Chapter 9

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Chapter 10

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

## Plot

Down on Trial Island, a storm is raging above. A hooded figure stands in the center of a star edged into the earth, reciting a chant for a summoning ritual. The hooded figure is revealed to be Shimoda, while Kimura and Kanamori watch from a distance. Shimoda then opens a folded blueprint releasing the animal inside, a dragon.

Kimura and Kanamori applaud, while Shimoda gazes in amazement at the creature. Wondering who created it, Shimoda asks the two designers. Kimura and Kanamori explain to him that it was someone who at the time was starting his career. At that moment, a door pops up and opens, revealing the designer to be none other than Mizushima. Furious by what he heard, he demands to know why the three had one of his rejected designs.

Shimoda then explains that a new request from God came in for "an animal that flies without wings." Both Kimura and Kanamori thought that the dragon would be the perfect fit, despite being rejected. The whole summoning ritual was just a setup to show off the dragon. Except for the star edged into the ground, which was a doodle that Kimura made for a new animal he was thinking of making.

Mizushima, however, does not agree with the two designers. He explains how he put too much into the dragon's design, which resulted in it getting rejected. He tells Shimoda to put it away, which the latter obeys. Despite Mizushima's protests, the other two designers still believe that they can make it work. Thus they start brainstorming ideas.

First, they decide to fill the dragon with a type of gas to make it float. They further modify it into a body part attached to another animal to ensure that it doesn't float too far away. The result is a giant rooster with the dragon protruding from its rear end. Both the designers are happy, while Mercury and Shimoda are in shock.

Shimoda asks how the dragon is supposed to fly. Kanamori explains that they made it detachable like a lizard's tail. Kimura notices that Mercury has disappeared, most likely because he couldn't stand that the two designers have turned his old creation into a giant hernia, as well as the rooster's private part. Shimoda tries to take in all the morbid features that the two designers have added.

At that moment, something flies by creating static electricity and causing the dragon to explode. Mercury suddenly reappears telling the two designers to drop the dragon idea. Kimura asks what had just flown by, with Shimoda noting that it was moving strangely. Mercury then shows them his latest creation for God's request, a flying snake. He then gives them a demonstration, which astounds the group. Shimoda then receives a message from God giving divine approval for the snake. Mercury then proclaims how that was what innovation should look like, shaming both Kimura and Kanamori.

Later on, God approves another animal designed by Jupiter. Using the star-shaped image he drew earlier, and adding some of the features from the dragon, the result is a starfish.

## New Animals

* Paradise Flying Snake (Chrysopelea paradisi)
* Starfish (Asterias amurensis)