Chapter 661
Encountering a Blind Lawyer
Chapter 661 Encountering a Blind Lawyer
Peter hasn't really had much to do during this time, or rather, since Harry was kidnapped about a week ago. He patrols every day as usual, investigating intelligence related to the Hand, but the Hand is currently making no moves, and gang activities have been suppressed to a standstill in a short period of time. Apart from some ordinary thugs, almost no one has been caught.
This is certainly the calm before the storm, but since the storm hasn't hit yet, it's only natural to continue living our normal lives.
He did receive an invitation to join the photography club, but after visiting the club, Peter ultimately declined the offer: compared to the detective agency, the photography club had a frighteningly large number of activities, so Peter politely declined their invitation.
"Besides, you don't necessarily need to join a club to take photos, right? With the internet so developed now, I don't know why they have this attitude that 'you're not a proper photographer if you don't join a club.'"
As Peter spoke, he took a picture of the girl in front of him. Cindy remained silent as always, simply nodding in response to Peter's suggestion. After taking the picture, Peter casually asked, "You haven't been at school these past few days. Did you go to S.H.I.E.L.D."
"S.H.I.E.L.D. has some new plans. They seem to be planning a cleanup operation in the United States, targeting Hydra."
Ever since the Hydra city beneath Budapest was destroyed, Hydra's propaganda machine has been firing on all cylinders, claiming that Hydra has been eliminated and is no longer a threat, spouting nonsense like, "Don't you believe Captain America?" This kind of talk might fool ordinary people, but it's a joke when it comes to convincing the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.
Of course, the Budapest incident also had its advantages, namely that it allowed for open discussion about Hydra.
Therefore, Nick Fury must know that Hydra has a lot of hidden forces.
The problem is that he himself knows that S.H.I.E.L.D. is a leaky sieve. Hydra can't be said to have planted spies within S.H.I.E.L.D., but rather that spies have planted a S.H.I.E.L.D. within Hydra.
Why did Nick Fury train a new generation of superpowered individuals, including Cindy, Jessica, and the senior student? Why did he create an Airbus squad with eight levels of authority (equivalent to the level of department heads) that could manage everything, but whose members were only a small team?
And why organize a Thunder special forces team that he knew was basically full of traitors?
The answer, naturally, was that he was quite certain that everyone within S.H.I.E.L.D., including his deputy Maria Hill, was untrustworthy. Only outsiders, organizations not premeditatedly established, such as the Avengers or the Defenders, or complete newcomers who accidentally gained superpowers, were trustworthy.
Why is he doing a thorough cleaning at this time?
Thinking this, Peter put his camera away, and the two continued talking as they walked. Peter activated the audio filter on his nanosuit, wanting to hear what was happening on Fury's end.
“I feel like Fury is doing it on purpose, deliberately making a big fuss about Hydra, telling them that he knows Hydra has many more people and methods hidden. But I still don’t quite understand, because while alerting them might eliminate some of Hydra’s people, it will only allow Hydra to hide even more.”
Cindy spoke with some confusion, and Peter was about to say something when he suddenly remembered something.
He remembered Nick Fury saying that he had eyes and ears within Hydra, and that this spy might even have risen to a very high position within Hydra's upper echelons. "Perhaps it was precisely because he was certain the other party wouldn't dare to continue hiding that Nick Fury did this. He must have obtained some information through certain channels and made inferences, just like in the previous Kang Dynasty, when Baron Zemo brought out that unfinished Cosmic Cube..."
Wait a minute, Hydra was able to create the empty shell of the Cosmic Cube, so could it be thinking of creating a complete, new Cosmic Cube?
Peter thought about it uncertainly, but then shook his head: "No, it's unlikely. Even if Hydra planned to create a second Cosmic Cube, they wouldn't have any way to tear open the passage from the real universe to the transcendent realm. Even Kang would have to rely on future technology to do that. If they had that level of technology, they would have already stormed out before the Avengers were even formed."
Or perhaps they've recently come up with a solution to this problem?
Peter was still thinking uncertainly when he saw a familiar face approaching. It was a young man wearing sunglasses, who looked to be around thirty years old. Peter recognized him immediately; it was Daredevil, or rather, Matt Murdoch, the professional lawyer from Hell's Kitchen.
Cindy clearly didn't recognize Matt. She just watched as Peter, who had been talking to himself, suddenly squinted at the blind man walking towards him, but his spider-sense didn't trigger, meaning the man wasn't an enemy.
"I have no idea who I've messed with that would make Hell's Kitchen's most famous lawyer come to me."
As Matt approached, Peter half-jokingly said, then shook hands with Matt: "Hello, Mr. Murdoch, I'm Peter Parker, an ordinary high school student."
Matt raised an eyebrow in surprise, then smiled and shook hands with Peter: "Hello, Mr. Parker, I do have something to discuss with you. Oh, by the way, this is..."
"My friend, Cindy Moon, rest assured, she is reliable, although her boss Nick may not be."
Hearing this, Matt nodded knowingly, then glanced warily left and right, though Peter had no idea what a blind man was looking around for. Then, Matt "looked" at Peter: "Shall we talk, Mr. Parker?"
"Hmm? Oh, of course, let's chat. I'd also like to know what we should talk about."
After Peter gestured to Cindy, Cindy obediently left, while Peter walked side by side with Matt. Matt, walking along the road, naturally heard the girl leave, and he asked Peter with great curiosity, "Mr. Parker, you don't seem surprised that I recognized you?"
"For a blind person, I think it's possible to distinguish a person by footsteps or something else if their hearing is sensitive enough."
Matt gave Peter a meaningful look, but said nothing. He felt that Spider-Man might indeed be able to lead him to the Hand.
(End of this chapter)