bioinnovel Chapter 516 [3 Chapters Combined] Everyone Settles Personal Grudges
Chapter 516 [3 Chapters Combined] Everyone Settles Personal Grudges
Is that the guy standing behind the counter?
Peter glanced into the depths of the bank.
The imposter in the classic red and blue uniform was still standing there, motionless, like a statue.
From the moment they entered the bank until now, that person hasn't even changed his posture.
This is very wrong.
But the most important thing right now is to defuse the bomb and prevent the hostages from being harmed.
not to mention……
Although the thermal imaging function was not activated, Peter believed that Gwen, who had been in stealth mode, was definitely on guard against the imposter's every move and would not give him any chance to launch a sneak attack.
In fact, if it weren't for the other imposter's whereabouts being unknown and his actions being premature, it might have provoked the criminal, causing him to recklessly press the detonation button when there was no hope of turning the tables, thus staging a scene of death alongside the heavens.
Gwen may have already taken action and successfully taken him down!
Peter thought for a moment, then looked away and focused on cutting the first thread.
The red light on the bomb flashed, and just as Justice had predicted, it did not explode.
"Well done."
Seeing this, Peter breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to himself as he prepared to cut off the second line to completely eliminate the threat of the bomb.
But at that moment, the spider senses suddenly began to throb violently.
It wasn't the subtle warning we had before, but a deafening alarm.
Danger is coming from behind, right at your fingertips!
Peter had no time to think; his body moved instinctively.
He scooped up the little boy in front of him and lunged to the side.
But it was precisely this instinctive act of choosing to save that made Peter's chance to dodge a little too late.
next second.
"Bang--!"
With a deafening gunshot, Peter felt a sharp pain in his left calf, as if it had been pierced by a red-hot iron rod.
Peter grunted, landing while tightly protecting the little boy in his arms. His back hit the ground, and he gasped in pain.
Clearly, Sheriff George was right; this was a trap set for Spider-Man.
Otherwise, ordinary bullets wouldn't penetrate the nanosuit so easily! Nor could they have caused such serious damage to Peter!
Spider-Man—!
Meanwhile, Felicia, who was also busy defusing the bomb, heard the sudden gunshot. Upon noticing Peter had been shot, she instinctively cried out in alarm, and her symbiote suit, inheriting Riley's combat consciousness, forcibly took control of her body. Before Felicia could react, she lunged towards the location where the shot had been fired!
Just kidding! That's the master's brother!
If he found out that someone had injured his younger brother right under his nose, who knows how his master would "love" him!
"Die—!!!"
The symbiote felt a chill run down its spine at the thought of what would happen if Riley found out.
The black figure moved like lightning, instantly traversing a distance of over ten meters.
In the blink of an eye, Felicia—or rather, Venom, whose body control had been forcibly taken over and who was now playing on behalf of someone else—with a furious roar filled with murderous intent, ripped a claw at the gray figure who was secretly attacking Peter and preparing to finish him off.
It was a man wearing a gray jacket who had been lying obediently on the ground, his hands and feet, like everyone else's, controlled by spider silk.
But now, the spider silk in his hand has broken, the cut clean, as if it had been cut by something sharp.
"Tch, they came pretty fast..."
Seeing the venom coming at him with overwhelming force, the man had no choice but to abandon his plan to finish the attack and quickly turned to the side, narrowly avoiding the venom's blow.
Seeing that its attack had missed, Venom did not pause in its movements. The black symbiote instantly transformed, and a thick tentacle suddenly extended from Felicia's shoulder, lashing out fiercely at the man's chest.
The man's expression changed. He didn't have time to completely dodge and was grazed on the shoulder by the tip of the tentacle. He was instantly thrown into the air, flying backward and crashing heavily against the wall.
When he groaned and collapsed to the ground, looking up at Venom, the face that had originally belonged to "Peter" had already vanished in a distorted display of light and shadow. In its place was a sickly pale, hairless, and sinister-looking unfamiliar face.
Perhaps it's the initial default face shape of this disguise system, or perhaps...
Is this the true face of the enemy?
But Venom, eager to avenge Peter, didn't care about anything else at the moment. He just wanted to kill the person in front of him cleanly and efficiently so that Riley wouldn't take his anger out on him later.
After landing a successful blow, he gave his enemy no chance to catch his breath, lunging forward again with his claws gleaming with a chilling light, aiming straight for the opponent's throat.
