Chapter 439 - Delivering Abilities
Luke looked over before he bent his head to read the information on his laptop.
The current him would be able to detect any abnormalities in the two women next to him even without looking at them.
Since they were so close by, their breathing and heartbeats were clearly audible to him, not to mention that he also had Sharp Nose.
Thus, he was quite relaxed.
Furthermore, the boost from reaching 20 Mental Strength wasn’t complete yet. While the effects were gradually winding down, he was still in pretty good mental shape.
Three days without sleep would be nothing for him; he was confident he could fight this guy for a week.
Kris didn’t wake up again after she fell asleep
Since she hadn’t slept well recently, she probably wouldn’t wake up until the next morning, provided that she didn’t have the nightmare. The atmosphere was so quiet and comfortable that even Selina nodded off.
She woke up an hour later and stretched comfortably. Dazed, she looked at Luke on the side.
Luke was still browsing through files on the couch.
While Selina was sleeping, he had gotten Elizabeth to sort out the information on Springwood and send them to him. Most of it was news reports and basic statistical data.
This information might not necessarily be helpful, but it might contain some leads.
Seeing that Selina was awake, Luke raised his head with a “what’s up?” expression in his eyes.
Selina sat down next to him and asked in a low voice, “Why didn’t you wake me up?”
Luke didn’t think it was a big deal. “There’s nothing to do even if you’re awake, so you may as well take a nap.”
Selina looked at Kris who was still sound asleep and asked, “No movement?”
Luke nodded slightly and sighed. “I only hope this guy doesn’t play hide and seek with us.” Selina knew that they couldn’t tarry here for too long; three days was the max.
After all, they didn’t have a strong connection to this case at all.
From what they had seen so far, this case only involved the town of Springwood and wasn’t related to the camp or the twins at all.
Naturally, Luke was hanging around not because of Jeff’s twin daughters, but for the man creating nightmares.
Luke really wanted this ability to enter other people’s dreams.
Even if he couldn’t acquire this ability, he might still obtain something else.
Thinking that, Luke checked the time. It was slightly past ten.
His phone buzzed. He took it out and put his earpiece in. He then heard Bobby’s voice.
Bobby had driven all the way here from Boom Town in Arizona in six hours, taking only half an hour to rest.
He was now on the outskirts of the town.
Luke spoke to Selina in a low voice and had her pick up Bobby.
Ten minutes later, an exhausted Bobby followed Selina into the house.
He smiled at Luke and asked, “What is it?”
Pondering for a moment and seeing how tired Bobby was, Luke made a decision.
He took Bobby to the porch, closed the door and showed him a pack of cards. “Let’s play blackjack! One dollar per game.”
Bobby: “Huh?”
Luke shrugged and said, “This is just to help you relax. There’s no need to be nervous. I called you because I need you to console someone.”
Bobby was befuddled, but what could he do?
He despaired at running into such an unreliable but powerful boss.
But after just three rounds, Luke put the cards away and said, “Okay, you must be exhausted from your trip. Get some rest.”
Bobby: “Huh?” Was that it? It had only been one minute!
Luke didn’t bother to explain and simply reminded Bobby to keep his voice down so that he didn’t wake up the sleeping girl. Bobby was full of questions, but could only nod silently.
As Luke opened the door and entered the house, he summoned Daddy System in his heart.
10,000 credit points disappeared, and Elementary Mental Communication was added to his list of his abilities.
That was right, he called Bobby over precisely to acquire the qualification to learn this ability.
Of the three blackjack rounds that Luke played with Bobby, Luke lost the first but won the other two.
After two victories, he noticed that the “temporarily unavailable” label next to Bobby’s Elementary Mental Communication had disappeared, so naturally, it was unnecessary to continue playing the game “to relax.”
Taking Bobby into the house and telling him to rest in the dining room, Luke sat down next to Kris.
Closing his eyes, he carefully examined the Mental Communication which he had just obtained.
After his Mental Strength reached 20, his brain felt extremely active, as if it contained some boundless power.
He could sense the power clearly but was only able to control a tiny part of it. Most of the time, it simply operated autonomously.
After learning Bobby’s Mental Communication, he established a connection with his brain.
He could control it now as if it was a limb. While it was tentative and rough, like a toddler learning to walk, it was still tremendous progress compared with before.
Sure enough, one always needed the right ability!
His previous ability to control things had been an extension of Physical Outburst and Curve Shooting
It was a huge difference, like between burning firewood with gas and filling an engine with gas.
One was just using gas as a medium to light a fire, but with the other, gas directly exploded to turn into shocking power.
After tinkering with the ability for a moment, Luke opened his eyes and stared at Selina on the couch.
Selina had been observing Kris. Sensing something, she raised her head and met Luke’s gaze.
Staring blankly for a moment, she opened her mouth to say something, but even though her lips moved, she forgot what she was going to
do.
A few seconds later, she subconsciously murmured, “Fine, you do have a conscience.”
After saying that, she suddenly came back to herself and looked at Luke in surprise. “Did you just say that you’ll make me a lot of delicious food after this is over?”
Luke chuckled inwardly and nodded. “Yes, happy?”
Selina gave an “oh” and said, “Yep.” Her expression was still a little strange as she felt that something was off.
Luke laughed inwardly and didn’t give her an explanation.
He had a lot of abilities which he didn’t want Selina to know about, not because he didn’t trust her, but because this world was too dangerous and there would definitely be people with mental superpowers.
Luke’s secrets were protected by Daddy System, but Selina wasn’t.
Just now, he had used Mental Communication on Selina.
Unlike Bobby, who was just a weak chicken, Luke’s Mental Strength was starting to soar. Making use of a particular glutton’s fondest wish, he sent the thought almost instantly and made her think that he had said it.
The truth was that Luke hadn’t opened his mouth at all and had simply used his eyes to transmit the thought.
