Chapter 1819: Stolen, Babysitting
Luke was too busy with research to check the Ursa Minor chat, so naturally, the moderator account fell into Selina’s hands.
For the past few days, Director Selina’s biggest hobby was to send ‘beautiful’ cosplay photos which she had taken in j.a.pan to Ursa Minor.
That hairy Pink Bear was the headliner.
Mindy actually wanted to get angry, but after seeing the other cosplayers, she suddenly realized that she had nothing to say.
Donnie, the tech turtle with sharp eyes, had even used a program to find male versions of Black Cat. which actually weren’t much better than the hairy Pink Bear.
Mindy was angry, but the little turtles were envious.
They weren’t very famous, only a little more so than Frank. Even Lady Deathstrike had a lot of fans — after all, female heroes were rare.
It was just that Joseph had unjustly copped some blame.
He had given Mindy the pink dress, and she had been very happy when she opened the box, but Selina sent the photo the next day.
Thankfully, Mindy wouldn’t vent her anger on Joseph; it was just that the hairy Pink Bear was also wearing a pink dress.
Besides, she had invited Joseph to go to j.a.pan with her, but he couldn’t. It could be said that she had abandoned him for a period of time.
And when she came back, he was the one to give her a gift; she couldn’t say anything about this treatment.
…
The next few days were peaceful. At the end of the month, Tony suddenly sent an urgent message saying that Loki’s scepter had been stolen.
Luke immediately had his clone go, only to discover that the scepter had been missing for days.
If Tony hadn’t suddenly wanted to study the scepter again, he wouldn’t have realized that what was stored at the base for special items was a fake.
After investigating the base, Luke was certain that it was the doing of two security guards who had gone missing. After more investigation, he discovered that their families had also disappeared.
The trail led to the sea and ended there. The two security guards had left by a speedboat which didn’t have a GPS system.
It had already been a few days, and this was on the ocean – it would be hard to track them.
The signal transmitter which Tony had installed on the scepter was still silent, and there was no trace of the gamma energy emitted by the gem on the scepter.
Clearly, the person behind this knew the scepter well.
Considering how the scepter had disappeared from Tony’s base, it was clear that the other party had been planning this for a long time.
Tony wasn’t too surprised.
Loki’s scepter was a good thing, but it was useless to ordinary people.
Even the tyc.o.o.n hadn’t figured out how to use it, which was why he had moved it to a warehouse for special items.
After all, he had too many things to research, and he could only keep the ones he was working on at the moment in his lab.
The two missing security guards had only opened the door, and weren’t the ones to steal the scepter.
Recently, the surveillance cameras and equipment for detecting superpowers at the base had frequently been experiencing minor issues.
When Luke checked, he found that the longest period of time that the systems stopped working was half a minute at most. So, superhumans definitely had to be involved for the operation to be carried out so quickly.
Luke had long known that the gem in the scepter was probably one of the Infinity Stones, so his two clones hadn’t given up investigating it when he went back to Texas for Christmas.
He didn’t want the tyc.o.o.n to be distracted by trying to solve this case. He specifically told Tony that he would investigate it himself.
The other party had been planning this for a long time, and any leads Luke found were cut off. The people involved went out to sea by boat, and then disappeared.
It was an absolutely flawless clean-up.
In the face of such efficiency, Luke didn’t know how long it would take for him to find the other party. Of course, he couldn’t let this hold up the work efficiency of his ‘tech development machine.’
At the same time, Luke rejoiced that he had kept a low profile.
n.o.body could steal anything from Batman because n.o.body knew who he was.
Whether it was the Bat Cave in New Jersey or New Hope Research Inst.i.tute in Na.s.sau County, they had nothing to do with the Bat Squad on the surface.
That wasn’t the case with Tony.
He didn’t have an inventory, and someone would notice sooner or later if he built such a big base.
After this incident, Tony immediately increased security at the base.
Of course, there would still be loopholes, but it would be very hard for the other party to sneak in safely and take any items.
This also proved that many bad guys had their eye on Tony.
They weren’t as stupid as movie villains, but hid on the side and waited for an opportunity.
…
Despite his worries, Luke had a good Christmas.
When he returned to Shackelford, the happiest thing he did was play with two-year-old Cindy.
Generally speaking, most kids got prettier after they turned five or six, and they became less cute.
Two-year-olds were a mix of angel and demon. They were both energetic and wild.
Little Cindy was the same.
The kiddo was in great shape and could run fast on her short legs, which made Luke think of a corgi.
Catherine, who had always insisted on taking care of her children herself, had no choice but to hire two young professional nannies.
A nanny who was too old wouldn’t be able to handle Cindy, and just one nanny wasn’t enough – Cindy could run them ragged in half a day.
So, when Luke returned this time, he started a ‘war’ with his little sister.
He used a lot of trapping gear which he had developed but barely used to control Cindy’s range of movements.
Luke also took wicked pleasure in hiding the presence of this equipment from Cindy as much as possible.
When he saw his little sister tied up with a transparent rope around her waist as she flailed wildly, unable to escape, he happily took photos as a memento with his phone.
Although Cindy was smart, she was only two years old.
Thanks to her heartless big brother’s prank, she was basically fighting air, because she had no idea how her movements were being restricted.
When Luke was done playing, he would pick her up and give her a few kisses on her chubby face.
At that moment, Cindy would hug her brother with a smile and continue pestering him to play with her.
Catherine would smile and scold Luke for his ‘wicked behavior,’ but didn’t stop him.
Robert immediately asked, “Why didn’t you give me a set of these things earlier? Do you know how hard this year has been for me?”
Luke said innocently, “Didn’t you say that you like to play with Cindy the most? You’re from the special forces, and you can’t even deal with a two-year-old?”
Robert was angry. “If you dare, play with her for a day without using that gear.”
Luke chuckled. “I rely on my abilities to slack off. Why should I make myself suffer?”
Hearing this familiar saying, Robert couldn’t say anything in response.
Bickering was bickering, but Luke still made a ‘babysitting’ device for Robert.
So, everybody took turns using the device when they were free. They watched as Cindy ran around, but when she was out of safety range, she was pulled back.
Cindy was a little puzzled, but soon stopped wondering how she had suddenly come back, and started running again.
The air instantly filled with laughter, making for a happy atmosphere.