Chapter 25 Toby gets slapped in the face at lightning speed, Scarlet Spider, activate!
Chapter 25 Toby gets slapped in the face at lightning speed, Scarlet Spider, activate!
This time, Gwen chose a car for Toby even faster than she did for Ben last time, selecting a model in less than half an hour.
However, Gwen did not choose the same type of pickup truck as Ben that Toby had initially thought of, but rather a brand new off-road Wrangler.
In Gwen's words, pickup trucks are suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, but not for young people.
For someone Toby's age, if he doesn't like sports cars or sedans and wants to drive a big vehicle, then an off-road vehicle is the perfect choice for young people.
Moreover, the Wrangler is nearly two meters tall and wide, and over four meters long, making it very suitable for a two-meter-tall person like Toby to drive.
And its appearance also matches Toby very well, both exuding muscular beauty and a sense of power!
Toby tried it out and was quite satisfied with the car, so he bought it in full.
However, unlike the last time when there was a Ford Raptor in stock, the top-of-the-line Wrangler that Toby customized was not in stock at this store and needed to be shipped from elsewhere, so there would be a waiting time for transportation.
So Toby could only temporarily drive his beat-up R8 with Gwen to the amusement park.
Once inside the amusement park, Gwen's smile never faded as she pulled Toby straight to the Ferris wheel, a must-ride for every couple.
As the Ferris wheel slowly ascended, the two chatted idly in the cabin, sharing intimate moments like lovers.
For example, topics like, "Can I have something cold today?"
During the conversation, Gwen also mentioned the case her father was handling, namely the Lizard Man vs. Spider-Man incident on the Manhattan Bridge last night.
When she first saw the news, she thought the Spider-Man who was fighting the Lizard Man was Toby.
After all, Toby was wearing a very similar combat outfit when he saved her, only the color was different.
But Gwen immediately noticed that the spider-man fighting the lizardman was significantly different in size from Toby.
However, since Gwen knew about Toby's other side from the beginning, she also knew some of Toby's abilities.
Based on the similarity between the Spider-Man's physique and abilities and Toby's, she had already deduced last night that the new Spider-Man might be Peter.
Toby didn't deny Gwen's guess, admitting that Peter was the Spider-Man who made headlines last night.
After all, this was Gwen's own guess, so even if she denies it, it doesn't really matter.
Moreover, Gwen has never been a talkative person, which can be seen from the fact that she has known about her other identity for two years but has not revealed it to a second person.
Furthermore, the clever Gwen not only guessed that Spider-Man was Peter, but also deduced that the Lizard Man might be Dr. Connors based on the fact that Spider-Man was Peter.
However, Gwen was not as certain about Peter's identity as she was about the lizard man.
However, because of this speculation, Gwen even made a phone call to Dr. Connors this morning.
Dr. Connors on the phone sounded perfectly normal and didn't seem to have any problems.
He simply told her that he had already completed the initial production of the lizard regeneration serum, and that the subsequent human research would be a confidential project of Osborn Corporation.
Gwen, as his intern assistant, was unable to participate, so she didn't need to go to Osborne Building to help him on her recent days off.
Dr. Connors' reasoning was justified, so although Gwen still had some doubts about Dr. Connors, they remained only doubts and there was no substantial evidence to prove that Dr. Connors was the Lizard Man.
But during this casual conversation with Toby on their date, Toby directly confirmed Gwen's guess.
The lizard man is indeed Dr. Connors!
However, Dr. Connors' lizard serum is not as permanent as his and Peter's. Its potency will be depleted over time, and he needs to take the medicine continuously to maintain the lizard man's form and abilities. Otherwise, he will "degenerate" into a crippled human form.
After hearing Toby's words, Gwen had no doubt about their authenticity. She couldn't help but feel worried about her teacher's situation, and even more worried about her father's predicament.
After all, her father, Sheriff Stacy, was in charge of the Lizard Man case, so there would inevitably be times when she would have to confront the Lizard Man directly.
According to her observation of the lizardman on television yesterday, the lizardman possesses strength and speed far exceeding that of ordinary people, and most importantly, its self-healing ability is maxed out, so ordinary firearms pose no threat to it at all.
Her father was just an ordinary person; if they were to face the lizardmen directly, it would be dangerous!
However, Gwen was very sensible and did not ask Toby for help, thus causing him trouble.
Instead, she outwardly resumed her sunny smile, seemingly no longer taking the matter to heart.
In reality, Gwen was already silently planning how to tell her father in a reasonable way that the lizardman was her teacher, and to warn him to be careful.
Toby, though unable to read minds, was unaware of Gwen's inner turmoil.
But his superhuman observational skills keenly detected the subtle difference between Gwen's genuine happiness before and her current superficial happiness, thus guessing her worries.
So he took Gwen's slightly cool little hand in his own and comforted her:
"Don't worry, Gwen. Dr. Connors' ultimate goal is simply to restore himself to his full potential. So even if he mutated due to some accident, he will continue to refine his lizard regeneration serum in secret. Under normal circumstances, he won't appear in the open to cause widespread destruction."
"So the chances of Sheriff Stacy encountering a lizardman are actually very small..."
Rumble————————
Ura ura ura——————
Before Toby could finish comforting Gwen, he was slapped in the face amidst an explosion and sirens!
The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw several police cars chasing a huge green dinosaur on the street outside the amusement park!
The explosion that just occurred was caused by the lizardmen smashing one police car into another!
Toby: ......
This was such a slap in the face, it came so fast, like a tornado...
Even more coincidentally, the lizardmen, surrounded by police cars, rushed into the amusement park where they were located.
And even more coincidentally, the first person to get out of the police cars surrounding the amusement park entrance was none other than Gwen's father, Sheriff Stacy...
This made Gwen, who had also seen her father get out of the police car, so nervous that she almost stopped breathing, and instinctively turned to Toby for help.
Even though she had no intention of bothering Toby before, Toby had now become her only lifeline to save her father.
Toby naturally understood this as well.
He didn't say anything, but slowly stood up in the Ferris wheel cabin and opened the Ferris wheel's iron door.
Suddenly, Gwen grabbed his hand from behind, her eyes showing some struggle: "If you go like this, your identity will be exposed. Otherwise, let's think of another way..."
Toby gently removed Gwen's hand, reached down and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing a blood-red battle suit and spider emblem on the chest, and smiled:
"Gwen, a true warrior never takes off his armor, not even on a date..."
After saying that, to Gwen's surprise and delight, Toby completely tore off his shirt, transforming into Scarlet Spider, and jumped off from the highest cabin of the Ferris wheel!
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