"Damn it!"
Ultron cursed aloud. Although he had knocked Helen Cho down immediately, Wanda had used magic to free Dr. Cho from his control a moment before him. That brief gap had allowed Helen Cho to regain her senses and interrupt the upload of his mind into the body in the Regeneration Cradle.
The robots pursuing the twins had also been stopped, which only fueled Ultron's fury.
But none of that anger compared to the overwhelming sense of betrayal he felt upon learning that Wanderer had never been loyal to him.
"Bastard! That shameless puppet dared to deceive me!" Ultron roared bitterly. Laser beams shot from his palms as he wantonly destroyed the laboratory equipment to vent his rage.
"Oh boy, look at you."
Tony Stark's voice came from the laboratory entrance. Ultron immediately reined in his anger, unwilling to let this man see him in such a sorry state.
"Have you come to mock me, Stark?"
Ultron's tone was chillingly cold, his mechanical eyes crackling with red light.
"Uh... if that's what you want to think, I can't stop you."
Tony spread his hands.
"Honestly, compared to Wanderer, you're still a rookie, Ultron."
"I simply never expected the great Iron Man to resort to such shameless schemes." Ultron regained his usual composure. While keeping Stark occupied, he secretly directed the other nearby robots to prepare to assist him.
The Regeneration Cradle was the key. He could not let all his efforts go to waste.
"Shameless? No, no, no. This is called... called..."
Tony drew a blank.
"All's fair in war."
Xiao appeared just in time to bail Tony out.
"Heh. Say whatever you like."
Ultron stepped forward, staring at Tony as he slowly said, "The twins. I thought they would be exceptions, but in the end, they couldn't escape