Chapter 872: Starry Splendor (Part 14)

The night wind 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 thick coat or scarf can resist this chill.

Pedestrians on the road hurriedly put their hands in their pockets, tightened their hats, wrapped their scarves tightly, and in their minds, they imagined warm fireplaces and steaming meals, speeding up their pace on the way home.

If they look up, the glass curtain wall of the building is dyed with warm colors by the street lights. The street lights are like jumping flames, burning all the way up the mirror until the flames touch the sky. A black shadow stands on the edge of the roof of the building, looking down at the entire New York City.

His sadness burns like a flame. Just a few hours ago, a deafening gunshot completely tore through the calm appearance.

Spider-Man's hands are tightly clutching a newspaper, and as his fingers loosen slightly, several copies of the Global Times drift down, with the death of Nick Fury printed on the front page headline.

That should have been a calm afternoon. Peter had just finished a date with Gwen, and for the first time, they hugged each other on the busy street.

Gwen's cheeks became redder than the red Christmas socks just hung on the shop. Peter looked at her with a smile, his eyes brighter than the light bulbs on the Christmas tree.

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

"I know, of course I know..." Gwen hooked Peter's hand with her finger, lowered her head and said: "They must be much gentler than my father. You still have to think about how to deal with my father when the time comes."

Mentioning this topic, Peter put on a bitter face and said: "Sheriff is a hero. In the battle of the bat invading New York, he performed very bravely, but I'm just afraid that he will use this bravery on me. He will drive me out of your house."

Gwen laughed and said: "No, you think too seriously. He has basically accepted that I have a boyfriend now."

But then, she frowned again and said: "But I can't be sure if he can accept that my boyfriend is Spider-Man. You know, he often complains about you swinging around in the New York sky to attract attention. He thinks you are a frivolous kid..."

Gwen pulled Peter's arm and said: "Or, you should appear less in the newspapers recently. If you really make my father angry, he might point a gun at you."

"Then I swear, I will absolutely not fight back!" Peter made a swearing gesture. Gwen hurriedly pulled his hand down. Peter laughed and hugged Gwen's shoulder. Gwen pushed him away somewhat complainingly.

The two laughed and made trouble for a while, and finally had to part ways. Gwen sighed and said: "The lab where I intern, Betty sister who is very good to me, because of anxiety, has to go back to recuperate. Dr. Dora, who has been teaching 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 with them."

"It doesn't matter." Peter immediately comforted her and said: "Now, humanity is finally united, and various research projects are progressing very fast, much faster than before. Now is the good time, you don't have to be too anxious."

Peter said excitedly: "I can't believe that all humans are united, moving toward the universe together. Maybe, soon we can fly out of the galaxy and go explore the mysteries between the stars?"

But Gwen was not so excited. She frowned slightly, pulled Peter's hand and said: "Peter, you are always very optimistic, but... in short, it's hard for me to say. I heard that data theft occurred in our lab..."

Gwen sighed, her hands clenched, and continued: "I have a premonition 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 the sky falling, it's better to do more experiments." Peter looked into Gwen's eyes and said: "Now various technologies have entered the mature stage. As long as we continue to develop like this, soon, humanity's dream of roaming the stars will be realized..."

Gwen tilted her head, looked at him, then withdrew her gaze, lowered her head and said, "What do you intend to do by then?"

"What to do! Of course, continue experiments, finish university... wait, you mean... uh, I... I mean..."

Peter immediately stuttered. He clenched his fingers hard, but at this time, Gwen had already shaken off his hand, turned and walked forward, looking back at him, "Go do your experiments, we'll see you tomorrow."

Peter looked blankly at Gwen's departing figure. He stepped on his feet twice in place, wanting to punch the wall with his arm, but when his hand touched the wall, he deliberately restrained his strength and just touched the wall lightly.

Then, he carried his schoolbag and walked quickly on the street, but almost forgot the destination. Excited emotions filled his brain.

Peter didn't think he was a very romantic person. He was a very typical science student, but at this moment, the high-pitched 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 humanity can really visit the universe and feel the brilliant stars, then what is more worthy of becoming the most memorable day of his life than this romantic day?

Such a state injected a stimulant into Peter's brain. Many scientific research inspirations burst out, and one good idea after another piled up in his brain, making him eager to return to the laboratory and put them into practice.

But it was still a distance from the laboratory here. Walking over like this was too slow. Peter found a remote alley and changed into the Spider-Man suit in his schoolbag.

