Kamen Rider ZZZ from the American comic book world

Two figures passed each other. Li Ai landed steadily, still holding the rhinoceros's horn in his hand. He examined the horn for a moment, then looked at the rhinoceros who had grown a second horn and asked:

"The quality is not bad. You should switch to selling rhinoceros horn products in the future."

"The rhinoceros only wants gems!" The rhinoceros-man seemed rather dim-witted.

Li Ai suspected that this guy's superpower potential was not fully activated, which caused his brain to be damaged, hence his dull appearance.

"Looks like I need to calm you down first." Li Ai clenched her right fist and turned the capsule with her left hand.

【Impact!】

Red light surged into Li Ai's right fist through the energy channel, instantly increasing his power. When the rhinoceros charged again, he raised his fist and smashed it into the rhinoceros's newly grown horn.

click-

With a crisp sound, the rhinoceros-man's horn was shattered, and he fainted.

Looking at the rhinoceros-man lying on the ground, Li Ai took out a recovery capsule and tried to restore the guy's intelligence to the level where he could take a statement.

After a flash of green light, the rhinoceros-man shrank in size, becoming only 1.8 meters tall.

At that moment, sirens blared, and a fully armed NYPD team, led by George Stacy, arrived at the scene. They were equipped with superpower-suppressing handcuffs, a device that emits fluctuations that interfere with superpower potential, specifically designed to restrain individuals like Rhino who have activated their superpower potential.

The origin story of the Rhino Man can wait until Sheriff George has taken his statement and completed his investigation before asking questions. Right now, Li Ai believes there is another very important matter.

Li Ai walked up to Peter, who had his head down, and asked, "How much longer do you want to stay here?"

"Where to?" Peter asked, looking down at his child like a child who had done something wrong.

“Anyway, anywhere is better than here.” Li Ai said with some helplessness. Then he took out the Wing Capsule, took Peter away from the street, and came to the rooftop of a building.

Li Ai deactivated his transformation, looked at Peter who had removed his mask, and asked, "Why didn't you call for backup?"

“Remember that expo? I lost so badly. If I rely on you guys, I won’t be able to prove that I can stand on my own…” Peter scratched his head, his voice growing weaker and weaker.

Peter won't turn fifteen until next spring, an age when his mind is at its most complex. But because his behavior tonight almost caused irreparable consequences, Li Ai is going to teach him a lesson.

“What if someone had died just now?” Li Ai said seriously. “Besides, I was the one who brought you into this industry, so if you had died, I would also bear an inescapable responsibility.”

"Senior..." Peter was speechless after Li Ai's words. He hesitated for a long time before finally stammering out:

"I just want to be like you guys, like you, like Mr. Stark, and like Captain Rogers, so I can help you."

"Then how much effort do you think we put in behind the scenes? Control isn't something that can be achieved overnight." Li Ai stared into Peter's eyes and said in a more serious tone:

"I was driven to the brink by a psychopathic killer before I awakened my abilities. Tony Stark devoted himself to researching armor almost 24/7. How dedicated Captain Rogers was before joining the army? Have you ever thought about these things?"

“I was wrong, senior,” Peter said. “I just wanted to help you.”

“Alright, Peter, if there’s a next time, I’ll take back all this equipment and make you start from scratch until you’re truly ready.” Li Ai patted Peter’s shoulder forcefully, then prepared to leave.

Suddenly, the two of them saw a figure swinging on spider silk in the moonlight, then casually climbing between skyscrapers.

"Your spider superpower also includes creating clones?" Li Ai asked subconsciously.

“I had no idea about this.” Peter looked at the figure in the distance who could climb the building just like him, his voice filled with disbelief.

Li Ai remembers that on the day Peter was bitten, all the modified spiders brought by Osborn died on the spot.

But what if a modified spider died after biting someone else? Li Ai immediately thought of a possibility, so she patted Peter on the back with a playful smile on her face.

"Spiders might even share a common language."

"Senior, what do you want me to do?" Peter asked instinctively.

"You can try to contact that spider-type ability user. If you can trust him, bring him into our team."

As they spoke, Li Ai handed Peter a ZZZ tracker, saying, "Consider this a start. After all, negotiation is a very important part of a superhero's career."

“I understand, senior.” Peter took the tracker and nodded solemnly.

Afterwards, Li Ai left and returned to her operations room, where she then busied herself with something in her work area.

In Kamen Rider ZZZ, all Rider Systems require Dream Ability to use. Even if Li Ai creates two more Lord Summoning Devices, Leon and Ada will still be unable to use them.

But is an enhancement solution really such an inconvenient thing?

