The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Accompanied by noisy sounds and flashing lights, Stark stood in front of the interview desk in a suit and tie. As soon as he stood still, more than a dozen microphones were immediately stretched out. He stretched out his hand and pressed it down to signal them to be safe. impatient.

"Hello, Mr. Stark, I am Bullock, a special correspondent from Global Daily. May I ask Mr. Stark, what do you think of the questioning and accusations of disregarding human life due to your termination of medical cooperation with the military?"

"You have to figure something out." Stark pointed at the male reporter.

"I don't want to shut down cooperation. Besides, with your small brain, I'm afraid you can't understand the difference between industrial medical device technology and ordinary medical technology used in hospitals..."

Although Stark seemed to be in good spirits, the heavy dark circles under his eyes betrayed the fact that he hadn't slept well recently.

Pepper is very busy, and the smooth operation of the behemoth Stark Group depends on her. Ever since Stark fell out with the military, he has faced various pressures from the outside world.

Just like this press conference, Stark glanced down. He knew that at least half of the people here had received money from the military. They would come up with various suggestions like the reporter named Bullock just now. Tricky questions, trying to put all the blame on him.

The reporter added: "Stark Industrial Group is obviously less active than Osborne Group in the research and development of medical technology. Does this mean that you are not as concerned about the development of human medicine as the leaders of Osborne Group? Or is it that Do you actually have no sympathy for those patients who are troubled by the disease?"

Stark glanced at his work ID. Well, it seemed that this man named Eddie Brock was here to cause trouble.

"I don't want to get entangled with you on this issue. Regarding the closure of the medical technology cooperation project, you'd better ask the Army General."

"So what about the weapons of Stark Industries? After these weapons were used in the war, you refused to develop more medical technology to save those soldiers who were injured on the battlefield. Does this mean that Stark Industries The group actually only cares about making profits from the war, is it a bandit who ignores the casualties of civilians?"

The reporter named Bullock spoke very fast, and a long paragraph came out of his mouth like a machine gun. Every angle and every question hit the mark. Stark thought, if the military did not give him ’s script, then he can really be called a genius reporter.

When someone wants to find fault with you, no matter what you do, you will be criticized in all directions.

The next day, major newspapers in New York appeared overwhelmingly negative reports about Stark, among which the most critical was the verbal criticism from Bullock, the gold medal reporter of the Global Times.

Stark knew that this was the military's constant pressure on him in order to make him bow his head, but he knew that he had to withstand this pressure, otherwise Pepper would be left alone and helpless.

Things during this period made him think a lot about love, friendship, and family ties.

Iron Man will indeed never retreat, but not only for his lofty ideals, but also for all the people he loves.

The military's public opinion war is very useful. Not only are they suppressing the reputation of the Stark Group, they are also supporting the Osborne Group. The Osborne Group is originally better at biotechnology and medical technology. In comparison, Stark Group The Gram Group is more proficient in military industry.

This has also become the reason for the media to attack the reputation of the Stark Group. They portray the Stark Group as an evil organization that has no regard for humanity, and criticize it as a cancer on mankind, as if without the Stark Group, the world would be completely peaceful. Same.

It is impossible to say that these overwhelming negative reports have no impact on Stark. If these reports are really like gossip, all based on rumors, then he may not be under such great pressure.

The problem is that Stark himself knows that the weapons he sells have hurt many people. Not all what the media said is wrong. The Stark Group originally made its fortune through war.

Stark, who had just come out of that extreme negative mood, fell into depression again.

On the other side, during Peter's exploration trip into the sewers, he once again discovered traces of human activity in the sewers.

Since he discovered the clues last time, Peter has always paid attention and looked carefully at every maintenance point he passed. Then he discovered that this sewer weirdo had not only lived in that stronghold, he seemed to be messing around in the sewers every day. Channeling, five or six maintenance points in the same block all have traces of his life.

Following these traces, Peter began to get closer and closer to the truth. He guessed that this weirdo must have a real stronghold somewhere at the intersection of these traces of activity.

As the sewer map became more and more complete, Peter finally found the possible intersection, which was near a reservoir in the sewer. The four passages extending there corresponded to four blocks with traces of activity. This weird man It is possible that a stronghold was built there, and temporary strongholds were established in several other neighborhoods.

This is not surprising, not everyone has the physical strength of Spider-Man to run through the sewers of half a city in one day.

The sewer was very large and the road was very long. There was no manhole cover leading to the ground near the reservoir. He had to establish a resting point between the manhole cover and the reservoir, otherwise he would be too exhausted to walk such a long distance.

Peter also discovered this keenly, which means that the weirdo operating in the sewer is probably just an ordinary person. He cannot walk several kilometers in such a damp and dark sewer, so he needs to travel in all directions. Multiple rest rooms were built in the sewers.

