Iron Man is a big client, which means risk, but he's also a walking ATM.
Ivan Vanko came for Tony, and there's a clear debt to be settled.
But what's up with you, Green Goblin?
We have no grudges, I can't even tell if your name is Norman or Harry, and you immediately target me as your primary objective?
Is there no law anymore!
Is there no justice anymore!
Spectators shouldn't be dragged onto the stage as props just because they're in the front row, right?!
"Hehehe... run, little mouse, let me see how far you can run!"
"Hey! Green Lantern! Wrong set, aren't you? Gotham City is next door!"
Spider-Man's voice rang out just in time. Using the momentum from his web-slinging, he shot towards Green Goblin like a red and blue cannonball.
Boom!
Green Goblin's glider was violently knocked askew by the immense force, scraping past a load-bearing pillar of the exhibition hall and leaving a charred black scratch on the thick wall.
William dived to the ground, narrowly dodging the flying debris, and looked back, his heart pounding.
"Little bug..." Green Goblin stabilized himself in the air, his gaze shifting to Spider-Man, the madness in his voice replaced by a chilling hatred.
Spider-Man landed on a nearby lamppost, striking his classic combat pose.
"Dude, your taste is terrible. This green bodysuit would be more classic with a purple hat. Oh, you don't have a hat. Never mind then."
"You're asking for death!"
Green Goblin was completely enraged. He pulled out another pumpkin bomb from behind him with a backhand, and threw it at Spider-Man with a sinister laugh.
Spider-Man nimbly leaped up, swung away with his webs, and the pumpkin bomb exploded on the lamppost, snapping the dozens-of-meters-high pillar in half.
The two arch-enemies thus tangled in mid-air, one as agile as the wind, the other as eerie as lightning. For a time, neither could gain an advantage over the other.
William seized the opportunity to cower behind a broken equipment model.
He almost died!
Meanwhile, in the other part of the sky, the battle had also entered a white-hot stage.
"Jarvis, report battle damage! And make a note for me: no one wearing green or bodysuits is allowed at my parties ever again!"
Tony Stark weaved through the drone swarm, his shoulder-mounted micro-missile launchers continuously firing, blowing up one drone after another mid-air.
His armor was already covered in scratches and scorched marks, and his energy readings were steadily declining.
These Hammer Industries junk drones, individually, were just targets, but dozens of them attacking relentlessly, combined with Ivan Vanko's tricky control, left him scrambling.
"Sir, seventeen drones remaining. Your Arc Reactor energy is at fifty-two percent."
Jarvis reported calmly.
"That's enough!"
Tony's eyes flashed with brilliance. He sharply pulled up, performed a graceful flip in the air, and the unibeam cannon on his chest suddenly lit up!
Buzz—!
A thick beam of energy swept out, like God's cutting knife, instantly slicing five or six drones lined up in a row into two halves!
"Well done!"
Tony whistled, ready to press on and clear the area completely.
Suddenly, a massive figure, enveloped in dazzling electric light and the roar of tearing air, descended from the sky.
Two long energy whips, shimmering with blue electrical arcs, lashed out like venomous snakes, striking towards his back!
Tony's combat instincts made him sharply dodge. The energy whips grazed the edge of his armor, leaving two bone-deep, molten-looking scars on the metal plating.
Tony broke out in a cold sweat. He stabilized himself and looked back.
He saw Ivan Vanko, wearing armor comparable in size to the iron monger, descending from high above.
The two long energy whips in his hands whirled and danced around him, emitting terrifying crackling sounds.
"My show, Tony Stark, is only just beginning now."
Ivan Vanko's voice was hoarse and venomous, filled with hatred.
"Oh, shit..."
Tony looked at Vanko, then at Green Goblin, who was fiercely battling Spider-Man not far away, and felt his blood pressure soaring.
The situation, in that instant, became incredibly clear, and incredibly chaotic.
Iron Man confronted the son of vengeance wielding energy whips—Whiplash.
Spider-Man entangled the mad scientist on a glider—Green Goblin.
The skies above the entire Stark Expo became a battleground for four superhumans.
Energy beams, missiles, webs, pumpkin bombs, electric whips... various attacks intertwined, explosions echoing one after another, transforming the night sky into a war zone.
William huddled in a corner, watching this epic free-for-all, completely stunned.
He was no longer thinking about how to escape, but about deeper issues.
Could it be that my tiny butterfly wings flapped once, and as a result, the entire Marvel Universe plot turned into a chaotic stew?
William fell into contemplation.
"Villain Team Building Accidental Injury Insurance"?
"Hero Two-on-Two Mixed Doubles Insurance"?
The market prospects seem vast...
Just as he was lost in thought, the battle in the sky changed again.
Green Goblin had clearly lost patience with the troublesome Spider-Man. He let out a shriek, sharply ascended, and broke free from Spider-Man's entanglement.
"Little bug, game over!"
He shot into the sky like a green meteor, hovering directly above the iconic giant globe model in the center of the Expo.
"Hehehe... let's play something bigger!"
Green Goblin spread his arms, and several red-glowing devices ejected from beneath his glider, firmly attaching to the framework of the globe model.
Those weren't bombs! They were miniature thrusters!
"Oh no!" Spider-Man's spider-sense screamed, and he immediately realized what the other party intended to do.
Buzz—!
Several thrusters ignited simultaneously. The massive globe model groaned under the strain, beginning to slowly rotate and detach from its base!
Green Goblin, like a conductor, guided the tens-of-tons steel globe with his glider, steering it towards the main plaza where the crowd was densest below.
Although its movement wasn't fast, its massive coverage would create maximum panic and destruction.
The commotion on the ground, which had just calmed down, erupted again, desperate screams tearing through the air.
Iron Man also saw the crisis on the ground.
"Stark!"
Whiplash's energy whips, like maggots to bone, tightly wrapped around one of Iron Man's legs and an arm, dragging him towards the ground.
"Look at me! I am your opponent! You will watch all of this be destroyed for your father's sins!"
"Get lost!"
Tony roared, his armor at full power, trying to break free, but Whiplash's armor clung to him, and the two, like grappling Beasts, fell towards the ground together.
Spider-Man had already exerted all his strength.
He shot dozens of webs, sticking them to the globe, his feet firmly braced against the exterior wall of a building, all his muscles tensed, trying to pull it to a stop.
"Stop it... stop it!!!"
The webs creaked, stretched almost to their limit. The giant globe only slightly deviated from its course, its speed not slowing in the slightest.
Green Goblin circled in the air, admiring his masterpiece, emitting a maniacal laugh.
Everything seemed to be falling into despair.
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