Chapter 343 Don't Even Think About Quitting with the Candidate

When Li Jie saw Peter Parker in class today, this originally optimistic and cheerful sunny boy sat in his seat with a gloomy face.

Peter hadn't been out in the open for several days, neither in class nor on base. Li Jie went to his house to look for people who often couldn't see him, or simply hid in the room and did not come out.

His current complexion is as ugly as a storm is coming. He sat silently in his seat without saying a word. His hands were randomly flipping through the pages of the book, but his eyes were not focused on the book. At first glance, it looks like he is absent-minded.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Jie was a little worried about Peter. "Don't let those reports influence you, Peter. You know, those reporters and the media just like to catch rumors, especially rumors. You have to understand all this, they are just for readers and bloggers' attention."

Li Jie wanted to keep Peter from being influenced by media reports as much as possible. Recently, the coverage of Spider-Man in the media has become more and more over the top. Under the fanning of that lawyer Lucar, the trend of public opinion became more and more strange.

The robber, Mark Mehon, was described by Lukal as a man with a short temper but no malice. Although he holds a pistol, he has a legal license to hold a gun. And the firearms held are the types of firearms that New York State law allows civilians to hold.

In Lucar's description, Mark Mehon has a certain anxiety disorder. At that time, he was in a hurry to catch the bus and needed change, and the convenience store clerk was too slow, and Mark Mehon was too eager at the time. That's why he took out his pistol and asked the clerk to open the teller machine quickly.

An important basis for his behavior not constituting the crime of robbery is the twenty-dollar bill he left behind at the scene. That was more than the value of the fifteen-dollar bill he had taken.

You know, a lawyer's job is to justify his client. How the real story is is not important to Lucar. For him, the important thing is that he wins the case.

Reversing black and white is a basic skill that a professional lawyer should master. In Lucar's description, Mark Mehon became a victim of violent law enforcement.

At the same time, Lucar said that Mark Mehon had some extreme behaviors before. That is to point a gun at the other party and ask the other party to give me change to express an apology. And willing to make financial compensation to the frightened shop assistants.

After some private transactions and compromises. The convenience store did not hold Mark McHone accountable for his actions. The public prosecution of the robbery case brought by the police is also facing huge troubles.

Because Mark Mehon pleaded guilty to holding a gun and intimidating others. But he refused to admit that he had committed robbery. The charge of intimidating others became difficult to pursue because Lucar issued a psychiatrist's diagnosis certificate, confirming that Mark Mehon suffered from a certain degree of anxiety disorder.

Especially when Lucar found the clerk and owner of the convenience store in private and offered a compensation they were willing to accept, the prosecution became very difficult to proceed.

The original intention of the law should be fair and just, but in reality, due to various reasons, this kind of fairness that should have been met with various resistances. For example, a barrister like Luca who has no moral bottom line.

After solving McMahon's own problems, he sued the NYPD and Spider-Man. The New York police were charged with violent law enforcement, and Spider-Man was charged with illegal detention.

The New York police lawsuit is about to officially start, but because Spider-Man can't find the defendant, it just becomes a gimmick.

But the two indictments still attracted a lot of attention in the New York media. Especially the Daily Horn, although James, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Horn, has always been reluctant to see Spider-Man.

As long as there is any news about Spider-Man, he will smear Spider-Man's actions throughout the article and vilify him into a villain with a mask.

These things, James usually let his reporters do it. He rarely goes into battle himself. And the Daily Bugle seems to have gone crazy recently.

The editor-in-chief James began to do it himself, and he personally wrote the headlines on the newspaper and the top news on the website. And he lashed out at the level of case handling by the New York police, and Spiderman, as a city pest, is a cancer of the city.

He also began to criticize the inaction of the New York Municipal Authority from this matter, and talked about the need for reform in New York City and so on. It seems that at a certain moment, James changed from a newspaper editor to a human rights fighter who cared about the welfare of citizens.

The Daily Bugle was like a mad dog biting Peter and the NYPD's problems. Li Jie can read James' long editorials from this newspaper almost every day.

This made Li Jie put a question mark in his heart, what the hell is this editor who hates ghosts and ghosts thinking about. Was he trying to make Peter Parker rotten? But what does it mean to him?

