A Gift from the Chairman of Colossus Company (Two-in-One)

A shooting star streaked across the night sky late Saturday night in Taiping Prefecture and landed on a farm in a small town.

Not long after.

[The witch is praying...]

Mo Zhen opened her eyes and found herself in a deserted town.

It was the dead of night, and the surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the rustling of the wind through the wheat fields and a few sporadic barks from dogs.

This is the Date Line Town.

In a house not far from him.

A small-town girl, awakened by the noise in her backyard, groggily went to the backyard and muttered, "What's making that noise? A stray cat?"

As she spoke, she gently pushed open the door.

However, the scene in the backyard shocked her.

What they saw was her large harvester being assimilated and reconstructed by a strange substance!

"Buzz-!"

Clang clang -

The harvester's gears kept turning, the engine spontaneously combusted, accompanied by an increasingly loud roar.

A massive war machine completed its complex transformation process, slowly rising to its feet and standing tall under the moonlight.

Coordinates: Unknown.

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War Machine shook its head, and its eyes, composed entirely of steel pages, suddenly narrowed slightly, fixing on the small-town girl who stood there dumbfounded.

Code kept flashing in his eyes.

Command:... Destroy!

Its language bears no resemblance to any Earth language; it is a completely alien language.

As they spoke, the giant harvester raised its right hand, its blades spinning rapidly, and slammed down towards the town girl.

The small-town girl turned pale and froze on the spot, terrified.

Are you kidding me? What do you mean the harvester at home stood up?! Is this a Transformers movie?!

Boom

A flash of deep blue lightning streaked past, grabbing the girl by the collar and narrowly missing the rapidly spinning blade.

The boy came to a stop at an extreme distance, leaving the girl on the haystack.

The latter only felt a flash before his eyes, and then he was thrown onto the haystack. Before he could say anything, he heard the person who saved him say, "Hide well."

"Thanks..."

The girl had just looked up when she saw the other person burst into lightning speed and instantly rush towards the huge harvester.

Command:... Destroy!

The language of the harvester was translated at this moment, and the word "destruction" it uttered was low and full of oppression.

Before he could finish speaking, Mo Zhen had already flashed in front of it, and with a chop to the neck of the "harvester" in an instant.

There were no fancy moves, just a simple hand chop.

"Sizzle...!"

The "harvester" staggered back two steps, the flame in its eyes gradually dying out.

Finally, it crashed to the ground, scattering parts and gears everywhere.

"While it possesses a vitality similar to that of Transformers, its defensive capabilities are too weak, only reaching a level below C+."

Mo Zhen stood on the "harvester's" corpse, muttering softly.

He never expected that this creation from another planet would be something like a Transformers, shouting something like...

Command: Destroy.

Gan, could it really be the Decepticons attacking? What about our Scarlet Spider?

[Congratulations, Miss Witch, you have completed a random event.]

[You have obtained: "Nebula Core" (Mass Production Type)]

As the system exerted its full force, the harvester's body began to weather and corrode rapidly, becoming covered in rust, as if it had weathered for a century.

At the same time, a core fell into Mo Zhen's hands.

"Hey? Um... thank you for saving me!"

At this moment, the small-town girl with shoulder-length blonde hair hesitated for a moment, then walked over and gently thanked Mo Zhen.

Judging from her age, she is at most sixteen years old.

Mo Zhen concealed her core from an angle where the other person couldn't see her. Just as she turned to look at them, she was met with a pair of blue eyes and delicate, fair features.

The child appears to be of mixed race.

Mo Zhen didn't pay much attention to her, only casually reminding her, "Remember to be more careful next time at night; being too curious isn't a good thing."

I'm leaving now.

"Wait...! Can I ask your name? Or your code name or something?"

The girl spoke somewhat anxiously.

"Code name..." The boy turned his delicate face slightly, pondered for a moment in the moonlight, and then looked back at the girl. "The code name is 'Lucifer'."

"Lucifer...?"

The girl looked at the black-haired, blue-eyed boy, a hint of joy in her eyes.

