Marvel: Heir to the Kingdom of Shadows
Chapter 12

Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide

1,291 words•4 min read•2 views
10h ago•

Inside the office, Tony watched Natasha's retreating back, a corner of his mouth curving upward.

The moment he saw Natasha, he had already recognized her identity. After all, as a beauty in Marvel, the Black Widow's fame was quite high.

It was precisely because of this that he put on that kind of act.

Otherwise, what cat doesn't eat fish, what man doesn't stray.

It was only because the fish had thorns that the thorns needed to be removed before he could take a bite.

No longer paying attention to Natasha's matter, he once again began processing documents.

Time passed swiftly amidst his busyness. Soon, night fell, and Tony drove away from the Stark Industries building, arriving at Thirteenth Avenue in Manhattan.

This was the trading location chosen by Kingpin, sparse with pedestrians and suitable for transactions.

Parking the car by the roadside, Tony turned off the engine and sat inside. Soon, two black sedans pulled up on the highway.

The two factions of people conducted their transaction according to normal procedures.

Time ticked by bit by bit, and the transaction quickly reached its final stages. Just as both sides were about to conclude the deal, a youthful voice suddenly came from the alley beside the road.

"Good evening, gentlemen."

"What are you doing? Need some help?"

The sudden voice gave everyone a huge start, and their expressions instantly shifted in unison.

"Fuck, Spider-Man!"

"Open fire, open fire!"

A boss shouted loudly, and both sides of the transaction opened fire simultaneously.

For a moment, gunfire raged in the darkness!

Countless bullets poured directly toward Spider-Man, while Spider-Man, who had just been hanging upside down at the mouth of the alley, instantly vanished from his spot the moment the gunfire rang out.

They only saw him leap, appearing directly before everyone. Silk constantly launched from his wrists like bullets, knocking everyone down to the ground one after another.

Before a few breaths had even passed, the battle was over, and the trading parties were directly captured by him.

"Gentlemen, it looks like you need my help to make a police call."

Spider-Man looked at the items traded by both sides, bending down to take a phone from one of the members, intending to call the police.

But right at that moment, his movements instantly stopped, and his sharp gaze swept toward his surroundings.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of smoke bombs bursting rang out, and one black figure after another appeared all around him.

These people were entirely wrapped in black ninja garb, their eyes brimming with a scarlet glow; they were none of the other than the Shadow Ninja Army.

Looking at these people, Peter's eyes beneath the mask flashed with a trace of shock.

Possessing a super-strong Spider-Sense, he clearly perceived that these people had appeared out of thin air around him.

Or rather, they weren't people at all!

Instantly, Peter grew vigilant, looking at the numerous Shadow Ninjas as he spoke, "Hey, guys, who are you?"

As the words fell, the Shadow Ninjas naturally did not answer his question, and the sound of long sabers leaving their scabbards rang out in the darkness.

The next second, numerous Shadow Ninjas silently charged toward Peter, making Peter's heart skip a beat.

However, at this moment he had no time to think about other things; the silk on his wrists quickly launched, rushing toward the Shadow Ninjas at a speed comparable to bullets.

Yet the Shadow Ninjas were no mere weaklings. Dodging or slashing, they swiftly evaded the silk's attacks and arrived at Peter's side.

In an instant, the sound of samurai swords tearing through the air rang out, whistling straight toward Peter's vital points, making Peter's eyelids twitch wildly as he rapidly jumped and dodged to avoid the attack.

His speed was extremely fast, and ordinary people simply couldn't keep up with him, but the Shadow Ninjas were clearly not ordinary people.

As Peter dodged, the numerous Shadow Ninjas quickly followed, shuriken flying from their hands and directly ripping Peter's Spider-Suit.

Peter, who originally still wanted to hold back, looked at this scene and could no longer afford to hold back, swiftly beginning his counterattack.

Having undergone mutation, his strength and speed had long since reached a terrifying degree, and his strength was sufficient to stop a train!

Although the Shadow Ninjas were powerful, their individual strength was not enough to contend with him.

Therefore, after Peter went all out, quite a few Shadow Ninjas were directly beaten until they burst apart.

Yet looking at this scene, Peter's face bore no joy whatsoever; instead, his expression grew increasingly grim.

Because he discovered that the number of Shadow Ninjas was growing more and more numerous.

After he killed a dozen or so Shadow Ninjas, the number of Shadow Ninjas had already surged to hundreds.

Even on the outer perimeter, Shadow Ninjas were popping out one after another.

Powerful though he was, under the encirclement and suppression of so many Shadow Ninjas, he was still meeting danger at every turn.

At this moment, the Spider-Suit on his body had already become tattered, and bloody gashes appeared on his body. As time passed, his stamina was continuously consumed, and his entire body began to pant heavily.

Sensing the danger, he did not dare to continue lingering in place. The silk on his wrists launched, his figure rapidly taking to the air as he left this place.

Breaking free from the Shadow Ninjas' encirclement, Peter finally let out a sigh of relief in his heart.

But just when he thought he was safe, a terrifying scene suddenly appeared before his eyes.

He saw that on the high-rise buildings ahead of him, Shadow Ninjas with double-scarlet eyes kept appearing, watching his figure.

Seeing this, Peter's expression froze, and a wave of terror surged up from his heart.

Just hundreds of Shadow Ninjas had already made him face danger at every turn; right now, the Shadow Ninjas numbered far beyond mere hundreds.

Although he didn't know the exact count, a rough glance showed there were no less than a thousand people.

If he were surrounded by these people, Peter couldn't be certain whether he'd still have his life.

Without delay, he dared not linger any longer, his figure swinging among the high-rises as he swiftly vanished from this place.

And just as he was advancing rapidly, a portion of the Shadow Ninjas gave chase directly. Although they had no way to swing through the air using silk like Peter,

they relied on terrifying jumping power to shuttle across the high-rises, their speed not the least bit slower than Peter's!

This left Peter, who wanted to shake them off, deeply helpless.

Soon, an even more despairing thing happened to Peter: along the path he was advancing, Shadow Ninjas leaped directly from high-rise buildings, charging toward him.

Dense shuriken came whistling toward him, closely followed by Shadow Ninjas wielding samurai swords.

Although he relied on his super-strong Spider-Sense and agile skills to dodge most of the attacks, a portion of the attacks still landed on his body.

Bloody flowers continuously bloomed across his body, causing a series of muffled groans to escape his lips.

At the same time, a shuriken grazed the silk on his hand, and instantly the silk snapped, Peter's airborne form plunging directly down to the ground.

The sudden turn of events scared Peter out of his wits.

The silk on his wrists fired frantically in deceleration, and eventually his body heavily smashed down into an alley, leaving him gasping for air for a long time.

And in the darkness, the figures of Shadow Ninjas continuously appeared, surrounding him tightly.

At this moment he truly had nowhere to run, and no way to enter the earth.

End of Chapter
Prev
Novel
Next

Story in short

RecapsSummaries
How was this translation?

Explore the wiki