Chapter 63: The Friendly Little Spider

"You have got your learner's license? Then can we drive my dad's car to the beach soon?"

In a small cafe next to the shopping street in the Midtown area, Gwen was stirring the coffee in front of her with a spoon. Peter, who was sitting opposite her, said: "My uncle doesn't have much time. He was diagnosed with a shadow in his lungs in the hospital before, but fortunately, it's just a not-so-serious inflammation. You know, he smoked when he was young..."

"Of course, everyone in their generation is like that, my dad is the same. Every time his coat is stained with smoke, my mother will quarrel with him."

"Although I got a learner's license, my uncle has no time. I can't drive alone without someone to accompany me. I haven't driven a car yet." Peter shrugged.

"In fact, I don't know how to drive very well. The learner's license only requires a written test. I can barely start the car now. As for how to drive..." Peter shook his head.

"I don't know when I can pass the road test. I don't even ride in a car very often, let alone drive."

The Parker family only has an old pickup truck that Uncle Ben uses to go to get off work. When Peter went to Stark Company for an internship, he relied on his own spider silk to swing between high-rise buildings.

In the United States, Peter's age basically only gets a learner's license, which only requires a written test, but if he wants to drive on the road alone, he must pass the road test. Peter has basically never touched a car now. Even if he is a genius, he can't create something out of nothing, and passing the road test is even more distant.

Gwen heard the disappointment in Peter's tone, and she changed the subject.

"I heard that Stark Group gave you a lot of internship fees and plans to let you work in their group in the future?"

"Yes, although I told my uncle and aunt that they would pay for my future college tuition, it is obvious that they are frightened by the expensive tuition fees of some good universities. They want to save all the money to avoid any unexpected situations."

"I think this is a good thing. Sometimes, I think they are worrying too much, but when some disasters really come, I find that their worries are not unreasonable." Gwen said that her gentleness and understanding always made Peter feel that he was not worthy of her.

"If your uncle can't accompany you to practice driving, does he have no friends? Or do you have other elders who are free?"

Peter thought about it and said, "You reminded me that I do have a few candidates..."

The next day, in the living room of the psychological clinic, Peter said, "... This is the situation. I have to touch the car first before I can pass the road test."

Schiller was stunned for a moment and felt that this was not a big deal. With Peter's genius, he must have learned everything by driving him around.

So he said, "No problem, I'm happy to help. I'll drive you around first, and you can watch from the side. Then you can do it yourself. You'll learn everything in less than an afternoon."

A few dozen minutes later, Schiller took out a booklet from somewhere in the driver's seat, and then adjusted the steering wheel while looking at the booklet and said, "Let me see, the part about turning and merging... Oh, here! Wait, this rule is too weird, right?"

Pikachu and Peter sat in the passenger seat and stared at each other. Pikachu said, "I guess he didn't even read the New York Driver's Handbook before he got his driver's license."

"Isn't this obvious?" Peter said.

"Then why don't you think about how he got his driver's license?"

Peter looked stiffly ahead and said, "As long as I don't think about this problem, I will feel that I am safe for the time being."

In a few minutes, Peter and Schiller stood beside the car, and the cold wind of early winter in New York made him shiver.

Schiller took the phone and said, "Hello? Insurance company? Yes... I have sent you the location information... Oh, it's not serious, there is a scratch on the side of the vehicle..."

Then he covered the receiver and said loudly to the owner of a white Audi next to him, "Shut up! This is all your fault! Haven't you read the New York Driver's Manual? I am driving straight, you can't..."

Twenty minutes later, a flashy red supercar stopped next to the accident scene. Stark in the car was wearing sunglasses. He waved to Peter and said, "Let's go! Your Uncle Tony will take you to appreciate the scenery of the New York coastline!"

As he said that, he made another contemptuous nasal sound and said, "You should have come to me at the beginning. Look at this doctor. How can he look like a real racing driver? I bet he has never driven a car to 100 miles in his life..."

