Myocardial Infarction

Upon hearing the familiar language, the person sitting next to him asked warily, "Russia?"

"Ukraine," Henry answered casually in Russian. Then, as if struck by a sudden thought, his eyes lit up, and he turned to look at the person who had spoken to him. "Comrade, could I borrow a light?"

Having been a member of the communist bloc and having been under Russia occupation for a long period during the Tsarist Russia era, there are quite a few Russian-speaking people in Ukraine. So encountering someone like this is not surprising.

It's common for smokers to offer each other cigarettes, so what's the big deal about borrowing a light? The man, unsuspecting, took out a lighter from his pocket.

It was an expensive lighter, possibly even a bit old. The man held it tightly, showing no intention of handing it over. With a hint of smugness, he made a gesture as if to light the man's cigarette.

The general etiquette is to accept the lighter and light your own cigarette; letting someone else light your cigarette implies a certain hierarchy.

Many smokers will casually slip their lighters into their pockets, even if it belongs to someone else. If they're worried about their lighters being stolen, lighting someone else's cigarette for them is a reasonable gesture.

So Henry bent down to receive the fire and reached out to shield himself from the wind.

Just then, she heard the man say in a low voice, "Have I seen you somewhere before?" His voice was full of vigilance.

Henry, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, mumbled, "Ennu No Odin sends his greetings."

Before the other person could react, the Molecular-Penetrating Hand Blade. Because of his bent-over posture while receiving the fire, he blocked the view of others, so no one noticed Henry's actions.

Unlike the previous method of directly damaging the heart in the Siberia prison, this time Henry pinched the branch of the left coronary artery, causing the blood vessel at the top of the anterior wall of the heart to block, and then conveniently stopped the heartbeat!

To onlookers, it was only Henry puffing away on his cigarette. Once he finally managed to light it, he held it in one hand while using the other to control his to-do list and the lighter, before putting it back in his pocket.

Henry even patted the man's clothes and praised him in English, "What a beautiful lighter." The movement was as smooth as any interaction between ordinary people.

At this point, due to a heart attack and cardiac arrest, he slumped in his seat in the smoking area, head drooping. But no one noticed, because he looked no different from the other dozing Passenger on the train.

Henry, however, turned to chat with other people. These people didn't care much about what was happening in Ukraine, far away in Europe, but they became quite enthusiastic when it came to this year's financial crisis.

It's as if a group of speculative investors, led by Soros Quantum Fund, are the ones reaping the financial profits from Asia on a global scale, and that they are the ones making the lion's share. They manipulate the market, pontificating on every move, claiming to have earned hundreds of millions and amassed huge fortunes.

Essentially, smoking areas are like bars—places where men brag to each other.

With his Super Brain, Henry became a professional at urging people to speak and drawing everyone's attention to others. Few people paid attention to him, and of course, no one cared about the man sitting in his seat, dozing off.

After finishing one cigarette, Henry offered out more, going around in circles. Most people lit up immediately, and Henry borrowed a light from them; only a few people tucked it behind their ears, not in a hurry to smoke.

Men's friendships can sometimes be very simple. Even if you don't know each other's names, if someone is willing to listen to you brag, they're a good buddy.

However, Henry didn't offer a second round of cigarettes because there weren't enough for everyone present. He looked at the remaining cigarettes in the pack, shook it a couple of times, and finally closed the lid and put it in his pocket.

Experienced smokers are all familiar with this gesture. Of course, they wouldn't force someone to offer a cigarette.

Henry then said to the others, "Go back to your seats now. We'll chat again later," and prepared to leave.

Some people simply nodded, some waved enthusiastically, and some even shouted "Hurrah!" even though they didn't know if the occasion was appropriate for the phrase.

Henry left the smoking area and went to the aisle of the next carriage. He stood by the door and listened to what was happening in the smoking area.

The guy who deliberately stopped his own heart to fake a heart attack had long passed the critical six-minute window for rescue. Yet, no one noticed his abnormality.

After two or three groups of people changed in the smoking area, it suddenly became crowded. Someone wanted to sit next to him to smoke and accidentally bumped into the man who was dozing off.

He suddenly swayed and fell to the floor in an odd position, causing a commotion among the crowd.

The young train conductor, who had been summoned, seemed somewhat bewildered. He hurriedly walked around the train, asking if there were any Passenger with medical skills.

Although several people stepped forward, seeing the man's lips had already turned color, everyone assumed it was too late to save him. A young nurse tried to perform CPR, but was stopped by the doctor next to her.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is not a panacea. Once the golden time for rescue has passed, no matter how much chest compressions you perform, you cannot bring the person back to life.

Just as everything had settled down and the to-do list had been reduced by one, Henry leaned against the train door and used Molecular Phasing to pass through it, instantly rising into the air and returning to his Los Angeles apartment building.

Sure enough, petting a cat can soothe a bad mood. Even Kryptonian are no exception.

Kitty struggled with a look of disgust, twisting her head several times, trying to get rid of those evil hands. But after seeing the ominous red light emanating from the Kryptonian's eyes, she became docile.

Although the red light was intermittent, like a light bulb with a faulty connection, flickering on and off without any pattern, the fact that the eyes weren't emitting strange beams didn't mean the rest of the Krypton biped was broken.

So Kitty had no choice but to let it be. What else could she do?

The man, suffering from a seizure, didn't want to move at all. He slumped in the sofa chair, repeatedly ordering, "BB, play some music, Simon and Garfunkel, <The El Cóndor Pasa>."

"BB, pizza delivery, Mexico ghost pepper flavor. Large can of Coke."

"BB, turn on the computer, launch the tracking map, and project the image onto the screen."

The core robot, busy running in and out, rolls around the room. After continuous upgrades, BB is no longer easily caught or destroyed by Kitty.

It's too difficult to completely predict Kitty's behavior patterns and then devise corresponding avoidance strategies. Because for every strategy, there's a countermeasure. When Henry designs a new avoidance maneuver, he can evade Kitty's clutches for at most a day or two, and then BB will be overwhelmed and devoured by Kitty again.

Fortunately, the shell material formula has been upgraded several times, and the shock absorption system and mechanical joints have also been designed with protection. It won't be so easy for Kitty to break BB.

The current BB still spends most of its time on the charging dock, but its battery system has been significantly upgraded. It uses Kree Technology, the same level as the Little Duck used by Alexei, and can operate continuously for more than a month at full power.

When these high-tech batteries are first manufactured, they take at least two months to fully charge using their own underwater methane power plants, demonstrating their enormous energy storage capacity.

As for daily charging from a household outlet, it's a drop in the ocean compared to the total amount of electricity needed, but it's better than nothing. It can delay battery depletion to some extent, and lasting up to a year shouldn't be a problem.

The variety of core robotic arms available for replacement has also increased significantly, meaning that BB can do more and more things.

When Kryptonian are feeling lazy and don't want to do anything, having a BlackBerry is like salvation.

Henry marveled at the wonders of technology.