Capítulo 32: chapter 32 : Press conference
He pushed the ship with all his strength and the huge building began to move faster and faster.
Not only did Lucas have shockingly great strength, but he was also aided by the lack of gravity in the void.
He came across the space shuttle where Mark and the others were and left the giant ship to go meet them.
Robot let Lucas in and Lucas wasted no time in starting to tell them everything in detail.
He told them the position of the capsule where the astronaut was and it was Mark who delegated himself to go get him, Lucas asked him to tell Cecil to do several strict verification examinations on the astronaut at his returned to earth to check if he no longer had parasites in him.
He got out of the shuttle and left, ignoring them all, the poor people didn't even know why they were there anymore and a feeling of uselessness invaded them, especially the immortal who was biting his lower lip in frustration.
They recovered the capsule, confirmed the success of the mission and later returned to Earth greeted by the American crowd with fanfare, honors and thanks from the president.
Obviously, it was only after the mission's success was confirmed that the government and GDA made the mission and events public.
Knowing the danger that Earth's population had just avoided, citizens came in droves to welcome the "heroes".
Meanwhile, Lucas was still pushing the enormous ship towards the sun and after six days of pushing, he finally reached his destination and let the ship get sucked into the gravity of the molten star. Immediately afterwards, he left towards Earth.
Glory, recognition, he had nothing to do with it. Lucas had told the others that they could reap the laurels of the mission if they wanted because he didn't care on the one hand because he was not a hero and on the other hand because unlike they who worked for free for the government, he was going to be paid.
After receiving his $80 million from the government, Lucas began construction of the mansion's gigantic basement with the help of the entire family.
Everyone was very helpful with the construction and equipment which took just five weeks.
The Grayson's cellar was large and was about 9 times the size of the mansion on the surface which was already very large.
It was a very well ventilated place and equipped with almost all the advanced equipment like those present at the GDA with laboratories, training rooms for firearms, bladed weapons, close combat with improved holograms, a library, a super computer etc.
In almost three months on earth, Oliver looked like a 6 year old. He already spoke very well and was already learning to read and write under the care of Amber and Deborah, he had at his service the smartest people on earth at the moment.
Indeed, Deborah , Amber and Saeko continued day after day to deepen their knowledge and learn things from Art who was now the smartest man on earth with his basic IQ drastically increased thanks to the pill.
Art Rodenbaum was carrying out new experiments, his creativity and curiosity experienced a powerful increase and he wanted to create new things for the great joy of the women who assisted him while constantly learning with him.
They sucked in information and understood it at almost instantaneous speed.
[2 months later]
Mark returned to the mansion after single-handedly defeating a gigantic red cyclops with iron fists who called himself "The Giant" in New York.
Cecil had asked Mark to occupy the giant as best he could while waiting for reinforcements from the guardians of the globe but to his great surprise and that of the inhabitants of the big city, Mark defeated the giant alone without any problem in a very short time .
In two months, with all the training equipment from Grayson's basement and sparring matches with Lucas, Mark had become even stronger than before.
In his hand-to-hand combat skills, he was on par with Britney now.
His progress was the result of an idea from Lucas, Mark's new training consisted of him fighting Lucas several times with their powers neutralized by Amber and the results were frightening.
Thanks to this, he has made monstrous progress in his hand-to-hand combat skills, his reaction speed as well as his battle intelligence.
When he returned, he had some news. With all his recent exploits, journalists from the biggest newspapers around the world asked Mark to give a press conference as the greatest hero on earth right now but that FEAR should also attend.
Lucas obviously agreed because he was never afraid of the press or the public reaction.
It was also an opportunity to answer questions people had about them and it amused him all the same.
4 hours later, Lucas and Mark were in Washington for the press conference in front of just over 600 journalists from around the world.
Mark wore his hero outfit while Lucas wore a smart 4 piece suit and sat casually in front of all these reporters calmly answering the questions asked of him.
Reporter 1: FEAR, can I call you Lucas if you don't mind ?
Lucas: Please do it. FEAR was never my name, it was people who chose it for me and I adopted it naturally. Thanks to them.
Journalist 1: Thank you Lucas. During a certain period over a year ago, you were completely untraceable to the point where everyone thought you were dead, during which time there was the "Omni-man" crisis where your brother was alone to defend the earth against him. Can you tell us where you were during these events?
Lucas: In my grave.
Journalist 1: I beg your pardon !!
Lucas: During the "Machine Head" case in Arlington, I came across a super strong enemy and unfortunately for me, I was taken by a malaise that allowed my enemy to injure me to the point of leaving me in a Very deep coma that had me declared dead for a little over a whole year so they buried me with the funeral and everything.
Reporter 1: I see, thank you for responding.
"You're welcome," Lucas replied, smiling.
Reporter 2: Lucas, is it true that when you exterminate gangs and mafias, you loot their valuables for your personal use ? You are very rich they say.
Lucas: That's right, I'm not a fucking hero and I don't plan to work for free so I help myself to the pockets and coffers of my victims around the world. I am indeed very rich and I have a huge safe at home with a fortune amounting to approximately $11.7 billion.
The reporters started to whisper and criticize him for it but Lucas didn't care at all.
Why should he hide anything from them? They continued to ask him questions of the same type and he answered them without any problem until a journalist went to another field.
Journalist 3: Mr. Grayson, one day you killed a man who had escaped life imprisonment after he killed a woman and a child on the road because he was under the influence of drugs while driving.
Lucas: I remember, it was in Spain. This bastard only got 8 years in prison for that so I went to his cell to kill him. I must say he had very good lawyers.
Reporter 3: (crying) This man was my older brother. You brutally dismembered him and the autopsy report indicates that he suffered for some time. YOU ARE A MONSTER !
Security guys wanted to evacuate the journalist but Lucas signaled them to stop before responding to the journalist.
Lucas: The woman who was killed by your brother with her son in the stroller was a single mother and widow. She had two children, including her eldest daughter who was still in primary school and, on the day she was killed, she was going to pick up her daughter from school. The unfortunate kid now finds herself orphaned and alone because some idiot wanted to shoot up cocaine and get behind the wheel right after.
Am I the monster in this story ? Really ?! Your brother deserved to die and know that I took great pleasure in it, Madam.
The woman started crying and another reporter took over.
Reporter 4: Your methods, they resemble those that your father Omni-man showed us before leaving earth. Should we be worried ?And who guarantees us that you are different ?
Lucas: I'll only tell you once, Nolan Grayson aka Omni-man is my progenitor but not my father so stop associating me with him. If i kill people it's because they have unfairly taken innocent lives. For the moment, nothing proves to you that I am different except the fact that I have not yet subjugated Earth's population by force because if the desire took me, I don't see who could stop me. I do what seems right to me, I help the population and that's it, I don't see why I should give you any guarantee, justification or reason.
Reporter 5: Mr. Grayson, you say that you kill those who shed innocent blood, do we mean that-(interrupted)
Lucas: Yes, I also plan to kill Omni-man if that's what you want to know. The second he puts his feet on Earth, I'm going to kill him and I have plenty of strength to do so. He can wander in space if he wants, but he will die if he comes back here.
"Do you know where he could be?!" another reporter asked.
Lucas: I don't know and I don't really give a damn, my priority is this world and not him.
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