Chapter 43

Hawkeye certainly wouldn't fight head-on.

He put away his bow and arrow and turned to run. ===== CHAPTER 110 =====

With his strong physical fitness,

and by using the winding alleys, Doctor Octopus couldn't catch him in the short term.

This infuriated Otto, who began to use his mechanical tentacles to wreak havoc!

As the beams scattered wantonly,

one of them happened to shoot toward a girl on the side of the road!

It was about to pierce her head—

Hawkeye, while running, noticed this and shot a rope arrow at the girl, trying to pull her away...

"What's going on with Felicia?"

After leaving the gallery, Cindy wanted to go see her good friend, "She's not replying to my messages either..."

She was just looking at her phone.

Her spider-sense suddenly reacted violently; her head tilted subconsciously, and a beam grazed past her.

Immediately after, she shot a web, sticking to a nearby street lamp, and Cindy's figure stood on top of it.

In the original spot, an arrow rope had missed its target.

"Who is it?"

Cindy couldn't figure out who would attack her.

That's right, attack.

In her view,

if once could be an accident,

then adding that arrow connected to a rope, it was a premeditated targeting of herself.

On this side,

Hawkeye and Doctor Octopus were also stunned by Cindy's performance... Could this person be Ghost Spider?

Cindy, relying on her strong spider-sense, soon discovered Hawkeye and Doctor Octopus who had made the move—

Who were they?

Could they be Morlun's people?

It seemed that was the only possibility; otherwise, Cindy couldn't think of anyone else who would have designs on her.

Run or fight?

Better run... The cowardly little Cindy soon made her choice.

Survival is paramount!

Time to bail!

Just as Cindy pulled up her collar to cover her face, preparing to flee,

Hawkeye recovered faster than Doctor Octopus and took this opportunity to shoot a slime arrow at Otto!

A large amount of viscous liquid instantly covered Doctor Octopus, and even his mechanical arms were temporarily stuck in the joints.

"They're fighting?"

Cindy paused.

She was a bit confused about the situation.

However, she felt it was better to run...

Let them fight; it had nothing to do with her.

So she extended her fingers to shoot a web, ready to leave—

*Hummm~~*

What was that?

Cindy was stunned again.

In her mind, a familiar sensation appeared—it was the feeling when her spider-sense intertwined with Ye Li's...

"Li is nearby?"

As this feeling grew stronger in Cindy, two figures in suits landed beside her.

Thump—

Gwen landed, kicking up dust.

Raising her hands, she looked at the surface of the suit, which was glowing with a faint light, "This feeling is really great~"

Jessica, also wearing an advanced suit, cast her gaze toward Cindy—

"Cindy?

Why are you standing on a street lamp pole?

And... is that... is that spider silk floating on your fingertips?"

Because of Ye Li,

Jessica and Cindy had also met recently, but Cindy's current posture was very unexpected to her—

Why does she look so much like Gwen...

"Jessica?

So it's you and Ghost Spider; this uniform is a bit different from the one on the news."

Cindy jumped down; although she greeted Jessica, her eyes remained fixed on Gwen...

The intertwining feeling of the spider-sense confirmed the source—it was Ghost Spider.

"Cindy, are you also Spider-Man?"

Jessica stepped forward and grabbed Cindy, staring hard, suspecting, "Could it be—you are Black Spider?"

She had a bold guess.

When going to the club to pick up the new suits,

Skye relayed Ye Li's words—don't say the suits were given by him; if anyone asks, say they were provided by Black Spider.

At that time, Jessica and Gwen suspected that the friend Ye Li mentioned was actually Black Spider!

This could explain why Black Spider always helped Gwen.

He and Ye Li must have discovered Ghost Spider's identity long ago!

That's why Black Spider would help Gwen for Ye Li's sake.

It all made sense!

As for the possibility that Ye Li was Black Spider?

Gwen thought about it, but felt it was impossible—

After all, Li was so approachable~

Black Spider was cold...

And now,

seeing Cindy hiding abilities so similar to Gwen's, and looking so close to her brother...

Jessica seriously suspected she was Black Spider himself!

As for Black Spider looking like a male based on his physique?

It could be disguised~

The "smart" Jessica thought this way, scanning Cindy's figure—hmm~ although this size isn't small, it could still be hidden if squeezed...

"Ah? Jessica, what are you thinking?"

Cindy was baffled by Jessica's question—what kind of imagination do you have?

She denied, "I am Silk, not Black Spider."

"Jessica, her abilities are very similar to mine..."

Gwen also expressed her opinion at this time, "However, although Black Spider's uniform and title are similar to mine, she doesn't use spider silk; she probably isn't..."

"Eh, that's right, the abilities are different..."

