In the underground pipes, Peter and Black Widow were making their way back to where he had encountered the Lizard monster before.
Along the way, Black Widow would occasionally chat with Peter, asking him various questions.
She asked about many topics, but most of them were related to Ron, inquiring about Ron's abilities, personality, and style of doing things.
Peter didn't hide anything and shared some information about Ron with Black Widow.
Of course, not everything.
Peter wasn't foolish; he had already realized that Black Widow was here specifically for Ron, and she definitely had some ulterior motives!
However, since Ron wasn't afraid of this woman, Peter didn't need to worry too much about the consequences of revealing Ron's information.
Besides asking about Ron, Peter noticed that Black Widow also inquired about him, seemingly having some objectives concerning him as well.
Looking at the red-haired, curvaceous Black Widow, Peter's restless heart settled down, and the jumbled thoughts in his mind were suppressed.
He was a devoted person; Gwen Stacy and he were developing a good relationship and she was almost ready to agree to go on a date with him, so he couldn't be fickle at this time.
Peter, as expected of someone with spider abilities, became more relaxed after suppressing his thoughts.
At the same time, Peter boldly posed his question to Black Widow.
"Miss Natasha, I heard from Ron that you come from a mysterious department called S.H.I.E.L.D. What does this department do? Is it powerful? How does it compare to the CIA and FBI?"
Black Widow had become more familiar with Peter by this point, and she replied, "I can only tell you that S.H.I.E.L.D. is much more powerful than those two departments. I cannot tell you anything else."
Black Widow's verbal skills were very high, and coupled with her observation of his expression, she already knew that Peter was just an energetic teenager, nothing like that old fox, Ron.
"Ron was right, it really is mysterious." Seeing Black Widow reveal nothing, Peter sighed and continued to ask, "Then, Miss Natasha, how did you get the title 'Black Widow'? It doesn't sound very pleasant. I heard 'Black Widow' describes a woman who becomes very vicious after becoming a widow. Are you like that?"
"..." Black Widow's face darkened. She had initially thought Peter was just a sunny teenager, but she hadn't expected him to be so sharp-tongued, asking such a question.
Didn't Peter know that asking a woman such a question was practically asking for death?
In an instant, Black Widow immediately wanted to attack Peter, but her rationality still told her that doing so would only jeopardize her mission, with no benefits.
'Forget it, let this little bug talk if he wants. The mission is more important!'
Black Widow stood coldly to the side, not intending to pay attention to Peter.
Seeing Black Widow's expression, Peter's mouth wanted to speak, but his spider-sense told him that if he continued, he would likely be in danger.
So, Peter kept his mouth tightly shut, afraid that he might accidentally start talking incessantly.
This was a 'side effect' he gained after acquiring his spider abilities; if he couldn't hold back, he would talk non-stop, and what he said would be incredibly annoying, simply unstoppable!
As they walked, Peter noticed that Black Widow's expression didn't change even in the filthy underground pipes. He wondered how she endured the foul smell and environment of the pipes.
Upon arriving at the spot where Peter had previously battled the Lizard monster, Peter found that the Lizard monster was no longer there. All that remained was his camera, which he hadn't had time to retrieve.
"My beloved camera, I begged Uncle Ben for so long before he finally bought it for me..."
Peter held the fragments of his camera, deeply saddened.
Then, Peter looked in one direction and angrily declared, "Dr. Connors, no, I should call you Dr. Lizard! You actually broke my camera! I will definitely catch you and bring you back, ah!"
"Come on, Miss Natasha, I have a feeling Dr. Lizard is in that tunnel. Let's go, we'll catch Dr. Lizard together!"
"I know, let's go!" Black Widow was a little speechless. Did he really need his 'feeling' for this? The tracks of large reptiles on the pipes already indicated that Dr. Lizard was in that direction, didn't they?
Peter and Black Widow moved quickly. At the same time, Black Widow became fully alert, holding her gun in her hand, anticipating any unexpected situations.
Seeing Black Widow holding only a pistol, Peter was puzzled and said, "Uh... where are your superpowers? I heard Ron say that your strength is no weaker than his?"
