Hulk was in front.
Peter was behind.
Following Gwen's "Ah!" and Mary's "Oh!", the two women suddenly felt their vision blur, and a sense of weightlessness instantly enveloped them.
The next second.
The large screen that had fallen from the exterior wall of the Times Square building crashed onto the square with a thud, shattering into pieces.
Fortunately, no one was hit.
But…
Splashing screen fragments still injured some civilians.
"Holy shit!"
Mary, who stumbled upon landing and almost fell, looked at the screaming crowds fleeing from Times Square and the large TV screen shattered on the ground, instinctively exclaiming before realizing what had happened and looking around.
"Wait, where's Peter?"
Hulk, who had immediately moved Gwen to a safe area, heard Mary's voice and pointed into the distance: "There."
Mary followed the direction of Hulk's finger.
In her sight.
Peter, who had changed into his Spider-Man suit at some unknown point, pulled his web, and after a rather showy back twist in the air, landed with a splat on a police car.
Mary's mouth twitched.
Gwen, seeing this, comforted her: "Look on the bright side, Peter at least moved you to a safe place before going to help. Clearly, he cares a lot about you."
Mary paused, looking at Gwen.
Their eyes met.
Mary thought for a moment: "Alright, you have a point."
Gwen, hearing this, breathed a sigh of relief, then seemed to remember something and looked at Hulk beside her.
Hulk met Gwen's gaze, raising an eyebrow.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Gwen smiled slightly, changing the subject: "What happened over there?"
Hulk followed the fleeing crowd, glancing towards Times Square, his expression becoming a bit strange.
"Max Dillon?"
"Who?"
Gwen heard the name and felt it sounded familiar, but couldn't recall where she had heard it for a moment.
Hulk said with a smile: "Osborn Biological Industry Building, Power Engineering Department, the one who came with me to your lab last time."
With Hulk's reminder, the image of the black man with glasses, who looked憨憨呆呆, appeared in Gwen's mind.
"I remember now, what happened to him?"
"He mutated."
Hulk shrugged.
He was now too lazy to ponder why Peter Parker and Harry Osborn were clearly the original Spider-Man, yet the villains appearing so far were from The Amazing Spider-Man series.
Because thinking about it was pointless.
Wait.
The Green Goblin who appeared last year seemed to be from the original Spider-Woman version.
Uh…
A Frankenstein's monster?
Hulk blinked, then realized, looking at Gwen and Mary: "Alright, let's get out of here too."
Gwen didn't hesitate. Looking at the screaming crowd running towards them, she nodded: "Okay."
She had no intention of watching the commotion.
As the police chief's daughter, Gwen's education taught her not to go to dangerous places.
Mary still had Peter on her mind.
"Peter…"
"Don't worry, he won't get into trouble."
Hulk chuckled.
It was just Electro.
Even The Amazing Spider-Man could defeat him, let alone the original Spider-Woman.
After all…
The original Spider-Woman was a BUG who could shoot webs without any equipment, had incredible physical strength, and wouldn't die even if she fell from a dozen stories high, at most getting up and complaining about a sore back.
Gwen also said to Mary: "It's not safe here. If you stay here, Peter will have to worry about your safety. It's right for us to leave."
Hulk stopped talking, pulling Gwen and quickly walking towards where the car was parked.
Gwen, in turn, pulled Mary.
Soon.
The audi a8 parked by the roadside flashed its headlights.
Hulk then took the car keys from his pocket and handed them to Gwen.
Gwen paused slightly, looking at the car keys in her hand, then looked up at Hulk.
Hulk smiled faintly.
"You take Mary and leave first, I'll go check it out."
"Hulk?"
Gwen, hearing this, frowned slightly, her expression finally mirroring Mary's, looking at Hulk with worry.
Mary, on the side, didn't speak, but turned her head towards Times Square.
Over there…
The screams grew louder.
Arcing electricity crackled, clearly indicating that the fight had already begun.
Hulk looked at Gwen, who was worried about him, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, he's definitely not stronger than Hulk."
Gwen, hearing this, remembered Hulk's record of defeating Hulk, and her worry lessened slightly, but she still looked at Hulk with some doubt, confirming.
"Really?"
"I swear on my sister Anya's name."
"…Alright."
Gwen, seeing Hulk swear on his sister's name, immediately felt relieved.
After all, with Hulk, swearing on God's name might be fake, but swearing on his sister Anya's name would definitely not be fake.
