Assassination Attempt

The following afternoon, at dismissal time.

Queens, Midtown Science High School.

Watching the energetic students around him, Su Ming showed a trace of envy.

Back then, he had not studied properly. All he knew was going to internet cafés to play games, until he eventually ended up working in triathlons.

Although he had earned the title of "Gold Medal Rider," it was nothing compared to the status and honors gained through scientific research and advancing society...

After all, what kind of people were described as peerless national scholars?

Thoughts swirling through his mind, Su Ming strolled through the elegant campus, soaking in its youthful atmosphere.

Suddenly, his gaze sharpened. His keen senses told him something was happening in the building ahead.

He quickened his pace toward the teaching building...

Boom...

The massive Lizard Man crawled out of a hole in the restroom, smashing through several walls as he searched for Peter Parker.

The students scattered in panic, terrified screams rising one after another.

Peter Parker gave Gwen a look telling her to leave quickly, then moved against the crowd and charged toward the Lizard Man.

He knew the Lizard Man before him was Dr. Connors. When he had gone looking for him last time, he had spotted lingering lizard scales on his neck.

"I have to stop him."

He used nimble footwork and ever-changing webs to engage him in a fight.

"Damn, I didn't change clothes!"

Peter Parker was not wearing his Spider-Man suit at the moment, putting his identity at risk of exposure...

Then the Lizard Man hurled him into a wall, blasting out a huge hole.

A web shot past, pulling the backpack containing his suit inside.

"All those displaced souls—I can save them! I can cure them!

"You shouldn't stop me... Peter."

The Lizard Man declared the righteousness of his actions.

When Peter Parker appeared again, he had transformed into Spider-Man. With several agile flashes, he climbed onto the Lizard Man's back.

"You've lost your mind, Doctor! Stop it! This isn't you..."

The fight continued. Peter Parker tried to reason with Dr. Connors, only to receive the Lizard Man's merciless attacks.

"Oh~ That's disgusting..."

Throwing away half of the Lizard Man's tail, he and the arriving Gwen briefly used webs to restrain the Lizard Man.

"I'm going to throw you down."

Little Spider calmly said this while holding Gwen.

"What?"

Gwen could not believe her ears.

"Ah—"

A pale yellow figure was tossed out the window. Gwen nearly cursed out loud.

"You brat, you actually threw me~"

As a web precisely stuck to her body, Gwen's free fall instantly turned into a swing.

Gwen Stacy's face flushed red as she cried out in excitement...

Alarms blared all around, and police cars gradually surrounded the school.

The battle caused enormous commotion and destruction. After the chemistry lab was completely wrecked, they moved into the library. As the elderly librarian calmly walked out of the room wearing headphones, Su Ming finally found the Lizard Man...

"Is the school layout really this complicated?"

Complaining that the school had been built like a maze and made him work hard just to find the real target, Su Ming took out a flying knife. His enhanced vision remained locked on the Lizard Man as he searched for the chance to kill him in a single blow.

When Little Spider was sent flying by the Lizard Man once again and crashed to the ground, shaking his dizzy head but unable to get up for a long time.

"Now!"

A cold glint flashed through Su Ming's eyes, and the flying knife left his hand—

Whoosh~

The Titanium Flying Knife pierced straight through the still-smug Lizard Man with explosive force.

"Ah!!!"

Accompanied by a miserable howl, the force of the flying knife blew half of the Lizard Man's body apart, and he collapsed to the floor.

"Done!"

Su Ming dusted off his hands as though there were dust on them, then turned and walked toward Little Spider.

Peter Parker was somewhat dizzy and struggled to get up when a slender, fair hand suddenly extended before him.

Looking up, Peter Parker's tense heart finally settled.

A well-fitted scarlet suit, a silver mask, and a wicked smile at the corner of his mouth—

"It's him!"

Grasping Su Ming's hand and using his strength to stand, Peter was shocked to discover just how strong this person was!

Before he could even exert any force, he had been effortlessly pulled upright.

Suppressing his shock, he searched around.

"Where's Dr. Connors? Oh, I mean the Lizard Man."

Su Ming lightly patted Little Spider's arm.

"Relax, I'm here. He's over there—"

As Su Ming and Peter looked over, they saw only fragments of the Lizard Man's remaining body: an arm, a leg, and a thick, massive tail...

It was clearly not the Lizard Man's corpse.

Su Ming's expression immediately turned unpleasant.

Fuck! Even after getting blown apart, he can still live?

Little Spider noticed Su Ming's reaction. On one hand, he was stunned by Su Ming's terrifying methods—this was already the second time. He had never once seen how Su Ming attacked. It was simply unbelievable! On the other hand, he spoke up to ease the awkwardness.

"Sir, perhaps you don't know...

"The Lizard Man has powerful self-repair and regenerative abilities!"

Su Ming sneered. If having its body shattered could not take its life, that only meant—

It had not been shattered thoroughly enough!

A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he turned and left.

Before leaving, he looked at Little Spider, who wanted to continue following the Lizard Man's trail, and reminded him.

"His target is Osborn Tower."

Peter Parker was determined to personally uncover Dr. Connors's purpose. Although he had heard Su Ming's warning, he did not take it too seriously.

At the hole leading to the surface, the Lizard Man had left behind a tattered white lab coat bearing the Osborn logo. It swayed back and forth in the fierce wind blowing from the tunnel.

Having made up his mind, Little Spider leaped forward, his figure vanishing into the depths of the dark opening in an instant...

Su Ming's expression darkened slightly. The Lizard Man's escape annoyed him, but now that he knew his target was Osborn Tower, he could simply wait for him there.

"Six hundred thousand dollars isn't much, but there's no reason not to take it!"

Lost in thought, Su Ming unknowingly entered a dim alley. At that moment, his Spider-Sense gave a warning, and every hair on his body stood on end.

Su Ming's eyes widened slightly as a volley of bullets slowed infinitely in his enhanced vision.

His body suddenly bent backward at an exaggerated angle, the bullets grazing past the buttons on his chest.

Only after the bullets sank into the wall behind him did the gunshots reach Su Ming's ears.

Even though Su Ming now possessed Deadpool-Level Recovery and feared no bullet, he would not let ordinary opponents touch him so easily.

With a sweep of his gaze, his eyes instantly locked onto more than a dozen enemies. They were positioned in different windows of the residential buildings here, their movements extremely concealed, with only short sections of gun barrels visible from the windows.

"Looks like an ambush..."

Gunfire rang out again.

Su Ming vanished from where he stood. The buildings blocked his line of sight, preventing him from locking onto the enemies, and the flying knives in his hands had no clear targets—he could not exactly bring down the entire buildings, could he?

Startled by the thought that popped into his head, Su Ming quickly steadied himself, suppressing the irritation in his heart as he turned into a red afterimage and entered the nearest window.

Only after the last enemy was thrown from the building did Su Ming's gloomy mood improve, leaving him refreshed all over.

"I need to figure out a way to deal with Obadiah. Just based on the two-million-dollar bounty he put out for my death—even I want to take it."

Over the past nearly three hours, Su Ming had swept clean the enemies in five nearby buildings.

That was right, there were quite a lot of them.

Each of them had a gun and engaged Su Ming in guerrilla warfare. It left him unable to use his strength properly, forcing him to defeat them one by one.

After politely questioning them, he learned that they had all come for the two million dollars on Destiny's head. But worried that they were not strong enough, they had specifically formed a group.

"Do they think I'm a dungeon? They even formed a party..."

Looking up at the pitch-black sky, Su Ming broke into a run—straight toward Osborn Tower.

"What a waste of time..."

Su Ming's complaint drifted through the air.