I Am Gwen's Spider-Man Mentor

What does it mean to be the second author of a paper published in Science magazine?

Gwen Stacey also understands this aspect. To put it simply, it is probably - if she is really the second author of this paper, then all her previous late arrivals, early departures and failed exams will be against her. The warning turned into a mockery of Empire State University as a whole.

Why does the school give academic warning?

In order to urge students to study hard.

Now there is a super genius who can become the second author of a paper that can be admitted to Science as an undergraduate. What does this mean? This shows that she has nothing to learn at the undergraduate level, so she directly skips the master's degree and meets the graduation standards for a doctoral degree; this shows that people do not like the undergraduate courses and feel that it is a waste of time, so they do not study well.

If the bureaucrats in the academic affairs department did not revoke her academic warning, Gwen believed that within 24 hours, other private Ivy League students would find her shabby little bedroom and directly stick their admission notice to her face. superior.

The admissions staff at MIT and Princeton might even have a direct show of force over whether their admission letters should be for her cheeks or chin.

Gwen Stacey glanced at Professor Xu, who was sitting next to her with a relaxed expression, with a complex expression - she had mixed feelings in her heart. This was not because the girl didn't want to accept it or was ungrateful, but because it was a pie falling from the sky. It was so big that she was immediately stunned and didn't know what to do.

In fact, being able to remain calm at such a moment already depends on Gwen's own psychological quality.

Professor Octavius's jaw almost dropped to the desk. He first looked at Raymond Xu, who looked calm, and then looked at Gwen Stacy, who looked calm on the surface but was actually full of confusion. , his small eyes showed great confusion: "Xu, are you sure it's Science?"

"The impact factor is 30. I forgot about 30. We should be talking about Science, right?"

Now that the other party has reached this point, Professor Octavius ​​naturally has no need to punish Gwen Stacy anymore. The other party is using his academic reputation to protect this student. Although Raymond Xu was not very popular in the school, he was still a tenured professor, so there was no need for Octavius ​​to break up with him.

So he turned to Gwen Stacey, who was sitting next to Raymond with a calm face: "Okay, Miss Stacey, if that's the case, I forgive your fault..." He glanced at the person next to him again. After Raymond, he added, "I think it's understandable that you were late and left early and didn't turn in your homework."

After coming out of Professor Octavius's office, Gwen Stacy, who had been holding back her emotions and words, finally couldn't control herself anymore.

After the girl walked a few steps, she stood in front of Raymond. Her eyebrows were raised, and her face was scrutinized and wary. When she spoke, her tone seemed to be a bit reproachful: "Raymond, even if we are friends, I will not accept such help, this is not my paper, not my job, and I do not want to be held responsible for academic misconduct."

Gwen spoke urgently and quickly, as if she would become a sinner if she was delayed for a second. Finally, she took a deep breath, raised her head and looked at Raymond, frowning: "If you need it, I can ask Professor Octavius ​​to explain it myself, saying that I can't afford to give it to you. It's my job, and I bear all the consequences alone."

"And!" After saying that, the girl thought carefully about Raymond making up such a big lie without her consent. She felt so angry that she made a fist with her left hand and put it on her waist in a akimbo position. , continued to be reluctant: "Even if I helped you out in the morning, you just explained it to me clearly. Why did you give me a paper for free?"

"Actually, this paper is still in my mind." Raymond secretly sighed in his heart. Sure enough, every Spider-Man's sense of justice is so strong that it is a bit pedantic. He did not directly reply to Gwen's suggestion, but just chuckled. Laughing, "This is a project in my hand. It is enough to publish a Science article, but I need you to assist me in my work, so of course this is not academic misconduct."

"But?" Gwen was a little confused and even more wary: "If that's the case, why do you have to use such an excuse? There are obviously more simpler excuses..."

"This is a confidential asset, but to be honest, I don't want to hand it over to the military, so I keep it in my hand." Raymond explained to Gwen helplessly. The vigilance and suspicion in the girl's eyes actually made him a little frustrated, " Gwen, I think this asset would be more useful in your hands.”

"But..." Gwen still hesitated. Her professional habits as Spider-Man had made her rarely trust a person. The girl frowned and bit her lower lip with a look of embarrassment on her face. It took a long time before she responded: "But what can I do for you?"

