Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 260 A Magical Idiot? Hextech Mastery! (Third Update)

Inside the Gundam hangar.

The current [Boxer] mech has undergone several rounds of modifications by Luca, and it is now almost unrecognizable from its original form.

Even the overall height of the aircraft has increased from the original 12.07 meters to 14 meters.

It can be said that apart from the full-circle cockpit that Luca was more comfortable with, even the most important part of the fuselage, the frame, was completely replaced.

The mecha has become more slender and well-proportioned, no longer resembling a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Instead, it looks more like a smaller version of the 'Justice Gundam'.

This is also an inevitable result of the fact that this brand-new solar furnace core mech has adopted a large amount of Gundam 00 technology.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the [Boxer] itself has the concept of inheriting the characteristics of items, abandoning the existing mech and creating a completely new mech might actually reduce the cost significantly.

Fortunately, Luca's cheat code seems to agree with the theory of the 'Ship of Theseus'. Even though the entire machine is almost devoid of its original parts, the most important conceptual power has been preserved.

And because Luca went through the 'Devil May Cry' world after the 'Detective Conan' world, this mech actually incorporates a lot of 'devil technology' inside as well.

For example, there's the interchangeable right arm, which is clearly different in design from the left arm, and the ornate helmet on the mecha's head that slightly mimics the shape of a cowboy hat.

Of course, Luca's hurried arrival at the hangar was not to continue testing and upgrading the brand-new Gundam that he was all too familiar with.

Upon entering, they didn't even set up the standard pilot boarding platform.

Luca nimbly darted up to the mech's hatch in two quick steps.

After the hatch opened, he tossed the orange Haro into the cockpit, and with a single flip and leap, he jumped down from the nearly ten-meter-high mech's chest and landed steadily on the ground.

"Hello, activate the Boxer Gundam! Release Hextech Particle Dispersion and then remain stationary. No other actions are required!"

Having received Luca's order, Haro grumbled and jumped into his 'master' pilot' seat, his eyes flashing red, and the entire Gundam immediately lit up with a dazzling blue light.

Of course, the mech itself didn't make any movements while the mounting frame was still in place.

But the 'Hextech Solar Furnace' behind it was shining brightly, constantly radiating pale blue 'Hextech Particle' light bands outward.

In an instant, the entire hangar was filled with these dazzling blue particles.

And that is precisely the purpose of Luca's trip.

"Great, now it's time to verify our hypothesis!"

Luca took out the [Neon Cross] again, stretched out his left arm, and let the silver-white metal pendant hang down and sway slightly.

Immediately afterwards, he quickly cleared his mind of distractions, focused his attention on his left hand, and imagined the shape of a bow and arrow in his mind.

next moment.

"Om~"

A barely perceptible humming sound.

The palm-sized, pale blue shortbow reappeared.

However, this is only the beginning.

With the appearance of this 'Hextech Spirit Shortbow', the pale blue particles that were originally drifting and spreading around seemed to receive some kind of signal and immediately converged towards Luca's left hand like a torrent.

In the blink of an eye, the palm-sized spirit bow had already expanded to the length of a forearm.

And this expansion and cohesion has not yet stopped.

1 meters. 2 meters. 3 meters.
The rampant growth finally stopped when the blue spirit bow swelled to nearly 4 meters in length, to the point that Luca could only hold the bow arm horizontally to prevent it from sinking into the ground. But in fact, this was not the limit of the spirit bow.

The countless Hextech particles around were still converging towards the longbow, but no matter how many particles were incorporated into the bow, they would immediately decompose and scatter out again.

The pale blue Hextech particle stream flowed in a ring around Luca, centered on the Spirit Longbow, creating a beautiful and magnificent scene.

Luca knew that his control had reached its limit, and he could no longer control the condensation of more particles to maintain a stable bow shape.

Well, saying "stable" is a bit of a shameless boast from Luca.

At this moment, the entire body of the Spirit Longbow resembled a leaping blue flame, with sparks hissing from both ends, like a giant firework, barely maintaining the shape of a longbow.

"Wow~ That feels great!"

Looking at the 'giant torch' dancing in his hand, Luca couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.

Even he, a 'magic idiot,' could clearly feel the immense power contained within this 'Hextech Longbow.'

"I never expected that this prop, which I had no expectations for, would bring me such a big surprise!"

However, after glancing around, Luca ultimately gave up somewhat reluctantly.

If he weren't in his own important hangar, he would have loved to fire a full-power arrow and test the power of this spirit bow.

'What a pity, what a pity. I'll just take the GN Drive to the Pink Dragon Test Site later and let the Si Cup test its power for me~'

After calming down, Luca tried to give up control over the surplus particles and found that if he wanted to ensure a relatively stable bow structure, he could only control the overall length of the spirit bow to a little over one meter.

However, if one can further train their control or enhance their mental strength to increase the effectiveness of mental control, the power of this spirit bow seems to have no upper limit.

'Training control is too time-consuming and laborious. Besides, an unlimited spirit bow can only be condensed when the concentration of Hextech particles is extremely high. Perhaps we could add a mind amplifier to Gundam Boxer?'

'This approach should work; Yuri's tech tree happens to have quite a few technologies in this area that I can refer to!'

'Isn't it a bit too strange to just open the hatch and shoot arrows with your bare hands? No, we need to improve this.'

While pondering technological upgrades, Luca didn't forget to order Haro to shut down the solar reactor engine on the mech.

Without the blessing of infinite Hextech Particles, the blue spirit bow in his left hand returned to the size of a palm.

Looking at the 'toy bow' in my hand, it appears no different from the previous one to the naked eye.

But Luca still gave the order.

"Hello, rescan this shortbow in my hand and compare it to the previous one!"

"Om~"

This time, it was the sensors on the boxer Gundam that emitted the scanning beam.

However, since the core data is stored inside the orange Haro, the system immediately gave Luca the answer he expected.

"The bow length increased by 0.1% compared to previous laboratory results, the energy concentration increased by 0.15%, and the bow arm thickness..."

'really! ’

A glint of light flashed in Luca's eyes, and he immediately blurted out the judgment he had previously anticipated.

"The Hextech Solar Furnace is constantly improving my physique!"

(End of this chapter)