I'm not Spider-Man, even though I'm parasitized by an alien!

The two walked around a table piled with crepe paper in the school's signature color, on which were also bottles of wine with candles in them, competition flyers, and Gardener's brand nuts for the students.

"But I must say, Gwen, you look stunning today, radiant. What's your secret?"

Glory stood by the table, picked up a nut, and asked Gwen.

At this moment, Gwen was wearing a high-waisted dress, and the suitable clothes perfectly accentuated her figure.

"The secret is that I am Don McLean's secret lover."

(Don McLean, an American folk singer from New York.)

Gwen made a joke, picked up the game brochure from the table, and then looked at the rugby players who were warming up, saying to Glory, "I wonder if we can win today's game."

"Hi, Gwen."

As Gwen was chatting with Gloria, a voice appeared behind her.

The two turned around and saw Frank standing behind them.

"Frank?"

Gwen knew this taciturn classmate, but she didn't recall him ever speaking to her first.

Frank forced a smile and asked Gwen, "Can I talk to you?"

"Forehead"

Gwen hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Of course."

She remembered that this classmate, like Peter, had often been bullied by the school's thugs.

She always felt sympathy for the victims of school bullying.

Glory shrugged at Gwen knowingly, "You two talk, I'll wait for you over there."

After Gloria left, Gwen asked Frank, "What do we need to talk about, Frank? Is it something about studying? Maybe I can give you some advice, though I don't know if it will work."

"No, it's not about studies, it's me."

Frank smiled and looked directly at Gwen. "All I want to say is, you look beautiful today."

Gwen's high-waisted dress complemented her blonde hair perfectly, and she wore a simple necklace, giving her a mysterious and charming look.

It seems Gloria wasn't just flattering me; perhaps I really did dress a bit too maturely today.

Gwen thought to herself.

She quickly shook the jumbled thoughts out of her mind and thanked Frank, "Thank you."

"I haven't seen you in class lately, is something wrong?"

Gwen wanted to leave; she felt the atmosphere was too awkward, but she also felt it would be impolite to leave directly, so she casually started a conversation.

Frank paused for a moment, then looked at the students celebrating around the campfire. "I've been through some bad things."

Gwen thought he was referring to being bullied, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "I'm sorry, but maybe it's all in the past, and we can put those bad memories behind us."

"I can't forget it."

Frank looked up, his gaze fixed intently on Gwen. "I want to say that I won't blame anyone, but that's a lie! I will blame everyone, and I will keep blaming. I don't want to lie to you right now."

Hearing the other person's somewhat delusional words, Gwen frowned, a sense of foreboding washing over her.

She couldn't help but take two steps back.

"It's all over, it's all over now."

"I remember the last school event like this, the spring dance. I attended that dance, and I originally wanted to ask you to be my dance partner. That day I saw you wearing high heels, and you were two inches taller than me. I originally wanted to ask you, but..."

He paused for a moment, then took a step closer to Gwen.

“Josh and his football team tied me to the stage with some silly prank and poured beer and juice on me. It wasn’t a good feeling. I felt like a monkey being watched. I’ll remember what Josh did to me.”

Gwen's breathing quickened. "Did you kill Josh?"

"That's just to give him the punishment he deserves!"

Frank's voice was filled with resentment, and his eyes were bloodshot.

But he quickly calmed down and exhaled, "Now, I possess a different kind of power. I can do whatever I want. This is a gift bestowed upon me by God. I am the king who controls everything!"

He approached Gwen step by step. "Gwen, when I was tied to the stage, you were the only one who helped me. You scolded those people and untied me. From that moment on, I fell in love with you, Gwen. I love you. Will you be my queen?"

Gwen stared at Frank in shock.

She knew that the guy who sent her love confession emails was the same pervert in front of her.

"You crazy person!"

The moment Gwen finished speaking, she reached back and picked up the gondola boat on the table that was filled with nuts.

(Gondola: A distinctive Venetian gondola, often used in the United States to hold fruit.)

"Oh!"

Along with the nuts, the gondola crashed heavily onto Frank's head.

The nuts crashed to the ground with a clatter, but Frank, who was hit on the head, was unharmed.

He narrowed his eyes, a cold glint in them, and thrust a palm at Gwen.

"Boom!"

Gwen's body jolted backward, slamming heavily onto the table.

The wine bottle with the candle stuck in it on the table crashed to the ground with a loud bang, and flames immediately scattered in all directions.

The competition's promotional materials were also set on fire, and the entire lawn was covered in sparks, bursting into flames.

Gwen, whose back had been hit, felt a sudden darkness before her eyes.

She tried to suppress the pain and stay conscious.

The sudden turn of events drew the attention of everyone present.

Cheerleaders, rugby team members, and students in the stands all turned their attention to the two.

The entire playground fell silent.

"I've always believed in this saying: If your right eye makes you fall, gouge it out and throw it away!"

Frank uttered these words, his sinister gaze sweeping over the members of the football team.

"run!"

Gwen shouted to the still bewildered onlookers.

"boom!"

A commotion erupted from the crowd, with screams and shouts of terror filling the entire playground.

Everyone rushed towards the entrance to the playground.

What was originally a lively and grand event suddenly turned into a hell that everyone was scrambling to escape.

The flames spread along the lawn, and with the help of the wind, they quickly spread to the surrounding areas.

Chapter 20: Who is Spider-Man Really?

In the glow of the burning flames, Gwen was horrified to see Frank begin to mutate.

The skin on his face kept twitching and spasming.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on the other person's head, and black growths grew one by one on his head.

The opponent's teeth also began to mutate, with two curved fangs resembling spider claws growing from among the sharp, fine teeth.

What shocked Gwen the most was that countless red eyes appeared on the tumor on the other person's head.

Spider-like eyes, exuding an eerie and terrifying aura.

Frank, whose muscles swelled dramatically, transformed from a human into a spider monster.

Gwen took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.

She bent down, picked up another burning gondola from the ground, and threw it at the other one.

Then he turned and fled into the crowd without looking back.

Although she was confident in her strength, she believed she should be able to defeat ordinary people.

But he had little chance against such a spider monster.

The other students on the playground also witnessed Frank transforming into a spider monster, and their screams of terror grew louder, the crowd became even more chaotic, and they all rushed towards the exit.

"God! I must be seeing things!"

When Gwen ran to Glory's side, Glory was staring in disbelief at Frank, who had transformed into a spider monster.

"God won't help you! Run!"

Gwen grabbed Glory's hand and ran towards the exit with the frantically fleeing people.

But when everyone ran to the entrance of the playground, they found that the door had been locked.

The person at the front pounded on the door, but it wouldn't budge.

More and more people crowded to the door, and the sounds of crying and screaming mingled together in the crowd, creating utter chaos.

The agile boys immediately climbed over the wire gate and jumped out, trying to open the gate from the outside.

Vice Principal Morton was the first to run to the door. Facing the students running around, he fully demonstrated his "tough guy" style, first slapping a screaming girl, and then punching a boy who was pushing him in the eye.

The fire continued to spread across the grassland, and the crackling sound of the fire echoed through the night sky.

Standing in the center of the flames, Frank, transformed into the Spider-Man, did not simply stand there watching everyone flee.

The closest rugby player was grabbed by lightning speed, twisted around the neck, and pulled in front of him.

The terrifying spider fangs bit into the victim's neck, and blood spurted out immediately.

Upon witnessing this scene, Gwen immediately felt nauseous.

After casually killing one of the football players, Frank walked toward the remaining running students.

"Oh!"