of his grumpy pet. He really didn’t have a lot of choice to dispose of the evidence. He didn’t trust the trash chutes of the guest compound because who knew how many sensors recorded the stuff he threw away.

If the Ylvainans tapped the records of the trash chutes and found out that one of the objects that Ves threw away happened to be one of their relics, there was no way he could offer a satisfactory explanation!

Fortunately, Lucky continued to stay by his side and cover the entire room with his ECM field. Under the cover of this protection, Ves wanted to process the other relics as fast as possible so he could dispose of them quickly.

The longer he possessed the seed and the medallion, the greater the chance of getting caught red-handed!

"The best way for me to avoid getting caught red-handed is if I’ve washed off the stain when the authorities come back."

Against someone as sharp and observant as High Inquisitor Xefin Lin Poxco, Ves would never dare to keep the two genuine relics of the Grey Martyr in his possession. He would stuff them both into Lucky’s mouth this instant if the high inquisitor was right outside the door!

"Only two samples, huh? This is going to be difficult."

Each of these relics presented him with a valuable opportunity to verify his latest theories. The more experiments he conducted, the more certainty he gained. Having only two practice runs meant that Ves needed to get it right the first time!

"I won’t have the opportunity to obtain much more relics. As soon as the Attendants of Ylvaine notice that some of them are missing, they’ll surely tighten the security around their other relics!"

Lucky often raided the Mech Nursery’s material stockpiles whenever he wanted a snack, so he was quite a proficient little thief. Yet that didn’t mean he could sneak into everything and steal something valuable with impunity!

At the very least, Lucky didn’t possess the ability to enter into total stealth. Anything guarded by humans or organic entities was very risky.

"I’ll have to save my next chance for something that actually matters."

Ves looked down and beheld the two small objects in his hands. The seed didn’t contain much spiritual accumulation so he didn’t feel bad if he ruined its spiritual quality.

The medallion was a lot more valuable and possessed a much greater accumulation. It would be a lot more difficult for him to manipulate something stronger.

"It’s too bad they can’t stay intact once I’m done with them. They’re too hot for me to retain."

Even if he succeeded in his experiments, he didn’t want to incorporate anything related to the Grey Martyr to his upcoming mech design.

"My hero mech is based around the concept of a high-impact mech. Why would I want to pair it with a placid, old teacher?"

The X-Factor of his mech needed to match with its vision. To pair an aggressive mech with a peaceful design spirit would only diminish both of their qualities. The opposite of synergy would occur where the combining the two resulted in less than sum of two parts!

""It will be extremely detrimental if different aspects of my design are constantly fighting against each other!"

Ves already had another source in mind to prop up the X-Factor of his mech. However, he could forget about enacting his plan if his experiments right now didn’t pan out. There was no point in thinking any further if his capabilities couldn’t keep up with his ambitions!

He put down the valuable medallion and started with the seed. If he blocked all of his spiritual senses, then it appeared as a plain little seed covered in some preservative substance that protected it against the outside elements.

There was nothing immediately remarkable about the little seed. The Grey Martyr only imparted the lightest touch on it, which didn’t help in building up a lot of spiritual accumulation.

Ves observed a correlation between the strength of the original sentiment and the spiritual accumulation that had developed around it. If the former was weak, the latter didn’t have much grounds to grow.

"It doesn’t help that it’s an insignificant seed. If it wasn’t connected to the Grey Martyr, it’s completely worthless!"

How could the Ylvainan followers feel any awe when confronted by this little seed? Even if they were hardcore fans of the Grey Martyr, a seed still didn’t inspire much devotion.

This happened to serve his purposes. The experiment he had in mind mainly depended on finesse. With a weaker spiritual accumulation, Ves didn’t have to exert too much to enact his changes.

It would be different if he started with the medallion. Its stronger spiritual accumulation meant that Ves not only had to be precise, but also exert a lot of strength. Trying to do both at the same time without any practice was an enormous challenge.

"It’s better if I get the technique right before I apply my strength."

With that thought, he carefully concentrated his mind and ran his spiritual senses throughout the seed.

He didn’t detect the presence of any conscious or living entities. While the spiritual energy locked within the seed showed some traces of vitality, it was as likely as bacteria. It only offered a marginal amount of instinctive resistance to his pervasive intrusion.