Chapter 1545: The Sun Chaser (VI)

In the dark night, a bright moon hangs high in the sky. The wooden window lattice reflects cold light under the moonlight. A middle-aged man wearing glasses sits in front of the window and reads a press release. He holds the phone in one hand and speaks to the other side.

"Don't worry, the New York Times is not one of those unknown tabloids. Our online media has a strong enough influence. Since its launch, the number of subscribers has exceeded two million, which is the highest number of subscribers of the official account of traditional media, and the radiation area reaches more than twenty states."

"In the next issue of the electronic newspaper, we have arranged two current affairs commentators to debate. The topic is "How ordinary people can protect themselves in an environment full of superheroes."

"One of the commentators will fiercely criticize the gun ban faction, and at the same time point out that guns are for ordinary people. People must have stronger firepower to escape from superheroes. At the same time, the candidate will be criticized for not doing it. The one-sided force restriction faction that is responsible for the safety of people's lives..."

"But I think that we can further intensify the conflict between ordinary people and superheroes. After all, if everyone shoots when they see a superhero, bullets will sell better."

"By the way, there are also those food preservative sellers who advocate doomsday theory. If we can contact them, we can also publish an issue on topics such as if superheroes occupy the world with hegemony, how ordinary people should establish a stronghold..."

Just then, the middle-aged man suddenly found that the draft paper on his desk flashed a red light.

He was startled, his hand trembled, and his mobile phone fell to the ground. When he turned around, he saw a flashing red portal.

A black shadow walked out of the portal, raised his gun, shot, shot a headshot, turned around and walked back to the portal. The whole process was done in one go, leaving no trace.

And on the other side of the portal was the wide and bright Spider Army Hall, and a dumbfounded Spider-Man standing beside it.

"You just killed him like that?! Shadow Spider-Man, this is too... too..." Spider-Man waved his hands in the air for a long time, as if he didn't know how to describe it.

"Go find your Stark, don't follow me." Shadow Spider-Man waved his hand impatiently and said, "Or you can go to the airport to watch the plane take off, you should like that."

"How do you know... I mean, Mr. Stark left with Eddie, saying he was going to make a documentary. I saw you kept summoning portals here, so I came to see, you... you..."

"Don't interfere with my mission." Shadow Spider-Man walked past him, glanced at the list in his hand, opened another portal and walked inside, and soon came back with a bloody smell.

George, who hurried to the police station that night, found that eight murders with almost the same modus operandi were placed in front of him, and the dead were more important than one.

The victims of the first three cases were all media workers. Although they had a certain social prestige, they were not considered important figures. The victims of the next three cases were military personnel, and the last two were even more important. One of them was a congressman, and the other was the New York State regional president of the energy giant Roxxon.

This was a complete explosion. The New York Police Department received at least a thousand calls in six hours. Everyone was asking who did it, but George couldn't answer that they were the wronged ghost of Spider-Man.

To be fair, George did not hate Spider-Man, but this attitude was also because, except for the immature Spider-Man who caused some trouble in the early days of his debut, the Spider-Man of this universe was a street hero for a short time. He was arrested and sent to work in the laboratory before he could fight crime on the streets.

Therefore, the conflict between him and George did not escalate to the point of being irreconcilable. The reason why George's attitude towards him was worse than that towards other superheroes was that Spider-Man looked younger. George thought he set a bad example for other young people, including his daughter.

To be honest, George felt a little sorry for the death of the first generation of Spider-Man. When he thought that it might be a young man of the same age as his daughter, and that his family might have relatives waiting for him to go home, but he could never go back, George, like everyone else, sighed for this tragedy.

But Spider-Man did not receive heroic treatment after his death. His reputation was sometimes good and sometimes bad. His successor's reputation was even worse. Even for a long time, Spider-Man became a synonym for hypocrisy, exaggeration and affectation, and he was almost a street rat.

George sometimes wondered if Spider-Man never stood up to clarify and argue because he was guilty, but it was also possible that he was accumulating strength to execute the final verdict.

According to George's experience in handling cases, it was possible that one or two murders with the same method would leave no traces, but now there are a total of ten murders, and the crime scenes are exactly the same, and there are no traces. How can he not associate this with mystical reasons?

