Captain Stacy Held Hostage by Morality

Clearly, neither the Lizard Man nor the floor of this haunted house could withstand Toby's absurd strength much longer!

The Lizard Man knew it couldn't go on like this either, or sooner or later, the other guy would stomp its head flat!

So the Lizard Man's eyes hardened. Risking Toby's foot pressing down another inch, it quietly swung out its enormous tail from behind, curling it around behind Toby as it prepared to launch a fatal strike!

Captain Stacy, hanging from the ceiling with an excellent view, happened to see it all clearly and immediately shouted, "Spider-Man, watch your back!"

Whoosh------

For an ordinary person, even with Captain Stacy's warning, there would probably have been no time to evade the Lizard Man's sword-like tail attack!

But Toby just happened to be no ordinary person~

Without even turning his head, he reached back and precisely grabbed the tail tip stabbing toward the back of his head, stopping it dead in its tracks!

In fact, even without Captain Stacy's warning, the Lizard Man's little trick could never have escaped his enhanced spider-sense.

As Toby continued increasing the pressure from his leg, he dragged the Lizard Man's tail in front of himself and sneered.

"Little lizard, do you think having one more tail than everyone else gives you one more chance to turn things around?"

"Then... what if I do this?"

As Toby spoke, he placed his other hand on the Lizard Man's thick tail as well, then began exerting force with both hands at once!

As the tiny barbs in Toby's palms embedded themselves one by one into the Lizard Man's tail, its skin and muscle began to separate. Blood sprayed everywhere, until Toby finally ripped it violently in two with his bare hands!

The intense pain from its tail instantly drained all strength from the Lizard Man's body, leaving it unable to withstand Toby's hydraulic-press-like foot any longer!

Crack-----

With a cracking sound, Toby's foot broke the Lizard Man's arms, nearly sinking into its chest!

Even with vitality as powerful as the Lizard Man's, such grievous injuries and agony left it in a weakened state.

Its severed tail and arms, as well as the deep footprint in its chest, all began healing much more slowly...

Seeing this, Toby calmly withdrew his foot and casually tossed aside the Lizard Man's severed tail.

Looks like the Lizard Man's regenerative ability has its limits after all. Sustained damage and severe injuries rapidly consume large amounts of the regeneration serum's potency—it can't regenerate without limit.

Toby sighed inwardly. Dr. Connors's Lizard Regeneration Serum was still far too scientific; it simply could not compare to the unscientific healing abilities of Wolverine and Deadpool...

That was also why, despite Toby's attributes vastly surpassing the Lizard Man's in every respect, he had not instantly killed it from the start.

He wanted to test the limits of the Lizard Man's regeneration.

Now, it seemed that the Lizard Regeneration Serum still had plenty of room for improvement, both in terms of side effects and effectiveness...

And who could possibly understand how to optimize the Lizard Regeneration Serum better than the Lizard Man itself?

So, when Toby saw the Lizard Man's body visibly shrinking and nearing the point of reverting to Dr. Connors, he quickly wrapped it tightly in webbing, hoisted it over his shoulder, and prepared to take it away.

Seeing Toby about to leave with the Lizard Man, Captain Stacy, still hanging from the ceiling, hurriedly called out to stop him.

"Hey! Spider-Man, you can't take it away! It's a suspect wanted by the New York Police Department. It needs to be detained and tried by the police!"

"What you're doing is illegal!"

Hearing that, Toby stopped and asked blandly over his shoulder.

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"Illegal?"

"Captain Stacy, do you think your police department can really hold the Lizard Man even if I leave it with you?"

"Don't be foolish. You should know perfectly well that the police can't hold the Lizard Man. All you can do is let it escape from prison again and again, so it can kill even more innocent people."

"So, for your own sake, for your family's sake, and for the sake of countless innocent officers and civilians, let the person who can truly keep it contained take it, okay?"

It had to be said that Toby's moral pressure worked extremely well on Captain Stacy, whose sense of morality was exceptionally strong.

Captain Stacy imagined the terrible consequences that could result if the police failed to hold the Lizard Man, and in the end, he compromised.

Captain Stacy sighed. "Sigh... then can you promise me that under your watch, it won't come out and harm innocent people again?"

Toby nodded slightly. "I promise you."

Captain Stacy nodded as well, relieved. "All right, I believe you!"

Seeing that he had successfully talked Captain Stacy around, Toby said no more and was about to leave with the Lizard Man over his shoulder when Captain Stacy called out to him again.

"Hey, wait. At least let me down first, will you?"

Toby shrugged. "Sorry, Captain. My webbing is several times stronger than steel wire, about as strong as high-strength alloy steel. I didn't bring any special solvent, so you'll have to hang there a little longer. The webbing should dissolve on its own in about two hours~"

Captain Stacy's eyes widened as he stared incredulously at Toby's retreating back. "What? Two hours? Are you kidding me? I'm still on duty!"

Toby waved to Captain Stacy without looking back. "No need to thank me. Think of it as me treating such a dedicated captain to a lunch break. Bye~"

With that, Toby leaped onto the roof with the Lizard Man over his shoulder and swung away on his webbing.

On the way back, Toby even freed one hand to send Gwen a text message.

He told her that her father was fine, but that he had to leave for a while first to lock the Lizard Man up at his own home.

As for how Toby could carry the Lizard Man with one hand, swing on webbing with another, and still text with a third, Toby's answer was simple: why not just tie the Lizard Man to his back with webbing?

Swinging through the city on web lines was as fast as flying, so Toby reached Queens, where his home was located, in no time.

He had long since hacked and taken control of the surveillance cameras near his house, so Toby wasn't worried about being filmed. He landed and slipped through the window into his room in one smooth motion.

After setting down the Lizard Man, who was wrapped up like a dumpling, and using a special dissolving solution to melt the webbing around him, the Lizard Man had, as expected, already reverted to Dr. Connors.

That was right—he had lied to Captain Stacy. He actually had web dissolving solution on him; he just wanted his girlfriend's father to hang there a little longer.

Toby glanced at Dr. Connors, who was unconscious on the floor.

The injuries Toby had inflicted on him while he was in his Lizard Man form had been completely healed before he returned to human form.

If they hadn't healed, Toby had been worried that Dr. Connors wouldn't survive such severe injuries and would just croak in his house.

Toby fired two more strands of webbing from his hands, tying up Dr. Connors's legs and single arm. After changing into casual clothes, he left his room and opened the door to Peter's room next door.

Sure enough, after the brutal beating he had taken from the Lizard Man last night, Peter had applied medicine that morning and was still sleeping soundly.

No wonder he had only seen the Lizard Man being chased by police cars this time, and not Spider-Man.

It had even caused Captain Stacy to mistake him for Spider-Man in the dim light.

Smack, smack, smack—

Toby reached out and patted Peter's cheek, ruthlessly interrupting his sweet dream.

Peter rubbed his bleary eyes. Seeing that it was Toby, he asked instinctively, "Toby? What is it, is it nighttime already? I thought you were on a date with Gwen and wouldn't be back tonight..."

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