Super Detective in the Fictional World

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Robert followed him into the villa in a daze, only to be even more shocked.

This villa wasn’t extremely extravagant; at least, not that Robert could tell.

However, the furniture and appliances inside were all the best products on the market.

He couldn’t afford them even if he saved up for two years.

However, since Luke had said that they would talk about it later, he didn’t ask.

Robert was lost for words when he saw the gigantic bathtub in the backyard outside.

Well, Robert was quite similar to Luke in that neither of them regarded it as a pool.

Then, it was lunch for everyone, which Luke had already prepared.

Many of the ingredients that he had brought over yesterday had already been mixed together, and would be ready as soon as they came out of the oven.

And so, in the cool afternoon breeze, everyone enjoyed roast meat and chicken in the backyard.

Selina lured the two kids into playing in the bathtub.
The three of them had a water fight, laughing and shouting.

When they wanted food, they would get Catherine and Luke to deliver it to them.

Of course, Luke was summoned more often, since the kids hadn’t seen him in a long time.

Robert watched Luke deliver a plate of roast meat to Selina with a strange expression, before he asked in a low voice, “Dating your colleague isn’t forbidden here?”

Understanding what Robert was implying, Luke chuckled.
“Of course it is, but to me, Selina is more like Claire.”

Robert realized that Luke regarded Selina as a sister.

He finally asked, “What’s the deal with this house? Don’t tell you that you bought it.”

Luke said, “It’s a personal gift from Mr.
Takagi, head of Nakatomi Corporation.
He offered me a million bucks, but I refused it so he gave me this.”

Robert and Catherine both exclaimed, “What?”

A million dollars was a huge amount of money for most Americans.

Luke smiled.
“I saved him from robbers and helped his company recover bearer bonds worth 640 million.
This isn’t an excessive reward for that, is it?”

Robert and Catherine couldn’t believe it.

Robert came back to his senses first.
“What’s going on? Why didn’t you say anything before?”

They talked a couple of times every week.
Robert was surprised that Luke hadn’t mentioned it earlier.

Luke shrugged and said, “It was supposed to be a surprise.
Besides, it happened on Christmas Eve.”

Robert and Catherine were stunned yet again.
It happened three days ago? No wonder they hadn’t known anything.

Luke told them the story, skipping over the details.
He exaggerated Detective John’s contribution, and claimed that the New York officer took down a dozen terrorists on his own.

Catherine was more or less convinced, but Robert was suspicious, because he felt that Luke was more likely the one to have hunted down the terrorists.

But they were both reassured to know that all the robbers were accounted for, and that 80% of them were killed or heavily wounded.

Those robbers were certainly done for.

Although they had only been pretending to be terrorists, what they had done was precisely an act of terrorism.

In the current climate, any criminal in America that had links to terrorism would be heavily punished without the possibility of parole.