Chapter 16

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This is chapter 16 in the Heaven's Design Team manga series.

## Plot

Kanamori is working in the office when Mizushima and Shimoda note that she is more dressed up than usual. She explains that God gave her a project for "a bird that looks like a precious stone." To help inspire her, she wore all sorts of jewelry to work. At that moment, God sends another request for Kanamori to design "a bird that produces precious stones."

Even though birds were her specialty, Kanamori is at a standstill with the new project. She asks Mizushima if he would help her, offering to give him one of her precious stones as a reward. However, Mizushima says no, adding that he is only familiar with diamonds. Kanamori suggests he could give it to someone special and he replies by asking why he would do that, leaving Kanamori to state how unromantic the office is.

The conversation changes topics when Mizushima asks about opals and what they are made of. At that moment, Higuchi walks in and answers his question. She states that opals are made of water and silica. Upon hearing the word silica, Mizushima compares it to the dying agent inside packets of crackers which infuriates Kanamori.

Higuchi interrupts the conversation to inform Kanamori that she had finished the bird prototype she had requested. Per Kanamori's orders, the bird has the same iridescence as opals and is small enough to escape predators. However, the bird doesn't have the energy to maintain itself, and can't thermoregulate due to its small size. Kanamori is in tears over the development and is determined to figure out a way to solve the problem. For the next couple of hours, she brainstorms on what to do.

Finally, she has the idea of making flower nectar as the bird's main diet, given that it is high in calories. However, due to the bird's small size, it would not be able to perch on the flower to drink. After some careful thinking, Kanamori considers making the bird hover like a bee. But without knowing the mechanics, she decides to go to the insect department for advice. Suddenly she trips and falls to the floor. Mizushima comments that she shouldn't rush while wearing high heels and that wearing too much jewelry doesn't help. She retorts telling him that he doesn't need to criticize her style. Being who she is what makes the animals she creates special.

Later on, one of the employees in the insect department explains to Kanamori how a bee's wings work, adding that if she incorporated it, her bird would be able to hover and fly forward and backward. Kanamori then adds the feature to her bird and it can eat. But Higuchi is concerned that it would need to constantly eat to survive, even at night. Mizushima then suggests making it hibernate like a snake to control its metabolism when it is asleep. At that moment, Shimoda receives a message from God with divine approval, and the hummingbird is born.

Happy to be finished with the project, Kanamori thanks Mizushima, with the latter commenting that he takes pride in his personal style too. In addition, he also came up with an idea for a bird that produces precious stones. Even Higuchi agrees that his idea is good after looking at the draft, leaving Kanamori curious as to what he came up with. After explaining to Shimoda how birds eat stones to help grind their food, Mizushima explains how his design eats rough diamonds. Kanamori is concerned that the bird won't be able to fly. But Mizushima explains how he took that part out and focused on the bird's leg power instead. After spending years in the bird's gizzard, the diamonds will eventually become polished stones.

Mizushima presents his design, which looks like a plucked chicken with a long neck and legs. Kanamori is furious that he didn't add any feathers, despite his statement that it wasn't necessary. She grabs Mizushima's draft and starts adding feathers. Mizushima tries to stop her when the draft flies out of their hands and lands in Shimoda's hands. Suddenly, God approves the design, and the Ostrich is born, two both the designer's surprise.

Even though the design wasn't what either designer was going for, both agree to leave the design as it is since God has happy. As a token of appreciation, Kanamori offers one of her precious stones to Mizushima, who selects a diamond. He then offers it to Higuchi to make into a condenser lens. Kanamori professes that her office must be where romance comes to die.

## New Animals

* Hummingbird (Trochilidae)
* Ostrich (Struthio camelus)