Cameraman Never Dies

Chapter 84 - 84: The Principle of Seeing Through Stuff (Just Not Clothes)

"This cranks up the ether... and this part lets the unused ether sneak away," Judge muttered under his breath, poking at the artifact like a child trying to figure out how a clock worked by staring at its hands. Active artifacts were a headache. Unlike the dead ones, which he could gleefully rip apart to peek at their insides, these ticking ether bombs demanded caution.

Even if he did take it apart (and lived to tell the tale), the active parts wouldn't cooperate nicely, leaving him with an embarrassing jumble of non-functioning connections.

That's why he'd casually mentioned to Melina that he needed to learn a principle that would let him see through objects, though he'd nearly slipped and said X-ray. Judge cursed his past life's knowledge of modern terms. Apparently, "I need to look inside things for purely academic purposes" raised some suspicion. Who knew?

After much eyebrow-raising on Melina's part and a barrage of reassurances from his side, she reluctantly agreed to teach him. Of course, it came with warnings, like "don't get any funny ideas," but Judge wasn't interested in fabric or, you know, anything people wear. He wanted to see the blueprints— the mechanical inner workings of artifacts.

What Melina eventually taught him wasn't quite what he'd expected. No dramatic vision through walls, no supernatural power to see through solid objects. Instead, the principle allowed him to 'observe' the materials that made up said objects.

Basically, while he could not see through anything, he could still see the components of what the object was made of, its mechanics, and its inner workings.

So if he tried to look at a wall, all he'd get was the composition: stone, dust, a faint whiff of regret from the builder. No people, no secret chambers— just the cold, hard truth.

Judge had created a similar principle while he was looking for the reason behind why there was a part on the stone wall that did not emit ether while every other part did. But the principle was rather simple and it

The third problem was his mother, while she was not as frequent as the maid, she would visit him at least once every day. He needed a plan to get out of this predicament somehow, But how? He started to brainstorm.

"Master Judge?" Lediya noticed his sleepy state and decided to wake him up.

Judge who was deep in thought was instantly pulled back to his senses, he had to think of a way after he finished his breakfast.