In that split second, the man who seemed to have collapsed to the ground, resigned to his fate, quickly changed the magazine in his hand with extremely skillful movements. Then, he raised his gun, aimed at the venom, and pulled the trigger repeatedly.
Of course, if it were a regular bullet, Venom, being a symbiote, could withstand the opponent's firepower and forcefully tear off their head.
However, Venom's strong spider-sense warning immediately made Venom realize that the bullets fired by the person in front of him were probably the same as the armor-piercing bullets fired at Peter. They were special bullets designed specifically to target the symbiote's weaknesses after Venom had prior knowledge of the symbiote's relevant information!
In a flash, Venom decisively chose to trust the spider-sense's warning, raised his hand and fired a web upwards. Using the web's pull, he forcibly twisted his direction in mid-air, his entire body grazing past the trajectory of the bullet.
The next second, the bullet that just grazed Venom's shoulder struck the stair railing not far behind Venom, and instantly exploded into two dazzling bursts of light amidst a deafening roar!
Without a doubt, Venom guessed correctly. This was an explosive bullet specifically designed to exploit Venom's weakness of being afraid of high temperatures!
The strange-looking man, after firing his gun, seemed to have anticipated that the venom would dodge and fail to cause any effective damage. Without even waiting for the explosion, he decisively turned and ran towards the hostages.
As he ran, his figure began to distort. His gloomy, pale face transformed back into the appearance of "Peter Parker," and his physique changed from a robust man to a child who looked only eight or nine years old, giving the impression that he posed no threat.
In just three seconds, he could blend into the group of hostages in this manner, making himself undetectable to Venom. Then, he could wait for a new, opportune moment to deliver a fatal blow to the Spider Squad!
But just then, a silver-black figure suddenly appeared from the void, appearing behind the man.
Gwen.
Clearly, she had also heard the gunshot and witnessed Peter being shot.
Consumed by rage, Gwen abandoned her original objective and, anticipating the man's movements, silently approached him.
By the time the man realized something was wrong and turned around abruptly, it was too late.
Gwen, enraged, struck him hard in the lower back with a whip kick.
"Bang!"
The moment they made contact, the man was sent flying, crashing through two chairs before tumbling and falling heavily to the ground.
Even the specially modified pistol flew out of his hand at that moment and slid into the corner.
He struggled to get up, but Gwen had already rushed in front of him, stomped on his chest, and pinned him to the ground.
Of course, if it weren't for her father, Sheriff George, and the education he provided from childhood that instilled in Gwen such high moral character and self-discipline...
When that whip kick was delivered, the man shouldn't have just been kicked away. Instead, he should have been subjected to a terrifying force measured in tons, his spine broken, his body twisted unnaturally, and he should have died on the spot!
"Whoosh—whoosh—"
Suffering a severe blow and with his chest squeezed by immense force, the man felt a tightness in his chest and gasped for breath, desperately trying to fill his lungs with more air. However, Gwen, who had learned martial arts under Uncle Long's tutelage, had honed her control and fine-tuning of her strength to perfection. Each time the man exhaled and his lungs naturally contracted, Gwen's pressure on his leg would increase.
In the end, under Gwen's control, the man was in a disadvantageous state where he wouldn't suffocate, but due to lack of oxygen, he had no chance of breaking free from Gwen's control.
"Finally, you've fallen for it... You must be the last Spider-Man in the bank, right? Now, it's our turn to make our move!"
However, in this desperate situation where he was practically captured by Gwen and had no chance of turning the tide, a strange smile appeared on the face of "Peter Parker." Gasping for breath, his voice was hoarse and low as he spoke mockingly, each word uttered with deliberate sarcasm.
"Let's do it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding scenery suddenly began to distort and deform.
The walls of the bank lobby, like wax licked by flames, began to drip continuously.
The ground churned violently, and orange-red magma spewed from the cracks, sending waves of scorching heat crashing in.
The ceiling opened up countless blood-red eyes, each staring intently at Gwen and the others, their pupils reflecting the figures of Spider-Man.
This bizarre scene startled Gwen. Instinctively looking up and cautiously glancing around, the pressure on her feet momentarily loosened.
In that instant, she suddenly felt her feet sink into the ground, the figure of the strange man began to blur, and he collapsed into the ground like a melting wax figure.
In the end, the entire figure turned into a pool of blood and disappeared completely right under Gwen's nose.
The bad news is that Gwen has never been exposed to magic.
The good news is that Gwen has never been exposed to magic.
