Logically, Luca had been working at high intensity for three days straight, with less than three hours of sleep each day.
He should have looked haggard, or at least physically exhausted.
However, perhaps because his body was still young, or simply due to the excitement of producing his first finished product.
At this moment, Luca still felt full of energy.
Just as he was about to try and test the newly manufactured 'Auxiliary Repair Mech' with Harro.
Samira's voice came from outside the underground laboratory.
"Young Master, breakfast is ready. You're not planning to eat in the lab, are you?"
As she spoke, Samira's voice grew closer.
Luca was slightly dazed for a moment, then immediately ran over to open the door for her.
He looked back at the completed mech.
'There's no need to rush.'
He simply said to Samira.
"Let's go, eat upstairs."
After speaking, Luca, stifling a yawn, turned back to Harro, who was still sitting in the auxiliary mech, and gently called out.
"Let's go, Harro, come along~"
As his voice fell, Harro, who was originally connected to the auxiliary mech, immediately flapped his ears and extended his two short arms, gently pushing against the connecting parts on both sides.
Then, with a 'pop~'.
The orange Harro pulled himself out of the mech's 'driver's seat' as if pulling a radish.
Then, he hopped over to Luca's side.
Hmm… and bumped into his knee again.
"Stupid Luca! Stupid Luca!"
"Cockpit too small! Cockpit too small!"
Watching the orange Harro angrily bumping his knee, Luca chose to ignore him and strode towards the stairs.
In fact, this wasn't the first time Luca had made such 'small mistakes' during the past few days of auxiliary mech production.
If Harro hadn't been constantly observing and reminding him, it might have been questionable whether this work would ever be completed.
Therefore, Luca had long since grown accustomed to being criticized by Harro, his 'strict teacher'.
Samira, on the other hand, first looked at the spherical robot hopping along after Luca with a strange expression, then glanced at the messy state of the laboratory.
She thought to herself with some wonder.
'When Young Master invented those small gadgets before, it never seemed this complicated? And this time it took so long?'
'Could this pet toy ball be some incredibly powerful invention?'
Although she had some doubts, Samira was not a particularly curious person.
Moreover, she didn't know much about inventions and creations, so she simply followed Luca upstairs without a word.
Upon arriving at the dining room, Luca saw the empty chairs around the dining table.
He turned to Samira with some confusion and asked.
"Where are the others?"
Samira, who had been distracted, immediately replied.
"Shield Mountain took Green Bull and Wrench to convert the bonds and gold bars collected from… Kingpin into cash."
When she mentioned Kingpin, Samira deliberately lowered her voice.
However, Luca himself didn't care.
As for the gold bars and bonds Samira mentioned, they referred to the items she found in Kingpin's house after he was dealt with.
However, Luca only had time to examine them closely after returning.
Besides the gold bars and bearer bonds, which were probably Kingpin's emergency stash, the most important item was a USB drive containing dirt on the New York City Police and officials Kingpin had bribed.
It contained substantive dirt on hundreds of people, from city council members and district judges to Police detectives and prison guards.
In hindsight, Luca realized that the information on this USB drive might be far more important than the 10% shares he originally wanted.
However, Luca hadn't yet figured out how to utilize this resource.
After all, this was 'dirt,' and if he were to use it, while it would be effective, it might also immediately offend a group of 'big figures' involved.
For now, Luca could only seal these materials away, keeping them as a trump card.
The conversation returned to the dining table.
After explaining the whereabouts of Shield Mountain and the other two, Samira, who was about to speak again, hesitated for a moment and then remained silent.
Luca looked at her with slight surprise, but immediately understood what was going on.
He recalled eating together a few days ago.
Hammer Stone silently buried his face in his plate, not daring to lift his head, fearing he would be noticed in his socially anxious state of eating.
And Longbow's posture of setting out his meal and raising a wine glass in self-pity.
Presumably, without other teammates present, these two were probably unwilling to dine with him.
'So… these capable guys all have some quirks, don't they?'
Luca shook his head with a slight smile, helplessly took his seat, and began eating with Samira.
Harro, seeing this, rolled around on the floor out of boredom.
"Eat! Eat!"
Ignoring his little gadget, who was having a blast, Luca picked up the remote control on the table and turned on the morning news.
As the TV screen lit up, a sweet news broadcast voice, laced with tension, assailed them.
"In recent days, the riots in New York City's mid-western district have been continuous, and the out-of-control situation is spreading visibly throughout Manhattan!"
The female anchor's exquisitely made-up face was filled with terror, and the camera suddenly cut to a street scene filled with thick smoke.
"Following yesterday's alien weapon attack on a Fifth Avenue bank, this morning the JPMorgan Chase branch on Wall Street had its dome blown open by heavy firepower. In just five days, there have been three major bank robberies in a row. Thugs armed with alien weapons are constantly threatening the safety of New York City residents!"
"The current three armed robberies! Seven innocent citizens have left us forever!"
"Yet, in such a situation, a heinous incident occurred in Midtown where an on-duty White Police officer shot a Black citizen!"
The image froze on a Black man who had been shot and fallen to the ground. The news anchor leaned forward, her voice full of accusation.
"I ask the City Hall! When thugs are armed to the teeth with alien technology, what are our Police doing?"
"Now! I can't help but ask on behalf of those innocent citizens! New York Police Department! Are you protectors or chaos creators?!"
The voice on the TV paused slightly, and the female anchor seemed to gasp in anger a few times before finally speaking again.
"Next, let's connect with a survivor from the Jingzao JPMorgan Chase branch robbery. He from this…"
The voice continued, and the screen switched to an outdoor interview.
However, Luca and Samira, who were eating, looked at each other at this moment.