Enrique Manada kept his word.

At the Dostoïevski restaurant, Rya

、Le

and Pa

Da sat around a bright pink table, studying Dy

Amis G

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design drawings; Although the Gravity Rifle would be a better name. The device was long and impractical, though the Courier was sure they could shrink it.

As Livia promised, Dostoïevski is a Russian cafeteria located on the outskirts of New Rome that serves almost exclusively to families. The restaurant could easily accommodate hundreds of customers, even though Ryan's girlfriend rented the entire restaurant to a private party. The floor is covered with industrial blue flooring, and the food steaming tray is decorated with fish motifs; The staff were dressed in sailor suits and the table smelled of ice cream. Somehow, this cozy atmosphere put the usually shy Ryan at ease.

For the occasion, everyone dressed casually, and Ryan was no exception. The other guests hadn't arrived yet, but the courier didn't doubt they would. No one in their right mind would miss the gaudy neon lights on the rooftops advertising the restaurant.

"A few seconds after firing, the projectile creates a gravity anomaly," Timmy explained after reviewing the schematic. It was so strange to see him turn into a human form without a costume. He looked skinny and plain-looking, with a shy and gentle smile on his face. "Everything near it is pulled towards the sphere, and it cancels out the gravitational pull of the Earth."

"Well, if I understand correctly, I almost always understand correctly," Ryan said, "and the orb will pull the lightning butt towards itself and fly?"

His pandaman nodded. "According to Dimis's calculations, the gravity gun would have expelled him from the upper atmosphere. After that, this sphere will roam the solar system and never return home. ”

Rya

Immediately aware of Dy

Where did AMIS find the inspiration for this plan. "They want to defeat Augustus."

"Kars?" Len asked with a frown. Ryan silently vows to make up for her complete lack of knowledge of pop culture.

"I see what you mean!" Panda said happily.

"Every time you speak, my red panda, my faith in humanity is renewed." His mentor congratulated him.

"But does it work?" Lunn asked, skeptically. "Augustus can fly."

"Ionize air by manipulating an electric charge," Ryan noted. "He shouldn't have flown out of the atmosphere. But if he breaks the sphere before he reaches space......"

Le

frowned. "Do you think this will work, Riley?"

"Livia doesn't think so." At least not without support. "Well, I'm not going to rely on just one secret weapon." His main plan is to lure Lightning Ass to Monaco and trap him there permanently, while defeating him with his Blackcurrent powers and bringing him to his knees remains a secondary option.

"We can make a copy and distribute it to our team," Ryan suggests. "I can swap my water gun for it."

"No, it's too dangerous," Ryan said. "For it to work, I need to launch it in close combat. It's best to use our limited time to shrink the Gravity Gun and put it in my armor. ”

"Only your armor?" The elf's eyes widened. "Reli, you don't mean ......"

Dy

AMIS's chief gardener has a point. When people dare to be struck by lightning, they die. Ryan saw Augustus rip Big Adam's jaw with his backhand, shatter the core of the sun, and survive the supernova that followed. The tyrant of New Rome is the most formidable enemy the Courier has ever encountered. He has no room for error. "I'm going to deal with the mob Zeus alone."

"Master, no!" The panda protested in alarm. "It's suicide!"

"He's right, Ri

i，”Le

He added while stacking the papers. "I'll go with you."

"I'm the only one who can hurt him," Ryan replied. "He has immunity to my time-stopping system, which means it's hard for me to save people in the crossfire. If he kills me, I'll be able to come back. ”

Wish.

Lunn looked ready to protest when the door to the restaurant slammed open and a green-haired Spitfire entered. "Hello! The young woman spoke in broken Spanish and then switched back to Italian. She was dressed so scruffily that Ryan almost didn't wear a chemical suit. "What's wrong, kids?"

"Hey, Bianca!" Ryan raised his hand to welcome her. "What are you going to start with?" Caviar? Pizza? Borscht?"