Therefore, as a staunch materialist and believer in science, Gwen, upon witnessing this bizarre scene, did not panic. Instead, her brow furrowed, and without hesitation, she raised her hand and unleashed a powerful punch at the spot where the man had vanished!
The next second, the blood that was originally very unpleasant twisted and dissipated, and where the man had been standing, there was a machine that had long since been torn to pieces.
But it was enough for Gwen to tell that it was a drone equipped with holographic projection capabilities.
Clearly, this has nothing to do with magic; someone is using high technology to create a charade and confuse Gwen and her friends' judgment.
Meanwhile, the strange man with shapeshifting abilities had already taken advantage of Gwen's momentary distraction and, under the cover of the hologram, changed his form again and quickly hid in the illusion that was both real and false!
Unfortunately, Gwen no longer had time to pinpoint the man's exact hiding place.
Because after Gwen threw that punch, another enemy, realizing that his secret had been exposed, stopped hiding and activated all the traps he had set up in advance.
In an instant, countless figures resembling "Rie Parker" surged out of the bank lobby, rushing towards them from all directions.
Some rushed towards Venom, some towards Peter, some towards Gwen herself, and some even plunged into the group of hostages, mingling with the ordinary people lying down.
Without a doubt, just like the special bullets that man used before, this enemy came prepared, and had even found out Spider-Man's true identity.
Therefore, another enemy decisively created numerous illusions of "Rie Parker" and had his teammates infiltrate them. This was to create a mix of real and illusion, allowing them to launch a fatal attack on the Spider Squad!
"How rude... Don't you know that brute forcefully deciphering the secrets behind magic tricks is extremely impolite?"
It was at this moment that an ethereal voice came from all directions, carrying an eerie echo, drifting in the air above the hall.
"Come on, this is the person you respect most. Can you bear to turn against your own comrade... huh?"
Just when this enemy thought that Gwen and the others, out of camaraderie, would be unable to attack them even knowing that the Rileys appearing before them were imposters, thus putting themselves in a passive and defensive position...
However, the course of events far exceeded his expectations.
The sheer number of Riley Parker figures that appeared truly astonished Gwen and the others.
Venom, in particular, who had control of his body, was so frightened by the sight of the menacing Riley Parker heading straight for him that he almost turned and ran away!
Unfortunately, the other party made a fatal mistake.
He created so many "Rie Parker" figures that they didn't even need to remind each other; they could tell at a glance that they were all fakes!
What the enemy doesn't know is...
Riley is indeed the most respected person in Gwen's and others' hearts...
But due to Riley's personal quirks, sometimes Gwen and the others would feel like beating Riley to a pulp because of the despicable things he did.
Therefore, looking at the densely packed Rileys in front of them, the three members of the Spider Squad felt just like Leo from the Land of Light next door when he saw Mecha Seven—their eyes lit up with excitement!
Felicia, who had always been quiet and elegant, suddenly unleashed an astonishing willpower and forcefully regained control of her body!
Before the enemy could finish speaking, Peter, Gwen, and Felicia, their eyes gleaming red, charged straight into the "Rileys" like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey!
Especially Peter, the good younger brother, after using the Prince's Elixir to treat his leg injury, revealed an extremely healthy smile hidden behind his mask. He stretched out his right arm horizontally and unleashed a "Thunderbolt Blade" at the nearest "Rieley"!
Unfortunately, this "Riley" was not an illusion, but the strange man who planned to finish off Peter first!
So much so that after successfully landing a blow and realizing that his opponent wasn't a cold machine but a living enemy, Peter's smile grew even wider. Muttering to himself, he unleashed a flurry of punches and kicks on "Rieley" before him, paying homage to the famous scene from "Wang Ye's Spring Outing"!
"I'm sorry, my good brother, even knowing it's a fake, it still hurts me to beat him up! But I had no choice! He dared to impersonate you! He had to be severely punished—!!!"
Gwen and Felicia, after charging into the heart of the "Rileys," unleashed a frenzied rampage, creating a thrilling scene of cleavers slicing through power lines, sparks flying and lightning flashing everywhere!
Especially Felicia, who was wearing the symbiote battle suit, learned the symbiote's tentacle splitting attack without being taught. Just like the original A-bro unleashing his ultimate move, she instantly split into countless tentacles centered on herself and shot them out in all directions!
In the blink of an eye, the "Rileys" who had been surrounded by Felicia alone were transformed into drones in a holographic distortion, each one crackling and sparking as they were strung together by tentacles. The scene was incredibly brutal!