However, before she could say a few more words to the other person, she saw their figure flash again, unleashing a surge of blue lightning.

He has already left...

The girl pouted, looking somewhat disappointed.

"Are you in such a hurry to leave? Is it because I'm not pretty enough?"

The girl reluctantly climbed onto the harvester, just in time to see the blue lightning disappear into the Date Line in the distance.

The girl from the remote town only vaguely remembered those blue eyes, just like her own, exceptionally bright, as blue as the Sky Manipulation.

That direction, it seems to be... Tianhe City?

The girl suddenly took a deep breath and shouted into the distance, "I'll be going to school in Tianhe City soon too..."

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Regardless of whether the superhero codenamed Lucifer heard it or not.

But for young people living in underdeveloped towns in Taiping Prefecture, Tianhe City is equivalent to the New York metropolitan area.

It's as if as long as you go to that "city of night" in your heart, you can live the life you've always dreamed of.

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"How come this town is so far from Tianhe City? System, where did you throw me here? You call this 'nearby'?"

The deep blue lightning bolt raced forward at breakneck speed.

Mo Zhen's figure flickered on the railway tracks, and finally she simply boarded the high-speed train that travels between Liberty City and Tianhe City.

Meanwhile, in the Date Line Town.

The Colossus Company's superheroes and investigators arrived late, their helicopter descending from the sky, only to find a weathered and decaying harvester corpse.

A figure jumped out of the helicopter and landed gently.

The visitor was Firebird, an acquaintance of Miss Hell and an A-class superhero from the Colossus Company.

Dressed in camouflage and wearing a baseball cap, he stood beside the wrecked harvester, gently pressing his earpiece, his gaze calm. "Boss, I've only found one body here. According to the witness, a blue lightning bolt killed it."

Should we track him down?

Upon hearing this, Moro gently stroked his chin in the office, his eyes fixed on the constantly flashing information on his laptop.

Finally, the data stopped at a forum, where the system automatically extracted photos of Mo Zhen rescuing people from the fire and compared them with the few surveillance videos available in the Date Line Town.

The blue lightning trail...

Accuracy: 100%.

Seeing this, Moro ordered, "Let's call it a day. This matter ends here. Just bring the body back."

"Yes."

Firebird was somewhat puzzled, but still obeyed the order.

And in the office.

Moro's gaze held a thoughtful expression. "It seems I underestimated your judgment, Mo Chou. Just the children you adopted alone..."

One is an ordinary person.

While he was thinking, he took out a spare phone, found Mo Zhen's phone number, and dialed it without hesitation.

Hello?

The boy's voice, carried by the sound of the wind, came from the other end of the phone.

Moro slowly rose and walked to the French windows, gazing at the slowly rising dawn. "Good morning, Mo Zhen. Would you like to meet? I'd like to talk to you about the Speed Force that suddenly awakened within you."

"Who are you...?"

"I am Moro, your father's friend."

Mo Zhen, on the train, was a little surprised that the call came so quickly. She replied, "Okay, but I'm a bit busy right now, so you might have to wait a while?"

Moro: "No problem. If you haven't had breakfast, I think we can meet at a coffee shop. It's on me, kid."

"That would be perfect, Mr. Moro."

The call ended.

Moro then instructed Vincent, "How's the development of the Speedster Armor from the research department going?"

Vincent was somewhat surprised. "You mean...?"

Moro: "As an uncle, I should at least prepare a gift for the child, right?"

Vincent nodded quickly. "You're right, it was my oversight."

On the other side.

Mo Zhen sat up, looked at the Tianhe Metropolitan Area gradually becoming clearer in the distance, and slowly stretched.

Deep blue lightning bolts danced in the boy's hair.

"Call out!"

The next moment, he vanished from the spot.

5:30 a. m.

Mo Zhen arrived once again at the Mars Café, which is open 24 hours a day in front of the Colossus Company. This was the place he had arranged to meet Moro.

Ding-a-ling~

Mo Zhen walked into the coffee shop, and after seeing the familiar owner, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Boss, are you on duty here every day?"

