137 5.26 Our Guests Arrives And The Plan For Karada Body (1/2)

I need 5 more cauldrons and 5 more mixers that could hold at least 20 litres content each in the Realm of Mind and I need to weigh the contents properly from the original 75 kilograms of base soap into 15 kilograms of each cauldron with different scent and colouring.

According to my estimation, for a 50 grams bar of soap, we would be able to produce up to 1,500 pieces and equivalent to 300 bars of soap for every scent available.

These soaps could last as long as 2 to 3 weeks so we could produce them weekly and have some outside help to package it and sell them as well.

I also need to have a heavy duty weighing scale there and also a heavy set printing machine on plain onion skin paper that would depict its brand and scent. Once I had made 5 samples, I needed the help of Hiko-sama once again to register its Patent and Trademarks. Since they have the yellowish hard laundry soap, we are going to introduce another 5 more soaps.

According to history, domestic toiletry scented soap was invented by a cosmetics company in 1887 and was named (Kao) which means face on Japanese by Tomori Nagase.

Instead of using Kao as the brand name as well as bodiroshon which seems inappropriate since its not a lotion but a bar of soap, I have decided to christen it as ”Karada” which means Body. I don't know how the effect this ”Karada” would be in the world of cosmetics but then at least there's a try for the household in Kitakata as well as an export chance of this soap be reaching outside of Kitakata.

But first, our mission is to make Karada as a household name, below it would be labelling the scent and lastly our village name, Kitakata, Fukushima, Japan. We don't want anyone messing around with our product at all.

Midway through thinking all these, I decided to steal a bit of time and enter the Realm of Mind. I meditated in the middle of Toshi-sama's living room and drifted into the Realm of Mind.

Once there I quickly visualised 5 cauldrons with 5 mixtures each and labelled them accordingly with white masking tape and a marker. Next, I visualise 5 large 1-litre glass jars to store the perfumes.

Then I visualise a large heavy set printing machine much like how the do old typesetting for newspapers and tabloids. I arranged the main lettering for the brand and the name of Kitakata, Fukushima, Japan underneath it while leaving a large space to stamp in the words for its scent.

This could be done manually then wrapped with paper glue. Lastly, I arranged the words 50 grams on the corner just underneath the word Japan. I tested to run on one and it looked perfect with its black coloured lettering. I think I have to trouble Hiko-sama to make 5 different stamps that spelt green tea, jasmine, lavender, lilac and Rose in Japanese characters.

I held on to the paper as logged off from my meditative state and return to the real world. I looked at my hands and the paper was still there.

I set the paper aside and resumed my work. Once I had completed the housekeeping and brought in the clothes from the clothesline that were hung using hangers, I place them on a reed bamboo stick and hang it indoors. Then I left the house and carried the paper and hangers to Hide-sama's and Miroku-sama's houses and did the same with all their clothes.

Finally, I went back home well before my usual time, greeted ”Tadaima” and pressed the printed paper in Hiko-sama's hands after replying ”Okaeri” and I went straight to the bathroom. I charged up psi energy healing spheres and dropped them into the water just after I had turned the tap to full flow.

I could not care less if the water is freezing cold but summing up the visualisation for the production of soap was too much for me to handle. Once the water was three-quarters full, I shut off the water and removed my gi and plunged myself into the tub. I submerged myself and closed my eyes and held my breath.

1 minute...

3 minutes...

7 minutes.....

Time was like standing still as I felt my body slowly recharged as I blew out the remaining breath from my lungs and rose to the surface.

I instantly felt so invigorating and fresh after my body, muscles, tendons and cells were recharged. I exited from the tub and scooped the water over me until the tub was empty and I slowly turn on the tap and slowly let it drip very slowly.

I used my gi as a towel and went out of the toilet bare bodied and changed into a fresh pair of gi and hakama. Damn...! I felt totally recharged, unlike the other time when Mr Director said my energised water made by Psi energy spheres tasted like shit!

After I had changed into a pair of fresh clothing, I felt as if my strength had renewed and filled with vigour. I wondered what time it would be as it was nearing dinner time which occurs around 6 pm daily.

I looked at the sun and it seemed to be still above the treetops near the horizon indicating that there was still about half an hour before time. I sat beside Hiko-sama to explain the paper that I had pressed into his hands.

”Sensei... Sorry to bother you again. Could you help us by making 5 different ink stamps? Each one for green tea, jasmine, lavender, lilac and rose? Sorry to trouble you again, Sensei for such trivial things.”

”Oh...? Not at all... Not at all... You are not troubling me kid, for as long as I can see income trickling in it shouldn't be any problem. You are going to wrap the bodiroshon on this paper? But wait...its called Karada now? Not bodiroshon that you initially intended?”

”Thank you Sensei, you're really big help. Once I had made 5 samples, you may need to go to the Patents and Trademark Department as I wanted people all around Japan to realise that this bar of soap had come all the way from Kitakata village here in Fukushima.”

”No problem, kid... No problem... I will see to it tomorrow to make the stamps first. Then once the samples are ready I bring it to the Patents and Trademarks Department in the governmental district. So you went to the Realm of Mind to do this?”

”Not only that Sensei, but the whole process also is tedious and uses up a lot of my internal energies as I used a lot of visualisation for huge production machinery. Not unlike the Blacksmithing skill that I had and was able to visualise it in a short while but this soap industry, I had to visualise kinds of stuff that I had never imagined before. Fortunately, everything is on a timer. You want to go and take a peek? We still have time. It won't take long.”

”Alright, let's go then. We go to my room instead, it's nearer to the main door here.”

As he said that he motioned me to enter his room. We sat cross-legged on the floor and entered our meditative state. When we opened up our eyes, the first thing I heard was Hiko-sama praising all the equipment around him.

”This cauldron here, Sensei... Contained the mixture of coconut and olive oil. And I used 20 litres of water to my lye and mixed it. You see this mixer here? It's a modern technology that uses energy power around us to power it.”

Hiko-sama was peering into the mixture and was totally awed and saw the mixer was slowly mixing the contents. The mixer had no connection and was operating on its own.

”Next here is the distiller to extract the Essense from each flower and green tea. The bunsen burner here is connected to an LPG tank which means Liquified Petroleum Gas. I had set it to medium heat so it slowly boils this water and the steam would permeate into these flowers and the Essense would drop back into this glass bowl. The end result would be a thick Essense and we call it perfume. I will add the psi energy sphere inside it so that when people use these scented soap to shower, they will feel invigorated.”

Hiko-sama looked around and about the bunsen burner and was awed that the flames could come fuelled from a metal tank.

”Can you bring this to our real world?”

”I could, Sensei. But one thing is that it will change the course of history since this LPG is only available in the mid 20th century!”

”NANI...?!? You mean this comes from the future?!? What do you mean to say, kid?”

”I meant to say that I came from the year 2019 and here I am, trying to change the course of history with you in 1860.”

”HUH...?!? You mean you are from the future?!? Is it true?!? Omagai...!!! Are you sure, Himura Kenshin?!? I don't quite believe it but I have to believe what you are saying is true... Oh my head, spinning out of control again!!!”

”One last thing here is the heavy press printing set. It is common to make newspaper or tabloids and magazines but I made this to print out the wrapping paper for these soaps.”

”Ehhh...if you can print then you don't need the stamps right? You could just do it here by yourself...”

”It's easy for you to mention that, Sensei. But in real fact, people would find it suspicious if we are able to ink everything. People might come tearing our place down since Kitakata is cut off from other influences of other countries and they thought that we had let in foreigners into this land. Oh yes, I need you to make one huge stamp like this one but we won't be using it. It is for show only.”