Super! Electromagnetic Wave

Lake smiled and waved his hand.

What a joke.

Him?

Adopting?

Skye?

Was he crazy?

Setting aside whether Lake could adopt, even if he could, Lake had no such intention.

This wasn’t like buying a cat or a dog; this was adoption. Legally, adopted children also had inheritance rights.

Of course.

That wasn’t the point.

Lake sympathized with Skye’s situation, but it was only sympathy. At most, he could only help with what was within his ability; beyond that, Lake felt he could do nothing.

First, he wasn’t married.

Second… he had his own children.

In the evening.

Lake was on the phone with Karen from Washington D.C.

In a little over ten days, it would be the Federation’s traditional holiday, Independence Day. Karen was calling to ask if Lake wanted to come back to celebrate.

Lake thought for a moment and replied, "Of course."

Afterward.

Lake seemed to think of something, touched his chin, and said curiously, "Mom, if I adopted a daughter, would you support me?"

Karen on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Did you adopt one?"

Lake shrugged, "Not yet."

He was just asking casually.

Karen chuckled, then said, "I thought you had adopted one. Of course, I’d be happy. At least I’d have a granddaughter, wouldn’t I?"

Lake: "…"

Their conversation was on completely different wavelengths; they couldn’t continue.

Karen seemed to have only one point: whether it was biological or adopted, as long as it was a grandchild, that was fine.

Lake blinked. "You don’t object?"

Karen said, "Why would I object? This is your life, Lake. As your mother, I support every decision you make. I just hope this decision is one you’ve thought through carefully."

Lake opened his mouth.

In the study.

Lake drank the Bourbon in his glass, finishing it in one gulp.

Let’s begin.

"Recharge."

"Recharge successful!"

"Gacha, ten consecutive draws, give me a big drop!"

"Drawing…"

"Ding ding ding!"

Soon.

From the simple, even overly rudimentary gacha interface, ten cards and a treasure chest popped up.

[Claim/Wait]

[Claim.]

[Ding!]

[Fate Coin * 1: Item Type, SS-level, Mysterious Class. A magical coin with one yellow side and one white side. When flipped, it tests fate. The yellow side receives blessings, the white side receives heavenly lightning judgment (100/0 for friendly units, 0/100 for enemy units).]

[Mysterious Space: Skill Type, SSS-level, Mysterious Class. The item is as its name suggests: a space that can be opened and used to store and retrieve items anytime, anywhere. The size of the space depends on your life level. Initial space capacity is 140 cubic meters (roughly the size of a two-door sedan’s trunk). You can also pay to upgrade it, but it will be very expensive.]

[Tracking Card * 1: Item Type, B-level, Technology Class. After use, it can locate a person’s position and track them in real-time for two hours.]

[Upgrade Card * 1: Item Type, S-level, Technology Class. After use, it can upgrade held upgradeable items (Upgradeable: Gold-rimmed Glasses).]

[Fate Coin * 2: Item Type, SS-level, Mysterious Class. A magical coin with one yellow side and one white side. When flipped, it tests fate. The yellow side receives fate’s gifts, the white side receives fate’s heavenly lightning judgment (100/0 for friendly units, 0/100 for enemy units).]

[Large Blood Potion * 1: Item Type, B-level, Magic Class. Drink it to replenish your health.]

[Rebirth Cross: Item Type, SSR-level, Mysterious Class. The holder of this item can resurrect within five minutes of death, with their body restored to peak condition.]

[Grape Wine: Item Type, D-level, Technology Class. A bottle of 200-year-old grape wine, with two complimentary luminous cups. Grape wine and luminous cups…]

[Mastery Card*1: Item, Rank A, Ancient Martial Arts, upon use, randomly selects an ancient martial art that has been passed down for many years and directly masters it (comes with corresponding internal energy!)]

[Scales of Fate: Item, SSR-level, Mysterious, the embodiment of the law of equivalent exchange. Place the corresponding price on one side of the scales, which is not limited to physical objects, and on the other side, an item of equivalent level will appear.]

"This…"

Lake stroked his chin, unsure whether to shout "Go for it!" or "You scammer, give me my money back!"

If he shouted "Go for it!", it didn’t feel like there was anything particularly good.

If he called him a scammer?

It felt a bit against his conscience.

Two SS-level Fate Coins.

The Rebirth Cross, an SSR-level Golden Legend that could exempt him from death once.

And…

The second Golden Legend, an SSR-level Scales of Fate.

As expected.

Could a ten-pull still produce miracles?

In the past, after saving up a hundred thousand, most gacha pulls were just lonely experiences. The effect of this ten-pull was truly extraordinary.

There was also a bonus treasure chest from the ten-pull.

Lake’s gaze fell upon the treasure chest, which, though tightly shut, was radiating energy in all directions.

This was a good chest.

Lake had a strong feeling about this.

[Open Chest!]

[Ding!]

[Railgun: Skill, SSR-level, Mysterious, upon use, fires a powerful electromagnetic projectile using metal attracted by magnets as ammunition (game currency is best). It possesses extremely high accuracy and destructive power, with a range of fifty meters in a straight line, crushing everything in its path, invincible. You are electricity, you are light, you are the only legend (40% chance of BGM playing, during which damage effects are increased by 100%).]

