Chapter 31: A Gunshot Rang Out

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Have you ever seen what happens when you gently drop a drop of cold water into a hot oil pan that is so hot that it smokes?

When the whole oil pan began to burst, the hot oil crackled and began to burst, and the splashed hot oil was like a hidden weapon that hurt people. It can easily burn you if you're not properly protected. And what's even more terrifying is because this uncontrolled splash of hot oil is terrible if it hits an open flame.

Because then it's not just a splash of hot oil, it's a splash of sparks. If you don't pay attention, it will burn down your entire kitchen, your entire home, or even your entire building.

This is clearly the case with the chaos that erupted in New York.

When tear gas as droplets of water is thrown into the crowd. The crowd, which was already close to the boiling point, broke out in an instant.

"Violent repression!"

I don't know who shouted like that. Then the riots began. It all started so suddenly, but not surprisingly. In a certain high-pressure environment, people will be instantly dominated by anger for some reason, and lose the ability to judge right and wrong. On the battlefield in ancient times, a night roaring camp could have left an army of 100,000 undefeated. And in modern society, such angry gatherings erupt into violence. A spark can set fire to this pile of dry wood.

The nearly 10,000 people gathered in Times Square were the surrounding police officers who were on standby like a tidal wave.

And the superheroes who have long been on this side of Times Square, including Spider-Man, including Iron Fist and other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. There are also some street heroes who can't quite be named. There are hundreds of them.

And when the chaos began, they realized that something was wrong. Because it feels like someone is deliberately causing trouble, they are deliberately expanding the situation.

And the crowd that gathered here and was incited is likely to do a lot of irrational behavior.

"Don't shoot, don't shoot!" Spider-Man has spotted the police officers blocking the intersection and blocking the crowd in Times Square, some of whom have pulled out their guns and even opened the crowd for the insurance.

Because they are temporarily mobilized, these police officers are not equipped with riot equipment. Rubber bullets are also not used. It's real guns.

Although it is said that the education received in the United States is that if someone poses a threat to their personal safety, they must shoot back as soon as possible.

But in the current situation, if a policeman shoots. Then countless people will follow his example and shoot at the crowd.

And the tens of thousands of people gathered here are just ordinary people. If the guns are fired, it will cause very serious bloodshed.

Spider-Man finds several superheroes he knows well, as well as street heroes.

"Help stabilize the situation. I went to the commander-in-chief at the scene and told the police to exercise restraint and not to open fire. Otherwise, there will be a massacre here!"

The Justice League of New York City was also almost present for most of the elite. Including Colonel Star-Spangled Banner and Doctor Gravity, to name a few.

"Use non-lethal weapons, and don't let the crowd run out of the street!" Colonel Star-Spangled Banner shouted to his companions.

Because now the tyrannical crowd is like a firework that has been lit. There have been cases of smashing and looting, and if the crowd is not properly dispersed and subdued, and they are rushed to the rest of New York City, it will undoubtedly cause a lot of damage.

The incident was supposed to be handled by the police, but it was clear that there was not enough police at the scene. Without professional anti-riot equipment, hundreds of police officers would not be able to disperse tens of thousands of people. Without the use of weapons, the police could not even interdict them effectively.

The police force at the scene only looked at Spider-Man who asked him to restrain his men from shooting, and he was in a dilemma: "Do you want us to use batons to drive away these crazy crowds?!"

"Mr. Sheriff, you can't fire. If you fire, you will get into even more trouble. That would only exacerbate the conflict. "Spider-Man Peter is trying his best to convince the field command. And by this time, the furious crowd had begun to storm the police lines.

Street heroes and some other superheroes have started to defend the front. If this group of people were allowed to escape, they would probably destroy half of New York City in their current mood. Someone even made a simple Molotov cocktail out of beer bottles. All the parked cars around Times Square were damaged. Destroyed by a frantic crowd, burned.

The surrounding shops have long since closed, and many shopkeepers have run away when they see that something is wrong. But closing the door does not prevent violence from happening. Many doors were smashed by angry crowds, and many people came into the shops to vandalize or loot.

Things are now out of control. Anger spreads like wildfire, infecting everyone. There's no way to know who lost that tear gas. Because now is not the time to hold accountable.

Regardless of who instigated this matter, the most important thing now is to get rid of it. Batons alone can't disperse crowds, even with the help of street heroes and superheroes. Because now everyone is not facing supervillains and criminals. It's a lot of ordinary people, even if they are now rioting because they have lost their minds. But can you just convict them as criminals and shoot them all to death in an instant? Obviously, most people can't do that.

On the premise of not using all kinds of lethal weapons, and at the same time, your own shots also need to be controlled. Street heroes don't really have a good way to subdue these crowds. Rather, it's because they're wearing their hero uniforms and they're easy targets.

"Get rid of all these abusive guys! They're all Tony Stark's lackeys!"

The crowd erupted in shouts like this. People wield whatever they had in their hands that could be used as weapons. Wooden stick mops, folding chairs, baseball bats, and more looted from the store. Everyone is like a red eye, and everyone goes forward one after another.

Several street heroes have been beaten, and if it weren't for Spider-Man's help to get them out, there might have been street heroes killed.

Although Peter used his cobwebs to frantically bind those radicals, the riot of tens of thousands of people could not be controlled by him as a Spider-Man. Now Spider-Man only hopes to stall for time and try to delay until the rescuers come. But not everyone can wait, even if it's just for a minute.

Although Iron Man has activated his Iron Legion, he can arrive at the scene after thirty seconds to maintain order.

But at this time, a policeman who was surrounded and beaten by several angry members of the rally finally couldn't help it. He pulled out the pistol at his waist, loaded the bullet in one go, opened the safety bolt, and shot directly at the woman who had been pulling his hair.

Bang~!

The sound of gunfire echoed in Times Square, and it seemed so harsh. And this gunshot sounded as if it were a signal. Then a second gunshot rang out, followed by a third, then a fourth.

Peter Parker's pupils constricted, and he knew it was too late......

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