After deliberately wasting so much time and still seeing no one come to save Machine Head, it seemed Darkseid had truly abandoned him.
Useless pieces got discarded, huh?
In other words, after Machine Head's plan to kidnap Barry failed, he had been classified as worthless trash.
Fine. If he could not be used as bait, then so be it. Better to focus on having him show off whatever new power he had obtained from Uncle Darkseid.
Perhaps it would not be a complete demonstration, but even an indirect glimpse could provide some ideas.
The key was to get his head and find out what that thing was—the thing he had secretly been watching at home before, the thing that anyone else who saw it had to die.
After breaking free of his armor's restraints, Nito somehow seemed to have grown stronger. Mainly, his whole presence had changed.
Previously, dressed in that reddish-brown armor, he had looked like a goofy loser. Now, he did not look quite so foolish.
He floated in the corridor and took something out from behind his back. It was as though he were clutching a mass of air in his hand, then he opened his mouth and swallowed that air.
Gray light then spread across his body, as if a game character had entered its second phase and begun using new abilities.
He used an ability similar to a Power Ring's constructs, creating a new suit of armor for himself out of gray energy. This armor differed from his previous designs, looking more like Apokolips-style armor with sharp, angular lines.
As expected, he still preferred wearing armor. Without it, he felt incomplete. It was probably just a habit he had developed.
Then he raised a hand and threw a punch upward.
Gray light flashed.
"Boom!!!"
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