American comics: Starting with gaining Spider-Man's abilities

Chapter 106 Dr. Lizard

One month later—

Peaceful New York City has returned to normal from the chaos of the post-war era, and the destroyed buildings have been rebuilt with the help of Tony and other companies, such as the Osborne Group and Roxon Energy.

The large company demonstrated its advanced technology, but for Marvel's massive conglomerate, this was simply a matter of charitable donation, and was very easy to manage in terms of cost.

The reason for helping New York return to normal is, of course, to make a deal with the government.

These tech companies are extremely envious of the alien debris and hope to acquire the development rights to the mechanical remains from politicians. If that doesn't work, they could even accept a few small spaceships or laser guns as a bonus.

It's not just these companies; other countries are also naturally worried about technology, wondering what will happen if the US becomes the sole superpower. So they are all doing the necessary work.

In this environment, New York superficially regained its former glamour, but in reality, undercurrents were surging and conflicts were intensifying.

Fortunately, regardless of the dark side, the alien invasion ultimately made all countries feel the danger. The largest countries on Earth, unusually, reached a consensus openly at this time and decided to fight against the foreign enemy together.

Of course, these things have nothing to do with ordinary people; they still live their lives as usual. Some street superheroes are even more tragic, caught between terrorist crises and the trivialities of daily life.

They struggle to balance these two sides of the scale; superpowers used for justice and good cannot solve the problems of daily life, for example—Spider-Man.

……

"Damn it, Professor Connors, you can't do this!"

"Why not, Spider-Man, hiss—I'm going to make reptiles like me the rulers of the earth."

You saw the damage the alien creatures caused to New York. If everyone becomes a reptilian, mere severed limbs won't affect us at all!

In the darkness, amidst the skyscrapers, the Lizard Man, draped in a white robe, darts between them, while Spider-Man chases after him, his expression behind the mask showing great anxiety.

He was chasing after a biology professor named Kurt Connors, whom Peter met while visiting a university and considering which school to attend after graduating from high school. They gradually became acquainted.

Professor Connors lost an arm for some reason and has been researching drugs related to limb restoration, hoping to restore himself by implanting regenerative genes from reptiles.

The potion had been developed a month ago. He had originally planned to continue refining it at the urging of Peter and his wife, and did not intend to inject it into his own body immediately.

However, during the previous Battle of New York, his laboratory collapsed due to the fighting, and Connors was on the verge of death. In order to survive, the professor had to inject the drug he had developed into his body.

A miraculous thing happened: his body quickly recovered and was completely healed. For the next ten days or so, there were no side effects, and his severed arm slowly grew back during that time.

Unfortunately, misfortune still befell Connors. Twelve days ago, due to the genetic reasons in his body, he was transformed into a lizard man.

Furthermore, his thinking has changed; without a significant drop in intelligence, he hopes that all of humanity in the world will become like him.

Spider-Man is currently dealing with this matter, hoping to quickly control the Lizard, who possesses the gene serum, and prevent him from doing anything that would further escalate the chaos that has just ended.

Dr. Lizard ignored Spider-Man behind him and ran frantically toward the projection device he had placed on a building.

If you throw the lizard potion on it, everyone in the city will turn into lizardmen, and these lizardmen will want to assimilate other humans into a species, just like him.

However, just a few steps away, a figure wearing a black hoodie appeared in their path. He slightly raised his head, and under the hood, a spider was crawling.

A weaver!?

"Wait, weaver, Professor Connors has never killed anyone!"

Spider-Man shouted, but Li Buying, who suddenly appeared, didn't intend to kill Dr. Lizard. She punched him in the jaw, knocking him unconscious, and looked up at Peter running towards her, stretching out her hands.

Realizing the weaver was going to fight him, Peter gritted his teeth and advanced instead of retreating, raising his fist and smashing it hard at the enemy in front of him.

The two fists collided, and Peter felt a brute force hit him. He looked on in disbelief, gripped his numb arm, and took a few steps back.

Why does the weaver seem to have gotten stronger again? Before, he could barely hold his own against the weaver in terms of strength, but now the weaver is completely overwhelming him!?

……

Li Buying withdrew her fist, bent down to pick up a can of medicine that Dr. Lizard had dropped, and tossed it to Spider-Man.

After the battle, Li Buying remained quiet for seven days without any increase in the number of spies spying on him. Fury clearly felt that Hydra was more troublesome than an organization that might only have five or six people.

Seven days later, Li Buying naturally continued his hunt, beheading gangs in the chaotic New York City who thought they could act with impunity. When they discovered that the weaver was still around, they had no choice but to go into hiding again.

The level of chaos in New York City decreased after the war, and it can be said that Li Buying's killings accounted for at least 25% of the credit, while the Punisher accounted for 45%, because he not only killed gang leaders, but also other troublemakers.

Other superheroes would just send gang members to jail, but these two guys are actually capable of killing.

A full month has passed, and Li Buying's physical strength is now superior to Spider-Man's; this is the result she is showing now.

Li Buying was originally planning to wait for Ai Yi to design the equipment for him so he could go to another world, but today, the mechanical girl told him that Dr. Lizard had come out.

Li Buying, who wanted to study the power of the tiger, naturally wanted to test his abilities, so he abandoned his original plan to meet the gang leader and came here directly to find the escaped Dr. Lizard.

As he watched the potion spinning in the air, Spider-Man instinctively reached out his hand. At the same time, his mild spider-sense kicked in, and he immediately realized that the weaver was trying to take advantage of the situation to attack him.

Seeing the potion about to hit the ground, Spider-Man gritted his teeth and finally reached out to catch it. The heavy blow to his neck made him faint.

Li Buying up Peter Parker, who had fallen to the ground, Li Buying placed him in a corner of the roof and thoughtfully wrapped him in spider silk to mimic his appearance. She also asked Ai Yi to keep an eye on Peter's condition.

After doing all this, he wrapped Dr. Lizard in spider silk and used Apparition to move to the sewer he frequented.

(End of this chapter)