[{"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-1716":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},1483834,1930,"Chapter 1716 - Hidden Danger For the Tycoon, and Ransacked","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1716",1716,"\u003Cp>40 minutes later, Luke drove Jenny’s car out of the phone company’s parking lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she touched up her makeup, Jenny asked anxiously, “Are you sure you can get to Stark Tower before noon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke stepped on the gas. “Trust me, I’m a pro driver.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jenny rolled her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was being a pro driver something for a billionaire to be proud of? Which driver who worked for a rich person wasn’t a professional?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Luke hadn’t said that he would get her there in time, Jenny wouldn’t have let him drive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At 11:58am, Jenny opened the car door with a pale face. “Don’t wait for me today. Go play on your own. Ugh~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke chuckled. “No problem, Miss CEO.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jenny rolled her eyes at him and closed the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a car stopped behind Luke, and Pepper got out of the backseat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the two women exchange greetings, Luke smiled and slowly drove away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze subconsciously lingered on the rearview mirror, and he couldn’t help but compare the interactions between the two women with his meetings with Tony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to admit that the tycoon was a little arrogant, rude and cutting, but he was much better at talking up his business than the two women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he saw a white man in his forties get out of the car at the restaurant entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the man threw the Lamborghini key to the doorman, he actually… hit on Pepper?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his behavior was still within normal range, Luke could see through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something too forward about his behavior which made Pepper a little uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Should he tell Tony about this? However, it was easy to destroy a friendship over something like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped the car and continued observing the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, Jenny stepped back when the man greeted Pepper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This overbearing female CEO had been traumatized after she was kidnapped by those drug dealers back then, and was very resistant to strangers getting too close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pepper felt a little awkward, but she still forced a smile, said a couple of things, and then quickly left with Jenny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man smiled faintly and then also went into the restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking quickly, Luke turned the wheel and drove the car into a parking lot not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, an ordinary-looking young man walked into the restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, it was Luke in disguise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the tycoon’s sake, he felt that he should help Tony eliminate this hidden danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ahem! So, he really wasn’t here to watch the show. Safety first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There might really be something wrong with that flashy middle-aged man!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in a corner of the restaurant, Luke ordered a bunch of dishes and played on his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he was operating a drone to look for traces of the middle-aged man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He soon discovered that the guy wasn’t eating with Pepper and Jenny, but with another woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Snail was already projecting the man’s information onto Luke’s lenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s name was Aldrich Killian. He had a PhD in biology and had opened a biotech company called Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM), but that was all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke looked up research papers and tech news, and confirmed that there really wasn’t anything special about AIM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the woman who was having dinner with Killian also had a PhD in biology and was quite famous in the academic world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was very normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke had often had meals with his colleagues when he was a detective. It wasn’t unusual for two doctorate holders to have a meal together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, Luke wasn’t surprised that Killian’s name was bright red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was inevitable for any scientist who did illegal research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone an unknown biotech company like AIM, even some famous pharmaceutical companies in America were bright red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These doctors and researchers deliberately ignored the risks and sold painkillers and prescription drugs on the market. In the system, they were equivalent to big drug dealers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Food and Drug Administration officials who gave these drugs the green light, they would naturally take up positions at these companies after they retired and earn handsome salaries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, the system wouldn’t judge them innocent just because it was legal in America.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, America was a peaceful, lawful country. The pharmaceutical giants here were no less influential than arms or financial bigshots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Luke specially went looking, he could indeed make a few people disappear or go missing, but it was unrealistic to charge in and kill all of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the smart thing about capital groups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could use the law to legally sell illegal drugs, yet be known as famed philanthropists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In comparison, the Colombian and Mexican drug dealers weren’t even fit to carry their shoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That being said, Luke waited for Jenny and Pepper to finish lunch and confirmed that they were fine before he left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, it wasn’t a waste of time since it gave him a chance to try a few of the dishes in this restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, this Killian person seemed a little interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke wasn’t interested in investigating further. The names on his blacklist would keep him busy for another eight to ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So… he sent Killian’s information to Tony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tycoon was the victim here. Luke was a tactful person, and naturally wouldn’t meddle in other people’s business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Luke was on a leisurely vacation, the door of a cell biology lab at Grayburn University in New York was suddenly pushed open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soldiers rushed in and quickly occupied the lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain walked over to the middle-aged man who was staring at them in surprise. “Dr. Samuel Sterns, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man nodded blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain sneered and waved his hand. “Find the relevant items and pack them up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, Dr. Sterns immediately stood up. “What are you doing? This is my lab.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain pushed him back down. “No, Dr. Sterns. It belongs to us now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the soldiers started moving things out of the lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most important things were the test data and reports, and the test tubes of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than ten minutes, the lab was ransacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The captain gestured at the last two soldiers. “Go back. I’ll move the rest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two soldiers left without saying anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their footsteps faded, only the captain and Dr. Sterns were left in the lab. 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