Although the lizard man wanted to run away on his own initiative, Peter couldn't just let the monster leave. If he rushed to the ground, New York would definitely be thrown into chaos by the monster's size.
As soon as the lizard man turned around and ran back, Peter struggled to get up and crawled quickly on the wall, following the monster.
Peter has a pretty good sense of direction. He has been wandering in the sewers for so many days and has a clear memory of the route. He made an estimate and found that the lizard man didn't seem to be running around, but was rushing in one direction with a purpose.
.
Where is he going? What is he going to do there? What is going on?
Then Peter remembered that among the biological tissue samples he saw at the maintenance point at the reservoir, there was a lizard tail. Could this be the monster created by the mad scientist?
The lizard man ran in front, and Peter chased behind him. Perhaps the scientist did not understand the size of the sewer. The monster he created was a bit too big, so that he had to lower his head when running. The ceiling of the New York sewer.
Although there are some more than ten meters high, on some relatively narrow paths, this lizard man can only move forward while bending down.
This gave Peter a good opportunity to delay his actions. Taking advantage of the lizard man's inconvenience, Peter blocked a spider silk in front of his leg. Who knew that this monster seemed to still have some intelligence and was not tripped by the spider silk?
Instead of falling, he shrank his body and stepped over.
When Peter's plan failed, he made another plan. He wrapped the spider silk around the lizard man's neck, trying to use the inertia to bring him down, but the lizard man was not fooled. As soon as he was entangled in the spider silk, he pulled the lizard man down.
He grabbed the spider's thread and swung Spider-Man out again.
This time, Spider-Man also learned his lesson. When he landed, he rolled on the ground and stood up again. He found that he lacked experience in dealing with such a huge monster. After all, no robber or thief would have four.
As high as five meters.
Moreover, apart from its claws, the most important weapon of the lizard man is its huge tail. With a sweep of its tail, Peter was directly photographed against the wall. Spider-Man, who did not expect that this monster would change its tricks, was severely punished.
Received a blow and swept across.
Fortunately, he had plenty of physical strength and strong recovery ability. After a while, he caught up with the lizard man again.
Peter discovered that if he wanted to deal with this monster, he really had to lead it to the ground. Although the sewers were somewhat disadvantageous to such a huge monster, Spider-Man had no room to play. The entire space in the sewers was directly filled by this monster.
, he couldn't even try to surround it with spider silk.
And as the direction of this monster's progress gradually became clear, Peter discovered that he seemed to be heading towards Stark Tower.
Peter knows this very well. He usually goes to the internship along this road after exploring the sewers.
Peter couldn't figure out what this monster wanted to do, but he knew he couldn't let this monster just rush to the ground and run into Stark Tower. Stark was in a very bad state now, and he might still be drunk and hadn't sobered up.
If they are unable to pilot the mecha, hundreds of employees in this building will be in great danger.
Peter was thinking that this monster also realized that he was advancing in the sewer, so he might as well run on the ground as soon as possible, so he jumped up hard at the nearest manhole cover.
Regardless of the size of the manhole cover, the lizard man broke through the road and rushed out, followed closely by Peter.
Suddenly a monster emerged from the ground, causing chaos on the road. More than a dozen cars behind slammed on their brakes and all collided with each other, making violent explosions.
Spider-Man thought about going over to save people, but while watching the huge monster stepping on the car and running quickly towards the Stark Tower, Peter had no choice but to press the communicator on his wrist and said loudly: "
Mr. Stark!!!? Mr. Stark!!! Are you there?!! Wake up!! There is a lizard monster heading towards you!! Wake up!!!”
There was no response from the communicator. Peter cursed secretly and then called Steve. He said: "Captain! Come over and organize traffic! A monster ran past! It's on the main road east of Stark Tower.
Come on, someone needs rescue here!!"
Just as he was about to continue calling Schiller, he noticed that the lizard man in front of him jumped suddenly and fell directly into the parking lot surrounding Stark Tower.
Peter had to follow him quickly. His webbing stuck directly to the glass wall of another building in Stark Tower, and then he quickly swung down and kicked the lizard man in the neck.
The huge monster staggered, but maintained its balance with the help of its tail.
He stretched out his hand to grab Spider-Man, but the Stark Group's buildings had a total of five or six buildings, which were surrounded by an encircling structure, which provided the best space for Peter's mobility.
Seeing the lizard man reach out, Peter swung another spider thread directly past his side. When he turned around, he used another spider thread to stick to his arm, intending to drag the lizard man down.
