Chapter 682
Let's Dance Together
Chapter 682 Let's Dance Together
Peter had already removed his battle suit and, as he followed Felicia downstairs, asked a puzzled question.
"You're going to the homecoming dance? And you want me to be your dance partner?"
"Yes, why not?"
Felicia replied matter-of-factly, "It's not that I don't have anyone else to invite, but since I'm going to invite someone anyway, I might as well invite someone I know well."
"What about the previous years? Did you not have a dance partner in the previous years?"
“Good question. I haven’t participated in homecoming for the past few years.”
Peter was astonished: "Not even once?"
“I participated in the homecoming dance in my freshman year, but no one required freshmen to join, right? After all, it's only been a month since school started, and you don't know anyone yet. In my sophomore year, I pretended to have a fever and didn't go. By my junior year, I was still in Europe, let alone homecoming.”
Peter then remembered that around this time last year, Felicia was indeed in Europe investigating her father's whereabouts, and was not in New York at all.
"Then this year..."
"Many friends have asked me this year, 'You didn't participate in the homecoming festival before, do you want to participate this year? Isn't it pitiful to have never participated in a homecoming festival in high school?'... Thinking about it carefully, it's true, it's really hard to refuse."
I think it's better if you refuse...
Peter was internally complaining, but he didn't say anything more. He was thinking, or rather, refusing to think about the matter, but Felicia was clearly thinking very thoroughly.
"Oh, by the way, if you feel awkward about saying it, I can tell those girls you've been booked this year. Don't worry, I have their contact information. And I think S.H.I.E.L.D. is pretty busy, so maybe they won't have time for Homecoming this year and will have to go help out?"
Felicia walked ahead as she spoke, and Peter followed, saying, "But..."
"And then there's little Gwen. Hasn't she been saying you're overprotective and don't trust her? Perfect timing. On Homecoming Day, you can let her... be the only Spider-Man in New York. I believe she can do a great job."
Peter: ...
"I just had a fight with Gwen..."
"Isn't that even better? Believe me, holding back your anger is very beneficial for fighting crime."
Peter felt even more speechless.
"Besides, I don't really need a dance partner to spend the whole Homecoming with me. Think about it, if something happens that Spider-Man has to deal with, you can just leave. I can just tell everyone you have to go."
Peter seemed to understand: "In short, it's not your responsibility, right?"
Felicia simply smiled.
“You could give Gwen a pager—oh, she should have one—and tell her to call you if she has anything she can’t handle, so she can come to her rescue. Maybe she’ll pretend she can’t handle something and drag you out of Homecoming? Want to give it a try?”
Peter showed no intention of replying to Felicia's words. He simply looked at the USB drive in his hand and began to have the spider robot analyze it, while asking uncertainly, "Do you really only need me as your homecoming dance partner?" "Indeed, do you think this deal is a loss or a good deal? If it's a loss, I can compensate you with something extra."
"Stop making fun of me."
Compared to the risks Felicia took and the time she spent, it was undoubtedly disproportionate. Peter was also completely unable to judge Felicia's motives at the moment.
But then he thought again, Felicia was neither a villain with a clear goal like a mob boss, nor a superhero; perhaps she was just doing these things for her own enjoyment.
"Well, I think it should be fine, since no one has invited me anyway..."
"You haven't decided whether to invite anyone else, or which person to invite?"
Felicia smiled and waved her phone: "Alright, then leave the rest to me. Oh, by the way, come here for a second."
Felicia pulled a bewildered Peter over and took a selfie of the two of them, then put her phone away: "Now you just have to wait. There are still a few days until homecoming. Maybe you can take down that Hand organization while you're at it."
"...Did you know that Cindy is in the same class as me?"
"Then you can just say that the bad woman used information to coerce and entice you, and that you are the victim."
Felicia smiled and left the building, walking towards the entrance of Midtown Middle School. Peter sighed, and after a few steps, his phone kept ringing. He took out his phone, thinking something had happened, but when he saw it was the detective club's large group chat. Early in the morning, the senior student had pulled a large number of new people into the group.
This year's recruitment numbers are higher than last year's. I wonder how many active members there are. If I hadn't gone through Tianyan last year, I wouldn't have known that the detective agency, which usually had fewer than ten active members, actually had so many members.
After glancing at the names of the new members and finding no potential superheroes or villains, Peter went into the school. The matter of the runaway parents he had previously reported to Coulson had been resolved; these extraordinary parents had been arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D.
However, since these children are all minors, they need to be adopted by qualified families. Fury plans to find trustworthy adoptive families for these children while breaking away from Hydra. At this moment, Strange suddenly appears and takes Nico Minoru away.
Then, as Nicole requested, the Runaway Children's Coven was still established, but now they live in the Sanctuary.
"Besides Nicole, there isn't a single magic user in this group. In fact, there are a lot of tech-related characters. Strange definitely won't take care of kids. That guy is probably in for a lot of trouble."
Although it's unclear why the Out-of-Home Kids Alliance suddenly moved from Los Angeles to New York, it seems that getting involved with New York makes things more reasonable.
Oh, and about Nova, Richard Ryder finally came out to his parents that he had become a superhero—mainly because unlike fighting alone, S.O.R.D. is a national agency, a legitimate organization, and after Nova joined S.O.R.D., the department had to notify his family.
It is said that Nova's parents were initially worried about their child becoming a superhero, but when they saw Mar-Vell's relaxed demeanor and the treatment he received from S.W.O.R.D., they were relieved. S.W.O.R.D. finally gained their first henchman.
Then Nova also captured that space pirate Zoe and is now waiting for the Guardians of the Galaxy to come and take her away.
Peter couldn't help but sigh.
"The situation is excellent."
(End of this chapter)