Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 2 A Little Invention
"Luca! Luca!"

Looking at the hellish scene outside the window, even Luca, who had seen his share of storms in his previous life, couldn't help but feel fear when faced with the real alien invasion.

However, the anxious shouts from his parents downstairs made him immediately realize that he had to do something.

However, before Luca could even respond to his parents' calls...

In their line of sight, a deep purple beam of light shot rapidly toward their location.

next moment.

"boom--"

The violent explosion sent Luca flying.

The towering flames filled the sky, and the entire building trembled violently from the explosion.

When Luca's body slammed into the wardrobe behind him, the first thing he felt was not the pain from the impact.

Instead, there was a piercing buzzing sound and a strong feeling of dizziness filling my brain.

In a daze, Luca braced himself against the overturned desk beside him and struggled to stand up.

Looking up, the most striking thing in one's line of sight is the huge hole that has been blown open in the exterior wall of one's duplex apartment, running from one floor to the other.

Including Luca's own bedroom, nearly half of the entire second-floor floor has collapsed down to the first floor.

Smoke and dust filled the air.

The strong smell of gunpowder filled the air.

Large chunks of brick and stone debris kept sliding down.

Luca, whose hearing had not yet fully recovered, disregarded the dust in his mouth and immediately shouted out his parents' names.

"Gina! Herman?! Are you both alright?!"

However, no matter how much Luca called out, there was no answer from the ruins of the house.

Although Luca, who is a transmigrator who only inherited the original body's memories, may not have had a very deep relationship with his parents.

But whether for his own sake or for the sake of his family, he did not want his parents to be in any danger.

Without thinking twice, Luca quickly opened the wardrobe behind him, took out his backpack, and put it on.

Immediately afterwards, they slid down the collapsed slope at high speed.

Luca, who had just arrived on the first floor, was faced with a scene of devastation. Before he could even begin his search, he saw two roaring Zeta Swiss soldiers crawling out of a huge hole in his wall and charging toward him.

At this point, it seemed too late for Luca to take out the [Pencil Missile] from his backpack or crouch down to activate the [Strength-Enhancing Shoes].

however.

"Bang bang—"

Two loud gunshots rang out behind me.

Immediately afterwards, the heads of the two Zeta Swiss soldiers in front of them exploded like watermelons, with chunks of flesh and juices splattering everywhere.

Seeing the two headless corpses lying on the ground, Luca turned around.

Amidst the ruins, his mother, Gina, was leaning against the doorframe, struggling to look at him.

In her hand was a high-powered firearm that her own company was still experimenting with.

"Mom! Where's Dad?"

He rushed forward to help his mother.

It was only then that Luca noticed that behind the door frame that Gina was holding onto, her entire lower body was still pressed against the collapsed wall.

Fortunately, the collapsed wall formed a slight angle with the other rubble, which prevented Gina from dying immediately after being trapped under the debris.

On the other side of the ruins, Luca reached out to find that Herman, the father who had also been hit by rubble, had already stopped breathing.

Ignoring what his mother was saying, Luca immediately bent down and tried to move the wall that Gina was pressing against.

However, this mechanical prosthetic limb that he had just been fitted with was not the military mechanical arm like the Winter Soldier's.

Its strength is even less than that of a normal person's healthy right hand, let alone moving such a huge rock.

"Luca! Luca! Listen to me!"

"Now take this gun. Your mom and dad have taught you how to use it!"

"Don't worry about me! Find somewhere to hide! The storage room in the house is specially reinforced, stay there! Don't come out!"

Watching Luca's futile attempt to move the stones, Gina, who had just recovered from the shock of the explosion and was still somewhat delirious, quickly gave her son instructions.

Looking at the strangely shaped pistol handed to him, Luca only then noticed that the pistol was also emitting the kind of fluorescent white light that only 'core components' could produce.

However, Luca did not take the pistol immediately; instead, the white light emanating from the pistol reminded him.

'These power-enhancing shoes seem to do more than just boost burst power!'

The thought flashed through my mind like lightning.

Luca immediately crouched down and used his left hand to turn the white knob on the outside of his right foot.

Immediately afterwards, a visible arc of electricity flashed across the red and white sneakers, and the entire right foot seemed to be coated with a layer of colorful light.

Feeling an unprecedented surge of power coursing through his right leg, Luca carefully inserted his toes into the crevice of the ruins.

