Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 342 Planting Nails

"Sir, the live broadcast signal has been physically interrupted!"

Just after the demonstration of how more than one Skrull transformed into Captain America, Luca heard Hakimi's notification in his earpiece.

Luca, who already knew this 'performance' wouldn't last long, wasn't too surprised.

He simply asked in a calm tone.

"Was the footage broadcast in its entirety before the signal was interrupted?"

"Yes, sir!"

"That's enough! Since there's no more live stream, there's no need to waste time with them!"

When Luca said this, his tone was indescribably cold.

Just as the unsuspecting Skrumpers behind him dodged the corpse he casually tossed and were about to rush forward again...

"Om~"

A pleasant buzzing sound rang out.

The bluish-gray static force field spread rapidly, and everything around it fell into stillness.

Within this static force field, Luca further activated his Speed ​​Force state.

In an instant, all eight fake Captain Americas had their chests caved in, coughing up blood as they flew backward, revealing their true forms.

After the static field dissipated, the few remaining reporters and staff in the arena had no time to react before they discovered that Captain America had quietly disappeared.

Looking at the mess in the studio.

The reporters exchanged glances, then clutched their cameras and fled in terror.

In fact, Luca knew very well that, in addition to the imposters he had killed in the studio, there must be a considerable number of Skrulls still lurking in this radio building.

At the very least, the person who physically disconnected the live broadcast signal must have been a Skrull.

They couldn't possibly take complete control of the radio station simply by arranging a few 'security guards'.

However, given the current Skrull population, simply eliminating one or two Skrulls wouldn't change the overall situation.

So Luca didn't linger any longer. After the live stream ended and he dealt with the guys who had 'shown their faces' in front of him, he simply left.

Of course, another reason is that Luca is not yet ready to alert the Skrulls, or rather, to provoke them too much.

Yes, that's right.

Despite Luca's seemingly reckless appearance, his direct intervention disrupted the Skrulls' crucial plan to seize official control and launch a manhunt against them.

But he wasn't just acting impulsively to get revenge on the other party.

Luca not only used the identity of Steve Rogers to take action, but he was also very restrained in front of the camera, and he decisively and cleanly killed those fake Captain Americas.

Let alone detailed information about the Skrulls.

Even the fact that creating wounds could identify Skrull disguises was not fully revealed to the general public watching television.

In this situation, even if others knew of the existence of Skrulls who could transform into others, they could not directly confirm it by killing the Skrulls.

Naturally, this was far from pushing the Skrulls to the brink of mutual destruction.

From Luca's own perspective, he wasn't particularly concerned about the extent of the chaos the Skrulls would cause in America. However, he couldn't ignore the hostages the Skrulls held and the nuclear launch button they possessed that could bring the entire world to its knees.

Luca's actions seem more like an attempt to confuse the public and make people around the world wary of their existence.

Of course, there's a deeper purpose behind it.
Time passes quickly.

Perhaps they were used to staying in the shadows, or perhaps it was simply because the live broadcast had already been broadcast, and whether or not they silenced all the reporters on the scene was no longer of any use.

Only after most of the 'outsiders' in the radio station building had left did a few people dressed in various styles and of unknown identity return to the studio with serious expressions.

"Report the situation here to Her Majesty!"

The leader unabashedly removed his disguise, revealing his Skrull appearance. Even on that green goblin face, one could clearly see his intense rage.

But at that moment, the Skrull who was his deputy and had stepped forward to examine the bodies of his people suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Kus is alive! And Roland too! Quick! Call the medical team for help!"

At this moment, looking at his kinsman whose chest was caved in but who was still breathing, the deputy dared not move him rashly, but his face still showed undisguised joy.

Clearly, even he hadn't expected that, despite such severe injuries, two people would still have a chance of survival.

The Skrull leader, however, did not lose his composure like him, though a hint of joy also flashed in his eyes.

The Skrulls are now a very small population, and their distribution across the globe is quite scattered.

For him, the fact that one more member of his tribe could live was a blessing in disguise.

'Perhaps the attacker underestimated the strength of Kus and Roland?'

That's what the leader thought.

As far as he knew, these two survivors were indeed the two strongest members of their tribe, apart from the 'fake Captain America' who was arranged to give the speech.

Although with the Skrulls' current biotechnology, the strength after a complete transformation depends on the original target's genes and abilities.

However, there will still be differences in strength between individuals.

Moreover, they were indeed in a transformed state when they were attacked.

However, if the transformation is broken after being severely injured, the subsequent secondary damage and the degree of worsening of the injury still depend on the strength of one's own vitality.

With both factors combined, it's not entirely surprising that the two strongest individuals survived by sheer luck.

However, unlike the other members of the tribe, this leader was more concerned about the true identity of the 'Captain America' who had appeared earlier.

'Could it be that other members of the same clan have defected? Or are these remnants of the conservative faction who survived from before?'

Although he hadn't been there in person, that was only because he hadn't registered any combat-related transformation genes.

Despite both being Captain Americas, he witnessed firsthand the other's ability to take on ten opponents single-handedly through the live stream.

Let Her Majesty decide.

Shaking off the doubts in his mind, he looked again at the two of his kinsmen who were being treated.

However, none of the Skrulls, whose faces showed a hint of relief, noticed anything amiss.

These two, who appeared to be kinsmen who had collapsed unconscious from severe injuries, occasionally had a faint yellow light, remarkably similar to the Mind Stone, flash in their pupils beneath their eyelids.

The two nails have been planted, and there will naturally be a time when they are needed to play their role!
(End of this chapter)