Even the symbiote, which had been worried that Felicia might get hurt by forcibly seizing control of the body, couldn't help but swallow hard after witnessing this scene, and then silently gave up the suicidal idea of regaining control of the body.
That's too brutal...
Humans are so cruel...
Waaaaah, if I could do it all over again, I would definitely run far, far away, so as not to have even the slightest connection with this terrible planet!
This astonishing reversal left the hostages, who had been holding their breath for Spider-Man and his crew, completely dumbfounded.
Although they didn't know "Rie Parker," the Spider-Men's decisive choice to take the initiative, and even the brutal methods they displayed in their every move, made them seem even more villainous than the villains themselves...
Yeah, there's no doubt about it...
This young man must be a super villain with heinous sins!
"Wait—wait—! Stop hitting! Stop hitting!"
Just when the hostages, through a series of unforeseen circumstances, developed a misunderstanding about Riley, causing him to be caught in the crossfire...
Seeing that the situation was developing far beyond the original plan, the man who had been brutally beaten to the ground by Peter completely lost his previous arrogance after being hit by Peter's high-damage left and right punches.
She covered her head with her hands, curled up into a ball, and quickly revealed her true form. At the same time, her eyes became much clearer, and she begged for mercy in a trembling voice with a sob in her voice.
"..."
Upon hearing the enemy beg for mercy, Peter's fist froze in mid-air.
He looked down at the man curled up on the ground—the face was no longer that of "Riley," but his own, gloomy, pale true self.
His face was bruised and swollen, blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with terror and pleading.
This caused Peter's lips to twitch slightly beneath the mask, revealing a...
He seemed a little unsatisfied, with an expression of displeasure that the other party surrendered too quickly.
Of course, if it were just Peter and this man, Peter, who knew the dangers of being lenient with his enemies, could have pretended not to see and continued to beat the man until he was completely deprived of his ability to move and resist.
Anyway, putting aside the fact that her brother possesses a horse-shaped talisman that can instantly heal injuries...
For injuries like broken limbs, the Prince, who perfectly replicates the silly girl's abilities, is the perfect fit and can heal you completely in no time!
Unfortunately, there were still so many hostages at the scene, staring straight at them.
So in order to maintain Spider-Man's "friendly neighbor" persona, Peter had no choice but to let go of this perfect free punching bag in front of him, grabbing his collar and lifting the man off the ground with one hand.
"Please...stop hitting me...I really can't take it anymore, I'll be beaten to death...If you don't hit me, I...I can tell you...who ordered me to do this...!"
Peter's action was misinterpreted by the man as Peter not having had enough of hitting him, so he pulled him up and continued to beat him.
Then, his legs trembled, and while desperately begging for mercy, he completely believed the rumors about "Spider-Man." Not only were they not exaggerated, but they were even overly conservative. In order to protect himself, before Peter could ask anything, he started talking to himself and decisively chose to betray his teammate.
"...I'll only give you ten seconds."
This unexpected discovery almost made Peter burst out laughing. But he quickly suppressed his laughter and, mimicking Riley's tone, responded with feigned aloofness.
"Okay, Mr. Spider-Man, no problem, please allow me to think about it..."
Upon hearing this, the man's eyes darted around, and then his lips trembled as he answered, seemingly honestly.
"It was... a man wearing animal skins... He paid me and that guy who plays with holograms to lie in ambush here... waiting for you to arrive..."
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at a corner not far away out of the corner of his eye.
There, the hostages who had been so energetic had somehow fallen into a coma, their heads slumped to the side.
"He...he gave us a large sum of money..." The man's voice trailed off, as if gathering his strength, "to hold you off...to hold you off until..."
His voice suddenly stopped.
At that very moment, not far away, another hostage's head drooped downwards, and he fell into a coma.
This caused a barely perceptible glint to flash in the man's eyes.
The fear and pleading that had been on that bruised and swollen face were gone, replaced by a strange, triumphant smile.
"Now—!"
Peter was taken aback.
It was at this very moment that his spider senses suddenly began to throb wildly.
But it was too late. Peter grabbed the man's hand, but his strength was waning. His entire body swayed as if he were drunk, and he staggered and collapsed to the ground. He watched helplessly as his enemy, having regained his freedom, picked up the pistol that had fallen to the ground and pointed it at Peter's head once more.
Even more critically, it wasn't just Peter...
Sensing something was wrong, Gwen and Felicia instinctively tried to help, but as they ran, they suddenly lost their strength and fell heavily to the ground.