"I'll try everything, Mr. President," the former sarin soldier snickered, followed by a blonde shy woman and a scrawny man. A giant more than two meters tall blocked the door to the parade, but he managed to squeeze through the door of the restaurant with difficulty. "I have years of sensory deprivation to make up for."

"Hello......" the former Acid Rain band member shyly said to Rya

The team smiled. It's in stark contrast to her previously crazy self.

"Oh, hi, Helen!" The panda waved at them. "Hey, mongrel!"

"Not a mongrel," the latter replied. With his knock-off elixir drained, the former psychopath looked healthy and, most importantly, he came to his senses again. "It's Jerome now. I never want to have a supervillain nickname again. ”

"You should still pick one," Ryan said. "We need you to improve our healing, and maybe you can help us get some weapons."

The former mongrel shrugged. "Listen, I owe you a debt for the rest of my life, and I will pay it. But once it's done, I don't want to have anything to do with the elixir or the battle again in my life. Years of brutal life have given you an unprecedented appreciation for the normal 9-to-5 life. ”

"You...... You saved me from a long nightmare. Healed me and gave me a new lease on life. Helen bowed deeply to Ryan. If I can help, how can I help...... I will definitely do it. "Even if it means taking up arms again."

"yes, we're not Fink," Bianca said. "Even Frank feels like he owes you a favor...... He can't wait to burn this establishment. ”

Ryan glanced at the last person as he walked into the restaurant. Although he is no longer the giant he once was, the man is still more than two meters tall and a little bald. His middle-aged face reminded Ryan of Marshal Zhukov, tough and straightforward, but could also fish well with him. The gray parka and bulky boots made him look like a soldier ready to go into battle.

"I'm not called Frank," the giant replied with a thick Russian accent. "My name is Vladimir. Or Vlad, like that piercing. ”

"Say whatever you want," Bianca replied, and went to the buffet. Helen hurriedly followed her, and Jerome asked the waiter where the nearest toilet was. "I never knew I would say that, but I prefer you as an American."

Rya

Agreed. Frank is a true patriot, passionate, loyal, and funny......

"It's capitalist brainwashing," replied madman Vlad. "They knew they couldn't stop the revolution, so they infected the minds of the workers with microchips and tainted ideas."

His true self is completely disappointing.

To make matters worse, Ryan immediately recognizes a like-minded person. "Are you a Marxist-Leninist?" She asked hopefully.

The madman Vlad's eyes were filled with enthusiasm, and he immediately sat down next to the dwarf. Luckily, the tables were for six people and could accommodate the giant. "I am a Trotskyist," he said proudly. "It is only through constant revolution that the workers of the world can achieve equality for all!"

"I thought the Communist Party was almost extinct?" Timmy asked innocently.

"No, you'll be a good fit," Ryan said. "But only in the form of a panda."

"Do you think equality can be joked about?" Vlad squinted at Ryan. "Do you find neoliberal oppression funny?"

Ryan sighed. The man takes everything seriously and has no sense of humor. "No, no, I'm totally in favor of protecting endangered species, even if they're Marxists."

"Comrade Lenin may be dead, but his ideas live on," the madman Vlad replied excitedly.

Ryan prefers the other way, but Ryan is very happy to meet another communist, and she begins to cross-examine his political theories. "Do you think universal equality can still be achieved in such a new capitalist world?"

"Of course!" Vlad replied, and Helen teleported his empty plate and replaced it with a plate full of beef. Since psychiatric treatment separates her two abilities, the former acid rain can change the location of items of almost the same mass, including herself. "Workers all over the world have never been so oppressed! The only thing they lack to regain the means of production is to realize their own power!"

Seeing Ryan grinning, Ryan felt that the two would soon become best friends. He wondered if he had created a monster. "I prefer social democracy," Panda tried to meekly participate in the debate.

The answer of the madman Vlad is very ingenious. "That's why this country is beeped!"

