Kamen Rider ZZZ from the American comic book world

"Sir, the cross-species serum has not yet completed phase IV clinical trials, and its efficacy is definitely not stable. It is extremely dangerous no matter what you intend to do with it."

Connors reminded him as he unlocked the fingerprint lock on the freezer storage unit.

"Danger? No, it's greatness! I will become a nightmare etched in the hearts of countless people!"

Norman, in a frenzy, snatched a vial of serum the moment the equipment door was opened and injected it directly into himself intravenously.

A powerful force surged through Norman's body, his muscles bulged, and his handmade suit burst open.

Norman had been driven mad by the Green Dream Demon and was in a state of insanity. His mind was no longer under his own control, and he was being manipulated by the Green Dream Demon like a puppet.

A few seconds later, Norman had fully absorbed the effects of the serum, and power beyond human limits surged within him, with the Green Nightmare continuing to deliver power.

"This is the real power!" Norman, controlled by the Green Dream Demon, roared to the sky, but two overlapping voices came out of his mouth. He then gave Connors a wicked smile and made a few operations on the main control terminal in the laboratory.

The exoskeleton armor, flying skateboard, and thermal bomb, still in the experimental stage, were brought to Norman via a conveyor belt.

Thanks to Osborn's development of a high-performance battery, all of these devices finally entered the field testing phase.

Connors was so frightened that he didn't dare to move. He frantically pulled out his phone and, in his panic, sent a text message to a contact asking for help.

The Green Nightmare, who was controlling Norman's body, had finished changing clothes. He held a thermal bomb in his hand that could burn a person to the bone, and his malicious gaze darted back and forth on Dr. Connors.

"Let me think. What do you think of the ending, Dr. Connors, where a scientist is bribed by a rival company to conduct corporate espionage and then disappears without a trace?"

Dr. Connors' face turned ashen, his lips moved a few times, but no sound came out.

But at that moment, the two of them simultaneously heard a mechanical sound.

【Good Morning! Rider! Z?Z?Z! Wing! 】

Chapter 154 Three Punches Shatter the Demon Soul, My Friend, I am Osborn

The moment the mechanical sound ended, the reinforced glass of the Osborn headquarters building shattered, and a violent gust of air rushed into the laboratory, scattering many small, loose items everywhere.

Li Ai, fighting in her two-star wing form, did not pause for a moment after smashing the glass. Like a supersonic missile, she rushed straight towards Green Dream Demon and delivered a flying kick that made the air whistle as she kicked Green Dream Demon in the chest.

At the moment of impact, a visible shockwave spread outwards.

"cough!"

Norman, whose body was controlled by the Green Dream Demon, groaned. Even on his flying skateboard, he was still spinning uncontrollably around the laboratory.

The auxiliary thrusters of the flying skateboard activated, and after a few thrusts, the Green Dream Demon was forced to stabilize itself. Hovering over the breach in the reinforced glass, it stared intently at the figure protecting Dr. Connors behind it, gritting its teeth as it said:

"You're the guy who ruined my body!"

A cold night wind swept into the building, making Dr. Connors shiver. Li Ai, on the other hand, walked towards the Green Dream Demon. With a flick of his right hand, the Dream Eater Claw - Gun Mode appeared out of thin air in his palm. He pointed the gun at the Green Dream Demon in mid-air and said in an icy tone:

"Dream Demon, get out of this world!"

The Green Dream Demon on Norman's body was aware of what had happened to his sub-body, but he would not surrender easily. He let out a strange laugh, stepped on his flying skateboard, and all the thrusters spewed out tongues of fire at the same time, carrying him straight into the sky.

"Want to kill me? You'd better worry about your kind first." The Green Nightmare's maniacal laughter echoed through the night sky as he controlled the flying skateboard beneath his feet to open the ammunition compartment.

A dozen or so thermal bombs, each only the size of a fist, fell downwards. Each bomb could destroy the structure of a reinforced concrete building, and the chain explosions would cause huge casualties.

"mean."

Li Ai cursed under his breath, and red wings unfurled behind him, transforming him into a red comet as he chased after the enemy. He adjusted his position in mid-air, continuously spitting out wing-shaped energy bullets from his gun, accurately catching up with each thermal bomb.

Rumbling--

The winged energy bombs and thermal bombs collided, exploding into fireballs in the air. The scorching air waves surged outwards, illuminating the night sky over the entire street.

Green Dream Demon sprinted desperately, the propulsion of the flying skateboard was already overloaded, and he also used his own power to demonize these devices, but Li Ai always followed less than a hundred meters away from him.

"Doesn't this guy lose power in other dimensions?" Green Dream Demon asked incredulously.

Creatures from the Nightmare Dimension are at their strongest in the dream world. Once they arrive on Earth, even higher-ranking dream demons will have their power significantly weakened.

