"Die, you pesky bug!"
Green Goblin's shrill cackling scraped against Peter's eardrums like nails on a chalkboard.
Two superalloy blades capable of slicing through a main battle tank's armor trailed deathly blue flames, now less than ten centimeters from the white goggles on Peter's mask!
I can't dodge!
His Spider-Sense screamed in utter desperation inside his head. Peter could practically feel the cold breath of death radiating from the blades. He squeezed his eyes shut, bracing himself to be sliced in half.
Whoosh-!
At that critical instant, an incredibly sharp whistle tore through the night sky!
Clang-!!!
A deafening metallic crash exploded through the clothing store, spraying sparks everywhere!
The expected agony never came. Peter only felt a gust of wind and metal fragments whip past his cheek. He snapped his eyes open and saw something he would never forget.
An oddly shaped long blade, its entire length gleaming cold silver-gray, struck the front of the Green Goblin Glider with lightning precision!
That was specialized armor even armor-piercing rounds couldn't penetrate!
Yet before that sword, the two superalloy blades at the glider's nose were sheared clean off at their bases like butter beneath a hot knife!
The tremendous impact knocked the airborne Demon Glider completely off balance. Its engine sputtered pitifully as it spun wildly through the air with Green Goblin aboard, then slammed into the brick wall opposite.
"What the hell is that?!" Green Goblin steadied himself, his eyes bloodshot beneath his mask as he stared incredulously at the sword buried deep in the concrete floor.
"Ow, fuck! Why the hell is this crappy secondhand time machine's landing point in midair? My fucking tailbone!"
Before Peter or Green Goblin could react, an outrageously dramatic scream suddenly rang out from the night sky overhead.
Then came a dull thud.
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