"Huh?" Cassius's heart jumped. 'Did she figure it out?! The witch has sharp eyes...' he thought to himself, keeping his face calm. "Maybe there's a slight resemblance?"
If Wanda had really figured it out, there was a high chance she would see through the lies he had told earlier. Despite her usually reserved demeanor, Wanda was very sharp.
"You think so too, huh?" Wanda's slender fingers rested on her chin as she gave Gwen a scrutinizing look.
Her movements just now were incredibly agile; a normal person could probably do it, but the look on Gwen's face was way too calm. Her reflexes were far beyond a normal person's, and her agile moves could even be compared to Black Widow's.
"But, if she really is Ghost-Spider, some people probably won't be able to control themselves," Wanda huffed, crossing her arms over her chest, her eyes glancing over at Cassius. She remembered how excited he had been when she wore the Ghost-Spider suit. If he didn't have some wild fantasies about the hero, she would never believe it.
"Maybe she really is, then?" Cassius secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his voice teasing as he spoke with a half-smile. From Wanda's words, it seemed like she was only suspicious and hadn't confirmed anything.
"You really do think so, don't you!" Wanda's face puffed up in anger as she pinched and twisted Cassius's waist.
But when she heard what Cassius said, she couldn't help but feel a little down. She didn't know if Cassius really felt that way. If he did, how were they going to continue their relationship?
A sense of anxiety and insecurity filled her heart. The more intimate their relationship became, the more she feared losing Cassius.
Her life had been terrible enough. Nothing else mattered anymore. All she wanted was for Cassius not to abandon her. As for anything else, she wouldn't ask for much.
"It's okay, just be careful next time!" Gwen declined the mother's offer, waved her hand, and jogged over to the two of them. "What were you guys talking about?" She had noticed them talking about something earlier, but she was too far away to hear clearly.
"Nothing, I was just thinking of a way to get Cassius to cook us more delicious food." Wanda shook her head. She didn't know if it was because of fear or something else, but she didn't mention the topic they were just talking about.
"Then let's hurry back! I'm already a little impatient to eat your cooking. I bet everything you make is delicious!" Gwen stood on her tiptoes with an excited expression. She couldn't wait to eat the food Cassius made. The only unfortunate thing was that Wanda was there, or she would have been able to stay the night like last time. But even so, she was still very content.
"You've eaten it before?" Wanda frowned slightly and asked with a puzzled tone. From the way Gwen was talking, it seemed like she had eaten Cassius's cooking before.
"Yeah... that day, I..." Gwen was about to say that she had stayed over for breakfast. In her opinion, there was no need to hide it. Although their relationship wasn't official, it showed how intimate they were.
"Cough, cough..." Cassius's face almost turned green when he heard this. He quickly interjected, "I once told her that my cooking was very good!"
Gwen was clearly about to say that she had stayed in his house that day. If she had said that, Wanda might have been able to figure something out! So he immediately cut Gwen off.
"Yeah, Mr. Cassius's cooking is really good!" Gwen didn't continue speaking, instead nodding in agreement. The food Cassius made was the best she had ever had!
"..." Wanda just looked at Cassius suspiciously. She didn't know why, but she just felt that Cassius was a little strange today.
"Come on." Cassius walked over to Bumblebee, put all the groceries inside, and said, "Let's go back now."
Just as he was about to get into the driver's seat, he suddenly noticed a crucial detail. If he got into the driver's seat, one of them would have to sit in the back. But no matter who sat in the back, they would inevitably be unhappy. He knew how stubborn girls could be about who sat in the passenger seat.
"Wanda, I'm a little tired and want to lie down in the back. You can drive," In that moment, he had to admire his own genius.
"Alright, I guess." Wanda didn't think much of it and got into the driver's seat. After all, they had been up for a long time last night, and he had a workout this morning and then came straight out. It was normal for him to be tired.
And because Cassius said he wanted to lie down and rest, Gwen naturally got into the passenger seat.
After they were all seated, Wanda started the car and slowly drove onto the main road.
