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CHAPTER 18

Under the punishing Afghan sun, Tony Stark was in his element. He stood before a crowd of US military brass and Afghan warlords, a rockstar on a stage of sand and steel.

"They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire," he began, his voice oozing charisma. "I respectfully disagree. I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once." He gestured grandly. "Behold, the Jericho!...

CHAPTER 17

"Alright, impressive," Tony said, reclining in his cream leather seat. "But how do I put the marshmallow back in the bag before he tells me I need to floss more?"

Aidan smiled. "Just tell him you're satisfied with his service."

"Okay, Baymax," Tony said, patting the robot's soft belly. "I am satisfied with your service."

As if a switch had been flipped, Baymax deflated with a ...

Chapter 70: Gene Repair

Crack!

With the sound of something fundamental breaking within his body, Ethan was forcibly, brutally, pushed through the watershed. He had successfully broken through to Rank Two, Level One. But this was not over yet. His rank continued to skyrocket like a runaway rocket. Level Two, Level Three… Level Five… Level Eight… Level Nine! A massive payload of refined Aura ...

Chapter 69: The Search Begins

Marcus looked like someone had just punched him in the gut—furious, frustrated, and barely holding it together. Seraphina sighed and gave him a small, resigned smile.
"Alright, alright. You win. I'll go with you one more time. But look, the beast tide just ended. Most of the monsters out there are already dead. If we're going to do this, now's probably the safest window we'll get."...

CHAPTER 16

While Aidan was en route to Stark Industries, Obadiah Stane leaned back in his leather office chair and made the call. The sound of a roaring V12 engine echoed from the other end.

"Tony," Obadiah began, his voice smooth as silk. "I trust you don't mind taking one more passenger on this trip?"

"Of course I don't, Obie, as long as she's a world-class model with questionable morals," T...

CHAPTER 15

A month passed. In the shadowy world of international arms dealing, Obadiah Stane slowly finalized his treacherous arrangements with his contacts in Afghanistan, waiting for the perfect moment to send Tony Stark into the fire.

Miles away, in the stark beauty of the desert, Aidan Parker was playing with fire of his own.

He stood on an open test range under a blistering sun, a pair of...

Chapter 68: The Mad Doctor 

The Tiger Deacon's clawed hands, which had torn apart psionic soldiers, trembled slightly as he unlaced the Iron Spider web from Ethan's form. He lifted the boy's inert body and carefully moved him into a sterile, open bio-stasis pod, the metallic surface cold and unforgiving. Then, turning with a reverence born of pure terror, he walked to a giant, cylindrical water tank in the center o...

Chapter 67: Experimental Subject

In the deep wilderness, three cloaked apostles of the Evolution Cult moved swiftly, carrying their prize. The unconscious Ethan Atherton, still tangled in the Iron Spider web, was their ticket to a new future. Inside his veins, the mysterious liquid they had injected, the "Wolf-Form Beastification Potion," was already beginning its work.

This potion was the latest and most promisi...

Chapter 66: Ethan is Missing

General Valerius's laugh was a harsh bark that echoed across the blood-soaked battlefield. He straddled the massive corpse of the Red-Feathered Eagle, his steel-hardened fists still glowing faintly. With a perfunctory, brutal motion, he smashed the creature's skull and reached into the gory mess, pulling out a fist-sized, pulsating Aura Core.

"Payday," he grunted, wiping gore on hi...

Chapter 65: E-Rank Monster

The shimmering fist-shadow tore through the night, but the Red-Feathered Eagle was preternaturally swift. With a powerful downbeat of its wings, it banked sharply, the psionic projectile set to miss by a hair's breadth.

From the ground, Everett Thorne merely flicked his wrist. "A net, then."

Tendrils of pure darkness, like liquid night, erupted from the air ...

XGO : V2 Chapter 13: A Study in Scarlet and Static

The chaos on the ground at the Stark Expo was a brutal, asymmetric war. Where Alex, in his Lodestar form, moved with methodical precision, the sky was a different story—a frantic, desperate ballet of survival.

Tony Stark, encased in the red and gold of the Mark VI, was a lone knight besieged by a swarm of mechanical dragons. The aerial Hammer Drones, though clumsy and lacking his...

CHAPTER 14

After securing his extended leave of absence from both Principal Angus and a slightly bemused Aunt May, Aidan Parker packed a single, durable duffel bag. His journey took him out of the familiar, bustling streets of Queens and into the shimmering heat haze of the desert. The bus left him on a lonely stretch of highway, where a sleek black car was already waiting. In front of it stood a woman in...

CHAPTER 13

Aidan and Logan sat in comfortable silence by the lake, the quiet punctuated only by the gentle lapping of water against the shore. Logan nodded, processing Aidan’s proposal, and was about to speak when his entire body went rigid. His expression went blank, his jaw slack. At that exact moment, Aidan’s eyes snapped to Logan’s fishing line. The red and white bobber, which had been perfectly...

Chapter 64: Wolf-Form Beastification Potion!

"I can go with you," Ethan's voice was a strained rasp, the fibers of the web digging into his suit, "but I need proof. Proof that my parents are safe."

The Deacon's robed form seemed to radiate an aura of cold amusement. "Proof? Boy, you misunderstand the dynamics of this exchange. You are a specimen to be collected. You are in no position to demand terms." His voice, though modul...

Chapter 63: Attack!

The world was a muffled, distant roar. Ethan stood over the cooling bodies, his own ragged breathing the only sound he could truly hear. The coppery smell of blood and the sharp, acrid scent of ozone from Aurora's final attack filled his lungs, thick and sickening. He looked down at his hands. They were shaking uncontrollably. He could still feel the phantom sensation of tearing flesh a...

