aircannonsinc Chapter 117 Playing Superman is actually a must-do activity in Metropolis
Chapter 117 Playing Superman is actually a must-do activity in Metropolis
Chapter 118 Playing Superman is actually a must-do activity in Metropolis
Hidden story card.
This is a rare card that often appears alongside special event cards in the storyline and is rarely refreshed.
For example, let's compare it to the previous Fun Events cards.
If we say that the fun event cards refer to Easter eggs and side quests in the game.
So, hidden story cards refer to hidden side quests in the game, what some story-driven games call True Ends.
(True ending).
Generally speaking, the criteria for triggering hidden story cards are very difficult to define.
It could be whether you've come into contact with a key figure, possess important items, or even their favorability rating or the identity token you're using.
If it's the original game, you can use the walkthrough method. Just go online and shout, "Master, come out!" and a bunch of helpful experts will spring up like mushrooms after rain to explain it to you.
But now—haha, let's not talk about it.
Triggering hidden story cards is always a win-win situation.
But what's troubling Jaeger now is that the hidden story card is called "Battle for Supremacy," and the goal is to acquire something hidden within the event.
But now, apart from the fact that Louise is suspected of being targeted, Jaeger has no clues whatsoever.
It's unclear who is fighting over it, or what these people are fighting over.
Therefore, his primary task at present is to solve these two problems.
Just as Jaeger was pondering this, Clark, who had just returned as Superman, walked up to Jaeger, triggering a long-awaited achievement:
[A new achievement has been unlocked!]
[Achievement Completed - "The Coming One"]
[Unlock condition: First encounter with "Superman"]
[PS: You might be wondering why this achievement was delayed so long, and why it's only being awarded now for the Superman achievement? Shouldn't it have been awarded five years ago?]
Hold on, player, let me explain: the name Superman didn't exist five years ago! So tonight is your first official encounter with Superman!
Jaeger: "————" The little card table is quite good at making up for lost time.
But in any case, Jaeger, finally regaining his senses, looked at Clark, who seemed to want to say something but couldn't: "Hmm?"
What did you just say?
"Landon." Clark took a deep breath, as if he had finally made up his mind, "Judging from your behavior just now when you tried to save Louise, I don't think you've really lost your social skills, you've just shut yourself off from social interaction."
"But Langdon, what happened to you to make you like this?"
"If there's anything I can do to help—"
Before Jaeger could answer, Clark suddenly raised his hand to stop Jaeger, who was about to speak, and said sadly, "Never mind, you'd better not say anything."
"That must have been a painful memory, and I actually encouraged you to reopen that wound—I deserve to die, Langdon!"
"Please forget what I just said. There's no need to rush back to the way things were before. Take it slow—"
Completely unable to get a word in edgewise: "————"
No, what are you doing putting on this show for?
After a brief silence, Jaeger suddenly felt a mischievous urge to do something.
So, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he suddenly said with perfect fluency and naturalness, "Superman, has anyone ever told you that your ability to fill in the blanks is also super-level?"
Clark: ?
He looked up in surprise upon hearing this, only to see Jaeger staring back at him expressionlessly. For a moment, he almost thought he had just hallucinated.
Wait, where did the auditory hallucinations come from with super hearing?
"You, you?" Clark suddenly had a strong urge to fly to the Arctic and plunge into an iceberg to calm down. "Didn't you just say something that flowed exceptionally smoothly?"
Jaeger didn't say anything.
"Wait a minute!" Clark's almost-crazy super brain finally reacted, "You did just speak! You even secretly said I was a super-imaginary!"
Faced with Clark's almost uncontrollable questioning, Jaeger coughed and said, "No."
"What?"
"I didn't steal anything." Jaeger looked away.
Clark: "————"
I understand. He's saying he didn't say it secretly; he said it to my face.
Rao, this guy is exactly the same as he was five years ago!
There were no non-existent life changes or major blows—damn it, give me back my heartache and guilt!
Just as Clark couldn't help but show a slightly distorted expression, a figure suddenly cut in front of him, blocking the way between Clark and Jaeger.
That was Louise, who had just returned from talking to the police who had arrived at the scene.
"Kent," Louise said, her eyes filled with reproach, "what's with that look you're giving Parrels?"
"I didn't—" Clark wanted to retort.
But his gaze passed over Louise and found Jaeger standing behind her, making a gesture as if he were zipping up a mouth, and then looking at him with a half-smile.
Clark: "————"
Although it's unclear why Langdon would pretend to be a socially awkward person shrouded in rumors, there must be a reason for doing so.
If I were to expose them rashly, I would only ruin all their hard work.
So Clark could only suppress the urge to argue: "Sorry, I was just a little emotional, that's not what I meant."
