The Speedster: Thunder Demon! (Two-in-one)

"Reynolds Group..."

Mo Zhen finished the last bite of her ice cream, turned around and went back to her bedroom, where she began searching for detailed information about the Leinuo boardroom bombing on her computer.

This explosion was definitely not caused by the Joker Man.

It was Thunder Demon who made the move.

Because shortly after the bombing, the Old Reynolds announced that, as the founder, he would reorganize the Reynolds Group's board of directors and take over the Reynolds Group once again.

Subsequently, Reynolds Group stated that they would immediately initiate anti-takeover proceedings and repurchase shares from the deceased shareholders in accordance with the terms.

At the same time.

The top-floor offices of the Reynolds Group.

Old Reynolds woke up with a start. He looked around but didn't see any suspicious figures, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

He had a nightmare in which he was possessed by Thunder Demon, his murder of the group's director was exposed, his reputation was ruined, and his family was destroyed.

The police, on the other hand, stormed in with superheroes and threw themselves into jail.

Thankfully, it was just a dream. He has now regained control of the company.

After that, all he needs to do is restart the controlled nuclear fusion experiment and banish that damned Thunder Demon back to the Subspace, and his life can get back on track.

You like everything you have right now, don't you?

The Thunder Demon's voice rang in Old Reynolds's ears once more.

"Shut up!" Old Reynolds snapped.

He already has a way to banish the Thunder Demon.

As long as he reopens the gate to the Subspace, he will surely be able to banish the Thunder Demon back!

Just then, Old Reynolds suddenly narrowed his eyes and looked at a dark figure that had appeared in the office at some unknown time.

The other person was completely submerged in a blurry black shadow, like a grotesque human-shaped paper cutout pieced together.

Old Reynolds was so startled that he jumped up from the sofa.

"Who?!"

The figure moved slowly, and a woman's voice came out. "Don't be nervous, Mr. Leinuo. I'm here to discuss cooperation."

"Do you know me?" Old Reynolds wasn't sure if the other person was a human or a ghost.

The visitor calmly replied, "Of course, we also know that you currently wield the power of one of the eight great demons of the Subspace, the 'Lightning Demon'."

"You planned that bombing too, didn't you?"

Old Reynolds's forehead was covered in cold sweat. How could it be that just after seeing off one Joker Man, the whole world seemed to know the identity he had been desperately trying to hide?

He clearly only wanted to use the power of the Thunder Demon to take back his company, and then reseal the Thunder Demon back into the Subspace!

That's all!!

The newcomer continued, "Let's make a deal, Mr. Leinuo. We need your help, and in return, we'll do you a favor."

Old Reynolds, befitting his position as the group's leader, suppressed his inner tension.

Tell me your terms before making a decision.

The shadowy figure said calmly, "We need your controlled nuclear fusion technology. In return, we'll help you obtain Nebula Alloy and complete your second controlled nuclear fusion experiment."

"You're a smart person, you should know how to choose."

That technology again...!

Now, Old Reynolds deeply regrets creating that device; he should have listened to his student's advice.

But in the end, Old Reynolds only asked one question.

Who are you? Why are you targeting me?

The shadowy figure smiled.

"We are... the Witches' Association."

"As for our purpose, you can rest assured, we simply want to use your genius-level skills to take revenge on the Ministry of Magic."

The obsessive witches have never bothered to hide their intentions, because their sanity has been corrupted beyond recognition by the Subspace.

He has some brains, but not many.

Those who maintain rationality year after year, like Bubble, are a minority.

Outside the door...

Little Reynolds pressed himself against the door, his hands clutching a water glass and pills, his fingers trembling slightly.

1:30 AM

Mo Zhen was sleeping soundly in bed when she was suddenly shaken awake by her system.

It's even scarier than the alarm clock for getting up early for school.

[Attention, dear Witch! The personal event "Scarlet Spider--The Birth of Thunder Demon" has entered its second phase.]

[Synopsis: Under the influence of the Joker Man, the Thunder Demon personality fully awakens within Old Reynolds. Subsequently, in order to conduct a second controlled nuclear fusion experiment, Old Reynolds makes a deal with the Witches' Association.]

Tonight, the Witches' Association assist the Thunder Demon in stealing the Nebula Alloy from the Colossus Company.

[Send to the scene?]

"Hmm..."

As the blankets rolled around, Mo Zhen transformed inside, and the gray-haired girl dawdled out, her eyes still heavy with sleep:

"I finally managed to go to bed a little earlier today, and you had to wake me up in the middle of the night? I hate you guys... I really hate you!"

