Chapter 869: Bright Stars (XIV)

The night breeze in New York is not always gentle. After the weather cools down, the cold wind whistling through the streets is like dense and fine needles. No matter how thick the coat or scarf is, it cannot resist this chill.

Pedestrians on the road hurriedly put their hands in their pockets, tightened their hats and wrapped their scarves tightly, thinking of warm fireplaces and steaming meals, and quickened their pace on the way home.

If they look up, the glass curtain wall of the building is dyed warmly by the light of the street lamps. The street lamps are like jumping flames, burning upwards along the mirror until the flames touch the sky. A black figure stands on the edge of the roof of the building. Looking down at the entire New York City.

His grief burned like a flame. Just a few hours ago, a deafening gunshot completely tore through the calm surface.

Spider-Man held a newspaper tightly in his hand, and as the fingers of his hand loosened slightly, several pages of the Global Times fell down, with the news of Nick Fury's death on the front page.

It was supposed to be a peaceful afternoon. Peter and Gwen had just finished their date, and they hugged for the first time on a crowded street.

Gwen's cheeks turned redder than the red Christmas stockings that had just been hung in the shop, and Peter smiled at her, his eyes brighter than the light bulbs on the Christmas tree.

"Gwen, you must come to my house for dinner at Christmas. My uncle and aunt really want to see you. They are both very gentle and good people. You don't have to worry..."

"I know, of course I know..." Gwen hooked Peter's hand with her fingers, lowered her head and said, "They must be much gentler than my dad. You have to think about how to deal with my dad then."

When this topic was brought up, Peter put on a bitter look. He said: "The Sheriff is a hero. He performed very bravely during the battle when the bats invaded New York. But I'm afraid that he will use this bravery to his advantage." In my case, he will kick me out of your house."

Gwen burst out laughing and said, "No way, you are taking it too seriously. He has basically accepted the fact that I have a boyfriend now."

But then, she frowned and said, "But I'm not sure whether he can accept that my boyfriend is Spider-Man. You know, he often complains about you wandering around in New York to attract attention. He thinks you are a Spider-Man." Frivolous boy..."

Gwen took Peter's arm and said, "Otherwise, you should appear less in the newspaper recently. If you really make my dad angry, he might point a gun at you."

"Then I swear, I will never fight back!" Peter made a gesture of swearing, and Gwen quickly pulled his hand down. Peter laughed happily and hugged Gwen's shoulders. Gwen complained a little. The ground pushed him away.

The two laughed and joked for a while, and finally parted. Gwen sighed and said, "Sister Betty, who was in the same group as me in the laboratory where I was interning, was very good to me. She had to go back to recuperate because of an anxiety disorder. Dr. Dora, who has always taught me a lot of knowledge, has also been transferred to another group. Now I don’t know the new researchers, and it will take a while to hand over to them. "

"It's okay." Peter immediately spoke to comfort him and said, "Now, mankind is finally united, and all research is progressing very quickly, many times faster than before. Now is a good time, you don't have to be too busy. in a hurry."

Peter said excitedly: "I really can't believe that all human beings have united and marched towards the universe together. Maybe soon we will be able to fly out of the Milky Way and explore the mysteries among the stars?"

But Gwen was not so excited. She frowned slightly, took Peter's hand and said, "Peter, you are always optimistic, but... in short, it's hard for me to say. I heard that our laboratory There has been an incident of data theft..."

Gwen sighed, clenched her hands, and continued: "I always have a hunch that this might be the calm before the storm."

"Don't be like this, Gwen, remember what I said? Instead of spending time worrying about nothing, it's better to do more experiments." Peter looked into Gwen's eyes and said: "Now all technologies have reached maturity. , as long as it continues to develop like this, soon, mankind’s dream of traveling among the stars will come true..."

Gwen tilted her head, glanced at him, then withdrew her gaze, lowered her head and said, "What are you going to do then?"

"What to do! Of course, continue the experiment and finish college...wait, you mean...uh, I...I mean..."

Peter immediately stuttered, and he clenched his fingers hard, but at this time, Gwen had already thrown away his hand, turned around and walked forward, looked back at him and said, "Go do your experiment, we will see you tomorrow." ”

Peter stared blankly at Gwen's leaving figure. He stepped on the spot twice and wanted to hit the wall with his arms. But when his hand touched the wall, he deliberately restrained his strength and just touched the wall gently.

Then, he carried his schoolbag and walked quickly on the street, but he had almost forgotten his destination, and excitement filled his brain.

Peter didn't think he was a very romantic person, he was a very typical science student, but at this moment, his high emotions made him feel that he had exhausted all the inspiration for the rest of his life and came up with a brilliant idea.

If human beings can really visit the universe and feel the brightness of the stars, then what could be more worthy of becoming the most memorable day in their lives than this romantic day?

This state injected a dose of stimulant into Peter's brain, and many scientific research inspirations burst out. One after another good ideas piled up in his mind, making him eager to return to the laboratory and put them into practice.