As the Commissioner of the New York Police Department, George had a certain understanding of the occult world, because in the past there had been some wizards who had caused trouble because they did not understand the rules of ordinary society, and he had witnessed the wonders of magic when he went to deal with them.

So after this incident, George also considered Jameson's statement, so he contacted the New York Temple as soon as possible, but strangely, the New York Temple, which was always responsive, did not respond this time, which made George even more strange.

He didn't know that the temples around the world were busy looking for their Supreme Mage who had left without saying goodbye and had been missing for a long time. He just felt that the attitude of the temple was ambiguous, and there might really be some hidden secrets.

With this idea in mind, George still conducted the investigation step by step. Having been the police chief for so many years, he also knew that in the face of huge pressure, the police must be dispatched in full and act as if everyone has something to do, so as not to be criticized.

However, George himself did not follow most of the police officers to investigate the crime scenes, or face the questioning of the energy giant, but came to the Horn Daily alone.

A few months ago, the Horn Daily was suspended, so now the newspaper is empty and no employees work here. George easily entered the building of the Horn Daily and successfully found Jameson's office.

He knew how cautious Jameson was about Spider-Man, so he didn't even look at the exposed file cabinets. Instead, he went directly to the archives next to the editor-in-chief's office to find the locked file cabinets, and skillfully opened the lock with a gun.

Not long after, George found the evidence about Spider-Man that Jameson had mentioned, Huggie, in a locked file cabinet.

The evidence included the backup recordings of the underground boxing ring waiter, clues in the sewer, and information about Spider-Man's whereabouts that Jameson had not mentioned.

After looking through the materials, George found that most of the information recorded was located in Hell's Kitchen, where the first generation of Spider-Man debuted. Based on this, George guessed that Huggie and the organization behind him should have a base in Hell's Kitchen.

George put the information he got on the table for a quick comparison. Through the scope of the information revealed by the whereabouts, George determined the approximate scope of the base, and then he drove to the target street.

As the cold wind of late autumn passed through the street, George looked down at the information in his hand. The fragile paper made a "rustling" sound under the strong wind. Schiller turned a page in the notebook in his hand and pointed to a piece of information on it.

"After Hu Ji's death, investigators will definitely find that there is an organization behind him that specializes in discrediting Spider-Man. This organization is quite professional, and every clue about Spider-Man is quite detailed and reliable."

"The people I sent to do it will not leave any clues, so investigators can only focus on the organization behind Hu Ji. I deliberately disclosed some information about his whereabouts, and professionals can completely determine the approximate location of the base by collecting information about his whereabouts - A32C Harlind Street, Hell's Kitchen, which is a small house two streets away from my clinic."

"I arranged some clues there in advance, and investigators will soon find that this is the work of Hydra again, and it also involves the energy giant Roche. Roxxon, Roxxon has been funding SHIELD and is also connected to Hydra in SHIELD. "

"Roxxon cannot compete with Stark Group in the field of heavy arms, so a few years ago, their business focus shifted to the field of civilian arms."

"About a year ago, they contacted Hydra in SHIELD and asked them to investigate the whereabouts of superheroes in New York, mainly to dig out their dirty tricks, and then bribe the media and writers to distort or fabricate the evidence and publish it."

"This is to create an atmosphere where superheroes may go crazy and hurt ordinary people at any time, so that ordinary people have to buy weapons to protect themselves, so as to crack down on the gun ban faction and increase the civilian arms. sales."

"But considering that the Hydra agents are already very busy, and I happen to know Spider-Man very well, especially Spider-Man in his early days, I simply provided them with some evidence, such as Spider-Man often frequents various illegal places and has fought black boxing. "

"Investigators will find evidence in that room that Roxxon contacted Hydra to dig up dirt on superheroes. Regardless of the attitude of the investigators, the evidence will eventually be made public after being passed around several times, and the public will find out who is fooling them, and the superhero threat theory will be self-defeating. "

"More importantly, Roxxon's business focus is civilian use. Once it is caught in a storm of public opinion, it must find a way to restore its brand image. Hydra Since Snake is unreliable, they can only rely on SHIELD, and SHIELD just lacks the funds to build a new superhero team system..."

Schiller smiled and said, "Once the truth that Spider-Man was seriously slandered spreads, people will inevitably re-examine this young superhero."

