Peter Parker returned home.

"Aunt Mei, I'm back."

As soon as Peter looked up, he realized that there were guests at home today. Besides Aunt May, there were two people sitting at the table.

One is a tall and strong man with dark hair, wearing clothes that are too thick for this season, and wearing a pair of strange goggles on his head; the other is a girl with brown hair and brown eyes. Her deer-like eyes stared straight at Peter.

"Peter!" Aunt May waved at him, "This is Mr. Snyder and Emma, ​​they rescued me today."

Peter Parker didn't even have time to change his shoes, he rushed to Aunt May nervously, "What happened? Are you okay?"

Aunt May touched Peter's hand reassuringly, "It's all over, I met a robber today, thanks to Mr. Snyder and Emma, ​​I'm fine, nothing happened."

Peter breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you," he said gratefully.

The man at the table just glanced at him and then turned his head away, while the brunette girl smiled at him:

"Hey, Peter," the girl's brown eyes looked at Peter slyly, "Emma Karis, I said, I will find you."

Peter yanked the curtains of the bedroom, and then "snapped" the spider webs, binding the latch of the door.

He sat on the bed in his bedroom and looked at Emma with an unfriendly expression: "Tell me, Miss Caris, how do you know that I belong to Spider-Man?"

"My superpower is recognizing superheroes." Emma shrugged.

Ignoring Peter's suspicious eyes, she stepped forward and touched the mass of spider silk on the threshold. The material was like steel wire, tough and strong, and then Emma sat on the chair opposite Peter.

"It's the first time I've seen superpowers with my own eyes." Emma exclaimed, "It's amazing."

This sudden compliment made Peter blush, but he suddenly remembered his position.

"I won't continue to be a superhero." Peter tried to keep a straight face.

"Really?" Emma looked at him, "You don't miss the feeling of flying among the tall buildings in New York? Don't you miss the touch of others thanking you after you saved someone?"

Why not, thought Peter.

He thought too much.

The feeling of walking through the steel jungle used to creep into Peter's dreams almost every night when he was "Spider-Neighbor Boy".

When Peter was flying with spider silk, almost every New Yorker who saw him would greet him, and every day he could receive various gifts from people he helped.

And now...

Peter's eyes darkened.

Now, he hadn't experienced such a feeling for a long time.

"Peter," Emma looked at Peter with her clean brown eyes, "can you tell me what happened?"

The memory of the night when he was beaten up by the Mandarin flooded Peter Parker's mind. It was this incident that made Peter realize that without the Avengers, he was nothing.

He's always been that timid boy with low self-esteem, even if he has superpowers, even if he wears strange costume tights, but he is too far from Mr. Stark and others.

He was never a superhero.

Emma watched the boy meditate, and at the same time, the system suddenly made a voice in her mind:

[Confirm the C-level task]

[Let Peter Parker become Spider-Man again, reward 200 points]

Emma left Peter's door.She limped down the stairs and saw Snyder sitting beside her.

"You came to New York just for him?" Snyder wiped his freeze gun without looking at Emma. "That brat with no hair yet?"

"Not quite," Emma replied, "but he's important."

"Which superhero is he? Spider-Man? Daredevil?"

Captain Cold's keenness made Emma jump.She glanced nervously at Aunt May, who was boiling water in the kitchen, and gave Snyder a "shh" mouth.

Emma dragged Snyder to the study next door, she frowned and looked at Snyder: "How do you know?"

Snyder hooked his lips. "Guess. If your goal is to save the world, he must be an important part of it. According to my opinion, this brat is probably not a great scientist or a villain. Then there is only one possibility left, a superhero."

"It seems that my guess is right." Captain Cold supported the wall behind the study with his left hand, and Emma found out in horror that this formed a wall-dong posture.She was now trapped between Snyder's arm and the corner, unable to move.

Snyder's black eyes looked at Emma's brown eyes without blinking, "You really know the information about superheroes."