"Don't doubt my vision in scientific research." Raymond pointed to his eyes, smiled very meanly - and seemed very friendly, "You will like it. In addition, you don't know how many people want to join my experiment. Working part-time in the room~!”

Gwen always felt that when he said this, Raymond's face shone with a light called narcissism.

"You have to do a complete play, Gwen." Raymond put his hand on her shoulder, "You can also choose to leave after completing this project. Anyway, your academic warning will be removed after completing this project."

At this time, Gwen felt anxious and uneasy - no matter who could be chosen to become Spider-Man, he had a strong sense of justice. In other words, Raymond Xu’s rescue was itself a form of academic misconduct. The girl lowered her head and bit her lip to prevent Raymond from seeing the confusion on her face: she really wanted to accept this gift, but she was uneasy because of the torture of her conscience.

"It's not a free gift." As if he saw Gwen's worry, Raymond put it away and replied seriously, "It's an apology. I don't know if you acted rashly because of our quarrel that day. I was hurt, but I did go too far. After this time, I think we are even, otherwise the thought that I caused you to get hurt will always make my conscience uneasy. "

"Is this an apology?" the girl couldn't help but ask in her mind, "What on earth does he want to do?" Girls are always more sensitive to these things, and at this time, she faintly felt that Raymond was a little too special for her. Is it because he found out he was Spider-Man? Or is it because of something else?

The scene of that night appeared in the girl's mind again for no reason. She pursed her lips and felt her cheeks getting hot again.

"Okay." After a moment of silence, Gwen, who was standing in front of the professor, raised her head and her brows relaxed, but the girl's expression remained solemn, "Since you said I am the second author of the paper, I will at least There has to be a matching workload, and I don’t want to be blamed for academic misconduct.”

"That's no problem." Raymond rubbed the back of his head and smiled, "You can go into the lab tomorrow and just tell my graduate students that you are the student I recruited."

Gwen nodded, and then the professor said goodbye to her, and then the girl stood there holding the book, watching Raymond's back get into the car and leave. Somehow, Gwen thought about the focused and serious blurry figure beside her bed that night, and also thought about the boy's accusation in the morning, and thought about the way he looked when he was blocked by protesting students, who accused him. Developing weapons of destruction, accusing him of "trading war."

Gwen Stacy doesn't like people dying, and the meaning of Ghost Spider-Man's existence is different from other Spider-Man's - if other Spider-Man's duties are more focused on fighting crime, Gwen herself actually prefers to save lives. . So, he does the exact opposite of himself.

But it's okay, if you can enter his laboratory in person, you can know what he is doing.

Gwen Stacy is determined to take the plunge herself and find out everything.

——Professor Xu’s happy dividing line————

Unlike Gwen Stacey, who was cautious and prudent every step of the way, after helping Miss Spider overcome the academic warning, Professor Xu seemed very happy while driving, as if a long-standing problem was suddenly solved. . At this time, a strange phone call suddenly came in:

After Raymond Xu saw that the phone number was not displayed, he roughly guessed who it was.

"Hey, shouldn't you be staying in the computer room right now?" Raymond smiled, "Why do you have time to call me? Why, do you think buying stocks is not enough?"

"I promise you what you said." A processed voice came from the other side of the phone, but this voice made Raymond more sure of the other party's identity.

Upon hearing this, Raymond's smile disappeared and he became serious: "I didn't expect you to agree, and I planned to do it myself."

"It's just a favor, you don't need to know too much about the rest." Nathan obviously had his own concerns and couldn't express himself too clearly.

Raymond grinned. He knew that the message he was delivering went to where it should go through Nathan - Nathan worked for IARPA, and IARPA was a subordinate department of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which in turn led the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. A long list of intelligence agencies, including the CIA and NSA.

Nathan has always been a person who keeps public and private affairs very separate. He agreed to do the hard work for him, probably because someone in the government also wanted to track down Obadiah Stane.

"But I need a hardware connection. Obadiah Stane's computer is not connected to the Internet, so I can only help you get here."

Raymond frowned. He vaguely remembered that it was Pepper who took the risk and copied the secrets on Obadiah's computer. With his character, he didn't want to risk his life... So, what should he do? what can we do about it? The professor was lost in thought.

He hung up the phone with Nathan, turned on the left turn signal and turned the steering wheel slightly to enter the fast lane. After thinking for a while, he dialed the phone to Tony Stark's personal assistant:

Pepper Potts.