Everything started with Masa's plan to create the Isshiki Network by sending many satellites into space, but as they were unable to gain permission, Masa decided to change their to create this network with this new plan, which he named "Bahamuth."
"Bahamuth." 2x
Here, it was clear that it might take a while to handle the space-related problem, but what about the underground?
If everyone tried to stop them from taking the sky, what about the land?
The satellite might be a problem, but there were many mediums to connect with each other, such as radio waves, which was the most common way, or microwave transmission by using a communication tower.
When Masa thought of a tower, he realized that this method was cheaper and more reliable, especially when it was intended for domestic use, considering how all the magicians of the Isshiki family would mostly stay in the country.
As for satellites, while they had a better range, it was also quite risky, especially with space debris and hostile countries that might destroy the satellites, which caused a huge loss to the investors and the owner of the satellites.
At the same time, satellites are farther away, and their signals aren't nearly as strong as those of the towers on the ground. Even with low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations that are closer to the Earth than the older geosynchronous (GEO) satellites and provide lower latency, they're still no match for terrestrial coverage.
Still, Masa knew that while he might say much, if possible, he wanted everything, whether it was communication from the ground, underwater, or sky, so no matter what the situation was, the Isshiki Network would be okay.
The satellites couldn't be sent, so all they could do was bear with the terrestrial tower first, using radio waves, since as long as there was a wireless connection, the Isshiki Network could start immediately.
Masa's uncle and father agreed with Masa's plan since what was important was to create the Isshiki Network first, and at the same time, the most important thing was the design of their databank, which where they would put their supercomputer, no, it should be quantum computers, or even better if Masa could help with their Isshiki Network.
Still, as they couldn't go to the sky, they decided to go underground, including creating a shelter that connected Tokyo and their home in Kanazawa.
This was a huge grand plan and might take hundreds of years, especially if they planned to use human power to build it, but fortunately, Masa had prepared everything.
"So, that's why you acquired that construction and electronic company."
They were quite confused as to why Masa decided to buy a construction and electronic company, but after reading his plan, they understood everything, as the combination of the two would make it easier to build many of the important infrastructures for their plans.
Construction aside, electronic companies were needed for the automation of construction, so manual labors weren't needed.
Yet, this is probably the future of construction, as the technology becomes more reliable and cheaper for construction. Manual labor for construction isn't needed anymore, especially with the inflation, and the salary that they needed to give was high.
Only professionals were needed, and that was okay for the Isshiki family since the fewer people within their construction sites, the better it was, as they wanted to keep everything secret.
Yet, while Masa's plan was great, there were several problems within this place.
"Materials, transportation, and more importantly, energy." Masa looked at his father and uncle and said, "As we will need all of those things in a large amount, everyone will quickly realize that we might secretly plan to build something grand."
"Hmm...." 2x
The two were deeply thinking about how to solve the problems that Masa mentioned.
As Masa had said before, the amounts of materials and energy, along with an unnatural frequency of transportation, would naturally raise doubt in everyone, especially for extremists, foreign countries, and hostile forces.
If it was within the digital world, Masa and everyone in the Isshiki family was like fish in water, and no one could stop them, but in the world of reality, their power could still be contained by others, like how they were unable to send off their satellites or rockets into space.
"For the materials, we can ask for the Ichijou family's help, but let's try to acquire steel, heavy and light, and mining industries."
"Okay." 2x
While the Ichijou family, the family of Masaki, Masa's best friend, wasn't as wealthy as Masa's family, Masaki's family's wealth was quite good as his family's business was in deep sea mining.
With the help of the Ichijou family, they could still get materials for their plan, but they knew that they couldn't rely on the Ichijou family all the time and needed their own sources of materials, so they planned to acquire a mining company.
'I'm glad that the fourth Masa is here.'
With the "Voice of the Future," Masa knew that it would be easy for him to find the sources of materials for his plan on the earth.
"The materials problem is solved. What about the transportation?"
It was natural that all the materials had to be moved, especially in the water, since unlike the land, it could still be hidden, especially with tunnels, underground, and everything, and at the same time, they could erase all the traces of records, but the sea was wide open.
When many ships came to Kanazawa Ports, whether Masa wished it or not, he would attract the attention of many unless he had a shipping company.
As for air transportation?
Masa decided to forget about this since air transportation couldn't transport much of the materials, and it cost so much compared to water and ground transportation. More importantly, he wasn't in a hurry to implement this plan, especially when he had the Gasha Gasha no Mi, which he hid well.