Emma swallowed nervously. She was at war with heaven and man in her heart. She didn't know whether to tell the things about the system to the person in front of her—although Captain Cold seemed to be helping him all the time, he was a villain after all—

"Forget it." Just as Emma was hesitating, Snyder suddenly withdrew his arm. "I don't care about the rest, just let the Flash come back."

Emma: ...

"Conditions." Emma hesitated for a moment, and decided to selectively tell Captain Cold some of the facts, "If you want The Flash to come back, you need, uh...be a good person and do good deeds."

Snyder stared at Emma with the expression that you say what you say again.

There were footsteps outside the door, and Emma and Snyder looked back at the door together.

Aunt Mei was holding a tray with two cups of hot tea on it. She looked at Snyder and Emma who were very close at this time with a sorry face: "Did I disturb something?"

"Speaking of which," Aunt Mei took a sip of tea, "How did you and Peter meet?"

"Uh—I met on Facebook." Emma also took a sip of tea to hide her embarrassment. She had told too many lies this night, which made her a little overwhelmed. "I have been a netizen with him for a year. There is a picture of him on his Facebook, and I recognized him immediately."

"That's such a coincidence." Aunt Mei opened her eyes wide, "You saved me today, and I'm his aunt again."

"Yes." Emma smiled, "What a coincidence."

"Emma, ​​if you don't mind—" Aunt May hesitated before her and Snyder, "Do you and Mr. Snyder want to share a room tonight?"

Emma just took a sip of tea and sprayed it out all at once.

Compared to Emma's panic, Snyder on the side didn't react much.Emma coughed and said, "We...cough cough cough...it's not that kind of relationship."

Aunt Mei looked regretful, "I thought you were a couple."

Emma was startled again by the word lovers, and the tea was spilled all over the floor.She quickly squatted down to wipe off the tea stains, but saw a row of bullet holes on the floor.

Aunt Mei also squatted down, and she followed Emma's gaze——

"Ah," Aunt Mei said softly, "This year has not been peaceful."

Emma tossed and turned on the bed in the guest room.

The current situation in New York made her at a loss. Emma never hoped that superheroes were still around.

And now-

Emma opened the task interface, which clearly displayed his existing 60 points, and then looked at the 1000 points of the D-level hero, and she sighed deeply.

It's too far.

"System, do I have to do all the tasks myself?"

[Yes] The system replied, [Only after completing the C-level task, you can designate an assistant to complete the task together]

[The helper mode can be turned on after completing the first C-level mission.The number of assistants for each task depends on the task situation]

This sounds pretty good, at least you don't have to complete tasks such as "building a space fortress" alone that you can't complete if you kill her.

When Emma woke up, it was already noon the next day.

She fell asleep very late the day before, and this time she slept so deeply that when she got up, she was in a daze and fell down the stairs all of a sudden.

Peter was startled, he was about to go out, he rushed up and helped Emma, ​​avoiding the cruel fate of her rolling down.

"Thank you." Emma was still in shock. He caught a glimpse of Peter wearing clothes for going out, and asked suspiciously, "Where are you going?"

"Midtown High," Peter replied.

"I'm going too." Emma said excitedly.

"Where's your foot? Are you all right?"

"It's healed." Emma didn't lie, the final use of the Speed ​​Force he exchanged was to basically heal the foot injury, and Emma planned to take advantage of her super power to do a few more tasks.

All Ray Snyder.Emma thought dissatisfiedly that he suddenly found that Snyder was no longer here, and asked Peter suspiciously, "Where is Snyder?"

"I don't know." Peter shrugged. "He was out when I woke up."

Emma and Peter on their way to Midtown High.

The light of the day allowed her to see what New York looked like more clearly.Queens seems to be better than Manhattan, but it is also a mess of destruction, with collapsed houses everywhere.

There were few people on the street, and the whole area was dead.

"It's not bad here." Peter seemed to see what Emma was thinking. "Brooklyn is the worst. It is the hometown of Captain America, and it has basically been destroyed by Hydra now. Hydra now occupies Brooklyn, and Queens is controlled by Kim."

