Chapter 133: Beast of the East
Ryan gave him the fatal blow directly.
"CIA!" His hand ran his hand into his trench coat and pulled out a fake badge for today. "Arrest this man!" The Senate impeached himβ"
Adam didn't let him finish, but pressed the cannon's trigger. A black orb emerges from within, forcing Ryan's team to disperse. The courier instinctively pounces on the arcade game Street Fighter and desperately protects it, while Livia and Pa
DA moved to the other side.
While the cannon's black shells moved slowly, it tore through the metal walls of the bunker like paper, absorbing anything in its path like a small black hole. Ryan mistakenly thinks it's a blackflux weapon for a moment, but upon closer inspection, the projectile just pulls things towards itself.
Gravity gun.
Is it related to Dinamis's secret weapon against Augustus? Food for thought.
Shalin immediately followed her boss's lead and unleashed a shockwave on Livia. The Prophet saw the attack even before the psychopath pulled the trigger and got out of the way. The panda let out a terrible roar and charged at the big fat Adam, outstretching its paws.
"See?!" Ryan looked at Frank, waving his badge, and Frank was a little confused. "He doesn't respect democratic procedures!"
But to his surprise, the big fat man Adam was happy to cooperate. "Look, that's what I told you, Frank." Hannifat Lecter said excitedly, and then backhanded the panda hard, causing the bear to fall backwards. "The storm is coming. The CIA is taking over and wants to kill me as much as they killed JFK. They killed my vice president like they were going to kill all the senators. β
"They won't hurt you, Mr. President!" Frank cursed, his fist raised so high that it hit the ceiling. "The White House will not fall!"
"You must protect democracy, Frank," the big fat Adam continues to brainwash his bodyguard with a sinister televangeist smile on his face. "If you fail, it's all over."
Frank roared angrily, grabbed the bar in the entertainment area, and threw it at the panda. The poor man-bear could not dodge, and the heavy shell exploded as soon as it came into contact. Although it did not kill the seven-hundred-kilogram bear, it did keep it in its place, allowing the madman Frank to slam into it. With every step the iron giant took, the entire atrium vibrate.
The big stupid donkey anticipates that someone will take advantage of Frank's delusion against him, so he prepares for him. That damned, cunning bastard...
"You know, of all the enemies I've encountered in my long life, you're probably the most dangerous one," Ryan confessed to Adam. Augustus were all much stronger, but Hannifat Lecter's cunning and sheer depravity made up for it. "It does say something."
"What can I say, man?" If a man is a man, he knows what he wants, and gets it. "And what I want," he said to Ryan, holding up the gravity cannon, "is to unsettle you." β
Ryan stopped time, and the projectile stopped in mid-air. Very well, the black flux weapon still works.
Speaking of black mobility, Ryan rushed to the fake president to tell him about his minority rights. The courier tossed his fake CIA badge aside and punched the cannibal in the stomach. In the previous loop, Ryan managed to disrupt Augustus, who expected some damage. Big Fat Adam's carbon skin is much less physically resistant than Lightning Bart because Lightning Bart tears his skin like butter.
The ogre didn't even back down. If anything, the blow seemed to hurt the fist more than the leader of the Superpowers.
Why? Why doesn't it work? Was his encounter with Lightning Ass a fluke? Was Ryan able to hurt Augustus because the stuffed animal softened him first?
Unless Ryan needs to focus his abilities first? After all, the courier can only produce visible black flux particles if he is wearing power armor.
"I need Saturn armor to use that power?" Just before time returned, Ryan muttered to himself. Hannifat Lecter's cannonball destroys the Street Fighter game, much to the Courier's dismay. "Arcade!"
That's it, if his Plymouth fury drowning in the garbage didn't ruin this race, the tragedy was ruined!
"You tell me, man," replied Big Fat Adam, waving his cannon with one hand and trying to smash Ryan with the other. He didn't have time to do much because a coil gun shot him in the left eye, blowing it up in a brief rain of blood. "Ahh
Ryan jumped back to safety and glanced at his savior. "Thanks, I guess you two disagree."
"Oh, yes, I should have said a quip," Livia said, brandishing a coil gun and aiming it for Big Fat Adam's bullet surgery. "People who are in favor of wearing safety glasses, say 'eyes'!"