The next batch of newcomers is coming. "It's a waste of my precious time!" When he walked into the dining room, his daughter and a toaster on wheels followed him, and he complained weirdly. "I don't need solid food!"

"Dad, it's not the food that's important, it's the company." The doll insisted before greeting everyone. "Hey!"

Meanwhile, Toasty wasted no time bothering Helen and Bianca. A toaster on wheels rolls all the way to the buffet, leaving acid rain confused. "Hey, beauties, do you want to toast?" Or raw?"

"Is that toaster talking?" Helen asks Bianca, who shrugs her shoulders and then coats the crepes with low-quality caviar.

The last group arrived late and saved the best for last. Mathias walked into the dining room, his glittering girlfriend holding his arm, and Livia and Felix talking behind them. Ryan looked at his girlfriend from head to toe and recognized her dress as the black coat she liked so much. Discreet and elegant.

"Great," he said as Livia looked back at him.

"You're not so unfortunate yourself." She replied with a wink, then glanced at Fortuna. "Do you mind if I call my knight aside for a moment?"

"It's okay, Levi," her best friend replied, then put one arm around her boyfriend's and the other around her brother's. "These two gentlemen will accompany me."

"Everything I've done for my family." Felix muttered, even though his heart wasn't here.

Matthias said: "Your expectations are a little too high in this regard."

"No, he's not." Fortuna insisted with a happy gaze, and pulled them aside to his table.

Ryan ditched his team and settled down by a window with Livia. Their table is for two and is isolated from the others, providing a comfortable intimacy. Livia nodded to the waiter, and a familiar tune sounded in the dining room.

"Why are they playing 'Rain of Castelmill'?" Ryan asked, listening to the music.

"Because Matthieus still suspects that I have betrayed him, he will recognize it." Livia said, glancing at the vigilante. While Mathias and his girlfriend sit with Felix, he often glances at Ryan's table. But Jerome is quickly distracted when he returns from the restroom, as the unusually kind Fortuna invites him to join their team. "I like to upset him."

"You're a cruel, wicked woman," the courier accused his girlfriend.

"Would you rather have me disguise myself as an ice hockey killer and ambush him?" She asked as the waiter gave each of them a glass of vodka. "I'm surprised you haven't attacked Luigi yet."

"I've made him pay tenfold for his contempt for me," Ryan replied as he sipped his glass. "I didn't really want revenge that much, especially in a possible perfect run."

"Good". Livia glanced out the window and then at the parked car outside. Ryan's car was the hippest, despite his girlfriend's Ferrari and Plymouth's Fu

Y one competes. "Is everyone else there?"

"Only Dr. Stitch, who chose to study the blood vaccine plague instead of joining us," Ryan said. "As we speak, the sun and the CO are destroying the MEC

o

The rest of the base. They will sit idly by, at least for now. ”

"Good. If my father hears the wind about them in the city, it means war. ”

Ryan frowned. "How's that going?"

"Geist's death has awakened my father from inaction," Livia played with her glass, her expression darkening. He suspected it was the Superpowers. From his point of view, he hadn't heard about their activity for days, just as Geist had mysteriously disappeared. Apparently, he suspected a connection. He has strengthened security around Ischia Island and approved Vulcan's plan to retake Rust Town...... At least so far. ”

"So far?"

"Earlier in the evening, Wynne made a surprise visit to Vulcan, and she left the foundry unscathed. My father hadn't been told, but once he knew, he doubted Vulcan's loyalty. Livia glanced at her boyfriend quizzically. What did you say to Wyverns?"

"How do you reconcile with an old friend," Ryan replied with a sigh. "This is what I owe Jasmin."

Livia smiled, and this time the courier didn't notice any signs of jealousy from his girlfriend's expression. "I see."

"Do you think it will be useful?" The messenger asked. He was glad that Mother Dragon had listened to his advice, but it wasn't until New Rome was destroyed by an orbiting satellite that Jasmine and her reconciled.