With this thought, Gwen completely relaxed. Without hesitation, she urged Mary into the car, then opened the driver's door and got in. She then rolled down the window and warned Hulk outside the car again: "Then you be careful."
Hulk nodded.
Gwen stopped talking. Before the area became a chaotic mess, she stepped on the gas, taking Mary, and left.
Hulk waited until the audi a8 was far away, then withdrew his gaze and looked back towards Times Square.
He hadn't originally intended to join the commotion.
After all, at his current level, dealing with Electro was just a matter of one punch.
What's more, his opponent right now was the original Spider-Woman, who was significantly superior to the other two versions of Spider-Man in both physical prowess and combat awareness.
Two against one, that was no different from bullying a kindergarten student.
But…
That was Times Square.
Times Square, which he couldn't get over after September 10, 2009.
Five minutes later.
The top floor of the Times Square building.
Hulk stood on the edge of the rooftop, looking down at Times Square, which was constantly flickering with electric arcs.
In his sight.
Peter continuously shot webs in the air, moving back and forth between billboards and flashing neon signs.
Electro's palm arcs constantly pursued Peter, and streaks of electricity shot onto billboards and neon signs, causing a series of explosions.
The next second.
Peter pulled two webs with both arms, kicked vigorously, and like a gazelle kicking its legs, slammed into Electro's chest with a thud.
Electro was instantly sent flying, crashing with a thud into the statue standing in the Times Square fountain.
The statue collapsed in response.
Hulk's gaze fell on Electro, who stood up looking even angrier, then he looked around.
The fleeing crowds.
Ordinary people lying on the ground, their fate unknown, affected by Electro's arcs. Finally, his gaze fell on the boy protecting his sister, trying to leave the combat zone.
Hulk's eyes flickered. Without further hesitation, he looked at Spider-Woman, who was constantly moving back and forth amidst Electro's lightning whip swings: "Peter, find an opportunity, kick him into the air."
His voice was very soft, just a normal speaking volume.
But Hulk believed Peter could definitely hear him.
Indeed.
Peter, who was moving around, looking for an opportunity to subdue Electro, heard the voice in his ear and instinctively looked up at the Times Square building.
Peter then saw Hulk standing on the edge of the rooftop, nodded, and then looked again at Electro in the center of the square, who was spreading his arms like a Thunder King, releasing high-voltage arcs.
Soon.
Peter seemed to have an idea. With a whoosh, two webs attached to a police car on alert. Then, while doing a backflip in the air, he pulled with all his might, instantly yanking the police car into the air. The car whistled, then smashed towards Electro in the center of the square.
Electro, seeing this, didn't dodge or evade. He looked at the police car flying through the air towards him, spread his hands, and released electric arcs.
Boom!
The police car instantly exploded in mid-air.
Just then.
Electro suddenly caught something in his peripheral vision and instinctively looked down. In his sight, Peter, who had swept in almost skimming the ground, appeared instantly. Two webs attached to his body.
The next moment.
Peter pulled sharply. As Electro was pulled towards him, his body instantly shifted. After standing on his hands on the ground, he suddenly gathered strength in his legs. The moment Electro stumbled and was pulled towards him, he suddenly kicked out.
Bang—
Electro instantly flew into the sky.
Just at this moment.
Hulk, on the rooftop of the Times Square building, looked at Electro, who was flying through the air with his back arched. His eyes lit up. Without any wind-up or preparation, he simply clenched his fist, raised it, and threw this unremarkable punch at Electro, who was flying in the air with nowhere to dodge or escape.
But, even such a simple punch was something an Electro, who had mutated due to an accident, could not resist.
Hulk's punch, in the blink of an eye, arrived and instantly made intimate contact with Electro.
The air, at this moment, seemed to fall silent.
But it was only silent for less than a second.
One second later.
Boom—
Electro, still arched in the air, instantly exploded. In an instant, the countless electrical energies Electro had just absorbed by tearing through cables, like rampaging electric dragons, surged in all directions with crackling sounds.
Dong, dong, dong!
All the lights in the vicinity, centered around Times Square, instantly plunged into darkness.
Whoosh!
Peter pulled his web, and like a slingshot, shot himself onto the rooftop of the Times Square building.
He looked at Electro, who was no longer even dust, then looked at Hulk, blinking.
"You and this… who…"
"Max Dillon?"
"Right, weren't you and him friends?"
"And then?"
"Did he offend you?"
"No."
"Then…"
"Times Square doesn't allow awesome people to exist."
"…"
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