Ryan snapped, but forgave her lame puns.
She fired another bullet at Adam One-Eyed, but he covered his face with his hand. The bullet bounced off his carbon skin, but pushed his palm back slightly. "Salin! He roared, trying to wipe the blood from his face. "Kill it!"
The sarin gas unleashed a shockwave on Livia. Although she failed to hit Princess Augustus, her attack forced Livia to retreat behind the ruins of the bar counter. The panda wasn't in a good position either, and the much larger Frank threw it against a wall in the atrium.
The hazmat girl turns to Ryan and wants to blow him up, and the courier decides to use his secret weapon.
"Bianca."
Sarin gas freezes in place.
"Your boss isn't trying to find a cure, but I'm here," Ryan pleaded, a hand outstretched. "We can turn you back into a human."
She unleashed a shockwave, and he jumped to the side to dodge. "Are you a Blues or what?" Shalin asked angrily. "A telepathic who reads my brain?"
"You have air for neurons, how can I read that?" Ryan asked, but that only angered the psychopath. "You must have seen it, too. He's going to throw you to the base's orbital command center, not the elixir lab!"
"He's distracting you," Adam said after wiping the blood from his face. When he raised his gravity gun and aimed it at Livia's hideout, his last remaining eyes were filled with malice. "Don't listen, stick to it."
"It's true," Livia said from where she was hiding. "Ryan!"
Realizing her intentions, Ryan rushed towards Shalin like a chill
Time jumped forward for a few seconds, and when time returned, Ryan threw Shalin to the ground. Several holes appeared in the place where Livia had been hiding, where Hannifat Lecter's remaining eyes were. The ogre screamed in pain, and Livia kept hitting him in the head with bullets; The panda reverts back to human form, successfully frees itself from Frank's grasp, and then transforms back into a powerful animal.
"Look outside, we're not here to kill!" Ryan told Sarin, then added another warning. "Except for psychopathy and your boss, but they're all bastards!" The rest, we'll be cured!"
"Shut the fuck!" Shalin's gauntlet shook as she aimed at the courier's head. The shock wave hit the ceiling, causing concrete and pipes to fall in the center of the room.
"Think about it, Bianca!" You've been with him for so many years, has he behaved in any way? Nothing! He doesn't want to save anyone, and you know it very well! Do you think as long as he's by your side, you'll be able to get back to your normal life?"
"What are the chances of turning my life around?" She roared, trying to find a way to kick him off the ground. Both stand up, and the hazmat girl threatens to blow up Ryan again. "Why should you care?"
"Because you don't deserve to be treated like this," he defended, dodging another onslaught. "You shouldn't be trapped in that suit, you can't touch, you can't smell, you can't taste. It was a mistake for you to take these elixirs, and you've been paying for it ever since. β
"You don't know how I feel, bastard!" Shalin replied with a roar. "I don't know how you read my memories, but stay away from them!"
She pointed her gauntlet to the ground to increase the amplitude of her jump, soaring over the room until she almost reached the ceiling. She repeatedly fired short bursts at Ryan from above, but the courier dodged each time. "I don't want to hurt you, Bianca!" Ryan pleaded, showing off a gun he had kept in his trench coat. "I can shoot your suit through with a bullet in my sleep"
"Looks like I wouldβ" Ryan grabbed a weapon and fired a shot at her so quickly that she didn't even finish her sentence. The bullet grazed her mask, right where it joined the rest of her suit.
This time, when Sarin landed on the ground, she did not immediately attack. She touched her mask and stared at Ryan silently.
"He's done," the courier said, glancing at Adam. "But not for you. You can still get through it. β
"You don't know me," she said, "and you don't know him." β
"Oh, I know, that's why he's dead. But it's not too late for you. β
"Are you a white knight or a self-help jerk?" Shalin hissed in disgust. "Why should I trust you?"
The messenger's response was to throw the fist brother and his gun on the ground. Shalin winced, perhaps thinking it was a prank, but all Ryan did was raise his arms and be at her mercy.
"Bianca," he said. "I'm your last chance. Your last, last chance to change your life. Don't waste it. β
"I won't," Salin replied, gesturing at his head. "I don't want to waste this opportunity to wipe your thick skull off."