But there was still a distance from the laboratory. It was too slow to walk there. Peter found a remote alley and changed into the Spider-Man suit in his schoolbag.

Wearing the spider silk launcher, Spider-Man appeared over New York again. His joyful mood accompanied by cheers made him swing higher and almost merge into the sun's rays.

But not far away, he found that a car was lying next to the electric pole on the side of the road. Obviously, there was a car accident. The cars behind were waiting for him, and some drivers honked impatiently.

Spider-Man let go of the spider silk, rolled on the ground to relieve the force, and then came to the side of the accident car.

Unexpectedly, after the car window rolled down, a familiar face appeared. Eddie Brock stuck his head out and said, "Hey! Spider-Man, you're just in time. Help me straighten the car. I'm rushing to the airport."

"Eddie, why are you here? Is Venom okay?"

"He's fine. If it weren't for him, I would have been on the plane now." As soon as Eddie finished complaining, Venom's face appeared. He grinned and said, "Shut up, coward. I just stepped on the accelerator for you. It was you who didn't hold the steering wheel well..."

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, Mr. Eddie, I'll help you straighten the car." After that, Spider-Man came to the front of the car and pushed hard, and the car returned to the road.

He patted the hood and said, "Okay, there shouldn't be any big problems. By the way, why are you rushing to the airport? Is there any big news? "

Eddie's expression suddenly changed. He was about to speak when Venom's face appeared again. He said, "Shut up, drive quickly, don't waste time on this stupid boy..."

After that, he stepped on the accelerator again, and the car disappeared from Spider-Man's sight. He scratched his head in confusion, but still came to the laboratory of Stark Building as he thought before.

As soon as he entered the laboratory, Peter changed his clothes, took two pieces of paper and started writing and drawing on the back. After writing for a while, he moved away and took a look. He seemed to be very satisfied with his idea just now.

He took a few pieces of paper, took the elevator, and then said to Jarvis, "Go to the floor where Mr. Stark is. I have a new idea about the problem we discussed yesterday. He must think it's great. "

"Sorry, Mr. Parker, Mr. Stark is not in Stark Building now. Do you want me to contact him for you?"

"Not in Stark Building? Then where is he? The Avengers Base? Or the United Nations Conference Room? "Peter asked.

"I have connected you to Mr. Stark's communication, beep... Hello? Peter? Are you in the lab?"

Peter heard that Stark's voice was a little abnormal, but he didn't know why. Before he could continue speaking, Stark said: "Let Jarvis start the plane to send you over... Forget it, Peter, you stay in New York, go back to the Avengers' base, and guard the equipment there."

After that, Stark hung up the phone. Peter was very confused, because in the past, Stark would not hang up the phone like this.

"Jarvis, what's going on?" Peter asked, but Jarvis said: "The suit upgrade that Mr. Stark prepared for you is in Laboratory No. 2. Do you want me to send it to you?"

"Jarvis, is Mr. Stark hiding something from me?" Peter asked with a frown, and he pursed his lips and said: "It doesn't matter if he doesn't tell me, I'll ask someone else."

After that, he walked out of the elevator with his mobile phone, and then started dialing. He picked up the phone and said: "Hello? Dr. Schiller, what happened? "Really? ... What did you say? You are not in New York now? Where did you go? What is going on?" Peter stopped in the corridor, hung up the phone, and stood there for a breath. After a while, he heard mechanical footsteps behind him. When he turned around, he found that Jarvis was controlling his mechanical body and standing behind him. The tall robot bent down slightly, lowered his head and stretched out his hand. Peter looked at the spider suit in his hand. He turned his head aside angrily and said, "I don't want it. I can do it myself." Jarvis was not angry, but took the suit back. Peter took out his mobile phone and dialed the number. While dialing, he said, "I want to call the captain. He will definitely not lie to me. He will not hide it from me..." He picked up the phone again and said to the other end, "Hey, Captain, what happened? Why are they hiding it from me? Are you not in New York either? ... Captain! Captain! What's wrong with you? Why are you...”

“Oh my God, don’t be like this, Captain, no matter what happens, I will stand with you...Okay, I will defend New York, but shouldn’t you tell me what is going on?”

“Buy a newspaper? Peter said in surprise: “What does it have to do with newspapers?...Okay, Captain, you are busy, I will go buy a newspaper.”

Peter rushed out of the corridor quickly, jumped out of the window, and swung flexibly to the top of the building opposite with spider silk.

He looked down at the ground and found the nearest newsstand, and then he found that the latest batch of newspapers were being placed on the front shelf by the boss.

Peter frowned. It was not morning yet, how could there be new newspapers?

Moreover, the car that just left had the logo of the Global Times printed on it. This is not a small newspaper. Even the former famous reporter Eddie Brock can only be an ordinary editor-in-chief. Such a large company will not change the delivery time at will.

So Peter bought the latest newspaper, picked it up from the shelf, and after unfolding it, he saw that on the front page, the headline was the news of the death of Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., which he had seen yesterday.