I Thought This Was Scientific
Chapter 21

Strange Knowledge Has Increased Again

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Martin Lee could understand Kraft's actions in renovating the house, but the incident had happened too suddenly, and he hadn't been mentally prepared, which was why he had lost his composure.

So, after Martin Lee came to his senses, he quickly cupped his right hand into a fist, brought it to his mouth, and coughed twice, decisively and stiffly changing the subject: "How long will it take you to collect all the information?"

Kraft glanced at Martin Lee with disdain: "Very soon."

"Search complete, search complete."

Before Kraft could finish speaking, Haro's electronic voice rang out, and the screens in the room stabilized one by one, displaying all the content related to the news.

Haro placed the most important content on the screen it projected onto the wall. After the search was complete, Haro dimmed the lights in the room so that Kraft could see more clearly.

After quickly browsing through the relevant intelligence on the wall, Kraft had a general understanding of what that green monster was.

Simply put, a military vehicle picked up someone from the Brooklyn airport and was driving into the city when the green monster suddenly jumped out of the car.

Because the incident happened so suddenly, the military hadn't had time to block the news, so Haro easily found surveillance footage from near the accident site and further tracked the origin of the event to New Mexico. However, when it tried to search further, it found that they had come from a desert in New Mexico. Haro couldn't find out what was going on in the desert for the time being, unless it invaded the military's database.

"Which unit does this vehicle belong to?"

Hearing Kraft's question, Haro quickly pulled up a report and projected it onto the wall. The report showed the unit to which the car belonged and indicated that the person in charge of this unit was General Thaddeus E. Ross.

"Bring up all the scientists General Ross has contacted in the past two years who are currently in New Mexico."

Kraft thought for a moment and then continued to instruct.

Haro quickly complied.

Then, Kraft filtered out those that were obviously staged, those that had been abandoned or had already yielded results, and those researchers who were unlikely to have created the green monster. Finally, the target was locked onto a physicist named Bruce Banner.

Bruce Banner was also a renowned figure in academia, his genius no less than that of the playboy Tony Stark. In recent years, he had been researching gamma rays, which were very prone to causing mutations and were well-known among scientists.

To be honest, Kraft greatly admired Bruce Banner for daring to use gamma rays as his research direction.

He admired his fearlessness of death.

Furthermore, in the comics about Captain America, gamma rays were also mentioned, stating that Captain America's success was due not only to the Super Soldier Serum but also to the catalysis of gamma rays.

Later, out of curiosity, Kraft collected some information and found that, apart from some beautification in certain parts, most of the content in the comics was not false. Of course, Kraft did not find the specific details of Captain America's experiment, but judging by the authenticity of the comics and the appearance of the green monster before him, it was not impossible that it was true.

He wondered what those official people were thinking... Kraft had initially thought that adding gamma rays was a wrong research direction and that America had deliberately dug a pit in the comics to trap other countries, but now it seemed...

A fresh yet fitting term popped into Kraft's mind.

"So, this is a product of the Super Soldier program? Americans really like doing human experiments..."

Thinking of human experiments, Kraft felt even more disgusted with Bruce Banner on the screen.

"Heh, after all, the military has always wanted to replicate another Captain America."

Martin Lee chuckled contemptuously and said to Kraft, "Actually, I suspected from the beginning that the people behind the Magia Gang were likely from the military, but I could never find any clues. Instead, some traces I found ruled out the military."

"It could also be a smoke bomb, who knows."

Kraft speculated, but then he quickly shook his head and denied his own thought.

"No, there's no need. If it were the military, there would be no need to be so secretive. At most, they would just be a few 'inferior races'."

"Exactly, that's what I thought too."

Martin Lee nodded in agreement, then reached out and patted Kraft's head.

"We can't rush this. Your little robot is indeed very powerful, but remember not to let anyone catch you slipping."

"Don't worry about that! I'm not bragging, but while Haro's hacking abilities might be a bit lacking, its escape skills are definitely top-notch in the world!"

Kraft patted his chest and boasted proudly for a moment before belatedly looking at Martin Lee beside him.

"Huh?"

"I didn't know you, you little rascal!" Martin Lee glared at him irritably. "The last time you agreed so easily, I knew you wouldn't give up..."

"It's just that I didn't expect you to be able to do this much," Martin Lee said, looking at the red Haro flapping its wings on the TV, sighing sincerely.

"Hehehe~"

Kraft sheepishly rubbed the back of his head.

"I don't understand the technical aspects, but the most important thing is to be careful and not expose yourself."

Knowing that he couldn't restrain Kraft, Martin Lee still reminded him.

Kraft nodded seriously, indicating that he had taken it to heart.

As for Martin Lee's hidden identity and how many more magical items Kraft possessed, the father and son tacitly understood each other and didn't probe further.

"Why don't we try to go back?"

After finishing the information about the green monster, the family sat at the dinner table eating, and Kraft suggested again.

