Manhattan Island, Times Square.
Near the Earth Shaker launch device, Jeff, clad in the Black Lord Battle Armor, suddenly shouted.
"What's going on?!"
He was connected to the Titan armor inside the Empire State Building, so the intense light Starlight created in the lobby affected him even from Times Square.
His vision went completely white.
Jeff immediately severed his connection to the Titan armor. Even so, it took more than ten seconds for his sight to return to normal.
"So that's how it is!"
"So that's how it is!"
No flames erupted from his armor. Instead, several energy nodes on the Battle Armor glowed faintly.
The space around Jeff immediately warped slightly, and he flew into the sky in his black armor, heading for the Empire State Building.
"Those cops running all over the place, and the Secretary of Defense negotiating with me—they were all decoys!"
"They used those decoys to distract me, then sent the superheroes into action to take Arnold away while I was distracted."
"You wish!"
Inside the Empire State Building.
The instant the lobby lit up with brilliant light, Maeve smashed through the wall and landed on the display platform. Her feet plowed more than ten meters across the floor before she came to a stop.
As the light gradually dimmed, the specially modified Savage Fighter armor charged at Maeve under Jeff's remote control.
The Savage Fighter was imposing in design, its armor predominantly crimson, with a buffalo-like curved horn on each shoulder.
At that moment, it hunched its shoulders and viciously rammed Maeve with one of those curved horns.
If it struck her, the armor would use the momentum to fling Maeve away.
Meanwhile, another earth-yellow Battle Armor arrived beside Arnold. It was the specially modified Unfalling Fortress.
Its armor was hard and thick, and