Charge Through First

Bang—

The glass wall on the top floor of Stark Tower shattered as an Iron Man suit was sent flying straight through it like a cannonball.

A rain of glass shards came crashing down, triggering a wave of screams and people scrambling for cover below. Some were cut by the falling glass.

The sudden turn of events had come so unexpectedly that even Tao Yu hadn't anticipated it: Stephen Strange, the future Doctor Strange, had been infected with the G-Virus!

Is the Ancient One not going to intervene?

The thought flashed through Tao Yu's mind.

Seeing Stephen effortlessly knock aside two Iron Man suits controlled by J.A.R.V.I.S., one of which had smashed through the glass and been hurled outside like a cannonball, Tao Yu realized that this G-Virus strain was probably different from the ordinary one.

The G-Virus infection was powerful, but the Iron Man suits weren't made of paper.

This strength was far beyond what he'd seen in the footage of the Tyrant Tony had shown him.

"What... what's happening to me..."

After Stephen's mutation, his voice had grown somewhat shrill. Raised flesh spread out from the giant eye on his shoulder, seemingly trying to creep toward his head. Blisters like burn marks began appearing on his face.

His veins bulged as if inflated, then began spraying green mucus.

Quick on his feet, Tao Yu dragged Tony and Potts back. Rhodes reacted a moment too slowly and was splashed directly with the green mucus.

Sizzle—

A sound like sulfuric acid eating away at flesh rang out, and Rhodes let out a scream.

The places where the mucus had hit his skin began to blister, just like the areas affected by Stephen's mutation.

"That fast?"

Tao Yu was a little shaken.

By now, he'd crammed in all sorts of basic