The evening wind whipped across the Brooklyn Bridge, the only sound the crackling of the burning cars.
Chen Xi's words stunned Gwen, and even more so the crowd of onlookers. A superhero, a symbol of justice, was suggesting he would kill a criminal.
This was unacceptable to the people of America, with their deep-seated belief in human rights!
Could a superhero simply bypass the law and decide the fate of a criminal?
If everyone did that, wouldn't it be chaos? Criminals should be punished by the law, not by an individual!
At that moment, their opinion of Chen Xi plummeted.
He was a madman, arrogant enough to trample the law under his feet, abusing his abilities. He didn't even deserve to be called a superhero!
And then they remembered what the Green Goblin had said…
At that moment, someone in the crowd loudly rebuked.
"No!! You have no right to judge him. He committed a crime and must be punished by the law!"
"That's right! You're just a superhero, haha, who do you think you are? God? You dare to kill someone privately!"
"You're not worthy of being a superhero at all. Why did you dodge the missile that monster fired? Shouldn't you, as a superhero, have learned to sacrifice yourself? Look how many people you've killed!"
"Exactly! You have no right!!"
"..."
A single stone stirred up a thousand waves. With someone taking the lead, everyone seemed to forget Chen Xi's power. They forgot that Chen Xi could save them, and he could also kill them!!
"Hahaha, what a damn, ridiculous principle!"
Chen Xi looked at the enraged crowd, then thought of those superheroes who stubbornly refused to kill...
No wonder the apocalypse demands the death of "saints"!
Turns out, they're everywhere!
Like, for example, that idea that might offend a lot of people, but that certain Batman from Gotham always sticks to his stupid principles, catching a certain criminal named the Joker and sending him to prison...
And then the Joker escapes, evades justice, and continues to kill and set fires.
And then this Batman catches him again, and sends him back to prison, and then lets him escape and kill again.
He even suspected that this Batman was just trying to farm reputation. Are those two even stuck in a glitch?
Looking at those faces, each one seemingly representing righteousness, Chen Xi suddenly laughed, laughing very happily.
He mocked their sanctimonious faces and shouted, "Since you all think he can't be killed, then don't kill him. In any case, there will be a price to pay later."
"Hmph! The law is equal for everyone!"
Someone immediately stood up and declared righteously.
"Good! Well said!"
Chen Xi grinned, as if he could already see their future wails and cries. This kind of joy was not something outsiders could understand.
After saying that, he casually tossed the seriously injured Green Goblin aside. As for the rest, he wouldn't bother with it. Holding Gwen, he slashed through the sky, leaving amidst countless envious and hateful gazes.
Although he didn't kill Green Goblin immediately, he wasn't in a rush. It would be better to fatten up this pig for a few more days, wouldn't it?
If it weren't for Gwen, he wouldn't have even shown up.
Those sightseeing train people are dead, so they're dead...
Doing a hundred good deeds is useless, but if you do one thing wrong, you'll be hated, even more than villains are hated...
"Gwen, what thoughts and feelings do you have after today's events?"
In a private room of an unknown Chinatown hot pot restaurant, Chen Xi, Wanda, and Gwen were sitting together for dinner.
However, Gwen looked utterly dejected; her worldview had been severely shaken.
She was clearly doing good deeds, so why were they treating her this way? Had she done something wrong?
Hearing Chen Xi's question, Gwen shook her head; her mind was a mess...
"I really don't know what kind of things I'm saving."
Gwen took a long, frustrated swig of the strong liquor...
The fiery, burning sensation of the baijiu was the only thing that cleared her head.
"If you're tired, just rest. It's hard to change people's hearts."
"That's right, Gwen. For us women, our final destination is just being a good wife and mother. Fighting and killing is a man's job," Wanda comforted her from the side.
According to Wanda's original character setting, she had never even considered fighting and killing, being a so-called superhero. She just wanted to be a good wife and mother, living quietly.
"Good wife and mother?"
Hearing this, Gwen couldn't help but glance at Chen Xi...
And Wanda saw all of this, of course. It wasn't surprising at all.
If Gwen didn't have a crush on Chen Xi, that would be strange.
In Wanda's mind, every teenage girl in the world, including mature women and older sisters, should be in love with Chen Xi…
Well, love is blind. Wanda was probably a lost cause.
"Alright, alright, stop gawking. Look at you, acting all guilty. I'm not stopping you from liking him."
Wanda rolled her eyes. She wasn't oblivious to Gwen's little feelings.
"Ah? You knew all along? Then why aren't you angry?"
Gwen gave a sheepish smile, asking in embarrassment.
"If I got angry, I probably would have died of it by now. Besides, this guy's a playboy, it's not exactly news."
Wanda glared at Chen Xi, who acted like nothing had happened…
"Ahem, why are you glaring at me? Gwen, you're not allowed to like me, got it!" Chen Xi immediately said with righteous indignation…
"Pfft! Stop pretending to be so righteous!"
Wanda retorted with disdain. That wasn't just nonsense; it was also incredibly pretentious!
"I don't even want to get involved in your business. Anyway, Gwen will take some of the heat off me, so it's not a bad thing."
Wanda continued to speak matter-of-factly, while Gwen first looked delighted, then shyly lowered her head. What kind of words are these? It's not like I'm into it for that reason…
Having successfully diverted her attention, Gwen had already thrown her earlier gloominess to the back of her mind, her head filled with thoughts of sweet romance.
Seems like being love-struck isn't so bad after all?
Chen Xi's smile widened. Does this mean I can ride off into the sunset now? Yeehaw!
"Mr. Norman Osborn, do you have any further statements regarding the massacre of the company's board members, civilians, human experimentation, and attacks on the military? If not, this court will proceed to sentencing."
"Your Honor, my client suffers from severe schizophrenia, as evidenced by this medical certificate from the hospital."
"Furthermore, my client's criminal activities have been effectively halted. He didn't even use so-called human experimentation to benefit all of mankind; he experimented on himself! What a magnificent character!"
"Therefore, my client also suffers from severe schizophrenia and has even developed a second personality, making him another victim."
"…"
In a world where money greases the wheels, everything made sense.
And he's truly insane…
Norman Osborn was declared not guilty and released, though confined to New York's most luxurious mental hospital, where he lived a life of comfort.
Upon hearing the verdict, the innocence in Gwen's eyes began to fade…
Perhaps this was the price of growing up? The process, though cruel, yielded a favorable outcome.
A few days later, Chen Xi had just arrived at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters when he saw the news: Norman Osborn had announced his recovery.
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