Chapter 1037: The Shocking Commoner (Part 15)

In the morning, it started to snow lightly in New York. It was the end of the year, and Christmas was less than a month away. The usual heavy snow had been late, but the light snow, which was as clear as crystal particles, also brought enough chill.

The thermal insulation performance of the first-generation spider suit was not enough, and Peter was a bit cold. When he squatted by the door, he shivered. He tore off his headgear, and his hair, which was completely soaked, showed that the battle between him and the Green Goblin last night did not go smoothly; both of them had fallen into the Hudson River.

Shiler let go, and the rolling shutter was raised again. Shiler beckoned to Peter. After Peter walked in, Shiler took the bath towel placed on the electric towel rack and covered his head.

Peter, draped in a warm towel, took a sip of hot water and let out a long sigh. Shiler walked to the bathroom to adjust the water heater and said: "Want to take a hot shower?"

Peter sat on the sofa, holding the cup with both hands and shaking his head, appearing somewhat dazed, as if he were still immersed in some stories and hadn't woken up. Shiler sat opposite him.

Peter suddenly woke up. He looked at Dr. Shiler opposite him and discovered that he looked very haggard, his face was pale, and his dark circles were heavy, clearly having not rested for many days.

A sense of guilt arose in Peter's heart, so he stood up and wanted to leave, but Shiler said: "What's wrong? Last night, I saw you fighting with someone on the Brooklyn Bridge?"

Peter, who was standing there, fell into deep thought again, but soon, he opened his mouth and said: "That person... that person is Harry, Harry Osborn, my college classmate, and also the best friend I've made since college..."

"How could he fight with you? And he was wearing a uniform, holding a bomb, like a newly debuted supervillain?" Shiler felt his temples jumping continuously, and his heartbeat also felt too obvious, so he took advantage of Peter not paying attention, took out a medicine bottle from the drawer under the coffee table, and threw a small pill into his mouth.

But such an action didn't escape Peter's notice. Peter looked at Shiler and asked: "What is that? What medicine is it?"

"Nothing, some painkillers. I have a bit of a migraine, it will be fine in a while." After speaking, Shiler sat back on the sofa.

He touched his lips, seemingly feeling that the headache while sober was not as good as dizziness. He looked at a can of beer that was still left beside him, but thought it was bad to drink in front of Peter, so he gave up.

However, Peter's sense of smell and vision had been enhanced. He instinctively smelled the alcohol on the table and saw an empty beer can rolling under the sofa. He sighed and said: "Doctor, have you been drinking a bit too much recently?"

"Of course, adults can drink, but if you drink too much, it's bad for your health. If you have any troubles, you can tell me. Relying on alcohol to numb yourself is useless..."

Shiler shook his head, tried hard to lift his eyelids, opened his eyes, looked at Peter, and asked instinctively: "What happened between you and Harry? Why do you feel so sad and angry?"

Peter stood silently in place, but after a while, he still sat down, straightened his back, placed his hands on his knees, and then said: "Last night, in the middle of the night, I was still patrolling New York, and then I heard an explosion near the Hudson River. I thought something had happened in Hell's Kitchen, so I rushed over, but I didn't expect to see a strange monster..."

Accompanied by Peter's narration, Shiler finally understood how little Osborn suddenly became the Green Goblin and why he fought with Peter.

Harry had been busy funding the New York University laboratory, but just the day before yesterday, Norman Osborn, Harry's father, found him and told him a cruel fact: the Osborn family had always had a genetic hereditary disease, specifically manifested as, once it broke out, it would lead to split personality, thus resulting in mental disorder.

Norman explained it simply and then told Harry that the true identity of Spider-Man was actually his good friend Peter Parker. The Osborn family needed some spider mutation genes to do research to save their hereditary disease.

Because Old Osborn knew that Harry and Peter were good friends, he hoped Harry could persuade Peter to cooperate with his experiment to find a way to solve the hereditary disease. If it really didn't work, getting some blood would also do.

At that time, Old Osborn had been working continuously for several days, dealing with Obadiah until he was so worried that his white hair was almost growing out, so he didn't explain it carefully and left.

Actually, the situation at that time was that when the two major groups, Stark and Osborn, were cooperating, Osborn heard that Connors had very good research on genetics, so he told Connors that his family had a rare genetic hereditary disease and hoped Connors could help him find a solution.

However, Connors mainly studied animal genetics and was not very proficient in human genetic heredity. But from the overall situation, Osborn was also very important. In addition to Osborn Group being very important, Osborn himself had also achieved unique achievements in biotechnology, so Connors also planned to do his best to save him.

Connors felt that lizard serum might be useful, but couldn't be sure, so he told Osborn that he planned to start from animal genetics, just like using lizard serum to make human limbs regenerate, borrowing the advantages of animals to solve Osborn's genetic disease.

Osborn felt that this direction was feasible. He had confidence in Connors's ability, so he temporarily put this matter down. But as Harry grew older, his worry became somewhat urgent.

But now, Connors was mainly working in Stark Industries, and Osborn also knew that Connors was very busy, with dozens of projects on hand, and might not have time to manage him. He also knew that Connors was the Lizard Doctor. If he urged him too hard and angered him, the building of Osborn Group would not be guaranteed.

The high-EQ Osborn planned to use another method to remind Connors. He collected rare animal gene samples globally and sent them to Connors's laboratory to brush his presence in disguise, letting Connors not put the project of solving his genetic disease on the shelf.

Before, the first-generation Spider-Man sacrificed, the second-generation Spider-Man took over, then the second-generation Spider-Man disappeared, and the third-generation Spider-Man appeared again. Osborn was also paying attention to this situation, and then paying attention to it, he discovered a problem.

