Hearing Maeve’s words, Loren frowned.
He immediately turned to 2B and said, “Scan her body right now and see if there is anything unusual.” “Understood!” Hearing Loren’s command, 2B instantly activated her scanning mode.
In just a moment, she detected a signal source in Maeve’s subcutaneous tissue.
“Report, Boss.
An electronic device has been implanted under her skin.
It looks like a micro-bug, but I have already severed the signal source!” “No wonder.
It seems she wasn’t completely brainless after all.
At least she managed to deliver the clue before she died.” “Boss, have you found the mastermind?” “Yeah, it’s pretty much a certainty now.” “Who is it?” “Alexander Pierce, the Secretary of the World Security Council.” “Then I shall go and kill him immediately!” Hearing Loren’s words, 2B’s eyes flashed with murderous intent, and she made to move, but Loren held her back.
“No need to rush.
Alexander is the head of Hydra.
Killing him won’t be easy.
I should upgrade your body first; that will ensure a higher success rate,” Loren said thoughtfully, his face serious.
The reason he wasn’t in a hurry to kill Pierce was partly that he wanted to upgrade 2B to better deal with Hydra, and partly because a system notification had sounded in his mind the moment Maeve died.
[Congratulations, Host, for participating in the “Track Down the Mastermind” event and successfully killing the event planner, Maeve.
Rewarded: Reconnaissance Unit 9S Manufacturing Blueprint × 1.] Anyone who had played *NieR: Automata* knew who 9S was.
He was 2B’s partner, a scanner-type android.
He was primarily responsible for scouting and hacking.
Though his close-combat capabilities weren’t strong, he was exceptionally skilled in information warfare.
And right now, Loren was sorely lacking an artificial intelligence capable of handling information warfare.
He wanted to build a super AI that could be deployed in real-time.
That way, it could assist 2B in battle at any moment.
As for the scanner android, 9S, he was also in his creation plans.
Just not right now.
After all, his time and energy were limited, so he would have to take it slow.
Furthermore, even if he did build 9S, he was planning to change the android’s gender to female.
After all, if a male android accompanied 2B on missions every day, wouldn’t he just be asking for trouble?
Moreover, he didn’t want to stop at 9S.
In the long run, he planned to build an entire army of general-purpose combat androids.
A massive swarm would be the way to go.
Only then could he go further and establish a firmer foothold in the Marvel world!
With this in mind, he immediately locked himself in the laboratory again.
Time flew, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
During these two weeks, he threw himself into research and development, practically forgetting to eat or sleep.
Through his relentless efforts, he finally completed the super artificial intelligence—Alice.
Alice’s mainframe program was installed in two separate locations.
One was in the underground secret base of his estate, and the other was on a satellite in near-Earth orbit.
One on the ground, one in the sky, complementing each other.
No matter where he was, he could access her at any time, allowing the super AI Alice to run various data analyses for him.
And it wasn’t just him; 2B’s cybernetic brain could also connect to the super AI at any moment.
This meant she could rely on her own cybernetic brain for tactical analysis while letting Alice supercharge the processing.
This would vastly increase her computational capacity, which in turn would allow her to unleash even greater combat power.
After all, the power of an artificial intelligence depended heavily on its computing capacity!
However, constrained by the current level of technology, it was still impossible to manufacture ultra-high-performance chips.
Naturally, the performance of 2B’s cybernetic brain was limited because of this.
But a super AI didn’t need to worry about size constraints.
He could stack a massive number of chips to boost its processing power.
As a result, its computing power was something 2B’s cybernetic brain simply couldn’t compare to.
Over these past two weeks, he hadn’t just built the super AI Alice; he had also given 2B a simple upgrade.
He had installed anti-gravity devices in her feet.
With these, 2B could use anti-gravity to briefly walk on air, somewhat like the Moonwalk technique from the *One Piece* world.
Aside from 2B’s minor upgrade, the Batsuit he had been dreaming of was finally complete.
Not only the Batsuit, but also its accompanying Batmobile and Batwing had been successfully constructed.
Furthermore, his Batsuit had also been integrated with an anti-gravity device, allowing for brief periods of flight.
Inside the laboratory, 2B stared at Loren, who was clad in the pitch-black Batsuit, her eyes filled with shock and awe.
“Boss, is this the Batsuit you were talking about?
It’s so cool!” The Batsuit Loren created was vastly different from the Batman of the DC Universe.
First of all, the DC Batsuit left half the face exposed and leaned more toward defensive armor, as Bruce primarily relied on his own martial arts prowess to defeat his foes.
In contrast, Loren’s Batsuit fully covered his face and leaned heavily toward a mechanized design.
The surface of the suit was embedded with faint yellow glowing strips, giving it a high-tech, deeply cyberpunk feel.
Of course, these glowing strips could be adjusted at will.
Once he entered a dark environment, they would automatically turn off, making him virtually invisible to the naked eye.
Additionally, Loren had indeed installed a massive amount of high-tech gear onto the suit, such as integrating the AI Alice, equipping military goggles identical to 2B’s, and micro-laser emitters.
There were also retractable steel claws, an anti-gravity device to replace the gliding cape, and even various micro-bombs.
All these features combined made Loren’s Batsuit far more aggressive—a walking arsenal of sorts, somewhat similar in style to Tony Stark’s Iron Man armor.
Of course, they were only similar in style.
Their manufacturing processes, overall structures, and actual combat capabilities were entirely different.
As for which one was stronger, it was impossible to know since they hadn’t clashed yet.
However, one thing was certain: Loren’s Batsuit was infinitely cooler than the early models of the Iron Man armor, and even cooler than the DC Universe’s Batsuit!
This was exactly why 2B couldn’t help but gasp in admiration at him right now.
“There’s something even cooler!
Alice, open the sky dome.
I want to test-fly the anti-gravity Batwing!” Hearing 2B’s praise, Loren smiled with a touch of pride.
He then commanded the AI Alice to open the underground base’s steel sky dome.
At the same time, a black, bat-shaped aircraft descended from above, slowly landing right in front of Loren and 2B.