Lizard-Man

"Nice work, Spider-Man!"

A child shouted from above. He had watched Spider-Man turn the tables from start to finish and couldn't help cheering for him.

Peter made a light jump and landed at the window where the child stood. "Thanks for the support, kid. Could you call the police for me?"

"Okay, Spider-Man!"

Peter waved, climbed onto the roof, and prepared to catch his breath first.

His body hadn't fully recovered yet. He had forced himself through that final round of fighting.

So he needed to relax his whole body. That would speed up his recovery.

He found a corner, sat down with his head against the wall, and silently considered the situation.

He had originally planned to follow Captain Stacy, show off a little in front of him, and turn around his image.

But after that interruption, he had obviously lost him.

Now he had to find a way to track Captain Stacy down again.

Just then.

Buzz—

The phone hidden in his pants pocket vibrated.

Peter took out his phone and found a message from Gwen:

I hope you're okay. Is everything all right? Something happened at Williamsburg Bridge.

"Williamsburg Bridge! Thanks, Gwen!" Peter understood. Gwen had been afraid he would lose track of Captain Stacy, so she had specifically gathered this information for him.

Gwen also hoped Peter could change Spider-Man's image in her father's eyes.

Otherwise, both sides were the people she loved most—her boyfriend on one side and her father on the other. One was romantic love, the other familial love.

Caught between them, she was truly stuck between two men.

Yeah, it was genuinely difficult for her.

She actually hoped even more urgently than Peter that he could clear Spider-Man's name!

Peter put his phone back into a pocket on his suit, stood up, and stretched his body.

After resting for a while, his body had indeed fully recovered.

During that break, he had also found the problem with his web-shooter.

A small screw inside had come loose, causing the trigger button to get stuck and preventing it from being pressed.

After a simple push, the minor issue was resolved.

But that wasn't all.

Peter casually adjusted several parts of the web-shooter as well.

This was experience from his counterpart in another world.

After slightly adjusting the settings, the web-shooter, which had originally possessed only one firing mode, suddenly had three.

Peter tried firing some webbing. Perfect—it had met his expectations!

"Great, let's go!" Peter looked up, his eyes lighting up.

A helicopter was flying through the sky not far away, also heading toward Williamsburg Bridge.

How about catching a ride? I really am one smart little spider!

Peter took a running start, then leaped high into the air. He fired a strand of webbing that stuck to the underside of the helicopter, then lightly hung beneath it.

"That little detour wasted some time. Hope I'm not too late!"

Meanwhile.

Traffic on Williamsburg Bridge in the distance slowly ground to a halt.

Niles van Rada sat in a car. Feeling the vehicle stop, he grew somewhat impatient.

He had just threatened that useless Curt Connors at Osborn.

He had ordered Connors to send the drug that had already been preliminarily developed to a veterans' hospital under the guise of something like a flu vaccine, where they could secretly conduct human trials.

But that ungrateful fool had actually refused him!

With no other choice, he could only set out himself.

He was currently on his way to the veterans' hospital in Brooklyn.

But this damned traffic had blocked him!

"Alfred, could you go see what's going on? When the hell are these cars going to start moving?" Niles asked in a forcedly patient tone.

"Yes, Doctor." Alfred opened the door and got out.

Bang!

Not long after Alfred left, the rear of the car was violently kissed, and the entire vehicle shook.

"Oh~" Niles was speechless. "Just wonderful."

Boom!

Before he could finish complaining, the car behind him suddenly rammed into his vehicle, knocking it from its original position and sending it crashing headfirst into the edge of the bridge.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing?!" Niles turned around and cursed angrily.

At that moment, he noticed many people on the bridge outside his window screaming as they fled from behind him toward the other end of the bridge.

"What happened?"

"Get back in the car!"

"Hey, what's going on back there?"

"Mom!"

"Oh, motherfuck!"

The bridge was in chaos. The panic around him made Niles uneasy as well, and he had no idea what exactly had happened.

Still, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

After hesitating for a second, he decided to follow the crowd and get away from this dangerous place first!

However, when he tried to open the car door, he discovered it was locked and wouldn't open!

"Damn it!" Niles yanked it several times, then kicked it repeatedly, but the door still wouldn't budge.

There was nothing he could do. When he had been rear-ended just now, the car had been trapped in the worst possible position!

Another car was on the left, while the edge of the bridge was on the right. He couldn't get out!

Then, in his panic, he cast a fleeting glance backward and caught sight of a massive figure. He froze.

The figure stood over two meters tall, with a long tail trailing behind it. Its body was covered in green, bumpy skin. It was clearly an enlarged humanoid lizard!

"What the hell is that thing?!" Niles was terrified.

He saw the humanoid lizard peering into one car after another, seemingly searching for something.

Stare!

As Niles watched the humanoid lizard, its head suddenly turned, and its eyes met his.

"Niles." The humanoid lizard spoke a name and strode quickly toward him.

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

Each heavy footstep made the bridge tremble slightly.

And each step landed squarely on Niles's chest!

Though he had no idea why, he felt that this ugly Lizard Monster had come specifically for him!

Bang!

The luxury sedan's window was smashed apart, and a huge clawed hand reached inside.

Niles shrank back in terror into the opposite corner of the car.

Lizard-Man's hand grabbed nothing but air, ripping the leather seat to shreds!

Bang!

Another loud crash.

The car shook. Lizard-Man leaped onto the luxury car, then slashed down with force, tearing a huge hole straight through the roof!

Niles scrambled away in terror again. This time, he hid beneath the rear seat.

The sharp tips of the long claws scraped across his suit, tearing the chest of it into strips of rags.

The smell of urine slowly began to spread through the cabin.