Even so, the Miss Hell still decided to go and see what was going on.

[The witch is praying...]

Her figure disappeared from the spot.

At the same time.

"Boom!!"

In the suburbs of Whale Sea, a massive explosion occurred at the Research Base No. 7 belonging to the Colossus Company, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries among the staff.

Immediately, alarms sounded, and police rushed to the scene.

Also rushing to the scene was the superhero Scarlet Spider, who happened to be nearby.

Spider-Boy swung between skyscrapers, through brightly Nihon streets, and arrived at the vicinity of the industrial park at top speed.

"Who would be so bold as to attack Colossus Company's territory?"

Research Base No. 7, located in the Jinghai District, is a newly built research base of Colossus Company this year, focusing on new metallic materials and nuclear power facilities.

Not only is the private armed force of the Colossus Company stationed there, but also two superheroes from the Colossus Company.

Their codenames are "Laser Eye" and "Mechanical Vigilante."

Both individuals are classified as B+ in terms of danger.

Laser Eyes: 36 years old, his ability is to fire destructive white lasers from his eyes, making him almost a walking human weapon.

His lasers are incredibly destructive, making him arguably the pinnacle of B+ tier heroes.

Mechanical Vigilante: 48 years old, he has no superpowers. He was originally just a veteran who was paralyzed due to trauma during the Taiping Prefecture War.

Later, this veteran signed up for the Colossus Company's "Cybernetics Project." His compatibility with the company's cyborgs was significantly higher than that of others, and his rejection rate was almost zero.

Finally, after thirteen surgeries by the Colossus Company, only the brain and spine remained as original parts of the veteran; the rest were modified and replaced with military-grade prosthetics.

He Miracles survived.

The veteran, reborn, signed a contract with the Colossus, becoming a "Mechanical Vigilante" as the pinnacle of human cybernetic technology.

This is why Scarlet Spider was puzzled; in his view, these criminals were simply too bored to dare to attack Research Base No. 7.

These two superheroes, standing there like gatekeepers, would shut down 99% of supervillains.

Only someone with nothing better to do would come here and cause trouble.

Inside Base Seven.

Repeated warnings echoed in the ears of the researchers, caused by a malfunction in the nuclear reactor at the base.

Anything related to nuclear facilities is no small matter, and these researchers initially thought it was an equipment malfunction.

Then a violent explosion occurred.

The upper functional area of the reactor instantly shut down, and the staff there could only see a blurry blue figure rush in.

He was so fast that even the cameras couldn't capture him clearly. By the time the security team reacted, he had already killed all the upper-level staff.

At this point, Laser Eye and the Mechanical Vigilante realized that it wasn't an equipment malfunction at all, but rather that a real supervillain had dared to attack Base Seven.

They immediately tracked the other party and arrived at the core underground area of Base Seven, where the bodies of guards and staff were scattered all along the way.

"Just who is this guy?"

Laser Eyes wore a specially customized metal goggles and looked at the corpses scattered on the ground outside through a camera.

The Mechanical Vigilante next to him was a cybernetic body, wearing a suit, with blue light shimmering in the grooves where the cybernetic body was fitted.

His eyes swept over the battle marks on the ground, and he analyzed:

"This guy was incredibly fast... he snapped everyone's necks in an instant."

"Let me check the company's global database to see if there are any wanted criminals listed."

"Okay, I'll go check it out ahead."

Laser Eyes nodded, walked around the corner as he spoke, and then stood there dumbfounded.

Starting from the corner gate, a huge hole pierced straight through the entire underground core area.

At the edge of the opening, on the concrete reinforced with triple steel bars, streaks of blue electric arcs still flickered and crackled.

Through the opening, the Laser Eye could see inside the core area, where a man in a dark blue suit was standing in front of the control panel of the nuclear power facility.

As if noticing his gaze, the man turned around, a slight smile playing on his lips beneath his mask, "You guys are too slow!"

With that, the man slammed his fist on the control panel, and instantly, countless bolts of lightning surged into the underground nuclear power facility.

"Beep--beep--!"

Warning: Nuclear power facility has entered self-destruct sequence!

Warning: Nuclear power facility has entered self-destruct sequence!

Countdown: 30 minutes!

"He activated the self-destruct plan? How did he do that?!"

Upon hearing the warning, the Mechanical Vigilante immediately looked up and gave chase.

Laser Eyes cursed, removed his blindfold, and unleashed a blinding white light from his eyes, shooting them towards the intruder in the core area.