This gave Peter confidence, because as long as the person facing him was an ordinary person and he caught him off guard, he would definitely be able to catch him.

One night, Peter touched the stronghold of the reservoir. He knew that the weirdo would definitely not be here at this time, so he pried open the door of the maintenance station near the reservoir.

Entering the maintenance station, Peter was surprised. It was full of bottles and cans, as well as a lot of crude equipment.

Peter picked up one of the bottles and took a look. He found that there seemed to be tissue samples of some creatures. He thought, who is this person? Why did you come here to conduct experiments?

He crossed over the boxes piled messily on the ground and walked inside. What was even worse was that there were many biological specimens inside, which looked particularly terrifying in the gloomy light.

It's almost like a crazy geek's base.

This person was very cautious. Apart from these experimental materials, he left no data or text. Peter turned around and found no relevant identity information.

A mad scientist conducting biological experiments in the sewers of New York? Peter gradually formed an evil image in his mind.

We can't let him go on like this, Peter thought. Although people don't come to New York's sewers very often, they are also the lifeblood of New York. Once someone dumps any dangerous experimental waste in, the whole of New York may be in danger.

Peter thought like this. He walked to the door and took down the dry waste paper boxes piled high at the door. Then he tore up the paper boxes and lit a fire, intending to completely burn the stronghold.

Although the sewers were very humid, the maintenance station was still dry. When a fire was lit, the entire room was soon filled with black smoke. Peter closed the door of the maintenance station and watched the fire engulf all the experimental equipment inside. .

He breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he discovered it early. Once this mad scientist really developed some poison or gas, it would be too late.

Peter, who came out of the sewer, was still a little worried. He felt that although one stronghold was destroyed, the mad scientist might have other strongholds. He had to seize the time to keep an eye on this place in the past few days. It would be best to catch him. live.

In the next few days, Peter interned at the Stark Group during the day and frequently entered and exited the sewers at night. Since the stronghold was destroyed, traces of life in the sewers seemed to have disappeared.

It seems that crazy weirdo has given up.

Peter felt a little relieved. His recent internship was not going well either. He found that Mr. Stark seemed very negative. He didn't even do experiments. He smoked and drank all day long. Sometimes he was very drunk. He fell to the laboratory floor and had to be helped up by Peter.

Peter has read those negative reports about Stark, but he doesn't believe a word of them. He thinks they are completely smear. Iron Man is a superhero who has saved many people, and is not the inhuman devil that the media says.

Peter wanted to reverse this situation, but he had no good way. He had never been very good at this kind of thing, and he didn't even dare to make a phone call to question the reports, so he came to the psychological clinic again. He felt that Dr. Schiller must There are ways to reverse public opinion.

Schiller has been busy finding food for the symbiote recently.

When Peter came to the psychological clinic, Schiller was wrapping Pikachu with a bandage. While Peter was cooking, Pikachu jumped around on the kitchen table. His tail fell into the pot and a large bunch of hair was burned off. He lay pitifully on the table and asked Schiller to treat him.

Peter said: "Hey! Did I bother you? Then I can come back tomorrow..."

"It's okay, come in, I have nothing serious to do now."

Peter walked in and rubbed Pikachu's face hard. Pikachu wrinkled his nose and tried to avoid it, but Schiller still held his tail in his hand. He jumped to the side, his tail was grabbed hard, and he fell to the table again. on the table, and even knocked over a lot of cups.

"Be honest," Schiller said, "or your tail will be bald forever."

Peter sat on the chair next to him and said: "Doctor, have you read those reports recently? Those reporters are really capable of talking nonsense. Some people even swore that they saw Mr. Stark selling weapons to those people. Terrorists, even the scenes of their negotiations are vividly described..."

"This is a special skill for reporters. If you don't have this skill, you don't have to hang out in the New York reporter circle."

"But they are completely lying!" Peter slammed the table angrily and said, "Mr. Stark is not that kind of person!"

"Really? If that is really a lie, Stark's attitude now should be the same as yours. You are extremely angry that your friend is being lied to. The person involved will only be even more angry when he is lied to."

"Then..." Peter choked, because what Schiller said made sense. When Thompson made up some stories to spread rumors about him in school, he was almost furious, but why wasn't Mr. Stark angry? Don’t you stand up and work hard to refute them?

You must know that even though he is not good at words, he still works very hard to explain those rumors to the people around him.

"Why are you so sure that what you believe in is right?" Schiller asked him.

"Because I...but I know that Stark is really not like that!"

"Maybe you only saw one side of him?"

"But..." Peter clenched his fists and said, "Doctor, isn't Mr. Stark also your friend? Do you think he is really the kind of person written in those reports?"

