Chapter 84: The Good Guys’ War (Part 1)

Accompanied by a noisy voice 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 extended to him. He stretched out his hand and pressed it down, signaling them to be patient.

"Hello, Mr. Stark, I am Brock, a special reporter for the Global Times. Mr. Stark, how do you view the doubts and accusations of disregarding human lives that you have suffered for terminating your medical cooperation with the military?"

"You need to clarify one question." Stark pointed his finger at the male reporter.

"I am not going to shut down the cooperation, and with your small brain, I am afraid you cannot understand the difference between industrial medical device technology and ordinary medical technology used in hospitals..."

Although Stark looked in good spirits, his heavy dark circles betrayed the fact that he had not slept well recently.

Pepper was very busy. The smooth operation of the giant Stark Group depended on her. Since Stark fell out with the military, he has been facing various pressures from the outside world.

Just like this press conference, Stark glanced down. He knew that at least half of the people here were paid by the military. They would ask all kinds of tricky questions like the reporter named Brock just now, trying to put all the responsibility on him.

The reporter said again: "Stark Industries is obviously not as active as 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 that you don't have sympathy to pay attention to those patients suffering from diseases?"

Stark glanced at his work ID. Well, it seems that this man named Eddie Brock is here to find trouble.

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

"What about the weapons of Stark Industries? After these weapons were used in the war, you refused to develop more medical technology to save the soldiers who were injured on the battlefield. Does this mean that Stark Industries is actually only concerned with making profits from the war and is a traitor 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 point. Stark thought that if there was no script given to him by the military, he would really be called a genius reporter.

When someone wants to find fault with you, no matter what you do, you will definitely be accused from all aspects.

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

Stark knew that the military was constantly putting 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 isolated and helpless.

What happened during this period made him think a lot about love, friendship, and family affection.

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

The military's propaganda war is very useful. They not only suppress the reputation of the Stark Group, but also support the Osborn Group. The Osborn Group is originally good at biotechnology and medical technology. In comparison, the Stark Group is more proficient in military industry.

This has also become a reason for the media to attack the reputation of the Stark Group. They portray the Stark Group as an evil organization that disregards humanity and criticizes it as a human cancer, as if the world would be completely peaceful without the Stark Group.

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

The problem is that Stark himself knows that the weapons he sold hurt many people. What the media said was not all wrong. The Stark Group originally made its fortune through war.

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

On the other hand, during Peter's sewer exploration trip, he once again found traces of human activities in the sewer.

Since he discovered the clues last time, Peter has always been careful and will take a closer look at every inspection point. Then he found that this sewer weirdo has lived in more than one base. He seems to be running around in the sewer every day. There are traces of his life at five or six inspection points in the same block.

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

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 from there corresponded to four blocks with traces of activity. This weirdo might have built a base there, and then established temporary bases in several other blocks.

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

The sewer is very large and the road is very long. There is no manhole cover near the reservoir that can lead to the ground. He must set up a rest point between the manhole cover and the reservoir, otherwise he will die of exhaustion and cannot walk such a long distance.

Peter also keenly discovered this point, which means that the weirdo in the sewer is likely to be just an ordinary person. He can't walk several kilometers in such a damp and dark sewer, so he needs to build multiple rest rooms in the sewer.

This gave Peter confidence, because as long as the person on the other side is an ordinary person and he catches him off guard, he will definitely catch him.

One night, Peter touched the base 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. There were bottles and jars inside, and there were many simple equipment.

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

He walked over the boxes piled up in a mess on the ground and went further inside. It was even more amazing. There were many biological specimens inside, which looked particularly terrifying in the gloomy light.

This was just like the base of a crazy weirdo.

This person was very cautious. Apart from the materials used for the experiment, he did not leave any data or text. Peter turned around and did not find any relevant identity information.

A crazy scientist who conducted biological experiments in the sewers of New York? Peter gradually sketched an evil image in his mind.

He couldn't let him go on like this. Peter thought that although the sewers in New York were not often visited, this was also the lifeline of New York. Once someone dumped some dangerous experimental waste in, the whole of New York might be in danger.

Thinking of this, Peter walked to the door, took down the waste paper boxes that were piled high at the door and were still dry, then tore up the paper shells, lit a fire, and planned to burn down this base completely.

Although the sewer was very damp, the maintenance station was relatively dry. Once the fire was lit, the whole 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 crazy scientist really developed some poison or poison gas, it would be too late.

Peter, who came out of the sewer, was still a little worried. He felt that although one base was destroyed, this crazy scientist might have other bases. He had to keep an eye on this place in the next few days, and it would be best if he could catch him.

In the next few days, Peter interned at Stark Group during the day and frequently went in and out of the sewer at night. Since the base was destroyed, the traces of life in the sewer seemed to have disappeared.

It seems that the crazy weirdo has given up.

Peter felt relieved. His internship was not going well recently. He found that Mr. Stark seemed very negative. He even stopped doing experiments. He smoked and drank all day. Sometimes he was drunk and fell on the floor of the laboratory. Peter had to help him up.

Peter had read the negative reports about Stark, but he didn't believe a word of it. He felt that it was completely slanderous. Iron Man was a superhero. He saved many people. He was not the inhuman devil in the mouths of the media.

Peter wanted to reverse this situation, but he didn't have any good way. He was not good at this kind of thing. He didn't even dare to make a phone call to question those reports. So he came to the psychological clinic again. He felt that Dr. Schiller must have a way to reverse public opinion.

Schiller was busy finding food for the symbiote recently.

When Peter came to the psychological clinic, Schiller was bandaging Pikachu with a bandage. When he was cooking, Pikachu jumped around on the kitchen table. His tail fell into the pot and burned a large tuft of hair. At this time, he was lying on the table pitifully and asked Schiller to treat him.

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

"No problem, come in, I don't have anything to do right now."

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

"Be honest." Schiller said, "Otherwise 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 good at talking nonsense. Some people even swore that they saw Mr. Stark selling weapons to those terrorists, and even described the scene of their negotiation vividly..."

"This is the specialty of reporters. If you don't have this skill, you don't have to mix in the New York reporter circle."

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

"Really? If it is really a rumor, Stark's attitude now should be the same as yours. You are extremely angry about your friend being rumored, and the person involved will be even more angry when facing the rumor about himself."

"Then..." Peter was 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 didn't Mr. Stark get angry? Didn't he stand up and try to refute them?

You know, even he, although not good at speaking, still tried very hard to explain those rumors to 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 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 few laws..."

"Lie to Kangxi"

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. This world is full of bad things with good starting points and good results. It is also full of starting points and bad people. All good things turned out 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 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 people.

Spider-Man swallowed, and he found 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, and creatures with both feet on the ground have a weakness, that is, once the center of gravity shifts, they will easily fall.

To avoid a stone slab, Peter turned to the right, but was knocked down by a stone fragment from the left. Once his center of gravity was unstable, he immediately rolled on the ground several times. The huge lizard man grabbed his legs and threw him out.

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

He struggled to get up and wanted to be prepared to continue to deal with the tough battle that might come next, but suddenly the lizard man shook his head, seemed a little unconscious, and then he didn't care about Peter anymore, but turned around and ran away in another direction.