"Ghost-Spider?"
Melinda's expression brightened slightly, and she immediately explained the situation to the newly arrived Gwen.
Although she felt that Ghost-Spider might not be able to save many people, saving even a few more was still good.
"So that's how it is..."
Gwen quickly grasped the situation, knowing that time was of the essence. With a swoosh, she leaped back into a nearby shadow.
She reappeared.
This time, she emerged from a different shadow in the distance.
Ability: Shadow Traversal.
After some training, Gwen had become quite proficient in using this ability.
Leaping from the shadow, her suit's wrist launchers fired webs, and the tips of the four mechanical spider-arms on her back also shot webs, instantly sticking to a total of six civilians.
"What is she trying to do?"
Melinda and the rescue workers were puzzled by Gwen's actions.
Was she planning to escape with all six of them at once?
"What is Ghost-Spider trying to do?"
The civilians all had the same thought.
"Obviously, Ghost-Spider is saving people!"
"But can she carry so many people at once?"
"The more she takes, the more she saves! Don't you want to live? That glowing giant monster looks like it's about to explode!"
"I know she's eager to save people, but isn't she being too greedy? She's escaping even slower than I would on a bike..."
While the civilians ran and discussed among themselves...
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Whoosh whoosh—
Whoosh—
"Ahhh! Help!"
"Why are you throwing me?!"
"Help!"
"I don't want to die! Mom!"
Gwen, using both her hands and mechanical spider-arms, lightly tossed the six civilians toward the side wall of a building.
This action immediately caused an uproar among the onlookers—
"Oh my god! What is she doing?!"
"Aren't they going to fall to their deaths?!"
"Did Ghost-Spider mess up?"
"But she clearly did that on purpose!"
"Impossible! My goddess is so gentle! She would never do this! It can't be true!"
"That must be an imposter pretending to be Ghost-Spider!"
"That's right! Some villain must be trying to frame her!"
Ghost-Spider's fans in the crowd couldn't accept such a bizarre action from her!
However, some die-hard fans shouted—
"Ghost-Spider must have a reason for doing this!"
"Yeah, right!"
A punk covered in metal piercings, who clearly wasn't the brightest, retorted, "I think this b*h has gone crazy!!"
"What did you say?"
"You're asking for a beating!"
Several muscular fans weren't having it, and one of them even punched the punk while running away!—
"Ow!"
…..
The noise from the crowd seemed to come all at once, but in reality, only a few seconds had passed.
The six people Gwen had thrown now reached the shadow-covered wall.
Pop~ Pop~ Pop~
The shadows rippled like water, and one by one, they were swallowed inside.
In no time, they had all vanished...
"What just happened?"
"Where'd the people go?"
The crowd was stunned.
"I got it... Seeing her new shadow-travel ability, I should've guessed!"
May realized what was happening and exclaimed in surprise,
"I didn't expect she could teleport others through shadows too. With this ability, so many more people can be saved!"
…..
Elsewhere.
Ghost-Spider Club.
Suddenly—
"Ahhhhhh!!"
In the shadowy corner behind the bar, someone screamed as they flew out of a shadow———
Peter reacted quickly and caught the man mid-air...
"Hey, buddy, where did you come from?"
"Ahhh! Ah… huh?"
The man, mid-scream, paused and opened his eyes. "Huh? I'm not dead?"
"Peter! There's more!"
Ned pointed at the shadow, where several more people were flying out one after another—
"What?"
Peter was overwhelmed, struggling to catch them all.
In the end, he simply had the club members bring out some safety cushions and place them where the people were landing.
Thud~ Thud~ Thud~
One by one, people were thrown out from the shadow.
Once they calmed down and spoke with the club members to understand what had happened…
They all expressed their gratitude to Ghost-Spider!
Some even signed up as club members on the spot.
Becoming new members of the club!
…..
"This is the place."
Using the gemstone sensor on his wristband…
Ye Li easily found the location where Jane had disappeared. Finally, he was about to obtain a gemstone on his own.
Uh… something doesn't seem right…
It seemed like he'd have to retrieve it from Jane...
In a certain sense…
It was still a girl who helped him get it…
"This is the place?"
Ian stared blankly at the empty corridor. Other than scattered fallen leaves, what else was there?
"Is your brother really that amazing?"
"Yep!"
Meanwhile…
Matilda was chatting cheerfully with the three ten-year-olds. She pulled out a lady's cigarette and handed it to the girl closest to her, "Smoke one~"
"Uh…"
The little girl froze. Was this really happening? So... she's that streetwise already...?