Chapter 71
Peter gets into trouble again.
"Dr. Connors... I see..."
Although Peter did not recount the entire process in its entirety.
However, upon hearing the words "improved lizard serum," and with Dr. Connors, who led the research, willing to inject himself into this inhuman and grotesque state in order to escape the secret laboratory belonging to Osborn...
Harry, who wasn't stupid to begin with, knew perfectly well who the real culprit was.
With his best friend on one side and his biological father on the other, Harry couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly, hating for the first time that he had such a smart brain.
Clearly, Peter and Dr. Connors played an extremely important role in the father's secret research on reptilians.
As a result, Harry was left with only two paths.
Alternatively, help Peter and Dr. Connors escape from this place, thus ruining Father's research.
Alternatively, tie them both up and send them back to their father to help him fulfill his ambitions.
Either choice will come at a terrible price for Harry.
but……
Just as Harry chose to head to the secret laboratory to confront his father.
In Harry's mind, he could still distinguish right from wrong.
After a brief silence, Harry first maneuvered the hoverboard to swoop down and send Peter back to Dr. Connors.
"Dr. Connors, take good care of Peter. I will help you create an opportunity to escape."
As soon as he finished speaking, the hoverboard launched two pumpkin bombs, which landed precisely in Harry's palms.
Then the engine revved up again, propelling Harry's body straight toward Tru and the ninja soldiers.
Clearly, after witnessing firsthand the destruction the Reptilians caused to New York City, Harry couldn't bear to watch his father continue down the wrong path.
From an ethical standpoint, helping outsiders against one's own father is ultimately a dereliction of duty and unfilial behavior for a son.
Faced with this difficult choice, Harry, whose mind was already in complete chaos, decided that the only thing he could do right now was to vent his frustration and anger on the Black Hand gang, which was clearly a third-party force.
As for Peter and Dr. Connors, will they be able to seize the opportunity and escape during the chaos...?
Well, that depends on fate.
At least by doing this, Harry could force himself to believe that he wasn't helping either side.
But just then, two spider silk threads suddenly approached Harry from behind, struck his back, and forcibly dragged him back along with the hoverboard.
The next second, before Harry could even gasp in shock, he watched helplessly as a hidden arrow narrowly passed right in front of him.
Then, when the attack missed Harry, it touched an unfortunate ninja soldier and suddenly split open, launching a net that completely enveloped the ninja soldier.
Clearly, without the help of this spider silk, it would have been Harry, who was emotionally charged and only wanted to vent his frustrations, who would have been captured!
However, compared to attacking someone from the shadows...
Harry, vaguely realizing something, stabilized himself by maneuvering his hoverboard to a height of less than half a meter off the ground. His goggles, which were made of nanomachines, quickly melted away, revealing a look of surprise and delight as he looked back along the spider silk attached to his back.
As expected, Peter, in a moment of desperation to save Harry, ultimately used his web-shooters, revealing his Spider-Man identity.
As for Dr. Connors who was with Peter?
Judging from his listless eyes, you should know just how much of a psychological impact the series of "surprises" he had experienced during this period had on this honest and unassuming scientist.
No wonder Peter is always late...
It turns out he was busy using his Spider-Man identity to help innocent citizens in need of rescue.
Looking back now, it's so obvious.
If only I had discovered sooner that my student was actually so talented behind the scenes...
Why would I even need lizard serum then?
What am I even trying to achieve?!
Forget it, I'm tired. Let it all end, whatever...
"...Ahem, don't look at me like that... If I said I made this gadget by imitating Spider-Man's abilities, you'd believe me... right?"
That's why, after glancing at his teacher, whose mentality had completely collapsed, and then at Harry, who looked exactly like a devoted fanboy when he first met Dr. Connors and Dr. Otto, Peter felt a sudden pang of guilt. He first shrank back, and then, like a burying his head in the sand, pulled down his sleeve in front of the two of them to cover up the presence of the web-shooters again.
Then he blinked and tried his best to defend himself in the most innocent tone.
"Hahaha! I believe you! Remember to get me a set to play with after this incident!"
Unfortunately, the appearance of the spider silk projectiles made all of Peter's explanations seem so pale and powerless.
Along with this, a flash of inspiration struck Harry, connecting all the previously existing suspicious details. He couldn't stop grinning from ear to ear at the incredible surprise of discovering that his idol was actually his brother. At the same time, recalling Riley's usual method of designing uniforms, he reached out and poked Peter's chest a few times through his clothes.
Before long, Peter, looking utterly dejected, put on the red and blue Spider-Man suit in front of everyone.
"Now I understand why Riley suddenly got interested in borrowing nanomaterials from me, and even asked for enough for two sets of uniforms... I always thought Riley was waiting to use these as enhanced bulletproof vests when he became a cop, but I didn't expect he'd already been using them all along! Hey, and I'm supposed to be Riley's top buddy! He actually got me a stripped-down version! That's so unfair! After this is all over, I'm definitely going to make Riley fix it for me!"
"Oh, please, Harry, calm down... If my brother finds out my identity has been exposed like this, and I've dragged him into it too, he'll never forgive me! Before we started, I confidently assured him that there wouldn't be any problems this time!"
To be honest, when Peter's spider-sense triggered and he sensed Harry was in danger, and then, in an attempt to save Harry, he instinctively revealed his identity in front of so many people, he did panic a little.
After all, having experienced the unexpected incident where Dr. Connors injected lizard serum, disrupting his plans, Peter could completely empathize and imagine how furious Riley would be upon learning of it.
But as Harry continued his incessant chatter, the gloom that had settled between his brows was completely replaced by his usual smile.
Despite being masked, Peter couldn't help but smile with relief.
Clearly, keeping his identity a secret from his best friend for so many days must have been a real mental torment for young Peter.
Now, thanks to this "accident," she can finally confront her best friend. And she avoids the melodramatic scene Peter feared most: feeling cheated, convinced Peter doesn't trust her, and angrily confronting him…
In Peter's own eyes, wasn't this a kind of good fortune?