The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 1351

Roy was wearing a standard Winter Soldier uniform, full of tactical gear, and a metal breathing mask that covered half of his face. The mask also had goggles to protect his eyes.

Roy's outfit was not made of ordinary materials; it was a composite material that was both bulletproof and stab-proof. His mask and goggles were also not ordinary.

The mask filters the air, allowing the wearer to breathe like an Atlantean, even underwater, while also storing enough oxygen for a normal adult to breathe for fifteen minutes.

The eyepiece is equipped with a certain level of AI, which can mark targets, has night vision and thermal imaging functions, and can also be connected to a robotic arm to aim in place of a human.

Simply put, it's a combination of Widowmaker and Soldier: 76. Of course, Yang Le also added a lot of other gadgets to it.

Before even entering the lab, Roy had scanned the entire room, which is why he was able to locate Zul'en immediately.

Of course, besides Zul, Roy's eyepiece also marked other valuable targets, such as some experimental objects on the table and a robot as tall as a person lying in the corner.

After seeing the robot, Roy became cautious and had his eyepiece keep a close eye on the robot's movements, while he himself focused on Zul, who was sitting in a chair with his back to them.

"Let me make this clear first, the cannon I'm aiming at right now can melt even steel, and it has a huge range. If you make any unusual moves, you might not even leave behind any ashes."

Roy threatened Zul'A as he slowly walked toward the latter.

Cassandra did the same, except she always kept a half-body distance from Roy to avoid him suddenly attacking. If they stood too close, they might be attacked at the same time.

Roy and Zul gradually realized that something was wrong. They had come to a distance from the desk, which was a dangerous distance, making it difficult for either of them or Zul to dodge an attack.

However, Roy and Cassandra each have their own strengths: the former has an energy shield that can withstand missile bombardment, while the latter has the ability to anticipate others' actions.

Either one should be enough to deal with Zul'A's sudden attack, but Batman doesn't have any special abilities, so this distance should be very dangerous for him, especially since there's a cannon with a huge range pointed at him.

At this distance, Roy was confident that even ordinary superhumans couldn't escape his bombardment, let alone Zul'a, an ordinary person. Even if the latter had two thrusters on his body, it wouldn't be enough.

'Something's wrong.'

The same thought popped into Roy's and Cassandra's minds at the same time. Roy turned on the thermal imaging to confirm that the person sitting in front of him was indeed a living person, while Cassandra focused her attention even more and began to read body language.

"He's asleep."

Cassandra saw through Zul's current state. She was extremely meticulous about her reading ability, and she could not possibly make a mistake as long as the person was a normal human or a humanoid creature that was not too different.

"What?" Roy was momentarily stunned when he heard Cassandra say that, but he still chose to believe her. This was all because of their sparring experience, where he could never win without the mechanical arm.

It's no exaggeration to say that Cassandra's precognitive abilities are like predicting the future.

"What's going on?" Roy was full of questions, but he remained vigilant. However, because he needed to discuss things with Cassandra, he inevitably had to shift his attention, so Roy switched to using the AI ​​on his eyepiece to lock onto Zul.

"Could it be that he collapsed from exhaustion due to the continuous battles?"

Cassandra shook her head. She didn't think Batman's second personality would be someone who would falter at crucial moments. It was clearly a trap, bait to lure them in.

Perhaps the person with their back to them wasn't Zul'en at all, but someone else wearing the other's uniform.

Roy naturally guessed this as well. The reason he said that was actually to ease the tension, since he had tactical goggles to aim for him, which allowed him to be distracted.

"Okay, I'll go check it out. Cassandra, you cover for me."

Roy didn't give Cassandra a chance to refuse after he finished speaking, and strode towards Zul.

As Roy walked to the desk, he had already transformed the robotic arm back into its original form, replacing it with a pistol in his left hand for guard duty.

With his pistol pointed at Zul'an, who had his back to him, Roy extended his mechanical arm, grabbed the desk, and shoved it aside.

After quietly opening the energy shield, Roy carefully turned Zul'an around. Just as Cassandra had said, the man in front of him had his eyes closed and seemed to have no strength at all.

You can't tell from the back, but once you turn to the front, you can see that the person in front of you is not sitting properly and is obviously really asleep.

Roy didn't stop there. Instead, he took the opportunity to remove the mask from the man in front of him and found that the man under the mask was indeed Bruce Wayne.

However, Roy didn't stop. Instead, he pinched Bruce's face a few times to confirm that it wasn't an act before he felt more confident.

However, at the same time, he had even more doubts. The person in front of him was indeed Bruce, who had taken control of the body. So why had the other party fainted at this moment?
Even with his physical actions, the other person didn't wake up. This didn't seem like a normal sleep; it was more like they had been injected with anesthesia or something.

The more Roy thought about it, the more confused he became. Just as he was about to turn around and discuss it with Cassandra, the eyepiece in front of him sounded an alarm.

The alarm didn't come from Blue, who was standing right in front of him, but from the robot he had marked when he came in.

Roy turned his head and found that the robot had somehow started moving and was about to rush towards him without making a sound, just like a ghost.

At that distance, Roy definitely couldn't dodge on his own. Fortunately, his tactical goggles were connected to a robotic arm, which automatically activated after encountering danger, allowing him to instantly create distance with a charged punch.

Led by the robotic arm, Roy rolled to dodge the robot's sudden attack. After absorbing the force, he steadied himself, half-squatted on the ground, raised his left hand, and began to unleash a barrage of ammunition.

The gunshots from the large-caliber hand cannons were deafening, like a thunderclap, but the bullets that could create a large hole in a human body left no mark on the robot except for sparks.

(End of this chapter)