"I gave Vulcan a fifty percent chance to accept Wynne's olive branch, and if my father issued the order to kill, I would have warned her. Either way, she will come out alive. ”

"Thank you," Ryan said. His fingers brushed lightly over Livia's fingers, delighting her. "But is it okay to come here?" Your dad has paranoia. ”

"Yes, but when I brought Psyshock to Ca

I somewhat soothed him. Officially, I'm going to meet the mercenaries of Genome to help us defeat the Psychic Gang. She winked at him. Dad was happy to see that I was serious about my future leadership role without paying too much attention to my activities. ”

"Damn, I should have asked for an early payment," Ryan said. "It was a missed opportunity."

"Whatever happens to Vulcan, my family will soon take Rust Town again, and this time they will thoroughly inspect the area." Livia sighed. "There's a good chance they'll find the bunker, even if we condemn the entrances."

"So we have to destroy it." So did Ryan's expectations. "Take what we can and blow up the rest."

"That's better," his girlfriend replied. "Something like the Bahamut orbital laser and the robot army can only lead to disaster."

"To be honest, I don't know what to do with Meilong's knock-off production process," Ryan confesses. "I thought about Dy

AMIS provides the necessary technology, but only after the Green Hand has fully taken over. Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

"Unless you vote no?"

"I can." She folded her hands and looked out the window at the night sky. "If all goes well, my father will be ousted, as will Hector and Alphonse Manada. By that time, both my family's empire and Dinas will be weakened. After reforming the two, I intend to propose a merger to Enrique Manada. ”

Ryan raised an eyebrow. "You want to form a new government?"

"New European Republic," Livia said with a sly smile. "How does it sound?"

"Terrible NER?" The time traveler giggled. "I think there's already someone."

"In the old world, not the new world," Livia defended her choice. "And you're going to be a part of it."

"Me?"

"What?" She laughed at his bewilderment. "You always joke about being president. Don't you want to be my Victoria's Albert?"

Ryan finished his vodka and chuckled softly. "When did you go from princess to queen?"

"When you called me the Scarlet Queen," she said, glaring at him dirty. "You're going to look good in a tie."

"Unless you're wearing a matching suit."

"Red and black," she replied, and drank her vodka. “Mech

o

Copycat technology could help the nascent country, or it could create more tensions in Europe. After our victory, I need to dig into the future and see how it plays out. ”

Ryan's expression vanished. "If we win."

"Even if we don't remember, now that you've been saved, we'll remember everything. We can try again. She thought he was going to say something, but when she saw him silent, she became suspicious. Ryan, what are you hiding from me?"

The messenger sighed. "Mine has a problem with performance."

"With your powers?" Livia's eyes widened. "You can't save it."

"Nope. My elixir, or the ultimate violet itself, won't let me do that. I don't know why. ”

"Is it about your other abilities?" The one you used to kill Geist across multiple timelines?" Livia took his hand in her own, her steely gaze demanding an answer. "Ryan, don't you think it's time to tell me?"

Ryan sighed and told her everything. He told her the details of his expedition to the Dark World, the inner workings of his power, and how it interfered with the space-time continuum. The more he spoke, the more sad she became...... But to his surprise, Livia didn't seem worried.

"The elixir of life and the ultimate elixir fulfill our wishes." She said with a sad face. "What do you need to get such power?"

Ryan replied bluntly, "I want to die."

His girlfriend was furious, but her grief quickly turned to hope. "You want to die, past tense," she said. "Now you want to live."

Sharp.

"I have lost so much that there is nothing left to fight for anymore." Ryan glanced around at the people around him. Now, Ryan smiled, Panda and the madman Vlad exchanged a few pleasantries, and drank vodka and turned red. The doll manages to put the alchemist at ease a bit, and Helen relaxes a little as Toasty's horrible flirting attempts lighten her emotions. Bianca quickly arrived at their table with a plate full of food, and Jerome toasted with Matthias, Fortuna, and Felix. "It's a different story now."

Livia smiled. "You've gathered so many people, Ryan," she said, her gaze resting on the ex-psychopath among them. "In some cases, you've saved their lives in more than one way. They are waiting for you here...... With you. ”

"The most important thing is you," Ryan said.

Her face was flushed like a sunflower and beaming with joy, warming the heart of a time traveler. "That's why I'm not too worried about the Ultimate's plans for you," Livia declared. "Without its influence, we wouldn't have met. If it encourages you to persevere until the end, even if you haven't saved money, it means it has something in store for you. ”

Unfortunately, a question quickly bites her heart. "But if everything you destroy with that power is destroyed......" "If you kill your father......"

"I won't," Ryan said. "I swear. I could lock him up, but I wouldn't kill him. ”

Livia looked at him carefully, then nodded to herself. "Okay."

"What is this?"

"I believe in you, my prince. It's that simple. You always keep your promises, and I know you will keep them. Her expression contorted into a frown. Can your energy remove tumors?"

"Maybe." Ryan said, though he didn't want to save the Lightning Ass from his own hands. "Or I may have accidentally given him a wound that will never recover. I'm sorry. ”

Livia nodded to herself, but didn't insist. She had come to terms with the fact that her father's days were short, and that it was mainly his own fault.

"I've asked a lot of people to let my dad go, especially after he's done so much," she admitted. "Ordering his victims to help heal him is greedy. Bruno Costa could have saved him, but he missed the opportunity. Now, he doesn't even let his daughter Nasinia leave that cursed island. ”

"What other defenders can we expect?"

"Mars and Vulcan first," Livia replied. "Aunt Pluto and the Seven Killers received orders to reinforce the factory as soon as they heard the alarm."

Ryan crossed his arms. Almost all of these people needed Augustus to reform, including Bacchus. "It could actually be good for us."

"That's what I thought too," his girlfriend replied. "I can go through the back door and have Mercury join the security team while I'm sending Uncle Poseidon away. With so many Olympians gathered in one place, we can reduce the rot in the home. Venus, we can easily capture. ”

"Old Mercury?" Ryan asked, confused. "Isn't he going to retire?"

"He only does it if he feels that the power of the organization is safe," Livia explains. "That man was there long before my father took over Kemorra and turned it into Augustus. He has dedicated his life to this organization, and he will not let this organization be defeated without a fight. ”

In this case, the Great Purge would only leave people like Neptune, who wanted to be legalized, and Augustus himself. Still, Ryan could tell that his girlfriend was worried that something would go wrong with the raid. Ending the battle with almost no casualties will be a test.

"I have a surprise for you," the courier said. "Something that will cheer you up."

"Really?" She squinted at him. "I couldn't guess what it was."

"Because I built it in a very thin place, you won't notice."

"Build a country like this?"

Ryan magically pulls out the blueprint from under his shirt and shows it to his girlfriend.

The program details a power armor based on the Saturn model. However, that outfit is thinner and suitable for female wearers. Its plate was as red as blood, its mask was as black as night, and a white spider was drawn on its chest. On top of that, this model swapped out ear-like antennae for eight retractable steel tentacles.

"Queen Krimson, I offer you the armor of Opis." Ryan laughed, and Livia gasped in shock. "Tailor-made for you."

"Ryan, I can't wear this," she said, covering her mouth with her hand. "If someone else discovers my abilities during the Bliss raid—"

"I'm not thinking about Bliss Island," Ryan whispered. "How about we fight nuclear proliferation together?"

Livia's eyes widened, and her fingers moved to grasp the drawings, examining them carefully. She stared blankly at the sleek helmet, at the graceful metal tentacles that would make any Japanese schoolgirl scream, at the striking spider symbol on her chest......

"I like it," Livia said, blushing. "Why the spider theme?"

"It uses an additional arm and unmanned aerial system, which is difficult for most pilots to master...... Unless they can see the future. "Besides, you're as shrewd and capable as a spider."

His lovely princess pouted. "You call me like an evil mastermind."

"Evil ......" he whispered in her ear as he leaned his head closer to her. Or misunderstanding?"

She chuckled. "You're such an angel, Ryan," his girlfriend said, then kissed him on the cheek. "So I've got you covered, too."

"You did it?" Ryan suddenly became excited and asked. "It's not my eight hundred and eighty-sixth birthday yet."

"It's on the roof. You'll love it. ”

He did it.

His girlfriend dragged him to the roof of the restaurant, where she installed a fascinating contraption behind a neon sign: a three-meter-tall rocket, orange like an apple and as strong as a tank. A scrawny psychopath can be seen screaming behind a porthole, his voice muffled by steel and his power suppressed by a powerful heater.

According to Rya

The ghoul was a sociopathic killer before becoming a psychopath, and Livia predicted that he would continue to kill even if he was cured. While several other imprisoned Meta Gang members are monsters and need to be imprisoned for the benefit of others, even if there is a cure, this bag of bones is by far the worst. Others may be cured, put on trial, and may even be restored to normal after a long prison sentence; But ghouls never change.

The courier had jokingly suggested banishing his immortal chew toy into space as another option to destroy him with his black powers, but it never occurred to him that Livia would take him seriously.

"According to Vulcan, this rocket can fly all the way to Pluto," Livia explained.

"Is it the Earth, or is it the genome?" Ryan asked innocently, amazed at the gift, like a child in front of a new console.

"Whatever you want. Also, Pluto is now a dwarf planet. ”

"You can't insult Pluto in front of me, princess." Ryan's fingers flicked the rocket, enjoying the roughness of steel and the smell of oil. Vulcan even added a string fuse to the reactor, like a PETA

d!“ How did she make such a beautiful thing in a few days?"

"She didn't," Livia gave him an embarrassed smile. "I cheated a little. In fact, she built a prison for Wywen a year ago, but when she realized that Wywen would escape, she gave up on the idea. I just asked her to add some modifications and gave her the data she needed to improve the prototype. ”

Ryan's eyes narrowed in disbelief. "She wants to send Wynne to Pluto?"

Livia closed her eyes and nodded.

Great minds think alike.

"Not bad," Ryan said, deeply moved. "You shouldn't do that. You really shouldn't. ”

"But I did." Livia handed him a lighter. "Want to do it together?"

"Of course," he replied, then took her hand in his own. "I let you choose your destination. Pluto? Venus? The sun?"

Livia thought for a moment. "In orbit around the Earth, in case we need him to bring him back."

"What, really?

"Ryan, he's immortal too," Livia said with a giggle. "It's cruel to send him to Pluto. Maybe staring at the earth for decades will change him. ”

Ryan also has his own doubts, but still indulges his girlfriend.

So, they romantically lit it together. As the flames got closer and closer to the reactor, the ghoul screamed and panicked. "Is it safe to be so far away?" Ryan asked, suddenly realizing that standing on the same roof could be dangerous. "The others are down there—"

"Shhhhh "It's fine."

Well, if she says so ...

"What do you call it?" Ryan asked as the fuse reached the reactor.

"SpaceZ," Livia replied.

The reactor started, but to Ryan's surprise, no flames came out. On the contrary, the rocket suddenly and silently jerked upwards without even shaking the roof under it. The device flew silently into the air, a faint red flux light flashing below the reactor.

Anti-gravity effect?

The courier would have preferred to see a huge explosion of flames, but he still waves goodbye to his favorite undead astronaut.

So, Ryan and Livia hug each other, and the ghoul disappears into the sky to resume space exploration.

Both knew that this could be their last moment of calm before a series of harsh trials arrived. They must destroy Lab 66, track down the Factory of Happiness in quick succession before Augustus is able to mobilize, and finally complete the with the mob Zeus himself.

From now on, they will have to accept the challenge.