Senju Haruto drove leisurely into Broadway in the sports car he'd borrowed from Stark.
The entire street was paralyzed, traffic gridlocked beyond hope.
But for someone with the AllSpark, such problems didn't exist.
Under its influence, every vehicle had awakened, transformed into mechanical lifeforms. They remained silent and still only because—for now—the situation didn't warrant the coming of a mechanical apocalypse.
"Abomination…"
Haruto's gaze was quickly drawn to the dark green giant ahead.
Abomination was locked in a brutal melee with Hulk, fists colliding, flesh pounding flesh.
Anyone who had made it into Broadway that night would have been unable to look away.
Exaggeration wasn't needed: this battle between Abomination and Hulk might have been Broadway's greatest performance since its founding.
No special effects.
No script.
Just two primal beasts tearing into each other with raw instinct.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Abomination's combat experience far exceeded Hulk's. After a series of fluid combos, he left Hulk reeling, dazed by the precision strikes.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be their first clash on Broadway," Haruto thought, narrowing his eyes as Abomination pressed the advantage.
Hulk's base strength, in his calmer state, was a few hundred tons at best—about equal to Abomination's.
But at this stage, Hulk was more like an infant, venting anger with raw emotion, utterly lacking in technique.
Abomination was different. His punches carried power on par with Hulk's, but he also retained Blonsky's intelligence and experience.
In short—Abomination was Blonsky, and Blonsky was Abomination.
Hulk, on the other hand, was not Banner. They were two beings sharing one body, two souls wrestling inside a single vessel.
As Haruto idly considered these things, Abomination seized an opening. He lunged forward, driving a fist square into Hulk's throat.
BOOM!
The impact sent Hulk staggering backward, his footing unstable.
It wasn't enough to knock him unconscious or cripple him, but it left him dizzy, vision spinning.
Abomination leapt back, creating space. Then in an instant, he unleashed his full power, legs coiling like springs before launching himself forward like a missile.
Hulk saw it—arms instinctively rising to block—but he couldn't withstand Abomination's explosive assault.
CRASH!
The impact thundered skyward, sending Hulk flying straight back into a towering building.
RUMBLE!
The structure shook violently as Hulk's massive frame punched through it, leaving a gaping black hole in its side.
Silence fell over Broadway.
Ross, Fury, the surviving soldiers—every one of them had pinned their hopes on Hulk overcoming Abomination.
But the reality before them was stark: Hulk and Abomination weren't even in the same league.
"I once admired you, Banner. Your power was flawless. But now…"
Abomination's roar grew louder, voice trembling with exhilaration.
"…I don't think that anymore! You're not worthy of this power!"
His bloodlust surged. Years of military service had left him addicted to adrenaline, always chasing the next high.
But nothing—nothing—he'd experienced compared to this moment.
Bathed in moonlight, Blonsky felt reborn.
"I am Abomination!"
"The strongest existence in this world!"
"I will be its ruler!"
"And tonight, it begins with you, Banner. Haven't you always wanted Hulk destroyed?"
"Then I'll grant your wish!"
He bent his knees, ready to pursue Hulk and finish it—
But then… something strange caught his eye.
A luxury sports car, sleek and extravagant, rolled slowly into view.
Its speed wasn't fast. In fact, it almost seemed leisurely.
But what stunned Abomination was that it wasn't fleeing Broadway like everything else.
It was driving straight toward him.
And even stranger… the abandoned cars littering the street seemed to awaken, shifting aside as though alive, clearing a path so the sports car could advance unimpeded.
Abomination frowned, baffled.
In the helicopter, Ross and Fury both widened their eyes in disbelief.
Neither of them had expected him to appear.
"That bastard again!" Ross roared furiously. He wanted nothing more than to order his men to open fire and erase Haruto on the spot.
Fury, though equally shocked, didn't react with such hostility.
On the contrary, he felt… anticipation.
After all, his reason for cooperating with the military was simple: to secure Hulk, and from there, to establish his Avengers initiative to safeguard Earth.
But Senju Haruto—with the power to summon a mechanical apocalypse—was a potential threat.
If Abomination could suppress Haruto's power, it would only strengthen Fury's position.
But if Haruto's mechanical scourge could overpower even Abomination, who had just bested Hulk…
That would be a much bigger problem.
Because one truth had already sunk deep into everyone's mind—
Abomination was stronger than Hulk.
"…Here we are."
Haruto glanced at his system assistant's sign-in progress, then willed the sports car's door open with a thought.
Facing a towering, monstrous creature like Abomination, Haruto's expression didn't flicker. Calm and steady, he stepped out onto Broadway.
The street was cratered and broken from the titanic battle, some pits several meters deep.
To an outsider, it might have looked like a wasteland battlefield.
"You finally showed up."
The moment Stark spotted him, he rushed over, unleashing a torrent of complaints.
"Mm."
Haruto nodded lightly.
His calculations had been based on sign-in timing, not the exact moment of Abomination's rampage.
And truthfully, he wasn't late.
"Didn't expect to see you here, Stark," Haruto replied casually, as though Abomination weren't even worth noticing.
That dismissiveness lit a fire in Abomination's chest.
He didn't know who Haruto was, nor what his strength might be. But he was the one who had just beaten Hulk—the monster that had tormented General Ross.
Right now, he was the strongest.
"Die!"
Abomination snarled, ripping a car off the street. His muscles swelled as he hurled it full-force at Haruto.
BOOM!
The vehicle cut a deadly arc through the air.
But then, Haruto's borrowed sports car suddenly rose upright, shifting, metal groaning as it transformed. With both arms outstretched, it caught the hurtling vehicle in midair.
Abomination froze, jaw slack.
This was…
A Transformer?!
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