"Do you want me to bring it directly to you?" Li Yu asked.
"Exactly, if it's not for mass production, it would be simpler for you, Prophet Merlin, to bring the barrels from another universe directly to me. After hundreds of years of development, the quality of materials produced by large machines is surely much better than those hand-forged."
"Then do you have any specific requests?"
"For rifles and pistols, cold-forged steel tubes work best, but those would probably be unavailable, and besides, we're just making flintlock guns, so we don't need material that good; seamless steel will do, or cast steel is fine too. Homemade guns use cast steel, it's just a bit heavier and the walls are thicker, but it's still safe. It's just that..."
"Just what?"
"It's pretty obvious what someone is up to when they purchase materials like these for personal use, and it would almost certainly attract police attention."
"Since you're mentioning this, you must have thought of a solution, right?"
