"You've gone too far!"
When Peter saw MJ get hurt, he instantly forgot about Tom. His mind was filled only with concern for MJ — was she seriously injured?
He hurriedly wanted to take MJ to the infirmary. What if something bad happened?
But just as he took a few steps toward MJ, Tom blocked his way again.
"So what if I went too far?"
Tom, completely unaware that he had already angered the future Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, wore an extremely punchable expression.
He leaned his face toward Peter, repeatedly poking one side of his face with his finger, and mocked, "Didn't you get Blaine to beat me up? Now I'm giving you a chance to hit me yourself. Come on! Right here! Hit me!"
"Hurry up, coward!" Peter stared at Tom in front of him.
He clenched his fists.
His eyes turned a little dangerous.
This guy had completely enraged him — and it wasn't just ordinary anger.
You can insult me, you can bully me, but you cannot hurt MJ!
"I've never seen anyone make such a weird request!" Peter roared and punched Tom hard in the face.
Tom didn't even have time to react.
The moment Peter's fist connected with his face—
Tom's once-handsome face twisted grotesquely. In the next second, it was as if he had been hit by a speeding truck — his whole body flew across the corridor and smashed hard into the lockers on the opposite wall.
BANG!!!
A deafening crash rang out, and the entire row of lockers trembled.
Even though Peter had been mentally prepared, he was still startled by the sheer power of his punch.
Whoa, his strength had gotten even stronger.
And if Peter was shocked, the onlooking students were even more stunned.
"Oh, shit, when did Peter get so strong?"
"That damn Tom got what he deserved again — it feels so good!"
"Did Blaine teach Peter? I wanna learn too!"
"Tom totally deserved it — picking fights twice in a row, and this time he even pushed MJ!"
At that moment, the surrounding students' emotions could be summed up in two ways:
Schadenfreude.
And amazement.
Oh, and wanting to learn.
No one was really concerned about how Tom was doing — it was obvious at a glance how much everyone hated him.
The noisy chatter around snapped Peter back to reality. He immediately rushed over to MJ, who was still sitting on the floor, looking at him in shock.
Meanwhile, Tom hadn't passed out right away, but his vision was filled with stars. Through the blur, he saw Peter walking toward him and thought he was coming to finish him off.
Terrified, he burst into tears.
"Don't hit me! Please, don't hit me again! Please, Peter, I'm sorry—" Tom was completely wrecked.
He had never imagined that skinny, seemingly weak Peter could actually punch him flying like that.
He had picked the wrong opponent — twice.
Dear God, is this even fair?! Is this even playable?!
The more he thought about it, the more miserable he felt. Eventually, crying harder and harder, Tom dramatically fainted once again.
Peter, from beginning to end, didn't spare him another glance. Instead, he quickly helped MJ up and said, "MJ, come on, let's get you to the infirmary!"
MJ was still dazed and couldn't find words.
Seeing Peter — skinny Peter — send a 6-foot-tall muscular Tom flying with a single punch... the shock of witnessing that up close was indescribable.
After taking MJ to the infirmary, they found out it was just a mild sprain — some icing and a bit of rest would be enough. Peter finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Later, the teachers called Peter and Tom in for questioning.
Tom turned out fine, just had an incredibly swollen face.
After a series of discussions, the final decision, naturally, was that Tom was severely punished — he was expelled from school, permanently banned from re-enrollment.
After all, Peter was a super genius student!
Between a school bully and a genius, the school obviously knew who to protect.
Meanwhile, back at home, Blaine had spent the whole day playing video games.
The sky was gradually getting dark.
Blaine rubbed his stomach.
He wasn't super hungry, but figured he could use a little something to eat.
Ordering delivery felt wasteful, and he probably wouldn't finish it anyway.
Better to just go out and grab some bread.
After casually getting dressed, Blaine headed out.
Unexpectedly, he ran into Peter at the convenience store — Peter was shopping too, though Blaine was buying bread, while Peter was buying eggs.
"Peter!" Blaine reached out, intending to pat Peter on the shoulder.
However, just as he moved, Peter, who was picking eggs, reacted as if he had eyes in the back of his head. In a flash, he raised his hand and blocked Blaine's touch with lightning-fast reflexes.
But when he realized it was Blaine behind him, Peter immediately gave an embarrassed laugh.
"Ah, it's just you, Blaine."
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