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"The strongest man on Earth, Yujiro Hanma, is seriously injured."
"Haha, Fanma Xingren, what an interesting nickname."
Yujiro Hanma laughed as he looked at Orochimaru's address to him on the light screen.
The next moment, looking at the headline on the report, Yujiro Hanma was slightly stunned; he had been defeated.
"Hmph, hahaha, I'm defeated, hahaha, is he my son? I never thought he could grow up to this level."
Yujiro Hanma also subconsciously thought of his son, Baki Hanma.
"You've probably seen it," Orochimaru said, pointing to the report.
"Yes, I've seen it. It caused quite a stir back then."
"That's why I couldn't get it back. Then, based on my deductions, I found the location where Yujiro Hanma fought and looked for any fallen hair or anything like that," Orochimaru said, showing Sasori several photos he had taken.
The battle damage depicted in the photos is truly shocking. The ground is riddled with massive cracks, surrounding buildings are reduced to ruins, bullet holes mark the area, there are traces of bomb explosions, scorching flames, and puddles from melted ice.
"And then, you came back empty-handed? Looking at the signs of the battle, it doesn't seem like someone who would grow hair like that," Scorpion said, looking at the battle marks in the photo.
"Heh heh heh, Sasori, you underestimated my gathering abilities. On the contrary, I successfully collected hair and some blood." Orochimaru chuckled, then pulled up four more files.
"Hey, I'm on camera! Tobirama, look, you're on too, and Madara is on too."
Inside the Thousand Hands Mahjong parlor, Hashirama Senju, who had stopped playing mahjong due to the appearance of the light screen, saw himself appear inside the light screen, patting Tobirama Senju and Madara Uchiha beside him.
"Stop taking pictures, stop taking pictures, I saw it."
Madara Uchiha pried open Hashirama Senju's hand.
"Brother, stop hitting me. Besides, I saw it."
Tobirama Senju looked at his older brother with some disdain and said.
"Oh dear, I'm just so excited, hahaha."
Hashirama Senju scratched his head and said.
"However, I don't think this clip being shown on the screen is a good thing."
Tobirama Senju, with his white hair and red eyes, seemed to sense something was amiss.
"Besides Yujiro Hanma, what's with the other three?" Sasori asked, looking at the files of the three people next to him.
"Hehehe, you know what, Sasori? At first, I was wondering what had hurt Yujiro Hanma, but then I found the answer in the hair and blood I found."
"Although this amount of blood and hair is insufficient to support my further research, it will still allow me to explore many things."
"Can you just get to the point?"
"You're really impatient, Sasori. Look at these three guys; I suspect they're the culprits behind Yujiro Hanma's serious injuries."
"First, their blood and hair were found at the scene of the battle. Second, through my research on their hair and blood, I discovered that they are not normal people; to put it simply, they may have been enhanced superhumans."
Orochimaru's face lit up with excitement and fervor. Human enhancement had always been a subject of his research, and he never expected that someone or some organization would successfully develop it, and even be able to severely injure that monster, Yujiro Hanma.
"What?! Someone's already developed a way to enhance the human body?!" Sasori was utterly shocked upon hearing Orochimaru's words.
"That's right, it's just a pity. There's too little material, so I can't delve deeper into the research," Orochimaru said with a regretful expression.
"So you became interested in Spider-Man because you didn't have another chance to find Yujiro Hanma and those three guys, and you wanted to get some samples for research?"
"That's right, Spider-Man is the best target right now," Orochimaru said. He believed that if he could get his hands on him, his research would accelerate significantly.
28: Kazuma Sato: I feel like Spider-Man
"So, how do you plan to get some Spider-Man samples?" Scorpion asked curiously. After all, Spider-Man isn't an ordinary person, and they couldn't just capture ordinary people, otherwise Zhuge Cong would definitely not let them off easily.
"Are you trying to trick Spider-Man into committing a crime, and then use that as an excuse to arrest him?"
"No, I don't know what to do yet, so I'll tell you first to see if you have any good ideas. I've thought about inducing crime, but it seems a bit difficult." Orochimaru hadn't considered Sasori's idea either.
"I advise you not to get your hopes up. There might be a better opportunity in the future." Sasori thought it best not to let Orochimaru act recklessly.
"Why do you say that?" Orochimaru was curious as to why Sasori would say such a thing. Could it be that Sasori knew something that Orochimaru didn't?
"You'll probably find out yourself eventually, though that's just a possibility. Alright, I need to continue my experiments." Sasori said, then left. After all, he couldn't possibly tell Orochimaru about the Iron Alliance.
[Furthermore, Scorpion believes that although it's called the Iron Alliance, Zhuge Cong will definitely recruit talented individuals, and Spider-Man, in Scorpion's opinion, is highly likely to be one of them.]
"This Orochimaru gives off a feeling that he might betray us at any moment."
Junta Shiraishi felt that Orochimaru had a bit of that evil villainous scientist vibe from anime and movies.
"That's roughly what happened when Orochimaru contacted me a few days ago."
"So, Yujiro Hanma was ganked by those three enhanced humans and was severely injured, which is why he hasn't been able to fight back until now?"