After studying under Dr. Connors for a summer and putting in the effort, Li Ai is about to create a brand new 'super soldier serum' according to her own ideas.

As for the origin of the Rhino Man, Li Ai took some time to ask George Stacy in her dream and learned that the Rhino Man had intellectual disabilities before. He was tricked by the gang into disposing of chemical waste, which activated his superpower potential. After being instigated by someone, he went to rob a jewelry store.

Chapter 101 Winged: Then I'll leave?

Nearly a month after the expo event

Under the lights of the operations room, Li Ai picked up a transparent test tube containing blue liquid and examined it closely.

"Finally finished." Li Ai looked at the blue liquid in the container, her tone somewhat tired, yet also relaxed.

This tube of blue liquid is his enhanced serum version 1.0.

He used his own blood as the main ingredient, combining the core concepts of Banner's Super Soldier Serum and Connors' cross-species serum formula, and finally completed the final product after many adjustments.

Both Banner's version of the Super Soldier Serum and the interspecies serum have the problem of affecting the user's mind, but Li Ai eliminated this risk, and his mind will not be affected after injection.

However, every gain has its loss. For Li Ai, the enhancement of physical fitness brought by the enhanced serum 1.0 will not be particularly significant, and she will still need to undergo arduous training after the injection.

During the production process, Li Ai also discovered that the Enhanced Serum 1.0 helped activate the superpower potential within the human body, which was a pleasant surprise.

However, because the main ingredient is Li Ai's blood, the enhancement serum is only naturally highly compatible with Li Ai and his blood relatives. If outsiders use it, the consequences will be terrible.

"Let's start with myself." Li Ai filled a syringe with serum and then gave herself an injection.

He had already conducted live experiments many times in his dreams, so he could ensure that nothing went wrong.

As the blue serum flowed into his body, Li Ai felt all the fatigue that had accumulated in his body vanish. After the injection was completed, he put down the syringe and felt the change in his strength.

"My punches and jumps are only ten percent better than before the Expo battle." Li Ai got a simple result, then picked up the Silver Ghost and fired a shot into his palm.

boom--

After the gunshot, Li Ai watched as her hand healed rapidly within a minute.

"At least my self-healing ability has improved significantly." He sighed, then closed his eyes to sense what kind of superpower potential he possessed.

Unbeknownst to her, Li Ai's feet slightly lifted off the ground, and she was suspended in the air.

This is Li Ai's superpower potential 'flight'. He flew twice in the operations room and then landed back on the ground.

Because the combat chamber is not very large, he did not test the maximum speed, but with proficiency, supersonic flight should not be too difficult.

"It can only be said that a certain capsule has entered a state of semi-unemployment."

Li Ai smiled, then left the operations room with the remaining two vials of enhancement serum and two large boxes as tall as adults, heading to her family's basement to send text messages to her parents, asking them to come and collect the items.

The basement was brightly lit, illuminating the two large boxes, each as tall as an adult, beside Li Ai, as well as the smaller box next to him. The air was silent until Leon arrived before Ada.

“I heard you have something for me.” Leon noticed the two large boxes first, then saw the small box next to Li Ai, and said with a smile:

"How about we play a guessing game first?"

"Forget it, I'm not in the mood right now." Li Ai smiled and opened the small box, presenting the Enhancement Serum 1.0, which gleamed faintly under the light, to Leon.

Looking at the vial of blue serum, Leon suddenly remembered something ominous and immediately said in a slightly wary tone:

"Could this have been stolen from some multinational pharmaceutical company?"

“Don’t worry, this is my personal work,” Li Ai explained. “Compared to those other things, my work is more like Captain Rogers’ style.”

It's understandable that Lyon suddenly became wary, given the profound impact the Raccoon City incident caused by the Umbrella Corporation had on him.

“Really? I used to like him a lot when I was a kid.” Leon stepped forward and picked up a vial of serum to examine it closely. “So, I can become like Captain Rogers just by getting one injection?”

"There will be a slight difference at the beginning, so I'm also preparing another piece of equipment..."

As they spoke, Li Ai opened a box, from which wisps of white steam rose, eventually revealing a set of exoskeleton armor to Leon.

This exoskeleton armor is predominantly black and red, with clean, sharp lines and an overall cold, mechanical, and menacing feel.

"This is Stark's stuff?" Leon subconsciously thought of that most flamboyant guy and asked with a puzzled look, "Isn't he someone who doesn't share armor?"

“To be precise, it’s Osborn’s,” Li Ai said, patting the surface of the armor. “I got the design blueprints for the next generation of military exoskeleton armor from them and then made some improvements.”

