Li Hua and Elena returned to the underground base of Holy City Hospital via the teleportation circle.
They immediately canceled their transformations, preparing to test the patients to confirm that the infecting virus had been completely cleared.
After all, this particular type of medical pod was being used for the first time. They needed to specifically check the extent to which it could remove the virus and whether any residue remained.
"You... what's with that armor?" Otto, who had woken up, looked at the two of them canceling their transformations, his tone full of astonishment.
As a physicist and scientist, Otto had always held scientific theory as his guiding principle.
However, the sight before his eyes completely exceeded the bounds of his scientific common sense.
What was the principle behind full-body armor that could appear and disappear out of thin air?
Even with nanotechnology, there should be a process where it extends from a certain part to cover the whole body.
Or, there should be a process where all the nanometals gather to one area before disappearing.
To take it a step further, even if the nanometals integrated with the body's cells and flesh, there should still be a process of entering the body.
But Otto saw the armor on Li Hua and Elena clearly transition from solid to ethereal and then vanish instantly.
"You're okay already?" Li Hua frowned slightly. This patient—did the Bugster simply wake up immediately after being defeated?
Did he see the two of them cancel their transformations because of the medical pod?
This might be a little troublesome.
Elena and Li Hua exchanged a look.
Otto's gaze was fixed on the Gamer Drivers at their waists and the Game Cartridges in their hands. Other than these two things, there were no other special items on the two doctors.
The transformation was canceled after the Game Cartridge was removed from the Game Driver on the waist.
Otto's eyes lit up with a brilliant curiosity and thirst for knowledge, as if he were looking at a rare treasure.
"What just happened? Your armor..." Otto excitedly sat up, urgently questioning Li Hua and Elena, who had canceled their transformations.
"The Rider System, which is the full-body armor you saw.
The purpose for which the Rider System was created is to eliminate the Bugster Virus, a deadly virus," Li Hua sighed and began to explain.
Otto nodded thoughtfully: "So I was infected with this so-called Bugster Virus?"
"But we've already cured you. The Bugster Virus has been cleared," Elena added.
"What exactly is this Bugster Virus?" Otto stared directly at Li Hua and Elena, his face full of skepticism.
"The armor you were wearing just now was obviously for combat, wasn't it?
Don't tell me you're like something out of a sci-fi movie, where you put on specialized armor, shrink down, enter my body, battle the virus within, and then eliminate it."
The suit created by Dr. Pym could indeed do that—shrink the body down to the size of a virus and enter a person's body.
"Sir, I must say, you have a very rich imagination. We do have to fight the Bugster, but we don't shrink down and enter the patient's body," Elena said with a strange expression.
There was no helping it. Seeing Otto's attitude that he absolutely wouldn't give up until he understood the whole story, Li Hua briefly introduced the Bugster Virus to him.
"The Bugster Virus actually has the ability to materialize fictional images into reality." Otto's eyes flashed with an unusual light.
"Could I study it? This existence that transcends the common sense of modern science definitely has immense potential.
If we can find a way to control and use it, perhaps it could push the progress of the entire world," Otto tentatively suggested, his tone full of expectation and yearning.
"No. Although I don't know who you are.
The Bugster Virus is extremely dangerous. We just managed to clear the virus from your body; don't risk getting infected again out of curiosity.
It's even more impossible for us to risk the virus spreading because of your personal research!" Li Hua refused sternly.
"While I don't know why you would have this idea, what I can tell you is," Elena also shook her head and spoke.
"Even the genius scientist Tony Stark couldn't fully research the Bugster Virus, so you should stop wasting your effort."
"Tony Stark, huh?" Otto thought to himself, a glint flashing in his eyes, which only strengthened his resolve to research and control the Bugster Virus.
However, since Li Hua and Elena clearly weren't going to cooperate, Otto had to temporarily suppress his inner thoughts.
After seeing Otto off, Li Hua and Elena contacted Dan Kuroto, looking quite excited.
"Dan, through actual testing, the medical pod can indeed separate the virus from the patient's body. This means we now have the ability to treat patients infected with the virus.