"My owner is incredible! How long has it been, and he's already got another girl!" The car's speakers suddenly let out a weird voice. When he heard that, Cassius wished more than ever that Bumblebee was a mute. 'Just my luck, he had to bring that up.'
"Bumblebee, shut your mouth!" Cassius said through gritted teeth, then turned to Gwen. "Don't mind him, this guy is a little bit of a chatterbox."
"Owner, I can't believe you can handle two girls at once! You really are the best!" Bumblebee didn't shut up because of Cassius's warning. Instead, he continued to ramble.
"Was that the car talking?" Gwen looked at the car's control panel with curiosity. She had no idea that a car could talk.
"Don't mind it. This car is a bit of a chatterbox." Wanda wasn't surprised by Bumblebee's teasing. After all, she had seen how talkative Bumblebee was the first time she rode in it. So now, seeing this, she actually thought it was quite normal.
"Wow, this car is amazing then!" Gwen looked at the car with curiosity. She had heard of artificial intelligence, but this was the first time she had seen it, so she was naturally a little curious.
"Of course! I'm the most excellent car!" Bumblebee was so pleased with the compliment that he got a little carried away.
"Alright, if you don't shut up, I'll consider letting you stay in the garage for the rest of your life!" Cassius really didn't want this big mouth to keep talking. Who knew what kind of shocking things it would say next? Although it felt a bit far-fetched, who knows if Gwen would believe it?
After he said that, Bumblebee immediately switched to a music channel. He didn't want to collect dust in a garage for the rest of his life!
On the road out of the city. The three of them listened to the leisurely music and drove slowly toward the manor.
Vroom vroom...
Just then, the sound of an engine suddenly came from behind them. Two black Kawasakis sped past Bumblebee.
The loud engine noises echoed in their ears.
At that moment, the two motorcycles suddenly matched the speed of the car on both sides. There were two people on each motorcycle, and they were all wearing gear, with their faces covered by helmets. The people on the back seat reached into their clothes, and the next second, they pulled out black Scorpion submachine guns.
Click!
A crisp sound rang out as the guns were cocked.
"Don't move! Get out of the car right now!" The two people in the back seats yelled at the three of them in the car.
"I'll take care of them!" Wanda and Gwen both said the same thing at the same time.
"..." Wanda looked at Gwen in surprise. She had no idea Gwen would say something like that. After all, Gwen was just a first-year university student, yet she didn't show any fear in this situation. No matter how you looked at it, something wasn't right!
"Don't," Cassius said with a grim expression, trying to stop them. He then turned to Gwen. "Especially you!"
He was truly baffled. Had this girl forgotten that she wasn't Ghost-Spider right now? If she went out to fight, wouldn't that expose her?
"Oh..." Gwen suddenly remembered that she was just a student right now. Besides, Cassius was there, and there was no way these four guys could be a match for him.
"Did you hear us? Get out of the car now, or we won't be so nice!" One of them fired a round into the sky, and the piercing gunshot echoed in the air.
"Bumblebee!" Cassius just frowned and called out.
Bang!
Bumblebee's doors on both sides suddenly flew open. The two motorcycles had no time to react to the sudden movement. The massive force sent them and their bikes flying off the road.
"The car is alive?!" Gwen's jaw dropped when she saw this. She had thought it was just artificial intelligence, but it seemed to be a lot smarter than that. It had attacked on its own without even being given a command. It clearly had its own consciousness.
"I am... a Cybertronian!" Bumblebee's voice came from the speakers. Although the pieced-together voice sounded a little strange, you could tell that Bumblebee was very proud of himself at the moment.
"Alright, stop talking and let's go!" Cassius frowned and gave the order. He had no intention of checking on the four guys. He figured they were just a few petty thieves who had gotten greedy. After all, this was a place where "freedom" was in the air, and it was normal for some people to be shameless. If they died, they only had themselves to blame.
BOOM!!!
As soon as Cassius finished speaking, Bumblebee suddenly accelerated, and the engine let out a massive roar. In an instant, the speed rapidly increased, reaching over 200 km/h in less than two seconds.
A strong force pushed them back into their seats. Gwen, instead of being scared, let out an excited scream.
