Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 212 Demon Cloak, Arm Smashes (Second Update)
At first, Luca only felt a burning sensation in his lower back, and he didn't realize what was happening.

After all, when the king gave him this long string of amulets, he only gave a few casual words of introduction.

Since the other party hadn't detected anything useful on Gina, Luca naturally underestimated their abilities.

At the time, I just casually hung these amulets on my waist, thinking it would be a small token of my appreciation.

But now that all the amulets lit up at once, Luca felt a chill run down his spine.

Without a second thought, he leaped backward and simultaneously unleashed a powerful 'Chidori Stream' punch into the dimly lit laboratory.

There was a 'boom'.

A flash of lightning rang out, and equipment and props in the laboratory were blown around in all directions.

However, after the lightning completely dissipated, a bunch of experimental equipment in the laboratory crackled and popped for a while.

Hakimi's voice came from the speakers on the roof.

"Sir, would you like me to turn on the light for you?"

Still somewhat doubtful, Luca cautiously peered into the corridor. Seeing no movement inside for a long time, he hesitated before speaking.

"Turn on the lights, Hakimi, is anyone in the lab?"

“Sir, no one has entered this place since you left the lab last time.”

As Hakimi responded, the lights in the laboratory quickly turned on.

Sure enough, apart from the mess caused by Luca's attack, there was nothing unusual about the place.

"This"

"Hakimi, call the cup over here for me!"

five minutes later.

Having just finished searching the lab, Si Bei, holding a glowing amulet in one hand and a broken mechanical arm in the other, stood calmly in front of Luca.

"My lord, the amulet you gave me senses this thing."

Looking at the unremarkable robotic arm, Luca's lips twitched.

The arm that Sibei was holding at that moment was the one that Justin Hammer had severed with his cloak during the battle with the three huskies.

The robotic arm's ports were as smooth as mirrors, and apart from that, there were no other abnormalities.

Initially, when Luca was repairing the three-ha mechs, he was surprised by Justin Hammer's methods, but after Haro's analysis and scanning, he could only confirm that the break was caused by some kind of energy attack.

Without the 'gn particles' enhancement, the 'e-carbon armor' is indeed slightly lacking in energy attacks, so Luca didn't take it too seriously.

He simply disassembled the damaged arm and kept it in his laboratory, thinking that maybe he could research something from it in the future.

However, Luca's idea was just a sudden whim. If he hadn't been thinking about getting himself a temporary arm today, he would have almost forgotten about the broken mechanical arm.

However, unexpectedly
'Her cloak attack...was it actually using demonic energy?'

Yes, now that things have come to this, Luca can be certain that Justin Hammer's red cloak is definitely not some kind of technological creation.

Otherwise, the amulets that the king gave himself wouldn't have had such a strong reaction.

'A demon cloak? How did Justin get involved with demons? Surely, this cloak isn't related to Mephisto either?'

There's no way around it; nowadays, anything even remotely related to demons immediately makes Luca think of Mephisto.

'It seems I should have a heart-to-heart talk with this young lady from the Hammer family.' Although he had discovered her hidden identity before, Luca had not taken the initiative to approach her.

The main reason is that Luca didn't take Justin Hammer seriously, treating him as a nobody.

He also had leverage over her collaboration with Hydra and her collusion with Vanguard Technology, allowing him to control her at any time.

Luca, who has been extremely busy lately, plans to deal with this small matter when he has some free time. He doesn't want to cause trouble by swallowing up Hammer Industries at this critical juncture when Hydra is in a panic.

However, now that it has been confirmed that the other party is likely connected with the demon, she can no longer be allowed to operate outside his sight.

"Hakimi, record the residual energy fluctuations on this severed arm, and notify me immediately of any subsequent discoveries."

As he spoke, Luca looked at the cup that had paved the way for him.

"You can go back first; just leave this here."

"Understood, sir!"

Sibei placed the robotic arm back on the table, and then with a 'bang,' it turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared in front of Luca.

'Shadow clones? That's quite a convenient ability.'

After Hakimi recorded the energy fluctuations, which were most likely from the Hell Dimension, Luca immediately pulled out his [Dehydration Gun] and 'sealed' the mechanical arm in front of him without saying a word.

Ever since learning from the King that the compressed energy of the [Dehydration Gun] might come from that 'Hex Dimension', Luca became even more determined to seal away anything related to demons with the [Dehydration Gun].

If the compressed energy cube contains the power of the concept of a cheat code, then even Mephisto should not be able to perceive what is sealed inside the cube through it.

If not.

'Then let Mephisto go find the Ancient One! Anyway, the Hextech Dimension is now under the Ancient One's control; if you're so capable, try and find out about me from her!'

After cursing the old bastard Ancient One a few more times in his mind, Luca put away the cube and prepared to resume his previous 'arm-smashing' project.

However, looking at the mess in front of him, his face immediately fell.

"It's alright, don't be angry. Better safe than sorry! I'm rich now, it's just a little experimental equipment."

"Damn it! Justin! You just wait! I'll remember this!"

For the next few days, Luca completely cut off all outside information.

Aside from receiving a call from Wang, Luca even refused Tony's invitation to relax together after returning to New York.

They devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the entire process of destroying the existing arm, creating a mechanical arm, collecting materials, and synthesizing a new arm.

Considering that he would be able to learn the complete crafting process directly when he went to the Devil May Cry world, Luca didn't even bother to analyze or collect data on the newly synthesized arms.

Fortunately, the materials for crafting the next few arms weren't too difficult to collect.

Even without readily available materials, Luca managed to forcibly create them by hand using his current abilities.

After the [overture] of '2/5', there is a mechanical arm called [African Daisy] that can release shockwaves. After the arm is charged up and detonated, it can also continuously spray out huge energy lasers, which is a very good attack move.

'4/5' is a strange arm called [Cutter]. Calling it an arm is a bit of a stretch; the entire arm is basically a small drill. Normally, when attacking, it just unfolds the drill and rotates to cut in front of you. But when it is charged and detonated, it automatically releases a 'Whirlwind Charge Tornado'. The arm carries Luca in a crazy spiral charge through the sky, almost making him throw up his dinner from the night before.

Finally, Luca used a jumble of things like clocks, gears, and small force field generators to create an arm called [Mercury Time].

A flash of white light appeared before his eyes, and everything in his field of vision began to spin.

(End of this chapter)