Chapter 5: The First Invention

Chapter 5: The First Invention

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"Destiny. Fate. Dreams. These unstoppable ideas are held deep in the heart of man. As long as there are people who seek freedom in this life, these things shall not vanish from the Earth."

— Gold D. Rodger, [One Piece]

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"I am not sure that can be said to be safe, Master Bruce. I think we should discuss further your experiments and take some expert opinions to see if they are safe or not before you continue." Alfred said worriedly as he looked at Bruce carefully picking up a hot smoking metal with a pair of tongs.

"Don't worry Alfred, it's completely safe. There is absolutely nothing that can go wrong here." Bruce smiled as he put down the metal carefully but as soon as he touched the metal piece with the machine he was assembling, thin lines of electricity suddenly exploded from in front of him. "Well, nothing besides that." He corrected himself.

Bruce was currently making a mini arc reactor similar to the one from MCU. He wanted to build a battle suit too but sadly he barely had the materials and tools necessary to make the arc reactor. He was extremely lucky that Alfred didn't know how dangerous palladium really was or that Wayne Industries for some reason didn't say no to sending palladium to his house without a permit or conducting any further inquiries on why he even needed the radioactive material.

He wanted to make the arc reactor with the 'badassium' element that the Starks invented but his intuitive intellect told him that trying to make that metal right now with his limited tools and resources was more than just a simple challenge.

In fact, at first, he doubted if he would even have been able to make a simple machine because although he possessed the knowledge, he didn't have the slightest skill in making stuff. But fortunately for him, his ability took care of that for him. Within just a few minutes of tinkering, he had innately understood almost all necessary physical skills to make complex inventions like carpentry, metallurgy, and every other talent that required years of practice and concentration. It was like, he was a natural-born talent in the department of scientific research.

"Eureka" Bruce exclaimed happily as he finished attaching the mini arc reactor to his first true masterpiece, his new 'Swiss army knife'.

"And may I ask what you might have made here, young master? Because it definitely doesn't look like a Swiss army knife, as you told me before. It looks much more... complex and also bigger." Alfred said as he looked at the strange device in Bruce's hands.

"I know but that doesn't mean you are above going to school. There are a lot of other things people go to school for besides knowledge, some of them being friends and happy memories." Alfred calmly spoke.

"Well, I need neither. I am perfectly happy staying here in the manor without friends, just inventing stuff." Bruce tried to argue.

"That is not up for discussion Master Bruce. You WILL resume school if you want to continue spending time here in the cave and do your science stuff." Alfred strictly said.

"... GOSH FINE," Bruce grumbled as he finally agreed with Alfred. He knew that Alfred was doing all this to actually benefit Bruce in the long run by trying to give him a happy childhood but the truth was that he didn't need one. What he needed was more knowledge, skills, and other useful tools and weapons he could use to survive later down the line.

"Good. I'll inform the school board that you will be starting school again next month. Also, the Gotham Library finally accepted your generous donation and decided to give the Wayne family exclusive reading rights to all books in the library. So you can go there any time to read any book you want from now on." Alfred said as he smiled at Bruce.

"Then, let's go there tomorrow. I would need some advanced programming and computer science books if I want to know the basics of programming before I start making my own AI." Bruce said as he continued testing the different modes on his bat-tool.

"Got it, young master. Now, can you please put down that huge glowing sword? I feel like I am going to have a heart attack every time you wield that thing." Alfred said as he felt a headache coming.

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