The lizard man waved his arm vigorously, broke away from the spider silk, and then rushed into the Stark Tower.
The internal structure of Stark Tower is very complex, but because the building is very large, the height of each floor is also very high, so the Lizardmen can move around unimpeded.
Although Peter's previous communication was not answered by Stark, Jarvis was awake after all. When he heard that a monster was coming, Jarvis directly activated the security protocol, evacuated most of the employees, and activated all safety measures.
The protective means that can be activated can effectively delay the lizard man's movements.
However, the final security agreement requires the authorization of Stark himself. Without this security agreement, many permanently closed security doors cannot be closed, and many weapons of mass destruction cannot be used. Although the Lizardmen have been slowed down, they still have not
effective means to deal with him.
Spider-Man also found that he seemed to lack some powerful attack methods. During the process of chasing the Lizard Man inside the building, he knocked down the Lizard Man several times and tripped him several times using spider silk. However, this big guy was too patient.
Even though Peter punched him a few times, he just shook his head.
This monster seemed to have extraordinary recovery abilities. Peter used the broken glass to cut off a section of his tail, intending to break off one of his arms first. Without the tail, it would be much more difficult for the lizard man to maintain balance.
As a result, before Peter could make the next move, the lizard man's tail quickly grew out.
While dangling from the ceiling, Peter tried to use words to attract attention and stop him from climbing up.
"Hey, big guy! Where did you buy your quick-acting glue? Look here, your spider daddy is going to kick you hard, like this!"
Peter swung down quickly again, intending to kick the lizard man in the chest. As a result, the lizard man learned his lesson. As soon as Peter swung over, he dodged to the side, grabbed Peter's casters a few times, and then directly
Throw Peter out.
Peter knocked over a bunch of desks and flew out along the glass of the floor-to-ceiling window.
Fortunately, he rolled in mid-air, and a thread of spider silk stuck to the wall, swung back from the broken window on the other side, and then kicked the lizard man on the back.
Although Peter learned a lot of fighting skills from Steve, now he is only a little better than the king's eight punches. He has learned to use spider silk to increase his mobility, and then use gravity and inertia to increase his strength.
Although this tactic cannot completely subdue the lizard man, it can really slow down his pace. After all, Peter is strong enough. One kick will make the lizard man stagger, and another punch will make the monster confused.
For a while.
The two ran and chased each other, advancing layer by layer and interfering with each other. The Lizardman finally climbed to the upper floors of the Stark Tower. Spider-Man helplessly shouted: "Jarvis, how long will it take Mr. Stark?"
Hurry up?"
"I'm activating the emergency wake-up method..."
"What's the emergency call..."
Before Peter could finish speaking, an earth-shaking loud noise came from inside Stark Tower.
It was a rock music player with a volume of at least over 100 decibels. The huge sound waves shook both Spider-Man and the Lizard Man.
"Is this the emergency wake-up method you are talking about?!!! Can't you get him a headset?!!! This is simply an indiscriminate attack!!!!" Peter yelled at the top of his lungs, but his voice was direct
was drowned in the loud music.
Jarvis also turned up his volume, saying: "Mr. Stark hates noise very much!!!! This can effectively sober him up!!!"
As soon as Jarvis finished speaking, a mecha flew directly into the interior through the hole in the window, and Stark shouted at the top of his lungs: "That's enough!!! Turn it off quickly!!! I'm already awake."
!!!”
When the music ended, Spider-Man, Iron Man and Lizard Man all felt their heads buzzing.
Before Spider-Man could recover from the tinnitus, he still shouted at the top of his lungs: "Jarvis!!! I have to say!!! This is your most effective weapon!!!"
Stark didn't have time to talk trash. After all, it was his own home he was demolishing. He sprinted with maximum power and knocked the lizard out of the Stark Tower.
The floors here are not low. If you fall, unless the lizard can grow wings, it will definitely be smashed into a pulp.
But this monster seemed to have good balance. When he was in the air, he flicked his tail and gave Stark's mecha a blow. Then he rolled and hung on the edge of the window. He jumped up again with a strong effort of his arms, and then went directly to
He jumped back to the center of the battlefield.
It seemed that Stark had just sobered up and was still not quite clear-headed. He was whipped by the lizard man and it took him a long time to get up.
Spider-Man kept harassing the Lizardman nearby, and Stark connected to Spider-Man's communication and began to formulate a battle plan.
"Listen, let's drive him to the roof, and then I'll use another mecha to sneak attack and knock him off the roof. He shouldn't have the ability to fly, right?"