The boss smiled helplessly, "I can save some money by working the night shift myself."

As he spoke, the shop owner picked up a bag of coffee beans. "These are fresh Panama Geisha coffees that arrived today. How about you taste them for me? It's on me."

"Okay, thank you, boss." Mo Zhen nodded.

He couldn't help but think: No wonder this boss works so hard to make money. Yesterday, when I came here as a girl, he gave me a cake, and today he gave me a cup of coffee.

Are you here to do charity work?

However, it must be said that it was precisely because of the owner's enthusiasm that Mo Zhen would always come to the store to make a purchase.

Not long after Mo Zhen sat down, the owner brought over the coffee, smiling and saying, "Your coffee, young man."

"Thanks."

Mo Zhen nodded and thanked her.

Just then, the shop door opened again, and Moro walked in with his bodyguards. His secretary then ordered some more desserts and toast for Mo Zhen.

Good morning, Mr. Moro.

Mo Zhen stood up and shook hands with the other person.

"Good morning,"

Moro patted him on the shoulder. "Besides, call me uncle, kid. There's no need for us to be so formal."

"Uh... okay, Uncle Moro."

"Hmm." Moro smiled with relief.

After we sat down, he took the initiative to speak, "You're young, so I think it's better if we get straight to the point. Mo Zhen, you recently awakened your Speed Force, right? And became a speedster?"

"Colossus Company has tracked down some of your movements, such as the fire scene in the Jinghai District and the Date Line Town."

"I didn't expect you to have investigated so thoroughly."

Mo Zhen nodded, but then pretended to be troubled and gently shook her head. "Actually, I didn't just awaken recently."

"But some time ago."

Moro leaned back in his chair, his tone relaxed. "That plane crash caused by the Joker Man? AC1991?"

Mo Zhen, holding her coffee, looked at him with surprise. "You seem to know everything?"

Moro chuckled lightly, "For the Colossus, this isn't a difficult matter to investigate; it's just that no one has investigated it before."

"After all, countless cases happen in this world every day, and new superheroes and magical girls awaken every day."

"No wonder." Mo Zhen nodded.

After the topic of that flight came up, Moro suddenly asked, "Hmm... I was thinking, if you survived that flight because of the Speed Force..."

"Have you seen that gray-haired magical girl? I remember her codename was something like 'Hell'."

"According to information from Colossus Company, she should also be a passenger on that flight, but it seems she was kidnapped by the Joker Man, so we have no way of finding her information."

Hearing Moro say this, Mo Zhen breathed a small sigh of relief. It seemed that his decision to reveal his Speed Force was the right one.

Magical girls have only one Magic Cursed Technique, and historically only girls have possessed it, while the Speed Force is the most characteristic superpower of a superhero.

The two are completely unrelated.

Therefore, almost subconsciously, Moro and the others never associated Mo Zhen with Hell, let alone the influence of cognitive filters.

Unless, he transforms in front of them?

Thinking of this, Mo Zhen shook his head. "I was terrified at the time, Mr. Moro, I really didn't notice there was a magical girl on the flight."

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"Well, it's not a big deal anyway." Moro shrugged; to him, these were all trivial matters.

He wasn't like Red Owl, a fanatic who insisted on investigating everything thoroughly, because Moro had more important things to do.

In fact, if Mo Zhen weren't his nephew, he wouldn't have cared about such a trivial matter as the other party awakening the Speed Force.

After all, Colossus Company already possesses the most powerful speedster.

Other speedsters who want to claim the title of the world's fastest have to run past Snowplow first.

If you can't outrun the Snowplow, you'll always be second best.

Therefore, Moro's meeting with Mo Zhen this time was entirely due to his personal feelings for Mo Zhen.

Although Snowplow is formidable, the other party is not entirely his man; at most, they are partners.

Even during the Thunder Demon incident, the other party concealed some things from him, which Moro knew, but he simply chose not to pursue the matter. But Mo Zhen was different.

Moro looked at Mo Zhen, his eyes revealing a hidden respect and high regard for him.

