Genm punched away Gwen's light blade attack, looking at Gwen with a relaxed and indifferent tone: "With your current level, you're still not my opponent."
"What about the two of us combined?" Li Hua and Elena arrived on the scene via a teleportation circle.
"Wow, is that a teleportation circle from a game?" Colonel Rhodes watched the arrival of the Brave and the Shooter with amazement.
"Who the hell are all of you?" Ivan Vanko, who was nearby, couldn't stand it any longer and interrupted.
Today was supposed to be the day of his revenge against Tony Stark. Shouldn't he be the protagonist? What was with all these strange guys suddenly popping up?
Having his revenge scene constantly interrupted by these weird newcomers completely ruined the atmosphere and emotion!
"Who is that guy?"
Elena looked at Ivan and Tony, who was tangled by the electric whips: "The armor he's wearing looks similar to Tony Stark's Iron Man suit. Is Mr. Stark being attacked by an Iron Man suit he created himself?"
Upon hearing this, Ivan Vanko immediately lost his temper and roared loudly: "This is an armor I built myself! It has nothing to do with that guy, Tony Stark!"
At the same time, he swung his electric whip directly at Elena.
Elena caught the electric whip and said, sounding slightly helpless: "No need to be so worked up. If the armor was built by you, just say so clearly. Your feud with Tony Stark has nothing to do with us. Why are you attacking me for no reason?"
"Don't worry about irrelevant matters. We should immediately clear the Bugster Virus and defeat this guy in front of us," Li Hua said with a slightly serious tone, holding his sword toward Phantom Dream.
"Alright."
Elena immediately flung the electric whip away, turning to Ivan: "Whatever grievances you have with Tony Stark, you two can resolve them yourselves. Just don't interfere with us dealing with the Bugster."
"What? Completely unaffected by my electric whip? What materials are their armors made of? And what is the principle behind their internal systems?"
Ivan was shocked, watching Elena effortlessly toss the electric whip aside, seemingly entirely immune to the strong current and magnetism in the whip.
Gen, chuckled and shook his head, looking at the three Game System Kamen Riders surrounding him in a triangular formation: "Are you sure you want to deal with me first?"
"Infected patients can be operated on later. In comparison, the threat you might pose in the future is incalculable," Li Hua said coldly.
"Should I feel honored? That you value me so much."
Genm said playfully: "However, I came here for my new game, and I have no intention of fighting you to the death. A friendly reminder: the Bugster Virus I've released is completely different from what you've encountered before."
"If you don't quickly restore those infected with the Bugster Virus, things might spiral out of control."
"What do you mean by that?" Elena felt a slight unease in her heart.
Genm pointed toward the direction where the infected patients were: "It's simple. The virus I spread to infect these people comes from the game cartridge I used—Dangerous Zombie."
"So, a question: What is the biggest characteristic, or the most dangerous aspect, of a zombie in a zombie game?"
Gwen was horrified when she heard this: "Infectious spread?!"
"Correct answer."
Genm gently clapped his hands: "So the choice is back on you. Will you choose to fight me, or will you immediately join the zombie game I've prepared and defeat these zombies to prevent further infection?"
"He's telling the truth!" Tony confirmed by accessing the surveillance system of the Industrial Park, seeing the condition of the patients infected with the Dangerous Zombie Bugster Virus.
"The infected people have turned into zombie-like Bugster monsters from the game, capable of directly infecting others."
"If you don't eliminate the source of the virus immediately while the number of infected patients is still low, once those infected with this virus spread, the consequences will be uncontrollable."
"You need to act quickly."
Tony had originally planned to rely on their previous working relationship at the military base to see if Li Hua's group could help him subdue Ivan Vanko.
After confirming the situation of the Zombie Game Bugster Virus released by Phantom Dream, he immediately urged the three Kamen Riders to stop the spread of the zombie virus.
He figured he'd deal with Ivan Vanko himself.
Although they felt they had completely fallen into Genm's trap, Li Hua, Elena, and Gwen concluded they had no other choice.
This was an overt strategy; even though they knew it was a pit, they had to step into it.
No matter what, they absolutely couldn't allow the Bugster Virus from the Zombie Game to spread.
So, they could only temporarily ignore Genm and prioritize eliminating the Zombie Game Bugsters, which possessed powerful infectious capabilities.
"You can continue; don't mind me," Genm said to Ivan and Tony on the side, sounding like someone watching a show and wanting more excitement.
Ivan's mouth twitched. What was going on? All he wanted was revenge against Stark.
Why were these strange entities suddenly interrupting? Why did he suddenly feel like an insignificant supporting character?
Bugster Virus? What was that?
The satisfying mood for revenge he had just cultivated was abruptly cut off. It was like watching a movie reaching its climax, only for the screen to suddenly display an anatomical diagram.
But he decided not to care. As long as they didn't interfere with his revenge against the Stark family, he didn't care what they were.
With his emotional momentum broken by the interrupting Kamen Riders and the Bugsters, Ivan no longer felt like making classic movie villain taunts.
He swung his electric whips, deciding to directly resolve Tony, to prevent any more strange things from appearing.
However, Tony had already secretly consulted with Rhodes.
"Rhodes, now!"
Tony and Rhodes maximized the power of the light particle pulse cannons on both their armored hands, generating a fierce energy explosion. A dazzling white flash burst forth.
Ivan's armor was directly destroyed by the explosion resulting from the pulse cannon clash between the two Iron Man suits, rendering it basically scrap metal.
"Ivan, it's over."
Tony breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the immobilized Ivan Vanko.
He then warily activated all of his armor's weapon systems, aiming them at the unhurried Genm.
"What exactly are your intentions, Phantom Dream!"
"Damn it, Tony Stark! This isn't over so easily!" Ivan Vanko saw Tony completely focused on guarding against Genm, practically ignoring him, and became extremely furious, speaking in a somewhat deranged voice.
"I installed a self-destruct system on every combat drone in the Stark Industrial Park."
"Even if I lose, the entire Stark Industrial Park will be buried with me!"
Red lights flashed on Ivan Vanko's armor as well.
"Are you insane? You installed a self-destruct system on your own armor too?!" Tony scanned the situation and was astonished.
"I will never fall into your hands."
"As long as my revenge against you, against the Stark family, is complete, no matter the cost..." Ivan gritted his teeth.
"Tony, this guy is completely crazy. We need to leave now," Rhodes said immediately, seeing red lights blinking on the robot wreckage all over the ground.
"That won't do. I'm not interested in your feud with Tony Stark."
Genm suddenly spoke: "However, this is my game venue, and the game has just begun. How can I let you destroy everything here?"
He raised his right hand and gave a light wave. A special pulse wave spread out, plunging all the robots into complete silence and rendering all the self-destruct systems ineffective.
(End of this chapter)