Hand Of God

Chapter 20 Truly, that's the real you!

Looking at the male form in front of her, her face was flushed with red.

For some reason, she now had a strong curiosity, an inexplicable urge to lift the towel covering the forbidden area and take a look.

Of course, reason ultimately suppressed this inexplicable impulse in her heart. After all, if Adam were to wake up in the process, she wouldn't know whether she should silence him or what.

As she pondered, Diana slapped her forehead and said:

"Oh come on, why am I suddenly thinking such things? I must have been poisoned or something."

Since Adam was already asleep and she was alone, she was in a state of letting her guard down, revealing another side of her that was usually hidden beneath her aloof exterior.

That is to say, her current demeanor was more like the personality traits of "Icecream."

Diana couldn't stop looking at Adam lying on the bed, scrutinizing him from all angles, then suddenly puffed out her cheeks, making an endearingly angered expression.

"Ugh, here I am, a stunning beauty, sitting by your bedside in the middle of the night to heal you, and you just fall asleep?!"

"Unromantic!"

As she was letting her guard down without a care in the world, she was suddenly captivated by Adam's face.

His disheveled hair, the peaceful look in his sleep, devoid of his usual lifeless stare and that reckless aura.

A bit of drool at the corner of his mouth made him appear almost cute.

Instinctively, Diana reached out and poked the drooling face, then retracted her hand as if she had been electrocuted, her face flushing red.

She didn't know if it was because it was too late at night, but she felt bolder than she ever had in her life before.

In front of this person, she always had an urge to "be herself."

She settled the restlessness within her, her expression becoming a bit more serious. She knew it was time for her to leave.

She took one last look at Adam lying there, quelled all the mischievous emotions in her heart, and thought to herself with a hint of complexity:

"You say you want benefits, you want money, and you don't want to be a good person, thinking that being good has all sorts of downsides."

"But when you decided to fight alone tonight, you didn't know if there would be any benefits, or even if you could be a match for the opponent."

"So why do you say such things?"

"Is it loneliness, distrust of the world, or something else?"

After pondering for a few minutes, she eventually shook her head, deciding not to overthink the inner workings of this peculiar person for now.

On her way out, she picked up the severely damaged combat uniform, planning to dispose of it.

After all, it was in such bad shape; she could just bring him a new one later.

But as soon as she lifted it, she immediately felt the wrong weight, accompanied by a clinking sound.

Frowning, she shook it forcefully, and a dozen or so small metal gadgets fell out.

Picking them up and examining them, she saw the angelic figures carved on them, along with peculiar patterns, clearly belonging to the Acolytes.

It turned out that after those dozen Acolytes were defeated by Adam, he had taken all the space-superpower storage devices from them.

Judging by the number, he had gotten them all!

Looking at Adam's not-so-elegant sleeping posture, she couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth again.

Diana: "Truly, that's the real you!"

A few minutes later, Diana stepped out of Adam's room and descended to the ground floor, her expression returning to its usual cold and indifferent state, fitting the image of the Ice Queen. She then made a phone call.

"The battlefield should be cleaned up by now, report to headquarters immediately and request the restoration of the relevant surveillance footage."

"Also, summarize the overall situation. I will notify the Orienta University and the United Human Government later. Once we find the mysterious hero, all the rewards that should have been given this time must belongs to that person."

After hanging up the phone, Diana glanced back at the dark building.

Rest assured, you will get what you deserve in the end.

The next day, it wasn't until the sun was high in the sky and sunlight filled the entire room that Adam was finally awakened by the dazzling light.

Lying in bed for a while in a daze, his mind recalled what had happened the night before.

He quickly rolled over, sat up, and looked around. Diana was already gone.

The dozen or so crisscrossing wounds on his body had healed significantly, with many leaving only a red mark.

He casually threw on some clothes, stood up, and glanced at a ring on the coffee table, along with a piece of paper beside it.

The handwriting was clearly feminine, indicating that it was a note left by Diana.

"Your space-superpower storage devices are specific to the Acolytes and have corresponding restrictions. Moreover, the space inside is not very large, they are considered substandard."

"Use my space-superpower storage ring instead. Also, I've put all your dozen or so storage devices inside. You should try and practice how to break them open one by one."

Apart from these two sentences, the rest was a tutorial, mainly teaching how to control superpower with thoughts to open the storage devices.

After reading the entire note, Adam let out a long breath.

This assessor had actually helped him quite a bit since the first day they met, and he hadn't even said thank you yet.

He should take the opportunity to express his gratitude in person next time.

He picked up the exquisitely crafted space-superpower ring and closed his eyes.

He was now going to see what treasures he had taken from the Acolytes he had defeated.

It would be best to carry more money.

After long practice, Adam finally managed to open all of the Acolytes' storage devices. Due to the restrictions, two of them even exploded in the process.

Just as Diana had mentioned earlier, the space inside was indeed not impressive, with most only having a capacity of about one cubic meter.

Such storage space is great as a large backpack, but it's impossible to become the mobile warehouse Adam once imagined.

However, the storage ring that Diana gave to Adam had a space large enough to fit two classrooms!

Storage devices related to space can only be used by superhumans, so there's no price tag on them.

But it's certain that, compared to those Acolytes' rings, this item is undoubtedly valuable.

"Tsk, she must be a real wealthy person, just giving me this kind of good stuff so casually," Adam muttered in amazement, slipping the ring onto his finger, with no intention of taking it off any time soon.

And he didn't even consider that a girl giving him a ring might have other symbolic meanings.

After sorting out the space-superpower storage devices, he began to inventory the pile of items on the ground. But the more he looked, the more he couldn't help but frown. He didn't recognize any of these things! And it seemed like these poor guys didn't have any money on them at all!

The variety of items were basically various props, emitting a unique bloody smell characteristic of the Acolytes, which was quite uncomfortable to smell. After picking through them, Adam put many items that looked like gold and silverware to the side, as in his eyes, these could be exchanged for money.

The rest were basically beyond his grasp. On a whim, Adam suddenly thought, although he didn't recognize these things, it seemed he could completely let these items introduce themselves!

After last night's life-and-death battle, his superpower had a comprehensive upgrade. In addition to better control over ice, his control over the Hearing of Everything had also clearly reached a new level.