"No!" I roared.
I ignored the acid burning my leg. I ignored the torn muscles in my side.
I pumped gravitational energy and propelled myself through the air like a bullet, lunging toward the Surgeon to intercept it before it reached Aiden.
I don't care about Aiden's life as a friend—he's nothing but a trivial pawn. But… he's my pawn.
No being in this cursed universe has the right to touch my pieces or break my toys in front of me!
I reached the Surgeon midway between me and Aiden.
We collided midair.
A close-quarters clash between a gravity transcendent and an S-Rank cyborg.
The scene was bloody, destructive, and horrifying.
The Surgeon used its steel spider legs like spears to impale me.
I deflected them with my bare hands, coated in condensed gravitational ether.
Each collision produced an explosive boom that tore apart the tiles, walls, and ceiling of the lab!
Kraaaaaaash! BOOOOOOOM!
We slammed into one of the hospital's supporting concrete pillars.