However, the man in the dark blue suit merely raised an eyebrow, and before Laser Eyes could remove his eyepatch, he transformed into a streak of blue lightning.

Boom!!

The white laser in the Laser Eye missed its target.

Lasers travel at the speed of light, which is nearly 300,000 kilometers per second, so theoretically, if you aim correctly, it's impossible to miss.

Unfortunately, the Laser Eye's speed is only at the level of an ordinary superhero, and it needs to charge up before firing the laser.

Therefore, the simplest way to deal with Laser Eye is to catch him before he takes off his eye patch and prepares for an attack.

That's exactly what that mysterious blue lightning did.

The very next second after the Laser Eye attack missed.

A mysterious blue lightning bolt appeared before the opponent, delivering a swift and deadly chop to Laser Eye's chest.

"Pfft!!"

The electric hand strike easily pierced through Laser Eye's physical defenses, passing right through his heart and chest.

"Who... who are you?!"

Laser Eye was greatly shocked by his speed, lowered his head, and tried to re-aime at the blue lightning to release the laser again.

Seeing this, Blue Lightning grinned and unleashed incredible speed, drawing his hand and slashing horizontally, severing the opponent's head.

"Me? My codename is 'Thunder Demon,' but unfortunately you can't hear me."

Thunder Demon grinned, looked at the head lying on the ground, and gently shook his head.

From the start to the end of the battle, it only took a few seconds.

The Mechanical Vigilante caught up from around the corner, raised its left hand, and fired a miniature missile directly at the blue lightning bolt.

"I'll say it again."

"You guys are too slow!"

The Thunder Demon activated instantly, accelerating from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in less than a second, reacting before the Mechanical Vigilante could even raise its hand.

He narrowly avoided the missile, then raised his hand again, intending to deliver a second chop to kill the Mechanical Vigilante.

But this time his plan failed.

The Mechanical Vigilante's eyes were covered by lines of red code, and its entire body, equipped with military-grade cybernetic technology, quickly entered a crimson overload mode.

Military cybernetic body: "Sandevistan--T11".

This is a burst-type cybernetic prosthetic device developed under the leadership of the Cybernetic Technology Division of the Colossus Company, specifically customized for the military.

It can accelerate the reflexes and movement speed of Mechanical Vigilantes to a level comparable to time stop in the eyes of ordinary people.

In the blink of an eye, the Mechanical Vigilante actually kept up with the speed of the Thunder Demon.

He drew his long sword from his waist with his right hand and slashed at the Thunder Demon that was attacking from the front.

At the critical moment, Thunder Demon abandoned his attack and used a Faded Roll to dodge the Mechanical Vigilante's sword strike.

"Fine, you win!"

Then, Thunder Demon stepped onto the wall and accelerated a second time like a gecko, instantly disappearing into the distant corridor.

"Sizzle--!"

The Mechanical Vigilante was billowing white smoke from overload. He glanced in the direction the Thunder Demon had left, wanting to give chase, but he was powerless to do so.

His S. A. W. S ... It needs to cool down after each use, Otherwise, he would have been burned first.

The Mechanical Vigilante had no choice but to press his earpiece and report to his superiors, "The attacker's codename is Thunder Demon; his ability is similar to that of the 'Snowplow' —a speedster."

"The initial danger level is assessed as B+ to A; Laser Eye is already dead at his hands."

"After exchanging blows with me, he bypassed me and headed straight for the laboratory where the Nebula Alloy was stored."

If we're talking about the most valuable thing in the entire Base Seven, it has to be the Nebula Alloy that we just acquired from the government recently.

The Taiping Prefecture Space Agency (TASA) has only been able to extract two fist-sized pieces of Nebula Alloy from the meteorite that fell in Taiping Prefecture last month.

One piece was sold to the Reynolds Group, and the other to Colossus Company.

Base Seven originally intended to use this Nebula Alloy for controlled nuclear fusion research, but for various reasons, they did not make any substantial progress.

The meeting between Chairman Moro and Old Reynolds some time ago was also to discuss cooperation in this regard, but it ended on bad terms.

"Receive."

At that moment, a public channel came in.

"Hello, this is Scarlet Spider. How can I help you?"

Upon hearing this, the Mechanical Vigilante said, "The criminal who attacked Base Seven is codenamed Thunder Demon, and his ability is Speedster. Do you know him, Scarlet Spider?"

"Thunder Demon? Never heard of him." Scarlet Spider asked doubtfully, "Is he a newly debuted criminal?"

