Super Detective in the Fictional World

Chapter 1986: Aftermath, Another Drawing

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Jennifer was sorted out, and there were no problems with Mindy.

This old team member, who had just become an adult, started work a month earlier than Jennifer, the new head. Luke had V visit her father and talk to her, and Mindy joined up the next day.

After all, she had grown up cutting down gangsters, and wasn’t as obsessed with morality as Jennifer.

Thus, she didn’t have to be like Jennifer, who could only handle the ‘clean’ part of things, and could participate in managing most of the PDD’s affairs.

In this way, Jennifer had a specialized portfolio, while Mindy helped Selina deal with the rest of the work.

Selina’s workload dropped to about half of what it had been before. With Mindy as an all-rounder assistant to fill in the gaps, she could finally heave a huge sigh of relief.

Now that Director Selina had a new assistant, Luke was finally let go. He continued studying his new and old abilities in the lab.

At that moment, the problems left in Werner’s wake began to appear.

The aftermath wasn’t noisy, but it lasted for a long time.

The Inhumans that had been sent to New Delhi and Mexico City had yet to be found.

In the last few months, one or two awakened Inhumans would appear in New Delhi and Mexico City every few days.

Luke had his Level 2 clone search for more than a month, but it couldn’t find them.

It was very likely that the Inhumans who had been dispatched in the beginning were using their respective superpowers to conceal the activation of the Terrigen Crystals.

These two cities had a population of more than 20 million, and the bottom rungs of society were very chaotic; trying to find a few superhumans who were laying low was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

However, Werner was already locked up in Space 2, and couldn’t control these awakened Inhumans.

Without anyone to unite the Inhumans, the impact and control of their abilities was poor; it would be very hard for them to cause a huge incident.

Most people would scare not just others but themselves silly when they awakened.

Few would understand how serious this matter was from the beginning and keep it a secret.

By the time they figured out what had happened to them, the Avengers, New SHIELD or the PDD had already arrived to detain them.

The only thing that Luke wasn’t satisfied with was that these Inhumans’ abilities were too bizarre.

Of the Inhumans they had caught in the last few months, only Karl’s ability to assimilate could be partially learned.

When Karl came in touch with a particular substance, his body could transform into a similar substance. The transformation wouldn’t work if the substance exceeded the upper limit of the ability, but there was no limit to how long the transformation could last.

With Luke’s handicapped version, his muscles would only simulate similar properties of the substance for about an hour, but the transformation could be canceled at any time.

There were dozens of awakened Inhumans in Afterlife, and more than 100 of them had been created by Werner. Out of over 200 in total, only 12 abilities could be learned.

Excluding those that were like low-grade versions of what Luke already had, and the ugly versions that he could learn but didn’t dare to, there were only six real gains.

The handicapped version of Yo-Yo was called Tenfold Explosion, Muscle Expansion was called Big Muscle Tyrant, and Physical Transformation was called Elementary Mimicry. Coupled with the stretchy ability he had obtained earlier on, which he called Taffy, these four were all physical-type abilities.

Mental Interference and Telekinetic Control were mental-types.

In terms of composition, Luke’s superpowers skewed toward these two types.

He was severely lacking in elemental and long-range attacks, and could only rely on technology to make up for it.

But Luke had never given up on his dream of becoming a top long-range fighter. Who said that a super meat shield couldn’t have the heart of the strongest long-range fighter?

…

It was May 2012, and Elena contacted Luke in the middle of the night.

He thought that she wanted him to come over for coffee, but that wasn’t the case.

When he arrived at Elena’s place in New Jersey, Luke saw that she had fallen asleep on the couch.

She had gone out looking for inspiration for more than a month, and hadn’t gotten over the jet lag yet.

She was suddenly hit with ‘inspiration’ in the middle of the night; like a puppet controlled by a mysterious power, she got up and drew half a drawing before she even put her clothes on.

She had just barely been able to call Luke, before she couldn’t help but collapse on the couch.

Luke used his telekinesis to bring the easel over to the couch. At the same time, he pulled out a blanket to cover the artist’s curvy body.

After he lay her down properly, he sat down and gently soothed her anxiety.

Elena, who had been sleeping restlessly, felt the faint touch of a familiar hand. Her brow relaxed, and her slightly hurried breathing turned gentle.

Luke, on the other hand, was already carefully examining the ‘foresight drawing.’

Elena’s Foresight Drawing couldn’t foresee everything. For example, she hadn’t felt anything when Werner appeared.

But as long as she drew something, it meant that it wouldn’t be a small matter.

Luke had long wanted this ability, and didn’t need to gamble for it.

All he had to do was use Real Dream to fulfill Elena’s wish for a perfect date, and her list of abilities was completely open to him.

Foresight Drawing could be partially learned, and the prerequisite was that he had to obtain a certain related mental ability – like Yukio Yashida’s ‘Death Sense.’

After Luke learned Elena’s ability, it became a mutation of Death Sense, which allowed him to sense certain targets that might pose a huge threat to him.

There was no image or plot – at most, he developed a more pointed sense for danger.

Previously, Werner had given Luke a clear sense of danger, which was why Luke had kept an eye on him and didn’t stop until he caught Werner.

However, Foresight Drawing was like Yo-Yo – Luke’s knock-off version was a lot worse.

So, Luke hurried over when he heard that Elena had a new drawing.

The drawing this time was a little strange. It was just a picture of a very ordinary remote street in a big city, and there was only one person in it.

Anyone who could appear in a Foresight Drawing was extraordinary, and this person was wearing a suit of armor that Luke had never seen before.

The armor was mostly white, with black and red mixed into it.

The armor was symmetrical and well-made. The overall appearance was quite pleasing to the eye, but it probably wasn’t very sturdy.

From the outside, it looked a little like Stark’s typical style.

Luke narrowed his eyes when he saw the helmet.

He was also very familiar with the helmet, which looked nothing like the Mark armor’s, but more like… the Ant-Man helmet.

However, the man was wearing the helmet, and his face couldn’t be seen at all.

Luke scanned the image into the database and immediately had Alfred look for matches — starting with the people on Dr. Pym’s side.

In less than three seconds, Alfred gave him the results: The target was 63.2% similar to Scott Lang. The inaccuracies of a picture drawn by hand could account for a 28.6% difference. The target was most likely Scott Lang.