"And if George had been prejudiced against Spider-Man because of public opinion, then given his character, when Spider-Man reveals his identity to him, his first reaction would not be anger, but guilt, and Peter's problem would be solved. "

In the cabin of Hell's Kitchen, George threw aside the shocking secrets about Hydra and Roxxon Corporation, and was stunned with a report on the appearance and disappearance time of Spider-Man that he had found in the corner.

The information on his whereabouts was very detailed, complete and smooth, and it could completely refute the outrageous claims in some news that Spider-Man went gambling or slaughtered stray dogs at certain times.

But what shocked George was that the time period when Spider-Man disappeared in Hell's Kitchen, excluding possible rest or school time, was exactly the same as the time when his daughter Gwen said she was going out to see an exhibition?

As a single father and a seasoned criminal policeman who climbed to a high position with his own ability, George knew very well that it was better to be safe than sorry. He knew how many people would target the only daughter of a police chief, so he asked Gwen to report to him no matter who she went out with, and clearly state the time she went out and came home.

Gwen was a very obedient child, and she did it every time. Moreover, she didn't like going out to party very much. She had only gone out a few times in the past two years, and George clearly remembered the time she went out and came home every time.

George didn't believe that there was such a coincidence in the world. Even if he was conservative, he would not think that the timeline of a man and a woman disappearing in the eyes of the public just coincided, and they were simply interested in a certain exhibition.

He reread the information in his hand and confirmed that this was the whereabouts of the first generation Spider-Man when he just debuted, so Gwen and the first generation Spider-Man had a relationship? !

When George came to this conclusion, his first thought was that it was a good thing that the first generation Spider-Man died, otherwise how much danger would he bring to Gwen?

Wait, is he dead? Or, is he dead now?

In an instant, George broke out in a cold sweat, Jameson's words kept echoing in his ears. He had no time to think, and instinctively rushed out of the house and got on the car and returned home as quickly as possible.

With a "bang", George opened the door, rushed in and looked at Gwen who was making a cake in front of the island counter and asked.

"You had a relationship with Spider-Man?!"

Gwen was stunned. She knew her father very well. If George asked this, he must have evidence. After the initial shock, Gwen turned her head away and didn't speak.

She was waiting for George to get angry, but he rushed up to her in a panic, grabbed her arm and said, "Hurry, Gwen, you have to leave New York!"

George was not sure whether the mysterious killer was Spider-Man's ghost, but even if there was a one in ten thousand chance, he could not let Gwen take risks. Gwen was his spiritual support, and nothing in the world was more important than Gwen's safety.

Gwen was confused by his action. She was very confused. Finally, she pushed George away and looked at him and said, "Dad, what's wrong with you? Why should I leave New York? Tomorrow is your birthday, and I have to celebrate your birthday with you."

Seeing the sincere expression on his daughter's face, George sighed helplessly and said.

"Do you understand, Gwen? The first Spider-Man is dead, but now he may be back again!"

George actually meant that the first Spider-Man might come back from the dead and become a ghost, but Gwen misunderstood. She thought that George could find out that she and Spider-Man were in love, which meant that he already knew that Spider-Man was Peter, but he was not sure that the first and third Spider-Man were the same person.

Anyway, the relationship had been exposed, and there was no point in hiding it, so Gwen nodded and said, "Yes, of course he is back. Didn't you see Peter a few days ago?"

George was stunned, his thoughts were like lightning, and he looked at Gwen and said, "Peter? You mean, Peter Parker is Spider-Man?!"

Gwen nodded, lowered her head with some guilt, and said, "We didn't hide it from you on purpose, but Peter has some social barriers, and you know he doesn't talk much, I really don't know how to explain it to you..."

"So your current boyfriend is also Spider-Man? You dated two Spider-Men?! God, what's so good about him?!" George held his forehead as if he was about to faint.

Gwen stood there with her head down like a child who had made a mistake, but what she got was not the scolding she had imagined. George just said anxiously: "Why are you still standing here? Go and call Peter and ask him to come back!"

"Uh... are you going to scold him to his face?"

"I thank him! If he wasn't Spider-Man, how could he protect you from another Spider-Man?! Go and ask him to come back, and then you'd better stay together 24 hours a day for the next two months, don't give that ghost killer a chance!"

George looked around and said: "No, no, living together before marriage is still too extreme... How about you get married first?"

"Huh?"

Schiller: Huh?