as many people on the platform started to feel relief after the powerful predator aura disappeared they started to wonder where it came from, but as the curombian civilization representative just pissed off most of the Sun Federation citizens, the pool of suspects was way too wide, there were many powerhouses on Verulus, and there was no way to know whom it came from
only Sophia and Phoebe who felt a similar thing before knew that Daniel was responsible for it, but they sure wouldn't spill it and this event would soon become just one of many mysteries
Daniel decided to say a few words before any of the people present could take advantage of his moment of rage, especially a reporter could put him in a very tight spot if he didn't put out this spark "I would like to apologize for losing my patience, there's one thing I can't stand, and that is people plotting against my family and friends, in particular, ungrateful idiot's that forgot that without the aid of our Federation both when the mycelial lord invaded and when the plague was culling their population, they wouldn't even exist today, but it is what it is, and today it's about solving doubt's about the robot army, even if I hope we are not married to that name and introducing myself, I'm sure they will be punished by their own behavior in the long run, for now, since this intermission it's over let's continue the press conference"
many of the weaker people present were still somewhat scared by the predatory aura and reluctant to ask more questions and end up on a metaphorical landmine, but of course, those more powerful were just surprised this wasn't the first time something like this happened and they were soon back to normal
what changed was that after Daniel displayed his emotion and chased away the curombian representative, the veteran reporters were inflamed with renowned vigor, until this point they mostly asked unrelated questions to the rest of the family, but now they were looking straight at Daniel, even Vincent's old "enemy" Aron Steel couldn't wait to have a chance to ask more
the next in line was in fact another veteran reporter that could be considered Aron rival "hi, I'm Lucia Pérez from Sunnews 24, I have a question for Daniel, you said that the low fifth-stage junk she kept under her jacket couldn't save her, what do you mean?"
Daniel nodded and said "simple she has some kind of energy weapon hidden under her jacket I can feel it thanks to tickles, instead of explaining with words I think it is faster just to show what I meant as it might answer someone else question at the same time"
as Daniel gave the order in his mind 5 big objects shaped like a flat bottom cylinder flew out of the specter dimension and to the platform, as they arrived, the sides of the cylinder opened, and from each 4 headless humanoid robots that once standing were at least 5 mt tall came out, followed by some spheres, as they reached the deployment position they charged their weapon without aiming at anyone just as a show of might
Daniel continued "a single target weapon like that might destroy one or two but not twenty, so she would have been easily resolved, as a small introduction these are cloudtrain section v2, M.A.R.U v4, and Scout's v4, does this answer your question?"
Lucia nodded and said "quite impressive for someone so young"
Daniel said "thank you, it wasn't easy with only bits and pieces of knowledge to make them"
the questions kept coming but this time it was all daniel, spanning from his thoughts on local politics to what foods or songs he liked, and he answered all of them, Vincent seeing how well he dealt with the teddorian woman had long let go of any thoughts about ending the press conference early and just let things flow with a smug smile hidden beneath his poker face
at this point, the veteran reporters already asked most of what they were curious about, and the only questions remaining were from tech enthusiasts about Daniel's creations, this was because most of the tech-related reporters were weak and took a long time to recover from the previous scare
a young rookie reporter, in particular, had to muster all his courage to ask the question he really wanted to ask, and as he trembled a little he said "hi I, I, I'm Porg Tendo from the VR t, t, tech and games forum. . . I would like to ask Daniel. . . how did you manage to complete the anomaly tutorial?, it was a long-standing challenge, do you play any other VR games?"
what followed was Daniel recounting his adventure in the VR game S.L.B and he finished by saying "playing another game would just take time away from my research, but at the same time I was thinking about creating my own in the future with realistic science in it, this is currently 37th in my list without any priority on it"
Porg happy that Daniel calmly answered became more confident and asked "what do you mean by 37th?"
