Surveillance (Second Update)

Evening, at Peter's home.

"Come on, Dilos, you need to eat more. You're still at the age where you're growing, just like Peter. You should eat plenty at a time like this."

A kind old woman, well past fifty but still retaining the grace of her youth, enthusiastically placed a plate of diced potato, bacon, and eggs in front of Dilos.

"No, Mrs. Parker, I'm already full. Really, I'm not lying to you."

Peter's aunt, May Parker, left Dilos feeling quite helpless, as four empty plates were already stacked beside him. Although practicing martial arts gave him a hearty appetite, it didn't mean he could stuff food into his stomach indefinitely. He was already feeling rather stuffed.

"Don't be so formal, child." The enthusiastic old woman was clearly in a great mood. "You're Peter's friend, so just call me Aunt May."

At this moment, an old man with graying hair sitting beside her, Ben Parker, said with a face full of smiles, "Don't be nervous, young man. Just like May said, you don't need to be so restrained. Look, isn't Peter happy about it too?"

As he spoke, he gestured toward Peter, who was sitting next to Dilos. The latter winked at Dilos and said, "It's fine, I don't mind. You can just call them Aunt May and Uncle Ben like I do."

"Uh..." Dilos looked at their enthusiastic expressions, which didn't seem fake, and had no choice but to 'resign himself to his fate.' "Alright, I understand."

"But I'm telling the truth, Aunt May, I am quite certain, positive, and sure that I'm full." Dilos really couldn't handle the couple's enthusiasm and hurriedly pushed the pressure onto Peter, who was watching the show from the sidelines.

"Look, Peter is the one who really needs to replenish his nutrients. He's younger than me and still in the most critical stage of development; how could he possibly be full eating so little?"

"No, no, I'm full."

Peter, who had been watching the show, hadn't reacted in time when Dilos abruptly shifted the couple's focus onto him. By the time he did, two plates full of food had appeared in front of him: one was Aunt May's loving meal, and the other was the diced potato, bacon, and eggs that Dilos had pushed over.

"Uh..." Peter rubbed his half-full stomach, then looked at Aunt May's expectant gaze. Finally, he gritted his teeth and smiled, "Alright, alright, I'll eat."

However, as he started to eat, he glared fiercely at Dilos, who was smirking beside him.

If only I couldn't beat you up... Peter thought, viciously venting his frustrations about Dilos while eating the food on his plate.

Watching Peter's conflicted expression, Dilos couldn't help but feel great.

Time slipped away slowly, and even with the lively atmosphere, the dinner eventually came to an end.

After dinner, Dilos chatted with Peter's family for a while before saying his goodbyes and returning to his rented apartment.

Lying on his bed, Dilos fell into a brief silence. Although his time with Peter's family had been short, it reminded him of his own family back in Smallville.

He was a little homesick.

Dilos picked up his phone, then put it back down. He picked it up again, then put it down again. After repeating this a few times, he finally resisted the urge to make the call.

He still had other things to do, and until that was finished, it was better to keep contact with his family to a minimum.

Thinking this, Dilos couldn't help but recall everything he had observed at Peter's house using his X-ray vision. A curve tugged at the corner of his mouth.

The X-ray function derived from Kryptonian blood was truly powerful. Combined with his own keen eyesight, he had seen right through Peter's entire house.

Including the basement and the ground beneath it...

Thinking of what he had seen, Dilos couldn't help but chuckle.

Through his X-ray vision, he had seen a small notebook buried in the soil beneath the basement floor. Based on the depth of the notebook and the thickness of the concrete floor above it, Dilos could basically conclude that it had been placed there by Richard Parker.

As for how this scientific genius had used concrete to seal it so perfectly that no flaws were visible, Dilos didn't know.

After all, as the chief scientist at Oscorp at the time, Richard Parker had had access to far too many scientific tools to accomplish such a feat.

But that wasn't the point!

By constantly adjusting the intensity of his X-ray vision, Dilos had read through the contents page by page. Relying on his superior memory, he had memorized everything on those pages.

Although there were many things he hadn't seen before, he remembered one special symbol very clearly.

The representative symbol for the decay rate algorithm!

It was a symbol he had once seen in a scientific book published by Dr. Connors, and it was the key to cross-species genetic implantation technology!

If his guess was correct, the main reason Dr. Connors hadn't yet succeeded with cross-species genetic implantation was that the decay rate algorithm formula he possessed was wrong.

Since this was something Richard Parker hid here, it must be the correct decay rate algorithm... Now that I have the most critical piece of the puzzle, how do I get the rest of the knowledge from Dr. Connors?

Dilos muttered to himself, feeling a sense of distress.

"Hm?"

As he was thinking, Dilos's mind jolted. Just a moment ago, he had felt a very sharp gaze fixed upon him.

Damn it, someone is watching me!

Highly sensitive to the gazes of others, Dilos instinctively released his abilities to fully perceive his surroundings. Although his abilities weren't as powerful as those of psychics like Professor X, he could still display sophisticated mental techniques.

He easily expanded his mental energy, spreading it out like a net to cover everything within twenty meters of himself.

The next second, the mental light clusters representing all living things within twenty meters appeared in Dilos's mind. He also discovered that on the roof of the building opposite his apartment, a mental light cluster emitting strong fluctuations was rapidly moving away, mixed with emotions of surprise and fear.

"Heh..." Dilos sneered at this. "Since you've come, don't even think about leaving!"