Wearing the web-shooter, Spider-Man appeared in the New York sky again. The happy mood accompanied by cheers made him swing higher, almost blending into the sunlight.

But he didn't go far before he found a car lying on the side of the utility pole on the side of the road. Clearly, a car accident had occurred. The cars behind were waiting for him, and some drivers were impatiently honking their horns.

Spider-Man loosened the web, rolled on the ground to unload the force, and then came to the side of the accident car.

Who knew, after the window rolled down, a familiar face appeared. Eddie Brock poked his head out of it and said: "Hey! Spider-Man, you came just in time, help me straighten the car, I'm in a hurry to go to the airport."

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

"He is better than anyone. If it weren't for him, I would have already sat on the plane." Eddie just finished complaining, Venom's face appeared, and he bared his teeth and said: "Shut up, coward, I just helped you step on the accelerator, 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 saying 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, what are you doing in a hurry to go to the airport? Is there any big news?"

Eddie's face changed suddenly. He just wanted to open his mouth, Venom's face appeared again, and he said: "Shut up, drive quickly, don't waste time on this silly boy..."

After saying that, it was another foot on the accelerator, and the car disappeared from Spider-Man's field of vision. He scratched his head somewhat suspiciously, but still as he thought before, came to the laboratory of Stark Tower.

Just after entering the laboratory, Peter changed his clothes, took two pieces of paper at will and began to write and draw on the back. After writing for a while, he moved away a

He picked up a few sheets of paper, stepped into the elevator, and then said to Jarvis, "Go to the floor where Mr. Stark is. I have a new idea regarding the problem we discussed yesterday; he will definitely think it's great."

"I apologize, Mr. Parker, but Mr. Stark is not currently in Stark Tower. Would you like me to help you contact him?"

"Not in Stark Tower? Then where is he? The Avengers base? Or the UN conference room?" Peter asked.

"Connecting you to Mr. Stark's communication now. Beep... Hello? Peter? Are you in the lab?"

Peter sensed something unusual in Stark's voice, but he didn't know why. Before he could continue speaking, Stark said, "Have Jarvis start the plane to send you over... Never mind, Peter, stay in New York, go back to the Avengers base, and keep watch over the equipment there."

After saying this, Stark hung up the phone. Peter felt very confused because, in the past, Stark would not have hung up the phone just like that.

"Jarvis, what exactly is going on?" Peter asked, but Jarvis said, "The suit upgrade Mr. Stark prepared for you is in Lab 2. Would you like me to bring it to you?"

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

After saying this, he walked out of the elevator with his phone and began dialing. He picked up the phone and said, "Hello? Dr. Schiller, what happened?"

"Really?... What did you say? You aren't in New York either? Where on earth have you all gone? What exactly is going on?"

Peter stopped in his tracks in the hallway. He hung up the phone and stood there taking a breath. After a while, he heard mechanical footsteps behind him. Turning his head, he discovered Jarvis, controlling his mechanical body, standing behind him.

The tall robot bent down slightly, lowered his head, and extended his hand. Peter looked at the Spider-Man suit in his hand, turned his head away in some anger, and said, "I don't want it, I can make my own."

Jarvis was not angry but instead retracted the suit. Peter took out his phone to dial again, saying as he dialed, "I'm going to call the Captain. He definitely won't lie to me; he won't hide things from me..."

He picked up the phone again and said to the other end, "Hello, Captain, what on earth happened? Why are they all hiding it from me? Are you not in New York either?... Captain! Captain! What's wrong with you? Why are you..."

"Oh god, don't be like this, Captain. No matter what happens, I will stand with you all... Okay, I will guard New York, but shouldn't you tell me what on earth is going on?"

"Buy a newspaper?" Peter said with great surprise, "What does it have to do with a newspaper?... Alright, Captain, you go ahead and be busy, I'll go buy a newspaper right now."

Peter rushed out of the hallway, jumped down from the window, and swung flexibly with his webs to the top of the building opposite.

He looked down at the ground and found the nearest newsstand, and then he discovered that the latest batch of newspapers was being placed on the front rack by the owner.

Peter frowned. It wasn't morning, so how could there be new newspapers?

Moreover, the vehicle that had just left had the logo of the Global Times printed on it. This was no small newspaper office; even the former famous reporter Eddie Brock could only serve as an ordinary editor-in-chief. Such a large company would not change its delivery time casually.

Thus, Peter bought a copy of the newly delivered newspaper. After picking it up from the rack and unfolding it, he saw the front-page headline: the news of the death of Nick Fury, the Director of S. H. I. E. L. D., whom he had seen just yesterday.