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Chapter 344 Not as good as a raven
Chapter 344 Not as good as a raven
"This energy stability—this encapsulation mode—and what's the principle behind it?" The more Stark studied these things, the more he felt like a novice, like a slacker copying a top student's homework. Some steps Brainiac thought were too simple and simply omitted them, but without those steps, Stark couldn't understand them.
This is certainly not Stark's problem. Brainiac's status is equivalent to Thanos on the technological side. He has almost collected all the knowledge in the universe. Coupled with his own intelligence level of 12, even a few bits of residue that slip through his fingers are more than enough for Earth's civilization to carry out a technological iteration.
But Rune had faith in Stark, not just because he was a superhero, but also because Thanos had once called him a man cursed with knowledge.
"I'm going to bring you some things. Is there anything you'd like?"
"Just bring me a few bottles of your beauty potion." As he said this, Tony's eyes were still fixed on the completely disassembled weapon, and he looked extremely focused.
Seeing Stark's focus, Rune decided to entrust the optimization of Compound 5 to Mr. Fantastic Reed and Beast, among others. Compound 5 had already been modified once by Brainiac, but Rune trusted their intelligence.
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Mr. Fantastic Reed looked tired, too lazy to even shave his beard, and was somewhat bewildered when Rune came to find him.
"What's wrong with you?"
Faced with Rune's questioning, Reed gave a bitter laugh. Meanwhile, the Invisible Woman was walking out of the shower. It was no wonder that she was the woman who could make Namor, Reed, and Doctor Doom dream of her. She was outstanding in both figure and appearance. Moreover, she was wearing a bathrobe, and large areas of her white skin were exposed in front of him.
Rune turned around and said, "I'm sorry."
The invisible woman was also a little embarrassed. She awkwardly tugged at the collar of her yukata and said, "Give me a minute. I'll leave for a bit."
After hearing the door close, Rune turned to Reed. "I think I know why you're so tired, Reed. I'd forgotten you have a wife."
"Ahem!" Reed glared at Rune. He was a man too, and he hated it most when people said he was no longer capable, not even hints! "Alright, then, what are you doing here?"
"Here's some research material for you, let me find you something to do." Rune took out Compound No. 5 from his hand and handed it to Reed. "A great scientist has already improved this stuff, but I want you to take a look and see if it has any other side effects, and if there's any room for improvement."
"What's the use of this thing?"
"It's not called 'this thing'," Rune shrugged. "Its official name is Compound V, which can grant ordinary people superpowers."
At this moment, the Invisible Woman opened the door. She was already wearing a bodysuit. Looking at the bodysuit, Rune didn't understand why she had changed her clothes earlier—in his opinion, this bodysuit was much more revealing than a bathrobe.
Of course, it's still not as beautiful as the raven.
Susan overheard their conversation. "Compound Five? Sounds like a good thing. At least the person getting injected has a choice, but we don't really have much of a choice."
She was referring to the disaster that gave the Fantastic Four their superpowers. Mr. Fantastic, the Human Torch, the Thing, and the Invisible Woman were exposed to cosmic rays and each received a gift, which could also be called a curse.
But Reed knew things weren't that simple. In his mind, Rune was an anti-hero, similar to the Punisher. And the superpower-awakening drug that Rune could take and bring to him—out of a sense of justice, Reed ultimately decided to agree to the research.
Let me clarify, this is absolutely not to hide from my wife, absolutely not!
Rune did not go straight back to the Kent farm, but instead went to his old place in London, where one of his dealers lived.
"Who is it?" Constantine asked loudly when he heard the knocking at the door.
"it's me."
Constantine waved his hand, and the door immediately opened. Rune saw the man in the room at first glance—he had black wings and a relaxed expression on his handsome face.
"Satan?" Rune was still wondering why the lord of hell had time to wander around the human world when Constantine casually said, "He's not Satan anymore, you have to call him Lucifer Morning Star."
Lucifer smiled and raised his glass to Rune: "I was thinking of visiting you at your house sometime in a while, but I didn't expect this to be such a coincidence."
Although Lucifer had met Rune once and Rune had helped him a great deal, he was closer to Constantine. This former Satan had a more diverse sexual orientation, and the two had a relationship.
Congratulations.
Lucifer laughed even harder, and he even conjured a wine glass out of thin air, offering it to Rune and inviting him to drink. The wine, which appeared out of nowhere, still carried the lingering wails of some souls. Rune politely declined Lucifer's invitation, citing his underage status.
"Have Duma and Remiel taken over Hell?"
Lucifer glanced at Rune in surprise. "Do you often peek into Hell? How do you know so much about it?"
Rune just smiled and didn't say anything. Seeing his expression, Lucifer rolled his eyes. "Yes, it's those two poor guys. They were tricked by that old man God. I reckon they'll soon hand over Satan's position and run back to Heaven."
Now it was Rune's turn to be confused.
In his understanding, Lucifer emptied Hell, closed its gates, and handed the Key to Hell to the visiting Sandman Morpheus before leaving. Afterwards, gods from various pantheons came to the Nightmare Realm, requesting Sandman to give them the Key to Hell so they could rule it. Ultimately, Sandman chose these two angels.
There's no trace of God in any of this.
Constantine noticed Rune's confusion and burst into laughter, exclaiming that even Rune had moments when he couldn't see clearly. It wasn't until the powerful dark mage manipulated Constantine's shadow into performing a pole dance that Constantine began to beg for mercy.
"God isn't willing to give up Hell. Although he's disappeared, he still sent an oracle to Duma and Remiel, appointing them as rulers of Hell. But those two angels certainly won't be happy about it," Constantine said, scratching his head. "However, if they disobey God's command, they'll naturally be cast into Hell, but if they obey—"
Rune suddenly realized that this was a case of being stuck in one direction and ending up with two blocked ends—
God is such a bad guy.
Lucifer retorted angrily, "If Remiel hadn't pretended not to hear me, I wouldn't have had to wait until now to retire!"