[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start":3,"chapter-marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-chapter-96":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Marvel: Awakening the Cosmo at the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2232077,4216,"Chapter 96: The Lizard Bewitched by a Demon","marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-chapter-96",96,"\u003Cp>By the time Hawk and Gwen arrived on the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lizard had already vanished, replaced by Dr. Connors, who had reverted to human form but still bore the irreversible wounds on his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood spilled from the corners of Dr. Connors' mouth, yet he managed to squeeze out a smile as he watched Hawk walking toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk did not speak; he simply looked at Dr. Connors and raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen, standing to the side, asked with some confusion: \"Doctor, why did you want to kill me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could not understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Dr. Connors was doing it because of the Williamsburg Bridge incident, he should have been looking for Spider-Man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Dr. Connors was doing it to get blood, he should have been looking for Hawk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why was he fixated on her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaning against the wall, his strength completely spent, Dr. Connors chuckled upon hearing Gwen's question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as his chest heaved, a flush of red appeared on his pale face, and with a *puff*, he spat out a mouthful of blood, his breathing becoming extremely faint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now on the verge of death, about to close his eyes forever, Dr. Connors uttered the final words of his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was bewitched by a demon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...sorry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thump!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he finished that sentence with great effort, Dr. Connors closed his eyes for good, his lone left arm dropping to the floor with a crisp sound of impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Connors, dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Hawk withdrew his gaze from Dr. Connors' corpse and said to the Spider-Man standing nearby: \"Aren't you leaving yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter, still in shock that Hawk had taken out Dr. Connors with just one punch, snapped back to reality and looked at Hawk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person was killed by Spider-Man; what does that have to do with me, Hawk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not Spider-Man.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then your spider-web...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm leaving first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter didn't waste any more words; he turned, shot a strand of web, performed a mid-air twist, punched through the glass window on the ceiling with his toes, and disappeared from the sight of Hawk and Gwen after slipping out through the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen also reacted, seemingly thinking of something, and exclaimed before pulling Hawk toward the library's surveillance room downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, the surveillance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, it didn't record anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The spot where I struck was a blind spot; you can only see the Lizard flying backward, but you can't see who made the move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk explained with a smile as he was pulled downstairs by Gwen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this was fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly didn't care about being exposed or not; he hadn't known it was a blind spot when he struck—he only realized it afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it was none of his business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, just maybe, God felt it wasn't time for him to be exposed yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If God existed, that is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The New York Police Department moved the body of Dr. Connors, who had died and gone cold in the library, out of the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George Stacy, the captain of the Manhattan 19th Precinct, also arrived at the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gwen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George stepped out of his car, rushed straight to Gwen, and pulled her into a hug: \"Thank God, you're okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breaking free from George's embrace, Gwen glanced at Hawk, then took his right hand and said to George: \"It was Hawk who protected me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George then looked toward Hawk.\u003C\u002Fp>",581,"2026-06-18T05:22:53.059Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d670d2a5628dbb3d3c2df225d2e5c38354b865b20136d7903771dcf2b8c29376","marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-chapter-97","marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-chapter-95",999,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-cover.jpeg"]