Chapter 63 The Web of Power

Gwen listened to Raymond's recollection with some hesitation. She didn't expect that the meeting between Professor Xu and Jin Bing was so tense. She never thought that her mentor would bring out a large-caliber anti-material sniper rifle when meeting Jin Bing.

You know, what she saw that day was the absolutely shocking scene of Jin Bing pulling her mentor into his arms and hugging him - this fully proved that the relationship between the two had reached a considerable degree.

"The shooting was just to show him determination, and showing determination is also a display of my own strength. Even if I entrust Jin Bing with the virtual snake, I need to let him know that I will not kneel down and be a dog." Raymond explained to Gwen.

"Then..." Raymond slowly recounted the situation to Gwen, "He said he has a project now and needs my cooperation. It's a biopharmaceutical project."

"I've been tracking down banned drugs since Obadiah fell..." Gwen lowered her head and pondered. After all, she was once a science and engineering nerd, and she quickly found the common ground between the two. "Could this biopharmaceutical project be related to the banned drugs I'm tracking down?"

"Listen to me." Raymond pressed down his left hand slightly, as if this could suppress the doubts in the girl's heart, "I know he's put so much effort into it, it's definitely not a legal and compliant project, so I asked him what this project is, guess what he said?"

"Why are you still keeping it a secret at this time!" Gwen really never liked this characteristic of Raymond, he always seemed to be suspenseful.

So, Spider-Woman threatened her mentor with a rather aggressive look: "Hurry up and tell me!"

"In short, this is a secret experiment using retired soldiers. Kingpin... and his supporters behind the scenes have jointly developed a drug designed to strengthen the human body. This drug is developed based on a banned drug, which also makes it highly addictive..."

Hearing this, Gwen's forehead was covered with cold sweat. The girl almost immediately realized how dangerous this situation was: "Kingpin is experimenting with all the 'zombies' in New York?"

Gwen Stacy's eyes flashed back, and she seemed to see the 'zombies' wandering around on the street in the evening, drooling at her, and the saliva seemed to still be sticking to the girl's blue Converse.

She seemed to see the black teenager who wanted to stir up blood and gore on the campus of Empire State University, and the several illegal pills that fell from his schoolbag; the syringes and unknown drugs scattered in the paper bag of the black man with a gun who was being chased outside Professor Xu's apartment building on the day he lost his pizza delivery job; and the deal between Jin and the NYPD on the night she was injured...

It seemed that a web covering the entire New York was covering it. Gwen Stacy, wearing a spider suit, took off her mask and raised her head. Her sapphire blue eyes reflected the golden light overflowing in New York City under the sunset, but she immediately saw the flying dust soaked in the golden light of the sunset slowly floating over the entire New York City -

It was like a shroud gently covering the entire New York City.

"We have to stop him!" Gwen raised her head, the girl raised her eyebrows and looked at Raymond for support, "We must stop him, who knows how much trouble these banned drugs will cause in New York City..."

Raymond Xu frowned, he looked at Gwen Stacy in front of him, the girl almost confessed her feelings to him, they now knew each other's attachment to each other, and they had confirmed each other's feelings - he looked at the thin girl, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in his heart.

But Gwen Stacy has always been the kind of person who punishes evil and promotes good. As Spider-Woman, the girl will never sit back and watch Raymond charge forward and enjoy the fruits of his labor... This means that Raymond cannot exclude her from this matter.

But the problem is that in Kingpin's eyes, Gwen Stacy and Spider-Woman have no secrets at all. Gwen's real life defense line is only that thin mask, but now that barrier no longer exists for Kingpin.

After a few seconds of silence, Raymond replied to Gwen who was looking at him expectantly: "I understand, but you have to be careful, Kingpin already knows your identity."

"You are the one who should be more careful about your safety." Gwen wanted to hug Raymond in front of her again, but in the end, because of her hesitation about his identity, she only whispered, "Don't go alone in danger, and remember to tell me in time if anything happens."

Looking at the girl looking up at him, looking at the concern and anxiety between her eyebrows, Raymond took a deep breath - he had decided not to drag Gwen into the complicated political struggle he had planned, so he decided to tell a lie:

"Okay, I promise you."

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Seeing Gwen's back leaving the office, Raymond breathed a sigh of relief.

