thefictionvixens Chapter 689 Comparison is the thief of joy.
Chapter 689 Comparison is the thief of joy.
Chapter 689 Comparison is the thief of joy.
The dazzling explosion didn't last long. After the explosion, the air was filled with the stench of burnt human flesh. Logan stood in front of the other three, his back already charred black.
Before that, Peter had already released a large number of nanobots to envelop the two Wolverines who were about to explode, minimizing the damage from the explosion. As for what happened to the two, it's hard to say, but at the time there was really no way to deal with them.
Well, Daken should be better off than X-23, since his entire skeleton is infused with adamantium, making it unlikely he'd be blown to pieces.
"Be careful, this isn't over yet."
Logan, almost half-burnt, detected something else amidst the bloody stench. The Hand's undead ninjas were already fully prepared, waiting to reap the rewards after the explosion. Peter glanced around and immediately made a decision. He used a large amount of spider silk to cover the ground and everything else around him, then opened a slingshot portal and pulled the others to the other side.
Then, Peter closed the door and couldn't resist letting the anti-venom leave his face to breathe in the fresh air of the academy.
Having already sensed Peter and his group's arrival, the professor immediately sent reinforcements. Upon discovering that Peter had brought back a charred Logan, Cyclops couldn't help but ask, "Weren't you going to capture some ninjas? How did you end up like this?"
"It's a long story, but to put it simply, the Hand planted bombs inside Daken and X-23, intending to kill Logan, but they failed."
After Cyclops nodded, Peter pointed to the two bundles of spiderwebs behind him: "Deacon and X-23 are probably in here."
Laser Eyes: ————
After settling Deacon and the rest of X-23 in, Peter left Xavier's School of Geniuses, but for some reason Felicia was nowhere to be found. He took out his phone and saw a message from Felicia: her hair had some stuff on it, so she asked Phantom Cat to use her dorm bathroom to clean it up.
While this was happening, Peter had time to start thinking about the Hand. Undoubtedly, the Hand did not intend to fight the Defenders so soon, let alone the Avengers. While they were doing their best to clean up New York, they were also doing their best to erase their own traces.
It is conceivable that if the investigation continues, the next time it could be the destruction of an entire building or shopping mall where they operate. The information they are conveying is already very clear.
Perhaps we should ask Strange for help to use magic to find out where the Hand is, or ask Daken, who was captured by them, what happened—provided Daken can recover.
"If they need the beasts to descend, then they've definitely set their sights on Matt. That's not hard to understand. As a hero with a no-kill policy, it's easy for him to turn to the dark side if he breaks his own rules, and he can easily become a vessel for the beasts. And if they want Matt to kill, they must give him a reason to kill—Erica?"
Matt's first love, Erica, has been brainwashed by the Hand and become one of their henchmen. If Erica were killed, Matt would likely be so enraged that he would kill the killer, believing that he had broken his no-killing principle.
Moreover, they haven't heard anyone other than Matt talk about Erica recently.
"Tsk, this is not easy. Just like today, with her in their hands, killing Erica would be a very simple matter for them. Or should we ask them to think of another candidate? Like changing the target to me? That doesn't seem easy either. Another reason they chose Matt is because Matt is too weak —"
Peter had a bold idea while thinking about this.
Could we find someone to stage a play? For example, make the Hand believe that Erica was murdered, and that Matt killed her in a fit of rage? Gwen is still holding Mysterio's helmet, so that's not too difficult, but the problem is that the Hand can verify many things, such as how the murderer was arranged and how the murderer's situation was handled.
Ideally, the killer should be someone the Hand can't control to "kill" Erica, allowing the Hand to still perform the autopsy and make them believe it's real.
Peter suddenly became interested in this idea and began to consider its feasibility. For example, could he hire Deadpool to impersonate a famous assassin to put on this show?
So Peter took out his phone and messaged Matt saying he had an urgent meeting to discuss, while Matt sent Peter the same message, saying he also had an urgent matter to attend to.
"Oh, I was wondering how long I'd have to wait for you. It seems you're moving faster than I expected."
After seeing Felicia come out, Peter put away his phone. Felicia, who had originally planned to tease him a bit, looked at him and asked, "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
"Pretty much. I've made some progress on the Hand issue, and I need to talk to someone about it."
Upon hearing this, Felicia couldn't help but sigh.
"Alright, go ahead and get busy, great hero. I hope you can finish before the homecoming dance. I really don't want you to run away halfway through dancing."
Hell's Kitchen, Nelson-Murdoch Law Firm.
After Peter knocked on the office door, he heard Matt inside say "Come in." He then turned the doorknob and went in. As soon as he entered Matt's office, he saw Matt chatting and laughing with a dark-haired woman. Thinking he had come at the wrong time, he was about to say something when he heard Matt's laughter: "Please sit down, Spider-Man. This is—my college classmate, Erica Natches."
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Peter looked at Matt with a puzzled expression. "What's going on here? We're fighting to the death, Logan's whole family is in an uproar, and you've managed to bring your girlfriend back?"
"I'm not wearing my uniform, Matt."
Matt was silent for a few seconds, then smiled apologetically: "Sorry, I got a little excited and didn't notice the difference in the friction of your clothes, but it doesn't matter. Let me introduce you again. This is Erica, a former member of the Holy Order. She can help us find the Hand and destroy it. Erica, uh, this is Spider-Man."