Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 166 Grey Wolf is Actually an Alchemy Master (Fifth Update)
As for the [shrinking pill], Luca eventually left it in Sherry's laboratory.

Although the current scan results only show candy, Shirley also said that the ingredients are very complex.

Luca suggested that Sherry might try to study this thing when she had some free time, and maybe she could find a way to replicate the [shrinking pill] or create the [enlarging pill]?

As for Shirley's reply...
"Do you think my job is easy?!"

In short, Luca has only acquired these two cheat items recently.

It's not entirely useless, but it's certainly not useful at all.

Luca could only console himself.

'The Dragon Ball world is amazing, and Grey Wolf's technology is incredible. Let's prepare a little beforehand, and once we've got 5/5, we'll take off!'

Having discussed the items we've acquired during this period, let's turn our attention back to Luca.

At that moment, Luca was having breakfast in the villa's dining room.

It was a rare occasion that Luca and Shirley didn't stay up all night in the lab today. While eating, they also took the opportunity to talk about the recovery of Luca's mother, Gina.

"Based on my estimation, Ms. Gina should be able to regain some consciousness in three or four days."

"However, because her previous symptoms were quite severe, the specially formulated targeted drug could only actively break down the cocooning protein, but it could not precisely control which part of the nerves the cocooning protein would be treated first."

"Therefore, Ms. Gina should be temporarily unable to move after regaining consciousness, and may even experience symptoms such as slowed consciousness and temporary amnesia."

"However, as long as medication is continued, these symptoms will gradually subside over time."

Luca simply nodded slightly upon hearing this. In fact, Da Bai would report these situations to him every few days.

Two days ago, Da Bai had already told him that Gina's body seemed to have regained some of its perception of the outside world, so it wasn't too surprising to Luca that Shirley judged that she would wake up in three or four days.

Curing Gina has been a major obsession for Luca, and the fact that he is about to succeed is good news for him.

What he's really looking forward to now is how his mother will react when she wakes up and learns about the current state of Orange Industries.

Having moved on from that topic, Luca asked another question.

"How's the sugar bean research going lately?"

Well, actually, Luca has been bringing up this issue with Sherry every now and then these past few days.

However, he usually only gets a pair of eye rolls from Sherry in return, but Luca never gets tired of it.

I don't know if they really want to see the [Shrinking Pill] successfully copied, or if they just want to see the eye roll.

However, to Luca's surprise, Sherry hesitated and didn't know how to answer when Luca asked about it.

Luca was stunned by what he saw.

"No way? You actually figured out the formula for the shrinking pills???"

Seeing Luca's incredibly surprised expression, Sherry, who had been somewhat hesitant, rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"So you keep urging me to study that candy bean, but you yourself don't even think you can actually achieve anything?!"

Even so, after making a complaint, Shirley explained why she had hesitated earlier.

"We have indeed made some progress, but there is no theoretical basis yet. Hmm, I think this result might be useful for the development of PTX4869."

Upon hearing this, Luca immediately perked up and asked directly with anticipation.

"Forget about the theoretical basis for now, tell me what the results are?"

Upon hearing this, Shirley carefully considered her words before explaining, "After repeatedly scanning and observing these past few days, I've discovered that the pill you gave me, while its main ingredients are indeed saccharin, sweeteners, and vanilla extract, is actually..."

"However, the arrangement of its internal components is quite peculiar. It's not like ordinary sugar making, where all the ingredients are simply mixed together; rather, it's more like..."

At this point, Shirley's tone became somewhat hesitant, as if she didn't know how to describe this combination. After hesitating for a long time, she finally gave a self-deprecating answer.

"It's more like the arrangement of these components forms some kind of magic circle."

"what??"

Luca, who was full of anticipation, never expected that Sherry would give such an answer in the end.

"A magic circle?? So you're trying to tell me that the Shrinking Pill isn't actually a scientific research product, but a magical potion?"

Upon hearing Luca's question, Shirley blushed slightly, seemingly feeling that she, as a researcher, shouldn't have given such an answer.

However, after thinking about it for a moment, I still forced myself to explain my statement.

"A magic circle is just a metaphor. Different combinations of chemical bonds can also be seen as a kind of magic circle to those who don't understand it."

"Perhaps this is just a pharmaceutical technique whose principles we don't yet fully understand."

Upon hearing this, Luca nodded in understanding.

He doesn't know much about biopharmaceuticals, but in fact, there are similar things in his research.

For example, 'E-carbon', which is currently highly sought after in the aerospace field, essentially relies on the special arrangement of carbon isotopes to enhance its various physical properties.

"So, in what aspect are you referring to when you say that this permutation and combination can help with the development of APTX4869?"

Sherry: "Yes, there are currently two arrangements. I can confirm the effects: one can stabilize the medicinal properties, and the other can shield the medicinal properties."

"If similar effects can be achieved through other ingredients, I might be able to remove the toxicity from APTX4869 and only retain the part of its medicinal properties that rejuvenate the body."

"However, this still requires continuous experimentation and attempts. We can only say that we have found a good research direction for the time being."

However, Luca was stunned again upon hearing Shirley's words.

'By arranging things in a special shape, you can block the effects of medicine? You still say this isn't magic!'

Of course, despite the complaints, Luca didn't intend to meddle in areas he wasn't familiar with.

He simply encouraged Shirley a few more times, telling her to do her research on her own and not to be too hasty in trying to get results.

After all, Luca himself is still just a teenager and doesn't really need any anti-aging drugs.

Even if Sherry does manage to create this thing, like the [Shrunk Pill], it can only 'shrink' but not 'grow', so it won't be of much help to Luca in the short term.

He can't just force-feed Tony APTX4869 and turn him into a child just to prank him, can he?

'Hmm, it doesn't seem like it's impossible~'

Just as Luca was morbidly wondering what Tony would look like after shrinking,

The television news, which Luca and his partner had previously ignored, suddenly started flashing static, indicating signal instability.

Then the screen flickered.

In the center of a row of colorful stripes, a pattern composed of two swords and ten rings was prominently displayed on the television screen.

(End of this chapter)