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[Kouhei Imamura sighed softly. The next second, he suddenly broke free from the spider silk and charged towards Shinnosuke Nohara.]
["Thump, thump, thump." A tremendous force finally produced a loud thud on the ground.]
Nohara Shinnosuke easily dodged Imamura Kohei's attack by using a slight sway of his spider silk.
"You've fallen for my trap, Spider. I've memorized your scent." Without looking back, Kohei Imamura ran outside, smashing through the gates of the Suzuki Group's biotechnology company.
["Crash!" The glass door shattered upon impact, instantly scattering shards of glass across the road. Along with the door's collapse, the Suzuki Group Biotechnology Company activated its piercing alarm.]
Nohara Shinnosuke hurriedly chased after him, only to see the dark green figure punch a manhole cover, shatter it, and leap down into it.
"Operation failed, target escaped." Shinnosuke Nohara watched Kohei Imamura flee into the sewers, knowing he couldn't catch him. The sewers were a complex maze, and in such a short time, the giant lizard was easily defeated.
"I feel that King isn't Spider-Man's first enemy; it's Kohei Imamura."
Looking at the fleeing Kohei Imamura, Yu Ishigami felt that compared to Kingpin, Kohei Imamura was more like Shinnosuke Nohara's first and greatest enemy, just like Zhuge Cong's enemy Zhuge Stan in the previous light screen.
"That's the same idea as Zhuge Cong organizing Zhuge Stan, and Nohara Shinnosuke trying to stop Imamura Kohei from turning all of humanity into lizards like him."
Shirogane Miyuki looked at the screen and saw Nohara Shinnosuke standing on top of the Suzuki Group Biotechnology Company, looking at the approaching police.
"Shinnosuke Nohara can definitely stop the evil scientist Kohei Imamura, right? Turning into a lizard or something, I absolutely don't want that."
Looking at the image of Kohei Imamura transformed into a lizardman on the light screen, Chika Fujiwara thought that if she were to become a lizardman herself, she might as well die.
"Hello, is this Mr. Kirito?" Upon returning home, Shinnosuke Nohara immediately called Kirito. Judging from Kohei Imamura's demeanor, it seemed his talk of 'benefiting' all of humanity wasn't just empty words.
"Hello, who is this? Kazuto isn't home right now. If it's business, please pass it on to me, and I'll relay it to Kirito." The voice on the other end of the line wasn't the familiar Kirito voice that Shinnosuke Nohara knew, but a woman's voice that sounded completely unfamiliar.
68: Even superheroes have to go to school.
Hearing the unfamiliar female voice, Nohara Shinnosuke fell silent. He didn't know who was on the other end of the phone, but someone who could get hold of Kirigaya Kazuto's phone must be someone close to him.
"Um, my name is Nohara Shinnosuke, I'm 17 years old, a student, and I'm considered Mr. Kirito's partner." Nohara Shinnosuke gave his basic information.
[Meanwhile, Yuuki Asuna, on the other end of the phone, also realized Nohara Shinnosuke's hidden identity after hearing his name.]
"You're the Spider-Man Nohara Shinnosuke that people have mentioned, right? I'm Yuuki Asuna, Kazuto's wife, and a member of the Defenders."
Asuna Yuuki also proactively introduced herself.
"Kazuma, why are you looking at me like that?"
Kiritani Kazuto suddenly felt a scorching gaze fixed on him. Following the gaze, he realized it was none other than Sato Kazuma.
"Ah, it's nothing. I just couldn't believe that you, a guy who's a tiny bit better looking than me, can live like a social butterfly. You're such a jerk."
Kazuma Sato looked at Kazuto Kiritani and said through gritted teeth.
"This guy's defenses have been breached again."
Hachiman Hikigaya shook his head at Kazuma Sato, looking at him with an expression that seemed to say, "How can you be so immature?" But when he looked at his friend, he didn't show the slightest reaction.
"I never expected that Kirito Kazuto and Yuuki Asuna would end up together."
Zhuge Cong said that although he did not experience the series of events in the original SAO death game, Kirito somehow ended up chatting with Asuna Yuuki online, and when they met in person, they discovered that they were classmates.
"I didn't expect that either."
Kirito himself hadn't expected that, even if he and Asuna Yuuki were in love, Asuna Yuuki's parents would do everything in their power to prevent them from being together due to their family circumstances.
"You're the famous Daredevil, how could you possibly not catch up?"
"I don't want someone to be anything."
"This is what Kazuma Sato said quietly from the side."
"I believe in you, Kazuma. You will definitely shine on the screen."
Zhuge Cong looked at Kazuma Sato and said that it would be a loss if someone as talented as Kazuma Sato were not shown on the screen.
Moreover, he was very curious about how this freakish guy, Kazuma Sato, would make his appearance.
"Does 'shining brightly' mean the kind of 'shining brightly' that some big bad guy would tie all over me with colorful little lights and then drop me on the roof where I would sparkle?"
Kazuma Sato didn't believe at all that Zhuge Cong's "shining brightly" meant he could have a good performance.
"That's a good idea, but don't think about it again next time."
Zhuge Cong could only give a thumbs up to Sato Kazuma's idea.
"Eh."
"Oh, I've run into a big problem. Well, it's too late to talk about it over the phone now. I'll wait until I visit you in person tomorrow to discuss it further."