"No, if there was, he would not be here long ago, but his super speed recovery is a problem. Maybe he won't die even if he falls."
"But he is absolutely incapacitated."
Just do what you say, Peter and Stark went back and forth. Both men's movements were very flexible. Stark also controlled the firepower inside the Stark Tower, and in conjunction with his palm cannon, he chased the lizard man all the way to the building.
top.
When they were on the roof, Stark stood on the edge of the building and kept firing cannonballs at the Lizardman. The Lizardman didn't care about Spider-Man who was constantly harassing him, and rushed towards Stark.
Stark pretended to show a flaw and lowered his flying height. As expected, the Lizardman jumped up and hugged Iron Man's mecha. Iron Man directly used the inertia to take him out of the roof, and the two began to fall together.
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Originally, Stark wanted to seduce him, let him jump to the edge, and then use another mecha to knock it away, but it turned out that the monster moved too fast and hugged the one driven by Iron Man.
This mecha.
This lizard man was very powerful, and the mecha soon began to burst into flames. Stark shouted from inside: "Jarvis! Discharge!"
"Sir, you can't discharge it now. Once the mecha is destroyed, you will be thrown to death from such a high altitude."
The two fell quickly, and the howling wind sounded in Stark's ears. Stark said: "Discharge immediately! Scrap the mecha! Eject me! Someone will catch me!"
Jarvis was silent for a second, and the entire mecha began to erupt with violent electric light. The lizard man was so painful that he let go immediately. The mecha exploded in a burst of electric light, and the cockpit was ejected. Stark's body was directly
Break away and fall together in mid-air.
Rather than saying that the height was too high, it was better to say that the time it took to fall from this height saved Stark's life. A piece of spider silk swung over, and Spider-Man directly caught the falling Stark.
Soon, the exploded mecha wreckage fell to the ground together with the lizard man.
While the dust was flying, Spider-Man put Stark down. It was really a critical moment just now. He fell from such a high height. If he really fell to the ground, God would not be able to save him.
Soon, the dust and smoke from the explosion dispersed, and the huge monster fell into a pit. All his limbs seemed to be broken, and his internal organs should have turned into a ball of paste.
But his superhuman recovery ability is still at work. In a few breaths, the twisted bones are gradually returning to their normal positions. Spider-Man said: "God! He can recover from this! This is completely medical."
Is it a miracle??”
Stark narrowed his eyes and said: "This is indeed a medical miracle..."
"We have to subdue him quickly. It would be terrible if we wait for him to recover."
As Spider-Man was about to move forward, another mecha flew in mid-air. After Stark was armed, he stopped him. He said: "This self-healing ability consumes energy. His energy should have been
It’s almost gone, let’s see his true face.”
Stark seemed to mean something, and Spider-Man was a little confused. What is the true face of the Lizard? A big lizard?
Peter said: "A few days ago, I discovered someone doing experiments in the sewer. This monster must be the product of his experiments. We catch him, and then we have to find the real culprit behind it."
Peter was explaining to Stark how he found those traces from the sewer and then met the monster. He glanced at the pit and found that the monster seemed to be shrinking. After a while, the size of the monster that had shrunk was the same as that of a normal person.
about there.
Then the green color on his body and the unique lizard characteristics began to fade, and Peter gradually opened his eyes wide. He saw that lying in the big pit was a middle-aged man with gray hair.
"Dr. Connors!"
Peter was so shocked that he even stuttered: "How could it be...how could he? What happened to him? How could this monster be Dr. Connors????"
"I just said that this ability of super-speed recovery looks familiar." Stark raised his visor and walked into the pit, with Peter following behind him.
Peter said incoherently: "There may be some misunderstanding... Has he been framed? How could he be a monster? Dr. Connors is a very good teacher, he helped me a lot, I..."
Stark seemed a little silent, and his face looked very haggard, as if he had just woken up from a hangover.
The man lying on the ground moved, and Peter couldn't care less. He quickly stepped forward to help him.
Fortunately, although the lizard man fell from such a high floor, his super-speed recovery ability allowed him to almost recover from the wounds on his body before he returned to his human form.
Dr. Connors turned over under his own power. His head was covered with blood, and his entire clothes were almost soaked with blood. He turned around and looked like Stark, and said in a low voice: "I'm only one step away."
A little bit...just a little bit, ahem, I can judge you, the devil..."
Stark did not taunt his enemies like he used to. He looked at Connors silently.
Peter couldn't accept the situation at all. He collapsed and said: "What is going on? What is going on with you two? Dr. Connors, why are you... There must be some misunderstanding here, right?