If Mo Zhen were willing, he would actually very much like to raise this sensible and caring child into an excellent successor.

A successor to the Colossus Company who can understand him and continue his ideals.

Even if the other party doesn't become that outstanding in the future, they can still serve as one of the senior executives of Colossus Company and implement their own ideas.

For Moro, his biggest fear was that the Colossus Company would fall apart after he died.

Mo Zhen was unaware of the complex emotions deep within Mr. Moro's eyes as he took a bite of his buttered bread.

Moro raised his hand, took the photo of the Date Line Town from Vincent, and gently placed it in front of Mo Zhen.

"Also, would you mind telling me about what happened in the Date Line Town?"

"No problem."

Mo Zhen swallowed the bread.

He briefly recounted what happened, basically saying that he saw a shooting star fall from the sky and, out of curiosity, chased after it to see what was going on.

Unexpectedly, they ran into the harvester.

Moro nodded slightly. "Thank you. This matter is extremely valuable to our intelligence, because it proves that there really are civilizations in other star systems that view humanity as hostile."

Mo Zhen thought that was the end of it.

Unexpectedly, Moro then pulled out an ID card. "Consider this a small gift from me to you, child."

Mo Zhen took the ID card with a puzzled look and saw that it read: Colossus Company: Technology Research and Development Department.

Moro: "I've prepared a Speedster Armor for you, made with the company's latest nanometals. You can go to this address anytime if you need it."

Mo Zhen's eyes gradually welled up with tears.

I'm sorry, Uncle Mo Chou, I think we might not be close anymore, because I'm going to recognize a second godfather.

Okay, just kidding.

Mo Zhen still really likes her father, who has a great sense of human connection with her, because his concern for her is genuine.

Hmph, and besides, he's just a godfather, right? I can just adopt another one!

"Thank you very much, Uncle Moro." The boy put aside his random thoughts and thanked Moro sincerely.

Seeing the little guy's happiness, Moro couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly. "If you need, Vincent can take you now, but I'm sorry I have a meeting later and can't go with you."

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Moro hadn't felt this emotion for many years since Norman's death.

In fact, Moro originally wanted to groom Mo Jin'an as his successor, but unfortunately... their negotiations broke down.

The second sister of the Mo Family also refused.

Therefore, this time, Moro is prepared to take things slowly with Mo Zhen.

He hopes that the boy in front of him can intern at the Colossus after graduating from high school and one day truly understand his original intention in creating the Colossus.

Commonly known as: patiently guiding and leading step by step.

"It's alright! Mr. Vincent can take me; your meeting is more important." Mo Zhen nodded happily.

Moro nodded slightly and left with his bodyguards first.

Vincent stayed behind, speaking respectfully, "Mr. Mo Zhen, let me escort you there."

Mo Zhen eagerly finished the last sip of her coffee, stood up, and said to the manager, "The coffee was excellent! See you next time, manager!"

"Thank you, see you next time." The shop manager wiped the coffee cup, smiling without saying a word.

Vincent opened the back door for Mo Zhen, and their bulletproof vehicle drove towards Colossus Company's Base One.

Located in the suburbs of Jinniu District, this base is the earliest research and development base established by Colossus Company in Taiping Prefecture.

Its area is comparable to that of a military restricted zone, and it is even guarded by armed private troops.

After completing the ID verification, Vincent parked his car outside a research building, where a manager in a white lab coat was already waiting.

He was a man who looked to be in his forties, with a humble appearance, and his hands and eyes had been completely replaced with prosthetics.

After getting off the bus.

Vincent introduced Mo Zhen: "This is Dr. Victor, the chief expert of our research department. The prosthetic body worn by the Mechanical Vigilante was made by him."

The man named Victor extended his hand to Mo Zhen: "Hello, little friend, just call me Old Wei. I already know your identity from the chairman."

"Hello, I'm Mo Zhen."

Although the other party already knew who she was, Mo Zhen still gave her name out of politeness.

"Come on, the Speedster Armor the chairman asked me to prepare for you is already tested and ready. You just need to test your top speed a little more."

