Clearly, the livestream couldn't pick up what the woman was saying. But while the two of them were talking, a towering man over two meters tall suddenly stood up from the back of the bus, built like an iron tower.
He shrugged off his coat, revealing a tight tactical vest underneath. The bulging muscles nearly tore the vest apart.
Most eye-catching of all was his right arm—he had no hand. Instead, a metal ring-like device was fitted over his entire forearm.
The man slowly walked toward the Asian young man. Meanwhile, the chubby streamer, completely unbothered, even started cheering him on.
With a sharp whoosh, a blade shot out from the metal ring on the man's severed arm. The edge glowed red, radiating intense heat.
The moment he saw that blade, the streamer instantly shut up. No more nonstop commentary—he obediently held his phone and stayed quiet like a good boy.
"This guy…"
Karl's lips twitched downward as he recalled that heavily criticized mess of a movie from his previous life—Shang-Chi. The Asian young man in the video didn't look exactly the same, but he was at least ninety percent similar, especially that broad face and small eyes.
"You know him?"
Gwen and the other two turned to look at Karl.
"Uh… no. Just looks familiar."
Gwen glanced at the three "ladies," then back at Gwen—who was still hanging upside down.
"Gwen, aren't you worried about blood rushing to your head hanging like that?"
Karl genuinely didn't get it. Was this some kind of Spider-Person habit? Peter did it, Gwen did it—didn't they worry about circulation? Or did hanging upside down somehow make them smarter?
"Does it? I think it's pretty comfortable."
The moment Gwen said that, Karl, Skye, and Wanda all looked at her like she'd lost her mind. A normal person hanging like that for hours? That was basically torture.
"Maybe everyone who gets bitten by a spider ends up like this? I've seen Peter hanging upside down from rooftops all the time—even eats sandwiches like that."
Wanda thought about it. She often saw Peter swinging around New York when she went out, sometimes even hanging upside down to wave at her.
While the four of them bantered, the fight in the video had already begun.
The big man slashed at Shang-Chi with his blade, but Shang-Chi nimbly ducked. Unexpectedly, the man changed moves mid-swing and stabbed downward instead.
Shang-Chi had no choice but to drop flat to the ground. The blade pierced the floor beside him, slicing open the metal surface with a massive gash, the edges glowing as if melted.
That strike severed the bus's brake line.
The driver had intended to stop and call the police, but now the brakes were gone—and to make matters worse, they were on a downhill slope.
The bus shot forward like a runaway horse, picking up speed.
Inside the bus, Shang-Chi and the big man kept fighting. A few swings from the blade chopped the handrails into pieces.
Shang-Chi grabbed a passenger's laptop and hurled it at the man, who easily sliced it in half—but the distraction worked. Shang-Chi followed up with a powerful uppercut that landed squarely in the man's stomach, sending him flying from the front to the back of the bus, crashing into the rear steps.
At that moment, the out-of-control bus slammed into a car. The impact sent Shang-Chi tumbling, and the driver knocked his head against the steering wheel and passed out.
With no one controlling it, the bus began swerving wildly across the road, smashing into multiple vehicles along the way.
Meanwhile, the streamer remained oddly calm and started narrating again:
"Current situation is critical. The driver's down—faceplanted into the wheel and now lying there like a corpse. I will not be taking over driving, by the way. People always yell at me when I drive…"
He kept rambling as the bus sped faster and faster.
Shang-Chi wanted to take control of the bus, but the big man attacked again, completely ignoring the speeding vehicle and the terrified passengers.
Shang-Chi was tied up, while his companion—the woman—stumbled her way to the driver's seat and plopped down, trying to steer.
But a bus wasn't easy to control, especially without brakes. All she could do was try to keep it going straight.
Just then, several strands of webbing shot in from different directions, sticking to both sides of the bus and anchoring to nearby buildings.
A red-and-blue figure dropped from above—none other than Spider-Man, Peter Parker.
Peter clung to the front windshield and peeked inside, startling the woman driving.
"Hey! Don't panic—just keep it straight. I'll handle the rest!"
He waved at her, then flattened himself against the front of the bus, rapidly firing webs to both sides and gripping them tightly.
Sure enough, with the strength of his webs and his own power, the bus gradually slowed down and finally came to a stop sideways in the middle of the road.
Inside, Shang-Chi and the big man were still fighting. Shang-Chi relied on agility to dodge, while the big man relentlessly attacked, practically dismantling the bus. The interior was a mess, and the passengers huddled together in fear.
"Wow—it's Spider-Man! Guys, I'm a huge fan! He's an Avenger now too! Besides Spider-Man, I also really like Iron Man—"
The streamer kept babbling, even jumping excitedly.
Peter kicked through the already shattered windshield and entered the bus in an instant. He fired webbing and immediately pinned Shang-Chi to the wall.
Stuck fast to the interior, Shang-Chi couldn't move. Seeing his chance, the big man swung his blade to finish him off.
But Peter suddenly leaped in and kicked the man flying, then webbed him up and stuck him to the ceiling.
"Hey, man, that's dirty! Sneak attacking? Not cool!"
Peter pointed and started ranting. He'd wanted them to stop fighting—but that guy had clearly gone for the kill.
With a slash, the man's blade cut through Peter's webbing. Even though Tony had upgraded the webbing to be heat-resistant, this blade's temperature clearly exceeded its limits.
The man flipped down and immediately slashed at Peter again.
But in Peter's perspective, the attack moved like slow motion. He easily dodged, then countered with a punch straight to the man's face.
Crack!
The man's nose shattered instantly, teeth flying out as he was sent crashing into the back of the bus. Before he could even react, his head lolled to the side—he was out cold.
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