Chapter 1592 W! T! H!
The silver box opened to reveal a black outfit and a pair of black, high-top combat boots.
After thinking for a moment, Phil decided to put on the boots right away.
They were combat boots, but there were no shoelaces.
But when Phil stepped into the shoes and pressed down, they automatically tightened around his feet.
He wasn’t surprised. This sort of expansion function was a lot more standard than what the nanogloves could do.
After he put on the boots, he heard a notification in his earpiece. “External accessory detected. Flying Legs version 1.0. Confirming sole wielder, Phil Coulson. Access granted. The accessory can now be used.”
Flying… Legs? Shouldn’t that be feet? Phil couldn’t help but mock inwardly when he heard the notification, but his movements were smooth. “Display instruction manual.”
After hearing the explanation in his earpiece, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “He’s really making me run back.”
That being said, there was a trace of eagerness in Phil’s eyes.
Practice was the best test of any equipment. It actually wasn’t a big deal to run 20 kilometers back to New York.
It was night anyway, so a night jog was understandable… right?
Thinking that, Phil tossed his leather shoes into the box before picking up the box, then ordered casually, “Activate cruise mode.”
There was a slight change in the soles of his shoes, and Phil started running.
Each step was like a flying leap.
It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that he was floating, especially when he was controlling the force.
Each step took him 20 centimeters off the ground and two to three meters away.
In fact, apart from light control of his movements, Phil didn’t exert much strength in his legs.
It was like running with the force of riding a bike, but faster.
Phil wasn’t even sweating after running a kilometer, and was only breathing a little quicker.
He shook his head. “Am I supposed to chase cars like this?”
Of course, it was an empty complaint. Agents like them had to run through buildings every now and then while chasing their targets.
With these shoes, he could drag things out until the enemy collapsed.
Besides, cruise mode was only designed to conserve energy for running over a long period of time, and was a support function. “Switch to haste mode,” Phil ordered.
The next moment, he exerted strength in his legs.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! m.u.f.fled thuds rang out – in the quiet wilderness, it wasn’t jarring. In the city, it would sound like heavy footsteps at most, and would be overlooked if you weren’t paying attention.
Phil exerted strength in his legs as he ran, and he moved 30 centimeters off the ground. Every step took him almost ten meters forward; it was as if he was gliding through the air.
At that moment, the middle-aged man, who always had a solemn face, smiled happily like a kid with a toy.
“Switch to stealth mode.” With that, he left the road and drifted toward the gra.s.s on the side.
Naturally, stealth had to be tested in the most complicated environment possible.
Nothing could make more noise than this sort of open meadow.
His footsteps immediately lightened; it was like the feeling of taking a deep breath.
Phil suddenly slowed down, but his body was especially light as he gently drifted over the gra.s.s. Apart from the rustling of tall gra.s.s, there was no other noise.
Pleased, he suddenly sped up and charged down a slope, as if he were on a skateboard.
Huh? There was someone here? Phil turned around, and an image of a car with two bright red figures inside it were projected onto his sungla.s.ses. He couldn’t help but sigh.
In the car, the young girl in the pa.s.senger seat was enjoying being intimate with her boyfriend. Her misty gaze subconsciously wandered.
Suddenly, there was a faint sound, like that of someone breathing, and a dark shadow floated out over the hill.
Then… that black figure straightened and picked up speed as it floated toward her soundlessly.
The black figure approached the car and was finally illuminated by the headlights. A white face flashed in the girl’s line of sight before it disappeared into the darkness.
A faint sigh came through the half-open car window.
The girl’s eyes widened and her mouth dropped open, as if she wanted to cry out.
But she was completely terrified by this strange situation. For a moment, she lost control of her vocal cords, and could only move her lips soundlessly like a fish out of water.
It wasn’t until the shadow drifted several meters away from the car that she screamed hysterically. “Ahh~~ Ghost~~”
The boy in front of her felt like his ears were going to explode. He jerked and raised his head. “What the h.e.l.l?”
The girl subconsciously turned around and looked at the black figure next to the car.
Frustrated, the boy followed her gaze. “What ghost – ahh~~!” His voice turned shrill.
Because in the faint light of the car’s red tail lights, a shadow brushed past.
Then, a white face lit up by a red light turned around and looked at him; there even seemed to be a faint red light in its pitch-black eyes.
In fact, it was just Phil moving past them. When he heard the screams, he couldn’t help but look back.
The red light was just the car’s tail lights reflecting off his sungla.s.ses.
Who knew what kids nowadays were thinking? Running into the wilderness at night – weren’t they afraid of their b.u.t.ts getting cold? The middle-aged man shook his head inwardly and activated his optical camouflage.
In just an instant, the dark gray hooded outfit he was wearing melded with the night. In the eyes of the boy who was staring at him, the shadow suddenly disappeared without a trace, and the sound of low breathing gradually faded.
Of course, it was the sound of Flying Legs in stealth mode, but to the two people in the car, it sounded like a ghost.
After a brief silence, they screamed again.
The girl said, “Drive, drive. It’s all your fault for wanting to come out here…”
The boy said, “Shut up, weren’t you happy when I asked you?”
Even as he roared, his hands were shaking like chicken claws, and he wasn’t able to grasp the wheel even after several tries.
Phil didn’t know what happened after he left. He had already run back to New York.
Thus, he didn’t know that the following afternoon, the couple brought a bunch of their cla.s.smates with them for a “ghost hunt.”
Everybody searched, but they didn’t find any footprints.
If that was the case, they could only conclude that the couple was lying.
But someone soon found a ring ten meters away.
This was a side effect of the cus.h.i.+on function on Flying Legs. In a situation where the noise was reduced, the thrusters would create a “shock wave ring.”
This basically wouldn’t happen in the city, but it was very “creepy” in a wild meadow.
Thus… for the next few months, this meadow turned into a camping hotspot for young people. Every now and then, there would be “ghost hunters” who would camp out here in the middle of the night with their phones.