Chapter 8 First Blood
With Yang Le's appearance, the Jewelry Store fell into silence.
"Ah!" Seeing Yang Le's Transformation into Swampfire, the crowd screamed. Betty, who was standing closest, even passed out.
"What are you!" Herman looked at Yang Le, who was grabbing his right hand, in horror. In desperation, he directly activated the Gauntlet.
"You..." "Bang!" Yang Le was just about to answer when he was blasted into pieces by the Shockwave released by the Gauntlet. Due to the close range of the Shockwave release, Herman was also sent flying out.
Along with the crashing sound of shattered glass, Herman smashed through the glass display case and landed in the Counter.
"Damn it!" Herman struggled to get up, enduring the pain all over his body. Many glass shards were stuck in him, making him look miserable.
"At least I solved that Monster." Herman comforted himself. However, before he could get up, a pair of thick green vines stood in front of him.
"You can call me Swampfire, Criminal." Yang Le looked down at the dumbfounded Herman condescendingly.
"Mon...Monster!" Herman looked at Yang Le, who had just been blasted into pieces by him, standing in front of him intact. If it weren't for the pain in his body and the blood flowing out, he would have thought it was all an illusion.
"Die! You Monster!" Panicked, Herman activated the Gauntlet on his hand again. Perhaps because the Energy was about to run out, this time the Shockwave released only shattered Yang Le's upper Body.
However, all of this was in vain. Before Herman could put down his hand, Yang Le's upper Body had already been reconstructed.
"This thing is useless against me." Yang Le stretched out his hand, wanting to grab Herman sitting on the ground.
"Ahhhhh!" Herman completely lost his mind, constantly firing Shockwaves.
Yang Le's Body was shattered and reconstructed again and again, until Herman's Gauntlet ran out of Energy.
"Nightmare! This must be a nightmare!" Herman murmured softly, as if he had gone mad, staring blankly at Yang Le who had once again reconstructed himself in front of him.
'You're right, but this is Swampfire.' Yang Le looked at Herman, who had lost his will to fight, feeling bored. He stretched out his right hand and turned it into several thick Vines, tying him up.
"So ladies and gentlemen, you are fre... oh, never mind." Yang Le turned around, intending to announce to the crowd that they were free, only to find that no one was there behind him. They had probably all escaped while he and Herman were fighting.
--- separation line ---
"So you're saying, a Humanoid Plant about 7 feet tall fought with the Criminal, and you escaped while they were fighting?" Sheriff George looked at Betty with suspicion, who was still shivering even wrapped in a blanket.
'What's wrong with this World? First, there was an escapee carrying a weapon of mass destruction made from Garbage in Prison, and then a Plant Monster came along?' George couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
But George had no choice but to believe it, after all, all the Hostages who escaped said the same thing.
"Sheriff George, all the Hostages should have escaped." A Police officer ran to George and said.
"Good! Get ready, we're going in!" George regained his thoughts and looked at the Police officer who reported to him with firm eyes.
"Yes! Sir!"
"Very good! Prepare to attack!" George took out his Gun and took the lead towards the Jewelry Store.
However, when the Police cautiously walked into the Jewelry Store, they only found a mess and Herman, who was tied up and lying on the ground, mentally distraught.
"There's no Plant Monster at all." One of the Police officers muttered in a low voice, but his tone seemed to have a hint of relief.
George, on the other hand, looked at the Plant fragments on the ground in silence.
Yang Le walked lightly on the way Home. If he didn't care about other people's gazes, he might have jumped up.
"Energy charged to 56%, one step closer to Unlock the next stage of Alien Hero." The corners of Yang Le's mouth couldn't help but rise. Today was simply his lucky day. Not only did he meet Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, but he also obtained a lot of Energy at once.
Yang Le knew that Herman was like a drop of water falling into a hot oil pan. This was the law of the American Comics Universe. Once the peace was broken, countless troubles would follow. He also needed to prepare for the upcoming battles.
'The escapee just now, should be Shocker?' Yang Le recalled Herman's characteristics. The Gauntlet that could release Shockwaves was too Symbol-ic.
'Looking at the Prison uniform on him, he probably just escaped from Prison. Then this should be his debut.' Yang Le remembered that Shocker was originally a ordinary Lock-picking Thief. After being caught and imprisoned, he studied hard, and then used the Knowledge he learned in Prison to make a Weapon that could fire Shockwaves and successfully escaped from Prison.
"Knowledge is Strength!" Yang Le sighed at how Knowledge changes fate, and also sighed at the teaching staff of American Comics Prison.
Even Criminals know how to arm themselves with Knowledge, but he spends all day idling around (referring to patrolling). Yang Le felt very ashamed.
"Sure enough, the Sewer is suitable for Rats." After being ashamed for a second, Yang Le drilled into the Sewer.
The righteous Hero returned to his warm and humid Home, while the evil villain huddled in the cold Prison.
Herman fell back into Prison again. He felt utterly dejected. Originally, Herman's greatest pride was his stable spirit. Even when he was arrested for the first time, he was not panicked, but now he was a little mentally spiritless.
Everything he had planned was ruined. After this Prison break, the Police would definitely be on guard against him. It would be as difficult as climbing to the sky to escape again.
"Herman, someone wants to see you." Just when Herman was utterly dejected, the Prison Guard knocked on his Prison Door.
"Who is it?" Herman asked softly. He felt very strange. Not to mention that it was already past Visitation time, based on his performance, it was impossible for him to get a Visitation opportunity.
However, the Prison Guard did not answer his question, but just opened the Prison Door and looked at him coldly.
"Okay, then let me see, who is the influential person who wants to see me." Herman cheered up. He felt that he might be leaving here soon.