Is This a Saint Seiya Transformation?

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, another week had passed.

Over that week, Loren once again shut himself away in the secret laboratory, throwing himself into research without regard for food or sleep.

Finally, on the seventh day, he successfully installed the upgraded Arc Reactor in 2B and the Batman Suit.

"Boss, is this the Arc Reactor? The energy is so overwhelming! I feel like I have endless strength."

Feeling the surging energy from the Arc Reactor, 2B's face was full of excitement.

Before this, she had to enter charging mode every day while Loren slept, which meant she could not warm his bed.

But now, with this Arc Reactor, she could go an entire month without charging. And even if the Arc Reactor's energy ran out—

she only needed to replace it with a new one. The entire process took just over ten seconds, which was far more convenient than charging.

"The Arc Reactor uses nuclear energy. In terms of energy efficiency, the previous battery technology naturally could not compare.

"Not only does it give you an exceptionally long standby time, it also greatly improves your reaction speed and strength.

"More importantly, you can now use the antigravity devices beneath your feet for extended periods, giving you the ability to fly."

Hearing this, 2B silently nodded, then immediately activated the antigravity devices.

In an instant, her entire body seemed weightless. She broke free of gravity's restraints and floated directly into the air.

Under normal circumstances, flying required powerful engines to provide thrust.

But antigravity devices required no propulsion. Their principle was to directly generate a force that counteracted gravity.

It worked somewhat like the repulsion between identical magnetic poles, so the entire process was exceptionally quiet, without the slightest noise.

The way 2B looked was very much like the Aerial Dance from Dragon Ball, graceful and free.

"I can fly! I can fly!"

Seeing herself effortlessly rise into the air, 2B murmured like an adorable little girl.

Then, like a free little bird, she began darting around the laboratory.

At first, her flying posture was still somewhat awkward, but after only a dozen seconds, she had completely mastered the skill of flight.

Her flying technique improved dramatically, and she moved with ease even within the cramped laboratory.

"Boss, fly with me! Let's go outside, okay?"

The more 2B flew, the more excited she became. The laboratory's space could no longer satisfy her.

Not only that, she began inviting Loren to fly with her.

Because she knew Loren had also installed an Arc Reactor in the Batman Suit, he could now fly while wearing it.

Hearing 2B's words, Loren wore an indulgent expression, like an old father watching his child.

"Sure. Let's go fly outside—and kill someone while we're at it." As Loren spoke, a ruthless glint flashed through his eyes.

"Kill someone? Are we going to kill that minister from the World Security Council you mentioned last time?"

At the mention of killing, excitement immediately appeared on 2B's face.

As a General-Purpose Combat Robot, fighting was what she loved most.

"Yes. We're going to kill Alexander Pierce!"

Loren nodded, then stood in the laboratory with his arms spread wide.

That motion seemed to release some kind of signal.

Immediately, black mechanical components flew out of the suit cabinet in the laboratory and automatically equipped themselves onto Loren's body.

Yes, during this week, Loren had not merely installed an Arc Reactor in the Batman Suit. He had also upgraded the suit itself.

He had modularized the suit, separating every individual component.

This allowed the suit to be quickly assembled onto his body like building blocks.

He had also installed miniature antigravity devices in every module.

This gave each individual module of the suit the ability to fly independently.

Not only that, he had stored several newly manufactured Batman Suits on satellites in low Earth orbit.

That way, even if he was thousands of miles away, as long as the satellites could locate his position, the Batman Suit could fly over at high speed.

This allowed him to have every suit module automatically equip itself onto his body, just like a Saint Seiya transformation.

It was both cool and greatly increased the speed of putting on the suit, saving time.

Tony had not accomplished this idea until the timeline of Iron Man 3, but Loren had completed it ahead of time.

However, his inspiration had not come from Tony Stark, but from the anime Saint Seiya that he had watched as a child.

"Boss, that was way too cool!"

Seeing Loren put on the Batman Suit in such an incredibly cool way, 2B could not help exclaiming in amazement.

"The cooler part is yet to come!" Loren smiled, then immediately opened the laboratory's steel canopy.

As the canopy opened, Loren merely rose onto the tips of his toes.

At once, his entire body floated upward like a feather.

Then, with a whoosh, he shot straight into the sky.

His speed instantly broke Mach 1, and a sonic boom cloud abruptly appeared behind him.

But his speed did not stop there. It continued increasing, reaching Mach 3 within seconds.

Tony Stark's Iron Man Suit needed to unleash its full performance just to barely reach Mach 3.

Yet for Loren, it was as effortless as breathing. From this alone, it was clear that his Batman Suit had completely surpassed Tony's Iron Man Suit.

At such high speed, he reached an altitude of ten thousand meters in the blink of an eye.

At that moment, his speed had already reached a terrifying Mach 3.5.

Such flying speed far exceeded that of most existing fighter jets.

Calling such performance terrifying would not be an exaggeration.

"Boss, slow down! I can barely keep up with you!"

At that moment, 2B's voice sounded inside Loren's steel helmet.

Hearing that, Loren finally slowed down and hovered in midair.

2B quickly caught up and appeared beside Loren.

"The scenery up here is so beautiful!" Looking at the sight before her, 2B could not help sighing in amazement.

"It is beautiful. But hidden amid this beauty is something disgusting. It's time to pull it out by the roots."

"Alice, locate Alexander immediately. We'll eliminate him now."

"Understood. Locating target..."