Chapter 903: Little Spider (Please Collect, Recommend, Vote, Subscribe)
Just as a group of tourists were chattering, there were suddenly bursts of exclamations from afar, mixed with some cheers.
The group of high school students turned their heads and saw a red and blue figure flying between the tall buildings.
"Look! It's Spider-Man!" One of the bespectacled guys shouted in surprise.
Unexpectedly, a thick-lipped black guy next to him said disdainfully: "Tsk, New Yorkers' pajama baby. What's so good about it."
Spider-Man, New York's new darling. He is affectionately called the 'pajama baby'. Because according to many witnesses who have come into contact with this superhero, Spider-Man should not be very old, because whether it is from height or business, and behavior patterns, it can be felt that this superhero is not very old, at most a high school student.
As for pajamas, that is another joke, from the Bugle. Because when this superhero first appeared, the uniform... that was rubbish, it was a cheap one at a glance, and the plaid pattern looked like pajamas, so the Bugle joked that it was a pajama baby.
However, this did not affect Spider-Man's popularity in New York at all.
After all, the superheroes in New York before were either super rich or extremely cool. Even if there were some down-to-earth ones, most of them were too "adult-oriented", such as the Defenders, whose characters had nothing to do with civility and politeness. The appearance of Spider-Man is simply a breath of fresh air in the world of superheroes.
He is polite, humorous, like a boy next door, and does not look out of place like a superhero.
So many New Yorkers look at Spider-Man like their own children, always showing a lot of tolerance and love. When Spider-Man first debuted, he caused a lot of trouble, and even caused a lot of property losses because of several arrests of criminals. As for the casualties, there were very few. Although the little spider looks unreliable, he is still quite reliable in some aspects.
But young people are always more impulsive. When he was arresting a criminal gang called the "Rogue Gang", he was a little self-righteous and put himself in danger several times. That's not all. He also destroyed the police's arrangements several times, letting the Rogue Gang run away, and also caused the police to suffer unnecessary losses. It is a typical case of good intentions leading to bad results.
Because of this, the police department was furious and directly issued a wanted order for Spider-Man.
As a result, many citizens complained for Spider-Man, believing that he just wanted to help and should not be treated as a criminal. There were even protests at the police station.
This made the police extremely angry. Spider-Man was clearly wrong, so why were they the ones being protested?
Of course, there are still some people who understand. In the public opinion circle, the attitude towards Spider-Man is roughly divided into three factions.
One faction naturally supports Spider-Man.
Others are just children, risking their lives just to help. This kind of thing is worth encouraging, right? So he was turned into a criminal by the police? Too harsh, right? Just a few words of criticism and education will do. The important thing is guidance.
The other faction is the opposite. They think that it is precisely because he is young that he should stay away from such things. He has learned to ignore the law at such a young age? If he continues to let it go, who knows what will happen in the future? After all, he is fighting criminals and upholding justice today, but what about the future? You have to know that the sense of right and wrong of adults is completely different from that of children. Will he become a jerk who does not know fear and acts recklessly?
In addition to these two groups, there is also a middle group, which is not so serious. Generally speaking, they belong to the category of spectators. They don't think so deeply, but just think that it's a good thing to have more superheroes. But they don't compare Spider-Man with other superheroes. After all, he is just a child.
However, although there are debates, on the whole, the media and public opinion are quite tolerant of Spider-Man.
After all, he is just a child. In the Western public opinion environment, there has always been a very clear distinction, that is, children are angels!
Especially for children under the age of fourteen, it is basically impossible for them to make mistakes. Even if they really commit crimes, they will be directly ignored. The public opinion environment is very relaxed.
But once they are over eighteen, it doesn't work immediately.
There is no conclusion about how old Spider-Man is, but everyone generally thinks that he is a child of fourteen or fifteen years old. So no matter which newspaper or media, it is impossible to say too harshly about Spider-Man. If they say too harshly, they may be protested by child welfare protection agencies and a bunch of child educators at any time.
In addition, Spider-Man... is not special.
That's right. Another reason why the public opinion environment is tolerant of Spider-Man is because Spider-Man is quite mediocre in the entire superhero group.
He doesn't have the destructive power of the Knight King.
He doesn't have the mysteriousness of Batman.
He doesn't have the wealth and influence of Tony Stark.
Even his combat power is not outstanding.
Is it meaningful to target this kind of superhero?
He is a superhero who has little influence whether he is there or not.
Even if he is very popular in New York, it is only limited to New York. Outside of New York, his influence is really ordinary.
"Be careful!!!" Spider-Man wandered between high-rise buildings and shouted to nearby pedestrians to move away.
After all, the target he was chasing was very dangerous.
Boom boom boom!
The huge footsteps made the ground vibrate slightly. Everyone understood that the big guy was coming.
New Yorkers have long been accustomed to this situation and hid immediately.
After all, no matter what, getting involved in a fight between superheroes is definitely not a good thing.
At this time, the tourists also saw clearly who Spider-Man was chasing.
It was a man wearing a red and yellow battle suit, very strong, and the mecha on his body was also very heavy, so when he ran, there was a lot of noise.
But what attracted the most attention was his hands.
He wore a pair of very large metal gloves, and there was a pair of conical metal blocks in the fist position, a bit like an enlarged portable breaker.
His name is Terror, a super villain, and a member of the Rogues who has been very active recently.
Terror's real name is Herman Schultz. He was originally a thief who was good at unlocking and deciphering safe passwords. He is a technical criminal. Not only that, he is also a very talented inventor and engineer.
His past is actually very simple. He is a smart man who went astray because of the lack of family education. When he was a child, his parents divorced, well, not really divorced, his mother ran away because she couldn't stand his father who liked domestic violence when he was drunk.
