Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 393 Realistic Combat Simulation Exercises
For the past six months, Luca has been learning at his own pace.

His classmates rarely had much interaction with this renowned genius.

But humans are, after all, social creatures, and Luca did not adopt a condescending attitude.

He maintained a fairly polite, superficial relationship with most people.

Among these people, Luca's attitude towards the trio of Renji Abarai is slightly different.

After all, being the Grim Reaper is a very high-risk job with a high mortality rate.

Compared to ordinary classmates who could die in a battle at any time, Luca naturally prefers to maintain good relationships with characters like Renji and his two friends who are likely to survive until the end.

It also saves me from having to hear bad news about some 'friend' dying mysteriously every now and then.

In addition, the three of them showed considerable talent, and the other students seemed to agree that only such geniuses were qualified to have contact with Luca.

As a result, Renji and his two companions became one of the few friends Luca could get along with at the Shinigami Academy.

However, today, Luca was not as relaxed and at ease as before when facing the three of them.

When he turned around, a serious expression immediately appeared on his face.

'This time, we really can't do it without props.'

'After all, Aizen was involved in this human-made exercise!'

Yes, Luca clearly remembered that the first human-world exercise of Renji Abarai and the other two was when Aizen created chaos and brought Gin Ichimaru to the rescue in front of them, taking the opportunity to win over people's hearts.

Although Aizen is unlikely to let these pawns he has his eye on die early, some preparations still need to be made.

And
'This time, with me added as a variable, the chaos Aizen creates will definitely not be as simple as it was in the original story!'

Luca clearly remembered that some time ago, when Aizen brought Gin Ichimaru to inspect the Shinigami Academy.

Among a large group of students, his gaze precisely locked onto himself, and he nodded with a gentle expression.

This even caused a misunderstanding with Hinamori Momo, who was right next to her, and afterwards she practically had the word "fangirl" written all over her face.

Clearly, because of his now-spreading reputation as a genius, he has also become a target of Aizen's attention.

'Maybe Aizen has already started considering the whole process of treating people to a meal, beheading them, and then taking them in as his lackeys.'

Of course, despite his apprehension, Luca did not choose to run away.

They either surrender obediently, or they find an opportunity to sneak into the real world to find Kisuke Urahara.

Since he already had the Zanpakuto, Luca wasn't too flustered.

And so, after breakfast, the students of Class 1, Grade 1, arrived at the meeting point one after another, ready to set off for the real world.

"The sixth-year students had already set up a barrier beforehand for this test, which would take them to the real world and simulate a battle against the void. But even so..."

Ahead, Hisagi Shuhei, still a sixth-grader, was explaining the rules to everyone, while Luca below was curiously looking at the ground beneath his feet.

'No, why does this assembly for the exercise in the real world have to be held on the roof?'

'What's this? A decisive battle at the pinnacle of the Spirit Arts Academy?'

Just as Luca was drifting off, Hisagi Shuhei suddenly looked at him.

"Now, everyone come up and draw a number, and you will be randomly grouped into groups of three!"

"Luca! The Dean has ordered that you will be in a group by yourself this time!"

Upon hearing this, the other students around Luca immediately turned their gazes toward him.

At the same time, many people began to whisper among themselves.

However, Luca himself, after a slight pause, simply nodded indifferently. Indeed, for the other first-year students who had only been enrolled for half a year, dealing with those small simulated voids in groups of three was already quite a challenge, and the slightest mistake could be life-threatening.

But with his own strength, even if he only shows a fraction of it.

Regardless of which group they join, the other two members of their group probably won't have any real experience in this simulation.

After all, even Hisagi Shuhei, one of the top sixth-year students, hasn't mastered Shikai yet, so the difference in strength between them is simply incomparable.

And indeed, it happened just as others had predicted.

Throughout the entire exercise, not a single simulated virtual energy posed the slightest threat to Luca.

Let alone Shikai or any gadgets, Luca could easily defeat all the simulated Hollows that attacked him with just his unreleased Zanpakuto.

In fact, to avoid killing too many people and preventing other students from getting the opportunity to practice, he even...

Luca then simply put away his Zanpakuto and used his Binding Spell and Hakuda to capture a simulated Hollow. He then casually found a place to study the simulated Hollow's body structure.

The reason Luca didn't take out the key to read this little cutie was because he knew that someone was most likely observing him in secret, so he was only trying to conduct research based on his own skills.

"Such a rudimentary mechanical structure? No wonder the output is a bit weak."

"Oh~ You even left a spirit particle emission port? Are you planning to simulate a Cero? But isn't that a technique only Hollows and above can use? Giving this trash a Cero-like ability, it might hurt those students a bit, you know~"

"However, this part should be the Hollow's spiritual pressure, right? They say it's a simulated Hollow, but they actually used a portion of a real Hollow's organization. The R&D Bureau is certainly playing some tricks!"

However, Luca was enthusiastically fiddling with the disassembled virtual time.

Suddenly, a shrill scream echoed throughout the entire training ground from afar.

Luca's heart tightened immediately, and he looked toward the direction from which the screams were coming from.

'Are they here?!'

The next moment, Luca simply raised his hand and waved it, destroying all the parts scattered on the ground in front of him.

He then quickly activated his Instant Step and rushed towards the direction of the screams.

When Luca arrived at the scene, he saw a giant Hollow, about ten meters tall, with its mouth wide open, about to release an electric ball at Hisagi Shuhei.

At the feet of this void, several sixth-grade students lay dead in pools of blood.

Further away, a large number of first-year students were scattering in panic.

'A mirage? Wait a minute? Aizen didn't even show his Shikai to the first-year students, did he?'

'How did this Void manage to conceal its presence and sneak in before?'

Luca pondered these thoughts, but seeing that the electric ball in the giant hollow mouth had already finished charging and was about to be fired, he simply stopped worrying and took out a capsule from his pocket, throwing it forcefully towards Hisagi Shuhei in the distance.

next moment.

The bullet-like capsule exploded with a 'bang' at Hisagi's feet.

Amidst a flash of red light, a rapidly spinning circular shield instantly appeared in front of him.

"boom--"

A huge explosion was heard.

However, the impact of the explosion was completely blocked by the 'round shutter' that Luca had stored in the capsule beforehand.

Luca himself had already teleported to the top of the giant Hollow head.

"The fourth broken path, Bai Lei!"

(End of this chapter)