The Sorrow of a Superhero

"Not good!!"

Gwen sensed trouble. She was a superhero, and she had far too many scruples. Green Goblin, on the other hand, was a madman and a villain. He could do whatever he wanted without restraint!

Just like before—he could casually kill ordinary people, while she had to hold back, even at all costs, to save them!

The moment she heard Green Goblin's words, it was obvious he intended to seize upon her weakness and strike back!

Sure enough, while she was distracted, Green Goblin immediately summoned his glider to pick him up, then swiftly fled.

"Damn it! Where do you think you're going!"

Gwen snapped back to her senses and hurried after him. Even though she knew he was setting a trap for her, she had no choice but to jump into it!

And so, the iconic scene began: Green Goblin rode his glider through the air at low altitude, while Spider-Woman continuously fired webs between the skyscrapers, following close behind like Tarzan...

"This is the sorrow of being a superhero!"

Watching Gwen follow Green Goblin while constrained at every turn, Chen Xi's lips curled into a mysterious smile...

Green Goblin soon arrived at the Brooklyn Bridge, with Gwen close behind him.

His eyes fell upon a tourist train several hundred meters away, packed full of visitors. A sly, triumphant sneer immediately appeared in his eyes.

Boom!!

Green Goblin punched over a passing sedan that had no time to brake and dragged a little girl out of it!

"Ah!! Help!! Devil!!"

The little girl immediately screamed in terror. Tears streamed down her face; let alone a child her age, even a mentally strong adult would have been scared senseless.

Though the girl's father was bleeding from the head, he still struggled out of the driver's seat at once. Instinctively, he drew a gun, aimed it at Green Goblin, and frantically pulled the trigger...

Beautiful America, gunfights every day.

Almost every household kept guns close at hand, but unfortunately, his little pistol was no more than a scratch to Green Goblin.

At that moment, Gwen leaped high from afar and kicked toward Green Goblin's smug old face. But right then, Green Goblin suddenly raised the little girl in front of himself as a shield!

"Oh!! Fuck!!"

Gwen was forced to change direction and nearly fell into the river. Luckily, she fired a web in time and caught the bridge railing...

"Despicable and shameless!!"

"Ha ha ha, what a pitiful hero. Being despicable is the passport of the despicable. Come at me if you can!"

Green Goblin laughed heartily and mocked her to his heart's content, completely unfazed by Gwen's insults...

Gwen fell silent. Was she really going to let him go just like that today?

The problem was, even if she wanted to let him leave, judging by Green Goblin's intentions, he would never let her off so easily!

Sure enough, as the tourist train packed with visitors approached from the distance beneath the Brooklyn Bridge—

Green Goblin decisively used his glider's rocket launcher to blast a section of track crooked. The price of derailment would be plunging into New York's East River, with everyone aboard wiped out!

At that moment, the tourist train slowly approached from afar.

The passengers held up their phones and cameras, snapping pictures everywhere, completely unaware that danger was fast approaching.

Green Goblin let out a sinister, creepy cackle.

"Spider-Woman, right? I'm giving you two choices now."

"Will you save the girl in my hands, or the people on that tourist train?"

"Oh my, beautiful Spider-Woman, I know it's a difficult choice. But if I were you, I'd choose to save the tourist train with more people on it."

Green Goblin closed his eyes, utterly immersed in this game of manipulating people's hearts. His twisted psyche was more satisfied than ever before...

A hero? That came at a price!!

"5, 4, 3, 2..."

Green Goblin began counting down. He would not give Gwen much time to think. Beneath her mask, anxious sweat had already drenched her face, and the struggle in her eyes showed pain she had never felt before.

"Help! Please, save my daughter!!"

Though the girl's father's face was covered in blood, he seemed unable to feel any pain at all as he dropped to his knees before her. Ignoring his injuries, he desperately kowtowed, even as blood continued to pour from him!

The Brooklyn Bridge was already crowded with people. Almost as one, they cursed Green Goblin and insulted his ancestors. If he had not been holding the girl hostage, they would have long since pulled out hundreds of guns and riddled him with bullets.

Gwen's eyes were already filled with tears. Looking at the girl, then at her father, she still could not bring herself to refuse.

"I... choose to save the little girl!!!"

Those words seemed to drain all of Gwen's strength. For the first time, she began to doubt herself. So this was how powerless she truly was.

"If Chen Xi were here, he would choose to sacrifice everyone and take down Green Goblin, wouldn't he?"

Gwen knew Chen Xi's personality. Aside from those he cared about, whom he kept in his heart, no other person or matter could make him retreat or compromise in the slightest!!

"Ha ha, very good. Here you go!!"

Seeing Gwen make her choice, Green Goblin glanced at the tourist train, now less than a hundred meters from derailing, and tossed the girl toward her.

Gwen caught the girl with quick reflexes. After delivering her onto the bridge, she leaped onto the tracks without hesitation!

"What a foolish girl!"

Chen Xi could not help laughing. The girl was foolish in an adorable way, but her stubborn determination made him see her in a new light.

At that moment, the train's monitoring radar began issuing warnings as well. Hearing the announcement, the entire carriage descended into panic, and everyone screamed wordlessly in terror at what was about to happen.

Boom!!

Then came the classic scene. Though it was only a tourist train, its momentum still left Gwen utterly unable to withstand it.

No matter how she braced herself against the front of the train in an attempt to stop it, she was still pushed backward at high speed. Even the Vibranium specially crafted by Lockdown using nanotechnology scraped out countless sparks...

At this moment, human strength seemed so insignificant before it!

"Stop! Stop!!"

Gwen's face was flushed deep red, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth. Her Spider-Sense screamed warnings, telling her that her body was in danger, but she remained unmoved and stubbornly held back the train.

Seeing that it was futile, an idea suddenly struck her. She continuously fired dense webs toward the bridge piers above the Brooklyn Bridge!

She wanted to use her webs to secure the train, using their elasticity to force it to stop. The scene was so familiar.

Not only the bridge piers—even the steel support cables holding up the Brooklyn Bridge became her targets.

Snap! Snap! Snap!

The webs naturally had limited toughness. Even with the driver braking desperately, it was still not enough. No matter how small it was, a train was still a train.

The webs kept snapping, but Gwen still refused to give up!

"Ha ha ha, give up. This tourist train needs at least a hundred meters for an emergency stop. Do you think!!"