Schiller shook his head and said: "The Stark in my eyes and the Stark in your eyes are very likely to be completely different, just like there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people."

"The view of one thing always changes depending on one's own position. A bad person may become a bad person if he sees a good person, and a bad person may become a good person if he sees a bad person."

Peter hammered the palm of his other hand with his fist and said: "I believe those reporters and the Osborne Group must be bad people. They see bad people as good people. Because they are all the same, they praise each other, and those reporters look at Star Mr. Ke must be a bad person who can’t stand good people..."

"How do you think good people and bad people are defined?"

Uh... Those who do good things are good people, and those who do bad things are bad people? "

"How do you define good and bad things?"

"At least... at least it must be true. You can't spread rumors or violate laws and regulations... And you have to follow the moral bottom line. Isn't this a good thing?"

"Do you think you're not violating traffic safety laws by wandering around New York all day long?"

"But I did it for...well, I think my starting point was good and the purpose I achieved was good. I saved people, right? In fact, it doesn't matter if I violate a little law..."

Schiller shook his head and said: "You have to understand one day that there are no completely good people or completely bad people in this world. The world is full of bad things with good starting points and good results. It is also full of starting points and bad people. A good thing that ends badly.”

Peter scratched his head and said, "It sounds like a tongue twister to me."

“If you always observe the world in a simple way of thinking in black and white, then sooner or later you will find that these black and white are mixed into a hazy gray.”

"But good things are good things and bad things are bad things. I just want to help more people and do more good things." Peter said.

When he left Schiller, Peter was still a little dizzy. He was a little dizzy from Schiller's large set of metaphors about good things and bad things. Peter's idea was very simple. He was a good person, so he had to Do good things and stop bad people from doing bad things.

What on earth doesn't make sense? Isn't this a very simple truth?

Peter shook his head. He felt that what he thought was right, and if everyone thought like him, the world would definitely become a lot better. The reason why there are so many crimes is because those bad people are simply unwilling to give up doing what they do. Bad things, if everyone were good people, wouldn't there be no crime in this world?

After walking and thinking, Peter glanced at his watch and found that it was still early. He had already asked for leave from the team leader of the internship, and when he returned home, his uncle and aunt would definitely not be at home either.

Peter thought about it and decided to continue his superhero career.

Peter found the nearest manhole cover and drilled down. He felt that for the sake of safety, he should patrol the sewer more to prevent Frankenstein's possible dangerous behavior.

However, as soon as he entered the sewer today, Peter felt a creepy feeling. This feeling did not reach the level of spider sense, but it still gave him a chill down his back.

As a last resort, he opened his backpack, put on the spider suit, then hid the backpack in a corner, and continued walking deeper into the sewer as Spider-Man.

The ubiquitous sense of crisis made Spider-Man not run as fast as before, but walk quickly. As he got closer and closer to the reservoir in the center of the city, the Spider-Sense began to sound slightly, and he felt a little I feel flustered, but I can’t find the source of my panic.

After walking for a while, he suddenly heard a subtle "hissing" sound in front of him, accompanied by a friction sound like metal scraping against stone.

The spider sense suddenly moved, and Spider-Man quickly rolled to the other side, dodging a slate fragment thrown towards him.

Peter looked up amid the splashing of stone debris. He saw a huge figure appearing at the end of the dark sewer.

It was a behemoth that was at least four or five meters tall. When he got closer, Peter could see clearly through the faint light of the sewer. It was a lizard that walked upright, a huge lizard that was so tall that it almost occupied the entire sewer space. lizard Man.

Spider-Man swallowed, and he realized that his small body was really thin and small compared to this lizard man.

But obviously, this monster had discovered him. Peter quickly started to escape along the wall, with the giant lizard man chasing after him. Every time he took a step, the ground of the sewer trembled.

The lizard man roared violently, grabbed various stone slabs and threw them at Spider-Man. Spider-Man was faster than him, but not much faster. More importantly, those stone slabs made him dodge left and right, seriously. Slowed down his speed.

In the sewer, spider silk is not very useful. Peter can only rely on his legs to run. Creatures with both feet on the ground have a weakness, that is, once the center of gravity shifts, they will easily fall.

In order to avoid a stone slab, Peter rolled to the right, but then he was knocked down from the left by another piece of stone. Once his center of gravity was unstable, he immediately rolled several times on the ground, and the huge lizard man caught him. grabbed his legs and threw him out.

Peter was thrown against the wall of the sewer. He coughed twice and felt a fishy-sweet taste in his throat.

He struggled to get up. He wanted to prepare himself and continue to deal with the hard battle that might come next, but suddenly the lizard man shook his head, seeming a little unconscious, and then he no longer cared about Peter, but turned his head to Ran away in the other direction.