Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 154 Innate Palu Sacred Body (Third Update)
Just as the group was talking, Tony Stark walked over with a soccer ball in his arms and teased Luca with a smile.

"I've checked it and there's nothing wrong, so I brought it back for you."

"But now you're carrying a soccer ball everywhere you go?"

As he spoke, Tony tossed the football to Luca and then pulled up a stool and sat down in front of the group.

This made Gwen Stacy and Harry a little uncomfortable.

Although Luca also carries the title of "rich high school student," they are just classmates I know, so there's not much special interaction between them.

But Tony Stark is a genuine billionaire and superhero. Even though both of them come from extraordinary families, it's inevitable that they would feel a little awkward and cautious when they actually meet in person.

Luca, however, didn't pay any attention to their little schemes. After receiving the football, his eyes darted around, and he started spouting lies without hesitation.

"It's not that I take it everywhere. Black Egg mentioned Pym Particles and some compression technology before, so I thought I'd make a portable gadget."

"But that's all the results we've achieved for now."

As he spoke, Luca pressed his hand on the football belt around his waist again, and another inflatable football immediately popped out of it.

Seeing this, Tony raised his hand and caught the football in mid-air. His eyes lit up at first, but then immediately turned to disgust.

"This is just inflating air, it's far from space compression, isn't it?"

Upon hearing Toni's words, Luca rolled his eyes and took the ball back.

"What do you know? Look at this belt, and look at the thickness of this football. Do you think you can just deflate it and stuff it in? And you call yourself a genius!"

"And this is just a failed initial result. I'm sure I'll be able to scale it up and down like the Pym particles later."

"How about it? Should I send you a belt later so you can take a look?"

Tony waved his hands repeatedly upon hearing this.

"Forget it, you can keep it for yourself. I can make this little thing myself in no time."

However, after saying that, Tony turned to look at the small red and white sphere in Luca's hand and asked with a hint of curiosity.

"What's this now? Are you planning to become a Pokémon Trainer or something?"

Yes, the red and white ball that Luca is holding in his hand right now is the classic Pokémon Poké Ball.

Upon hearing Tony's words, Luca narrowed his eyes and looked Tony Stark up and down.

It was a gaze that seemed to be directed at its prey, making Tony feel extremely uncomfortable and sending a chill down his spine.

"What kind of look is that, kid?"

Seeing Tony's reaction, Luca finally looked away and explained with a smile.

"It's just a regular toy, but I find it quite interesting. I plan to put it at home as a decorative item."

As he spoke, Luca gently pressed the switch on the Poké Ball, and with a 'click,' the lid on the upper part of the Poké Ball popped open.

Sure enough, inside was just an ordinary Pikachu plush toy. In fact, after the Poké Ball was activated, it even played the classic Pokémon theme song.

Seeing that it really was just a toy, Tony breathed a sigh of relief.

'That must have been my imagination, right? That brat!'

However, what Tony didn't know was that this Poké Ball was not just an ordinary toy in Luca's eyes.

Above the Poké Ball that was faintly emitting a white light in Luca's eyes, a pale blue gold indicator panel was floating. [Palu Ball]

【Fantasy Beast Palu World 1/5】

[Created by: Trainer Palu]

[Core Component: Poké Ball Toy]

[Crafting materials: 1 piece of wood, 1 piece of stone, 1 piece of crystal containing spatial energy.]

[Item Description: A 'Poké Ball' unique to the world of Mythical Beasts Palu. It can be used to capture injured Mythical Beasts Palu. The more severely injured the beast, the higher the capture success rate. Captured Palu will obey the user of the Palu Ball and can be recalled or released from it at any time.]

[Friendly reminder: In the world of Palo, humans can also be captured by Palo Balls!]

This was the very thing Luca had found earlier among the jumbled mess that the spotted man had 'spit out'.

Judging from the missing blackboard and the two students in school uniforms, the things the spotted man vomited out were probably things he haphazardly inhaled.

However, it's unclear whether the Poké Ball itself is a 'core component' or whether it's because it's been tainted by the Spotted Man's aura, which is why the cheat system determined it to be a core item for synthesizing the [Palu Ball].

Of course, Luca didn't care about the origin of this thing; as long as the tool was useful, that was enough.

As for the way I looked at Tony just now.

Naturally, it's because of the final 'friendly reminder' on the Palu Ball panel that humans can also be captured.

'If we're talking about beating Tony half to death and then catching him with the Palu Ball, that's probably the most cost-effective option, right?'

Others are superheroes, supervillains, and so on.

Either Luca is simply no match for him, or even if he could beat him, he wouldn't be of much use. Instead, he's not as good as someone like Tony who relies on his brains. His physical body is incredibly weak, making him easy to bully, but he has a lot of assets, research capabilities, and can even wear armor in battle.

'Simply a god of cost-effectiveness, the innate Palu Holy Body!'

Of course, this was just a joke.

Luca and Tony are on pretty good terms these days, so naturally he wouldn't think of turning his friend into a slave.

With the Marvel universe in such chaos, there are always more suitable options to become 'Palu's hired hands'.

Shaking off the distracting thoughts in his mind, Luca stopped dwelling on the matter and instead steered the conversation back to the spotted people.

"That guy can teleport. After you bring him back, can you lock him up? Don't let him escape again."

In case the guy woke up, Luca had just fired a few more electromagnetic tranquilizer darts at the spotted man.

If it weren't for the concern about appearing too violent, we might have directly switched to 'disintegration bombs'.

At this point, they naturally don't want the other party to escape from S.H.I.E.L.D. and cause them trouble later.

"What do you mean 'you guys'? I'm not with S.H.I.E.L.D. However, judging from what Hill said, he will probably keep injecting him with anesthetic drugs until the method of confinement is determined."

"They already have a well-established procedure for dealing with these unruly interdimensional invaders."

Luca simply nodded upon hearing this, then added after a moment's thought.

"By the way, when I fought that guy before, he seemed to say something about the unusually active spatial fluctuations around here? I wonder if he was referring to New York or the area around the school."

"If it's New York, then it's fine, since that incident just happened not long ago. But if it specifically refers to the school, then we should probably remind S.H.I.E.L.D. to be more careful in the future."

(End of this chapter)