"You can kill me, but there's a force behind me that you can't defeat," Ryan said bravadoly. "You've been losing long enough. Would you rather die as sarin...... Or live like Bianca?"
Shalin raised her vibrating gauntlet......
and hesitation.
Her hands appeared to be only an inch away from the fire, and her gas mask was as indestructible as ever. However, she did not attack. Ryan's words planted the seeds of doubt in her heart, and now she doesn't know what to think.
Meanwhile, Livia runs out of bullets and she tosses the coil gun aside.
"Head trauma, Ryan!" She shouted to the courier. Big Fat Adam dropped his gravity gun, and the Augustus's projectile slowly pushed him to the elevator door. "His power can only protect his skin, not the organs underneath!" If we keep hitting him on the head, he'll have a concussion and he'll bleed!"
"You are the daughter of Augustus," said the big fat Adam angrily, trying to find her by sound. He opened his mouth, raised his hands, and pounced on her with nightmarish speed. Blood flowed from his eyes, making him look like a ghoul who had risen from the dead and devoured the living. "I'm going to send you back to your dad in pieces!"
Leaving Shalin to ponder her doubts, Ryan activated his powers, grabbed Livia in the frozen time, and pulled her away. Big fat Adam's sharp teeth only bite the air, and the daughter of the lightning butt instinctively grabs the courier's arm.
"You should stop doing this, princess," Ryan teased her, her fingers tugging at his sleeve. "People gossip."
"Let them be," Livia replied jokingly. "Save me as many times as you want."
"Mr. President!" Frank tosses the injured panda aside and walks over to Livia and Ryan. "I'm coming!"
Instead of running away, Livia said two words to the giant.
"Stop, Vladimir."
For a moment, Ryan thought he had misheard, and Frank thought so. The giant winced, as if he had been stabbed in the heart.
"Your real name is Vladimir Khabarov," Livia continued. "Not Frank."
Like Psypsy said in the previous cycle, madman Frank, madman Frank is not American.
He is Russian.
"Your family farm is not in Arkansas." Since Livia was unable to physically attack the giant, she took aim at his fragile mind. "It was in Novgorod. Your father is not a cowboy, but a Soviet, and he choked to death with stolen caviar. β
"Yes!" Frank raised his fist and roared. He tries to squash Ryan and Livia like bugs, but the Courier freezes time and dodges them. The giant's fist struck the floor, passing through the floor like steel through paper.
Salin chose this moment and chose a position. She blasted the ground beneath Frank's feet, and part of the floor collapsed under the weight of the giant. The self-hating colossus fell halfway into the hole, only his torso exposed. He tried to get up, but to no avail.
"Master, get down!"
Ryan turned around and saw that the big fat Adam had recovered and tried to outflank him from the side; The blind madman must have discovered them by listening to their conversation with Frank. Suffering from a cooling-off period, Rya
Tried to back off, but Livia grabbed him by the sleeve.
Instead, his bloody panda catches the ogre before he gets close to his master. The two argued for a while, but the more experienced Adam quickly grabbed the bear's hand with his own hand. The psychopath opens his mouth, revealing a syringe filled with a spinning liquid.
It's an elixir, but it's not made by Magellan. This is what the ogre tried to bring Rya after destroying New Rome
Turning into a blue elixir for psychopaths. Like his morbid obsession, Adam spat on his enemies.
When the elixir smashed into the panda's face, the messenger was so frightened that he didn't even blink an eye.
Blue liquid splashes on the panda's soft fur; Although the true elixir of life cannot be combined with animals, it must discover the human nature underneath. As his body absorbs fluid, the green genome switches back and forth between the two forms. Big Fat Adam pushes his victim backwards with cruel joy, leaving him on his back and falling to the ground, while Ryan holds his breath in horror.
"I caught one of you," Hannifat Lecter said triumphantly.
"That's true," replied Livia triumphantly and calmly.
Her tone surprised Ryan. Why doesn't Livia seem to be worried at all? Why didn't she back off? Unless... Unless she saw it in a vision and let it happen? Why?
It wasn't until the panda returned to its animal form that Ryan understood.
His body was completely absorbed with the blue elixir, and the fragments of the syringe shattered under his powerful feet. Instead of going crazy, the monsters of the East act with concentration, purpose, and strength.
Among the millions of people living in New Rome...