As he slowly exerted force with his right leg, the collapsed wall, which he had been unable to move even an inch despite using all his strength, was easily lifted up by one leg under this tremendous force.

Even during this process, Luca didn't feel much pressure or discomfort on the instep of his right foot.

Even the left foot, which wasn't 'powered', seemed to have its grip and support increased several times over, so there was no need to worry about balance or anything like that.

Under Gina's astonished gaze.

There was a 'boom'.

The massive stone ruins were completely overturned and pushed aside.

Luca reacted quickly, grabbing his mother and pulling her away from the spot.

"Luca? What's that?"

Gina, still somewhat shaken, was no longer confused. She just stared blankly at the huge rock that her son had kicked away with one foot.

However, when asked by her, Luca could only give a vague answer with a hint of embarrassment.

"It's just one of my little inventions."

He couldn't explain the concept of a "golden finger" in a short time, so he simply glossed over it and prepared to take his mother to the storage room she had mentioned earlier for refuge.

It's best not to linger here at this time, lest another Chitauri attack reach this area.

But before Luca could even help Gina take a few steps out, they were already gone.

A figure clad in gold and red armor plummeted from the sky, passing through a large hole in the outer wall, and crashed heavily into the house with a 'thud'.

The already dilapidated ground was immediately smashed into a shallow pit, and the figure also plowed a long trench in the ground, splashing up a lot of gravel, and slid straight to the two people before just stopping.

Seeing Iron Man suddenly descend from the sky, the mother and son, who had just calmed down a bit, were both startled and simultaneously drew their weapons, aiming at the figure lying on the ground in front of them.

However, Gina pulled out a prototype pistol developed by her own company, while Luca pulled out a [pencil missile] that he had 'made' himself and had previously kept in his backpack.

"Oh, relax, relax, ma'am! I don't think this should be considered trespassing?"

Tony Stark, seeing himself being held at gunpoint, showed no sign of nervousness. He simply stood up somewhat awkwardly and gently comforted the two of them.

However, his electronically synthesized voice, after being transformed by the armor mask, sounded somewhat cold and distorted.

Seemingly noticing this problem, Iron Man's metal mask snapped open, revealing Tony Stark's face, who continued to soothe the mother and son before him.

"Relax, you two. Find somewhere to hide quickly. Trust me, those fake Predators outside will be taken care of soon."

As he spoke, Tony Stark winked at Luca and gave what he thought was a cool smile.

"And kid, remember next time, a pencil case can't protect you!"

After saying this, the metal mask fell down again.

Iron Man immediately turned around, flames shooting from his hands and feet simultaneously, and flew rapidly outwards along the hole in the wall he had crashed into.

just
"boom--"

A loud explosion.

The steel armor had barely flown two meters out of the room when it was struck squarely in the face by a laser beam that shot straight at it.

The explosion's flames and shockwave blasted it away.

In an instant, Iron Man tumbled back at an even faster speed than when he left.

It crashed down in front of the mother and child again.

Immediately afterwards, several Chitauri hovercrafts arrived quickly, floating around the house, with two or three Chitauri soldiers standing on each hovercraft.

More than a dozen laser weapons were all pointed at the hole in the room.

The mother and son, who were also startled by the explosion, first covered their faces with their hands to shield themselves from the dust and sand brought by the shock wave.

Then, without prior arrangement, they all quickly raised their weapons and aimed them at the Chitauri hovering outside their houses.

Gina, who launched the first attack, shot one of the Chitauri 'drivers' in the head off.

Luca, wielding the [pencil missile], was a beat slower.

Suddenly, the lids on both sides of the pencil case in Luca's hand popped open, revealing missiles inside that resembled pencils.

Meanwhile, gun components resembling grips and muzzles protrude from the bottom and front of the pencil case, respectively.

Luca, gripping the gun handle with his left hand, didn't even aim; he simply swept the [pencil missile] across all the enemies in front of him.

The beeping sounds, signaling the lock to be engaged, rang out in succession, and Luca pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Swish swish~"

More than a dozen pencil-sized missiles spewed out large plumes of flame from their rear ends, twisting and turning in the air like serpents as they flew toward their respective locked targets.

In an instant, all the Chitauri were hit by bullets.

However, the expected violent explosion did not occur. Instead, all the missiles exploded into a large amount of sticky liquid the moment they hit their targets, completely covering the enemies.

Having lost their sight and being stuck and unable to move, the airships immediately began to wobble and plummet towards the ground.

"Wardfa?"

(End of this chapter)