[{"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-168":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},1482200,1930,"Chapter 168 - Dad Is Still Dad","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-168",168,"\u003Cp>Luke was rather regretful that it didn’t work out. He could only try again later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tossed the wooden stick away and stuck a tracer to the man’s clothes before he quickly left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he returned home and saw Selina, who had just gotten off work, he told her that he was going to France the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina’s eyes widened. She couldn’t believe it. “Why? Why don’t I get the chance to go to France? Ah, I want to visit the Champs-Elysees!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke touched her head and said, “Trust me. You’ll be able to go there very soon, and buy whatever you want.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina looked at him, unconvinced. “Are you dreaming? I’m so poor that I can’t even keep myself full for now...” Suddenly, she burped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke said, “Put your chocolates do before you say that. There’s no way you’ll starve with that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina said pitifully, “But I’ll have to eat bloody hot dogs when you’re away. Why are hot dogs everywhere in Los Angeles?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke rubbed her head and said, “Alright, alright. I’ll make some food for you right now. You can just heat it up when you want to eat it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then went into the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were two advantages to having their own villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firstly, they could do their Brazilian jiu-jitsu training in a room or the backyard, and didn’t have to rent a room in the martial arts club anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, Luke didn’t need to worry that his neighbor would call the police when he was making food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really was no joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was so much smoke when he cooked that anyone else might think that the house was on fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the firemen came to put it out, they would certainly wreck a lot of things, and they wouldn’t pay for the damages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more unbelievably, Luke would have to pay the firemen instead when they sent him a bill the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The costs were so high that many poor people would rather let their houses burn to the ground than call them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a great mood, Luke went to the kitchen and whistled as he cooked with whatever ingredients there were in the fridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fridge here was twice as large as what he had before, and there were enough ingredients to make food that would keep Selina from starving for two weeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke quickly prepared the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made fifty cupcakes first and packed them into small bags so that Selina could have them anytime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then roasted four chickens and put them in the fridge. Selina could just heat them up in the microwave and they would be ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final dish was the main course for tonight. Luke stewed beef in a big pot for a while, before he put diced potatoes inside. He then waited for another twenty minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina was already drooling hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The braised beef with potatoes smelled too good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was supposedly a Russian favorite, but any American foodie would like it, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After everything was done, Luke made a salad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke then moved the pot of braised beef with potatoes to the table, filled two bowls with rice from a small cooker, and poured some of the yellow and black sauce from the beef onto the rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, this is what we’re having tonight. Braised beef with potatoes on rice,” said Luke, who had already started eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The presentation wasn’t fantastic, but the dish tasted great. Luke could eat two bowls in a row in his previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina couldn’t hold back anymore. She took a mouthful, and even though it was burning hot, she was reluctant to spit it back out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke enjoyed the meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been in L.A. for a while, and since he always had spare time to cook, he had never bothered to make this particularly simple dish before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since he was about to go on a trip, and the fridge was big enough, he thought of this dish, which was designed for lazy people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rice with a spoonful of hot braised beef and potatoes on it was enough to keep anyone full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a good thing Luke’s rice cooker was too small to cook more rice, or Selina would’ve been too full to move again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Luke simply said, “The dishes are yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a silly smile, Selina said in satisfaction, “Don’t tell me such a sad thing yet. Let me enjoy myself a little while longer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina was used to lying on the couch once she was full for at least half an hour before she did anything else, like doing the dishes or watching TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke enjoyed tea on the couch while he checked the system notifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>System: You have defeated Bobby Max and have received a list of his abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bobby Max’s abilities: Basic Taming, Basic Animal Raising... Elementary Mental Communication (X-gene; Prerequisite: 20 Mental Strength and 10,000 credit points. Temporarily unavailable)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke wasn’t ecstatic, but he was in a good mood nonetheless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bobby had an X-gene, and his familiarity with animals was an invaluable mental ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cost of the ability meant that it was certainly a good one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the prerequisite to learn it was 20 Mental Strength, which was quite tricky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, Luke had tried to see if he could take advantage of a loophole in the system. He knocked Bobby out twice in a row, and even made a bet with him before the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it clearly only counted as one time in the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bet and the second hit weren’t acknowledged at all, so Luke was unable to learn Elementary Mental Communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system clearly couldn’t be tricked; deception was meaningless in front of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke had other ideas, but he had to wait until the next day to test them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, he now knew what Bobby’s ability was, and it was just a matter of time before he could learn it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the meantime, Luke had come up with other guesses of his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once his three basic stats were all above 20, the prerequisites for many elementary abilities would be met, and he would need a lot of credit points to purchase them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The common elementary abilities were around a thousand credit points, and the special ones could be more than ten thousand. They were very costly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Elementary Self-Healing and Elementary Mental Communication, which were both based on X-genes, would use up twenty thousand credit points alone. That was much more than what he currently had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke had already foreseen this.\u003C\u002Fp>",1097,"2026-06-06T03:35:48.055Z",1,"novelbin.me","8d7a1d69e4c225c5a8047489003ae4a4f87dc30900fc688a209893bd9da4361e","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-169","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-64",2233,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsuper-detective-in-the-fictional-world-cover.jpg"]