Chapter 76 ‘Experiment’ on Luke
The girl Kate followed Indira and Kevin and entered the elevator to the woods with them.
As the elevator went down, Kevin looked at her back carefully and relaxed a little after making sure that she didn't move because of what he was thinking.
It seems that Kate has taken medicine now and has lost the ability to hear other people's thoughts from a distance.
When they entered the [Woods] institution, although Kevin knew what was going on, he still cooperated and took two quick steps to Indira's side, and asked in a low voice:
"This girl, what's going on with her?"
"She has a very special ability and can help us a lot."
Indira explained to Kevin in a low voice and told Kevin some of Kate's information.
Kevin frowned slightly, looked back at Kate who was quite restless, and asked Indira again:
"Are you sure she can help? She looks like just a kid."
"The superhumans here are just children according to their age, and we don't need her to do research. We just want her to delete some unnecessary memories."
"Delete memory? Whose?"
"Who else, of course, is Professor Brink's most proud student now, Luke Riordan."
Indira said matter-of-factly.
Luke Riordan.
That is, in "V Generation", at the end of the first episode, he flew into the sky and blew himself up, turning himself into a superpower "Golden Boy" with fireworks.
Kevin met this 'golden boy' once. Under Professor Brink's instruction, Kevin also told Luke some things about the Seven. The two had a pretty good relationship.
It’s obvious that Professor Brinker really wants the golden boy Luke to be a member of the Seven.
But the problem is that the golden boy Luke at this moment is far from as powerful as in the original work.
Professor Brink also saw this, so he asked the forest agency to do something for him.
It is to inject the blood of Luke's brother Sam into Luke's body.
As a biological brother, Sam's blood can enhance Luke's abilities, just like a low-end version of Compound No. 5 without side effects.
In this way, Brink wants to personally cultivate a superhero who is not inferior to the people of his motherland before he retires.
This was his idea, and he didn't hide it from Kevin.
In other words, he discovered Maeve and the locomotive all to achieve this goal.
As for the deep sea...
He was originally just an 'environmentalist' who joined the Seven to make the team more diverse, and never imagined that the deep sea could one day become so powerful.
Even now, he hasn't thought about it that way.
Golden Boy Luke is the perfect future piece for Brink.
But now there is a small problem in front of him, that is, Luke cares too much about his brother Sam and is not willing to enhance himself by transfusing his brother's blood.
This delayed Professor Brink's plan.
But now Kate's arrival can finally continue this plan.
"Oh, you are finally here."
In an experimental room in the woods, Brink and Cardoza had been waiting for a long time.
Professor Brink, who had a white beard and a kind face, greeted a few people with a smile, and then set his sights on Kate:
"This must be Miss Dunlap."
"Yes...my name is Kate, hello...professor."
Kate answered weakly.
Kate, who has been locked up in her home for many years and has just regained her freedom, is still somewhat afraid of society.
When talking to Professor Brink, she was still hiding behind Indira.
Brink didn't care either. He smiled and comforted Kate and said:
"Don't be nervous. We didn't ask you to come here to do anything too difficult. I heard that your ability allows people to do whatever they want?"
"Yes, it is."
"Very good, then a person will come in later. What you need to do is very simple, just make him fall asleep. Can you do that?"
Brink's voice was soft, trying not to put pressure on Kate.
Kate raised her head and looked at Brink, then at Indira.
After receiving Indira's encouraging look, she nodded slowly:
"I think... there should be no problem."
"very good."
Brink nodded with satisfaction and then left the room.
Kate didn't know what was going on and looked around uneasily.
Kevin was still studying her.
Seeing Kevin's eyes sizing her up, Kate hid her entire body behind Indira.
Kevin looked away from her, turned to Indira and asked:
"Is this what you want to tell me?"
"No, it's another thing. I originally wanted to tell you after this."
Before Professor Brink came back, Indira smiled and said to Kevin:
"We plan to arrange a consultant position for you in the school, so that it will be more convenient to come to [the woods] in the future."
Kevin is a member of the seven-man team. If there is no suitable reason, always coming to Godokkin University will easily attract others' attention.
Indira could save a lot of trouble by giving Kevin a consultant position.
However, although Godokin University is an extension of the [Woodhouse] institution on the surface, most of the teachers there do not know the existence of [Woodhouse] at all. If Indira wants to give Kevin a consultant position, she needs to talk to the teachers and students of the school. Let's discuss.
So Indira didn't tell Kevin about it until now.
The exchange between Indira and Kevin didn't last long. On the other side, Professor Brink had already brought Luke, the 'beggar's version of the Human Torch', to the woods.