The professor is not a reckless person, and he advocates making plans before taking action.

Kingpin and Obadiah are roughly the same, both of them are considered to be the villains behind the scenes. The ability of this kind of villain is not that strong. At least compared with Thanos and the Celestials, they can only be regarded as minions.

The characteristic of this kind of opponent is that their means of solving problems have not exceeded the limitations of geophysics, which is still within the scope of Professor Xu's ability.

The difficulty with this kind of opponent is that they often have complex power networks. If Gwen's network was woven by herself, then Jinbin's network was given to him by this complex society - he is the total representative of the dark side of this society. .

The last time he defeated Obadiah, he relied on connecting with Washington and representing Stark Industries. He also gained Tony Stark's trust through Pepper Potts and dismantled Obadiah step by step. Daiya weaved a web of power through Stark Industries and ultimately secured victory.

So why can’t it be done again for gold?

Professor Xu could read the ambition in the fat man's eyes. He was definitely not willing to succumb to the control of someone in Washington. I know that the end of Kingpin's ambition is at least to enter the White House and become the master of this country.

This means that his relationship with his supporters is actually not that close.

Since they are not so close, there are places for him to take advantage of loopholes and places for him to exert power and conspiracy - just like he took down Obadiah, he will also take down Kingpin. The professor is very confident about this.

The professor changed out of his casual glasses and put on the more business-like gold thin-rimmed glasses, and picked out a well-fitting custom-made suit from the office wardrobe.

In a comic book universe where big events turn into inevitable events, the best way to stop Spider-Man from facing her fate is to do it herself.

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On the top floor of Stark Industries' newly rented office building, a spacious conference room has been hastily taken care of. The professor had already taken off his suit. He put on a pair of worn-out workers' boots, a work uniform he didn't know where he got it from, and a white safety helmet. He was looking around among the workers. :

"Guarantee the construction period, but also pay attention to safety. Don't cause any safety accidents, which will make Mr. Stark look bad." The professor threatened softly or hard, "In addition, your current budget has exceeded the standard. I would like to ask-"

The professor turned his head and looked at the quail-like workers behind him: "What's going on?"

The blue-collar workers gathered together silently with awe and trepidation, looking at the professor sitting among them. No one dared to speak first - this is the CEO of the world's top company, which in the business world means the top of Wall Street. Successor, in the political world... At this age, he may not be able to enter the White House in the future.

The class gap between him and these blue-collar workers is too big, big enough for these workers to swallow everything they want to say.

"It's just a simple over-cost problem." The red-necked worker facing Raymond rubbed his big hands nervously, "As long as you pay enough wages, we will complete the work as soon as possible!"

"Overspending problem?" Raymond laughed out loud. If it was just an "overspending problem", he would not take off his custom-made suit and hold the first meeting of Stark Industries executives in New York in such a large construction site. Meeting.

"As I know, the labor union took a lot from it, right?" The professor, who knew that New York City's docks and construction industry were the original breeding ground for gangs, guessed the truth about the so-called "overspend problem" in a few seconds - -Those labor unions that use the banner of protecting workers are essentially gangsters who exploit blue-collar workers.

Raymond shook his head and stood up - in his hometown and here, some situations were different but ultimately the same. The professor is here to point his sword at those who are filthy. He chuckled and directly pointed out the purpose of his trip: "Who is in charge of the labor union at the construction site?"

A fat-headed guy squeezed out from the crowd. He had a flattering smile, but his words were full of soft nails: "You only need to leave the construction site matters to us. As long as you give us enough money, everything else will be fine." Don’t worry about anything…”

"You're fired." The professor had no intention of listening to his threat. These gangsters disguised as construction industry labor unions were nothing more than middlemen who took advantage of the situation.

When the professor said these words, Stark Industries executives happened to appear behind him - they were veterans who had been in business for a long time, and had even experienced Howard Stark and Obadiah Stan. And Tony Stark, three emperors' veterans from three dynasties, they watched the young talented new officer's second act in office:

"I don't allow those gang-like labor groups to appear within the sight of Stark Industries. Every penny we spend is either spent on solid steel and concrete, or on the workers' food, clothing, housing and transportation. On, the only thing we don’t need—”

The professor turned his head, looked calmly but sharply at the executives behind him, and then said, "Middlemen."