Luke didn't care whether he was joking or not. People who didn't have any ideas would just keep silent. Once they opened their mouths, it would be easy to talk.
He nodded. "Then I'll give you a joking answer. If you like, I can pay you a ton of gold in one lump sum, or give you a one-kilogram gold bar every month, just like... a little toy for you."
Castre: ...If Mephisto had been so generous back then, would I have hesitated at the last moment
This is an unsolvable hypothesis.
He could only shake his head: "Just kidding, I don't need these, whether gold or US dollars."
Luke nodded. "If you say it's a joke, then it is. But I will leave one million in cash with you. You can use it if you need it. No matter how much you use, I will make up for it the next year."
Castre: “… I don’t need it.”
"No, you do. This is not your salary, but activity funds." Luke: "If you don't spend a dollar in a year, then I don't need to replenish it in the second year. So this money is just your activity expenses. After all, we are not running a company, so it is impossible and unnecessary for you to get invoices for reimbursement."
The corners of Castre's mouth twitched a little: Why do I feel like this is really like a company, and I am a businessman who runs business and talks.
No matter how awkward the old man felt, he ultimately did not reject the deal Luke proposed.
In other words, Luke didn't give him the right to refuse at all.
While the old man was delaying with silence, Luke had already used a syringe gun to give him a dose of Life No. 1.
Twenty milliliters of Life No. 1 had an amazing effect. In less than a minute, Castre's hair and beard turned from gray to completely black, and the wrinkles on his face quickly disappeared.
His appearance went directly from seventy years old to his forties or fifties.
This is not the end.
After a week, 90% of the effect of Life No. 1 will be exerted.
The remaining 10% of the effect will last for several months and slowly disappear.
In half a year, Castre will look like a man in his thirties.
This is the function of Life One, and why Luke does not use it most of the time, but uses Tandy's Life Light Dagger.
Because its effect is so powerful, it is unknown whether there are any hidden dangers.
However, Tandy's light dagger ability has been confirmed by the system to be pure vitality and will not have any additional effect on the recipient.
Who else could be more suitable to be the test subject of Life No. 1 than an aging and dying Ghost Rider
Anyway, Castro's extra years of life were worth it, so Luke had a clear conscience.
As for that deal, it was purely for precautionary purposes.
The flames and the Eye of Judgment possessed by Ghost Rider have amazing killing power against supernatural creatures.
Moreover, compared to the young and uncontrollable Johnny Blaze, Castro, the old knight with a calm temper, makes Luke feel more at ease.
The vengeful evil spirit's desire for sinful souls was well controlled by this old man.
During the months of surveillance on this old man, he has not gone out to "judge" the sinful souls.
Investing in the "hot-tempered and uncontrollable" young Johnny is far less effective than investing in this old man, at least it won't cause too much trouble.
It doesn't matter if his combat power is a little weak, Luke needs his "magic damage" more instead of physical strength.
The elderly man also had enough patience to quietly go through the adjustment period of moving and learn Luke's safety rules by the way.
At the very least, you have to be proficient in using stealth combat suits and cleaning up the mess; you can't be targeted the first time you go out, after all, the Ghost Rider's appearance is spectacular.
However, the old man's Hellfire Horse is not as violent as Johnny's Hellfire Chariot, so it will cause much less damage to public property.
After dealing with the reluctant Castrell, the clone finally returned to New York.
The placement of Castre is best done by a clone.
Otherwise, it would be bad if big news broke out in the future about a young NYPD detective raising evil hellish creatures.
…
New York experienced another bombing, but people here were very calm and within a few days only superhero fans were still talking about it.
But it was just one of their topics of conversation, and they didn't have the same enthusiasm as they had a few days ago.
Humans are such fickle animals.
Their fickleness makes it easy for them to forget kindness and also makes it easier for them to get over grief.
So Luke didn't feel anything about it. Anyway... there will be many big events in the future, so it's best for everyone to get used to it in advance.
As for issuing a warning and asking everyone to leave this place of trouble, forget it.
This is the financial, economic and commercial center of New York, and also the most populous city in the United States.
In order to move this kind of city away, the gentlemen in Congress would rather half of the people in this city die.
At that time, those who want to leave will leave naturally without paying a penny.
The situation in the police station returned to normal. The high-level bosses who were fighting openly and secretly had nothing to do with the young detectives below.
Luke himself leads a leisurely life every day. He always leaves work on time at 2pm every day and never tries to steal the limelight.
If he, the hero in the bombing case, is still so diligent, why does he need his colleagues in the detective bureau
With extra time, he would train his future teammates, research the new abilities he had just acquired, and at night he would throw the stock in the drug dealers' warehouses into the sea to feed the fish. His life was peaceful and fulfilling.
During this period, there was only one thing that happened, which was not sure whether it was good or bad, and that was that Alice and Carrie, mother and daughter, suddenly became his one-star teammates.
Luke was also surprised by this.
If pheromone manipulation could brainwash teammates recognized by the system, he would have had several more such teammates a long time ago.
But in fact, only this mother and daughter passed the system's judgment.
However, Black Sky Erica, who had been imprisoned by him in Space No. 2 and brainwashed with sufficient pheromones and basic hypnosis several times a day, and the Dust Angel Angel were still in hostility with each other.
What is the difference between Alice and Carrie, Erica and Angel? That is, both mother and daughter are grateful to Luke.
He used pheromones + basic hypnosis only to stabilize the two people's conditions, and he did not mean to make them grateful.
This behavior made them let down their guard, or more likely to be grateful for his trust, and thus passed the judgment of their teammates.
For the purpose of experimentation and to let them relax and avoid being completely isolated from society, he took Alice and Carrie to deal with several robberies and robberies.
The mother and daughter took the lead and he took advantage of the situation.
After a few times, the system's teammate reminder appeared.
This also allowed him to make certain inferences about the system's teammate determination mechanism: fighting together + sufficient trust = system teammates.
For example, he also released Erica and Angel for comparative experiments.
They were the thugs and he took care of the loose ends.
These two women had no resistance to beating or even killing people, and their division of labor when they were vigilantes was almost the same as that of Alice and her daughter, but they could not pass the system's judgment.