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Chapter 1302

~10 min read 1,897 words

"Shang, so you are the Chinese person Jarvis said provided the clues!" Riley looked left and right, lowered his voice and said, "You should still remember me, right? We met in a dream."

"Of course, Ben Riley, also Peter Parker." Shang-Chi was also a bit surprised. He also leaned over and whispered, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to investigate the mastermind behind the protests. We followed the clues of that murder case and found this place... Oh, right, it was you who provided the clues."

"I'm also here for this matter. Officer Jules is waiting for me outside."

"Then did you find anything?"

"Let's go out and talk."

Shang-Chi was obviously a bit nervous, but Riley had the unique intelligence of Spider-Man. They first went to the top floor and then took the elevator down. Riley also put his arm around Shang-Chi's shoulder and walked towards the gate. He greeted the front desk and said, "This delivery boy went to the wrong place. He wants to go to the opposite side but doesn't know the way. I'll take him out first. Let's go, I'll take you there."

The front desk responded with a gentle smile, but her gaze at Riley felt a bit conflicted and regretful, obviously knowing something.

After Riley and Shang-Chi came out together, Jarvis also recognized Shang-Chi. It was this young man who provided clues to the police officer in the dashcam.

Shang-Chi waved at them and said, "Come this way, that police officer is waiting for us in the game hall next door."

Riley changed back into his Spider-Man costume, but Jarvis and Wanda didn't care. Soon, they saw Officer Jules, who was drinking beer and waiting for them, in a game hall at the corner of the street.

Without waiting for Shang-Chi to introduce, Jarvis walked up and shook hands with the female police officer, saying, "Hello, we are members of the New Warriors team, and we are currently investigating the protests in the Bronx."

Shang-Chi seemed a bit surprised. He actually hadn't heard of this team, but was surprised that Jarvis dared to directly reveal his identity.

In his impression, police and superheroes were always at odds. The police felt that superheroes stole their jobs and always caused trouble, while superheroes felt that the police were incompetent and always arrived very late.

And what was even more unexpected was that after Officer Jules heard what Jarvis said, she shook his hand vigorously and said, "So you are the New Warriors team. I've heard of you for a long time. You have made quite a few achievements in the Bronx, making the public security situation here improve. To put it bluntly, I can finish my job this quarter."

Jarvis smiled and said, "This is all thanks to Mr. Matt. The leader of the New Warriors team is also his student."

"My god, you are Daredevil's students?!" Officer Jules was even more surprised. She thought for a while and said, "You wouldn't also be intern members of the Avengers, right?"

Before Jarvis could answer, Officer Jules sighed and said, "God, I am so lucky. Before, I was still saying when the internship activities for the Avengers reserve members would reach my district. You are different from those juvenile delinquents who only know how to shout and kill. Your methods of investigating and solving crimes make even some old police officers marvel."

After speaking, the female police officer scanned these people in front of her, then landed her gaze on Wanda's face. She said with some vigilance, "... Mutant?"

Wanda was already used to this kind of gaze. She shrugged and didn't answer. Just as Jarvis was about to say something, Officer Jules sighed and said, "Alright, I know, there are many mutants among the Avengers reserve members. Of course, they are the controllable kind of mutants. Since you are Daredevil's students, then I suppose we can sit down and talk, instead of you going crazy and me cleaning up the mess."

Wanda was a bit flattered. She knew that no police officer in New York liked mutants because they indeed cleaned up too many messes caused by mutants going crazy. A sentence that most police officers kept on their lips was "Without mutants, this world could be half as clean."

Several people came to a booth in the game hall and sat down. Officer Jules called for a few bottles of beer, but said, "Minors shouldn't drink, I'll drink."

Shang-Chi looked left and right to ensure there were no ordinary people around. A trace of black mucus appeared on his arm, and with a "swish", a few documents and a videotape appeared in his hand.

He placed the documents on the table and said, "After I pretended to be a delivery boy and sneaked into the TV station, I told everyone I met, 'Someone ordered food and filled in the TV station's address, but the address wasn't written in detail, and the phone couldn't get through. Is there anyone working overtime here? Maybe it's the food they ordered.'"

"Sure enough, most people pointed me to a column team on the 4th floor, saying that they were originally a prime-time program, but today they inserted a breaking news story, maybe it was the food ordered by that group of people."

"So, I immediately came to the 4th floor and heard a female director named O'Lila arranging follow-up reports. When I went in, she was emphasizing, 'This is a shameful murder,' but the police want to whitewash it as suicide. As media practitioners, they have an obligation to expose the truth."