We don't have to wait until the virus fully breaks out before performing the excision surgery."
Dan Kuroto showed no change in expression: "That was expected."
Li Hua and Elena looked at each other: "Our idea is, since the equipment is complete, Holy City Hospital can now accept patients infected with the Bugster Virus."
"Are you ready?" Dan Kuroto's gaze was profound: "Holy City Hospital starting to treat Bugster Virus patients means that the two of you will inevitably be exposed to the attention of people with ulterior motives."
"It was bound to happen eventually, wasn't it? Moreover, Bugster Virus outbreaks are becoming more and more frequent. This patient saw our medical base directly and learned our identities.
There's no need to keep it a secret anymore," Elena took a deep breath and spoke candidly.
"Most importantly, if we can treat them before the virus fully breaks out, we can largely avoid interference from that Parado and his Bugster organization, and the success rate of excising the Bugster Virus will be greatly improved," Li Hua nodded slightly.
"Good. Since you've come to this realization, naturally, I won't object." Dan smiled.
"Holy City Hospital can issue a public notice, asking patients with Game Disease symptoms whose cause cannot be diagnosed to come for an examination.
You can then distinguish whether they are infected with the Bugster Virus and proceed with treatment.
In any case, we've already finalized the discussion with Stark, and having the Stark Industries Group involved will also lend more credibility."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of this. I guarantee your Kamen Riders will be able to focus on fighting the Bugster Virus.
I'll immediately arrange for Stark Industries Group to invest in Holy City Hospital." After learning the full details, Tony clapped his chest and promised Dan.
"However, could you let me study the data for the medical pod you created, specifically targeting the Bugster Virus?"
"That's absolutely no problem," Dan smiled slightly.
"But I need to remind you that one of the key factors for the medical pod's effectiveness is the Game Rider System.
That is to say, the most important key is the virus antibody that Li Hua and the others possess."
"You don't need to worry about that," Tony said confidently with a laugh: "The great Tony Stark will definitely find a way to solve it."
After receiving the satisfactory data, Tony disconnected and couldn't wait to start his research.
"Master, someone has intruded into the Holy City Hospital network system.
It's the previous Bugster Virus patient, the one named Otto," Izu blinked, a light flashing in her eyes as she spoke.
"However, the method is quite crude."
As a nuclear physicist who could successfully develop the theory of the nuclear fusion-powered sun, Otto's intelligence was undoubtedly world-class. Mastering network intrusion was not out of the question.
However, it wasn't his field of expertise, and he was learning on the fly, so his methods were inevitably somewhat crude.
Dan Kuroto showed a look of curiosity: "This Dr. Otto really has ambitions."
"Since he has the drive and obsession to strive upwards, then I'll open a window for him and give him a chance to realize his ambitions.
As long as his ability is a good match and he can bring sufficient value to me," Dan smiled slightly, speaking casually. This was a calculated move.
"Do you want me to let him obtain some relevant information?" Izu asked.
Dan Kuroto shook his head: "No need. If necessary, I can let Genm and Parado contact him.
If he can track down the virus on his own, then let him enter the game as well. I happen to have a very interesting design."
The Museum Project is about to officially begin. Combining Gaia Memories and the Bugster Virus should be very interesting.
The Gaia Memory that Dan Kuroto thought of was exactly Virus.
Does combining the Virus Memory with the Bugster Virus have potential?
The reason he was treating the Virus Memory specially was that the Virus Memory was somewhat troublesome for Dan Kuroto in certain respects.
The Virus Memory possessed extremely strong, large-scale lethal power, capable of instantly spreading a deadly virus across a city.
It was a major weapon against ordinary people.
However, New York City was the game venue chosen by Dan. If a user went insane and spread a deadly virus, it would only cause a massive number of civilian casualties without any benefit.
It might not even enhance the Memory's ability and would destroy the game environment, which was worthless to Dan.
Therefore, Dan thought of giving this Memory a more interesting use, which might lead to unexpected surprises.
(End of Chapter)