"Hmph, you're the only one who believes what he says." Black Widow snorted, but then she stopped Peter, looking cautiously at the cave entrance ahead. "Be careful, there's something up ahead!"
"Mm." Peter also became serious. An exit appeared before them, and on the other side of the exit, there was a faint green glow, looking somewhat eerie.
Peter and Black Widow held their breath, their feet lightly treading on the water-filled pipes, moving very carefully forward.
After a while, the two finally reached the cave entrance and saw the scene inside the cave with the faint green glow.
A man in a tattered white lab coat stood there in pain, holding a green serum in his hand, which he had injected into his chest through his clothing.
Through the light, Peter could vaguely see the man's green skin beneath his clothes, and the rapidly growing tail!
Seeing the man's clothes and the last vestiges of his human appearance, Peter immediately recognized him as Dr. Curt Connors.
Peter wanted to call out to Dr. Connors, but just then, he heard a 'boom' as a gunshot rang out.
It was Black Widow who had fired.
After seeing Dr. Connors' condition, Black Widow didn't hesitate and fired immediately.
Of course, her gun wasn't loaded with gunpowder bullets, but with special bullets containing a large amount of tranquilizer.
The specially made tranquilizers in those bullets could easily knock out an elephant, let alone a human.
After the bullet hit Dr. Connors, it quickly extended a dozen sharp needles, easily piercing into Dr. Connors' body and injecting all the toxins from the bullet.
However, by this time, Dr. Connors had rapidly transformed from a human into a two-meter-tall lizard monster, becoming Dr. Lizard!
"Roar!" Looking at the bullet embedded in his body and feeling the intense numbing sensation in that area, Dr. Lizard let out an angry roar, then looked at Peter.
"Peter, I want you dead!"
Through the camera Peter had left behind, Dr. Lizard already knew that Spider-Man was Peter. He roared and then quickly charged towards Peter and Black Widow, moving incredibly fast, even faster than when he had fought Peter before.
Clearly, the green serum Dr. Lizard had just injected into his body had further enhanced some of his abilities, making him even stronger than before.
"Holy crap, Miss Natasha, run!" Seeing Dr. Lizard even more powerful than before, Peter yelled and tried to pull Black Widow next to him to escape.
However, Peter found that Black Widow actually charged towards Dr. Lizard, intending to attack him.
Black Widow had many tricks. She first launched a small tear gas grenade, and then she activated the device in her hand that could emit extremely strong voltage, intending to use an electric shock to attack Dr. Lizard after he closed his eyes from her tear gas attack.
Black Widow's plan was excellent. Dr. Lizard evidently hadn't expected a woman to have tear gas. Even though his eyes were greatly enhanced, they were still irritated by the gas, causing him to instantly close them, his expression one of extreme pain.
Black Widow, having succeeded with one strike, immediately wanted to launch a second attack, moving incredibly swiftly, without any wasted motion, which left Peter on the side completely stunned.
'Indeed, Ron was right, this woman is indeed very strong...'
However, just as Black Widow was about to succeed, she was struck by a very powerful tail and sent flying, directly crashing into the pipe wall, spitting out a large mouthful of blood, and passing out.
Clearly, Black Widow had predicted everything, but she hadn't predicted that Dr. Lizard could use his tail to throw her without even seeing her.
Upon seeing this, Peter immediately snapped out of his daze. He quickly shot out a web to pull the severely injured Black Widow back, then hoisted her onto his shoulder and rapidly ran back in the direction they came from.
Just now, he had thought Black Widow was really as powerful as Ron, but in the end, he realized that what Ron said wasn't true at all... Peter's timing was excellent; Dr. Lizard's eyes were irritated by the tear gas, and he couldn't open them for a while.
But how could Dr. Lizard, after taking so many attacks, let Peter and Black Widow go?
He relied on his hearing and quickly pursued Peter, wanting to tear both Peter and Black Widow to shreds.
The two sides, one chasing and one fleeing, soon arrived at the original manhole cover, where Ron was resting.
A large chapter of 2900 words, considered a half-burst, so, please give recommendation votes... hehe!