Yes, with the Gasha Gasha no Mi, he could complete everything swiftly, but if he did so, he would raise a doubt, and he also didn't really want to explain his ability, so he knew well that he had to make many detours before he could reach to his goal.
Still, as Masa thought for a while, he discovered a solution to the transportation problem.
"...what about the Itsuwa?"
When they heard Masa's answer, their eyes were wide open.
"Itsuwa?!" 2x
"Do you want to ask for help from the Itsuwa?"
"Do you want us to become the center of attention again!?"
Not only the Yotsuba clan, but Masa also planned to reach his hand to the Itsuwa clan!
Somehow... even if they knew that they would live a long time, they felt that they would die sooner or later by listening to Masa's plan!
"But it isn't a bad plan, right?"
"That's..." 2x
The Itsuwa family, among all the Ten Major Clans, its existence was special; why?
Because the only official Strategic Class Magician of this country that originated from this family, it could be said that it was due to this magician that the Itsuwa family secured its position among the Ten Major Clans.
If this magician didn't exist, then the position of the Ten Major Clans would be as good as that of the Isshiki family.
Yet, whether it was Masa or the others, they weren't that obsessed with the status of the Ten Major Clans, but sometimes, they instigated them to fight for the position of the highest and most influential magician family in this country.
However, the Itsuwa family was different as they had a lot of pride, especially as the only magician family that had a Strategic Class Magician. More importantly, this family was probably affected by the instigation, which gave this family a bad impression of the Isshiki family, especially when Masa, his uncle, father, and everything else just ignored this family.
Still, if there was a reason why Masa proposed this plan, it was all due to the venture business owned by this family.
Similar to Masa's family's cybersecurity and Masaki's family's deep sea mining, all of the powerful magician families in this country had their own businesses to support all of their members, and the Itsuwa family happened to be in the Ocean Freight Shipping Company.
So, if they could get the help of the Itsuwa family, then the transportation of the materials for their plan would be as good as smooth.
"Will it be successful? We can just acquire another freight shipping company, you know? It isn't that expensive anyway if we just have a few ships."
Masa's uncle and father were too lazy to face the Itsuwa family since even if one of their magicians was powerful, the rest were weak!
More importantly, they had heard that this strategic class magician had a weak body and probably wouldn't live a long life.
With their position, strength, wealth, connections, and everything, why should they think of the Itsuwa family as their enemy?
"...let's talk first. Anyway, we do business. Will they refuse money?"
"That's true." 2x
The two nodded, thinking that money could solve most of the problems in the world, but then, as they had solved two out of three problems, what was left was the last problem, which was also the most difficult problem.
"Now, our last problem." Masa's uncle sighed and asked, "How should we tackle the energy problem?"
Instead of their problem, this is also the world's problem.
Lack of energy.
Due to World War III, no one was allowed to use a nuclear reactor, and if one was discovered to use one, they would become the enemy of the world, which showed how dangerous and tense everyone was toward nuclear-related energy.
This was also the reason why all the countries relied on renewable energy such as wind, solar, geothermal, methanol, bioenergy, hydropower, and many others.
Yet, even so, while those renewables were good, they had a lot of limitations, especially when their supply was limited, and they weren't enough to meet all the demands.
Japan, which was a country that lacked resources, was naturally affected, but fortunately, this country had a lot of geothermal sources and abundant water, along with other sources of energy. Its situation was quite good, but it didn't mean that one could use this energy without worry, and more importantly, once again, it was expensive!
At the same time, if they used a lot of energy, many would quickly notice that they planned to build something, too.
Lastly, as long as the source of energy wasn't in their control, they couldn't truly control this plan of theirs.
Yet, how do they solve this problem?
The Isshiki family might be good at bio-electricity-related magic, and they could even create their own electricity, but a personal use aside, such as for charging their personal device, definitely would kill all the members of the Isshiki family to use their bioelectricity to supply the needs of energy to implement their plan!
"But... if it's for our future, then—"
If they could pave the way for Masa's plan, then even if they sacrificed themselves—
Masa didn't say anything, took out another plan, and then gave it to the two.
"....." 2x
"Read it."
"Ah, yes." 2x
The two quickly read the plan of the Magic UMD Reactor created by Masa before they fell into a deep silence.
Yet, Masa's uncle looked at his little brother, wondering whether Masa was really his little brother's son.