Chapter 118 Desperate Drake, Public Execution!
Chapter 118 Desperate Drake, Public Execution!
"I heard you were looking for me?"
A deep voice sounded in his ear, finally putting Drake's mind at ease.
But Drake was no pushover either. After confirming that someone was behind him, his eyes hardened, and he turned around and pulled the trigger, firing several shots in quick succession!
Then... *snap*
To Drake's astonishment, the pistol in his hand, still holding a magazine, involuntarily fell to the ground.
Not only because his shots hit the opponent, but they didn't even penetrate the opponent's silver-gray battle suit; the bullets were completely useless against him.
Furthermore, when he turned around, he saw that the elite team he had brought, which had hijacked the entire New York University, was now hanging in mid-air like fruit on a tree, strung together by silver-gray 'branches,' and those silver-gray 'branches' were all connected to a tall 'trunk'!
Those 'tree trunks' hanging from his own hands—weren't they the very 'Poison Spider' himself, who had been missing for two months and whom he had hated intensely just a minute ago?!
But now that he was actually facing the venomous spider, Drake realized that he didn't even have the courage to feel resentment in front of it; his heart was already filled with terror!
How can we play like this?!
In the short time it took him to turn around and say a few words to Gwen, his entire force was wiped out without a sound?
And I didn't hear a thing?
He and the other person were simply not on the same level!
At that moment, Drake regretted it.
He regretted messing with the spider family!
No! He should say he regretted not expecting the Poison Spider to return after two months, and that he had underestimated the opponent's strength!
But no matter how much Drake regrets it now, it's too late.
Toby reached out his five fingers toward Drake, his large palm covering his face, and lifted him up by his grasp.
Then, like a demon god, he walked up to Gwen with dozens of teru teru bozu dolls hanging from his back: "What did he just say he wanted to do to you?"
Gwen looked at Toby, who was hanging from corpses behind her, without the fear that others felt when looking at a tree of death. Instead, her eyes shone with the same brilliance as when looking at a Christmas tree.
"He planned to kill me live on air, so that the Spider Family would know the price of offending him."
Toby nodded and said calmly, "Very well, then turn on the live stream. I'll let him have his way."
Upon hearing this, as if the countless teru teru bozu (sunny dolls) hanging behind Toby had taken effect, Gwen looked at the group of teachers and students crouching in the indoor basketball court, covering their mouths tightly, not daring to make a sound, as if afraid that Toby would get carried away and turn them into teru teru bozu as well. A highly infectious sunny smile spread across her face:
"Excuse me, do any teachers or students know how to operate these devices? I'll be in charge of holding the camera, but I need someone to help me operate the equipment. Is there anyone willing to volunteer?"
Perhaps Gwen's smile softened Toby's terrifyingly brutal methods upon arrival, because at that moment, one hand actually rose from among the group of teachers and students crouching on the ground.
"I...I will..."
Gwen looked at the raised hand, her smile widening: "Ned Liz, I remember you, the computer science genius. With your help, everything will be perfect. Please."
Amidst everyone's admiring gazes, Ned, his legs trembling, stood up from the ground, practically crawling to the equipment control panel.
If he hadn't known that the spider was his good friend Peter's cousin, and if he hadn't been a fan of the spider family himself, Ned wouldn't have dared to stand up at this time.
As for how Ned knew Peter's identity, that happened during the two months Toby was not around.
In the two months he was away, besides this major event that affected the entire city of New York, quite a few other minor incidents and changes occurred.
But we'll talk about that later...
In short, knowing the true identity of the Spider, Ned managed to overcome his fear and began operating the device with lightning speed on the keyboard.
Just one minute later, Ned gave Toby an OK sign: "Mr. Spider, it's all set. We've connected to the multi-platform live streams these guys created in advance."
"And that guy even did some pre-event hype; the name of his livestream was... uh, 'Unveiling the True Identity of the Entire Spider Family'?"
"We now have a combined audience of ten million across all platforms. Shall we start our live stream now?"
Hearing Ned's words, Toby glanced at Drake, who was still struggling wildly in his grasp, and sneered, "Heh, you're quite well-prepared, aren't you? Trying to cause trouble for the Spider Family through media exposure?"
"But you seem to have forgotten that this tactic only works on poor superheroes. The Spider-Family is backed by a capitalist family just like yours!"
Why did Tony Stark reveal his Iron Man identity and get away with nothing, even causing his Stark Industries stock price to rise?
It's because in this world, unless you're strong enough to destroy the world, superpowers can't compare to the power of money!
Ultimately, this world is ruled by the financial power of capital!
From the moment Parker Industries was founded, the Spider Family has been part of the capital market, not some grassroots mutant superheroes!
Even if the entire Spider Family were to reveal their true identities, it wouldn't actually have much of an impact on them.
At most, the exposure will increase significantly when living under another real identity.
Seeing Drake's pupils dilate sharply after hearing his words, realizing what he had just said, Toby continued his ruthless attack:
"And you've clearly forgotten something even more important: there are disparities between capitals. You shouldn't have gone against Parker Industries. So from this day forward, not only will you die a horrible death, but your Life Foundation will also cease to exist!"
After saying that, without waiting for Drake's reaction, who was completely unable to reply because his face was covered, Toby looked at Ned and said, "Start the live stream."
Without hesitation, Ned immediately started live streaming on all platforms.
Millions of viewers waiting in the live stream rooms on various platforms were instantly struck by lightning the moment the live stream started!
The live stream screen showed a peacock spreading its tail feathers, but instead of colorful feathers, the peacock's tail feathers were fresh corpses!
Just as the live streams on various platforms were about to be shut down, Toby's indifferent voice appeared in each live stream: "Which platform dares to shut down the live stream? The next one to be listed on it will be all of your platform's senior management."
How to successfully threaten all reviewers with just one sentence.
In this era when system review is not so advanced and it is mostly done manually, Toby's words made all the reviewers who were preparing to forcibly shut down the live stream dare not move.
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