Because Osborn couldn't find an energy source to power the exoskeleton armor, the project had been stalled. But Li Ai could simply activate the thruster capsule and the exoskeleton armor would gain energy out of thin air.

Although the armor itself can only enhance the wearer's physical strength, other functions such as flight, scanning, and firepower output require additional modules, this design is actually easier to mass-produce.

Looking at the reflection on the black and red armor, Leon asked, "Does it have a name?"

“Your set is called the Demon Sword Armor,” Li Ai said, leaning against the armor box. “It has well-balanced overall stats and thrusters in the lower legs. Although it can’t fly for long periods of time, it does enhance mobility.”

"The Demon Sword?" Leon nodded, memorizing the name, then looked at another box and asked:

"That's for your mom?"

“That set is called the Witch set, and its fighting style leans towards agility,” Li Ai said.

Because Ada had a habit of using a grappling hook gun, Li Ai installed a pair of web launchers on the arm armor of the witch armor according to Peter's design. Considering that high-strength ropes would be more reliable in some situations, there were also grappling hook 3D movement modules on both sides of the thigh armor.

"You've really thought of everything." Leon patted Li Ai on the shoulder with satisfaction, picked up a vial of serum without any suspicion, sat down in the chair, and gave himself an injection.

Compared to Li Ai, whose physique was already extraordinary, Leon's reaction to the enhanced serum injection was more pronounced. His clothes were soaked with sweat, his veins bulged, and his heart rate remained at 250 beats per minute.

About half an hour later, Leon's enhancement was finally completed, and Li Ai handed him a towel.

Lyon wiped his sweat as he said, "I feel like next time I go to the horse races, I can kick those horses aside and run them myself."

“Then I will definitely buy your number,” Li Ai said with a smile.

"You're starting to tease me now? If you go through your rebellious phase, are you going to stay out all night?"

Leon deliberately put on a serious expression. He felt lighter than ever before, as if he could deliver a punch that could carry nearly a ton of weight. He thought that Li Ai must have put a lot of effort into the serum and armor, so he suggested that Li Ai relax.

"By the way, would you like to go cycling?"

Chapter 102 Seven Earth Days

As soon as Lyon finished speaking, Li Ai's phone vibrated.

[The strictest mother: I'm on my way, I'll be home in ten minutes]

“Mom’s coming back.” Li Ai glanced at her phone, then looked up at Leon and said, “Let’s go out together after she finishes her serum injection.”

“Okay.” Leon nodded, his fist clenching unconsciously, his knuckles cracking crisply. A surge of power coursed through his veins, prompting him to remark:

"No wonder so many people are trying to develop a super soldier serum. This feeling is truly amazing. By the way, can other people use this serum?"

"No, this version of the enhanced serum is only compatible with three people," Li Ai said truthfully.

“I have simulated it many times, and outsiders who are injected with this serum will die on the spot.”

"So you made three pipes in total?" Leon asked.

“That’s right, I’ve already had the injection.” Li Ai smiled and said with a hint of pride:

"Moreover, this serum has the effect of activating the human body's potential for superpowers. You can try it out and see what your superpower is."

"Superpowers?" Leon became interested, leaning forward slightly. "How can I awaken my superpowers?"

"Close your eyes, take a deep breath. Superpower potential is a part of the human body, like an invisible hand, but it does exist."

Lyon closed his eyes as instructed.

Li Ai stared at him and saw that Leon's hair was fading color at a visible speed, turning white inch by inch from the roots. When Leon opened his eyes again, his former blue-green pupils had turned into a purer ice blue.

"Superpowers are just about changing appearances?" Li Ai initially thought it was just an ordinary superpower that could change appearances and wouldn't even improve combat power.

The sound of a fist slicing through the air exploded between the two, crisp and clean, like a whip cracking through the air.

"To be precise, in this white-haired state, all of my physical indicators will increase significantly," Leon explained as he reverted to his original appearance.

"From this perspective, it can be considered a combat-related ability," Li Ai said.

At this moment, Leon took out a file folder and handed it to Li Ai, saying, "Everyone who can help us is here. You can also give this file to Captain Rogers."

“Okay.” Li Ai took the file bag, opened it, and saw some people’s files.

Chris Redfield, BSAA ace, along with his sister Claire, teammates Sheva and Pierce.

Ake Thompson, a private investigator and Leon's friend, is a ruthless man who once single-handedly destroyed an Umbrella Corporation base.

These were people Li Ai knew, in addition to five field agents from the American law enforcement system, making a total of ten people.

After Li Ai put the files back into the file bag, a figure came into the basement.