American Comics: The Girl Next Door is Spider-Gwen

Gwen immediately shifted her position to the side, retracting the kick she was about to deliver.

She wasn't confident about fighting two opponents at once.

Just when Gwen thought Connors would team up with the Green Goblin to take her down...

Connors suddenly tackled Harry, shouting, "Osborn, you treacherous scum!"

"You…!"

Harry was so angry he nearly spat blood.

Shouldn't you be attacking Spider-Man?

They and the female knight destroyed your device!

Gwen was dumbfounded. "Do all these criminals enjoy fighting among themselves?"

Who should she deal with first?

"Forget it, I'll help Jessica first."

Gwen turned her attention to Jessica and Peter, who were still entangled with Venom—

Webs shot out!

Venom's feet were stuck.

But the symbiote quickly detached, nullifying the effect.

"This monster is really tough to handle."

Seeing that her webs weren't effective, Gwen didn't rush to attack again but instead considered a way to deal with Venom.

"Connors! I know it's you!"

On the other side, Harry, who had also injected the Goblin serum, mustered his strength, pushed Connors away, and spoke persuasively.

 "I know you have many grievances, but none of this was my intention..."

Connors didn't pounce again. Instead, he flicked his tongue and asked, "This is Norman Osborn's Goblin gear. Who are you?"

 "I… I'm…"

Harry hesitated.

The infamy that followed his father's identity being exposed was still fresh in his memory, so he didn't dare reveal his own identity.

So, Harry made up a lie.

"Connors, I'm not one of Osborn's people... there's no need to be so guarded. We can join forces, and I can help you. Of course, in return, you'll need to help me as well…"

"Help me..." Connors turned to look at his launcher, which had been sliced in half.

Harry immediately offered a tempting suggestion, "We can make a new one, and I can take you to a better place to install it."

Connors was tempted...

…..

Gwen, who was observing the fight and thinking of ways to handle Venom, suddenly heard a noise on her left.

She reacted quickly, leaping into the air toward her upper right.

Dodging—

Connors' claw swiped at empty air.

Then she deftly tilted her head.

A whistling sound brushed past her ear.

She narrowly avoided the collision with Harry's Goblin glider.

"Teaming up again? You two are so fickle!"

Gwen quickly shot out her webs to pull away—why was she always the one being ganged up on?

Oh no, something was happening on Gwen's side!

Jessica, seeing that Gwen seemed to be under siege, rushed to assist. "Nerd, hold off this monster for a while! I'm going to help Spider-Woman!"

Peter was on the verge of tears. I'm already getting pounded here.

…..

Gwen found herself under attack from both sides again. This time, she figured, there'd be no Black Spider to save her.

Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat—!

A sudden and continuous burst of gunfire rang out.

It drew the attention of everyone on the rooftop, including the police's surveillance drones.

There was no other reason.

The gunfire sounded like an AK rifle, but it was so continuous it resembled a machine gun.

And along with the gunfire...

Sparks burst from Connors' body as he surrounded Gwen; his scales shattered, and his flesh was ripped apart as his lizard form was forced to retreat.

"Ah—!!"

Connors screamed in agony, his regenerative ability unable to keep up with the relentless barrage of bullets!

"Who is it?"

Gwen followed the trail of metallic fire—

To see at the stairwell entrance of the rooftop...

Ye Li stood there, holding a ridiculously flashy AK rifle, relentlessly firing at Connors!

 "Li?!"

Gwen was both surprised and delighted.

Over here, Jessica also rushed over.

With a few steps and a great leap into the air, she swung her lightsaber at Harry from behind!

Harry barely managed to jump away, rolling to the ground, while his Goblin glider was smashed to pieces.

Before he could get up...

He felt a scorching heat at his neck.

Jessica held the lightsaber to his throat. "A single touch from this, and your head's coming off."

Seeing Jessica's actions, Ye Li muttered to himself: ...Just kill him already, why keep him alive?

He felt that Gwen and Jessica were far too soft-hearted, and that wasn't a good habit.

Maybe it was because of that line he had once ingrained into them when setting up their rookie template—"With great power comes great responsibility."

It had overcorrected their worldview.

This wouldn't do. He needed to steer them back on track.

Ye Li felt it was necessary to set an example and give them a wake-up call!

And so...

He suddenly stopped shooting. "Oops, I'm out of bullets."

Connors' vertical pupils stretched wide—!

After being shot at by Ye Li for so long, his anger and hatred had reached their peak!!

"You're dead meat!!"

Connors suddenly exploded with unprecedented speed—so fast that even Gwen couldn't stop him as he lunged at Ye Li!

"Die!"

The Lizardman's giant green hand came down.

But Ye Li smirked and leaped backward before it could touch him—

Making it look as if the Lizardman had smacked him flying.

And he even flew off the rooftop!

Connors: ??

He looked at his hand in confusion—

Why didn't it feel like anything?

Could the Lizard serum have evolved a new ability, like hitting people from a distance?

"No!!"

"Brother!!"

At that moment, two female voices cried out in alarm simultaneously!

Connors only felt a flash of black, white, and pink streak past him at lightning speed—!

…..

On the other side.

"Get lost!"

Jessica delivered a powerful kick, sending Harry flying—

The force was so great that he flipped several times and spat out a mouthful of blood!

…..

In just a few moments.

Connors suddenly felt a chill behind him.

And then...

There was nothing more.

His green body, was sliced by several glowing blue slashes, turning into chunks of flesh, that splattered at the feet of a pair of small black boots.

Behind him, was a figure exuding a gloomy aura.

The female knight...

Jessica.

Green blood splattered across her metallic mask, leaving a few stains.

…..

In his final moments, Connors had a fleeting moment of clarity.

He realized something.

It wasn't about his lizard experiments.

His final thought was—

"Something dirty! Damn it, I was played!"