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Chapter 70
Chapter 70
Riding a skeleton horse from the outskirts of Gotham to a deserted island, Connors confirmed three things along the way:
1. Wonder Woman's chest armor appears hard, but it is actually soft and will not puncture her during vigorous exercise.
However, the breastplate is not overly soft, so that Wonder Woman Diana will not frequently show her breasts bulging—she is indeed going commando.
2. Zatanna's snow cakes—the snow mountain was flattened—larger than it appeared to the naked eye.
3. Wonder Woman had only recently entered human society, and Paradise Island lacked certain educational courses:
The Kuruma's flight speed was not fast, far slower than the Kryptonian landing ship that Connors had piloted.
The three of them flew from day to night before finally reaching their destination, a small island.
While on horseback, Connors's gossip system had already compiled the information about the Beach City and Wonder Woman theft incidents and submitted it.
[Today's Gossip: Justice Association, Thief Heroine]
[Reward for watching the drama: Upgrade]
[Upgrade: Upgrade an existing ability once]
Upon receiving this reward, Connors temporarily forgot about Zatanna, whose snow-capped mountains had been crushed into snow cakes behind him, and Diana, who stood before him with a heroic and sarcastic air.
He currently possesses thirteen abilities, and needs to use the process of elimination to remove those that do not require upgrading.
What Connors needs right now is a certain level of combat capability. Intermediate hypnosis and intermediate mixed martial arts are ruled out first, because even if these two abilities are upgraded again, they will only be able to deal with ordinary people.
Spider-Sense doesn't significantly boost combat power, and even upgrading to a level like Cindy Muen's "Spider Silk" cross-dimensional sensing won't work without strong support.
The same applies to "Master Driver", "Kusama Man", "Healing Magic", "Athena's Vision", and "Precision Control".
After getting to know Poison Ivy well several times, the Green of All Things is now at 10%, but there is no need to use up upgrade opportunities for this ability.
If you want to improve, just have a few more rounds with Ivy.
Ultimately, Connors' only choices were "Human Limits," "Master of Lockpicking," and "Master of Tricks."
The four options are "Relics from Dreams".
The upgraded "Dream Relics" might bring the Justice Association of Seaside City back to reality, but even in the illusion, they are individuals with independent thoughts and are not Connors's fighting force, so they are excluded.
Connors felt there was no need to upgrade "Human Limits"; he was waiting for a one-step enhancement like having Kryptonian blood.
Besides, with the existence of reversal magic and healing magic, Connors wouldn't die so easily.
"Master of Lockpicking" and "Master of Tricks" are Connors' most frequently used abilities besides "Spider-Sense." They were already incredibly useful before the upgrade, and Connors is looking forward to their performance after the upgrade.
I wonder if, after the Lockpicking Master upgrades, it will become a conceptual ability, such as a gene lock or a brain lock...
As Connors pondered, his thumb unconsciously began rubbing against Wonder Woman Diana's inner thigh, only to be slapped away by her.
In theory, anything that includes the concept of "forbidden" can be called a lock, even the human respiratory tract can be included.
The idea of upgrading "Master of Lockpicking" was wonderful. Connors compared it with the possible abilities that "Master of Tricks" might gain after upgrading, but still gritted his teeth and gave the upgrade opportunity to "Master of Tricks".
The reason is simple: the "Master of Little Tricks" has too wide a range of applications. Whether it's combat, escaping, or combining with other abilities, it fits perfectly.
[The Teachings of Master Tang, the Master of Little Tricks]
[Master Tang's teachings: Master Tang didn't teach me anything; everything depended on my own efforts.]
Everything depends on your own skill? Master Tang? Talking Tom?
Is this ability so idealistic?
Connors decided to give it a try and said to Wonder Woman Diana, who was still riding the armored horse in the air and preparing to descend:
"Will your horse die?"
"No," Diana answered instinctively, before realizing why Connors had asked such a strange question.
However, she didn't have time to ask. Connors was like a rolling ball; one second he was riding the horse perfectly fine, and the next second he was sitting upside down on the belly of the skeleton horse.
He then jumped down.
"Is he insane? This is over 300 meters above the ground!"
Diana was startled to see Connors plummeting rapidly due to gravity, and then urged the griffin to flap its wings, trying to catch up with him.
They caught up, but Connors seemed to think he didn't need any help.
His trench coat billowed in the air like a dandelion seed, and he swayed gently as he slowly drifted toward the ground, as if gravity had no effect on him whatsoever.
However, when he was only three to five meters above the ground, Connors returned to normal and landed on the deserted island with a thud.
Zatanna was used to this scene; she had jumped from heights twice with Connors before and didn't think this time was any different except for the height.
It works well when combined with self-hypnosis, but you can't stay in a self-hypnotic state for too long, otherwise your consciousness might break down.
Connors commented on the upgraded abilities of the Little Trick Master.
When he landed, he used his windbreaker, which was being blown upwards by the wind, as a parachute. He didn't succeed at first, but he finally managed to use this ability when he was less than 100 meters from the ground.
Unlike simple tricks that masters can master quickly, Connors now uses "Master Tom's teachings" because of the existence of common sense, and cannot apply them to an exaggerated extent.
Connors casually picked a blade of grass from the ground, shook it in his hand, and it turned into a bouquet of flowers, which he then handed to Zatanna, who had just dismounted from the skeletal horse.
"This is for you."
"Huh?" Zatanna took the flowers blankly.
She wasn't naive; it's just that, with her professional stage magician's eye, she hadn't even seen how Connors turned a blade of grass into a bouquet of flowers.
This fueled her curiosity and desire to explore the unknown, and her gaze toward Connors shifted from "a helper to find my father" to "a magic book that can run and jump."
"Your ability is so strange, I've never seen it before," Diana said, looking at Connors with curiosity.
She had seen "Superman" Clark fly all over the world on TV, and she herself often rode the skeleton horse from one place to another, but Connors' ability to fall from the sky was clearly different from "flying".
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Wonder Woman Diana would have even suspected that Connors was carrying a parachute.