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Chapter 37 Peter Parker ([-]rd watch)
"Mr. Parker Parker?"

Peter Parker's fugue consciousness was pulled back by the raised voice of the geometry teacher and the sound of the pointer hitting the blackboard vigorously, and he realized that he was sitting in an algebra class at the moment.

"Can you answer this question, Mr. Parker?" The geometry teacher pointed to the plane figure on the blackboard with a pointer.

Peter blinked and stared at the graphic for a few seconds: "The answer is 60 degrees, ma'am."

"Correct, thank you Mr. Parker."

The teacher withdrew his attention and continued, and Peter Parker returned to his fugue state, like an electric toy with its batteries removed.

He has been in this state for quite some time.He was distracted, depressed, and his eyes seemed determined to keep a close eye on the toes of his shoes when he walked. He was listless like a walking dead.

He doesn't talk to anyone, not even when his few friends try to show him concern.Even when Flash Thompson--a muscular idiot on the varsity football team who always took pleasure in bullying Peter--tried to pick on him after school, he just walked past him.

The football star apparently won't accept the fact that he's being ignored by a nerd.Flash squeezed Peter's shoulder, and said viciously, "No time, Parker? Then I'll make some time for you."

It never occurred to Flash that this frail nerd who had been bullied by him for several years would suddenly burst out with strength and courage from nowhere.He didn't see what happened at all, he only felt that the nerd seemed to turn his head, and then a huge force detonated in his abdominal cavity like fiery explosives.Flash's face was pale, and he fell limply on the ground clutching his stomach covered in beads of sweat, unable to speak for a long while.

"Not in the mood today, Thompson."

Peter said gloomyly, picked up his backpack, and strode out, ignoring the stunned crowd around him.

Peter Parker hadn't been like this in the past.What kind of kid is he, you ask?Perhaps most people who knew him would give such a similar answer.

Peter Parker, Caucasian, 16 years old high school student.He is an out-and-out nerd, and he is much better at dealing with books than with people.Apart from his excellent grades, he has no other specialties. He hovers on the edge of the passing line all year round in sports. According to his physical education teacher, his physique is not even up to the average level of the girls' group.

But that was before this year.

Ten months ago, an accident happened during a school-organized visit to Osbourne for practice that changed his life.A spider mixed with "Oz serum" somehow escaped from the experimental cabin and bit him. The Oz serum infected his blood through the wound and further modified his genetic structure, thus endowing him with extraordinary abilities far beyond the limits of human beings. strength.

If Peter Parker's life was just a glass of plain boiled water before that, then his life since then has become a pot of mixed flavors.

First of all, Peter lost his most beloved Uncle Ben due to an irresponsible wrong choice, and learned the motto "with great power comes great responsibility" in a painful way.In order not to have similar regrets, he put on tights and turned into "New York's Good Neighbor" Spider-Man, taking it as his duty to punish rape and eradicate evil.

Things went off without a hitch at first.His superpowers, his uniform, the good deeds he has done and the people he has saved Over the years, Peter has fantasized more than once about ushering in a turning point in his life, just like countless teenagers of the same age, eager to be the focus, to be The object of attention of the girls.And now he seems to have finally got this opportunity, just like the protagonist of the movie.He put on his uniform and acted like a hero, feeling as if this was his destiny, as if for the first time in his life, he found his meaning.

Peter is very smart, but he is only a 16-year-old boy after all.The excitement of Spider-Man briefly went to his head, prompting him to make one of the most regrettable decisions in his life aside from Uncle Ben's death.

He told the girl he had a crush on for a long time that he was Spider-Man.

Her name is Gwen Stacy, a girl in his class.She has the same excellent grades as Peter, and even got a trainee job at Osborne at the age of 16.Peter's general impression of her is that she has brilliant and dazzling blond hair, skin like Snow White, fashionable and cute dresses, and sometimes wears black headbands.

Peter couldn't describe how happy he was when Gwen agreed to be his girlfriend, and for a moment he actually felt like this was what he was meant to be.

Until Harry Osborn - Peter's best friend - put on the green goblin suit left by his father and came to seek revenge on him on a hang glider.

It must be said that Harry had been a very nice fellow in the past, at least to Peter.When Peter was being bullied by his classmates, Harry would often stand up for him.For a long time Harry was the only friend he had.

What happened later, Peter still hasn't figured it out, but from the incoherent description of Harry who was insane after being injected with the Green Goblin serum, he roughly understood that Harry seemed to blame Spider-Man for his father's death.

Nine months ago, countless eyewitnesses saw the Green Goblin attack a dinner party, Spider-Man broke through a window trying to stop him, and the two wrestled and disappeared into the night on the Green Goblin's hang glider.

News of the explosion at Osborne's house was published in the newspapers the next day.A fire-scorched body wearing tattered Goblin armor was dug up from the rubble, and DNA testing identified the man as Norman Osborn.

Although neither the police nor the FBI found corresponding evidence, Norman's son Harry Osborn insisted that Spider-Man killed his father.He also injected himself with Oz serum, stole the company's equipment, and turned into the second-generation Green Goblin to try to avenge Spider-Man.

The Oz serum further distorted and split Harry's already traumatized psyche, making him insane and capricious.Later, by chance, he discovered that the real body of Spider-Man turned out to be his best friend Peter Parker, which convinced him that Peter had betrayed him, which further aggravated the symptoms of mental illness.

That's why he threw Gwen off the George Washington Bridge.

Peter was there and watched as Harry threw Gwen off the bridge, desperate to save her.His webbing catches up to Gwen in the nick of time, and for a split second he's even relieved that he's made it.

But he didn't.

The two-way pull of the spider's silk and gravity snapped her neck and took her life in an instant.For a moment, in grief, Peter really wanted to kill Harry.He punched the Goblin in the face with punch after punch without reserve, cracking his mask and tearing his skin apart.He beat Harry until he was on the verge of death, groaning involuntarily.

But he still didn't make a move in the end.

what's the function?Gwen was dead, and killing his best friend wouldn't bring her back.

If it had really made him realize anything, it was the absurdity of what he'd been trying to do for ten months.Spiderman is a joke, all he does is constantly hurting people close to him.

So he gave up.At least he still has Aunt May, and he can no longer allow Aunt May to be involved in Spider-Man's mess.He decided to turn back into an ordinary boy, go to school on time and go home on time every day, and never get entangled with any super criminals on the way.
As soon as he thought of this moment, Peter's spider sensor buzzed in his mind like an alarm clock with the highest volume.Spider Sense is one of his many abilities, able to promptly warn him of approaching danger.

Without hesitation, Peter instinctively made a backflip, avoiding a black shadow's surprise attack with extreme danger.He landed on both palms, flipped again, and landed in a half-squat with a distance.

Peter raised his head, and in the middle of the deserted road in front of him was a dark and weird figure.He had unkempt red hair like a chicken coop, wrapped in blue-black tights, and a tattered red cape.

Peter held his breath.He instinctively sensed an indescribable strangeness from this weirdo whose imagination didn't quite conform to the trendy aesthetics.

He narrowed his eyes: "Who are you?"

no answer.The strange man in black let out a strange cry that was between a roar and a howl. With a kick, he flew forward like a galloping cheetah.

(End of this chapter)