[{"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-62":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},1482194,1930,"Chapter 62 - Carols Gratitude, Windfall, and Cooking","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-62",62,"\u003Cp>System: You have received Carol Mira’s appreciation. You may now learn all her abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol Mira’s abilities list: Basic self-healing (X-gene; prerequisite: 40 Strength): 10,000 credits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke couldn’t help but smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why had he let Carol go instead of capturing her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because she had been a huge surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol Mira was none other than the ordinary woman who had been shot in her apartment. He had accepted the case that morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol was only a waitress in a restaurant and had no criminal history. It was one of the reasons why Luke had let her go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were after Carol, the answer was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>S.H.I.E.L.D. might have noticed that Carol could come back to life. The agents were here precisely to deal with the issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Carol’s disappearance from the morgue might be related to S.H.I.E.L.D.. At the very least, it must’ve been Cheney who had wiped the security footage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was S.H.I.E.L.D.’s responsibility to cover up such supernatural incidents, so that ordinary people wouldn’t panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could explain Cheney and his teammates’ operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Carol’s basic self-healing was definitely one of the abilities that Luke desired most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he had obtained this ability from her, he was willing to return the favor even if she didn’t know what it was about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Luke had figured out one of the system’s rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carol Mira’s gratitude had allowed him to directly unlock her abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke was quite excited. This meant that bad guys now weren’t the only source of abilities for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could acquire abilities from good guys, too, as long as he earned their appreciation first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting it together with his speculation about “fortune,” Luke guessed that the learning requirement might not have anything to do with stealing luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conclusion was clear in Carol’s case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke was a police officer, not a fake FBI who had been there to catch her. After he let her go, he won her appreciation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that point, Carol had subconsciously lowered her defenses, which had allowed Luke to acquire her abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another example was when Luke defeated Robert in a bet. That had lowered Robert’s defenses, to the point that Luke could learn his abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Robert inevitably had bad luck after that because his defenses had deteriorated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third example was when Luke killed criminals. He was like a hunter in that sort of situation, and everything the prey had would become his trophy as long as he took them down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he had to verify his assumption first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was still no telling if Carol would start to be haunted by bad luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After analyzing the situation, Luke pondered the basic self-healing ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the file, Carol had been shot the day before yesterday and had been in the morgue until today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was shot twice in the abdomen — or more specifically, in her gut and her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that point of view, the speed of recovery with the basic self-healing ability wasn’t very high, but Luke would never let go of such a life-saving technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it required... 10,000 credits?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared with basic firearms which cost 100 credits and basic special combat which cost 200 credits, basic self-healing was outrageously expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, it had a prerequisite, which was 40 Strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant that basic self-healing demanded a lot of the body’s abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting from level six, he would receive four basic points at each level, and even if they were all invested in strength, he still needed to level up five times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experience required to level up was getting higher and higher, and Luke wasn’t sure when he could reach 40 points for strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke was deep in thought, when Selina suddenly called his name. He opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then saw Selina lying on the sofa in an even more comfortable position. Her short pants were obvious under her loose T-shirt, and highlighted the curves of her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are we having for dinner? I don’t want takeout anymore,” said Selina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Appreciating Selina’s sexiness, Luke was in a good mood. He stood up with a smile. “I’ll cook. Just wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina opened her eyes in surprise. “You can cook?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most Americans didn’t know how to cook. Or rather, they were too lazy to cook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supermarket had all kinds of pre-packed meals that just needed to be heated in the microwave and were then ready to be eaten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their apartment didn’t have a gas stove or an exhaust hood in the kitchen, but there was an oven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke chuckled. “Just wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina expectantly watched Luke dig around in the fridge before he went to the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, Luke came back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina looked at his empty hands and asked, “Where’s our dinner?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke replied, “I’m still cooking. You can eat something else first if you’re too hungry. Do you want chips? It’s a garlic and cheese flavor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina said disdainfully, “No, I don’t want to be dreaming about garlic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke shrugged and tossed the weird-flavored chips that he had bought by accident back onto the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forty minutes later, beeps echoed in the kitchen. Luke’s eyes finally moved away from his laptop and he stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was busy for a while. Ten minutes later, Luke was back. “Dinner will be ready in ten minutes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina sat up and said, “I’ll take a look.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke chuckled but didn’t stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selina rushed into the kitchen. She saw shreds of something on a chopping board and a steaming pot, but nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She returned in disappointment. “What are you cooking? I didn’t see anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke said, “Just you wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Luke who had bought the pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Houston had a Chinatown where many Chinese lived, and some Chinese food culture could be found here. The common belief that Americans had no access to Chinese food wasn’t true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, Texas had many decent Chinese restaurants whose businesses flourished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The supermarket that Luke and Selina had visited before, for one, was opened by a Chinese. Besides the pot, Luke had also bought a lot of Chinese condiments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, Luke went into the kitchen again, and Selina followed him this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke took out two bowls. He stirred the food inside the pot with a wooden ladle, and had a taste with his chopsticks, only to discover that it was too bland.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He poured some soy sauce into the pot and stirred again, before he had another taste.\u003C\u002Fp>",1082,"2026-06-06T03:35:48.054Z",1,"novelbin.me","73e555bcd06b4b143e38d2df4248612926d0553ea403b3b94605f4290b186179","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-165","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-164",2233,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsuper-detective-in-the-fictional-world-cover.jpg"]