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Several minutes ago...
The moment Gwen and Peter received Tony's message, they immediately rushed to the target location. However, no matter how fast they were, swinging on webs still made them a little slower than Tony.
Fortunately, while they didn't arrive early, they arrived just in time.
Looking at the controlled Tony, the two were somewhat surprised. What made them feel even more incredulous was that the person controlling Tony was actually...
"Justin Hammer?"
Tony and Gwen cried out in shock.
Tony looked at the two cute little spiders clinging to the ceiling of the underground base. If he hadn't lost control of his own body, he would definitely be shedding tears of joy right now.
They came too perfectly!
"Spider-Man?"
Justin Hammer was startled, but immediately sneered.
He'd captured Iron Man; two little bugs...
"Trash!"
Gwen and Peter, wearing their suit masks, blinked.
Was he talking about them?
Before the two could consider where Justin Hammer got his nerve, streams of red threads emerged from Justin Hammer's body and shot toward them at high speed.
Be careful!
That stuff is weird!
Tony's soul roared anxiously.
But Gwen and Peter had slightly strange expressions.
Playing with string?
Hmm...
They weren't bad at that either!
Without hesitation, the two, hanging upside down from the base's ceiling, raised their hands toward the surging red threads.
Masses of webs burst from their shooters, falling from the ceiling like a blossoming firework.
White webs and red threads, the two sides were clearly distinct, but in the next second, they tangled together, like two warring legions.
But this situation lasted only one second. The red threads seemed to turn into phantoms, passing directly through the white waterfall of webbing, shooting toward Gwen and Peter again with uncanny speed and viciousness.
Gwen and Peter were momentarily surprised, but guided by the precognition of their spider-senses, they easily dodged.
Just as their feet were about to land on the ground, a cold laugh rang out again. Immediately, massive amounts of blood-red threads emerged from beneath their feet, wrapping around them densely like thorns.
Their expressions changed, but reacting quickly, they shot two strands of webbing at the wall, maneuvering their bodies into a strange yet graceful posture, like a synchronized gymnastics performance, and slipped through the dense threads.
Beautiful!
Tony whispered deeply in his soul.
"Hah!" Justin Hammer sneered, habitually trying to push up his glasses on his nose, but suddenly remembering that Tony had just broken them. He muttered discontentedly. Instantly, Justin Hammer, who had become like a bloody humanoid ball of yarn, waved his hand and summoned even more blood-red threads.
Dense and thick, they filled the entire underground base, forming a blood-red cage that surrounded Gwen and Peter.
You can jump, right? Go ahead and jump for me now!
Justin Hammer watched the two with a sneer.
Peter's mouth twitched. He looked at Gwen.
Gwen blinked, then suddenly exclaimed: "Oh no! We're finished! We can't dodge anymore!"
Peter: "?" He paused for a moment, then caught on, shouting overdramatically: "Help! What are we going to do now!"
Tony: "..." Enough already! Stop acting!
He was still anxious about the photo Justin Hammer had just sent out. While being seen by others was certainly embarrassing, if that photo and the unwarranted endorsement caused more people to be harmed, that was what Tony truly did not want to see.
But while Tony could tell Gwen and Peter were acting, Justin Hammer couldn't.
After a moment of stupefaction, the face composed of red threads couldn't help but reveal a bone-chillingly smug grin.
"Ha!"
"In that case, you can help me with an endorsement, just like dear Tony!"
Justin Hammer sneered, speaking words that utterly confused Gwen and Peter.
Peter gave Gwen a look. What now?
Gwen rolled her eyes, nodded at Peter, and subtly made a gesture. Looks interesting. Let's see what he wants. Got it! Peter signaled that he would cooperate.
"Help! No!" Gwen yelled loudly. Her acting... was extremely over the top!
Tony's soul trembled repeatedly. Stop it! You're overdoing it! No one is going to believe that, not even an idiot like Justin Hammer...
After seeing Justin Hammer's expression, Tony, who couldn't even move his eyeballs... thought: Forget it. This fool is utterly beyond salvation...
Clearly, Justin Hammer believed it. Confidently and excitedly, he manipulated the red threads toward Gwen and Peter. When the threads touched their bodies, he shuddered.
Success! He had controlled two more superheroes! This was fantastic!
He felt like he had reached the peak of his life; a huge sense of satisfaction and accomplishment welled up from his heart.
He gently communicated with the threads, pulling Gwen and Peter next to Tony, nodding slightly.
"Excellent. You three can give me endorsements now."
Endorsement? What endorsement? Gwen was incredibly curious.
But when she saw Justin Hammer manipulating the ugly doll, bringing it before them, controlling their bodies to hold the doll, demanding they become spokespeople for it, and planning to upload the photos and similar material online, Gwen's eye twitched.
This wasn't fun anymore. Besides, had Tony already been photographed and had the picture sent out?
If that was the case... Gwen narrowed her eyes...
"Ah, I'm done playing." Gwen sighed.
"Whether we play or not isn't up to you to decide... Wait! How can you sigh?" Justin Hammer cried out in shock.
Under his control, even blinking required his permission, but now...
Realizing this, no matter how foolish, arrogant, or self-confident he was, he understood that things had spun out of his control.
Therefore, he gritted his teeth. More red threads wrapped around Gwen, and even more red threads turned into phantoms, winding toward Gwen's soul.
He wanted to completely control Gwen. But in the next second, he couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Those red threads attempting to wrap around Gwen's soul were instantly annihilated by blue flames.
Blue flames? How could a human soul possess blue flames? Justin Hammer was thoroughly terrified.
But when he saw wisps of blue flame leaping gleefully from Gwen's body, he instinctively backed away in fear.
"Y-You... what exactly are you?"
Gwen, enveloped in flames, slowly raised her head, gently pulled off her mask, revealing her skull face, and let out a long breath.
"A demon! You are a demon!" Justin Hammer, covered in red threads and looking like a mass of red yarn, shouted loudly.
"Ha! A demon?" Gwen grinned, the flames in her eyes flickering twice. The blue fire annihilated all the red threads wrapped around her as she slowly replied: "Aren't you one too?"
(End of Chapter)