Jules snorted and said, "They only expose the truth they want the public to know."

Shang-Chi paused and continued, "Even if I didn't go in, I could hear the indignation in the control room, but I don't know how many people were sincere."

"I heard O'Lila tell an assistant named Vian to go to the control room next door to get the script, so I picked the lock and entered the control room, hid behind the door, and knocked out the male assistant named Vian."

Jules scanned Shang-Chi with a surprised gaze. Shang-Chi smiled and pretended to be mysterious to her, "I just came from S. H. I. E. L. D."

Jules suddenly realized. She took a sip of beer and then said, "I knew it, S. H. I. E. L. D. wouldn't sit idly by. Now the nature of this incident has completely exceeded the scope that ordinary people can handle."

Jules looked left and right, lowered her voice even more, and then said, "For the sake of confidentiality, I didn't tell anyone before, but since you said the name S. H. I. E. L. D., then I have nothing to hide. The protest leader who died is very likely not shot, but pierced by mysterious power."

"Then you still dare to come and investigate without applying for a search warrant?" Gwen said with some surprise. "Unofficial actions that result in death or injury have to be responsible for themselves!"

"I know, but I have no other way," Jules sighed and said, "The Bronx Police Department has been inactive. If I tell my boss the truth, he will only say let the S. H. I. E. L. D. agents come to investigate, and then we will have to wait until the end of time."

"The reason why the district I am responsible for can maintain basic public security is that almost every action I take is a private action... Alright, Shang, you continue."

Shang-Chi nodded and said, "I found their script in the control room, and I also found something more interesting. Look at this videotape, the name written on it is Peter Parker."

Jules frowned and flipped the videotape over, finding a note stuck on it with the date and Peter Parker's name. Jarvis reached out and took the videotape. He didn't know what magic he used. After a while, he took out a small projector and placed it in the center of the table.

Wanda looked left and right, snapped her fingers, and the area around the seats was shrouded in a layer of red light. The witch lady nodded and said, "Don't worry, no one can see what happened here."

Jarvis started the projector, a light screen appeared in the center of the table, and soon the picture of the videotape began to play on it. On it was the scene of Peter Parker being interviewed.

But the more they watched, the deeper their brows frowned. The Peter Parker on the screen seemed to be answering questions irrelevantly and was always avoiding the topic. The details of his expressions also seemed not very smart, looking like a complete clown.

"What's going on?" Riley was very confused and said, "Is this Peter Parker drunk? How can he not even answer the most basic questions? Even if I didn't participate in the research of the flying shuttle, I know the design of the flying shuttle's shape is not for aesthetics, but to meet the requirements of aerodynamics, energy saving, and speed improvement."

"This is malicious editing," Shang-Chi said. "I saw the original footage in the control room, just didn't take it out. They cut the answers to the later questions to the earlier questions, so it can make Peter look like he is talking nonsense and answering irrelevantly."

Jules punched the table, but Jarvis said, "Obviously, they haven't given up on the action of smearing Peter Parker, and they also chose to do both, smearing Peter Parker on the TV station while creating a murder case to smear agents and police."

"The female director named O'Lila mentioned that she has a friend at the 'Global Daily' newspaper office who is the editor-in-chief of the social news section. Tomorrow morning, the 'Global Daily' will print two extra editions and conduct electronic news pushes at the same time, all targeting today's murder case."

"And their unified conclusion is that the police want to cover up the truth of this murder case and define it as suicide. From her tone, it can be heard that she is very skilled and may have done this before." Shang-Chi complained a little, thinking of the case where someone was judged as suicide after being shot eight times.

"Editor-in-chief..." Jules muttered this word lightly, showing a worried expression. Looking at the slightly puzzled expressions of the young people in front of her, Jules could only explain, "All traditional media are the mouthpieces of parties. The news you see on TV and newspapers and even some software is what they want you to see."

"When it comes to the position of editor-in-chief, it is impossible for there to be no one behind them, and the one who wants to intervene at this level is..." Jules shook her head and said, "I am just an ordinary police officer, I am afraid I am powerless, and you are all young, not clear about the darkness of the political world. Rushing in recklessly is very likely to be very dangerous."

Jarvis and Wanda looked at each other. Wanda shrugged and said, "How dangerous can it be compared to going home?"

And at this time, Venom controlled Shang-Chi's body and said, "Deep into the political world, contacting those big figures, and even disrupting their plans is indeed very dangerous, and this matter shouldn't be done by us."

His low and slightly dark tone attracted everyone's attention. Venom continued, "Listen, I have a plan..."

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