"I remember now, I hid the Light of Zartha in the torch of the Statue of Liberty…"
Agent K sat on a chair-like machine, with electricity coursing through his body.
With a grim expression, Agent K recalled everything about the MIB. "Fifteen years ago, Princess Lauranna of Lauranna gave me that gem, promising to return for it fifteen years later."
"However, Lauranna was very unlucky. I heard that as soon as she left Earth that year, she was pursued and killed by the Kylothian…"
Well, according to Agent K's explanation, that Light of Zartha had already become a messy affair.
"So, that gem is now ownerless?" Although Mike also sympathized with the Princess of Lauranna, he also grasped the key point from the entire incident.
Ownerless property goes to the virtuous.
Clearly, Mike was that "virtuous one."
"You all wait for me here for a moment, I'll be right back." Unable to contain his excitement, Mike immediately opened a spatial door and stepped through.
The Statue of Liberty is the most distinctive landmark in New York, and Mike had naturally been there.
Stepping through the spatial door, he instantly appeared at the mouth of the Hudson River, and then went to the top of the giant statue, which stands over ninety meters tall.
On the torch held high by the goddess, Mike inspected it and found that the Light of Zartha was hidden in the center of the torch. Taking out that gem would inevitably damage the statue.
It was daytime, and there were many tourists near the Hudson River mouth. Damaging the goddess statue like this seemed a bit inappropriate.
However, this could not stop the eager Mike.
He condensed Power of Faith, letting white light envelop the goddess statue, creating a layer of illusion.
As long as this illusion was not broken from the outside, no matter what Mike did inside, it would not be seen by people outside.
The rest was simple: open the torch stone carving, then take out the Light of Zartha, and finally use Power of Transformation to restore the torch stone carving.
"Uh, I remember before I retired, Agent M didn't seem this 'powerful,' did he?" At the same time, as Mike began to retrieve the Light of Zartha, Agent K, who remained at the Headquarters, had just recovered from his shock.
This former "legendary" agent, for a moment, even suspected that Mike was an alien.
After all, in the past sixty years, Agent K had never seen any human possess such "god-like" abilities.
"I know what you're thinking, but I can guarantee that Mr. Mike is the purest human, just with some superpower we don't understand…" Facing Agent K's hesitation, Agent O stepped forward to give a definitive answer regarding Mike's "alignment" issue.
'If they are not of our kind, their hearts must be different'—this saying does not apply to Mike.
"Alright." Actually, before Agent K retired, he had seen Mike fly to deal with aliens. Now that he also had teleportation ability, it seemed somewhat acceptable…
"Is it really okay to just let him take the Light of Zartha energy gem?" Agent K was still a bit unable to accept Mike's god-like abilities.
Moreover, the Light of Zartha belongs to the Lauranna people. Although Princess Lauranna died fifteen years ago, there's no guarantee that other Lauranna people won't come to claim the "gem."
"The Light of Zartha has now become a hot potato. Putting it in Mr. Mike's hands is the best choice…" Agent O explained.
In fact, in the current situation, having such a "powerful" presence as Mike in the MIB is a very fortunate thing.
Moreover, rather than becoming a "legend" in the MIB, Agent O hoped Mike could become a "guardian."
A stabilizing force that can protect Earth's safety.
There is no doubt that Mike now possesses this ability.
And Agent O and Agent Z have always been guiding Mike in this direction.
As the future "guardian" of Earth, Mike naturally needs to have some "privileges."
Therefore, regarding Mike's desire to claim the Light of Zartha for himself this time, Agent O and Agent Z chose to turn a blind eye.
"Alright, let's not talk about Mike anymore. Now I'll take you to the Research Department to help you inject the [Recovery Potion]…" Agent O changed the subject, and at the same time, she explained the effects of the [Recovery Potion] to Agent K.
Although Agent K's spirit was well-preserved, he was still too old.
…
"Why does this torch always feel like something is missing?"
On top of the Statue of Liberty, Mike had already retrieved the Light of Zartha from the torch stone carving and also used Power of Transformation to restore the stone carving.
It just felt like the newly condensed torch lacked some "soul."
So, Mike turned his gaze to the crown on top of the goddess statue, where more than a dozen glittering gems were embedded.
Next, Mike selected the largest and brightest of those dozen gems and placed it into the torch.
Under the refraction of sunlight, the torch "lit up" again.
This time, it felt right!!
It turned out that the Light of Zartha previously hidden inside the torch acted as a concentrator. After it gathered and reflected sunlight, the red decorations on the torch seemed to "come alive."
From a distance, the "flame" effect was excellent.
Now Mike had taken the Light of Zartha, but he had refilled the inside of the torch with another gem.
At least the "flame" didn't go out.
Although the overall effect was slightly less, if you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell the difference.
"Perfect." Mike looked at his masterpiece and clapped his hands in satisfaction.
Rob Peter to pay Paul skill acquired √.
"Now it's time to reap the rewards. Let me see what surprises you can bring me…" Having completed the repair work, Mike sat directly on top of the goddess statue and began to study the Light of Zartha.
[Tidal Energy* + 10,000,000]… [Natural Energy Storage (Trait)]…
It must be said, the Light of Zartha truly lived up to its reputation as a "nuclear weapon" capable of destroying a planet, directly increasing Mike's total energy level by about one-tenth.
Of course, this was not the main point. What surprised Mike the most was gaining the [Natural Energy Storage] trait.
This ability allowed Mike to be like a reservoir, constantly absorbing various energies from nature.
Light energy, wind energy… even gravitational energy between celestial bodies.
Although these energies were absorbed slowly, their upper limit was high.
Moreover, the energy in the Light of Zartha had not disappeared; it would still provide Mike with tidal energy from time to time.
In other words, in addition to his own abilities, Mike now had two sustainable "power banks" on him.
One was the Light of Zartha, and the other was Lucifer, the fallen angel trapped in the Book of Gospels.
At this rate of improvement, it wouldn't be long before Mike could easily crush Satan.
By then, he wouldn't need any excuses; he could just go to hell directly whenever he wanted to clear a dungeon.
After tallying his gains this time, Mike contentedly removed the illusion from the goddess statue and opened the spatial door again, stepping inside.
"Yo, Agent K. Haven't seen you in ten minutes, you've changed a lot." Mike, back at the MIB Headquarters, immediately saw Agent K, who had returned to his "young" state.
At this moment, he looked to be in his early thirties, and standing with Agent J, they looked more like brothers.
"Let's not talk about me first, we are facing a bigger crisis now…" Agent K deliberated for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "We just received notification from the Moon Station that Beast Boris has escaped from the Moon Prison."
"Perhaps you don't know who Boris is, but his danger level is unparalleled. He is a professional killer and bandit roaming the universe."
"Forty years ago, he alone destroyed a planet called Arc…"
As a Boglodotia native, Boris was inherently skilled in violence and plunder. Coupled with his past plundering of several Kylothian's "talents," his combat power expanded infinitely.
Comparatively, he was like a weakened version of Mike.
After all, Mike's ability was [Pickup], while Boris's ability was [Plunder].
[Plunder]: Kill the opponent and seize their racial talent.