"Is this what you're focusing on? Well, that makes sense. I'm also very curious about those three people." Scorpion was indeed quite curious about those three as well.
"Oh right, you haven't mentioned what you asked us about Spider-Man's purpose," Scorpion said, remembering the question Zhuge Cong had asked them earlier.
"Oh, that? I was just asking if you knew anything about it. I was wondering if we could recruit him into our Iron League." Zhuge Cong felt it was a shame that someone like Spider-Man wasn't joining.
"But our organization is called the Iron League, right? That Spider-Man guy seems to fight using his body and webs, which doesn't match my organization's name." Deidara felt it was very incongruous to have a guy in a bodysuit fighting hand-to-hand among a group of Iron Men.
"Sigh, what are you saying? We can just change the organization's name, it's not like we can't. Besides, if he agrees to join, we can give him a suit of armor, or maybe reinforce his bodysuit." Zhuge Cong thought it was some serious problem; this was something that could be easily solved.
"What if he doesn't join?" Scorpion asked the crucial question.
"I don't think so... well, there's a tiny bit of a chance." Zhuge Cong thought Scorpion's words made sense. What if Spider-Man refused? Wouldn't he become the Joker?
"Forget about inviting Spider-Man for now. Let's focus on increasing our influence. That way, we might go from us inviting Spider-Man to Spider-Man applying to join us." Zhuge Cong also felt there was no rush.
"Besides, it's not worth going to so much trouble for just Spider-Man. There are plenty of talented and extraordinary people in this world." If Zhuge Cong hadn't investigated the mutants, he might have gone to the trouble of recruiting Spider-Man.
However, after learning about the existence of mutants hidden within human society, Zhuge Cong's enthusiasm for Spider-Man diminished considerably.
"Huh? Can't you just stop being a riddle-maker and just tell me directly?" Sasori doesn't like being riddle-ridden. Of course, he can be the riddle-maker himself, like Orochimaru, the riddle-maker.
"I can't say yet, at least not right now. It's not that I don't want to tell you, but there's a reason." Zhuge Cong felt it wasn't good to casually talk about mutants, especially since Jarvis had told him about the high level of secrecy surrounding mutants.
"Alright then, is there anything else? I still have experiments to do and the armor needs debugging." Scorpion indicated that he was pressed for time, and if there was nothing else, he would have to leave now.
"That's all, that's all. Now we just need to make our move on Zhuge Stan." Zhuge Cong said, "If you're busy, then leave."
"Then I'm leaving too." Deidara watched Sasori leave; there was no point in him staying, so he slipped back home.
"Alright, now all we need to do is wait for Scorpion's armor to be completed, and for the progress on Zhuge Stan's side." Zhuge Cong stretched.
"It's coming, it's coming! The great battle is about to begin!"
Doma Umaru is now itching to show off a big bottle of soda and a big bag of potato chips, since the thought of four Iron Man suits battling it out is exciting.
"A melee of steel armors? That's great. Accepting the Zhuge Group's invitation was a wise choice."
Minori Oyama felt that accepting Zhuge Cong's invitation was a wise choice, even though Zhuge Cong's high price was a factor.
"Could it be that Spider-Man is me and Zhen Da?"
Kazuma Sato felt that this Spider-Man was him.
"I don't think it could be you. If you're talking about Spider-Man, I'd rather believe it's Kirito."
Zhuge Cong felt that if Kazuma Sato were Spider-Man, then Spider-Man's style would completely change.
Zhuge Cong could even imagine Spider-Man using his webs to rip off an enemy's underwear during a fight.
"You wretched fellow, you full man who doesn't know the hunger of an empty man."
Kazuma Sato doesn't ask for anything else now, he just hopes he won't be just a background character.
“I think it might really be Kazuma who is Spider-Man,” Kirito said, looking at the pitiful Kazuma Sato.
"X﹏X, you're still nice to people, unlike some heartless bastard."
Kazuma Sato ran to Kazuto Kiritani's side, crying.
[The day passed quickly, and Zhuge Stan went to his research team to get the results.]
Last night, he planned to ambush Zhuge Cong and take the arc reactor from his chest, but Zhuge Cong refused to let him in.
This made Zhuge Stan very uneasy. He felt that Zhuge Cong might know something, so as soon as the car repair was finished, he rushed to find his R&D team.
He couldn't wait a moment longer.
"The day is up. What about what I asked for?" Zhugestan demanded of the team leader.
"Um, Mr. Zhugestan, we've been working overtime, but we're still a little short," the team leader said somewhat timidly, looking at the aggressive Zhugestan.
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29: A just brawl, kid.
"Still a little short." Zhugestan stroked his chin, looking very upset and on the verge of exploding in anger.
“Tell me how much short,” Zhugestan demanded.
"Well, even though we tried our best, we only managed to extend the time by 30 minutes," the head of the R&D team said cautiously.
"So, you mean you can only move around for a maximum of 30 minutes before turning into a pile of scrap metal, right?" Zhugestan said with a laugh, a laugh born of anger.