CHAPTER 12

The next day, San Francisco was buzzing with news of the "accident" at the Krei Tech campus launch. The official story was a gas line explosion, but whispers of the mysterious masked man and the heroic new team of heroes were already becoming the city's favorite new myth.

In a bright, sterile room at San Francisco General, the team gathered around Tadashi’s hospital bed. He was awake, b...

CHAPTER 11

While the city mourned a hero, the ghost of Professor Callaghan was hard at work. In the cavernous, forgotten shell of an abandoned cannery by the bay, he quietly established his new empire. He sat in a makeshift command center, a neural transmitter strapped to his head, its settings subtly altered. With a thought, he repurposed Hiro’s genius, linking the swarm of microbots to his own brainwa...

CHAPTER 10

After Hiro’s triumphant presentation, the crowd began to disperse. Tadashi, beaming with pride, slung an arm around his younger brother. “Come on, genius. Let’s get you a celebratory burger. We need to talk about your future.” He led Hiro away, leaving the revolutionary microbots behind for the judges to view.

The rest of the team gathered around Ward, buzzing with excitement. But...

CHAPTER 9

Later that night, driven by a strategic impatience, Ward made his way to Professor Callaghan's office. He knocked softly on the heavy wooden door. Inside, Callaghan sat in the dim glow of his desk lamp, his gaze lost in a worn photograph. For a brief second, Ward could see the image of a smiling man and a young woman before the professor, startled, quickly placed it face down on his desk.

CHAPTER 8

"Tadashi, give me a hand!" Ward called out, his voice slightly strained from the weight of the tall oxygen cylinder.

"Oh, right! Coming!" Tadashi heard the call, ruffled his brother's hair, and jogged over. "Testing the heat resistance now?" he asked, expertly helping Ward position the heavy tank.

"Yep. Honey's synthesized a chemical accelerant that burns at an incredibly high tempe...

CHAPTER 7

Aidan—or rather, his current persona, Ward—found himself drawn to Gogo Tomago’s workbench. The bicycle’s wheels, humming with contained power, floated inches above their mounts. They were a beautiful, impossible fusion of engineering and elegance.

“How are you managing the reverse current induction?” Ward asked, his voice filled with genuine curiosity. “The feedback loop on ...

CHAPTER 6

Fame, Aidan Parker discovered, had the lifespan of a mayfly. For one frantic week, he was the axis on which the city turned. The media mob that had besieged Midtown High was replaced by a more insidious parade of power brokers in discreet town cars. His life became a blur of high-stakes negotiations in sterile boardrooms and hushed government offices. He met with generals whose chests were heav...

Chapter 62: Battle

"It's no use, kid," Cheetah's modulated voice rasped, the sound like grinding metal. He pressed his foot down harder on XLR8's tail, the pressure immense. "Look at you, still thrashing. It's cute. But that little tail of yours is caught fast. Rank One muscle can't break a Rank Two grip, especially one of ours."

Seeing the man's smug, tilted head, Ethan didn't feel...

Chapter 61: Capture

In order to strictly limit the notice of New Veridia's authorities, the strength of the personnel participating in this infiltration operation was carefully restricted. The highest rank among them was only Rank Two, Level Five; this was to reduce the risk of being discovered by the city's high-level psionic sensors. After all, if one's psionic signature was too powerful,...

XGO V2 CHAPTER 12

There was no further warning. The air in the main pavilion of the Stark Expo filled with the deafening, high-pitched whine of spinning minigun barrels and the crackle of charging energy cannons as every drone on stage, and those that had been revealed in the gantries above, opened fire simultaneously.

Tony Stark’s new triangular arc reactor blazed to life, feeding immense power to his M...

Chapter 60: Beastification Potion!

His arms bent, Marcus gauged the timing, his muscles coiled like powerful springs. The moment Ethan, as the descending meteor of fire, got close, he suddenly, explosively, leaped up. A force so powerful it seemed to reach the absolute extreme instantly erupted from his legs, so much so that the reinforced ground beneath his feet couldn't bear it and directly cracked open into a spiderweb...

Chapter 59: The Finals!

Because this was already the second official drawing of lots, there were far fewer people, and they finished another two full rounds of the tournament in the afternoon. Ethan won his first two matches without any real suspense. At this point, there were only twenty-one contestants left on the various stages across the arena. Among them, there were ten psionicists left in the first rank g...

CHAPTER 5

The moment Aidan Parker stepped into Mr. Simmons’ office, the atmosphere was so thick with tension he could taste it—a metallic tang of anxiety mixed with the cloying scents of expensive cologne. Three men in immaculate suits were seated opposite the principal's desk, their combined presence making the cozy, book-lined office feel like a corporate boardroom. Mr. Simmons, looking profoundly ...

CHAPTER 4

The next morning, Midtown High was under siege.

The scene was a chaotic masterpiece of modern fame. A solid wall of bodies, three-deep in expensive suits and rumpled reporter jackets, choked the school's grand entrance. Beyond them, a constellation of news vans aimed satellite dishes at the sky like strange, metallic sunflowers. The air, usually filled with the sounds of morning chatter a...

CHAPTER 3

The New York City night was a creature of stark contrasts. From their vantage point in Queens, the distant spires of Manhattan were a breathtaking forest of light, a promise of a world that never slept. But down here, on the residential streets, darkness pooled in the mouths of alleyways like man-eating beasts, deep and threatening. The air was cool, carrying the distant wail of a siren and the...