So Li Jie was a little worried that Peter would be affected by these news comments. But Li Jie didn't know the conversation between Peter and George at the dinner that day.

What George said made Peter feel the most uncomfortable. He was doubting the correctness of being a superhero, and whether he was really meddling.

This thought was flowing through his veins like venom, gnawing at his heart.

"It's okay Jason, I just want to be quiet. I just feel a little tired recently." Peter smiled weakly. Throughout the day Peter was a little absent-minded.

Even before school was over in the afternoon, Eugene, the forward of the school basketball team, stopped in front of Peter, but he didn't notice.

Eugene has been at odds with Peter and Li Jie for three years in high school. Especially before Peter became Spider-Man, he was almost always bullied by him.

Until that time in Central Park, when he was approached by the original gang members and asked him to deliver drugs again, Eugene's character changed a lot.

Maybe it was because he understood something after that, his character is no longer as arrogant as that. He began to mature and introverted, and this change in personality also affected his playing style.

Eugene is now playing basketball more efficiently, and is more of a team instead of just focusing on his own performance. It also allowed the Mets high school basketball team to reach the top eight in the National League for the first time.

This summer, Eugene is expected to lead the school team to the national championship.

When he stood in front of Li Jie and Peter, Li Jie thought he was looking for trouble again, but Eugene quickly explained his purpose.

"I'm sorry." Eugene said quickly in a low voice.

"What?" Li Jie was a little surprised.

"I mean I'm sorry for all the asshole things I've done. Including picking you up for nothing, Peter. I'm really sorry, both of you. High school is coming to an end, and it's going to be over a month away. If I don't say it now, maybe There will be no chance in the future." Li Jie and Peter were a little surprised by Eugene's words.

"It's okay, buddy. Everyone messes up sometimes." Li Jie and Peter shook their heads, expressing that Eugene didn't need such a formal apology.

The noise and contradictions in the student days are just some episodes in life. Sometimes even some important memories, many years later. When two old enemies get together, they might be able to sit down and talk about the stories of mutual hatred back then, and instead become true friends.

Eugene laughed when he saw Li Jie and Peter. "Would you like to come and see the final quarter-finals? I can get tickets. Good location!"

Li Jie and Peter looked at each other, "Of course! We still want to see our school team win the national championship, and we are waiting to see your trophy become the MVP of the National High School League!"

Eugene let out a sigh of relief, and then happily compared his fingers to the two, signaling them not to forget their promise.

On the way home from school, Peter Parker spoke to Li Jie as if he had made up his mind. "I want to quit."

"What?" Li Jie didn't understand what Peter meant by these words for a moment.

"I mean, maybe Spider-Man should take a break. Maybe New York City doesn't need Spider-Man that much, you understand. Jason." Peter's tone was low.

"Why? Because of the gossip in the media? You have to know that those people are talking nonsense! These paparazzi have never had a position. As long as something attracts people's attention, they will write about it. Don't pay attention to them!" Li Jie couldn't help it. Believe what Peter said to himself.

What's the situation, Spider-Man decided to retire?

Peter didn't have much reaction to what Li Jie said, he just shook his head. "I'm sorry, please forgive my selfishness and willfulness. I..."

"Shut up!" Li Jie interrupted Peter unceremoniously. "Listen all you have to do now is go home and get rolled in your bed! Close your eyes and get some sleep and report back to base tomorrow night. If you don't come, Harry and I will go back to your house and drag you out! You can't beat the two of us!"

"I'll figure out what's wrong with these recent things. You'd better not trouble me any more now! You know I've been busy enough recently." Li Jie's words were rough, but Peter laughed.

Li Jie turned away from Peter at the intersection and was about to go to his home when he saw a newsstand on the side of the road. A large poster hanging outside the newsstand caught his attention.

"New York's election campaign is coming, and the list of five candidates has been released. Who can aspire to the mayor of New York City." Li Jie looked at the giant poster with the photos and names of five candidates lined up on it.

At this moment, Li Jie finally understood why the editor-in-chief of the Bugle Daily was biting Peter's news like a mad dog.

He has a mustache and combs his hair back. A photo of James, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, who looks like an old gentleman, is smiling on the poster.

And he is one of the candidates for mayor of New York City!