Marvel's Spider-Man: The Web of Fate
Chapter 36

Capture

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He thought of a trick.

Since he couldn't stop Doctor Lizard with his webs, could he use them to speed himself up?

As for how to speed up...

Web Jump!

Upon entering another straight path, Peter seized the opportunity and shot two webs simultaneously from his hands.

Doctor Lizard, who had been keeping an eye on Peter's movements, sensed him firing webs and immediately dodged.

But this time, Peter wasn't aiming for him.

The two webs attached themselves to the walls on either side, and Peter yanked hard with his hands, adding the explosive force from his legs.

In an instant, his speed more than doubled!

Doctor Lizard was terrified.

But he had just finished dodging and couldn't adjust that quickly.

Thump!

Peter slammed directly into Doctor Lizard's back.

Man and lizard crashed through the passage, rolling into a heap.

Peter had deliberately aimed to hit Doctor Lizard's spine.

His regenerative abilities were immense, but the spine was the central nervous system of vertebrates!

No matter how strong regeneration was, as long as it remained within the bounds of biology, it had to follow basic biological laws.

This blow was quite fatal.

Peter had gone all out.

He had already decided: on one side was a villain about to endanger over eight million people in the city, and on the other were the innocent eight million citizens of New York.

How would one choose?

Most people could make the decision.

The Peter of the past was too young, too emotional, and too indecisive!

"Mercy is for the kind. Showing mercy to villains is an act of violence against the good!"

Peter didn't get up. He simply pinned Doctor Lizard down with his lower body, then reached out with his left hand to press on Doctor Lizard's head. With his right hand, he swung his fist and smashed Doctor Lizard's head several times.

Doctor Lizard's head caved in slightly from the blows, and he let out weak roars.

But Peter was using immense strength right now.

Even in his fully transformed state, Doctor Lizard only had a few tons of strength.

Peter, even though Amazing Spider-Man wasn't at peak condition yet, had a strength of over ten tons!

With a difference of several tons, Doctor Lizard now seemed like a frail child in front of Peter, unable to move.

After taking several punches, Doctor Lizard felt dizzy and concussed.

Peter used his webs to stick Doctor Lizard's head in place, then turned his attention to Doctor Lizard's tail, pulling it off with a strong tug.

[Congratulations to Spider-Man for obtaining the title: Tail Ripper!]

If this were a game, he would probably unlock such an achievement.

He wanted to see if he could force Doctor Lizard to constantly regenerate his tail, making him expend energy and rapidly deplete the Lizard Serum in his system.

This way, perhaps Doctor Connors could return to his human form.

However, after waiting for a while, Peter didn't see the tail regenerate.

It seemed that the rapid regeneration of the tail was actively controlled by Doctor Lizard, not an automatic bodily function.

And now, whether Doctor Lizard was truly unconscious or faking it, he clearly wouldn't be actively regenerating his tail anytime soon.

Doctor Lizard: Are you really treating me like an achievement farm?

Peter spun Doctor Lizard around, wrapped him up tightly again, and then dragged him towards where he had left his camera.

The city's sewer system was a complex network, and the basic structures were all the same.

Fortunately, the traces of their fight on the ground allowed Peter to find his way back.

After finding his camera, Peter first put away his phone and backpack. Then, he turned on the camera, recorded a video of Doctor Lizard, and took some photos.

This was one of Amazing Spider-Man's sources of income, which he could sell to the Daily Bugle.

After finishing all this, Peter sat down again and waited for Doctor Lizard to wake up.

He was confident that after all this trouble, Doctor Lizard would no longer have the strength to resist.

Even if there was still some Lizard Serum left in him, it shouldn't be much!

Before handing Doctor Lizard over to Captain Stacy, he needed to obtain some other information from him.

"Spider-Man," Doctor Lizard's voice came from the ground. Since his face was pressed downwards, his voice sounded muffled.

However, Peter had good hearing and said he didn't mind.

"Doctor Lizard," Peter greeted him as well.

"You know, I'm doing this for the advancement of humanity. If you stop me, you're a sinner against mankind." Unable to resist, Doctor Lizard began to rant again.

"Yes, you're right, I am a sinner." Peter felt he couldn't communicate with Doctor Lizard.

He understood clearly now that in this state, the Doctor was Doctor Lizard. Although he had his reason, he was extreme, stubborn, and impossible to communicate with.

Therefore, he was waiting for the Doctor to return to his human form.

"Survival of the fittest, natural selection!"

"I can save them, save everyone!"

Doctor Lizard continued his impotent rage.

But his voice grew weaker and weaker, and his strength became increasingly feeble.

Anyone could tell he was all bark and no bite.

About half an hour later, Peter noticed that Doctor Lizard's body began to shrink continuously. A lot of mud and debris fell to the ground; these were all dead cells that had not been repaired by energy.

The web fluid that had been tightly binding him also became loose.

Finally, Doctor Lizard completely reverted to a human face.

Doctor Connors' face!

"Doctor Connors?" Peter called out tentatively.

"Spider-Man," Doctor Connors blinked, flipped over, and stood up from the web fluid.

"Do you remember what you've done?" Peter asked.

"Of course, I remember! Why did you stop me?" Doctor Connors questioned.

Peter's mouth fell open: .

It's over, the genes have gotten into his brain, he's beyond saving.

Peter sighed and shot out a strand of web fluid.

This time, one strand was enough to bind Doctor Connors.

Afterward, Peter found a retail store by the roadside and called the police using the store's phone. He also got some clothes for Doctor Connors.

Even though he had committed a crime, he was still a renowned scholar. Letting him run around naked on the street would truly be too much.

When they learned that the one reporting the crime was Spider-Man, and that he had captured the Lizard-Man, they were clearly stunned.

But soon, Captain Stacy personally led his men to the scene.

Peter brought Doctor Connors out of the sewer and handed him over to Captain Stacy himself.

Although Doctor Connors had already reverted from his Lizard-Man state, he was still affected by the lizard genes. His face and body still showed many noticeable, bumpy patches of skin resembling a lizard's.

Combined with Spider-Man's earnest demeanor, Captain Stacy decided to take Doctor Connors back to the police station for questioning first.

He also "invited" Peter, but Peter obviously couldn't go to the police station with him, so he slipped away.

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