American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 33 A Great Terror Lies Between Life and Death

"Damn it!" Peter slammed on the gas pedal and, relying on his spider sense and super reflexes, drifted through the gap between the two cars with great difficulty, even scraping the side of his car against the car next to him and sparking.

Before Peter could even feel relieved, his spider senses suddenly started alerting him frantically. Following the alerts, Peter looked up at the distant clock tower. A person wearing a mask was lying on the clock tower, holding a sniper rifle, and a bullet was flying towards Peter.

"!!!"

The bullet's trajectory seemed to slow down rapidly in Peter's eyes. Instinctively, Peter ducked to avoid the bullet, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the bullet's target was not him, but the tire!

Realizing he was being targeted, Peter didn't hesitate and immediately jerked the steering wheel to try and dodge the bullet. However, the car's reaction speed was no match for Peter's superhuman reflexes. Although Peter's steering wheel movements were swift, the car's turning speed wasn't much faster, at least not as fast as the bullet.

Peter's helpless gaze fell upon the tire, and the car quickly lost its balance, crashing into the roadside railing and overturning.

With superhuman reflexes, Peter managed to escape the car before it overturned. Now, Peter had three options: abandon the car and leave, stay and fight the police, or run away carrying the car.

Peter could actually do the last one, but whether he could escape in the car was another question. However, even without considering the police, the presence of a sniper lying in ambush forced Peter to abandon the idea.

But the car wasn't the important thing. Peter gritted his teeth, rushed forward, and planned to open the trunk before the police arrived, take out Xiao Xian's body, and see if he could escape with the body.

However, just as Peter got up and stepped forward, his spider-sense alerted him again that this time the bullet was aimed at him!

Peter dodged the bullet with a roll, but he wasn't relieved because as he got up and walked toward the trunk of his car, another bullet flew over.

Even the slow-witted Peter now understood that the other party's purpose was not to kill him, but to prevent him from leaving with Xiao Xian's body. The sound of police sirens behind him grew clearer, and Peter knew without turning around that the police would arrive soon.

Although it was frustrating, Peter still had to dodge the bullets. This time, Peter deliberately rolled towards the trunk. After rolling there, Peter immediately got up and used brute force to open the trunk. But before Peter could take out Xiao Xian's body, another bullet was fired.

"I'll blanch it!"

Faced with the choice between retrieving the body after being shot and taking cover, Peter chose to take cover. However, while taking cover, Peter shot out a spider web and used it to retrieve the bag containing Xiao Xian's body.

However, out of the corner of his eye, Peter saw the police officers who had arrived. The good news was that they had retrieved the body, but the bad news was that now, let alone carrying the body, it would be difficult for him to leave alone, let alone abandon it. At this moment, Peter's hatred for the sniper reached its peak. He vowed that once he escaped the encirclement, he would definitely teach that sniper a lesson!

"Don't move!" Taking advantage of Xiao Xian's delay, a group of police officers had already surrounded Peter, and Captain George Stacy, who was leading the team, shouted at Peter.

"Peter Parker, you are suspected of multiple crimes including burglary, robbery, theft of trade secrets, assault, and murder. Surrender!"

With so many media reports, and the person killed being a multi-millionaire and superhero who had been on the run with Peter for so long, if Peter were to escape, the NYPD would truly lose face.

More importantly, Spider-Man stole from Norman Osborn, the Donkey Party's biggest financier, and also reported Norman Osborn for using illegal drugs. The higher-ups are paying close attention to this case. If George Stacy catches Spider-Man, his promotion to deputy director will be much easier.

"Don't push me. I don't want to cause any more bloodshed." Spider-Man lowered his voice, looking at the police surrounding him, and sighed.

"Why don't you pretend you can't see me and let me leave? That way you won't have to die."

"Arrogant! I'll give you three seconds to put your hands up and surrender, or we'll shoot. 3! 2! 1!" George Stacy looked at Spider-Man, completely unafraid. With so many henchmen and so many guns, he wasn't afraid of such a petty thief.

"You forced me to do this! I'll show you what's what!" With a roar, Peter shot out a web that aimed at the guns in the hands of the two officers.

"Fire!" Without hesitation, George Stacy gave the order without hesitation, having received instructions from above that life or death were irrelevant.

"Alright, I knew these guys were unreliable." Through the sniper rifle's binoculars, Xiao Xian watched Peter swiftly and easily take down the police officers while dodging bullets. Peter was indeed someone the police officers couldn't handle, especially when the bullets couldn't hit him.

After changing the magazine, Xiao Xian adjusted his breathing and, taking advantage of Peter's body being in the air while dodging the police bullets, fired a bullet straight at Peter's heart.

Peter's spider-sense activated in mid-air, and his sense of danger surged instantly. Peter immediately sensed a sniper bullet, completely different from the pistol bullets around him, which actually posed little threat. This bullet was heading straight for Peter's heart! If it hit, even if Peter had the ability to heal, he would probably not escape death.

It's that sniper again! What grudge do they hold against me? Did I steal something from your house? Is it really necessary?!

Peter, now airborne with nowhere to brace himself, was filled with rage. He had no time to roll and dodge, and all he could do was rely on his powerful core strength to adjust his posture, changing from being hit in the chest to being hit in the shoulder.

The powerful kinetic energy of the sniper bullet blasted a hole in Peter's shoulder, and he collapsed to the ground, blood gushing out, and his entire left arm went numb.

"Aaaaaah!!!~~~" Peter howled in pain, clutching his wound on his shoulder. His wound was burning and throbbing with pain, and he had lost all feeling in his left arm.

Peter had only been a college student for a month before gaining superpowers. Although he was bullied a lot in high school, it was just tripping over things and being forced to eat noodles mixed with cigarette butts. After gaining superpowers, Peter was the one who bullied others, and no one ever bullied him. At most, he would accidentally fall down and get some bruises.

At this moment, Peter's shoulder was pierced, and he lost feeling in his arm, which might leave him crippled. This was the most serious injury he had ever suffered in his life. Most importantly, just a moment ago, Peter really thought he was going to die. If Peter hadn't used his powerful core strength to change his body posture in mid-air and avoid the fatal blow to his heart, Peter would have died.

At this moment, Peter realized what true terror lay between life and death! Peter also finally understood why so many people would sell their dignity, betray their teammates, betray their love, and even eat grass roots and tree bark in order to survive.

Under the threat of death, Peter's mind, which had been bewitched by Tomie, finally cleared up a bit. Only then did he realize how ridiculous he had been. He had actually drugged Aunt May and killed someone for a woman he had only met a few times, which led to him being surrounded by the police and facing a life-threatening situation.

At the same time, Peter was shocked by Xiao Xian's composure before his death, and also felt saddened by Xiao Xian's curse that they would meet again soon. Peter might really die soon today and meet Xiao Xian in hell.

(End of this chapter)