He discovered that the behavioral patterns of the first-generation Spider-Man and the third-generation Spider-Man were too similar. He was very good at analyzing the behavioral patterns of various opponents, so he had confidence in his judgment. Of course, he didn't think of resurrection; he suspected that the sacrifice of the first-generation Spider-Man might be a fake death.

Investigating all the way down, Osborn discovered that Spider-Man was actually Peter Parker, that kid who was very talented in all aspects, and was also his son's classmate and good friend. Wasn't this a godsend?

Since Old Osborn knew that Spider-Man was Peter Parker, he felt that he definitely wouldn't be like an ordinary person who was terrified upon hearing about gene sampling. This actually wouldn't cause any damage to the human body, nor would it bring any wounds. Osborn felt that this was a very easy thing.

Even if Peter didn't have time to come over, bringing some of his blood would also do, and he didn't need much, 10~20 milliliters would be enough, and even without blood, some tissue samples, or even hair would also do.

At that time, Osborn was busy and dizzy. He took a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk to his son about this. It was entirely an attitude of doing it by the way. After all, Harry and Peter had a good relationship, and Peter was very kind, so he would definitely be willing to help his friend solve the genetic disease problem.

In Osborn's view, this didn't count as a matter at all. But standing from Harry's perspective, it was different. It was simply like a bolt from the blue.

First, the first fact caused a great impact on him, which was that he had a hereditary disease that might make him a lunatic. The second fact made him even more unable to accept, which was that his good friend Peter Parker was actually the famous Spider-Man in New York.

And what made him most unable to accept was that his father actually wanted to catch Spider-Man for experiments.

All along, in this friendship, Harry had played a role with a higher position, more kindness, and more compassion.

Harry knew that Peter's family situation was not very good. Even if he participated in major laboratory projects and earned some money, sometimes, because he was too busy to take care of his studies, Harry would help him sign in and ask for leave.

Harry knew that there was a certain gap between Gwen and Peter's background. He was afraid that Peter would make a fool of himself when dating Gwen, so he specially called Mary Jane, and the four of them went to eat at a high-end restaurant in New York together, letting Peter learn some social etiquette of the upper class.

Peter usually behaved more like a bookworm, and his personality was also more introverted, so Harry took him to join clubs, get to know professors and principals, and also took him into the football club, and he also met quite a few future stars who had already been selected for professional teams.

When doing these things, the patent for Peter's aerial transport line had not yet been announced. Harry was just helping Peter out of pure friendship, which also made him form a habitual way of thinking.

After all, at that time, Harry thought that the class gap between Peter and him was also very large. He felt that Peter was the side that needed help, so he tried his best to consider Peter and help him live better.

But as a result, Peter Parker was actually Spider-Man, and, Old Osborn didn't tell his son that the first-generation Spider-Man and the third-generation Spider-Man were actually the same person. Harry still thought that Peter was just the third-generation Spider-Man.

Then, how did public opinion view the third-generation Spider-Man? A rich kid wearing the most cutting-edge high-tech suit, an Iron Man-style playboy, a wandering son who had nothing to do, and a busybody.

This made Harry feel a sense of being deceived. Precisely because he was also the son of Osborn Group, he knew that the suit worn by the third-generation Spider-Man might be more expensive than Iron Man's iron armor. Many technologies used on it were not even applied by Iron Man. Wouldn't that mean Peter's background was even better than Iron Man's?

Harry didn't know that Peter had used Stark Industries' laboratory to produce many of his own technologies, and this kind of technology was only suitable for light armor-type suits like the spider suit, and not suitable for heavy armor-type suits like Iron Man's, so naturally, it didn't appear on the iron armor.

However, in Harry's view, being able to completely ignore the influence of Stark Industries' technology and walk out a research route of his own, the research funds required for that were completely astronomical, and even Osborn Group might not be able to bear it.

That is to say, Peter, who could afford to wear this kind of suit, either had a better family background than his, or was on par with him. Then why did he pretend to be a poor kid to deceive his friend's sympathy?

Harry felt very angry and very sad for the deception from a friend. But on second thought, his friendship with Peter wasn't fake either. His father, Norman Osborn, had already set his sights on Spider-Man. If the two of them became enemies, what should he do?

Old Osborn's personality was very strong, so Harry's family education had always been a patriarchal system. He had never dared to disobey his father and also knew clearly how strong his father was.

This strength was not in terms of force, but in terms of brains. Old Osborn was very good at borrowing strength to hit strength. If Osborn Group really went against Spider-Man, it was hard to guarantee that Spider-Man wouldn't fall into a trap.

Harry was angry about Peter's deception on one hand, and worried about Spider-Man on the other. He knew he had to find a way as soon as possible to resolve the contradiction between the two sides.

Simply put, Osborn's long-term educational policy made him unaccustomed to explaining too much to his son, and when it came to this matter, it made Harry misjudge the seriousness of the whole thing.

Osborn was just taking a shot whether there were dates or not. Harry still thought that Spider-Man was about to duel with the Osborn family in the next second.

So, the night before last, when Old Osborn went to confront Obadiah, Harry used his Osborn family genes to open the weapons warehouse of Osborn Biotechnology Industry.

There were stored symbiote armor developed by Old Osborn with the help of symbiote research, a flying skateboard that imitated Stark Industries' propulsion system but was temporarily shelved because of insufficient energy, and some pumpkin bombs that were eliminated because of wrong research routes.

Just like this, the Green Goblin was born.

Shiler is charging up■■■ ===== CHAPTER 1038 =====

Schiller is gathering his strength.