But the guy behind him, whom humans call Kamen Rider ZZZ, seems to be unaffected by this rule.

Green Dream Demon was horrified and pulled the lever sharply to make the flying skateboard climb vertically, trying to shake off its opponent.

However, the two-star winged form was faster than the Green Dream Demon. As soon as the red wings spread, several circular shockwaves appeared behind him, like ripples spreading when pebbles are thrown into water. After drawing a beautiful curve in the air, they appeared above the Green Dream Demon, and a wing-shaped energy bullet was fired from the muzzle.

Green Nightmare hurriedly changed direction. Energy bullets grazed his helmet, sending sparks flying. He knew that if he continued like this, he would surely lose. His gaze swept over a wooded area in a park below, and a wicked plan suddenly formed in his mind.

At that moment, another energy bullet was fired at Green Dream Demon. He tried to change his position and dodged, but the main thruster of his flying skateboard was hit, and after emitting puffs of black smoke, it crashed into the park's lawn.

Green Dream Demon crashed heavily onto the lawn, sliding out a ditch more than ten meters long before coming to a stop.

Seeing this, Li Ai locked onto the Green Dream Demon's trail from the air. He swooped down, discarding his weapon and replacing his capsule.

【Impact!】

boom!

When Li Ai landed in his impact form, the surrounding grass, soil, and pebbles flew into the sky at the same time. He dashed forward, his figure passing through the obstacles, and instantly arrived in front of the Green Dream Demon.

Li Ai pressed Green Dream Demon's shoulder with her left hand, pinning him against a tree, while her right hand clenched into a fist and slammed it down on Green Dream Demon with a whooshing sound.

The moment it hit, the Green Dream Demon's exoskeleton armor shattered completely, and the trees behind it were also broken by the aftershock.

Before Green Dream Demon could speak, it delivered a second and a third punch.

The entire park trembled under this terrifying power. The Green Nightmare swept away the shattered helmet from his face, revealing Norman Osborn's pale and terrified face. He gasped for breath and pleaded desperately:

"Friend, stop! It's me, Norman Osborn. I don't want to be killed. I'm the demon who tormented my family. Please help me."

Upon hearing this, Li Ai's fist hovered in mid-air, and he questioned with unwavering vigilance:

"But you want to hurt Kurt Connors and drop thermal bombs on residential areas."

"It was all that demon's doing. I wanted to stop him, but I couldn't do anything. I don't want to hurt anyone else," Green Dream Demon said tearfully. His hands were raised in front of him seemingly harmlessly, but a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.

The brainwave-controlled flying skateboard suddenly started up, its front blade popping out with a cold, eerie light, like a venomous snake poised to strike, stabbing fiercely toward Li Ai's back!

"You've been tricked!"

Norman's face contorted instantly under the control of the Green Dream Demon, and his voice returned to two overlapping, eerie laughs.

The anticipated scene of the blade piercing through flesh did not occur.

Click, click—

The flying skateboard was like a toy car that crashed into a steel wall; the blade broke off, the main body of the skateboard shattered, and the parts flew in all directions like fireworks.

It couldn't even make Li Ai move her feet; it was even shattered by the reaction force.

“A boring trick.” Li Ai kicked the Green Dream Demon away, then raised his hand and sent two Dream Eater Claws in blade mode into the ground. He then inserted two capsules into the slots.

【Shock!】

Erase!

Orange-yellow electricity and silver-gray light climbed up the blade. Li Ai gripped the hilt again and launched a final attack on the Green Nightmare.

Seeing the figure rushing towards it, the Green Dream Demon turned and fled, shouting frantically as it ran:

“You can’t do that. There’s a bomb near Kurt Connors’ family that only I can defuse…”

"That's not necessarily true."

【Breakam Slash!】

Li Ai flashed to the right of the Green Dream Demon, and the Dream Eater's Claw, wrapped in silver-gray light, struck him first. Just like when Harry and the Green Dream Demon's offspring were dealt with, Norman's relationship with the Green Dream Demon was also weakened.

Then, a blade crackling with orange-yellow electricity struck the Green Dream Demon, and a wisp of green smoke drifted out from Norman's eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, eventually dissipating in mid-air.

"Mission accomplished." Li Ai sheathed his sword, turned to look at Norman lying on the ground, and carefully examined him. At the same time, a voice reached his ears.

"The threat has been eliminated."

Chapter 155 My Benefactor

Just seconds earlier, in Dr. Connors's detached house, his wife and children were shivering in the living room.

These two innocent ordinary people had their hands and feet tied behind their backs, and a remote-controlled bomb flashing red light was placed in front of them.

The bomb was less than the size of an adult's fist, but it was enough to kill them.