"No way......" Shalin whispered with shock and jealousy, as the bear took a step towards Adam. The ogre heard his arrival, but he had already guessed what was happening from the voice. This realization shocked him to the point of non-movement.
Livia had prophesied that she and her father could take two doses of the elixir without any side effects.
When the panda's eyes flashed blue, Ryan felt a religious awe. A Gregorian song echoed in his head, and he could almost see the divine light shining into the bunker.
Because God exists, and He has hair.
The panda soars into the air, its right leg and arms extended, and its left knee crossed. How could a big bear fly like this, Ryan would never understand, but he did. Maybe the big fat Adam would have dodged it, if he still had eyes, or maybe he would have been paralyzed by awe. The panda shouts the name of the attacker in his cute, funny voice.
"Panda soars!"
How can something so ridiculous look so good?
The panda's feet slammed into Hannifat's head, and Ryan heard a loud bang, and the two feet joined together. The terrible psycho flew backwards and crashed into the ruins of the arcade, while the victorious bear stood gracefully at his feet. His posture reminds the courier of a Bruce Lee movie, perhaps none other than a Bruce Lee movie.
As for the ogre Adam, he was never resurrected. Hopefully he never will.
Frank witnesses this scene in horror, and he tries to break free, but to no avail. His body absorbed the metal from the floor, trapping him like quicksand.
"It's over, Frank," Shalin said, pointing to his head with trembling eyes. "Don't force me to blow you up."
"I want to fight against the infiltrators of the Communist Party!" He shouted.
Ryan replied, "No, Frank. You are communists. β
Then Frank turned into a zombie.
Or he could do the same, because Ryan's words were a fatal blow. The giant looked at his chest and scratched as if it could drive away the infection that infected him; But when he couldn't, he banged his head on the floor and shut down mentally. Perhaps his repressed memories resurfaced, flooding his brain as Livia had expected.
His false patriotism was shattered, and the once-proud giant was reduced to an immovable pile of waste. The messenger looked at him with a minute of respect, watching as the proud giant, the loyal bodyguard who had died so many times to protect the president, had been reduced to such a pitiful situation.
"How did you know about Frank's past?" Ryan asked Livia, at which point Shalin lowered her gauntlet, still on guard.
"I'm looking forward to a future where I can win battles," replied the mafia princess less smugly.
"Your abilities are almost as ruined as your best friend."
"Fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter." Livia said with a smile. "Speaking of best friends, it's time for us to wrap up."
"I have one, master!" Panda sat on crushed belly of chubby Adam and said triumphantly. "I have one!"
This circle is done. When Ryan met him, Panda was his disciple.
Now, he's a master.
This "battle for the garbage dump" ended in a near-perfect victory. The only loss on Ryan's side was his car, which was wounded in the battle; Although the time and space radio and key features survived the attack on the continent, so the time traveler can always fix it.
The group gathers the spirits in the bunker's hangar, and Sarin and Panda help Ryan transfer the unconscious members of the Superpower Gang to the Deep Sea Sphere. They will send mentally ill people to an underwater prison until Ryan finds a cure for them. Psyshock slaves would also be kept there for medical care to prevent the secrets of the bunker from being spread. Once the base is destroyed, they are released.
As for the big fat Adam, Ryan also insisted on soaking him. However, unlike the other prisoners, he drowned inside and woke up only to realize that he was about to die. People can never make good products, especially those who try to attack the orphans in their care.
As for Fortuna and the Shroud, neither of them wore masks and walked arm-in-arm in the bunker. The former looked a little dizzy; The latter, as if he wanted to die inside.
"You won't believe it!" Destiny announced. "Mathias ...... Mathias is the Shroud!"
"No way?" Ryan replied in a tone of feigned surprise. "Your boyfriend?"
"My boyfriend!" Fortuna screamed, even though her companion looked ...... Resigned. "I couldn't have guessed!"
"I know he's not very clear," Ryan said.
"How did this happen?" Livia asked, half curious, half unhappily.
"As you suspected, the earth has returned to its physical form to fight us with all its might." "When I was holding Fortuna, a rock hit my mask and shattered."
It must have been dramatic. "You're so unlucky," Ryan rubbed salt on the wound.
"All along, I didn't understand why you were always there for me when I had a problem, but now I do!" Fortuna placed her hand on her boyfriend's shoulder. "You're watching over me like a guardian angel!" How romantic!"
"It's far from the truth," Matthias replied, though he sounded more ashamed than usual.
"You don't have to be so mean, I know you care about me now." Fortuna said with a sly smile.
A flustered look of embarrassment crossed her boyfriend's face, but he immediately suppressed it with a stoic expression. "I trapped the land in a glass prison outside, and the Twins surrendered after realizing that everything was lost," he said, before glancing at Sharin. "Why is she still running around?"
"She turned her coat in the right direction," Ryan replied. "She'll be important later."
Mathias squinted at the messenger and the Augustan woman beside him. "After we get the Superpowers, we need to talk about the future of this place...... And your future. Especially yours. β
"Did you tell Sunshine about us?" Ryan asked, and Livia was furious.
"Not yet." Matt of the Shroud admitted. "I'm not sure if my assumptions are correct, but after seeing this place...... Now I'm sure. "I've had enough problems in my life."
"They'll wait after your girlfriend," Ryan laughed at him.
"Yes, indeed! Lucky Girl said. "I want to know everything!" How long have you been a hero? Are you a team member? Do you have a follower?"
Matthias sighed, and Fortuna dragged him away. Although Ryan noticed that he wasn't struggling as much as he should.
"They remind me of trees and moss," the courier told Livia. "He's getting more and more fond of her, he's starting to like her."
"But he had to confess to her," Livia said coldly. "Otherwise, I will speak the truth for him." Fortuna deserves so much. β
Perhaps, but Ryan doubts that Lucky Girl's powers will try so hard to keep them together if they don't make her happy in the end.
"You look worried, Ryan." Livia said with a frown. "Is something wrong?"
"Yes. The bunker is ours, no strings attached, we caught Adam before he completed the plan, so far none of the people I like have died, and Panda has two abilities. He emphasized the last sentence because even he couldn't believe it. Everything went smoothly. β
Livia giggled. "Ryan, that's good news."
"I'm just waiting for the other shoe to come off," the courier replied.
"Why?" She asked. "We worked hard and it paid off. The previous cycle ended in disaster, but we learned from it and acted accordingly. β
We. What sweet words. While there is still a lot to do, Ryan is no longer carrying the burden of the whole world. For better or worse, there are people who are willing to support him now.
"What's next?" Livia asked. "Now that Adam has been settled, we should be ready for what's next."
"I'm going to infiltrate your family," Ryan said. "A brief description of the Alchemist, Lunn, and Sarin in front of the memory map. See how to properly dispose of Dy
amisγ Contact the Vulcans to rebuild the Saturn armor and see how the Carnival takes on the bunker, Nasinia, and the Elysium Factory. Research ways to treat psychosis and may also plan a trip to Antarctica. β
"Antarctica?"
"It's a long story."
"Well, together we will talk about how to deal with Carnival. I've started doing simulations, but you're our trump card. Livia smiled at him. You're going to meet Jamie tonight and infiltrate my family from the bottom."
"Yes. I put him on the list. "It's been a long time since he's been in contact with Jamie, Keeon and Lanka, and he's eager to see them again. Since, in theory, he can bring an infinite number of people into his circle, he is no longer afraid to make friends with people for a long time. "But I'm referring to something else in the infiltration phase."
Livia raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
"There's something I've always wanted to ask you, but I hesitated for a moment. Because ......" Ryan held his breath. "Because if I did, I couldn't take it back. It's going to be complicated, and it probably won't work. But if it really ......"
He watched as Livia's breathing became rapid, setting the verdict aside. She must have guessed his intentions, but since she couldn't predict him, she felt anxious instead of calm. If he hadn't misread all the signals she had given him in this cycle and the previous one, the soothsayer wanted Ryan to act; But she was afraid of the shame she would face if she guessed wrong.
"Ask," she said shyly.
"Livia."
Ryan grabbed her by the waist and pulled her closer. Although she gasped in surprise because she couldn't predict the gesture, Livia didn't resist. She felt as light as a feather in his arms, a fragile porcelain doll.
He ignored his teammates' gazes and focused entirely on her blue eyes, her cheeks flushed with pink.
"Are you free tomorrow night?"