Queen, whose real name was Sain, was a top scientist who had once worked alongside Vegapunk and several other leading scientists in MADS. Naturally, he had no shortage of tricks up his sleeve.
And unlike Caesar, Judge, and the others, who refused to acknowledge or looked down on other scientists' inventions, Queen had never minded using other people's research.
Vegapunk's laser beams, Germa's modification technology, and even the abilities granted by each of the Curly-Brow Quadruplets' transformation cans-Queen had learned to replicate them all.
But his own core technology still lay in his research into biological weapons. That was also where his epithet, "Plague," had come from.
Xie Wen also remembered the virus he was using now. It was the artificial virus that had appeared in the manga, the one Queen himself had called his greatest masterpiece-Ice Oni.
Just as the name "Ice Oni" suggested, not only would a chill spread throughout the bodies of those infected, but the parts covered by the cold would turn demonic. They would also lose control and attack others without distinguishing friend from foe.
More frighteningly, Queen always put a great deal of effort into making his viruses contagious. Mere contact would cause immediate infection, and Ice Oni was naturally no exception.
Having read the manga, Xie Wen certainly would not overlook Queen's viruses. He had even considered bringing Ai Haibara Meow along, but then he thought he could simply finish off the infected before they charged up to him, so he had abandoned the idea of bringing the little kitten.
What he had never expected, however, was that Queen would actually steel himself to infect himself. Even with an antidote on hand, that was far too risky. The boost Ice Oni provided was not particularly significant for an expert of Queen's caliber. If