[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world":3,"chapter-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-158":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Super Detective in the Fictional World",{"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},1482182,1930,"Chapter 158 - Family Reunion and Holiday Celebration (PART 1)","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-158",158,"\u003Cp>If Luke went to college right now, he would only be 22 when he got his degree four years later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 22-year-old sergeant? That would be too unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa was 32, and she had only been promoted to sergeant recently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke’s recent achievements were so astonishing that Dustin had subconsciously forgotten his age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dustin rolled his eyes and suddenly smiled. “Well, we’ll be getting some new cars. Do you have a favorite model?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke thought for a moment and said, “I’ll just use the same as everyone else. Any car will do for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dustin nodded his head, satisfied that Luke didn’t get cocky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second thing that Dustin talked to Luke about was the robbers that Luke had killed and injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Luke didn’t have any outrageous requests, Dustin promised to take care of everything for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a nice young man! Dustin remarked inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Dustin had fallen silent, Luke stood up and said, “Boss, I’ll be leaving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dustin made a call after Luke left the office. “Supply division? What are the new cars that you’re giving us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke found it was still early when he left the police department, so he took a bus home. Selina was already up and was doing some cleaning\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina was surprised to see him. “That was quick.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke shrugged. “Maybe because I saved Dustin a lot of trouble.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they left the house, Luke told Selina about Dustin’s offer in the car. Selina was amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She already knew that Luke wouldn’t consider a promotion for the next couple of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she was rather jealous after learning that he would get his own police car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Police cars were quite good. Moreover, since Luke had won his boss’s favor, he could even use the police car for personal business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke smiled. “But you’re not losing out on anything. You’ll be free to use the Ford whenever you want in the future.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking for a moment, Selina realized that it did make sense, and she cheered up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached the airport, they chatted as they waited for Luke’s family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the good weather, the flight wasn’t delayed, and Luke’s family arrived right on time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was quite joyous when they met in the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire hopped around in excitement as she clutched at Luke. Joseph looked at his sister scornfully, but was secretly happy too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert and Catherine, on the other hand, greeted Selina first, before Selina greeted their children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they left the airport, Selina drove off with Catherine, the kids and the luggage, while Luke and Robert took a cab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert and Luke bickered nonstop in the cab, but Robert was stunned when he saw the villa. “You can afford this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any diligent man in Shackelford would be able to afford a house like this, since Shackelford had plenty of empty land, and anyone could build whatever house they wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this wasn’t Shackelford; this was Los Angeles, which was right next to Hollywood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke laughed. “It’s a windfall. But let’s not talk about it now. Let’s check your rooms first. I don’t know what you need yet. I only moved in yesterday.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert followed him into the villa in a daze, only to be even more shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This villa wasn’t extremely extravagant; at least, not that Robert could tell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the furniture and appliances inside were all the best products on the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t afford them even if he saved up for two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, since Luke had said that they would talk about it later, he didn’t ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert was lost for words when he saw the gigantic bathtub in the backyard outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, Robert was quite similar to Luke in that neither of them regarded it as a pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, it was lunch for everyone, which Luke had already prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the ingredients that he had brought over yesterday had already been mixed together, and would be ready as soon as they came out of the oven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, in the cool afternoon breeze, everyone enjoyed roast meat and chicken in the backyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina lured the two kids into playing in the bathtub. The three of them had a water fight, laughing and shouting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they wanted food, they would get Catherine and Luke to deliver it to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Luke was summoned more often, since the kids hadn’t seen him in a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert watched Luke deliver a plate of roast meat to Selina with a strange expression, before he asked in a low voice, “Dating your colleague isn’t forbidden here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understanding what Robert was implying, Luke chuckled. “Of course it is, but to me, Selina is more like Claire.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert realized that Luke regarded Selina as a sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally asked, “What’s the deal with this house? Don’t tell you that you bought it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke said, “It’s a personal gift from Mr. Takagi, head of Nakatomi Corporation. He offered me a million bucks, but I refused it so he gave me this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert and Catherine both exclaimed, “What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A million dollars was a huge amount of money for most Americans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke smiled. “I saved him from robbers and helped his company recover bearer bonds worth 640 million. This isn’t an excessive reward for that, is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert and Catherine couldn’t believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert came back to his senses first. “What’s going on? Why didn’t you say anything before?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They talked a couple of times every week. Robert was surprised that Luke hadn’t mentioned it earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke shrugged and said, “It was supposed to be a surprise. Besides, it happened on Christmas Eve.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert and Catherine were stunned yet again. It happened three days ago? No wonder they hadn’t known anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke told them the story, skipping over the details. He exaggerated Detective John’s contribution, and claimed that the New York officer took down a dozen terrorists on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Catherine was more or less convinced, but Robert was suspicious, because he felt that Luke was more likely the one to have hunted down the terrorists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they were both reassured to know that all the robbers were accounted for, and that 80% of them were killed or heavily wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those robbers were certainly done for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they had only been pretending to be terrorists, what they had done was precisely an act of terrorism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the current climate, any criminal in America that had links to terrorism would be heavily punished without the possibility of parole.\u003C\u002Fp>",1079,"2026-06-06T03:35:48.055Z",1,"novelbin.me","bd894982e7ca45861f834390d493d24058fa3ddef3b04a8fde98c07009bbf8da","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-57","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-56",2233,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsuper-detective-in-the-fictional-world-cover.jpg"]