Due to family reasons, Schultz dropped out of high school because he had to support himself. His irresponsible father left him a lot of debts when he was in high school and ran away. After that, Schultz joined a gang, but even so, he relied on his talent to read a lot of books and learned a lot of knowledge.
Then he was arrested. By the way, he was arrested by Kai in Hell's Kitchen.
He was lucky because when Kai personally went out, the criminals who survived were generally lucky.
Later, because of the Battle of New York, he escaped from prison by relying on his lock-picking skills.
In fact, the sequelae of the Battle of New York have always existed, not only in the economy and people's livelihood, but also in the fact that a lot of Chitauri technology has flowed to the people. Schultz was lucky to get some, and then relied on his talent and knowledge to piece together and really made something.
Vibrating gloves.
The idea came from Batman. His iron gloves have great lethality, and the vibration intensity is divided into five levels. Level one is enough to blow several strong men hundreds of meters away. Level three, if fired at close range, can smash the bones in the human body. Level five can directly collapse a building. It is a very good invention.
As for the Rogues, it is an organization organized by a group of superpowers. Although it is a gang, it is actually more like an alliance. The members of the Rogues commit crimes together and share profits.
Speaking of these people, we have to mention the accident that gave birth to the Flash. Most members of the Rogues gained their abilities because of this accident. For example, Captain Cold and Heat Wave. They are also the organizers of the Rogues.
Captain Cold's real name is Leonard Snart, a high-IQ criminal who likes to rob banks. Heat Wave's real name is Mick Rory, an arsonist, robber, and murderer. Previously, the two of them shot up a bank in Chicago and were caught by Cavalier. Later, relying on Snart's high IQ, the two escaped from prison and ran to Los Angeles, where they got superpowers by accident.
In short, under the organization of the two, the Rogues are very active. In Los Angeles, they have always been the nemesis of the Flash. Until recently, they came to New York.
Then they clashed with local superheroes.
Although the Rogues are a loose alliance, they actually have strict rules inside. The first is "don't kill unless it is absolutely necessary." The Rogues also despise those crazy people who like to kill. Most of their crimes are for money.
Others include not taking drugs, not harming women or children, avoiding cruel and immature behavior, and members of the gang are not allowed to kill each other. If someone violates the rules, the Rogues will not hesitate to sanction him.
In short, it is a relatively less extreme criminal organization.
Terror is unlucky enough today. Today is not a Rogue activity. After all, they are just a loose alliance that allows members to conduct "private business." If Terror is going to break into the bank vault this time,
He prepared for this for quite a while. Through the stolen engineering drawings, he found that there was something wrong with the underground structure of a bank. With just a slight touch of his trap, he could penetrate the other party's vault, and then he could take the money inside and walk away.
It was originally just a simple job.
Unfortunately, he met Spider-Man.
So it became like this.
"Hey! Little Spider! Come on! I wish you can successfully catch the rogue gang today!"
Just as the horror ran away, the people on the side did not forget to encourage their "child"!
"Three grams of oil, sir!"
Spider-Man flew towards the horror and gestured to the people on the side.
The horror gang was half dead.
But they didn't dare to do anything to the onlookers.
There was no way, it was not easy to get along in New York. Forget about superheroes like the Defenders and Spider-Man. They are at most vigilantes. They are careful about the severity of their actions and will not kill people easily. Especially Spider-Man and Daredevil, the two are famous for not killing people.
But other big guys are not necessarily.
They robbed money trucks, banks, or gold shops, and the superhero bosses might not pay attention. But if they killed people in the street, they might attract the bosses at any time.
Especially Iron Man and Thor Kai.
This is why the Rogues have been active but have not been eliminated. The bosses are all doing important things.
For example, Kai.
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"By the way, what have you been doing recently?" Tony looked at Kai curiously. Kai has rarely appeared recently, not only in front of the media, but also in the police station. Now the affairs of the 15th Precinct are all presided over by George Stacy.
Kai lay powerlessly on Natasha's legs, put his wine glass on the coffee table, and said with a tired face: "What else can I do? It's still those things, such as saving the earth."
Pepper widened her eyes and looked at Tony: "Has there been another big event that I don't know about recently?"
Tony shook his head: "Dear, believe me, I don't know either."
Then Tony looked at Kai: "Are you serious?"
Kai glanced at Tony weakly: "Do you think I'm idle?"
"What's the matter?"
"The reason is not clear yet. Master Gu Yi is investigating, but I can tell you that Gu Yi and I have been fighting monsters for the past few months."
"Monsters? The kind of vampires?"
"Of course not, the kind of Gutman."
Gutman is the Ultraman in this world, very popular, especially for boys. So, no matter in which world, suit special effects films are the romance of boys.
"Really?"
"Really!"
"Where are you fighting? Alien planets?" Gutman's monster setting is the same as Ultraman's in the previous life, which is hundreds of meters tall at any time. There is no reason why Tony would not know about the appearance of such monsters.
"Have you read Journey to the Center of the Earth?"
"Written by Jules Verne?" Jules Verne's status in the science fiction world is unquestionable. The title of the father of science fiction is not a joke. Many technologies in this world have been predicted by Jules Verne in his novels. Many inventors of modern technology have been inspired by him. For example, Simon Lake, the inventor of the submarine, said in his autobiography that the first sentence is "Jules Verne is the general guide of my life's career"; Rear Admiral Byrd said that Verne was his guide after flying over the North Pole; balloon and deep-sea explorer Picard and radio inventor Marconi all agreed that Verne was the person who inspired them to invent.
Tony is no exception. By the way, the idea of his Iron Man armor was inspired by the power armor in Robert Heinlein's masterpiece "Starship Troopers".
"That's right!"
"Is there really a center of the earth?!"
"Of course!"
Natasha's spy instinct was immediately triggered, and she could understand how important this information was!