Jessica also realized her preconceived notions; Black Spider could fly, after all. ===== CHAPTER 111 =====

"Ghost Spider, can I ask you some questions?"

Cindy walked closer to Gwen. ===== CHAPTER 112 =====

She had to figure out what was going on; clearly Ghost Spider was a woman, so how could she also have that kind of attraction?

"Hello, Cindy... Huh?"

Gwen also had a strange reaction.

She suddenly felt Cindy was very intimate and wanted to cuddle with her...

Wanted to... with Li... plus Cindy...

Do interesting and wonderful things together...

!

Why would I have such thoughts?

Gwen quickly suppressed this shameful desire and responded, "What do you want to ask?"

Cindy extended her slender hand toward Gwen, as if wanting to touch her, "Have you ever been bitten by a spider?"

Gwen, as if possessed, also extended her hand toward her, "Could it be that you are also..."

Their slender little hands got closer and closer.

The two girls' index fingers finally touched; even through the suit, there was a tingling feeling~

"What is going on?"

Gwen's eyes were slightly flustered, and she quickly tried to pull her hand back.

She only wanted to have this feeling with Li; others... even if it was another girl, it wouldn't do.

Cindy, however, was a bit happy; finally, she wasn't the only one who had that strange feeling.

She threaded her slender fingers through Gwen's, held her palm, and asked, "Do you also have that feeling?"

"Uh, uh... I, I, I..."

The feeling coming from her hand made Gwen at a loss; how could she encounter such a thing...

"What are you two doing?"

Jessica, on the side, asked strangely, "Since when did you get so close?"

Seeing Cindy and Gwen holding hands, one might think they were lovers.

Whether it was because of the suit's insulation or because they were the same gender,

the attraction between Cindy and Gwen wasn't as strong as it was with Ye Li.

After holding hands for a while, they separated.

"What is going on?"

Gwen looked at Cindy with some wariness, "Is it your ability, mental hypnosis?"

"No."

Cindy deduced, "It should be because we were bitten by the same spider."

Thinking about it this way,

the spider that bit Li was also the same one.

Cindy thought to herself: That spider is really amazing... bit three people...

She didn't know

that Ye Li had an extra attraction to her because the system-copied template came from Gwen.

"Huh?

Where are those two people?"

Cindy only then noticed that Hawkeye and Doctor Octopus had disappeared.

It turned out that Otto, seeing the female knight and Ghost Spider arrive, plus Cindy, who had abilities similar to Spider-Man,

was also afraid of being besieged, so he took the initiative to withdraw.

Once Doctor Octopus left,

Hawkeye naturally wouldn't stay here for long either.

He was only responsible for the fight.

As for information like 'discovering someone who has abilities similar to Ghost Spider but isn't Ghost Spider,' he would just report it and let other professional agents investigate.

Hmm... in the end, this task would probably fall to Barbara.

"Achoo—!"

Barbara, who was happily slacking off at the club, suddenly sneezed, "Huh? I have a feeling the bureau is going to assign a new mission again..."

Hawkeye contacted the action team: [The enemy has withdrawn. Melinda, did you catch the person on your end?]

[Barton, there was an accident; there are more enemies...]

On the other side,

a few minutes ago,

'The Cat' Walter took advantage of the fight between Doctor Octopus and the others to quickly escape the police station.

Relying on his agile skills, he wasn't caught by the few police officers and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents chasing him.

[Once I escape back, I'll take Felicia and the others to immigrate, change to another place, and live under an assumed name...]

Walter ran for his life, making plans in his mind, thinking about how to settle his wife and daughter.

[They must be very worried about me now; my poor daughter, I hope you don't cry for me...]

Just as he was missing his wife and daughter, a fit figure suddenly pounced out from a dark alley corner ahead!

Melinda acted swiftly, performing a mid-air leg lock, clamping Walter's neck with her legs and bringing him to the ground.

"Get away!"

Walter still wanted to struggle, but Melinda used both hands and feet, locking him tight.

"Who are you people again?!"

"Heh."

Melinda chuckled, "Mr. Hardy, you know what's in your memory. You are suspected of stealing state secrets; you'll have to come with us."

[State secrets!?]

Walter's mind flashed back to the past when he was a teenager—

At that time, he was already a small-time thief, born to be in this line of work.

Once,

someone found him in the name of the U.S. government, gave him a large sum of money, and wanted him to steal a secret document.

Because he had the ability to never forget what he saw.

But after he infiltrated that laboratory and memorized that string of incomprehensible experimental equations and serum formulas, he realized he had been used.

The one who hired him wasn't the U.S. government at all! It was the leader of Hydra—Red Skull.

So after the Super Soldier Program laboratory was destroyed, this secret was preserved in his mind. ===== CHAPTER 113 =====