[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman":3,"chapter-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-506":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: A Lazy-Ass Superman",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1722012,2198,"Chapter 506 506: Withdrawal","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-506",506,"\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For 40 advanced chapters, visit my Patreon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patreon - Twilight_scribe1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had some doubts about riding a metal beast, Jack Reacher still swung himself onto it. The sound of police sirens was getting closer and closer—there wasn't much time left to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after mounting did he realize something else:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had this metal panther appeared in the first place? And how exactly was it supposed to leave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the creature showed up, he hadn't heard a single sound, nor noticed any warning signs. It was as if it had simply appeared out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came a form of aerial maneuvering so absurd it nearly made him scream like a little girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical beast took off from the alley in a running posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had begun as a casual straddle instantly turned into a desperate cling. As the creature charged vertically up the side of a building, Reacher flattened himself against its back, feet locked onto footholds, hands gripping handles, securing himself as tightly as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Henry had never tested what would happen to an unprotected ordinary human riding outside the armor under the full acceleration of the launch system, he didn't activate the near-teleportation movement mode. He didn't want to accidentally kill Reacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the Duck-Leopard Armor's gravity-launch movement system—flying through the air at speeds of two hundred kilometers per hour—was more than enough to make Reacher miserable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared with an airplane, it was slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But airplanes moved at a steady speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kitty's Duck-Leopard Armor, however, was not nearly so considerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like any four-legged animal in motion, propulsion came only when a foot pushed off the ground—or in this case, simulated push-off force from each limb. The four legs alternated constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant each burst of acceleration was fastest at the instant of \"push-off,\" then gradually slowed until another leg accelerated again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normal animals only seemed to run smoothly because millions of years of evolution had perfectly matched stride length and step frequency into harmonious motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Kitty, \"running\" through the air with the Duck-Leopard Armor, still used a tiger's natural stepping rhythm while her stride length had been dramatically increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what allowed a tiger—normally capable of short bursts around sixty-five kilometers per hour—to sustain two hundred kilometers per hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Kitty, this wasn't even running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scientifically speaking, the reason armored Kitty could move at such speeds despite a modest step frequency was because her stride length had become absurdly large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So while the average speed was two hundred kilometers per hour based on distance over time, her instantaneous speed fluctuated wildly—speeding up and slowing down like a hopping rabbit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the rhythm was regular, it was not a pleasant ride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially not for over an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Duck-Leopard Armor finally landed, Reacher could barely stand after climbing off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that he didn't collapse to his knees and vomit like a civilian was already proof of exceptional toughness. It also required excellent physical conditioning to survive that ordeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The support drone Little Duck detached from its docking slot on the armor's back and activated its hovering system again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kitty immediately entered the fitting corridor, where the armor could be removed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking several deep breaths, Reacher grumbled, \"I thought joining the Army meant I'd be rid of all that damn flying. That thing was supposed to be a panther, wasn't it? Since when do panthers fly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh… I heard the Army uses helicopters to move troops too,\" Henry replied through Little Duck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's why I was Military Police—not Rangers, and definitely not Delta.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fair enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry suddenly understood why, after leaving the service and beginning his wandering life, this guy only traveled by bus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did bus tickets not require proper ID registration—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also hated flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is this place?\" Reacher asked casually after finishing his complaints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can only say this is my secret base. Please don't deliberately investigate where it is. And if you figure it out, don't say it aloud.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That would spare me the dilemma of deciding whether I need to silence you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought crossed Reacher's mind for only a second before he answered smoothly, \"Understood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no desire to argue with someone who controlled a flying metal panther.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a small hatch beneath the container house opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reacher expected a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, a robot no higher than his calves rolled out carrying a tray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body consisted of two stacked spheres, the lower one acting as a rolling base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So \"rolled out\" was not sarcasm—it was literally what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the tray sat an unopened bottle of water, the kind sold in any supermarket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Duck emitted an electronic voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After one hour of high-speed travel while exposed to the air, you are experiencing at least mild dehydration. You may replenish fluids.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reacher took the bottle, twisted the cap open, and drained the entire six hundred milliliters in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it looked rough and careless, he had already inspected it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No puncture marks. No odd spray behavior when squeezed. The cap seal was intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why he trusted it enough to drink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this brief rest, he watched the metal mechanical panther emerge from the container passageway—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an ordinary tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A real tiger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently someone had a hobby of making a tiger disguise itself as a panther.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reacher couldn't fully process that level of weirdness, so he simply chose silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kitty paid no attention to the only human present or the floating drone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went straight to her usual sleeping spot and lay down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reacher hadn't forgotten—it was nighttime now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though tigers could move at night, they weren't truly nocturnal animals. Once the hour came, she got sleepy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry naturally had no intention of making Reacher sleep outside in the wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving aside the fact that there was a tiger nearby, the poor giant had just been thoroughly brutalized by vampires. He needed real rest, not a night under the open sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the container house door, the support drone used a multifunction mechanical arm to unlock the crude padlock hanging there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shabby door opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lights inside flicked on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After many renovations, the secret base was no longer just the primitive chemistry lab it had once been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It now served many more functions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Duck spoke to Reacher standing outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big guy, come inside and rest. I believe you would rather not sleep in the wilderness beside a tiger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though everything around him felt unfamiliar and unsafe, Reacher had to admit—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A roof overhead was far better than sleeping outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, inside looked civilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🎉 Power Stone Goal Announcement! 🎉\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'll release one bonus chapter for every 500 Power Stones we hit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me know what should I do\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your support means everything—let's crush these goals together! 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