The Great Demon Lord of the American Comics World

Chapter 38, Gwen, you'd better step up!

At dusk, on a forest hill.

Gwen was jogging along the roadside in her tracksuit when her cell phone rang.

She picked up her phone, glanced at the caller ID, hesitated for a moment, and then answered the call.

"Gwen, this is Leonardo. I've made a restaurant reservation, and as agreed, I'm here to pick you up. Where are you now?"

Gwen took a deep breath:

"Come to my house in half an hour."

She gave her home address, hung up the phone, and then suddenly punched a roadside tree next to her.

The punch was so powerful that it shook the entire tree, sending leaves scattering everywhere.

"Damn it! I said I'd stand him up, how could I agree so easily? And I even gave him my address... Gwen, are you a shallow girl who can be easily swayed by handsome guys?"

After scolding herself a couple of times, Gwen took a deep breath, looked around to make sure no one was watching, and then galloped home at a speed faster than a galloping horse.

She only has half an hour; she needs to rush back to take a shower, change her clothes, and put on some makeup. Time might be a bit tight.

……

Li Xingzhou arrived at the address Gwen had given him five minutes early and parked his car across the street from Gwen's house.

While waiting, he received a text message on his dedicated phone number at the mainland hotel.

Upon opening the message, he found it was a confirmation from the hotel that he had completed his mission and that the bounty had been transferred to his secret account.

Looking at the million-dollar deposit in the transfer record, Li Xingzhou whistled with satisfaction.

Although he doesn't care much about money, earning a good reward through his own hard work always makes him happy.

That said, after deducting the hotel's share, the bounty of only one million dollars was actually nothing—John Wick, the protagonist of "Give Me Back My Life," was betrayed by his employer after completing a forced mission in the second movie, when the initial bounty offered by the employer was as high as seven million dollars.

After John Wick lost his temper and broke the rules inside the Continental Hotel, shooting and killing his employer, he was expelled from the hotel and a bounty was placed on his head. The bounty skyrocketed to fourteen million, prompting assassins from all walks of life to take the risk and risk their lives.

Barney Ross's bounty is so low, which shows how big the gap in strength is between him and John Wick.

Li Xingzhou even felt that, given the background of this world, John Wick in this world might have some superpowers or something. Otherwise, how could he still unleash a godlike killing spree when he was repeatedly injured and covered in wounds?
Or perhaps it's John Wick, who is of Russian descent, who awakened the bloodline talent of the Russian bear, becoming more powerful the lower his health is.

After letting his thoughts wander freely for a while, Li Xingzhou saw a beautiful young woman with short, bright blonde hair, wearing a black knee-length dress and carrying a handbag, walk out of the small Western-style building across the street. He put away his phone, rolled down the car window, leaned out, waved to the girl, and gave her a bright smile.

"Gwen, over here."

Gwen quickly crossed the street, opened the car door, and sat in the passenger seat.

Seeing that she wore light makeup and smelled pleasant perfume, Li Xingzhou realized she had taken care of her appearance and smiled, praising her:

You look beautiful today.

"Thank you," Gwen replied politely, looking straight out the car window with an indifferent expression.

Li Xingzhou didn't mind, started the car, and drove towards the restaurant he had booked.

As they neared the edge of the forest hill, Gwen finally couldn't help but glance at him sideways, asking with some curiosity:
"You know the roads here very well?" "My home is on a small hill in the forest."

"You live here too?" Gwen asked, somewhat surprised. "How come I've never seen you before?"

Li Xingzhou said with a smile:

“I moved to Forest Hills with my father three years ago, and my home is in the northwest of the community, which is more than half a community away from yours. Unless we make a special invitation, we don’t usually have many chances to meet.”

"Too……"

Gwen casually agreed, but a subtle sense of destiny welled up inside her:
He's been living in the same community as me for three years... He's also a superhuman with special abilities, and the first person to discover my true identity... Is this fate?
If he could hear her true feelings, Li Xingzhou would definitely tell her in a very serious tone:
This is fate, of course. It was destined that I would come into this world, meet you, and stumble into the spider web you wove.

Of course, who will ultimately devour whom is anyone's guess...

Along the way, the two chatted casually, from their daily interests to their high school days and then to their university majors.

Whether it was because Li Xingzhou was too good at guiding the conversation and creating the atmosphere, or because of Gwen's subtle sense of destiny, Gwen gradually relaxed and even took the initiative to tell him about some of the strange criminals she encountered when she was fighting for justice as Spider-Woman.

"...When I caught that guy, instead of running away, he tried to bargain with me, saying he'd surrender if I took him bungee jumping off a skyscraper. Of course, I didn't agree. I beat him up and used spider silk to hang him from a lamppost... And then there was another guy who, seeing he couldn't escape, actually lunged at me and tried to hug my leg, saying he'd be willing to go to jail just for a hug..."

"Did he hug you?"

"Of course not. I'm Spider-Woman, how could an ordinary person possibly touch me? What, are you feeling sorry for that guy?"

"Of course not. I'm glad you didn't get taken advantage of by that bad guy. But I have to admit, that guy has good taste; your legs are indeed beautiful."

"So? You don't want a hug too, do you?"

"May I?"

"of course not."

"Well, now I have to feel sorry for myself."

They chatted and laughed all the way until they arrived at their destination. Li Xingzhou parked the car, then moved to the passenger seat, opened the door for Gwen, and helped her out. She naturally took Li Xingzhou's arm as she did so.

Upon entering the French restaurant where he had made a reservation, the waiter who came to greet him was slightly taken aback when he saw Li Xingzhou—well, Li Xingzhou and Mariko had also had lunch here yesterday at noon.

With their looks, figures, temperament, and demeanor, Li Xingzhou and Mariko were unforgettable to anyone who saw them together.

The waiter, of course, hadn't forgotten Li Xingzhou and Mariko either. Seeing that Li Xingzhou's female companion today was a petite but curvaceous blonde beauty, he couldn't help but be a little stunned.

However, he was already a seasoned waiter and had seen his fair share of playboys. He quickly adjusted his mindset and, with an impeccable professional smile, ushered the two to their reserved table.

Just as Li Xingzhou and Gwen were enjoying a sumptuous and delicious French meal.

In an abandoned subway tunnel in Brooklyn, Selena, pale-faced and clenching her teeth, was running at top speed.

Behind her, several enormous figures, accompanied by ferocious wolf howls, were on all fours, chasing after her at breakneck speed, the distance between them growing ever closer.

Seeing that escape was impossible, Selena switched to the last two magazines, suddenly stopped and turned around, her trench coat swirling, and she raised both guns and opened fire.

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