Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 165 The Rising Orange Group: A Useless Tool? (Fourth Update)

Yes, Pioneer Technology.

The reason I'm paying attention to this company isn't because Luca is interested in the Extremis virus they created; that stuff is too unstable, and even the upgraded Centipede Warrior has the risk of exploding.

What Luca was more concerned about was the plan of the Pioneer Technology boss, that guy named Killian, to control the president.

In Iron Man 3, Killian uses the Extremis virus's ability to regenerate severed limbs to seduce the American Vice President, whose daughter has a leg disability.

First, he would use a terrorist attack to kill the current president, then install the vice president, whom he controlled, in power, thereby gaining control of the entire United States.

Well, that sounds a bit far-fetched, since in this capitalist society, the President of the United States doesn't have absolute power.

Even his plan was ultimately thwarted by Iron Man, the current president was rescued, and the vice president was arrested for colluding with terrorists.

But if Luca can get leverage over the vice president in the process and help him cover up his deal with Killian.

Perhaps it could also gain a 'loyal ally' on a political level.

'However, the first explosion has only just occurred? There's no need to rush.'

With that in mind, Luca gave Hakimi the order to keep a close watch on the situation and then prepared to wait and see how things developed.

After a period of time, Dalton School also resumed classes.

However, Luca only goes to school occasionally to play with 'Gwentwo' and relieve his mood.

Most of the time and energy was devoted to the design of the foldable and deformable base.

Of course, although Luca rarely manages company affairs, the Orange Group as a whole is developing very rapidly.

Police departments in several states, like New York, have chosen to include the 'Orderman' pistol in their equipment procurement programs.

Orange Materials' factory has also been built, and it has begun selling 'e-carbon alloy' on a small scale, bringing a very good reputation and influence to the newly established materials company.

Although Norman seems somewhat indifferent to the collaboration with Osborn Biotech recently, the partnership has managed to get back on track thanks to the market penetration of several newly launched specialty drugs.

Needless to say, Sokovia is also establishing weapons production lines, pharmaceutical companies, and parts manufacturing plants.

Lena even plans to acquire several small and medium-sized daily necessities companies, striving to ensure that Orange Group's products can cover all aspects of Sokovia.

In short, the entire Orange Group is now expanding at an extremely alarming rate.

Even Tony, when he occasionally contacts Luca, will remark that he made a lot of money investing in the Orange Group.

However, while things are generally moving in a positive direction, it doesn't mean that everything is going smoothly.

At least for the time being, Luca has repeatedly run into obstacles in the matter of collecting items.

Yes, although Luca is currently devoting a lot of his energy to the laboratory, and has also developed considerable research capabilities due to his dream of the Conan world.

But Luca never forgets what he's built on. In his spare time, he always makes time to stroll around shopping streets, secondhand markets, or even go to Tony's place to ask for some freebies, hoping to stumble upon some new gadgets.

However, it's not to say that Luca has gained nothing at all these days.

But to be honest, the two items he acquired are basically useless to him right now.

【Dragon Ball Radar】 【Created by: Bulma】

[Item Description: A small handheld radar with a scanning radius covering the entire Earth. Although the display interface is very simple, it is easy to operate and can accurately locate the energy waves emitted by the Dragon Balls worldwide.]

[Friendly reminder: With this, you'll never have to worry about losing the scattered Dragon Balls again!]

This thing was a prop that Luca created using a pocket watch he found at a secondhand market.

However, although the item was successfully synthesized, the so-called [Dragon Ball Radar] could only locate the 'Seven Dragon Balls' item. In the Marvel universe where Luca lives, there is no such thing as Dragon Balls, so the synthesized radar could only scan for nothing.

Left with no other choice, Luca had to disassemble it, hoping to gain some technological knowledge about the Dragon Ball world from it.

But even the orange Haro and Big White, who hadn't used their 'combination attack' in a long time, couldn't figure out how this tiny handheld radar could scan the entire globe.

In the end, this seemingly decent prop was left to gather dust in Luca's warehouse.

'Consider this preparation for unlocking Dragon Ball World 5/5.'

Luca could only console himself with this thought.

However, this is not the end.

Following the [Dragon Radar], Luca obtained another, even more amazing-looking gadget.
Shrinking pill

[Manufacturer: Grey Wolf]

[Item Description: A magical white pill, specially created by Grey Wolf to allow him to pass through the sheep village gate. After ingestion, it instantly shrinks a person's body tenfold, while simultaneously reducing attributes such as strength and mobility.]

[Friendly reminder: Since the effects of the shrinking pills are permanent, it is recommended to use them in conjunction with the enlargement pills~]

Hmm... how should I put it?
This [shrinking pill] is indeed as amazing as described.

It can shrink the user's body tenfold, but the key is that Luca doesn't have any [magnification pills], so being permanently shrunk would probably ruin his life.

If he were to actually eat it, he could only hope that Dr. Hank Pym's Pym Particles could save him.

However, if Luca can actually obtain Pym particles, then the [Shrink Pill] itself seems to have no purpose.

The only use Luca can think of for the [shrinking pill] right now is to use it to trick people.

After all, once eaten, it shrinks to ten times its original size, making it a powerful weapon to defeat most enemies.

However, putting aside how to get this thing into the enemy's mouth, Luca was reluctant to use it casually since there was only one of these after it was synthesized.

As for the origin of this [shrinking pill], it wasn't something Luca found while 'shopping' outside.

Its 'core component' is actually one of the failed products of 'APTX4869' developed by Sherry's side. Luca only discovered this discarded drug by chance in Sherry's laboratory.

However, after Luca synthesized this into a [Shrinking Pill], he gave it to Sherry for testing, hoping to see if it could be replicated.

The result was that this thing was just a rather complex 'candy'.

After the test, Sherry even felt that Luca was just playing a trick on her out of boredom, which made Luca so angry that he almost ate the [shrinking pill] to prove his innocence.

(End of this chapter)