Chapter 121: Encounter
A moment ago, Queen's Hotel, upper floor.
In the luxuriously decorated VIP room, there were only two people present at this moment.
One was an old man with white hair. Although seated on a soft sofa, his worried expression clearly revealed the unrest in his heart.
Next to him stood an adult man with a sturdy build. He wore a dark blue windbreaker and a hat that covered most of his face, though long strands of dark blue hair, matching the color of his coat, peeked out slightly.
In contrast to the old man's unease, the man in the windbreaker appeared relaxed and unbothered. He even took the liberty to pick up a banana and slowly fiddle with it, his movements casual and unhurried.
The old man stayed silent for a while, quietly watching him toy with the banana. Eventually, unable to suppress his anxiety, he asked:
"What on earth is Cocolia doing? Doesn't she want this [Serenity Gem] badly? Why hasn't she taken it back to Anti-Entropy yet? Why does she have to bring it all the way to this country?"
Singapore was not a region fully under Anti-Entropy's control, and being here only added to his unease.
He felt that Schicksal's pursuers could appear at any moment.
Hearing this question, the man beside him replied indifferently:
"Relax, Dr. Maki. These are just minor details. Someone will be arranged to take you back to the headquarters in two days."
As he spoke, he finally peeled off a layer of the banana skin.
"Just stay here calmly. Schicksal's forces cannot operate freely in this country. Even if a few bugs manage to sneak in, this hotel is already full of bodyguards assigned to protect you."
Of course, those ordinary bodyguards could only deal with mundane threats.
If a Valkyrie came, then it would fall to him to take action.
"With me here, even if some little bugs do find their way in, I'll have a good time playing with them."
As he said this, he stuck out his tongue, licking the peeled banana twice with an unsettling smirk.
"…"
Dr. Maki shuddered.
But he had witnessed firsthand the power of this peculiar man.
When escaping the Third Research Institute of Schicksal with the Serenity Gem, the man had easily dispatched the Valkyries tasked with pursuing him.
Just as Dr. Maki was about to respond, everything around him suddenly plunged into darkness.
This was not a psychological or spiritual disturbance but rather a purely physical phenomenon.
——The lights had gone out.
"Oh…?"
The expression on the man's face suddenly turned playful.
"What happened?!"
Dr. Maki asked in a low voice.
The dark environment made him feel a little uneasy.
"It was an electromagnetic attack on this hotel. All the communication equipment is probably out of service," Watt spoke as he took out the terminal device used to communicate with Cocolia from his pocket.
Sure enough, just like the lights that had failed, the communicator was also damaged and could no longer contact her temporarily.
"It looks like it was an attack launched by Schicksal. I didn't expect them to launch such a large-scale offensive. It really surprised me," he continued, moving toward the window.
No other buildings nearby were affected. The only building attacked by the EMP weapons was the Queen's Hotel where they were.
It was indeed targeted at them.
After confirming the situation, Watt began to think about his next move.
If it were just an enemy attacking, there would be no need for him to run away. After all, he was quite confident in his abilities.
No matter who came, he believed that he could easily defeat them.
But right now, he still had to carry out Cocolia's mission, and the importance of the Serenity Gem was self-evident... There couldn't be any mistakes in this matter.
Therefore, it was better to take this old man out of the building first and temporarily divert Schicksal's pursuers.
After making up his mind, a black-and-red ball of light appeared beside Watt.
He tapped lightly on the floor-to-ceiling glass in front of him, and the entire pane of glass exploded into powder in an instant.
The cold wind blew in from high in the sky, making Dr. Maki shiver, but the next second, his body floated up uncontrollably.
Watt stood on the edge of the broken glass, turned around, and said:
"There's no time for you to be in a daze, old man. Let's go."
"Leave...? From here?!"
Before he could say anything else, Watt leaped forward and stepped into the air.
The elderly Dr. Maki also flew with him at a high altitude under the control of gravity and arrived at the roof of a nearby high-rise building.
Watt chose to place Dr. Maki here first, intending to meet the attackers here before retreating to a safe location.
However, the old man who was carried by him to fly high into the sky had already lost consciousness, probably from fear.
As an ordinary scientist, when had this elderly man ever experienced the feeling of flying in the sky?
It was natural that he was frightened to death.
"Tsk, what a useless old man," Watt muttered, leaving Dr. Maki aside before turning around to look at the edge of the roof.
There, the uninvited guests had already arrived.
However, after seeing the figure and appearance of the visitor, Watt was slightly startled and said in surprise:
"A man?"
Aren't all the fighters of Schicksal women?
However, he quickly got into the state, and black-and-red spheres representing gravity appeared around him.
At the same time, several round poisonous spider mechas appeared beside him.
Kirataka looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar opponent, as well as the mechas Watt had summoned that were unaffected by the electromagnetic pulse attack.
This was clearly the anti-entropy quantization technology that could hide tactical mechas in other dimensions and summon them here.
It was likely technology developed based on data from Seele's X-10 experiment.
Although it couldn't carry too many mechas at once, it allowed for stealthy supplementation of combat power while avoiding general attacks.
This Watt was obviously much more cautious than the previous Watt and chose to launch his attack in tandem with the mechas.
A black-and-red light flashed, and the immense gravity instantly suppressed Kirataka's body, restricting his movements.
At the same time, two or three poisonous spider mechas quickly surrounded Kirataka and released extremely high-voltage electric currents from their attack ports.
Suddenly, there was a loud thunder above the rooftop.
Watt looked at this scene, feeling confident:
"This is a high-voltage current of one million volts. Even with the physique of an A-rank Valkyrie, it is impossible to recover quickly!"
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