The two struggled continuously, and the red light flashed faster and faster, while their movements gradually became more exaggerated.

Suddenly, a blinding white light illuminated their faces.

To the bewilderment of the two, a motorcycle appeared out of thin air in the room.

The next moment, accompanied by the sound of machinery, the motorcycle transformed into a robot before their eyes.

"Begin defusing the bomb," Asrada's voice came from inside the robot.

To prevent Dr. Connors' family from being harmed, Li Ai had Asurada remotely control the Code Zero Eclipse to come and check the situation.

After confirming that there was only one bomb as the source of danger, Asrada remotely controlled the Code Zero Corruptor and covered the bomb with his hands.

With a muffled thud, wisps of black smoke emerged from the gaps in the palm of the Code Zero Corruptor.

"The bomb has been defused, and the threat has been eliminated," Aslada reported to Li Ai.

Meanwhile, in a park in New York City, Li Ai had already used recovery capsules to repair the battlefield.

Norman's situation was also relatively good. Thanks to the effects of the Elimination and Tremor Capsules, the Green Nightmare was completely removed from him, and the Green Nightmare personality that the serum might have generated couldn't even emerge before being nipped in the bud.

The chairman of the Osborn Group was possessed by a demon, kidnapped a family of three, and threw bombs into a residential area... This doesn't seem like something that should be made public.

Li Ai planned to turn tonight's events into an urban legend. He took out the Elimination Capsule, aimed it at Norman, and gently turned it.

Erase!

A flash of silver-gray light appeared, and Norman's memories of tonight were erased. The serum he was injected with was incomplete, and the clinical trial had only progressed to phase two. Not only was the enhancement time-limited, but the effect of curing the genetic disease was also not very good.

Under the influence of the elimination capsule, the effects of the serum began to wear off rapidly, and Norman's muscles began to return to normal.

Li Ai carried him back to the Osborn Group headquarters building, where the recovery capsule and the erasure capsule were used in turn to completely erase the traces of tonight.

Dr. Connors's memories naturally had to be erased as well. Li Ai even went to Connors's house and erased the memories of his entire family.

Li Ai made it seem as if nothing had happened.

Tomorrow, at most some people will talk about the series of air explosions and the minor earthquake near the park.

After finishing everything, Li Ai returned to the operations room, closed his eyes slightly, and entered the dream world.

With the disappearance of the culprit, the Green Nightmare, the symptoms of the genetic disease in the Osborn father and son have been greatly reduced.

To prevent Norman from having wild thoughts after waking up, Li Ai sneaks into his dream and tells him part of the truth as Kamen Rider ZZZ.

In the dimly lit room, Norman opened his eyes and, by the faint light, saw a figure standing under the only lamp.

"Who are you?" Norman thought to himself, "This place is like a place where people can't even pay their electricity bills."

Faced with Norman's question, Li Ai lowered her voice and said, "I am ZZZ, Norman Osborn. Tell me about the people your ancestors offended."

"People my ancestors offended?" Norman frowned, puzzled. "Why do you ask that?"

"Because you were just tortured to the point of near death by a demon," Li Ai said seriously.

In the dream, Li Ai's words were very persuasive, making Norman completely believe her story.

“The devil…” Norman whispered, “Could it be that our family’s genetic disease is also caused by the devil?”

Upon hearing that demons were at work, Norman's speculations became bolder.

“That’s right.” Li Ai nodded. “This kind of demon only appears with curses. You’d better think about who your ancestors offended, so you can at least figure out why you were harmed.”

"I remember now!" Norman exclaimed, clenching his fist in realization.

“My father told me a story about how our ancestors encountered a robbery when they first came to America to do business. Although the robbers were dealt with by the guards, one of them cursed my ancestor… I never expected the curse to be real. I’ll have to be more careful in the future.”

"The bandit who cast the curse was likely a dark sorcerer," Li Ai guessed.

The ancestors of the Osborne family were truly unlucky. As for what was behind the black magician, it has become difficult to verify due to the passage of more than two hundred years.

"If the curse has been lifted, then is our family's genetic disease...?" Norman asked Li Ai in a trembling voice.

"It's very likely, but the demonic curse is just the trigger. Solving the curse will only make it easier for you to cure the disease."

Upon hearing this, a tear welled up in Norman's eye, who had spent half his life working to treat his family's genetic disease. A surge of intense gratitude welled up in his heart, and he bowed deeply to Li Ai, a gesture reserved for formal diplomatic protocol, saying in a trembling voice:

"On behalf of the entire Osborne family, I thank you for your kindness. From now on, I will meet all your needs."

Looking at Norman, who was now using honorifics, Li Ai smiled helplessly. He really hadn't figured out how to reply, so he said: