At that moment, two female screams rang out at once!
Connors only felt a black, white, and pink blur streak past him at incredible speed—!
Elsewhere.
"Get lost!"
Jessica kicked Harry away with all her strength—
The force was so great that he rolled several times before coughing up a mouthful of blood!
..
In just a few breaths.
Connors suddenly felt a chill behind him.1
Then...0
There was no then.0
His green body,1
Was sliced through by several blue-glowing cuts, six
Turning into several chunks of flesh,7
Which splattered down beside a pair of little black boots.1
Behind him, zero
Stood a figure radiating a grim aura. five
Knightress... five
Jessica.
Green blood sprayed across her metal mask,
Leaving several stains behind.
..
At the moment of his death, Connors had a flash of clarity.
He understood something.
It was not an awakening regarding his lizard research.
His final thought was—
There's something dirty here! Damn it, they played me!.
Chapter 46: One Night! The Growth of Two Girls!
"Li!!"
Ye Li was plummeting rapidly.
Gwen Stacy ignored everything else and jumped down after him.
Had he gone too far...? Ye Li felt that perhaps he should have used a more tactful approach.
Just as he was about to slam into the ground.
Gwen finally judged the distance correctly and fired her webbing, which stuck to him.
But because of the webbing's elasticity, Ye Li was still falling—
—
The sight reminded him of the scene from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that he had watched in his previous life, where Spider-Man Peter tried to save Gwen Stacy.
The webbing had been too elastic, causing Spider-Man's rescue to fail.
That ordinary human version of Gwen Stacy had still hit the ground after being caught by the webbing—and died.
Of course, Ye Li could not possibly die. He would have been fine even if he hit the ground.
And a few seconds before reaching the ground.
His body suddenly felt lighter, and he fell into a warm embrace.
Jessica caught Ye Li. Silver-white streams of light formed beneath her boots, supporting her in midair.
She could fly now.
"Huh? I can fly?"
Only then did Jessica realize that, in her panic, she had actually flown down.
Ye Li heard the adorable naivety in her voice. She seemed to be in her usual state... if one ignored the green blood on her metal mask.
"Thanks to you, Jessica!"
Gwen landed as well, still shaken. "Otherwise, I might not have been able to save Li!"
Ye Li felt that his sudden impulse to put on that little act had been somewhat rash.
He said instinctively, "Sorry..."
"Sorry for what?"
The two girls asked at the same time, puzzled.
Ye Li was at a loss for words.
After thinking for a moment.
He went along with it and said, "What I told you before—[with great power comes great responsibility]—I actually didn't finish it. There's another half."
"There's another half?" Jessica asked curiously.
"Ahem..."
Ye Li cleared his throat and spoke solemnly.
"With great power comes great responsibility, and greater rights as well!
I think, Gwen, Jessica, you have the right to judge your enemies!"
"Judge them..."
Thinking about what had just happened, Gwen and Jessica came to a realization.
That night.
The two girls grew once again.
Back on the rooftop.
Along the way, Jessica caught Harry, who had tried to run away.
Together with Gwen, she gave him a mixed double beating before dragging him back.
"What should we do with this guy?"
Jessica threw the swollen-faced Harry onto the ground. "I never thought Harry would follow in his father's footsteps. What a disappointment."
Harry's mask had been beaten off.
She returned the lightsaber to Gwen. "Gwen, do you want to judge him?"
"Huh?"
Gwen's hand trembled, but under the influence of what had just happened during the fall, she accepted it almost involuntarily.
Evil had to be eradicated completely.
If they did not eliminate enemies thoroughly, what if their opponents abandoned all honor and hurt their friends or family?
But he had once been her classmate. Gwen, who had never killed anyone, truly could not bring herself to do it...
At that moment, a hand grasped her wrist.
Ye Li switched off the lightsaber and took it back, comforting Gwen. "You don't need to force yourself. Do whatever you want and follow your heart."
"Li~..." Gwen was deeply moved. Li really was the gentlest.
Jessica pouted. "Not fair. I accidentally killed Dr. Connors."
Ye Li glanced at the pile of green flesh still heaped on the rooftop—Are you sure that was an accident...? He'd been cut into several pieces...
"Just think of it as..."
Ye Li comforted Jessica too. "Slaughtering a big lizard."
"How is that the same?"
Jessica rolled her eyes at him. "Still, as long as my brother is okay..."
"Then what about Harry... the Green Goblin?"
Gwen glanced at Harry. His lips were so swollen that he could no longer speak, and he could only whimper as he begged for mercy.
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