Far away—
Inside Ultron's core network—
Data streamed endlessly.
Combat footage.
Energy readings.
Movement patterns.
Everything Fredy did…
Ultron analyzed.
"Shadow constructs…"
"Spatial barrier…"
"Energy duplication…"
Processing.
Adapting.
Improving.
A new model activated.
Larger.
Stronger.
Faster.
"Countermeasures deployed."
Back in New York—
A new wave of drones arrived.
These ones moved differently.
More precise.
More aggressive.
One of them attacked Fredy directly.
It bypassed his shadow soldiers.
Target locked.
It fired a high-frequency energy beam.
Fredy blocked it with Infinity.
But—
The beam distorted slightly.
Closer than before.
Fredy's eyes narrowed.
"It's adapting…"
For the first time—
A machine had begun learning how to fight him.
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