As he spoke, Old Wei led them to the first basement level, a huge, empty, pure white space, and told Mo Zhen to run at full speed.

Mo Zhen stretched her body and slowly walked to the starting line.

"Ready, 3, 2, 1!"

Whoosh!

As the countdown in the virtual projection ended, Mo Zhen's figure disappeared from the spot, having completed ten laps at top speed.

Old Wei and his team stood in front of the testing equipment, all exclaiming in astonishment. "My God, it's faster than 'Supersonic'! No wonder the chairman wanted us to give him this suit of armor first!"

Mo Zhen walked over. "How is it? Is the data accurate?"

Old Wei nodded and gave a thumbs up. "You're really impressive. You're only sixteen, right? You're indeed young and promising."

"Come on, try on this battle suit, or rather, this armor!"

As they were talking.

Old Wei's team unveiled a suit of metal armor made entirely of nanomaterials and steel alloys, which looked exceptionally massive.

Old Wei tapped the breastplate and said, "The nanometals in this armor cost approximately $10 billion. It's an experimental model specifically designed for speedsters."

"It can provide speedsters with approximately a 10% speed boost, as well as a significant increase in overall defense."

"This armor was originally designed for Supersonic, but his top speed is too slow. Only B-class speed can't keep up with this armor."

"For Snowplow engine, this armor isn't fast enough. Luckily, God sent you, my little angel."

Mo Zhen blinked gently, realizing that she was in an awkward position, which was why this armor suited her perfectly.

But it doesn't matter, he doesn't mind, because he has never been a greedy person.

"Try it, accelerate and crash in."

Old Wei said.

"Good."

Mo Zhen nodded, took a deep breath, and instantly transformed into a blue lightning bolt, crashing into the Speedster Armor.

The next moment, the previously dormant black armor was instantly activated by Mo Zhen's speed power, and its entire body radiated a deep blue glow.

The armor clung to his body, slightly contracting and adjusting.

He tilted his head. "I feel... very good."

The boy's voice deepened.

As he spoke, he gently raised his right hand and suddenly clenched it.

"Bass!"

A blade popped out from the back of his hand, incredibly sharp and capable of greatly enhancing the speedster's offensive capabilities.

"If this were to hit someone else, it might hurt a bit."

Mo Zhen thought to himself, then flicked his hand, and the arm blade retracted at his command, completely controlled by the nanometal.

Old Wei, somewhat excited, said, "The only downside to this Speedster Armor is that it can't accommodate any smart modules; it's basically just a big metal lump."

"Besides that, it's impeccable. It can absolutely make your combat power surpass all A-level superheroes, and even some standard A+ superheroes probably wouldn't be able to handle you."

With its high speed, high defense, and super-powerful speedster hand chop, it's practically a rogue warrior on the battlefield.

"Thanks, Old Wei." Mo Zhen felt great and ran several more laps around the arena. Old Wei, standing on the outside, reminded him, "If you encounter any problems with the armor later, or if it gets damaged, you can come back to me for repairs."

"By the way, what's your codename? I heard from the chairman that you only recently fully awakened. Have you decided on a codename yet?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Zhen stopped abruptly. "My code name is 'Lucifer'."

Old Wei couldn't help but laugh, tilting his head back. "The Fallen Lucifer? Okay! That's a powerful codename! Dark-style superheroes are all the rage now!"

Afterwards, Mo Zhen conducted a second test in the lab before preparing to leave, because it was Monday.

I have to go to school!

Vincent shrugged. "I don't think I'll need to see you off, Mr. Mo Zhen."

Mo Zhen: "No, thank you for today, Mr. Vincent."

See you next time, bye-bye.

Having said that, the speedster codenamed "Lucifer" unleashed his incredible speed and rushed out of the Colossus Company's research base in the blink of an eye.

He wandered through the city's streets and alleys.

"Holy crap, something flew past outside the car!"

On the crowded tram, someone was leaning against the window, lost in thought, when suddenly a blue lightning bolt flashed past.