203 Extra Return (Part 3)
Peter Parker has had a busy day.
He got up from bed before six o'clock in the morning to take care of himself. The clanking sound of washing up alerted his uncle Ben Parker. The latter stuck his head out of the bedroom in surprise and asked: "Isn't today the weekend? Do you have club activities?"
"No, it's not." Peter brushed his teeth vigorously and said sleepily, "I'm going to attend a friend's funeral..."
"What? God, God bless that unfortunate man." Aunt Mei also poked her head out of the bedroom, "Who died? Is it your classmate or the teacher?"
"No!" Peter trembled and woke up, remembering that he had not told his relatives Spider-Man's secret identity, so he could not explain that he had received an invitation from Mr. Stark to attend the funeral of Hercule Hugo, "Who Not even dead, sorry, I said it wrong, it’s just club activities.”
Uncle Ben is not easy to fool: "But you clearly mentioned the word funeral just now. Although I am old, I am not deaf yet."
Peter's sleepiness completely disappeared, and his brain began to work rapidly: "Uh, not to participate, my school club is going to visit someone else's funeral."
"..." Uncle Ben showed a 'do you want to listen to what you are talking about' expression. However, Aunt Mei tugged on the hem of his pajamas and said, "You can't look at today's young societies with the thinking of the old times. Their activities are different from what we did back then."
Peter nodded fiercely: "That's right. It's almost the same. The main purpose of the activity is to study the death culture in different regions."
Sorry, Premier League.
Sorry, Hercule.
"That's quite remarkable." Uncle Ben muttered. "You just happened to find someone who died recently. The funeral was held on the weekend, and the family agreed to let a group of students who couldn't even fight to watch..."
You may not believe it, but the funeral date was specifically placed on the weekend because Peter had to go to school and couldn't take time off!
Peter crossed himself crazily in his mind, rinsed his mouth quickly and said to the two adults: "I have to leave for the plane at seven o'clock. I won't be able to make it in time. I'll see you guys tonight!"
He picked up the schoolbag he had packed long ago and rushed downstairs.
Later, Uncle Ben was roaring: "What kind of club organizes a team to visit a funeral and has to fly?!"
As a result, Peter was one of the first people to arrive. After getting off the plane, he found a public restroom and put on his Spider-Man uniform. When he arrived at the outskirts of Orlando, there were only a few people in the green grassy private cemetery.
Spider-Man's landing posture was so graceful that 'Full score! ’, he was stunned for a moment before he realized that these words were not his own.
——The blond girl wearing a uniform similar to Superman glanced at Robin, and then said: "I give him full marks. No matter how you look at it, it looks better than your entrance."
Robin waved to Peter: "Come here, Spider-Man! This is Supergirl. Supergirl, this is Spider-Man, the superhero in New York. Okay, I've finished the introduction. Next, Spider-Man, you have to take the place of Spider-Man." Let me judge who is right and who is wrong between me and this lady. She just criticized my character, and you have known me for a while. What kind of person do you think Robin is in the eyes of the public... "
Peter and the two young superheroes spent the whole morning, basically in a noisy manner. It wasn’t until noon that the figures that everyone was familiar with and often seen in newspapers and TV entered the cemetery one after another. Peter and Robin took turns introducing Super Girl Kara:
"This is Gotham City prosecutor Harvey Dent, who is a good friend of Hercule."
"The man in the sweater and down jacket is Oliver Putnam, a director with a passion for crime shows who has worked with detectives many times."
"The woman with the black yarmulke and the dress is Zatanna Zatara. She is a very famous magician in Las Vegas because she really knows magic."
"The man in the black suit is a SHIELD agent. I remember his name is Bowen. I met the detective in Hawaii. So many things happened to SHIELD and he is still alive? I didn't expect it. He should be here on behalf of the authorities. "
"..."
Kara, who listened to Hercule's gossip, commented: "Even excluding superheroes, he knows a lot of people."
"Not wearing a uniform will cause the two circles to overlap." Robin said fairly, "Hercule is already the least social person I have ever met."
He suddenly thought of something again and added: "Except Batman."
Peter asked: "But I heard that Hercule and Batman have a very good relationship. Who took the initiative to get to know each other?"
He and Kara looked at Robin curiously.
Robin opened and closed his mouth, then said, "Batman got the detective."
"Then Hercule Hugo was the most unsociable person you know."
Kara made the final decision.
The adults out there have no idea that minors are ranking them in strange ways. At this time, Iron Man bumped into the chairman of Ark Pharmaceuticals in the cemetery. Peter followed him in and had a small meeting, watching Constantine leave without a word. Then the superheroes suddenly decided to kill Hercule Rain. Bring the fruit back.
Even if he had known that the detective was not dead, Peter was still shocked by the fact that the funeral turned into a resurrection ceremony in the blink of an eye.
He remembered what he had said to Uncle Ben.
‘Witness the culture of death in different regions’.
