Marvel: Becoming a Tech God with Silver Age Superman!
Chapter 12

I Found You!

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"Congratulations, you guessed right. I really am not!"

2B sneered, then suddenly exerted force with her hand.

Instead, she flung Kingpin, who had grabbed her arm, away, sending him crashing heavily into the helicopter behind him.

Kingpin was massive to begin with, and 2B possessed extraordinary strength. According to Loren's calculations, 2B's steel body could unleash at least three tons of force.

That level of strength was enough to rival a superhero like Captain America. Naturally, it was far beyond anything someone of Kingpin's caliber could match.

"Argh!! Pfft!!" The powerful impact immediately made Kingpin cough up blood.

He collapsed onto the ground in a sorry state, looking utterly miserable and no longer carrying the aura expected of an underworld emperor.

At that moment, Loren's voice came from 2B's mouth.

"You should know that you are no match for 2B right now, so giving up early is your best choice. With your standing, you could never have been involved in something like murdering the Morgan family head.

There must be an even more powerful force backing you from the shadows.

Tell me, who planned all this from behind the scenes? If you tell me the truth, I can let you die comfortably."

Hearing Loren's voice so suddenly, Kingpin was greatly surprised, but he still refused to surrender.

He laughed. "Hahaha, do you think I, Kingpin, am the kind of man who fears death?"

"Of course you aren't. But I know you are a good husband who loves his wife and a good father who loves his son.

I don't think you want to see what is happening to you right now happen to them again and again, do you?"

"You don't drag family into this. That's the rule in our line of work!"

"You already murdered someone else's parents, yet you expect others to follow underworld rules? Don't you find that hilarious?"

Kingpin had no response to Loren's words. He simply could not refute them.

Because he knew the other side was absolutely right. He had been the one to send people to murder someone else's parents first.

And now he was demanding that others follow underworld rules. It really was ridiculous.

However, as an underworld emperor who had dominated the criminal world, he naturally could not bow his head.

"You don't need to threaten me with my family. From the day I entered this line of work, I had already anticipated this day.

"I will never submit, and I will not die by your hand."

As he spoke, Kingpin suddenly pulled a dagger from his waist and stabbed it into his own heart without hesitation.

The sight was so unexpected that Loren did not even have time to react.

He had not expected Kingpin to prefer suicide over revealing even the slightest bit of intelligence. That temperament truly befitted a crime boss!

Just then, a bullet came hurtling in from afar.

As a General-Purpose Combat Robot, 2B had already become alert. Before the bullet could reach her, she easily dodged it.

Seeing her evade it, the person firing from the shadows had no intention of letting her off so easily.

Thus, the instant she avoided the bullet, the second and third bullets followed close behind.

Moreover, the shooter's marksmanship was exceptionally precise. Both shots were aimed at her forehead, clearly intending to kill her in one blow.

But as a General-Purpose Combat Robot, she had been created for battle.

Her combat experience was therefore far beyond anything a human could compare to.

In that instant, she swiftly swung the katana in her hand. Two flashes of cold light streaked past, and she easily split both bullets in half.

At the same time, she rapidly began analyzing the bullets' trajectories.

In just an instant, she roughly deduced the location of the sniper who had launched the sneak attack from the shadows.

Now, as long as that sniper dared fire another shot, she was absolutely confident she could pinpoint the gunman's exact location.

And once that location was confirmed, it would be the sniper's day of death.

However, the fourth bullet she had been expecting did not appear.

That meant the sniper had likely realized he had been exposed and was preparing to withdraw!

Having understood this, Loren did not hesitate in the slightest. He abandoned Kingpin's corpse and ordered 2B to pursue.

2B leaped into the air, jumping directly from the roof of Kingpin Tower to the roof of another building dozens of meters away.

Then she charged toward her estimated location with the speed of a gale.

Not only that, she also controlled the Anti-Gravity Drone to scout ahead, searching for the sniper's trail as quickly as possible.

Based on her deduction, the sniper had definitely been sent by the force backing Kingpin.

Their purpose was to prevent Kingpin from leaking secrets and exposing their identities.

However, they had not expected Kingpin to choose suicide in the end, so they turned their attention to her.

Therefore, as long as she found that damned sniper, she could learn about the mastermind from him.

And this was her final opportunity today.

If she missed it, the follow-up investigation might end there, and she would be unable to complete the task Loren had assigned her.

That was not what she wanted. Loren had created her to solve his problems and handle all manner of needs for him. If she could not do that, then her existence would have no meaning.

And having no meaning was something she could never accept. Therefore, she had to drag out that damned sniper and complete the mission through him.

After rapidly leaping across several buildings, she arrived before a slightly run-down high-rise. This was the approximate location where she believed the sniper was hiding.

Yes, only an approximate location. She still could not confirm the other side's exact position with complete certainty.

But just then, the Anti-Gravity Drone she had sent out captured footage of the sniper relocating. Seeing the image captured by the drone, a smile appeared on 2B's face.

She immediately leaped again, shooting toward the room where the man was like a cannonball.

Her body of steel ignored all obstacles, smashing straight through the room's glass window and arriving before the sniper, who was preparing to relocate.

"I found you!" 2B's hand clawed toward the sniper's throat. If she caught him, he would either die or be severely injured.

However, the man was no ordinary opponent. He immediately raised the sniper rifle in his hands to block her.

With a crack, the sniper rifle was crushed into scrap metal.

But the man used that opening to retreat backward.

Not only that, he swiftly drew a handgun from his waist, attempting to fire at 2B's head from only a few dozen centimeters away.

But at that moment, 2B's hand moved first, pressing against the muzzle and blocking his bullet with her bare hand...

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