Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 199 He Survived (Second Update)
Grayish-black raindrops slowly dripped from the sky.

Because the Tri-Wing Building was located in the center of the nuclear explosion, which was situated on a tributary of the Potomac River, a large amount of water vapor was directly vaporized into the air by the high temperature brought by the nuclear explosion.

Therefore, the area covered by the radioactive rain at this moment was not small. In just a few minutes, it began to spread outward from the nuclear explosion center and turned into a torrential downpour.

However, the torrential rain did not bring much vitality; instead, it made the deserted Washington appear even more oppressive and distorted.

As the heavy rain gradually approached an inconspicuous sycamore tree on the edge of Washington, the sticky raindrops finally flowed down the cracks in the trunk and onto the pale blue energy cube embedded in the bark.

The moment the first raindrop touches the block.

A blue light flashed.

"Boom~"

The entire tree exploded instantly.

Bark fragments flew like bullets as the broken sycamore tree crashed to the roof of the convenience store next door.

Amidst the exploding wood chips and rain, a massive and distorted metallic silhouette, enveloped in blue light, wildly expands and reassembles.

The violent distortion of space pushed aside the surrounding rainwater and debris, creating a brief vacuum zone.

The more than ten-meter-tall [Boxing Mobile Armor] maintained its posture of directly confronting the nuclear explosion's shockwave until the very last moment before it disappeared.

With its body arched forward and arms protecting its head, it resembled a scarred steel behemoth frozen in the torrent of time.

However, once the surrounding spatial fluctuations subsided, its own blue light abruptly went out as if a power outage had occurred.

The heavy mech, having lost all power support, could only follow the laws of physics, maintaining its impact posture, and crashing backward uncontrollably.

"boom--"

A deafening roar shook the ruined land, stirring up even more turbid waves of mud.

The mecha's massive, heavy body sank into the mud and rubble, causing the surrounding wreckage to collapse once more.

The thick, gray-black rain instantly swallowed up the rising dust, with only the persistent "rustling" sound of the rain still dominating everything.

This desolate place seemed to have returned to peace.

If someone were to look down from the air at this moment, they would see that the front of this huge mech lying on its back is covered with charred, twisted, and deformed outer armor.

Many areas where the armor was originally weak were completely torn apart and dented, and now it barely maintains the integrity of its overall shape.

Inside the mech's cockpit.

For Luca, the time from facing the nuclear explosion to recovering was only a moment.

One second the cockpit was filled with a blinding red light, the next second a blue light flashed, and everything around seemed to return to calm. The lights in the cockpit went out, and the only sound was the 'rustling' of raindrops outside.

It wasn't until the mech tilted completely backward that the massive jolt brought Luca back to his senses.

"Uh...ho...cough cough..."

As my senses returned, a sharp, intense pain immediately shot through my chest.

With a faint, painful gasp, Luca coughed up a mouthful of blood.

However, Luca was not paying attention to his injuries at the moment; instead, he was filled with relief at surviving such a close call.

'Did they escape? Those damn Hydra bastards!'

Although Luca never overestimated Hydra's bottom line, he really didn't expect that, with many of his men still occupying positions in Washington to retaliate, Hydra would choose to detonate a nuclear bomb directly in the Tri-Wing!

Fortunately, Luca still had the [Dehydration Gun] artifact, which allowed him to compress the entire mech, along with himself, into a cube just before being torn apart by the explosion, thus withstanding the impact of the nuclear blast.

After all, it is an energy cube formed from the power of spatial dimensions, and it is difficult for ordinary physical impacts to tear it apart directly.

"A nuclear explosion! Hahaha~~~"

Thinking that he was a man who had survived a nuclear explosion, Luca couldn't help but burst into laughter in the dark cockpit after the fear subsided.

only.

"Hiss~~cough cough cough~~" His laughter immediately triggered the tearing pain in his chest again.

Having barely regained some of his vision in the darkness, Luca forced himself to look at his chest, despite the pain.

This discovery was significant; only then did he realize that a twisted piece of metal, broken off from somewhere, was embedded in his chest.

"Damn! No wonder it hurts so much!"

Perhaps it was the effect of adrenaline, but despite such a terrible injury, Luca remained remarkably clear-headed.

He didn't even notice the pain before the mech collapsed.

However, now that he has come to his senses, Luca finds it extremely difficult to even move his arm.

She could only barely keep her life afloat thanks to the healing abilities of [Sweet Captive].

However, the treatment from [Sweet Captive] could only be considered a 'minor injury recovery'. No matter how the green light flashed, blood continued to flow from the wound on her chest and the corner of her mouth.

Not to mention the metal shards embedded in his chest; without removing them, even the most potent treatment that could shatter his arm would only slightly prolong Luca's life.

"Could it be that he didn't die in the nuclear explosion, but ended up dying here?!"

'That bastard Tony only had some metal shards stuck in his chest, but I have this huge piece of metal stuck in mine. Can I brag about that to him?'

Well, even at this point, Luca was still thinking about all sorts of random things.

But at that moment, two red lights suddenly began to flash in the pitch-black cockpit.

Immediately afterwards, a monotone electronic voice rang out.

"Warning, warning!"

"His life is in danger! His life is in danger!"

The source of the sound was, of course, the perfectly intact orange Hello next to the driver's seat.

With the mech completely shut down and losing the support of the onboard voice system, the little gadget reverted to its usual two-word chatter.

However, this does not affect its level of intelligence.

Lying on his back in the cockpit, Luca weakly looked at the orange Haro who had made a sound, and struggled to speak.

"I know. Cough, stop talking nonsense and help me remove the metal plate!"

"Removal is not recommended, no."

"Pull!" Luca forced himself to give the order again.

The little guy stopped babbling and, flapping its big ears, jumped down from its driver's seat, landing with a 'thump' next to Luca.

'Thank goodness it didn't jump onto my chest.'

At this point, Luca was beginning to lose his senses and his thinking became quite confused.

However, the next moment, Orange Haro wobbled and stretched out its short hand, grabbed the iron plate that was taller than itself stuck in Luca's chest, and suddenly leaned back to exert force.

"Pfft~~"

"Holy crap!!"

The sudden, intense pain instantly brought Luca back to his senses.

Driven by the intense stimulation of bone pain, Luca clenched his right hand tightly, disregarding everything else.

The next moment, the mechanical arm [Sweet Captive] that had been with him for quite some time exploded, and countless green light spots filled with life instantly enveloped Luca's entire body.

The wound on his chest was also healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

'He survived.'

(End of this chapter)