Not like fake.
A group of superheroes followed the Yorkshire terrier and left. What followed was a long wait. Apart from the weird feeling of waiting for someone to be resurrected in front of a tombstone, Peter was very happy to see Hercule again. He imagined the detective falling from the sky into the cemetery like a sea fish blown up by a tornado, greeting everyone as usual...
Robin's phone rang at this moment, and the call request came from the Batcave.
He gestured to Peter and Kara, picked up the phone and asked: "Bat Cave? This is Robin."
**
Alfred held a submachine gun in one hand and a phone in the other hand, standing in front of the display cabinet in the Bat Cave with an expressionless face: "Master Richard, I can't contact Master Bruce, so I can only call you. Are you and Master Bruce at the funeral of Mr. Hercule Hugo?"
Robin: "Yes, but Batman is busy with other things."
"Oh, then can you tell him for me that the person you two are about to mourn at the funeral woke up from the display cabinet in the Bat Cave five minutes ago? Mr. Hugo seems to be in pain, I'm not sure whether to use this as a basis to release Mr. Hugo from the cabinet."
"..."A good detective is one who can make a starfish PTSD?
Considering that most people who come back from the dead are not normal, and Hercule's last body was still made up of "disbelief", Robin frowned and said, "Wait a minute, I'm not sure, can you hold on a little longer?"
"Can I?"
In the Batcave, Alfred looked at Hercule standing against the wall in the closet with a questioning look. Hercule smiled at him politely, and the butler said, "I should be able to, but it's best to be as soon as possible, Master Richard, it doesn't sound normal for the master's friend to be in the closet."
"..."
More than abnormal. To be honest, is this the scope that Batman's assistant should bear?
Dick hung up the phone and tried to look relaxed and calm. He rejected Spider-Man and Supergirl's questions and walked quickly towards Zatanna in the crowd: "Hello, ma'am, I'm Robin. How long will it take for Batman and the others to come back?"
Before Zatanna could answer, prosecutor Harvey Dent turned his head quickly like a hound smelling blood and asked: "What happened? Did the detective wake up? Where is he?"
Zatanna's thoughtful eyes fell on Robin's face, and more people who knew Hercule looked over when they heard the voice.
**
When Batman came back from heaven, Robin was almost unable to hold on. The moment he saw his mentor, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately reported: "The latest news, the detective has woken up."
Batman was not surprised: "Where is he?"
Robin: "Next to Starro, we should probably go back and check as soon as possible."
When people were still wondering where Starro was, could it be Arizona, Wonder Woman suddenly asked: "Is it the body in the display cabinet in the Batcave?"
...
After a while, Superman asked the others' questions: "Why is there a body in the display cabinet in the Batcave?"
The funeral was forced to be suspended because the deceased came back to life in the cabinet of his friend's house. The shock brought to Spider-Man by this incident lasted for a long time, so much so that he was stunned on the way to the airport. Batman, of course, went back to Gotham as soon as possible, but the rest of the people were not in a hurry to leave, mainly because the venue and personnel had been arranged with great difficulty, and the funeral could not be cancelled!
But since Hercule Hugo is still alive, it is not easy to avoid him in order to mourn him, so it is also an option for Batman to bring the detective to the cemetery in Florida.
Peter went back to New York mainly to go to school the next day. Adults who had free time at other times were unwilling to miss the opportunity to attend the funeral with the deceased. They all went to Orlando to rent a hotel for one night. If Hercule could not come the next day, they could go to Disney Park to see the detective wallet trash can that was said to be emptied within five minutes.
**
Batman, who rushed over from the funeral, was very quick. Superman gave him a ride and dropped him off in the north of the city. Batman insisted on walking the rest of the way by himself. Superman suspected that if it weren't for the fact that "Hercule was locked in the display cabinet for three hours" sounded too perverted and unreasonable, Batman would definitely refuse his help to drive the Batwing back.
In any case, the Gotham vigilante arrived at his faithful Batcave within ten minutes and saw the talking corpse at first sight. Except for not opening the lock on the cabinet, Alfred's attitude was completely like receiving guests. The two of them had a good chat across the bulletproof glass. There was even hot tea and cakes prepared outside, waiting for Hercule to enjoy later.
The clothes Hercule wore were the ones that the corpse had brought with it. This body was brought here by the Joker from the Paranormal Universe, and the clothes were neat and tidy, with a uniform style. If you only consider the price, they were a little more expensive than the ones the detective wore. However, they were later made very messy by the blood pouring out of Hercule's right arm and abdominal cavity, and had become a ghost movie prop or Halloween CS costume.
The corpse had been placed in the cabinet intact since it was taken away by Batman and scanned. Even after the wound healed automatically, the clothes were still stained with blood, so everyone who entered the Batcave was startled.
"Master Bruce is back."
Alfred, who was talking to Hercule, noticed Batman in the dark at the first time.