However, hiding in Texas also has its advantages.
These few days, Ginny had a rare chance to be alone with Luke, and they could even go horseback riding into the mountains together.
Riding on the same horse, galloping, enjoying the feeling of speed and ups and downs on horseback, was a feeling she had never experienced before.
The female president happily spent Christmas and greeted the official arrival of January 1, 2011 with Luke.
At this moment, Elena, who had originally returned to Paris for the holiday, called Luke in the mountains and said that she had an emergency and was flying back to New York.
Secretary Ginny, who had been comforted by Luke these days and was exhausted, had no objection and simply let him go.
But she settled down at another ranch next to the United Ranch, saying she wanted to take a short vacation.
Ginny had bought that ranch a long time ago, and her special country villa had been built two years ago, waiting for her to move in.
Luke didn't have time to pay attention to Ginny's little actions, but got on a private plane and returned to New York immediately.
Elena didn't specify what the emergency was on the phone, and the personal security didn't send any abnormal reports, so it could only be a precognitive painting.
This was the only thing Luke repeatedly warned Elena about, that she must never reveal a single word unless they were face to face.
He arrived in New York first and stayed at the airport to personally greet Elena who had arrived in a hurry.
The two of them arrived at Luke's den, and Elena made sure he was safe before opening the special easel box she carried with her, revealing two mostly blank sketches.
Luke moved closer, took a quick look at each, and then looked at the first painting carefully.
One of the characteristics of precognitive paintings is that they are rather sloppy, but this one is definitely the sloppiest of them all.
The picture showed a rough sea with the upper half of a huge round head just emerging from the sea.
The sloppy picture contains a sharp sense of impact, allowing people to easily feel the majestic momentum of the owner of the head as he rises.
The two small human figures in front of the head become the best reference, highlighting the huge size of the round head.
Luke narrowed his eyes and first looked at the extremely familiar figure in black and white armor and the large sword in his hand that was taller than his body.
There is no doubt that this is Beidou.
In just a few seconds, he focused all his attention on the other figure.
He has a bald head, a cosplay-like robe, and is about the same height as Beidou in his armor.
Looks familiar! This person also looks familiar to Luke.
But he didn't remember it immediately, which proved that they didn't meet often, but their memories were deep.
His mind raced, and Luke was suddenly stunned: "177A Bleecker Street, Manhattan?"
This is the bald woman who was drinking milk tea on the rooftop of the old building and turned her head to watch Batman fly by.
She was also one of the few women that Luke did not dare to investigate in depth.
Because, in the eyes of drones and most people, there is no old building at 177A Bleecker Street.
There are two possible reasons why Luke can see Xiaolou and the bald woman: first, he has the ability to see her, and second, she allows him to see her.
Either way, this is beyond the scope of normal superpowers.
Turning the virtual into the real, turning the real into the virtual, and being somewhere between the virtual and the real, these characteristics are too obvious.
It's either magic or divine power, and it's a very advanced level - the minimum requirement is that you have to be an old Mexican to start.
Suppressing the divergent thoughts in his mind, Luke focused his thoughts back on the prophetic painting in front of him.
Judging from the picture, Beidou has entered a state of preparation and is about to burst out with all its strength.
The bald woman, however, stood floating in the air with her hands behind her back, not seeming nervous at all, a typical cool and arrogant boss.
Looking at her and Beidou's positions and movements, they could be friendly, or at worst not hostile.
Thinking of this, Luke shifted his attention to the half-bald round head on the sea surface.
This big head seems... more familiar than the female boss's bald head
There are several connections between the sea, the round head, the huge size, and Beidou's sword, but there is only one truth - this is the super giant octopus!
This big guy who was met twice by Luke and tricked twice is indeed qualified to be included in the painting of prophecy.
During the earliest days of the cruise, it was still within the realm of human power.
By the time North Pole was chopped away by Luke and his large sword was stolen, it became difficult to kill.
In the Arctic, it is not only larger in size, but also incredibly resistant to impact.
Only the large sword that can cut through Ultron's half-vibranium body can break through its defense with difficulty. Most ordinary conventional thermal weapons are almost ineffective against it.
Its huge body, which weighs tens of thousands of tons, can easily create huge waves and submerge many coastal cities.
This giant octopus is not an aircraft carrier. It can swing its tentacles weighing thousands of tons entirely by its own strength.
An aircraft carrier only relies on power to move forward, while its own weight is solved by buoyancy.
If we have to make a comparison, this giant octopus is on the same level as the aerospace mothership.
In terms of long-range attacks, it should be weaker than the aerospace carrier.
In terms of defense and close-range destructive power, it is far stronger than the aerospace carrier.
But, that’s not enough.
If this guy was still as strong as he was at the North Pole, Luke had beaten it away once, and he could beat it away a second time.
After all, he only lost a large sword in the Arctic that time, and he himself was basically not in any danger.
A giant octopus of this level is not worthy of allowing the mysterious bald female boss to appear.
You should know that when the Chitauri fleet opened a wormhole in New York, this guy was just on the roof of a small building, casually slapping to death some nearby small soldiers, and he never showed up.
After thinking for a while, he moved the painting away, revealing the second painting underneath.
This picture still shows a monster.
It was flying in the air, and its target seemed to be a city not far below.
But the monster was not drawn in full. Apart from a pair of bat wings and a bat-like head, the rest of the picture was blank.
This is the second characteristic of the precognitive painting, never showing everything in its entirety, only parts.
For example, in the first picture, there is only a circle of sea surface and half of a giant octopus's round head, and even the location is not certain.
In the second picture, Luke saw a very familiar building in the city below.
After looking at it carefully for a moment, he sighed and put his arm around Elena: "Is this the Golden Gate Bridge?"
Elena nodded confidently: "Yes, I went to San Francisco several times to collect inspiration. When I drew it, I knew it was there, so I was in such a hurry to come back."
Luke stroked her back gently, calming her nerves.
None of the creatures that can be the protagonists of the prophetic painting are ordinary.
The first giant octopus, Elena, couldn’t see much. The battle on the sea might not involve many people, she just felt uneasy.
But this bat-winged monster was obviously heading for San Francisco, where there were quite a lot of people.
Luke picked up the coffee that Xiaowo had just brought with the robot and poured her a cup: "Okay, don't be nervous, leave everything to me."