Bab 41: The Mafia’s Ambush
Hearing the sound behind him, the figure in the dark quickly reached for the gun holstered at his waist.
But in the next moment, a strand of white webbing suddenly appeared, sticking to his gun and flinging it away.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, no need to get so trigger-happy. Calm down, can't we just have a nice chat?"
The voice sounded again. The man didn't even need to turn around; just from that web, he knew who he was dealing with.
"Spider-Man? What are you doing here?"
As he spoke, his hand stealthily reached for the phone in his pocket. He intended to dial his boss blindly; as long as he could get the message out about Spider-Man's presence, it would be a significant accomplishment.
Unfortunately, even in the darkness, such small movements were as obvious as lice on a bald head to Su Ye's super vision.
Swish!
Another strand of web shot out, pinning the man's hand to his crotch. Then, Su Ye leapt down from above, kicking the man hard.
"If you're not going to cooperate, you leave me no choice!"
Bang! The man was sent flying, tumbling off the rooftop, free-falling from hundreds of meters up.
"No! Help! Don't kill me! I'll tell you everything I know! Re-re-really..."
"What? I can't hear you!" Su Ye leaned casually on the edge of the rooftop, letting the man plummet. His voice was distorted by the wind, but Su Ye acted indifferent.
After the man had fallen dozens of meters, clearly having wet his pants, Su Ye finally shot out a web, pulling him back and hanging him to dry on a nearby lightning rod.
"Hey, man, did you have watermelon or beer tonight? That's quite a lot!"
Su Ye covered his nose, shouting from a distance, "Now, tell me everything you know. I promise, you won't want to go through that again."
The man wasn't exactly strong-willed. After a free-fall outside the building, he quickly spilled everything he knew to save his life.
Including an address and part of the operation plan.
He was just a lookout and didn't know much, but for Su Ye, it was enough.
"Kingpin, the Yakuza, and the Mafia, three organizations teaming up against Harry. That's quite the lineup. What did Harry do? Sleep with Kingpin's girlfriend?"
Su Ye muttered sarcastically as he headed toward the address he'd just gotten. Spider-Man's way of traveling wasn't as fast as Harry's, but he wasn't in a rush.
Harry wasn't made of paper; he could hold out for a while. Besides, Su Ye didn't plan to show up on the battlefield right away.
Adding the cherry on top is never as valuable as providing help in desperate times, and Su Ye could be far more effective in the shadows.
At an abandoned steel mill on the outskirts, the Mafia was loading a truck.
Their leaders were the Lankhoff brothers: the elder, Vladimir, and the younger, Anatoly.
A few years ago, they committed crimes in Russia and were caught, but later escaped and fled to the U.S., starting their mafia careers.
Every mafia boss might have a bitter past and stories they'd rather not mention. The Lankhoff brothers were no exception, but Su Ye didn't care.
Once they started trafficking people, everything about their past became irrelevant. No tragedy justified their crimes against innocent women.
By now, the Mafia had been loading the truck for a while. To stall for the arrival of the Green Goblin, they even unloaded and reloaded the goods under some pretense, finally waiting Harry out.
From a distance, when they saw a green glow approaching, the Lankhoff brothers' faces lit up with sinister grins.
"The guest is here. Get ready!"
At their command, dozens of hidden underlings in the dark perimeter raised their weapons, aiming at the green light in the sky.
The green light moved fast and quickly arrived above the abandoned factory. But before it could steady, dozens of guns below unleashed a torrent of bullets.
Each of the Lankhoff brothers wielded a grenade launcher, firing two grenades with long fiery tails straight at the green light.
Rat-a-tat-tat! Boom!
Under the barrage of bullets and grenades, the flying device within the green light was obliterated, exploding mid-air like fireworks and scattering debris everywhere.
"Yeah! Success!"
The crowd cheered. The glider was destroyed, and the Green Goblin was surely dead. Under such intense firepower, even Iron Man couldn't survive, right?
"The follow-up plans those guys made are unnecessary. We've completed the mission ahead of schedule!"
The Lankhoff brothers exchanged a look, both wearing uncontrollable smiles.
"Brother! We did it!"
"Brother! We're the best!"
With the Green Goblin taken down, their Mafia's reputation would surely soar. Maybe they wouldn't have to stay under Kingpin's thumb anymore, taking orders from his secretary.
As they dreamed of their bright future, several pumpkin-shaped metal spheres suddenly fell from the sky, their red lights blinking ominously.
"What's that... oh no!"
By the time they realized something was wrong and tried to dodge, it was too late. Fire erupted, and explosions rang out.
It was hard to believe that pumpkins no larger than fists could unleash such power. After a few explosions, nearly half of the gunmen were down.
Before they could catch their breath, a buzzing sound filled the air. More glowing pumpkins zipped through the darkness like insects with vibrating wings.
Wherever they passed, screams followed, and another half of the gunmen fell.
After two rounds, only a dozen gunmen remained, and the Mafia still hadn't located their enemy.
"Didn't we already blow him up? What's going on? Where's this attack coming from?"
The Lankhoff brothers shouted from behind cover. Their earlier hopeful smiles were gone, replaced by pure rage.
How was the Green Goblin still active? Could he have survived the earlier explosion?
On the factory rooftop, Harry hid in the shadows, his face full of relief.
Fortunately, he was cautious enough to jump off his glider from a distance and control it remotely to scout ahead. Otherwise, even if he hadn't been shot down, falling into that trap would've made escaping nearly impossible.
The Mafia's relocation was truly a trap. Those strategists back at Operations were useless—Su Ye alone was more reliable. When he got back, he'd fire them all!
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