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Chapter 123 Lex Industries?

Chapter 124 Lex Industries?

The instant Wonder Woman looked over, Jaeger's expression paused almost imperceptibly:

[A new achievement has been unlocked!]

[Achievement Completed - "Paradise Island Peace Ambassador"]

[Unlock condition: First encounter with "Wonder Woman"]

[PS: A warm welcome to the princess of Paradise Island, her peace ambassador, the Amazon warrior blessed by the gods, and Comrade Wonder Woman, for visiting and guiding our city — cough cough, I just accidentally switched channels.]

In short, congratulations on meeting your first female superhero! Hooray!

Fortunately, Langdon's expression remained blank, and Wonder Woman's attention was focused on the trophy in Jaeger's hand, so she didn't notice the slight change in Jaeger's expression that occurred when the achievement was triggered.

She suddenly frowned: "Excuse me, but could you tell me what this is?"

Upon hearing this, Superman and Lois, who were standing nearby, also turned their attention to this.

Louise was even more surprised: "Could it be—that there's something wrong with the Escalius Award trophy?"

"The Escalius Award trophy?" Wonder Woman glanced at Lois. "What's that?"

"A journalism award," Superman explained. "This is the winner's trophy, representing Escalius's Green Cross sword."

Seeing this, Jaeger, holding the trophy, breathed a sigh of relief.

That saved him a lot of trouble. He didn't need to think of a way; Wonder Woman noticed the trophy on her own and it also attracted the attention of the other two.

Upon receiving the answer, Wonder Woman's expression turned serious: "A trophy—no, this is probably not a simple trophy."

She asked Jaeger, "Could I see this trophy?"

Jaeger nodded, of course, and very obediently handed the trophy to Wonder Woman, adding, "It's for Lois."

Wonder Woman holding the trophy: ?

Superman coughed and volunteered to translate: "I'm afraid Mr. Parrels means that the trophy actually belongs to Louise, so it depends on Louise's opinion."

"I have no objection." Louise sighed, "If there really is something wrong with this trophy, then that explains why someone is targeting me."

"Oh, right." Louise suddenly remembered that before Langdon crashed the car, he seemed to be holding the trophy and trying to say something to her. She looked at Langdon with some surprise. "I remember that time—"

"Did you discover the trophy was faulty before the car crash?"

Upon hearing this, Langdon tilted his head slightly: "No."

"I just want to return the trophy to you," he said sincerely.

Louise: "————"

Why would someone, in a life-or-death situation, think of returning the trophy to someone else? It can't be that they feel someone else's trophy is becoming their own grave offering; that's a bit strange, isn't it?

Langdon's thought process is as peculiar as ever—

After a brief silence, Lois could only turn her gaze back to Wonder Woman and ask wearily, "So, Wonder Woman, have you figured out what the problem is?"

Wonder Woman, holding the trophy, carefully stroked it with her hand before nodding, "Yes."

"Regardless of why this thing is being disguised as the journalism award trophy you're talking about, gentlemen..."

Wonder Woman took a deep breath: "There is a divine presence in this trophy."

The other three, including Jaeger: ?!

"God, the aura of God?" Louise exclaimed in surprise. "What on earth is going on?"

“As you can see,” Wonder Woman pointed to her protective silver bracelets and the Lasso of Truth hanging from her waist, “both of these items I carry also possess the aura of a god.”

"Take the Lasso of Truth as an example. It was forged by Hephaestus, the god of fire, using the golden belt of Gaia, the goddess of earth, and was blessed by the gods. Therefore, it is unbreakable and can make the bound person utter the truth."

"Since this trophy is imbued with divine aura, it means that even if it is not the personal possession of a deity, it has at least been in contact with a deity, and is by no means an ordinary object."

"But—" Wonder Woman pondered again, "Although they all exude divine aura, the aura of this trophy doesn't seem to belong to any of the gods I'm familiar with."

"So, it's not the Greek gods?" Louise wondered thoughtfully.

"But aren't there many other gods in the world?" Superman said. "Like the Norse gods, the South American deities, the Egyptian gods—"

“Superman is right, there are far more gods in this world than we imagine,” Wonder Woman agreed. “And while we can’t be sure which god’s possession it is, we can at least be sure of one thing.”

"The person who wants to kill you is probably after this trophy, Ms. Lane."

"At least now we finally know why." Louise sighed. "Back to the point, the Escaliber Award trophy is awarded every year, but this time it just so happened that I had a problem."

"This suggests that the organizers did not tamper with the trophy, but rather that something went wrong during the trophy's production or delivery to the banquet."

"Unfortunately, according to you, the person who attempted the assassination has so far been using indirect methods of killing, without actually showing their face or providing any corresponding clues, so we cannot determine who the person is for the time being," Wonder Woman said.

"However, I am quite interested in things that are related to the gods."

At this point, Wonder Woman smiled.

"So, would you mind if I joined you and helped investigate this incident?"

"Of course, it's an honor." Louise shook hands with Wonder Woman.

Just then, Langdon, who had been out of the public eye for a long time since Louise asked that question, suddenly reappeared and said, "Wait."

"?" Wonder Woman and Lois instinctively looked at Langdon.

It turned out that after the three of them started chatting, Langdon went to the car that Superman had put on the ground and whose front end had been smashed to pieces, and took the strange mechanical device back.

At that moment, Langdon held up the device and explained simply, "A clue, there is."

"This is it."

"This is—" Louise's eyes widened in surprise, "Could this be what caused my car to suddenly go out of control?"

Langdon nodded. "Mm."

Superman flew to Langdon's side, took the mechanical device, and a faint light appeared in his eyes. He examined it with his X-ray vision: "I can only confirm that this is a complex mechanical device—"

"No." Langdon shook his head, grabbed Superman's cape which was floating in mid-air, tugged at it, and at the same time stretched out his other hand, pointing to the mechanical device in Superman's hand, "Come down."

"?" Superman landed with a puzzled look and handed the device in his hand to Langdon.

Langdon pointed to a spot: "Here."

He thoughtfully added, "A second metal layer."

Superman then realized that he might have used too much X-ray vision and seen directly to the innermost layer.

That's why Langdon reminded himself to only use his vision to the second layer —

With that in mind, Superman followed Langdon's instructions, only looking through the outer layer of the mechanical device before carefully examining it.

This time, Superman quickly noticed something and understood why Langdon had said it was a clue.

It was a line of English text printed on the metal surface, yet it was something Superman recognized very well.

LEXCORP.

—Lex Industries!