Only Arthur could make sense of this seemingly nonsensical conversation.
Just as Arthur was about to say something, Spider-Man slapped his forehead and said, "You don't know who Dr. Connors is? He's Gwen's professor at the Oscorp Industries. Oh, and Gwen's my girlfriend. Her full name is..."
"Stop, Stop, Stop..."
Arthur interrupted quickly. If this were a novel, Spider-Man would definitely be one of those characters that just fills up the word count.
He talks so much it's like he has a Gatling gun in his mouth.
"Keep it simple... Speak in simpler terms!"
Arthur stressed.
"Oh, Dr. Connors is an expert in cross-species genetics. My friend Gwen is doing an internship with him, and he's her professor. Using the information from my father's briefcase, I derived a key equation and helped him successfully complete a limb regeneration experiment. But now something must have gone wrong..."
Spider-Man's speech didn't improve much, and he persisted: "Last night I was supposed to be at Gwen's, eating her mother's lemon bass. Oh, you must try the flavor, it's unforgettable."
Arthur gave him a disinterested look.
"Ahem!"
Spider-Man cleared his throat and continued, "Then I suddenly heard police sirens. When I arrived on the scene, I found that the Williamsburg Bridge was already in chaos!"
At this point, he was not just talking, he was gesturing dramatically: "I did this, and then that..."
Arthur was about to lose it.
After hearing Spider-Man's full account, he understood what had happened on the Williamsburg Bridge last night.
In simple terms, The Lizard was causing trouble, and the Spider-Man was saving the day!
"But Gwen's father says I'm a criminal..."
Spider-Man said sadly, "I'm not."
"...Then what happened?" Arthur asked angrily. "Forgive me, I really don't know how to comfort a heartbroken Spider-Man."
"It's okay, Gwen already comforted me today," Spider-Man perked up. "You know, she..."
"I don't want to hear about your flirtatious details..."
Arthur's face darkened. "Get to the point!"
"Oh, right, the point!"
Spider-Man said quickly, "For some reason, I went to the OsCorp Industries today to find Dr. Connors."
Arthur blinked. The OsCorp Industry Building, which he had been trying to get into all afternoon without success, and you just walked in?
This is insane!
"I discovered that our experiment must have gone wrong. The lab rat had turned into a monster and was eating its own kind! You don't want to see that scene - blood everywhere..."
"Continue, focus!"
Arthur was really annoyed.
"I went to find Gwen's father, but he didn't believe me. But that's okay. You see, Dr. Connors has lizard cells injected into his body. So he must have inherited some lizard traits!"
Spider-Man said excitedly, "Now I suspect he's hiding in a sewer somewhere. Well, let's go get him! We'll bring him to Gwen's father to prove my innocence!"
Arthur scratched his head and sighed helplessly. "You had to explain such a simple thing in such a complicated way. You could have just said that there's a bad guy who's turned into a giant lizard and is about to do something bad, we need to catch him. Did you have to make such a long detour just to show off your girlfriend?"
"I didn't!"
Spider-Man shook his head quickly.
"I think so too… Having a girlfriend is totally normal. When you get a boyfriend, come show me; I promise I'll be amazed!"
"Oh my gosh, so you like men!"
Spider-Man seemed to have discovered a whole new continent.
"I'm really tempted to throw you off this roof. What's the plan? How are you going to handle this?"
"Webbing!!!"
Spider-Man declared confidently.
Arthur blinked at the enthusiastic Spider-Man and asked, "And then?"
Spider-Man blinked back and thought for a moment: "Perhaps you did not understand me. I plan to use spider webs to create an extensive web in the central area of the sewer! Any movement of the webs will be instantly detected by me, and then we can locate the guy!"
"So, as I was asking, and then?"
"Then we catch him!"
"He's not a pet. Just because we say we'll catch him doesn't mean he won't resist," Arthur said, feeling annoyed.
"Uh, we're two people!"
Spider-Man said seriously, "I think if the two of us work together, we can definitely do it!"
"Optimism is good," Arthur acknowledged Spider-Man's optimism, then added, "But blind optimism is a bit foolish! From what you've said, this lizard, Dr. Connors... He has sharp claws that can easily tear through metal, and terrifying strength that allows him to throw cars around! And as a lizard, he probably has very strong regenerative abilities. Though this ability is mainly manifested in a lizard's tail, since he has completed the experiment, even if the results are different, we can't underestimate his defensive and regenerative abilities. With a guy like that... I'm asking you, even with the two of us, do you really have a hundred percent confidence that you can catch him directly?"
"Hmm, according to your analysis, it feels like we might not be a match for him!"
Spider-Man turned around in confusion after listening and then looked at Arthur, "So what should we do?"
"What should we do? Follow your original plan and create the web! But we need to make some preparations!"
"What preparations?"
Spider-Man asked quickly.
"Do you know what the biggest difference is between humans and animals?"
"Probably that humans are better looking?"
"While that answer isn't entirely wrong," Arthur said, blinking, "I still think the biggest difference is that we use tools and animals don't!"
With that, Arthur pulled out a pile of weapons and explosives from the Disassembler space. Seeing Spider-Man's astonished expression, he sat cross-legged on the ground and said: "We also need some special animal traps. I have flashbangs here… hmm, just in case, we should probably set up a few landmines too!"
(End of Chapter)
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