#69 - clue
“I really didn't expect them to be so bold,” Gwen said with disbelief while applying medicine to Yang Le.
“To actually launch an attack in the middle of the street.”
“They probably wanted to play a blitzkrieg, trying to catch me off guard and defeat me in one blow. Fortunately, the Omnitrix has an emergency function, or they might have really succeeded.”
Yang Le sat bare-chested on the chair, Gwen holding a palm-sized spray, spraying it on Yang Le's back. His back was a bit bruised, caused by the new Rhino's sneak attack.
“Okay, all done.” Gwen sprayed the last bruise, announcing the end of the treatment.
“Thanks.” Yang Le thanked her, stretching his back, not putting on his clothes, waiting for the medicine to take effect.
“This spray works really well.” Gwen looked at Yang Le's back, the large bruise already fading.
This spray was also one of Little Odd's inventions, of course, not solely Little Odd's credit. Swampfire, as the material supplier, also contributed greatly.
Possibly influenced by the instinct carved into his DNA, Yang Le loves to transform into Swampfire to cultivate various plants and the raw materials for making healing sprays are cultivated by Swampfire, with amazing medicinal effects.
At the same time, Yang Le did not forget his plant plan. Now, not only the Peashooter, but also several other plants have been cultivated with the help of Little Odd.
“That's the effect I wanted.” Yang Le moved his body, and sure enough, the pain was reduced a lot, before he put on his clothes again.
“Next is interrogation time.” Yang Le looked at the unconscious Vulture.
Vulture was lying on the restraint bed that Norman had been on yesterday. Unexpectedly, after sending the Green Goblin home, today came a Vulture.
The restraint bed is in danger of becoming a Marvel villain check-in point.
“I'm losing patience, so I'm going to use some special methods.” Yang Le activated the Omnitrix, selected an alien, and then pressed the transformation button.
White light dissipated, and a slender and tall humanoid alien creature appeared in front of Gwen.
The alien wore a one-piece black tight suit with some white lines on it, and a mask with bat wing decorations on its head. Only the mouth was exposed, the pale skin without a trace of blood, and sharp yellow teeth could be seen when it opened its mouth.
The new alien that Yang Le transformed into gave Gwen a strong sense of déjà vu, and she couldn't help but blurt out.
“Vampire?”
“Almost.” Yang Le glanced at Gwen and swallowed, then quickly looked away.
“To be precise (slurp), it should be called Vladat. (gulp)”
Yang Le was also surprised when he first saw Vladat in the Omnitrix, because the Vladat race had become extinct. In the Ben 10 universe, Ben also scanned the DNA of Transyl, who was revived by Ghostfreak, to get the Vladat DNA.
Logically speaking, Yang Le has not encountered Transyl, so the Omnitrix should not have Vladat DNA.
But Yang Le didn't dwell on it, he used it if he had it, why think so much.
“Vladats have the ability to hypnotize and control others (slurp).” Yang Le wiped his saliva. “I'm going to make this guy spit out everything he knows.”
“Okay.” Gwen nodded, then asked suspiciously.
“Why have you been avoiding looking at me since just now?”
“Nothing (slurp).” Yang Le replied without turning his head.
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“My name is Adrian Toomes, originally an ordinary electronics engineer, working in a company under the Osborn Group.”
Adrian's eyes had no pupils, only constantly rotating circles, and his tone was dull, without a trace of emotion.
“After Osborn Company fired me, I became resentful and, in conjunction with a human experimenter, Aleksei, planned to kidnap Norman Osborn's son at the New York Exposition, but failed.”
“So that incident was your plan.” Gwen looked at Vulture with a complex expression.
The person in front of her can be said to be the culprit for her gaining superpowers. If it wasn't for his plan, she wouldn't have been entangled by Cindy Moon, and Peter wouldn't have been injected with the Lizard formula.
Of course, there are two sides to everything. If she hadn't gained superpowers, her father might have already died in the assassination, and she, as an ordinary person, would probably have been killed as well.
“So, he saved my life in a way.” Gwen said jokingly, although her mood was complicated, Gwen was used to saying some lighthearted words, which she used to comfort herself, but now it has become a habit.
Yang Le didn't respond, now he just wants to drool when he opens his mouth, so he chose to talk less.
“After Aleksei was arrested, I hid, afraid that he would give me up. Just when I was uneasy, Kingpin's people found me.”
Yang Le narrowed his eyes, knowing that the key information was coming.
“Kingpin promised to protect me and let me work for him. I didn't want to agree at first, but he also gave me a sum of money, so I agreed.”
“Why did you attack me?” Yang Le asked.
Adrian shook his head and said, “I don't know. Kingpin only ordered me and the Rhino to kidnap you, without saying why, and I didn't dare to ask.”
“Who are Kingpin's subordinates?”
Adrian was silent for a while, as if he was recalling, and then he opened his mouth.
“The Hand, led by Matt Murdock, and some people like me who have been recruited. I don't know their names very well, only their code names.”
“Go on.” Yang Le raised his eyebrows.
“Me, Shocker, the new Rhino who was still alive before, Scorpion, and one who just joined recently, I don't know the name. I heard others talking about it in the lab, I only know it's a girl.”
“Girl?” Yang Le widened his eyes.
“What's wrong, Harpy?” Gwen looked at Yang Le in confusion. “Is there something wrong?”
“Gwen (slurp), do you remember what Norman said before?” Yang Le habitually looked at Gwen when he spoke, but he only glanced at her and then turned his gaze away.
“Norman said Cindy Moon abandoned him.”
“Are you saying.” Gwen also understood the key after Yang Le reminded her.
Just like they analyzed before, after Cindy abandoned Osborn, if she wants to continue the research on radiated spiders, she must find another next home similar to Osborn Company.
And Kingpin just meets these conditions, the underworld emperor plus the white-collar industrialist, the dual identity makes Kingpin's wealth only more than Norman Osborn.
Moreover, Kingpin is not like Norman Osborn, who is also subject to shareholders, and is stingy with giving funds.
Thinking about it this way, as long as Cindy shows her value, then Kingpin is simply a perfect partner for her.