"America is always conducting human experiments. What if they come up with another problem one day? Not to mention anything else, if this monster appeared near us today, none of my inventions could stop him."

Although Kraft was talking about the green monster, what he was thinking about was the terrifying zombie virus from his dream.

"Don't worry, this world isn't as simple as you think. There are quite a few people with special abilities in New York."

Kraft was actually aware of the special people Martin Lee was referring to. He had seen them when he was collecting information on the Magia Gang, such as Rhino, Daredevil, and Power Man. However, he didn't think these people could contend with that green behemoth in the video.

Seeing Kraft's disdainful expression, Martin Lee sighed helplessly, "Besides, do you think there are no special humans across the ocean? Why do you think I don't want to go back?"

From what he said, Martin also has special abilities?

Kraft glanced at Martin Lee in surprise. Although he had suspected that his adoptive father was the so-called Mr. Negative, he hadn't investigated further. Mutual respect for each other's privacy was a tacit understanding between father and son.

"Alright..."

Thinking about it carefully, if a zombie virus really broke out like in the dream, it seemed like it wouldn't make a difference where he went, so he stopped insisting.

It's just that regarding the technology in the dream, he needed to strengthen his studies further.

Because of the appearance of the green monster, Kraft uncharacteristically felt a sense of urgency. He had to pick up the biological research he had been resisting before. At the very least, if a biochemical crisis really occurred someday, he would have the ability to find a solution.

In addition to spending more time in the laboratory, Kraft also had Haro continue to monitor intelligence on the green monster. Although after that day, the military and a mysterious force quickly worked to block the news, who could blame that big guy for being so troublesome?

In just a few short days, under the pursuit and interception of the military, he rampaged across America, eventually breaking through the entire country and escaping into Mexico, finally disappearing.

It was precisely because of the activities of this green giant that Kraft collected a lot of useful information.

That green monster called himself the Hulk. Judging by his performance on the surveillance footage, besides being extremely irritable, he wasn't very intelligent. What shocked Kraft even more was that the Hulk's true form was actually Bruce Banner.

"He's a tough guy! To use himself for experiments... it just feels a bit unscientific..."

Kraft muttered to himself, looking at the intelligence collected by Haro.

"I think the technology you taught us to speak with is also quite unscientific, Big Brother. And the Big Sister, she's actually a robot!"

Quinn leaned his head towards the screen, sticking out his tongue as he complained. Because Alice usually acted like a normal, cute girl, Quinn and Bea had no idea she was actually a robot. They only thought Alice's scent and voice were a bit strange.

It wasn't until one day when the two of them were fighting too fiercely that Alice was forced to open the net launcher installed by Kraft on her shoulder, netting the cat and dog. Only then did they understand Alice's true identity.

Quinn was so startled that he even forgot his catchphrase, "Shocked!"

"Agreed, meow."

Bea, who was lying on Kraft's lap, lazily raised a paw.

"I'm not talking about that," Kraft rolled his eyes, picked up Bea and placed her on the table, then pointed with his finger at Bruce Banner transforming in the video. "Look at him, transforming from such a slender physique into a burly man over two meters tall, sometimes even growing larger. Even so, his shorts are still so well-fitting, while all his other clothes have been torn to shreds."

"Shocked!" Quinn's mouth gaped open, his long tongue hanging out, looking foolish. "Then those pants must be really tough to bite!"

Bea, on the other hand, wagged her long tail, then turned her head and looked at Kraft with a strange expression.

"Why are your focus points always so weird?"

Kraft: ...

Since when did these two little guys start liking to complain about him?

Speaking of which, Mr. Sakamoto in the dream seemed to be a tsukkomi character...

Why do I even know the word "tsukkomi"?

Kraft touched his forehead. The strange knowledge that inexplicably appeared in his mind had increased again.

Thanks to [Reader 20201019091405921501373] and [Opening Eyes Full of White] for the rewards.

I stared at the numbers for a long time and realized they seemed to be from friends who had tipped before, so I copied them directly. If I made a mistake, I am truly sorry. I really struggle with these long strings of numbers. I even made a mistake with an account number when transferring money to someone before, and I don't know why. In short, I easily mess up these numbers and have to double-check them many times whenever I encounter such long strings of numbers...

Speaking of which, my math was always terrible when I was studying.

I forgot where I saw it, but it said that one version of Captain America was Serum + Gamma Rays, or Serum + Cosmic Cube Rays. Since I couldn't confirm the truth, I put this plot into the Marvel Captain America comics themselves.

I bought red meat canned food for Zhongyuan and mixed it with cat food in its bowl. As a result, it ate more than half of its usual daily amount in one go. Then I carefully looked at its food bowl and found that it had picked out all the canned food and eaten it, leaving only the cat food behind...

It seems it still likes canned food... it's just that stuff is too expensive and doesn't last long. It's more convenient to feed it dry cat food when I'm at work.

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