Nohara Shinnosuke felt that talking over the phone was too troublesome, so he thought it would be more convenient to say it in person tomorrow.
"Okay, see you tomorrow. I'll tell them you're coming tomorrow." Asuna Yuuki nodded on the other end of the phone.
"Asuna, who called?" A moment later, Kirito, wearing a bathrobe, emerged from the bathroom and asked. With his heightened senses, he could easily hear Asuna Yuuki making the call.
"It's that new Spider-Man you hired, Nohara Shinnosuke. He said he has something very important to tell you tomorrow," Yuuki Asuna said, looking at Kirito.
"Oh, I see. It just so happens that you haven't met me yet, since I'm a member of the Defenders." Kirigaya Kazuto said, stroking his hair.
"But are you sure you're okay with hiring a high school student?"
[After hearing Yuuki Asuna's question, Kirito stopped using the hairdryer and looked in her direction before slowly speaking.]
"With great power comes great responsibility. Even if he doesn't achieve anything now, I believe that sooner or later he will use his power to do something commensurate with it."
"So, I recruited him to prevent him from being controlled by his power and from using it to harm others. You know, Asuna, there are quite a few people with power; there are all sorts of birds in a big forest."
"I understand what you mean, but he's still a high school student and at that age where he's still in school."
"I know, so there are many things I haven't let him experience; I selectively take him along."
[Kirigaya Kazuto knew that there were some things Nohara Shinnosuke shouldn't be exposed to too early, not because he was afraid Shinnosuke wouldn't be able to handle them, but because he was afraid it would affect Shinnosuke's thinking.]
"By the way, I'll be paying a visit to Zhuge Cong in a few days too."
"Okay, I'll go with you."
[After hanging up the phone, Nohara Shinnosuke grabbed his first-aid kit and prepared to treat his wound.]
"This... doesn't seem to be of much use."
Shinnosuke Nohara awkwardly discovered that the first-aid kit was actually quite useless, because minor injuries didn't need bandaging and almost healed on their own on the way back, and the first-aid kit was also of little use for serious injuries.
"Hey, I'm on the news! Something to remember this time, let me take a screenshot."
[Shin-chan Nohara lay in bed looking at his phone; the trending topic was the news of a theft at Suzuki Biotechnology Co., Ltd.]
"However, it only mentioned the theft and not anything about me and that lizard man. Was it because the surveillance cameras didn't capture it, or was it intentionally concealed?"
Shinnosuke Nohara was a little curious, but curiosity was useless; he needed to sleep now, as he had to get up early tomorrow to be a student.
"Even superheroes have to go to school, how pathetic," thought Nohara Shinnosuke, lying in bed, before quickly drifting off to sleep.
Inside the sewers, Kohei Imamura was conducting an experiment on a lab bench. The equipment used was the very same batch of equipment that Suzuki Biotechnology had previously lost.
"Soon, I will lead all of humanity in a glorious evolution."
Kohei Imamura looked at the canister of green gas in his hand, then at the photograph on the wall. It was his envisioned launch site: the rooftop of Suzuki Biotechnology Corporation. Deploying it there would be enough to provide the entire city with the gas for evolution.
"The world of lizards has no need for spiders."
Kohei Imamura, remembering the guy who had gotten in his way that evening, decided to find an opportunity to teach him a lesson and show him what a lizard he was.
69: Nohara Shinnosuke: I must have woken up too quickly.
"Shin-chan, I haven't seen you online at night lately."
"Could it be that Shin-chan is about to start his intense competition to become the top student in the whole school?"
[After school, Kazama Toru said to Nohara Shinnosuke, who had packed his things and was preparing to go home.]
"Ah, you saw right, I'm not just aiming to be number one in the whole school, I'm going to participate in the competition and win first place."
"Really? I believe you, Shin-chan."
Kazama Toru believed Nohara Shinnosuke's words without much doubt. He thought it was possible for Shinnosuke to win first place in the competition.
[After all, he knew that although Nohara Shinnosuke wasn't a diligent student and he hadn't been seen burning the midnight oil to review or prepare, he could even be seen online the night before an exam.]
However, this did not prevent Nohara Shinnosuke from consistently ranking in the top ten of the entire school in every exam, and sometimes even reaching the top three.
To be honest, Kazama Toru was quite envious of Nohara Shinnosuke's talent, because Shinnosuke's talent wasn't limited to academics.
[As far as Kazama Toru knows, he possesses talents in various fields, including boxing, sumo wrestling, music, kendo, acting, gaming, public speaking, swimming, skiing, and writing.]
[What others might take years to reach, Shinnosuke Nohara could achieve in just a few days, months, or even the moment he gets the hang of it.]
To be honest, Kazama Toru didn't realize it before, but it wasn't until middle and high school that he gradually came to appreciate Nohara Shinnosuke's strength.
[For a time, Kazama Toru was even somewhat depressed after being defeated by Nohara Shinnosuke, because he realized that in his strongest area, Nohara Shinnosuke had easily defeated him.]
However, I eventually came to terms with it. After all, it's already quite incredible that there's even one person like Shinnosuke Nohara.
Moreover, the fact that such a capable person was his friend made Kazama Toru feel a little proud.
"Oh dear, I never expected Xiao Che to think of me like that. It's really embarrassing."
"Don't worry, I'll make you very proud, Che."