Luke coughed and said, "No, I'm just lamenting the impermanence of life."
Robert stared at him suspiciously for a moment, before he finally gave up.
He suspected it, but he had no proof.
They wandered around New York City until five in the afternoon, when everybody returned to the villa and packed up, ready to go home the next day.
Robert hesitated for a moment, but still pulled Luke out of the villa.
As they walked on the quiet street, he finally asked, "Have you heard anything from my old friend?"
Luke hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "I only know that his real identity is Frank Castle, but his family no longer lives in New York."
Robert was stunned for a long time. "Forget it. It's better if he can return to a normal life."
Luke asked, "Is he very important to you?"
Robert sighed. "He saved my life — three times."
He didn't say anything else.
Luke naturally understood what he meant.
Robert was a very loyal guy. Although he was usually straightforward, he would always return the favor he owed others whenever he had the chance.
It was safe to say that he was a very loyal man.
Thankfully, he had joined the army when he was young. If he had joined a gang, he would've been killed.
Frank Custer had saved him three times. There was no doubt that they had been through life and death together. It was a friendship that could not be any stronger.
Luke could only be glad that he hadn't mentioned his speculation that Frank might be in trouble, or Robert would've been very anxious.
Luke could only help him with that.
Without Robert, Luke wouldn't have been able to grow up to eighteen in such a comfortable and healthy manner.
There were a lot of bad stepfathers in America. It was truly a blessing that he had met Robert, who was even better than his own father.
Although he liked to bicker with Robert, Robert was his family.
Robert and Catherine were far more important to him than his parents, who had passed away early in this life.
The two of them had raised him for more than ten years, and their love for accompanying and protecting him was more deeply rooted in his heart than a simple blood relationship.
After a brief discussion on this topic, the two returned to the small villa.
Catherine didn't ask any questions, and simply asked them to help pack their luggage.
On the morning of December 28th, Luke dropped everybody off at the airport early, and they went to the VIP lounge as usual.
Although he rarely flew, he had VIP cards from all the major airlines.
After sitting for a while, he got up and said that he was going to take a walk. Then, he went to a place near the airport runway to enjoy the scenery.
The truth was that he was using Sharp Nose and Elementary Sound Wave, which he was gradually getting used to, to do a safety check.
It wasn't that he was being paranoid, but it was said that on Christmas Eve, a plane had crashed into an airport over there due to an air raid.
As a result, New York's airport had increased security and security, but Luke trusted himself more.
Suddenly, Selina sent him a short video with a message. "Look at this. What's this?"
Luke thought that she was bored and had sent him pictures of her brother and sister's failed chocolate cakes.
At first glance, the failed cake looked like a pile of sh * t, and it was the watery kind. It successfully disgusted him.
However, he still opened the short video.
In the video, it was a typical Texas wilderness, followed by a huge pit.
There seemed to be something standing in the center of the crater, and many people were watching it, laughing and joking.
Selina was standing next to the crater and filming it. Her voice rang out. "Is that a hammer?"
Luke was stunned for a moment. For some reason, he felt that this scene was a little familiar.
Then, Selina sent him a series of pictures and text.
It looked like she was walking down the crater, taking pictures and sending them to him.
The message was: "A lot of people are here."
"People from the farms and ranches around Shackelford are here."
"They're pulling out that … thing that looks like a hammer."
"They say that nobody can lift that hammer."
"… It's like the hammer is welded to the ground."
Looking at the pictures and the message, Luke cursed out loud, which was something that he rarely did, and attracted a lot of attention.
That was because his voice really wasn't soft.
But he wasn't in the mood to care about them at that moment. He simply sent Selina a message and asked her to take a picture of the hammer from near to far and send it to him.
Selina was already close to the hammer, and didn't think too much about it at that moment. She did as he said.
Less than a minute later, Luke flipped back to the picture and looked at the crater. He heaved a long sigh. "F * ck, are you kidding me? Is this the Meow Meow Hammer? "
As he said that, he immediately booked a ticket to travel with Robert and Selina.
Air tickets were very popular around Christmas.
Thankfully, Luke wasn't short of money, and he had a fancy VIP card, so he got the best seat in business class. He then called Dustin and told him that he was going back to his hometown to spend a few days with his family.
Dustin himself was on vacation. He simply told Luke to keep in touch, and he let Luke go.
If there was an emergency, it would only take him half a day to summon Luke back.
Returning to the lounge and looking at his family, who were chatting and resting, Luke said with a smile, "I thought about it, and decided to go back to my hometown with you for a few days. Are you happy? Are you surprised? "
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed. Claire and Joseph even surrounded him and made a ruckus.
A moment later, Luke sent Selina a text message and told her to bring her entire family to Houston.
No matter what excuse she came up with, even if it was a New Year's trip for the Hayek family, she had to let everyone go out for a few days.
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Selina didn't ask anything at all. She immediately agreed and went to make the arrangements.
Luke, on the other hand, was wondering how he could get his family out of Shackelford.
The area around the hammer was never safe.
Fortunately, Robert was here. He definitely understood how dangerous certain mysterious matters were.
Catherine usually didn't say much, but she always knew what she was doing.
So, there was only one real problem … Grandpa Drax.
Coincidentally, the pictures and text that Selina had sent back indicated that the hammer was in the mountains next to the Coulson-Hayek Union Ranch. It wasn't far from the ranch.
How could he get this hot-tempered old man away from his precious ranch?
His gaze quickly rested on Claire and Joseph who were beside him. It seemed that he could only use these two's ultimate moves — beating them to the death and acting like a spoiled child.
After making up his mind, Luke called Robert and Catherine to the side and explained the situation and the danger to them in a low voice.
After the incident with the giant octopus on the cruise ship, they trusted Luke very much. It was very easy for them to accept another "mysterious incident" and discuss it together.
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