Daniel answered "sorry it's one question each, you will have to wait for your next turn"
Porg said "there's no need to apologize, I forgot were I was for a moment"
the next person in line was Aron Steel for the second time, sadly too many people were present and already asked everything so he could only follow this new development "hi, Aron Steel again from Sun Central News, I would like to ask Daniel about this list he talked about"
this wasn't in any way to help Porg, he simply found something new to ask, but this didn't stop the rookie from throwing his senior a look of admiration and gratitude
but Daniel didn't care about this at all, and he simply answered "well I have a list of objectives, and many open projects, I just finished project shroud which is a presence cloaking device, and I want to work on improving the projects I haven't updated in a long time like the scouts, but before doing that I need to make a better battery, since I'm using the more ecological power generation, namely solar panels" as Daniel said that the cloudtrain section opened the solar panels for maximum efficiency
Daniel then continued "because of this all my creations are battery powered and the one I'm using now reached its limit, I can't install more powerful weapons or shields until I make a better battery so this is the highest priority on my list"
the cloudtrain went back to normal and Daniel continued "that's not all of course, on the list, there's also going fishing with grandpa, and studying the new data on the hive creatures, the game it's 37th because it's just something I will do when and if I'm free, and also because it's debatable if I would be doing a good thing making technology like this easily accessible just by playing a game"
Aron steel nodded and said "indeed, the level of your robot's now it's low, but they have impressive potential, I saw many robotic guards but it's strange I can't feel any space inside for maintenance and repair"
Daniel said "as I have mentioned previously, manufacturing, maintenance, and even repair are in the ends of Tickles, as such I'm able to build everything closer together, making these heavy robots much smaller and slimmer than they should have been, this is true also for the cloudtrain and the scouts and every other thing I built, it would be impossible to copy them without nanites or a matter-energy converter, of course, there might be a manufacturing method I know nothing about that might be able to, but I'm fairly confident those would have to be really high level"
Aron nodded and after thanking Daniel he sat down, not many realized something glaringly obvious that was right in front of them, but Aron and a few others did, Daniel had absolutely no reaction to the predatory aura that was unleashed previously, but of course, that's not something that can be easily asked, the only people with enough guts would probably be a representative of another civilization that is on par with the Federation
talking about the devil or better thinking about it, a gray scaly individual was the next person in line, he stood up and started to talk like he was everybody's ancestor "I'm the great Tisel Trakol, 17th prince of the Garian royal family, I have a question for the little guy, isn't it strange that you had no reaction to the predatory aura a while ago, and why did this shrimp talked on behalf of the federation and even interrupted relations with a vassal, is this how the federation does things now?"
the Garian absolute monarchy was a rival force of the Sun federation, and the relation between the two were purely out of convinience, like the federation, the Garian were fighting on different fronts, and didn't want to add another one to the mix
but this didn't stop this spoiled Garian prince and many others like him from coming to seek trouble in the federation and this time it was Daniel's turn, that at the moment represented the youngest generation of the Specter Family and consequently had a certain weight in the federation youngest generation without even knowing
of course, Daniel wanted to ignore him, normally he wouldn't even bother to listen, but being a press conference he couldn't, luckily being equal in social standing, since the other party wasn't polite he didn't need to be either
Daniel laughed and said "I never thought someone like you really existed, I mean, I was warned, and did read some stories like the others, but a dumb spoiled prince it's really a thing, and they even let you out, don't worry Dumbsel I'll try to explain it to you in easy words"
Tisel's face had already become twisted in anger, where did such a small brat find the courage to speak to him like this
it's true that the Garians are a cold-blooded race but this refers to temperature as they evolved from Lizards, and had nothing to do with their temperament
just as Tisel was about to use his training to say to him words that seem polite but are really insults, Daniel started talking again blocking him "i don't know much about any aura, but I didn't talk on behalf of the federation, I explained to the other idiot what would happen next, nobody was surprised, that's a basic principle behind how government work, if an ally betrays you it's no longer an ally, it doesn't take a genius, well it doesn't even take a smart person, but apparently a Garian prince can't see something so simple, spewing nonesense and smearing his own reputation, my condolances to your civilization to have a prince like you"
at this point a guard next to the prince just grabbed Tisel and whispered in his hear, a moment later Tisel made an annoyed face but still rose up and walked away without daring to talk
vincent saw this and made a signal to Daniel not to talk, this was the end of the discussion, both of them were silenced by their family and the reporters didn't have the guts to meddle in bringing an abrupt stop to this quarrel
at this point, there wasn't much left to ask, and after a few more tech-related questions, the press conference finally came to an end
but with all the new information and the events that took place this day, the forum and news channels of the Sun Federation and most of the known civilizations had enough to talk and write about for at least a month