The rain stopped, and the skies cleared.
As soon as the Rain Prayer Skill took effect, the torrential downpour stopped. The leaden clouds scattered as though they had met their natural enemy, revealing the moon hidden behind them.
Everyone looked up at the sky in disbelief.
No one spoke. At that moment, the same question ran through everyone's mind.
Was Yang Bo really a god?
Yet Yang Bo himself showed none of the swagger one might expect after such a display. He simply got on with cleaning up the grill and the glass.
Spider-Man glanced at Yang Bo, then turned to his future father-in-law and said with a slightly ingratiating smile, "Sir, I'll take Gwen home first."
Chief George sighed deeply. Looking at his daughter, whose heart was entirely set on Spider-Man, he waved a hand and said, "Go on. Stay safe."
He did not want his daughter mixed up in this mess either, but things had already reached this point. He felt utterly drained.
He desperately wanted Peter to stay away from his daughter, but this clearly was not the place to discuss it.
Peter nodded, pulled on his mask, and walked over to Gwen Stacy. "Come on," he said gently. "Let me take you home."
Gwen glanced at her father's livid face, but in the end, she still threw herself into Peter's arms and held him tight.
A gust of wind lifted Gwen's hair, clearly revealing her flushed cheeks.
This was so thrilling-hugging her boyfriend right in front of her father.
Peter said goodbye to everyone, then leaped straight off the rooftop with Gwen in his arms. He fired a strand of webbing onto another building and swung toward her home.
So much had happened today that Peter still felt a little dazed.
Just then, Gwen, nestled in