"Bang!"
Several tentacles kept waving, and Green Goblin made a careless mistake while maneuvering, causing one tentacle to directly pierce through the side of his Goblin Glider.
Seeing the Goblin's error, the remaining tentacles instantly turned into spikes, aiming to pierce through the his body or his flying device.
"Damn it!" Green Goblin, seeing this, quickly stretched his height and threw out several pumpkin bombs as cover.
Furthermore, to prevent Maverick from intervening, he even emptied all the pumpkin bombs from his waist bag while flying upwards, intending to use these bombs to stop Maverick from obstructing him.
*Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!*
There were about six or seven bombs in total. As the Ghost threw them out, they emitted ear-piercing ticking sounds.
The pumpkin bombs thrown by the Green Goblin just now had a good effect in obstructing the tentacles. When the flames exploded, Venom's tentacles instinctively recoiled.
This also gave the Green Goblin a chance to ascend and throw out the remaining bombs.
As the Green Goblin had anticipated, Maverick indeed didn't have time to stop him. He had to deal with these six or seven remaining bombs because if they exploded here, probably no one, except him, would survive.
Moreover, because of the fiery explosion, Venom would also likely suffer significant injuries.
To prevent such a situation from happening, Maverick had no choice but to change his target, deal with these bombs first, and leave the strange enemy for another time.
He didn't need to worry that the Green Goblin would only pull this stunt once. After all, in New York, a city known for its lively atmosphere, these strange villains popped up every now and then.
Previously, after they appeared, they would always cause trouble and then get caught by Spider-Man and thrown into the police station.
Now with Maverick's intervention, their future days would probably become more difficult. After all, he wouldn't hold back. Whenever there was an opportunity, he would definitely take them down.
Seeing his plan succeed, the Green Goblin chuckled triumphantly. Meanwhile, he flew out from the hole in the ceiling, leaving behind a series of eerie laughter echoing in the venue.
Looking at the scattered pumpkin bombs on the ground, with their ticking becoming increasingly urgent, Maverick couldn't help but click his tongue in secret: 'Damn, this guy is really cunning.'
Maverick didn't dare to waste any time. After realizing the trouble, he immediately reached out to grab the scattered pumpkin bombs on the ground.
Based on his observation just now, these pumpkin bombs had a countdown of five seconds from the start to the explosion, and one second had already passed.
At this moment, the world seemed to slow down, and the urgent ticking sound began to slow down as well.
He shot out several strands of webbing with his hands, grabbing the scattered bombs on the ground, while Venom controlled the tentacles to grab the remaining bombs.
With the countdown at four seconds, all the pumpkin bombs were stuck together by the webbing and gathered in Maverick's hands.
With the countdown at three seconds, Maverick concentrated the pumpkin bombs in his right hand, preparing to throw them out towards the hole in the ceiling.
In the second countdown, Maverick exerted force to throw out all the gathered pumpkin bombs, allowing them to fly out of the venue through the hole in the ceiling.
As the countdown reached the last second, the pumpkin bombs flew through the air, getting farther and farther away from the venue.
When the countdown reached zero, the pumpkin bombs began to expand and erupted with a huge burst of fire and heat.
The shattered ceiling trembled again because of this explosion, causing concern that the entire ceiling might collapse.
This impact was even greater than the previous one. The ceiling even began to make cracking sounds, and cracks appeared along the hole.
People in the venue screamed and scrambled to hide against the walls. When they focused their gaze back to the center of the venue, the black figure that had stood there had disappeared, and nobody knew where it had gone.
In a secluded corner of the exhibition hall, Felicia slowly opened her eyes.
Looking at the familiar ceiling and the hole, she suddenly woke up and quickly hugged Maverick's arm beside her. She had been leaning on him, so subconsciously, she sought safety.
"Don't be afraid, Felicia. That weirdo is gone. We're safe now," Maverick's voice came from beside her, gentle but reassuring.
Felicia calmed down at his words, then noticed that indeed the weirdo was no longer in the venue. Medical personnel were carrying stretchers to transport the injured and the unfortunate victims, while many police officers were frowning as they surveyed the situation in the venue.
"That scared me," Felicia breathed a sigh of relief, lightly touching her chest. Then she turned to Maverick with some confusion and asked, "How did I pass out just now?"
Maverick, still trembling from the experience, said, "Just now, a piece of stone fell from the ceiling, and then a piece of wood bounced up and hit you. That's when you passed out."
"I was scared too. But I'm glad you're okay. Otherwise, I would have felt guilty for the rest of my life," Maverick said anxiously.
Felicia, looking at Maverick's worried expression, reassured him, "It's not your fault, Maverick. If it weren't for you leading me away from the center of the venue earlier, I might have been in danger."
"Thank you," Felicia said sincerely, biting her lip, expressing her gratitude to Maverick.
Hearing Felicia's gratitude, Maverick couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
In fact, the explanation about the stone falling and hitting the wood, which then hit her, was completely fabricated by him.
The truth was that Maverick wanted to stop the weirdo called the Goblin, but he couldn't act because Felicia was beside him. So he secretly extended Venom and knocked Felicia unconscious from behind.
Although it was all done with finesse, there was still some pain involved. Maverick felt a bit guilty and remorseful about it, but given the situation at the time, he couldn't think of a better solution.
After Felicia woke up, they stayed in the venue for a while before leaving because the police needed to ask them about what had just happened and make a simple record.
On the way back to drop off Maverick, Felicia also recounted her feelings from just now, still feeling a bit shaken.
But now that everything was resolved, besides fear, there was also a sense of novelty and surprise in retrospect.
"I really don't understand why there are always these strange people in New York City," Felicia commented with a hint of frustration as she drove.
Today, that Goblin was clearly just a robber, but he insisted on wearing bizarre clothes, using strange equipment, and giving himself a strange nickname.
Maverick shrugged at her words, looking out the window at the scenery flying by and said softly, "Maybe it's because the world itself is strange, so there are so many strange people."
"You're sounding strange too," Felicia teased, laughing.
Maverick turned his head, winked, and chuckled, "Maybe I got infected by that weirdo today. Haha."
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