Reinforcements Won't Save You—You're Going to Die!

After sending 2B into action, Loren strolled to the office door at the end of the corridor.

What he had not expected was that the office door had been reinforced with a steel barrier, one that was clearly far from thin.

Seeing this, Loren did not attack the steel barrier directly. Instead, he moved over to the wall beside it.

Then, without the slightest hesitation, he clenched his fist and slammed it heavily into the wall.

After being injected with the Perfected Enhancement Serum, he could unleash roughly five tons of force.

Now, with the added boost of the Batman Suit, the force behind a single punch had evidently exceeded eight tons—a truly terrifying level.

With that kind of strength, blasting through a brick wall was no more than a trivial matter to him.

Yet what he had not expected was that when his heavy punch struck the brick wall, it did indeed explode apart immediately.

However, what it revealed inside was a steel wall gleaming with a cold sheen. Clearly, the entire room Pierce was in had undergone special reinforcement.

Looking at the steel wall before him, Loren frowned slightly, then revealed an amused smile.

"Since you're so afraid of dying, why did you have to go around courting death and causing trouble? You really are asking for it!"

"But do you really think this scrap metal can stop my intrusion? You're making things far too simple."

Loren spoke with a mocking expression, then took a step back and raised his right hand, pointing at the steel wall before him.

At once, a crimson laser beam struck the steel wall with overwhelming force.

In only a short while, the ten-centimeter-thick steel wall had been cut open with a long gash.

A little while later, the crimson laser pierced straight through the steel wall and instantly sliced the desk inside the office in half.

The sudden development terrified Pierce, who was hiding in the room. His eyes were filled with fear!

"Dammit, what kind of monster is outside?!"

As Pierce dodged the red laser beam, he pulled a handgun from the drawer and fired wildly at the ever-widening opening.

But what he was doing was like trying to stop a chariot with a mantis's arms. It had no effect whatsoever.

Moments later, a breach large enough for an adult to pass through stood glaringly before him.

At the same time, Loren, clad in the Batman Suit, ignored Pierce's gunfire and casually walked inside.

Seeing Loren appear before him, Pierce's face turned pale with fright, and his legs began trembling uncontrollably.

In just those few short seconds, he had emptied an entire magazine.

Yet aside from sending up showers of sparks, those bullets had not caused Loren even the slightest injury.

Seeing that his bullets were gone, Pierce did not give up. With trembling hands, he replaced the magazine and tried to fire again.

But the moment he raised his gun and aimed it at Loren, Loren took a swift step forward and appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye.

A black mechanical hand clamped around his wrist, then tightened violently. With a crack, his entire wrist caved in, the bones completely crushed.

"AAARGH!!!"

A pained, shrill scream immediately burst from Pierce's mouth, while the handgun in his grip fell to the floor.

Loren caught it with one hand and began casually playing with it.

"I thought you had skin of bronze and bones of iron. Turns out you don't! Since you don't, why were you looking to get yourself killed?"

As Loren spoke, he shoved the handgun straight into Pierce's mouth, then drove a heavy punch into Pierce's lower abdomen.

The powerful impact instantly bent Pierce's body like a shrimp. His stomach churned violently, and he nearly vomited.

But he forced himself to hold it back, because a gun was stuffed in his mouth. Who knew whether vomiting would make the other man pull the trigger?

"Don't... don't kill me! I don't know who you are, but there must be some misunderstanding between us. If I've offended you somehow, I can apologize and make amends. There's no need for us to resort to violence. Besides, if you kill me, you won't be able to escape either. You know who I am."

Pierce carefully pushed the gun out of his mouth, then stammered as he looked at Loren.

He tried to appeal to Loren's emotions and reason with him, hoping to persuade him to spare his life.

Hearing this, Loren revealed an amused smile.

"By identity, do you mean your position as a minister of the World Security Council, or as the leader of Hydra?"

"!!!!"

"Who exactly are you?!"

Hearing Loren expose his hidden identity, Pierce was instantly shocked. His eyes widened as he stared at Loren.

It was as though he wanted to see through Loren's eyes and discover who he really was, but Loren wore a bat mask, leaving nothing visible.

"You're such a clever man, yet you can't even guess who I am? It seems I overestimated your abilities.

In that case, I'll let you get a good look at who I am!" As Loren spoke, he directly opened his mask.

At once, a handsome face appeared before Pierce.

"Young... Young Master Loren!!!"

Pierce was filled with disbelief as he looked at Loren before him.

Just moments ago, countless faces had flashed through his mind, but Loren's had never been one of them.

According to the intelligence they had gathered, Loren was a worthless playboy, rotten wood that could not be carved, a useless good-for-nothing.

Yet the scene before him had completely exceeded his imagination. It was utterly different from the intelligence they had collected.

The Loren before him was not useless at all. On the contrary, he was incredibly powerful and ruthlessly vicious.

More importantly, he actually possessed a mechanical suit of armor that was even cooler and more futuristic than Iron Man's.

If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed it, even if beaten to death.

"Young Master? Heh. Do you still have any regard for me, the eldest young master of the Morgan Family?" Loren sneered coldly, his eyes filled with killing intent as he looked at Pierce.

"Young Master Loren, it's a misunderstanding! This is all a misunderstanding! I have no idea what you're talking about. What is Hydra?"

"Hehe, that's fine. You can keep playing dumb in hell. And trying to stall for time with me is completely pointless. You're going to die no matter what!" Loren said as he prepared to act.

However, at that moment, an arrow shot in through the opening, aimed directly at Loren's face.

The arrow came from an exceptionally tricky angle. Had it been an ordinary person, they would certainly have been struck.

But Loren merely waved his hand and easily knocked the arrow aside.

BOOM!

The instant the arrow was swatted away, its tip exploded on the spot. Clearly, it was no ordinary arrow.

"Looks like your reinforcements have arrived. Unfortunately, they can't save you. Bye-bye!"

Loren gave a mocking smile, then, while looking at the reinforcements outside the door, directly pulled the trigger.

With a crisp gunshot, Pierce's head exploded like a burst flower. He was dead beyond any doubt!