American Comics: The Girl Next Door is Spider-Gwen

Chapter 58: Felicia - Mom, I'm Not a Little Girl Anymore



Ye Li looked toward Felicia's house and asked, "That window over there, is it your room?"

Felicia hesitated.

Her father was arrested and imprisoned, how could she...

"Felicia?" Ye Li called out again.

"Yes, Li..."

Blushing, Felicia made up her mind, "That's my room..."

This was all to pay back the money; her parents wouldn't blame her for it...

…..

Bang, bang, bang!

"Felicia, are you smashing things? I heard noises like you're throwing a tantrum..."

Vanna, with a worried expression, came to her daughter's locked bedroom door and gently tried to console her.

"I know your father's situation has upset you a lot, but don't blame him, he..."

Felicia hadn't said a word since returning home.

She went straight to her room, locked the door, and said nothing, though the sounds of things being smashed came from inside...

Vanna knew her daughter was angry at her father.

Once a shining star at school, her father had suddenly become a thief.

For a girl at the age of peak vanity, this was a severe blow.

"...Mom... wait a second..." Felicia murmured softly, clutching a collar in her hand.

The sounds of smashing in the room came to a halt.

A hoarse young girl's voice came from inside, "Mom... I'm fine... you don't need to worry about me..."

"Felicia, are you behind the door?"

Vanna imagined her daughter leaning against the door, crying sadly, her eyes vacant.

She couldn't help but ask worriedly, "My daughter, your voice... have you been crying?

Don't cry too hard; it's not good for your health... we can find a way to handle your father's situation..."

"No, Mom... I'm not crying, I'm not a little girl anymore..." came the trembling voice from the room.

"Felicia, Mom knows you're sad, but don't be too upset..."

The more Vanna thought about it, the more her heart ached; her daughter was being forced to grow up because of her husband's situation...

…..

A mechanical tentacle grabbed a police car and hurled it fiercely at several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

The immense force struck one of them so hard they coughed up blood and collapsed, their condition unknown.

Otto Gunther Octavius, also known as "Doctor Octopus."

The four mechanical arms he invented possessed incredible strength, and due to an experimental accident, they fused with him, allowing him to control them at will.

If it weren't for the electromagnetic pulse device deployed earlier by a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.

Otto would have already escaped with the Black Cat.

But now, no one could stop him.

"Who are you? Why are you grabbing me?"

Walter, about to be taken away by this strange man with mechanical limbs, was becoming anxious.

As a seasoned thief who had roamed the underworld for years.

He knew well that falling into the hands of certain people could be worse than being caught by the police.

"Hmph~!"

Otto let out a cold snort, ignoring Walter's words.

If it weren't for the research funding from Kingpin, these messy affairs wouldn't concern him in the slightest!

[Commander, he's about to escape!]

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent pressed the communicator: [Has backup arrived yet?]

A response quickly came from the other side, with just one word—[Arrived.]

Arrived?

The agent was briefly stunned.

Then an oval-headed arrow streaked through the air, precisely hitting the mechanical arm holding the Black Cat—

The arrowhead flashed red a few times.

That mechanical arm suddenly emitted sparks, its light dimmed, and the entire arm went limp on the ground.

Freed from the mechanical claw, the Black Cat quickly seized the opportunity and bolted.

Otto hurriedly reached out with another mechanical arm (the other two were being used for locomotion) to grab her.

But another arrow came flying straight at him, forcing him to defend first.

The mechanical claws possessed high computational capabilities.

With auto-targeting, a beam of light was fired, aiming to cut down the approaching arrow.

However, the arrow, at such close range, exploded upon impact!

Boom—!!

When the smoke cleared.

A disheveled Otto found that the Black Cat had already put considerable distance between them.

He grew furious, scanning the surroundings, "Damn it! Who is it—!"

Hawkeye ignored Otto's enraged outburst and, seeing the Black Cat about to escape, alerted the action team to intercept him—

[The target is at roughly 4 o'clock, estimated to reach your position in five minutes. Capture him and retreat immediately; I'll hold off the enemy.]

At this moment, Otto spotted Hawkeye's location. He raised a mechanical arm and fired beams of light at him in rapid succession!

Biubiubiu~

The beams scattered clouds of dust.

Hawkeye rolled on the ground, using the momentum to evade the attack, and fired back several multifunctional arrows.

Otto had no intention of wasting time tangling with Hawkeye.

However, the wide variety of tricky arrows proved too troublesome for him to completely ignore.

"Annoying pest! I'll kill you first!"

The previously disabled mechanical arm had just regained functionality.

The four mechanical arms moved swiftly, closing the distance to Hawkeye.


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