But before they could get very far, the three of them noticed two small cars blocking the road ahead. There were also six or seven people standing in front of the cars, all holding different firearms.
"They're a team!" Cassius frowned slightly. He had initially thought they were just petty thieves, but it seemed to be more complicated than that. The people in the distance had probably figured that the motorcycles wouldn't be able to stop them and had prepared cars to block the road ahead.
"Stop!" The person blocking the road yelled into a megaphone. The others gripped their weapons and aimed them at Bumblebee with serious expressions.
ROAR!!!
When Bumblebee saw that the road was blocked, it didn't slow down at all. Instead, it accelerated even more. The loud engine noise was like a bomb going off in their ears.
"Cassius!!!" Gwen's face turned pale. Although she enjoyed the thrill of speed, that didn't mean she wasn't afraid of dying! There were two cars blocking the road ahead. If they crashed into them at nearly 300 km/h, the car would be destroyed, and they would all die!
The next second...
CLANK CLANK CLANK!!!
The view from inside the car suddenly flew into the air! Bumblebee rapidly transformed. Although they were still inside its body, Gwen clearly saw that Bumblebee's front wheels had turned into a machine gun.
Dadadadada...
As the machine gun spewed out flames, the entire interior of the car turned upside down. Bumblebee became a half-mech, with its hands on the ground, and it flew over the cars at an incredible speed. The moment it flew over, the machine gun fire accurately hit the two cars and the people blocking the road.
BOOM!
Under the powerful gunfire, the two cars instantly exploded, letting out a terrifying blaze. After the cars were blown up, Bumblebee quickly transformed back into a Camaro, and with a drift, it came to a stop not far away.
This series of actions made Gwen's eyes nearly pop out of her head. She had no idea how it had done that. Everything had happened in an instant. They had only felt a moment of weightlessness, and the enemies were already taken care of.
Wanda, on the other hand, was completely unfazed. After all, she had already been terrified the first time she rode in Bumblebee.
"It looks like some short-sighted people have targeted us," Cassius said with a nonchalant tone, holding his chin. "Bumblebee, stop the car."
The car came to an abrupt stop, and the doors automatically opened with a creak.
"These two groups are working together!" Wanda frowned slightly. From what she had just seen, the two groups had definitely come together. If this were a normal situation, why would they run into two groups of enemies in a row? If it was just a robbery, they wouldn't have sent so many people.
"There's one over there who isn't dead yet!" Cassius stretched his neck and slowly walked toward the person not far away.
Lying on the ground was a masked man. A piece of shrapnel from the car explosion had pierced his abdomen. Although he wasn't dead yet, he was on his last breath. His pupils trembled as he let out a weak groan, watching Cassius and the others slowly approach.
Fear spread through his body. He had never imagined that a car could do something like that. He struggled to crawl away, but he no longer had any strength and could only gasp for air.
Wanda squatted down, looking directly into the man's eyes. After a moment, she knew who the man was.
"These people are from Hydra," Wanda said with a frown.
"What is Hydra?" Gwen had never heard of the organization.
"An evil terrorist organization," Cassius answered Gwen's question offhandedly, carefully looking at the people around them. The thing that puzzled him was whether they had targeted Wanda or himself. Both were highly possible. But the former was more likely. After all, Wanda was an Avenger, and she had just recently destroyed a Hydra base.
"Oh, look at that, more cockroaches!" Cassius suddenly frowned slightly. A small team suddenly rushed out of the bushes on both sides of the road. The team fired at them.
"Gwen, get out of the way!" Wanda yelled in a panicked voice, and a red glow began to spread from her hands.
Gwen instantly started running, rolling to the left. The bullets almost grazed her body!
Whoosh!
Next to her, Cassius raised his hand and released a dark red energy, completely shattering the incoming bullets. He then let out a crimson glow from his eyes, and his heat vision swept over the group, killing them all.
"Wanda, are you okay?" Cassius saw Wanda in a daze and thought she was scared.
"I'm fine..." Wanda looked at Gwen with a deep stare. That kind of reaction speed... was she really just a normal person?!
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