Peter's gaze suddenly froze on an alley in Queens.Emma followed his gaze, and the alley was old and dirty, just like an ordinary alley in New York.

Peter's gaze was frozen there for too long, and Emma had no choice but to call out:

"Peter?"

Only then did Peter come to his senses.He panicked to cover up his gaffe just now, and tried to calmly say: "Let's go."

Emma looked at Peter: "What happened to that alley?"

"Nothing." Peter shook his head.

Emma took Peter's forearm.

"Peter." Emma said seriously, "I hope you tell me what happened to you."

Peter was silent for a while.

"I can't help it," he whispered. "I can't be Spider-Man anymore."

"I thought I was a hero. I used to think that helping New Yorkers do things they couldn't do, fighting off some bad guys was a superhero.

But I am not.I'm not like Captain America, who can be inspiring just by showing up. I'm not like Mr. Stark, who has money and brains. I'm not a seasoned agent like Black Widow or Hawkeye... I'm just an ordinary New Yorker, an ordinary high school student.

After they disappeared, when I was knocked down by the Mandarin in this alley, I realized that I had been living under the shadow of the Avengers, and after they disappeared, I could do nothing, nothing..."

The pain on Peter's face was so obvious that Emma hugged the boy before she could react:

"Peter." Emma patted Peter on the back. The 17-year-old boy is even half a head taller than Emma, ​​but he is still a minor, afraid, terrified, and doubting himself.

The boy desperately needs someone who can tell him what he should do now.

But with all the grown-up heroes gone, no one seemed to be able to help him as Spider-Man.

"It's not like that, it's not like that," Emma said.

"Captain America didn't rely on those pep talks, Iron Man didn't rely on his armor, and Black Widow and Hawkeye didn't become superheroes because of their identities as agents.

The reason why they can become superheroes is because of their ability to know what they can't do. After experiencing gunpowder and war, pain and tragedy, they can stand up again and again to help us, help New York, and help the United States Repel the enemy. "

"They can be superheroes, not in their own right."

Emma patted Peter on the chest. "It's here."

"Peter," said Emma, ​​"remember, always follow your heart."

Emma's gaze on Peter was so hot that Peter couldn't bear to look at the light in her eyes.

Emma's words just now were like a pebble thrown into a boundless calm lake, and tiny ripples oscillated in Peter's chest.He felt that something was about to burst out in his chest, and Peter desperately held back the tears that were about to roll from his eyes.

"... let's go," said Peter finally.He strode forward, not daring to look at Emma who was following him along the way.

The school gates of Zhongcheng High School are scattered all over the place.Emma carefully stepped over the weeds and rocks, and followed Peter into the scientific research building, the residence of New York refugees.

The sound of footsteps and voices in the scientific research building was chaotic, and Peter frowned—this indicated that something might have happened in the building during his absence.As they were going up the stairs, they came across a dark-haired young man who was holding a wad of bandages.

"Brown." Peter ran after him. "What's going on?"

The man turned around, revealing the jacket with the "Central City Television" badge pinned on it, and Emma knew immediately who the man was.

"The reconnaissance team rescued two injured people, both of whom were seriously injured." He hurriedly said, and then caught a glimpse of Emma behind Peter.

"Emma Karis." Emma smiled at Brown.

Brown froze for a moment.

"Why are you here?" Brown said urgently. "I mean, you shouldn't be here. New York is too chaotic."

"Yeah, you shouldn't have come to New York." The brown-haired girl looked at Brown. "I also have things I need to do. I just graduated from medical school. Where are the wounded?"

Brown stared blankly at Emma, ​​and it took him a while to realize that he had lost his composure: "It's on the third floor."

The injured were two women, both unconscious at this time, lying on a simple hospital bed built by homeless people.

Emma saw the black-haired woman in the middle at a glance. She was the most injured, her abdomen was bleeding profusely, and there was almost a pool of blood under her body.

Emma was about to rush forward to check, but saw Peter next to him staring at another unconscious blonde woman, and murmured in disbelief:

"Agent Carter?"

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