Nunquam Non Paratus

The next day...

Renaldo woke up still feeling a bit tired because of yesterday's events, it was mentally taxing even for a guy like him because duping someone as smart as his grandfather is by no means an easy task, he's really deserving of being a descendant of a Rajah, a really smart man who adapted to a lot of things, it is a bit ironic though how his grandfather is a descendant of one of the most devout believers of Islam while his lolo on the other hand, is one of the most devout believers of Chritianity, Ironic isn't it?

Renaldo snapped out of his monologue as thinking about trivial stuff like these often leads to distraction, he remembers that he need to talk to those gunsmiths so he called his helper to help him take a bath and prepare himself for breakfast.

A few hours later and the breakfast between the family of three is done and they all have to go their own ways.

Renaldo made his way to the supposed meeting place arranged by his grandfather, the place where everything will start, the place that will be the seat of his power. A land pierced by waters, a land that is currently still not developed and is technically at the outskirts of Manila, in the future, this was a place called Navotas, a port city that enjoyed the natural advantage of being near the sea and as such became an urbanized city but at the same time was mired by poverty and dirt. Renaldo will change the courses of time and he will change this city and develop it as his base.

Renaldo's carriage then travelled for a few hours before reaching the supposed place, a clearing inside the forests of Navotas, conveniently a few hours of travel to Ermita where Renaldo's home is and also a few hours of travel to a natural port built by nature where they can build the foundations to make a port city. A very good spot to start his plans.

Renaldo then walked for a few minutes to find a small community of people that are currently waiting in tents because their houses are still being built. Renaldo then walked over to find the main tent, inside the tent, the people all nodded towards Renaldo and led him to a room that is like a storage room, in the area was a large old school vault which is the supposed entrance to Renaldo's factory that his lolo built for him a years prior in preparation for this moment, of course the blueprints used were given by Renaldo using his past life's knowledge about primitive fallout shelters, he based everything on Sonnenberg Tunnel, arguably the largest civilian fallout shelter in his past life that can house 20,000 people inside so this places is MASSIVE, and everything should be fine, Renaldo then went inside the vault to see a budding underground community, He then saw the supposed leader of the gunsmiths waiting for him, he is a man named Armando Lite (fictional character who was the person supposed to have built the Armalite, which is clearly a hoax.)

Renaldo then asked Armando to gather every gunsmiths around him, to meet him at the Meeting Room an hour from now. Renaldo gave them an hour of preparation because he wants them to be ready for what he's going to tell them as it will most definitely be a shock, of course they don't know shit about it so it's up to them if they're going to use their time wisely or not.

Renaldo stayed in the room thinking about which gun to use as a base for his people, an modern gun is out of the question as he still doesn't have the power to protect his creations, releasing everything that he has right out of the bat is out of the question so he thought about a really advance gun that is quite overpowered for this era but will not hurt him much if the enemy gets their hands on it, a gun that is probably used in the second world war will do but it is hard to think about which gun because he needs to think about a lot of factors to choose a gun that is easy to learn and use, and is easy to mass-produce and at the same time it should be cheap, it should also be kind of a great transition from bolt-action to semi-automatic to ease his soldier's transition into more advance modern guns when he's decided to make them. And all of this criteria are checked by a gun, a really good gun and is one of, if not the fastest bolt-action gun made in the later stages of the second world war, it is called the Lee-Enfield Rifle No. 4, it has a 10 round ammo box and it can also use clips so it is one of the best guns back then, it is also easy to use because it is just a bolt-action rifle similar to the Spanish M93 that the filipinos are currently using right now. Renaldo then decided that it will be the main rifle of his army, so he made the blueprints with his memories right away. He also decided to create two types of heavy weaponry, one is the MG42 that is great for defense and is also great as a portable heavy weapon, and the second is the bazooka, a portable anti-tank rocket launcher that can also be used against bunkers that will be prevalent in this era, technically, he can also use it for sieges, it will destroy those fortifications of Intramuros like hot knife through butter and the MG42 will surely harvest lives like the grim reaper on the battlefield but those things are for later, they are not even made yet, he will also use them sparingly right now, and will only use these weapons for a greater plan, for his goal is not just the liberation of this country. No, his goals are far more than that. >:)