?”
"Peter, Peter Parker." Dr. Connors closed his eyes, his tone full of exhaustion, "Spider-Man, you ruined..."
He stopped, either because he didn't have the energy to continue or because he didn't want to continue.
"Yes, I am Peter...Doctor, can you tell me what is going on?"
Connors's physical strength seemed to be completely exhausted. A weak researcher, he no longer had the strength to even sit up.
He lay in the middle of the big pit and said in a dry voice: "I told you this story before, but you didn't seem to listen carefully..."
"I am a captain. I once participated in the war with the combat troops. Although I was only a medic with the team, I persisted in the area with the most intense artillery fire for a full sixty-three hours..."
"For this reason, I lost an arm and almost all my comrades..."
"We obeyed their orders and stood firm. Of the 32-person team, only 6 survived. I lost an arm, and someone else lost both legs, but we all came back alive..."
"Compensation...oh, yes...of course there is compensation. They checked our health, let us stay in the hospital for a period of time, and then gave us a sum of money, and then, nothing happened again..."
"No one cares about the difficulty you have in continuing to live as a disabled person. No one cares about the dilemma that you can't even unscrew a can after paying the price with an arm..."
"No one will care about the sympathetic looks they look at you, or the impatience they show when you can't pick up something..."
"I just want to change everything, just want to change everything..."
Peter felt a little suffocated, and complex emotions surged in his chest. He took off his hood and began to breathe heavily.
His eyes were red, and he said: "You have changed everything! We almost succeeded at that time, and the recovery serum was indeed effective..."
"Yes, it's just a little bit close... I thought it was just a bit close, but then I discovered that this point may be a high wall that can never be overcome..."
Dr. Connors's throat moved slower and slower, and he said: "We are being expelled like mice. No one cares about how much change this research can bring to these scum at the bottom of society..."
"Even if I missed success by just one minute, I would still be kicked out."
He turned his head and looked at Stark with some dull eyes. He said: "Be driven out by these devils who only care about self-interest and profit..."
"It's not like that, it's not like that!" Peter knelt down beside him and said, "There is a misunderstanding here. I think I can..."
Peter's voice stopped suddenly. He took a deep breath and then covered his face. His breathing began to tremble uncontrollably. When he found that Dr. Connors was gradually losing consciousness, he really collapsed.
"No, wait... Dr. Connors! Dr. Connors! If you hold on just a little longer, we will save you..."
Peter didn't even know how he said such words. It was clear that ten minutes ago, he wanted to destroy this monster immediately.
It is now clear that Stark was under pressure from the military. He terminated the medical technology research and development in cooperation with the military, making it impossible to complete the super-speed recovery serum project carried out by Dr. Connors.
So it turned into a giant lizard monster and wanted to take revenge on Stark.
Peter suddenly thought that since this lizard monster was Dr. Connors, was the stronghold he destroyed then the place where Dr. Connors conducted his final research?
Was it because he destroyed that stronghold that the serum failed? That made Dr. Connors such a monster?
A suffocating feeling engulfed Peter, why is this happening? Why is this happening? He obviously just wants to do good things!
This feeling of extreme helplessness was a pain that Peter had never experienced before.
Obviously Dr. Connors is a good man. He and his comrades sacrificed their lives for the country. After being unfairly treated, he still actively participated in scientific research and wanted to improve the lives of these people through his intelligence.
But Mr. Stark is also a good person. He was not entirely at fault for suspending the cooperation in the medical project. He defeated the lizard monster and saved other people in New York.
Peter felt that he was also a good person. He obviously took action immediately when he saw some possible dangerous situations.
But now, Dr. Connors is lying in the pit, covered in blood, his life and death unknown, and Stark stands there silently. He seems to regard all this as a punishment for facing his crime, and is suffering for it.
Peter felt great pain, even more painful than when the sharp blade sliced his chest.
The teacher who taught him carefully during his academic journey, and the senior who provided him with a suit and protection, and taught him all kinds of knowledge, were at odds with each other.
Peter didn't know who to help, it was like a double-edged sword that he was holding and stabbing at their chests at the same time. Tears had almost soaked the collar of his spider suit.
Peter stood up. He was facing another sunset. In a daze, he remembered what Schiller told him. There was no black or white here, only a hazy and unclear gray fog.
This is the true face of this world, and he cannot always stand on the side of justice as he thinks.
Now he finally understands that the saddest thing in the world is not that good people are defeated by bad people, but that good people are defeated by good people.
There are no winners in this war between good guys.