Hidden Surprise (Second Update)

The powerful hematopoietic system, modified through targeted gene editing, roared into overdrive like an engine with the throttle pinned, replenishing the boy's lost blood. His wounds stopped bleeding far faster than a normal person's, but even so, he had lost a great deal of blood. Clotted blood and blackened motor oil had seeped into the joints' servo systems, making the hydraulic joints even noisier. In the dim corridor behind him, where the power had gone out, the wreckage of nearly ten robots flickered with electrical sparks. Cooling cuts slowly gave off heat and the acrid stench of burnt electronic components. A scrawny, panicked mongrel drooled as it cautiously sniffed at the Homeless Man's foul-smelling scraps of flesh. It watched the boy leaning against the wall warily, only beginning to gorge itself after determining he was not a rival.

The boy shook his head with difficulty, trying to throw off the layers of darkness filling his vision.

The wound and burns on his thigh had come from his own mistake, but fortunately, he had still dealt with those robots. He did not know what equipment those robots carried, but Ultron seemed to have noticed that he was different. His body, enhanced through Gene Alchemy, possessed a superior structure, and that had greatly interested Ultron. Ultron had even dispatched more robots to hunt him down—an unusual move, since Ultron only wanted to preserve the mechanical race he had created and had never been so friendly toward organic life.

Perhaps Ultron simply wanted one more research specimen. Who knew?

With trembling fingers, the boy opened the small pouch at his waist and took out a medical pulse injection device, giving himself a shot in the wound. He repeated the process three times. On the third injection, he injected his carotid artery. Only after