"…"

Lake’s mouth twitched.

This…

Lake looked up at the sky, completely lost.

This wasn’t right.

This wasn’t what he had planned!

Where was the Divine Spark, divinity, or divine kingdom?

Even a magic book would have been fine, I could have learned it myself.

Still the same old saying.

Lake didn’t know whether to be happy or to demand a refund.

Three Golden Legends from the ten-pull. Although not what he had hoped for, they were still Golden Legends.

[Collect/Cancel.]

"Nonsense."

"Collect."

"Buzz!"

Lake’s eyes widened slightly as, once again, that electric sensation traveled from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet.

It was exhilarating.

Lake sensed a storage space that existed in the void.

In his mind, the Railgun skill also appeared in his memory database.

Immediately after.

Lake opened his hands.

With a crisp "ding," a silver scale, exquisitely crafted and looking like a mere ornament, appeared on the desk. The silver scale did not possess any of the radiant golden light typically associated with Golden Legend items.

Does the divine conceal itself?

Lake blinked, a thought popping into his mind as he looked at the Scales of Fate.

Placing an item on one side and getting an equivalent exchange on the other?

Exchange one hundred US dollars for one hundred US dollars?

Was he an idiot?

Lake shook his head, put the Scales of Fate into the storage space he had just acquired, then took it out again, and then put it back in.

In, out.

In, out.

In and out.

Lake was tirelessly enjoying himself.

However…

After playing for a while, Lake lost interest. After all, he already had a storage space; it just couldn’t hold anything other than cheat systems.

Immediately after.

A prop card exuding a mysterious aura appeared in Lake’s hand.

An Upgrade Card?

Lake blinked as he looked at the item description for what the Upgrade Card would upgrade. He lowered his head and removed the glasses he always wore on the bridge of his nose, which had no prescription.

What could these glasses be upgraded into?

Kryptonian glasses?

"Upgrade!"

"Ding!"

"Upgrade successful."

[Disguise Glasses: Prop item, no grade, rule-based, fuses with laws, a thousand faces for a thousand people. You are you, you are infinite. Automatically chooses whether to reveal your true face based on your thoughts. Furthermore, the Disguise Glasses have an invisibility effect. You can wear them or not, after all, they are the beginning of infinity.]

"Not bad… I guess."

Lake raised an eyebrow, looking at the description of the upgraded Disguise Glasses, thinking to himself.

After a while.

Lake walked to the bathroom mirror.

In the mirror.

The glasses on Lake’s nose slowly faded until they were no longer visible, as if Lake had never worn glasses at all.

Even.

Lake touched the bridge of his nose but didn’t feel any presence of glasses.

But…

Lake knew very well that he was wearing glasses.

Amazing.

Lake raised an eyebrow, but out of habit, he materialized his gold-rimmed glasses.

Wearing glasses made him look more like a gentleman.

Lake liked it that way.

He walked out of the bathroom.

Lake went straight to bed, ready to sleep.

The ten consecutive draws that cost him one million US dollars this time couldn’t be called good, but Lake couldn’t lie and say they were bad either. It was just like being in a saintly state.

It didn’t matter.

After all, he would have another million dollars coming in half a month, and he could draw again then.

However, he couldn’t do ten consecutive draws with the next million.

It wasn’t that Lake didn’t want to, but that he couldn’t. After all, life wasn’t just about gacha draws; there was also poetry and… wait, no.

Sleep.

Time flew by, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day.

Lake was on the phone with his informant in Langley.

He said he was going to mess with S.H.I.E.L.D.

He absolutely had to.

He definitely would.

As soon as Megan Walsh disappeared from the CIA’s custody, Lake would immediately fly to Washington to start making his move.

However.

Megan Walsh was still under the CIA’s watch.

S.H.I.E.L.D.’s transfer efficiency was simply too slow.

After hanging up the phone.

Lake received a call on his own phone.

New Amsterdam Hospital.

In the hospital room.

Lake blinked, looking at the empty bed. "Where did she go?"

Tiffany said apologetically, "Sorry, sir. When I came by this morning, she was already gone."

Lake waved his hand. "She’s not a prisoner. But, how is her surgical wound?"

Tiffany replied, "She basically recovered yesterday. She just can’t do strenuous exercise."

Lake nodded.

Hospital monitoring room.

Soon.

The surveillance footage from last night was found. In the video, Skye, who had changed out of her hospital gown and into new clothes, tiptoed out of the room. Then, she cautiously glanced at the nurse sleeping at the nurse’s station, and quietly took the elevator out of the inpatient building. After that, her figure disappeared at the hospital’s main entrance.

Tiffany asked, "Sir, should we issue a notice?"

Lake chuckled and waved his hand. "No need."

After speaking.

Lake looked down at the note he found on Skye’s bed. The handwriting wasn’t very good, and there was even a misspelled word.

"Thank you, I’ll pay you back. I promise."

"…"