Luke seemed to be coming here for the first time and had no idea what this place was.
He asked Professor Brink very curiously:
"Professor, is this...?"
"A place where you can continue to grow stronger."
Professor Brink led Luke into the laboratory and reached out to pat Luke on the shoulder.
Then, from an angle that Luke couldn't see, he winked at Kate.
Kate was still a little at a loss. Indira patted Kate on the back and whispered:
"Go ahead, let him sleep, and don't let him remember what happened here."
"…Um."
Kate took off her gloves and walked over to Luke.
Luke, who still didn't know what was going on, looked at Kate strangely.
"Professor, she is..."
Luke was about to ask who Kate was and why she was here.
Kate's hands were already on his shoulders:
"I'm sorry, but...go to sleep."
"What……!?"
Out of trust in the professor, Luke felt that the professor would not harm him. He was completely defenseless and was easily hypnotized by Kate.
He fainted and fell to the ground with an expression of astonishment, without making any resistance.
The Kate now is different from the Kate before the plot of "Generation V" began.
At the beginning of the plot, if Kate uses her powers even a little bit, her eyes will be red, she will have a headache, and she will feel as if she is going to die from a cerebral hemorrhage at any time.
After all, Kate had been taking ability-suppressing drugs for three full years at that time.
Three years have already weakened Kate's abilities.
And now, Kate had just taken the medicine. Although she could no longer hear other people's thoughts from a distance, her hypnotic ability had not weakened much.
Luke is not in full condition. He has not yet been transfused with Sam's blood. He is just an ordinary superhuman. Now he cannot resist Kate's hypnosis at all.
Seeing Luke fainted on the ground, Kate turned back to look at Indira.
"Great job, Kate, please stay here for now, Dr. Cardoza, please bring Sam over."
Indira first praised, then turned to Cardoza and said.
Unlike the golden boy Luke, Professor Brinker did not want Luke's body to be affected by anesthetics, fearing that it would affect Luke's potential, so he looked for Kate to hypnotize Luke.
Sam was not so gentle.
His mind is not stable and he needs to be sedated from time to time. Moreover, he is considered an experimental subject in the woods. Brink will not be very kind to the experimental subjects.
Sam had been given sedatives and anesthetics for a long time. The dosage was more than ten times higher than that of ordinary people, which was enough to make a powerful superhuman like Sam sleep for several days.
Cardoza led people to drag the hospital bed where Sam was tied, and then asked people to put Luke on another bed.
Finally he began his work, pumping Sam's blood into Luke's body.
The work there has begun, and Kevin and Kate are staying there on standby.
Kate didn't know what she was doing, and she didn't know what Indira was doing.
She only chose to listen to Indira because she pulled her out of the small room and set her free again.
So looking at all this now, Kate is confused.
She felt as if she was doing something bad.
Indira is indeed an expert in psychology. From Kate's expression, Indira can tell what Kate is thinking at the moment.
She stood next to Kate and comforted her softly:
"Don't worry, we're not doing anything bad, we're just making him stronger."
"…Become stronger?"
"Yes, Luke's future achievements will definitely not end there, so he needs a little help from us. We are helping them, and we are definitely not harming them. Don't worry."
Indira said and took the initiative to reach out and hold Kate's hand.
She knew that doing so would allow Kate to know what was in her heart, and only in this way could Kate truly believe her.
Sure enough, after contacting Kate, Kate's nervous expression suddenly relaxed a lot. She smiled happily and said:
"What you said is true."
"What I said is true."
Indira smiled, looked at Kevin aside, and said to Kate:
"By the way, don't you like Team Seven very much? The person next to you is Shen Hai, a member of Team Seven. You can chat with him or ask him for an autograph."
Kevin was speechless:
"You just leave the job of taking care of the children to me?"
"Don't the kids here get along well with you? I think you have a talent for this, Kevin."
"..."
If I beat them until they knelt down and begged for mercy, that can be considered harmonious, then it was indeed very harmonious.
Kevin complained in his heart, but did not cause trouble for Indira. Instead, he turned to Kate and asked:
"So you want my autograph, kid?"
"Yes! But...it would be even better if it could be signed by Maeve and Starlight."
Perhaps realizing that no one had any ill intentions toward her, Kate gradually relaxed and was no longer as nervous as she was at the beginning, smiling and talking to Kevin.
Kevin also joked with her:
"Okay, so you're not a fan of mine, but it's no problem. As long as you behave well, I can get their autographs for you."
Maeve is Kevin's colleague, and Starlight is Kevin's girlfriend.
It was really not a difficult task for Kevin to ask these two people for autographs.