Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 226 Do you want to work with me?

Just as Mephisto's figure was about to disappear into the shadows.

Suddenly, a red-hot chain shot out from the corridor.

In an instant, Mephisto's upper body and hands were wrapped and bound together.

Then, with a sudden pull, he dragged Mephisto, whose body had already been half-submerged in darkness, back out.

Immediately afterwards, the dimly lit corridor was illuminated.

A ghost rider with a burning skull head had somehow appeared there.

He gripped the other end of the chain with one hand, his empty eyes fixed on the demon he had captured.

"Mephisto!! How dare you show your face on Earth!!"

However, although his body was bound by chains, his escape was also interrupted.

But Mephisto showed no sign of panic; instead, he looked Ghost Rider up and down with great interest.

"Robbie, you should thank me for giving your brother a chance to stand up again, instead of taking his life."

“You know, I’m not usually this generous when I’m doing business with others.”

As he spoke, Mephisto, who was bound, shrugged with a smile, as if to show that what he said was true.

However, at this moment, the Ghost Rider on the other end of the chain, with his burning skull face, showed a rare expression of bewilderment and confusion.

"Robbie's brother?"

It was as if Mephisto's words had awakened some kind of memory.

Ghost Rider, or rather Robbie, suddenly had the flames around him flickering erratically.

Immediately afterwards, despite being a skeleton, he clutched his head in agony and cried out in pain. His mouth was filled with shrill screams like, "Robbie?" and "Who am I?"

Upon seeing this, Mephisto's smile deepened.

"Oh, my poor Robbie, has he been worn down to the point where he can't even recognize himself anymore?"

"Looks like you'll soon be replaced by that guy Zatannas. Too bad~ I'll have to find him a new cage."

As he spoke, Mephisto seemed genuinely regretful, and even his gaze toward Robbie softened somewhat.

However, Ghost Rider, who was already on the verge of collapse, suddenly had his flames surge and then rapidly shrink back.

Then he gripped the iron chain tightly and roared in a cold voice.

"I am—the enemy of the demon!!"

In an instant, all the flames around Robbie poured into the chains, and then he suddenly exerted force with both hands, pulling the chains hard and dragging Mephisto toward himself.

However, just as Mephisto was being pulled uncontrollably toward Robbie, his body suddenly became ethereal.

Before Robbie could even unleash a furious punch on Mephisto's face...

The areas where his arms and waist were bound by chains instantly disintegrated into tiny sparks of fire.

In the blink of an eye, he broke free of the chains and came to a steady stop in front of Robbie, letting the exhausted fist rest on the tip of his nose.

"You truly deserve to be called the worst Ghost Rider I've ever signed."

As he spoke, Mephisto, who had already closed in on Robbie, suddenly raised his staff and gently tapped Robbie's chest.

next moment.

With a loud 'boom,' the flames exploded.

Robbie, who had just been in the lead, was so easily blasted away. He flew backward for more than ten meters before finally coming to a stop after crashing into the wall at the end of the corridor.

However, the defeat of Ghost Rider Robbie does not mean the end of the battle.

Just as he was blasted away, the walls on both sides of the corridor suddenly shattered.

Immediately afterwards, two knight mechs, clearly incorporating demonic elements, burst out from behind the wall at the same time.

Wielding sharp swords, they swiftly attacked Mephisto, who stood in the middle of the corridor, from both left and right.

However, although the two mechs wielded their swords and struck Mephisto repeatedly.

But just like Robbie's chains before.

All the attacks that landed on Mephisto seemed to hit empty air, producing only a few sparks and having no other effect.

Mephisto, on the other hand, strolled forward leisurely, not forgetting to offer a few words of praise.

"Integrating demons into technological mechs? What a creative idea! How about it? Interested in working for me? The pay is pretty good."

As he spoke, two laser beams passed through Mephisto's face one after the other.

However, he showed no intention of dodging. Instead, he raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the floors, clearly fixed on Luca, who was remotely controlling two demon mechs in a conference room upstairs.

Meanwhile, Luca, who was observing remotely, naturally noticed Mephisto's gaze.

However, he showed no signs of nervousness and even had time to raise his hand to comfort Gwen next to him.

"Don't be impulsive. Neither you nor Tony have any good ways to fight demons. This guy is notoriously cunning and treacherous. If you get controlled by his magic, then we'll really be out of a fight."

In fact, the reason why Luca and the others gathered here at this time was because they had discovered Mephisto's invasion in advance.

Of course, this advance notice wasn't too early.

Although Mephisto appeared tonight and used his magic to deceive Hakimi's monitoring system, Luca and Tony had studied demons for so many days and were not entirely without other means of detecting demons.

Originally, to prevent the appearance of any invisible demons, the laboratory had actually added a number of targeted detection devices.

However, Mephisto's method was not as simple as invisibility, but rather a conceptual confusion of presence, so even after Hakimi detected the abnormal fluctuations, he did not find anything else amiss.

It wasn't until Mephisto left the laboratory that he noticed the lingering fluctuations.

However, such monitoring equipment is only installed in laboratories, and even if it is noticed, its whereabouts cannot be tracked.

This is why Luca and the others had no choice but to gather here after receiving the notification.

It wasn't until Mephisto stopped hiding and created a small explosion that he was able to regain control of his opponent's tail.

"Hakimi, have the video recordings from the lab been recovered?"

While keeping an eye on the 'battle' in the hospital corridor, Luca asked Hakimi a question.

However, the answer he received did not satisfy him.

"Sir, based on the latest scene from the laboratory that appeared one minute ago, only 39% of the video progress has been restored so far."

Upon hearing this, Luca simply nodded calmly.

"Never mind, I think I've already figured something out."

Seeing that Ghost Rider Robbie, who had just been blasted away, had rejoined the battle, he immediately picked up the communicator beside him.

"Six Cups, try to cooperate with the Moro Mech to seize the staff; that thing should have a physical form!"

However, although Luca said he wanted Sibei to take the cane, when he was actually controlling the 'Moro Mech', he suddenly made both mechs attack the red rose on Mephisto's chest at the same time!
(End of this chapter)