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As soon as the Green Goblin suddenly appeared, the entire scene fell into complete chaos.
"Hahaha…"
A bone-chilling laugh echoed through the air, making the panicked crowd feel like they were being hunted by a lunatic.
"Damn it… this bastard actually dared to ruin my dinner party!"
Dr. Otto might look like a frail scientist, but with those powerful mechanical arms attached to his back, he wasn't just anyone—he was Doctor Octopus, someone who could go toe-to-toe with Spider-Man.
Now, looking at the maniac who'd just crashed the event and turned it into a madhouse, the kindly look on Otto's face was completely gone, replaced by sheer rage.
"Hehehe! You annoying insects—go to hell!"
The Green Goblin ignored the panicked civilians scrambling to escape. Riding his glider, he swooped straight toward the military's section of the event.
Even though he had another personality living in him, the Goblin's deep hatred for the military still burned fiercely in his heart.
Fueled by that hatred, he didn't hesitate—he hurled a round pumpkin bomb right at the high-ranking military officers.
But suddenly—whoosh—a metallic tentacle shot out from afar and snatched the pumpkin bomb mid-air with perfect precision. In the blink of an eye, it flung the bomb right back toward the airborne Green Goblin.
"Who the hell's getting in my way?!"
Startled, the Goblin twisted his body just in time to dodge the returning bomb. His sharp, hawk-like eyes quickly locked onto Dr. Otto, who was still standing on stage.
BOOM!
The pumpkin bomb exploded mid-air, lighting up the sky in a burst of fiery brilliance.
"Ahhh! Run!!"
The explosion so close to the ground only added to the chaos. More people screamed and scrambled to get away from the danger.
"You bastard… I'll make you pay for this!"
Otto's expression twisted with fury. This was supposed to be a grand evening to boost his company's reputation—and now? All ruined by this insane intruder.
He wasn't about to let it slide.
The very next second, Otto transformed into Doctor Octopus.
The metal arms on his back extended in sync with his thoughts, slowly lifting him into the air until he was face-to-face with the Green Goblin, still hovering on his glider.
Two of the tentacles suddenly shot out like missiles, aiming straight at the Goblin.
The Green Goblin's eyes were filled with unhinged madness.
Just as the tentacles were about to grab him, he stomped down hard on the glider. It jerked him sideways, narrowly dodging the attack.
The metal arm missed him by a hair, whipping past and slicing through the air behind him.
"Hehehe…"
Out of nowhere, the Goblin let out another creepy, bone-chilling laugh.
Then, to everyone's shock, he actually reached out and grabbed one of the tentacles.
After taking that serum, the Goblin had gained monstrous strength—easily over ten tons. And now, he was using that brute force to try and yank Doctor Octopus toward him.
"Damn! This guy's strong!"
The moment their strength clashed, Otto realized this wasn't just some lunatic—there was an insane, inhuman power hiding inside that body. It was strong enough to stand up to his metal arms.
But Otto wasn't about to back down that easily.
Two of his tentacles stabbed deep into the ground to anchor himself, holding firm against the Goblin's pulling force.
At the same time, the last remaining free tentacle whipped around and lashed out at the Green Goblin with blinding speed.
BANG!
"Did I hit him?"
This time, maybe because he didn't dodge fast enough, one of Doctor Octopus's mechanical arms actually got lucky and smacked that guy straight off his glider, sending him flying toward the ground.
"Hehehe…"
Just as Doc Ock was about to retract his arm and chase after the falling Green Goblin, he suddenly heard that same sinister laugh again.
Something felt off.
The Goblin's glider suddenly zipped through the air and caught him just before he hit the ground.
"Crap… is that a bomb?!"
In the next moment, Doc Ock noticed that the arm he was pulling back had somehow picked up a pumpkin bomb without him realizing it.
And now, it was probably too late to get rid of it.
"Watch out!"
Suddenly, a voice shouted from the side.
A flash of silver shot through the air—a webline, precisely hitting the mechanical arm holding the bomb.
Then, with a hard yank, the bomb was pulled out.
But because of the force, the bomb flew straight toward Spider-Man.
"Get outta the way!"
Seeing that it was Spider-Man who had suddenly appeared to help him, Doc Ock shouted in panic.
Gwen instinctively reacted the moment the pumpkin bomb flew her way.
She fired a web to the side and twisted her body midair with all her strength.
BOOM!
A huge explosion followed. Gwen didn't manage to completely dodge the blast and got thrown by the shockwave, crashing hard into the ground.
"Hehehe, two against one? You guys don't play fair. Screw this, I'm done!"
The Green Goblin laughed in the air, proud of the chaos he'd caused, and was about to make his getaway.
But before leaving, he pulled out every single pumpkin bomb he had left.
Both his hands were open, and there were over a dozen bombs between his fingers.
He threw the ones in his right hand toward the crowd fleeing to the left.
Then the ones in his left hand went flying toward the people on the right.
And just like that, he turned to escape on his glider, like nothing had happened.
"No!"
Gwen and Doc Ock could only watch as the Green Goblin started to flee.
They both immediately rushed toward the nearest falling bombs, trying to stop them from hitting the crowd.
Gwen had it a bit easier—she was able to shoot several weblines in quick succession, snagging the bombs midair.
But Doc Ock wasn't so lucky. With only four mechanical arms, there was no way he could stop more than a dozen bombs.
"Ahh! I don't wanna die!"
People on the ground were frozen in terror as the bombs dropped toward them, screaming and covering their heads in panic.
And just as it seemed the bombs were about to land and take dozens of innocent lives—
—every single pumpkin bomb vanished from the sky in an instant.
"What the hell?!"
The Green Goblin, just about to escape, suddenly saw a blur in front of his eyes—and then a powerful, imposing figure appeared out of nowhere!
"Sorry, it's not two-on-one anymore. It's three-on-one."
"YES! It's Superman! We're saved!"
Someone finally got a clear look at the figure floating in the sky—it was humanity's hero, Superman.
Peter's face was calm as he stood in the air, holding out both hands to reveal all the glowing pumpkin bombs he'd just caught.
Beep... Beep... BeepBeep!
The bombs started ticking faster and faster, like a countdown to doom.
The Green Goblin's eyes flickered with fear.
In a panic, he tried to steer his glider backward, hoping to get out of the blast range.
But it was way too late.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
A chain of explosions lit up the sky like fireworks.
Even someone as tough as the Green Goblin couldn't walk away from being hit by over a dozen bombs all at once.
He was blasted away and slammed into the ground hard.
His mask was nearly blown to pieces—only a scrap was left hanging from his face, revealing Norman Osborn underneath.
"It's you? Mr. Norman Osborn?!"
People who recognized him stared in disbelief.
"Superman, I'm sorry! That wasn't me just now—I was being controlled!"
Suddenly, Osborn ripped off the rest of his broken mask and dropped to his knees, pleading up at Peter in the sky.
But almost no one noticed that in the background, the Goblin's glider had quietly sped up. A blade popped out from its front and shot toward Peter from behind.
"Nice try, but your acting sucks."
Peter's eyes lit up with a red glow. The next second, heat vision burst out.
The blinding light forced everyone nearby to shut their eyes.
CLANG!
The glider, now fried and out of control, crashed straight into the ground.
"....."