She gathered her courage and stepped closer. "Thank you for helping me. Are you a superhero too?"
There was another question in her heart: Why are you dressed like you belong to the same series as me?
Ye Li activated the voice modulator in his armor and said in a deep, pretentious voice, "You can call me Spider-Man."
That was right, he shamelessly registered that title for himself.
"Spid..."
Gwen was speechless. Could he have any less shame? Copying her suit was one thing, but now he wanted to steal her title too?
If this strange guy had not saved her just now, she would have already mocked him.
"You bastard!"
Even now, Vulture did not forget to make his presence known beneath Ye Li's foot.
Ye Li said nothing, merely putting more force into his foot and teaching Vulture the importance of reading the situation.
"Ah—!"
"I was wrong! Spare me!"
Vulture felt the broken ribs in his chest dig even deeper. He quickly dropped his defiant attitude and began begging miserably.
"I'm taking him."
Ye Li greeted Ghost-Spider, hooked Vulture up with his foot, then caught him by the hand.
"Wait! Where are you taking him?"
Ghost-Spider hurriedly said, "You should hand him over to the police!"
"I'm not a vigilante."
After leaving those words behind,
Ye Li shot into the sky with Vulture in tow, his trench coat whipping in the wind as he vanished into the night.
"Hey!"
Gwen sighed helplessly beneath her mask. It was already too late for her to catch up.
On an empty rooftop.
Bang.
Ye Li tossed the injured Vulture onto the ground and crossed his arms. "Do you know where Kingpin is?"
"Kingpin?"
Toomes's mind raced. So this guy was actually looking for Kingpin?
He could not help cursing inwardly. Damn Kingpin, he had screwed him over badly!
Including the old score between them, he swore he would kill him someday!
"Answer my question."
The cold voice came again.
"What do you want with Kingpin?"
Vulture's eyes flickered. If Ye Li was looking for Kingpin with malicious intent, he would immediately tell him everything he knew.
"Teach him a lesson and let him know not to litter on the streets."
Ye Li answered flatly.
What a freak... Even Vulture wanted to complain. Kingpin was the king of the underworld, and this guy wanted to teach him a lesson just because he littered? Did he own the World Environmental Organization or something?
Vulture did not know that the trash Ye Li meant was actually him.
After thinking it over, he asked, "If I tell you, will you let me go?"
"My patience is limited."
Ye Li cracked his neck and prepared to make a move.
"Fine, I'll talk... You really are brutal."
Vulture finally understood. This pitch-black guy was nothing like Spider-Woman. He was ruthless and vicious.
"Kingpin and I have a grudge too. I can go find him with you."
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Though you may have to wait until I recover a little."
"So you don't know Kingpin's location either?"
A chilling glint seemed to shine from beneath Ye Li's armored mask. "If that's the case, you're useless."
"No, I know!"
Vulture hurriedly said, "If you want to go now, I can give you several locations... He might be active in those places, but you'll need to move quickly. I caught him once today, and he may change his usual range of activity."
Ye Li silently memorized the locations. He glanced at Vulture and turned to leave.
Just then, a message suddenly appeared in his mind.
You defeated Gwen Stacy's Enemy of Fate. As her connected person, you may choose one of the following rewards: 1. Cash reward: one million US dollars 2. Random reward: Captain America collectible figurine 3. Servant reward: convert Adrian Toomes and gain an absolutely loyal subordinate.
Take Down Vulture! Continue Slacking Off!
There were rewards for defeating supervillains?
Was this some kind of joke? I was only someone who had connections with superheroes.
As a connected person, shouldn't my job be to play an ordinary person incapable of even trussing a chicken, doing odd jobs beneath a superhero's glory, or giving heroes a warm haven? Why did this feel like the system was making me into a superhero?
Having just beaten Vulture half to death, Ye Li thought this without the slightest self-awareness.
Just imagine it: Iron Man, wearing his precious armor and getting ready for a huge battle, only for Pepper to tell him, "Hey, Tony, I've already taken care of the enemy. Stop wandering around in your Iron Man Armor and get back to work!"
Good heavens, then the movie Iron Man would have to be renamed Iron Woman.
This Supernatural Connections System was pretty improper. It was clearly trying to make him overstep his role.
Even as he complained, Ye Li carefully looked over the rewards.
Hmm... Maybe it was like the difference between doing NPC quests in an online game and grinding monsters in the wilderness yourself. Compared to the rewards from triggering Gwen and the others' quests, the rewards for his own proactive monster grinding seemed rather lacking.
One million dollars? It was a lot for ordinary people, but he did not care much about money.
A Captain America collectible figurine?
Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D. would probably love it.
Vulture's absolute loyalty?
What did I need the loyalty of a sleazy middle-aged man for?
Well, having one more subordinate to run errands was not bad.
After much consideration, Ye Li made his choice.
Option three.
At the very least, as a former electronics engineer, Toomes was far more useful than the first two choices.
Vulture had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ye Li suddenly stop and turn back. His heart rose into his throat again.
"You..."
Vulture had barely begun to speak when his consciousness started to blur.
Then, together with the armor on his body, he turned into a stream of data and vanished.
"What is this?"
Following the system's instructions, Ye Li opened the control panel on his armor's wrist and pressed a button.
The data stream immediately gathered again, and Vulture reappeared. Even his armor had returned to perfect condition.
This was different from what I imagined...
So-called absolute loyalty meant turning him into a summon?!
A few days later.
A laptop sat before Ye Li as he browsed information online.
Sure enough, Kingpin had changed his area of activity that night. Ye Li searched every location Vulture had mentioned but found nothing.
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