"Forget it, that guy is beyond your capabilities, Spider-Boy. You'd better not get involved," the Mechanical Vigilante advised.

He has always been kind to young people with a sense of justice, so he doesn't want Scarlet Spider to come and get himself killed.

Upon hearing this, Scarlet Spider remained silent for a moment on the other end of the phone.

"Forehead..."

He squatted on the iron tower outside the research base. "But I'm already at the gate."

Just then...

A clear, aloof, and noble girl's voice suddenly rang out from beside Scarlet Spider:

Who are you talking to on the phone?

Scarlet Spider was startled and turned around to see Miss Hell sitting next to him, her long gray hair swaying gently in the wind.

The girl stared at him seriously with her deep red eyes, her fair and delicate face still showing a hint of spoiled morning grumpiness.

"Miss Hell?!"

Scarlet Spider exclaimed in surprise, "How come you walk so quietly? You scared me to death! I thought I was being ambushed!"

Hell blinked softly. "Of course I walk silently, because I flew here."

Scarlet Spider: "..."

You magical girls who can all fly, you're really high and mighty.

Despite his complaints, Scarlet Spider quickly relayed the information the Mechanical Vigilante had given him to Hell, synchronizing it with the data.

"Speedster?"

Hell seemed thoughtful, but she wasn't surprised, since she already knew that the reward for killing the Thunder Demon was the Speed Force.

At that moment, a second explosion suddenly came from deep within the research base, and then Hell and Scarlet Spider saw a blue lightning bolt emerge from the flames.

He was holding a multicolored black stone in his arms.

It's him!

Scarlet Spider decisively jumped off the iron tower and shot a web at the opponent, intending to intercept him halfway.

But the Thunder Demon was much faster than he had imagined, veering off course midway and bypassing his spiderweb.

And then he kicked the Scarlet Spider away.

"What the hell?!" Scarlet Spider rolled several times on the ground, completely stunned by the opponent's speed.

Hell, on the other hand, made a tentative move.

Whoosh!

Because of the distance, dozens or even hundreds of "solutions" chased after the Thunder Demon, but were always a step behind.

Fortunately, the two of them slowed down the Thunder Demon, preventing it from accelerating in a straight line on flat ground, thus allowing the Mechanical Vigilantes to catch up.

"Sandevistan!"

The Mechanical Vigilantes once again entered overload mode, wielding long swords and hunting down the Thunder Demon's trail, determined to retrieve the Nebula Alloy.

Even if we can't take it back, we must buy time until other superheroes arrive to provide support.

"Those two are way too fast." Miss Hell frowned slightly.

One possessed the Speed Force, the other relied on a prosthetic body to enter Overdrive; their speed during the confrontation was measured in milliseconds.

At this speed, even if I activated my Malevolent Shrine, I wouldn't be able to stop the opponent, because they would have run two hundred meters away in the blink of an eye.

However, speaking of this, Miss Hell suddenly had an idea.

Since others can escape quickly, could I turn the Malevolent Shrine back into Closed Domain? That way, they wouldn't be able to escape.

It should be noted that Closed Domains and Open Domains are not inherently contradictory.

The former involves first creating a barrier using Barrier Techniques to form the outer shell of the domain, and then "painting" inside to materialize one's Cursed Technique.

Open Domains, in essence, skip the process of creating an outer shell and treat the world as a "canvas".

This requires the user to have an unparalleled level of Barrier Technique in order to successfully expand the domain in a boundless form.

After only a brief mental exercise, Hell was certain that this move would work easily.

While gaining Complete Form: Domain Expansion, she also inherited Sukuna's expertise and theoretical knowledge in Barrier Techniques.

Therefore, it was a very simple thing for her to reverse the Open Domain of the Malevolent Shrine into Closed Domain.

Just like knowing that 1+2=3, you can easily deduce that 3-2=1.

However, that's still true.

However, Hell remained wary of this Thunder Demon and wasn't too arrogant, since theoretically, the other party could also kill her instantly.

After being enhanced with A-level magic, her defense is now among the toughest of the B+ level super-defense classes.

But for speedsters, speed equals power.

Therefore, when a speedster truly harbors murderous intent towards an enemy, taking their head is as easy as taking candy from a baby.

"So the existence of speedsters is just a bunch of bugs. These guys are unbeatable without patches, so they just declare you the winner."

Miss Hell thought to herself.

If an A-rank Thunder Demon is this fast, what about an A+ rank Snowplow?