My Next-Door Neighbor is Spider-Gwen

"Make sure you don't hold it upside down?"

Hearing this warning, Jessica first held the small rod horizontally before pressing a switch on it.

Zzzzz!

The rod emitted a beam of azure light, the plasma extending to over a meter in length, accompanied by a faint humming from the magnetic field.

"Could this be..."

Jessica stowed her knuckle dusters back into her thigh holster, then raised the glowing rod and slashed it down at Connors' device.

Without any resistance, like cutting through tofu, the device was instantly cleaved in two, sparking and crackling.

"Cool, it really is a lightsaber!"

After her excitement, Jessica asked Gwen with a hint of curiosity, "Huh? Right, where did Ye Li get something like this?"

Gwen tilted her head. "He said a friend gave it to him."

Max was in a foul mood.

Ever since Cindy had saved him, he had a newfound hope for life, and he became infatuated with the girl.

Max thought Cindy was a superhero like Ghost-Spider.

He became her fan and started frantically searching for information about her on the internet.

But after searching online, he discovered that besides that one rescue, there were no news reports about Cindy.

Max was unwilling to accept this.

Constantly thinking about her, the girl became his sole reason for living.

In his deranged state, he began boasting online that the girl who saved him was the real superhero.

Compared to her, Ghost-Spider was nothing.

Naturally, these comments were met with a barrage of attacks and insults from Ghost-Spider's fans.

As a result, Max's mood became even more depressed.

At work, he was like a living corpse, and his boss and colleagues added to his misery with another round of ridicule.

Finally, during a moment of distraction.

He accidentally fell into a pool full of genetically modified electric eels, along with some chemical and biological agents that were nearby.

The mixture of substances, undergoing various reactions, caused a mutation—he became Electro, capable of absorbing and releasing electricity.

The immense power gave Max a means to vent his frustrations at will, and he began a massive slaughter!

The boss who stole his credit?

Kill!

The colleagues who used to make him miserable?

Kill!

The pedestrians passing by on the street?

Kill!

The rats crawling out of the sewers?

Kill!

Kill them all!

Max's current state can be simply described as being blinded by rage.

After realizing that the police bullets passing through his body didn't cause the slightest damage, he realized—he seemed to be invincible.

What was there to fear then?

He could kill whoever he wanted!

"Just die, all of you!"

Under the rampaging lightning, people fled in panic, crying and wailing, begging for someone to save them.

But the police were struggling to protect themselves, let alone guarantee the lives of civilians.

"Oh, someone save us!"

"Where are the superheroes? Where are the superheroes!"

"Spider-Man, and Knightress! Why aren't they here yet!?"

"Reports say they're dealing with the Lizard Man incident in another district!"

"Oh my god! Then we're doomed!"

"How are there monsters everywhere! What's happening to this world!"

Someone had just gotten into a car, ready to escape, when Max casually zapped him dead with a powerful electric current.

A deep sense of despair enveloped the entire block.

"Superheroes?

Let's see who's calling for me."

Bang!

The gold and red armor slammed down in front of Max.

Tony Stark, Iron Man, had arrived.

Tony aimed his palm repulsor at Max, energy building, "Little sparky, you belong in jail."

Zap!

Max raised his hand and unleashed a thick bolt of blue electricity, blasting him away. "Superheroes? They're nothing special."

[Sir, suit power is fully charged, with some overflow. Please release this energy as soon as possible.]

"Jarvis, did you say fully charged?"

Tony looked at the small sparks occasionally popping from his armor, slightly dumbfounded.

This is intense?

[Yes, sir. Please release it as soon as possible.]

"Alright."

Tony fired a thick beam of energy from his chest at Max, "Try this on for size!"

"Useless, I'm invincible!"

Max was careless and didn't dodge.

He was then blasted away by Tony's large energy beam, crashing back into Osborn Tower.

Only then did he realize—while he was immune to physical attacks like bullets, he wasn't without weaknesses.

He couldn't ignore energy attacks!

In the blink of an eye.

Every light on every floor of Osborn Tower suddenly went out!

Max, now charged with even more electricity, burst out, "You bastard—!"

He was bluer, and stronger!

Streams of electric tongues lashed out from Max, wrapping around Tony. This time, he was going to try a different tactic.

Instead of a direct attack, he would try to dismantle the turtle shell.

Because he realized he could control electronics!

Electricity was everywhere.

Even with the Iron Man armor's speed, Tony couldn't dodge in time, and the electricity burrowed into the armor.

Max and Tony were connected by electricity; he was invading, he was taking control!

[Sir... detecting... zzz...]

"Jarvis!"

Tony shouted anxiously, feeling the armor becoming increasingly unresponsive.

Although the internal emergency insulation prevented the electricity from harming him, Jarvis had crashed. He was about to become a sitting duck.

"Mr. Stark, next time you should really add an anti-electricity module to the suit."

The black Knight-Spider Suit flashed past.

Ye Li, in his standard entrance, fell from the sky, kicking Max.