Louise raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Jaeger.
Jaeger's lips twitched down for a second, and he nodded at the same time: "Mm."
"Never mind, we can talk about that later," Louise said, hands on her hips. "Let's get down to business, gentlemen."
"Regarding the device left by the person who wanted to kill me—after the police arrived, they asked the organizers to provide surveillance footage of the backstage area, but found nothing unusual."
"And there are two possibilities."
Louise briefly explained that one of the two possibilities was that no one had actually come behind the scenes, and the device had been installed in some other way.
Secondly, someone came and installed a device, but the other party had the ability to tamper with the surveillance, which is why no abnormalities occurred.
The instant Louise finished speaking, Jaeger interjected, "Two."
"You think the second one is more likely?" Louise asked thoughtfully. "I agree."
"In addition to that mechanical device, it's clear that the killer has a high level of mechanical skills and is not an ordinary person."
Clark thought for a moment, then said, "But then again—why would they target you?"
"Is this occasion and time someone jealous of your Escalius Prize?"
"I know all the journalists who were nominated this time," Louise said, somewhat disapprovingly. "I don't think they're likely to do something like this."
“But if that’s not the case,” Clark asked, “who would kill you in this way at the moment of receiving the Escalius Award?”
"Oh, right, speaking of which," Louise suddenly held up what she had been holding, "this is the Escaliber Award trophy."
Upon hearing this, Jaeger, who had inexplicably been included in the case discussion group by Louise for some reason, immediately focused his attention on the trophy.
The Escalade Award trophy, just as Poison Mist had mentioned before, is a green cross sword also crafted from crystal, set in a wooden base engraved with the award's English name and year.
Overall, the production quality is quite good.
But the moment he saw the trophy, an idea suddenly flashed through Jaeger's mind!
Often, even a slight difference in information can lead to completely different outcomes.
For example, in the "Dinner Party" incident in Gotham, Burks' statement that "the waitress didn't have any gunshot wounds" completely reversed the direction of the discussion and solved the case at lightning speed.
After all, reasoning relies on a core trick, and once the core trick is exposed, solving the case becomes very simple.
The current situation is very similar to the assassination attempt at the banquet.
Unlike Louise and Clark, Jaeger learned some additional information from the poker table.
That is, in this case, there is a certain "thing" that is being fought over.
Jaeger was still wondering what that thing was.
But now it seems—could it be the Escaliber Award trophy?
After all, this makes a lot of the logic much clearer.
He wanted to kill the Escalius Prize winner because he wanted to win the trophy.
Because he wanted to win the trophy, the handkerchief that served as a warning read, "If you win, you will die."
But if that's the case, new problems arise.
The Escalius Award is presented annually and is a permanent award.
But nothing happened at the Escalien Prize ceremony in previous years, but this year something went wrong, and the trophy was targeted.
Is there something special about this year's trophy?
Perhaps it was because Jaeger had been staring at the trophy for too long that Louise noticed him: "Hmm? Are you interested in this trophy?"
Jaeger paused for a moment: "Hmm."
"I'll keep it for you for now." Louise generously handed the trophy to Jaeger. After all, the significance of the Escalibert Award lies in the recognition of her work.
I've definitely won this one; the trophy is just a souvenir.
Since Langdon's face clearly says "I want to touch it," then let him have a go.
Jaeger, unaware of Louise's inner thoughts, sincerely said "thank you" after accepting the trophy and then focused his attention on it.
The crystal used to create the trophy has a unique appearance, radiating a peculiar greenish-white light.
But that's all—this crystal is merely pretty; it has nothing particularly special about it.
Jaeger, still unwilling to give up, turned the trophy over to examine its wooden base.
However, the wooden base had no inscriptions or any special marks, and the material was just ordinary wood.
""
Having gained nothing, Jaeger stared at the trophy and fell silent.
If my reasoning is sound, then this trophy might indeed have some unique features, but I just can't perceive them yet.
Given this, Jaeger probably does need to "hold onto" the trophy for a while.
But after all, it was someone else's award. Louise was quite generous; she let you play with it, but you actually took it. What's going on?
So, we need to think of a solution.
Moreover, this is also to protect Louise —
After all, if the trophy is truly the core of the incident, keeping it would only pose a danger to her.
If Superman or Jaeger hadn't arrived in time for the rescue, this upright and courageous female reporter might have lost her life.
This is a scene that Jaeger does not want to see.
He believed Clark wouldn't want to see that either.
Fortunately, Jaeger is currently using the identity card of [Landon Parrels].
So if you want to take the trophy away, there is actually a very convenient way.
That is to use the skills of the LEGO Builder to build an exact replica of the Escalade Trophy for Louise—