Chapter 1261: A Waste Not to Carry Bricks

Luke wasn’t angry. He simply chuckled. “Francis is just a lackey. He has a backer who saw everything that happened here.”

Wade said, “So what? If he dares come, my big dick won’t let him go. I’ll definitely beat him up until he calls me Dad.”

Glancing at Vanessa, Luke said, “So, he knows that Francis kidnapped your girlfriend. In other words, he knows who your girlfriend is.”

Wade was stumped. “What?”

Luke said, “I don’t think he’ll come looking for trouble with you again for the time being. Call me when you’re free.”

Then, he took off his hat and bowed slightly to Vanessa. “Ma’am, your courage is worthy of all praise. May fortune always be with you.”

With that, he put on his hat and glided off to disappear into the night sky.

After a brief silence, Vanessa looked at Wade. “Who was that?”

Wade laughed hollowly. “An unimportant character. I just made a call and had him come over.”

Vanessa was deep in thought. “Really? Why did he say that someone begged him to save me?”

Wade said, “Let’s not talk about that. I think we should find a quiet place to discuss our beautiful future.”

Vanessa frowned at the avocado in front of her. A moment later, she sighed. “Fine, but there has to be a lot of wine, or I might not be able to enjoy it.”

Wade: “…I forgot to tell you, I’m living with a bunch of weed users. I guarantee it’ll be more effective than alcohol.”

Vanessa: “…Fine. Now shut up and kiss me!”

They slowly leaned toward each other, before Vanessa paused.

She turned her head, only to see a phone next to her ear. “…Time can never mend, The careless whispers of a good friend…”

It was Wade who was holding his phone. “It’s the group Wham! Like we said before.”

Vanessa smiled brilliantly and hugged him tightly.

…

Elsewhere, Luke didn’t dwell on Wade.

Like he said, Francis’s boss behind the scenes probably knew everything.

Wade had been riddled with bullets as soon as he showed up. His combat ability wasn’t worth worrying about, not to mention that he had a huge weakness in Vanessa.

If Luke was the boss behind the scenes, the first person he would want to deal with was V; it was useless to deal with Wade otherwise.

Also, if the other party wanted to deal with V, he definitely couldn’t rashly take action; otherwise he would just be sending Luke experience and credit points.

It wasn’t a bad thing to let Wade live for a few days first.

Vanessa’s choice was beyond Luke’s expectations. It seemed that there was no need to give Wade the Thousand Faces System. It also wasn’t a bad thing that there was someone else behind Francis.

Luke didn’t believe Wade would dare gamble with Vanessa’s safety.

Someone like Luke who was rich, had connections, and was a capable boss was someone whom Wade could trust. Thinking that, Luke’s gloom from not catching the boss behind the scenes dissipated.

The experience and credit points gained tonight were average. The dozens of criminals were worth over 3,000. He also obtained 3,000 for capturing Francis, 1,500 for Angel, and just 20 for rescuing Vanessa. In total, he got less than 8,000 experience and credit points.

Now, the host’s experience was 615,000 / 700,000.

Credit: 209,000.

His experience and credit points were mediocre, but it wasn’t bad.

System: You have defeated Francis and have obtained a list of his abilities.

Francis’s abilities: Basic Combat, Basic Firearms, Basic Cold Weapon Proficiency… Elementary Quick Reflex (Prerequisites: 20 Dexterity, 10,000 Credit), Pain Immunity (Unavailable)

System: You have defeated Angel and have obtained a list of her abilities.

Angel’s abilities: Basic Firearms, Basic Combat Proficiency… Elementary Physical Enhancement (Prerequisites: 20 Strength, 10,000 Credit)

Francis’s Elementary Quick Reflex overlapped with Luke’s Quick Reflex, and Angel’s Physical Enhancement overlapped with Nikki’s Muscle Control; these abilities could be considered an upgrade and a complement.

The two abilities actually had outstanding effects.

Elementary Quick Reflex increased Luke’s reaction speed by about 10%, while Physical Enhancement increased his strength by 20%.

This was already a huge improvement, but compared with the abilities he had acquired some time ago, the effect was too simple.

The abilities he got prior to these either had to do with cloning or longevity; even the slightly worse ones were still Elementary Imitation, which was necessary for a master of physical techniques, or the explosive Muscle Control, which doubled one’s strength.

After Luke calmed down, he realized the huge benefits of these two new abilities.

The previous mystical abilities were more like “means” of using power, and belonged to the “techniques” category.

The two abilities this time mainly enhanced the most basic qualities of his body, and could be considered to belong to the “body” category.

The stronger the “body,” the better the power of the “technique”; only then could a mystical technique transform a strong body to evince better combat ability.

Both categories weren’t opposites, but complemented each other, and were all important components of strength.

When Luke returned to the villa, he took out the medical A.I., Osiris, from his inventory, and did a complete and detailed checkup on himself, which confirmed his speculation.

It was actually very significant that Elementary Quick Reflex could increase his reaction speed by 10%.

In his previous life, speed was the only thing that couldn’t be defeated by martial arts.

Until now, he had never met anyone with superpowers who had better reflexes than him. He had always been the one who could suppress his opponents with his super fast reflexes and a way to break through their defenses.

But what if this sort of person appeared one day? They would crush him with their super reflexes in turn.

Until he was as strong as the God of Thunder or the Hulk, it was safer for him to increase his reaction speed. It would also make it even easier for him to control his clone at the same time.

The effects of Elementary Physical Enhancement were simple and crude, and Luke was very pleased.

Nikki’s Muscle Control mainly allowed her muscles to exert their potential, and she could slowly get stronger physically to a certain degree.

This ability was mainly a technique for improving the body’s foundation: it was roughly eight parts “technique” and two parts “body.”

Angel’s Physical Enhancement, on the other hand, was directly proportional to the strength of her body. It also had the same effect of Muscle Control to a small extent, and was basically nine parts “body” and one part “technique.”

Angel’s combat ability was so outstanding because she had been a professional UFC fighter before she awakened her superpower. That was why she had Basic Combat Proficiency in her list of abilities.

Luke felt that she was at the highest level for Basic and under Elementary.

Angel was the strongest Earthling he had ever met.

The force of an ordinary punch was basically more than a ton. The most explosive force when she used both fists was no less than five tons.

To support such tremendous power, a strong body was naturally required.

Such a good superpower – it was a waste not to use it for carrying bricks.