Chapter 37

Actually, it wasn't that Doctor Octopus had really learned to be calm and steady; it was just that he himself was now in a very strange state, and couldn't spare the time to deal with Spider-Man.

Spider-Man swung through the air with his spider silk, quickly reaching his destination.

Below, Imir, who had turned into a formless entity, was running hard, as he was still a newly deceased ghost and had not fully developed his abilities. As he ran, he noticed that his two legs were moving faster and faster.

His feet felt somewhat empty, completely unlike the friction from the ground when running in a physical form. Imir looked down and confirmed that, just like in the horror novels from his previous life, ghosts moved by floating.

This way, the pursuit of Spider-Man also became a bit of a novel pastime. Imir tried to make his body float as high as possible, but there seemed to be a limit to how high he could float, only reaching about four or five stories.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't yet mastered his ghostly form, or perhaps his怨念阴力 (negative energy) hadn't accumulated to the next level.

In any case, once he reached a height of about ten meters, no matter how much Imir tried to use his negative energy, he couldn't rise any higher.

Moreover, this floating wasn't really flying, and it didn't significantly increase Imir's speed.

To put it in perspective, if Spider-Man's speed was ten, then a normal person's walking speed would be about one;

Imir's maximum running speed in his physical form could reach about half of Spider-Man's speed, but after becoming a ghost and solving the friction problem, his speed could surge to over eighty percent of Spider-Man's speed.

However, compared to heroes who could fly or had super speed, it was still somewhat lacking. Imir could only hope that as his strength improved in the future, this somewhat useless floating ability would also improve.

But regardless, after developing this ability, Imir no longer needed to use the ugly, desperate running posture. He could simply drift forward with the breeze, which, although he was still invisible, made him feel much more relaxed.

This made Imir's mood much better. After all, he didn't think Spider-Man was a defenseless child. Not feeling rushed, he leisurely followed behind Spider-Man, also testing his floating ability.

For Imir, the city was like his playground. The tall buildings did not hinder his movement, and sometimes he even passed through people's offices.

The office workers who were still working at noon were the ones who suffered, feeling a mysterious cold wind pass by, and those who were directly passed through by Imir had even more noticeable reactions.

It was like someone had poured a bucket of ice water over their heads, but fortunately, the sun was high in the sky in New York, and they quickly recovered.

Imir had no sense of being a ghost; he enjoyed the rare sunbath, strolling behind Spider-Man.

Spider-Man shot a strand of spider silk and swung over a three-story building, then disappeared. It seemed he had reached his destination. Although Imir had the ability to pass through walls, he wasn't an X-Men who could see through them.

He couldn't see what was happening there, so he didn't plan to get too close. He quickly raised his floating height and quietly hovered about ten meters above the ground, watching Spider-Man land on a wall.

Spider-Man was staring at the Rhino, who was robbing a cash transport truck. However, on the roof of the three-story building below Imir, there was a short, fat man wearing sunglasses, carefully observing him.

This man looked familiar to Imir, and he initially thought he was just the leader of a criminal gang, so he didn't plan to interfere.

Maintaining the peace and order of New York and saving the world was a glorious and arduous task, one that should be left to Spider-Man.

He just needed to wait for Spider-Man to deal with these minor criminals, then follow him to find clues about Doctor Lizard, take photos, and get money.

But just as Imir was about to enjoy Spider-Man's action up close, he saw the short man's windbreaker suddenly tear open, and four metal claws like an octopus's tentacles appeared behind him, waving menacingly.

"Doctor Octopus!" Even without in-depth research on the Marvel universe, Imir could still guess the true identity of this short man—Doctor Octopus.

Well, this could only be blamed on movies. He couldn't remember the exact plot of the Spider-Man movies he had seen in his previous life, but he was sure that in all five movies, including the rebooted "The Amazing Spider-Man," there was no such ugly character.

Sometimes, ugliness can be quite memorable.

"Spider-Man, he is my prey..." Doctor Octopus whispered.

Imir floated in front of Doctor Octopus. He knew that this doctor was a tech genius and wouldn't be too sensitive to his existence. The scene he read from Doctor Octopus's sunglasses was not pleasant; Spider-Man was thrown into a subway tunnel like a baseball, and the tunnel's gates were closed.

In short, the situation didn't look good.

Imir floated in the air, stroking his chin, hesitating about whether to save Spider-Man. After all, in this world, there were not just he and Spider-Man with superhuman abilities. He wasn't sure if exposing his identity would affect his sister Kathleen.

Moreover, if he drew the attention of some powerful beings, not only would Kathleen's life be disturbed, but his own safety might also be at risk. If this wasn't a movie world but the Marvel universe, there were still many people with world-destroying abilities.

He was now more curious about who had the power to release these supercriminals from prison and organize them into a group, acting collectively.

Even orderly superheroes had their own personalities and rarely acted in unison, let alone these arrogant and unruly villains.

Doctor Octopus, being a high-level talent, didn't rush to act like Scarecrow or Chameleon but was using a communicator to contact someone behind the scenes.

Imir carefully listened, but the negotiations between Doctor Octopus and the mastermind didn't touch on any core issues, which disappointed him. Imir still didn't understand why the other five super-villains had already started acting, while this most dangerous Doctor Octopus remained calm and composed.

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