Peter looked back at Schiller who was on the phone with the insurance company, and still held Pikachu and got into Stark's sports car.

Soon, Pikachu covered his ears tightly and shouted to Peter in the wind: "Why is he!!!! Driving fast!!!!!! Without closing the roof?!!!!"

"How should I know!!!!!!!" Peter also shouted.

"This is called!!! Fast and Furious!!!!!!!!! Do you understand?!!!!!!!" Stark also shouted.

A few minutes later, the sports car also stopped on the side of the road. Stark took out a booklet from nowhere and said while reading it: "Damn... How do you close the roof? I almost never drive manually... No no no, Jarvis, I don't need your help..."

"Let me see... Oh, here! What?? Vehicle intelligent management system????? How can it be fucking intelligent?? I want to drive manually! Is this a teaching?? Isn't there a button or something??"

Twenty minutes later, Steve received a call from a car owner on the side of the road with his hair blown into a ball. Peter in the bird's nest, Pikachu pulled his hair that was tangled by the wind and said, "I shouldn't have believed your nonsense about going for a ride! I'm just a mouse, I don't need to learn to drive, why should I come out with you?"

Peter comforted him and said, "It's okay, Captain America will definitely not be as unreliable as them!"

Indeed, Steve drove an ordinary black Cadillac. After Peter got in, Steve started the car very skillfully. At least he didn't take out a brochure from somewhere and read it while driving. Peter breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, he couldn't laugh anymore. Steve's speed was getting higher and higher, and he didn't slow down when turning. Every time he drifted, the tires would leave charred marks on the ground, and Peter would be hit hard on the door on the other side, and the Pikachu in his arms almost flew out of the window.

Then, when passing the speed bump, Steve didn't have any intention of slowing down. In the horrified eyes of Peter and Pikachu, the car rushed straight over. After the front wheel of the vehicle hit the speed bump, it was bumped hard, and the front of the whole car was directly lifted up.

Steve still didn't care, and the whole car almost flew over the speed bump. Peter was directly thrown up from the seat, and his head hit the roof hard. When he fell down, his waist was hit by the seat again. He screamed: "Oh!!! My waist!!"

At this time, Pikachu had been hit on the windshield.

Steve continued to drive on his own. Seeing Peter's miserable state, he smiled and said, "The suspension system of this vehicle is very advanced. When I drove on the battlefield, my legs and arms would be bruised within 20 kilometers..."

"Learning to drive always requires this process. Speed ​​bumps on the road are much better than spike traps and anti-collision barriers on the battlefield, right?"

Twenty minutes later, Coulson drove the SHIELD's special car to pick up Steve and Peter. Steve complained, "I take back what I just said about this car. Its quality is too poor. Why did it stall?"

Coulson said, "Captain, even if you are Captain America, you can't drive without a license and speed on the main road in New York..."

"Damn driving without a license, how could I not have a driver's license?!"

"Driver's licenses before 1940 don't count."

Steve pursed his lips and said, "Okay, but at least I didn't speed."

"Traffic regulations before 1940 don't count either."

Pikachu has no desire to live Sitting in Peter's arms, he said, "... You are really good at making friends."

Peter also said with despair, "I thought there would always be a reliable one."

"That's just what you thought."

Coulson turned around and asked, "So you want to take a driver's license? Why didn't you call us? SHIELD can issue you a formal driver's license directly without the Department of Motor Vehicles. We still have this power."

Peter said, "If you told me this before today, I would be very happy to ask you to print a formal driver's license for me immediately."

"But now I have learned my lesson. I'd better practice slowly by myself. Before driving on the road, I will definitely memorize the driver's manual and vehicle manual, and then update the driver's license information on time every year."

Coulson seemed quite surprised. He looked at Peter with appreciation and said, "There are not many young people like you who are upright and do not seek privileges."

Peter said tiredly, "That's probably because I am really good at making friends."