amaotonovel Chapter 2479: Battle for the Cloak (35)
Chapter 2479: Battle for the Cloak (35)
Chapter 2479: Battle for the Cloak (Thirty-Five)
Spider-Man seemed a little embarrassed, because first of all, his bedroom was not large, and many of the furnishings had not been completely transformed from his childhood. For example, behind him was a common children's bed with a bed above and a table underneath. The small table for eating was a discarded coffee table, but the stool was a colorful plastic cartoon-shaped triangular stool for children. The overall shape was round and looked cute, but the paint on the stool legs had been worn off.
The posters he hung were all outdated, because the new posters were more expensive, so he could only go to the newsstand to buy the old posters and put them together. The comic books were also old books, because he simply couldn't afford the new ones. The carpet even had a ridiculous puppy pattern, which had been used to the point of being a little hairy.
There is no doubt that this would definitely be the target of ridicule and bullying in the American campus environment, so Spider-Man has never invited any friends to his house, otherwise he would definitely become the biggest laughing stock in the entire school, and he would get a nickname such as "Baby Peter", although his current nickname is not much better.
Suddenly a stranger appeared in his bedroom, and Spider-Man was at a loss. He put his hands behind his back, and then pinched them in front of his body. He shrank into the corner as much as possible to leave the limited space for the strong Jason.
Jason was a little too strong. Again, he could have trapped Arkham Batman in the room, and if he had just stretched his body a little, he could have knocked the lampshade off his head. If he had just stretched his limbs a little, the already shaky modular bed would have been completely scrapped.
Spider-Man had already prepared for this, because of the scar on his face, Jason didn't look friendly at all, and he always frowned habitually, which made him look even more ferocious.
But Jason didn't. He squatted down in a more awkward posture than Spider-Man, shrinking his limbs as much as possible and squatting in place like a quail with puffed up hair.
But he kept his head up and looked around the room until his eyes fell on the photo of him and his uncle and aunt on Spider-Man's desk.
"Are those your parents?" Jason asked.
"No, they are my uncle and aunt." Spider-Man also squatted down, but he curled up in the corner, and his body language showed that he was completely a punching bag.
"You have to keep your voice down. My aunt is just outside the door. But if she sees you, she will probably be very happy. After all, she always asks me to bring my friends back to play." Spider-Man put his hands between his body and his knees.
"You never brought it back, and you disappointed her." Jason hit the nail on the head.
"Maybe." Spider-Man pulled his neck back and said, "I don't have many friends at school, and they certainly won't be interested in my room."
Even though Jason had not been to school much, he could see that Peter Parker looked like the most common nerd and bully in school. He had no friends or gangs, always kept to himself, and anyone could bully him.
Jason suddenly shrugged his nose, his eyes fell on the meal on the small coffee table in front of him. Unlike the traditional white meal in American families, Aunt May had fried a large steak, toasted bread, hot cream spinach pie, and even a large turkey leg.
"Are you hungry?" Spider-Man asked, "My aunt is used to my bigger appetite, but I can't eat so much now. The two of us can eat together."
Jason did feel the emptiness in his stomach, so he didn't refuse and sat down on the spot. The small coffee table seemed even smaller in front of him, and he had to cross his legs to allow Spider-Man to sit opposite him.
"So why are you in my house? Am I dreaming?"
"I guess that's probably the case," Jason said. "I was dreaming before, traveling through many worlds, and someone was chasing me. I kept running, and when I opened the door, I saw you."
Spider-Man seemed a little hesitant. He said, "Maybe I fell asleep next to your bed, so we both entered the same dream."
Soon he became happy again, and said excitedly: "So, my trip to Gotham was not a dream, and the photos I took were real. I can post them on the forum when I go back?! That's awesome."
Spider-Man was very excited, but Jason frowned. He looked Spider-Man up and down and said, "Don't you have any friends in real life? Not even one?"
"I guess so." Spider-Man said uncertainly, "I have a few familiar classmates in school. They are similar to me. I also know a few Spider-Men in the Spider-Army. They are all very friendly to me. There is also Nick. Nick also takes good care of me."
"Oh my god, Nick!" Spider-Man patted his forehead as if he had just remembered, "He doesn't even know I'm in Gotham yet. He must be very worried."
This time Spider-Man was right. Nick was almost going crazy. Spider-Man disappeared after leaving the abnormal photo. Nick and other Spider-Man who saw the photo knew that Spider-Man was missing.
It’s no wonder that they are all so anxious. In fact, this Spider-Man is very special because he comes from the 15th issue of the comic "Amazing Fantasy". Yes, it is the comic where Spider-Man first appeared. He is the first Spider-Man.
Although Nick and other Spider-Men don't know the order of appearance in comics, the Time Management Bureau can use special means to see the order of derivation of the universe and the order of birth of each superhero in each universe.
Of course Nick could tell that Spider-Man was number one, so he took good care of him. One time he let the cat out of the bag, and then all the other Spider-Men knew about it, and they had a special feeling for this little spider.
However, because the Spider-Man in "Amazing Fantasy" is actually the most well-known autistic high school student, a poor guy who is not liked by anyone in school, Peter often behaves very withdrawn, but he is too excited after putting on the Spider-Man uniform, which makes him not make any close friends.
Now Nick is frantically looking for the lost Spider-Man. After seeing the series of trap buttons, Nick knew that it must have been done by Schiller. Except for him, no one can grasp Spider-Man's psychology so accurately. But the strange thing is that Schiller can't be contacted now.
Back to Spider-Man, he and Jason were eating and chatting. Although neither of them knew how they came to this dream, nor who the person who had been chasing Jason was, they did have a lot to talk about.
Spider-Man's usual chat partners would always choose to talk to him about school, after all, there wasn't much else to talk about with teenagers of this age.
But this always bothered Spider-Man because he really had no campus life to talk about. All his campus life was just listening to lectures in class, doing homework after class, and diving into his bedroom to read comics as soon as school was over. He had no friends, no activities, and nothing interesting.
He was so timid that he couldn't say anything, so the other party thought he might not want to chat, so he had to leave. Spider-Man wanted to keep him, but he really didn't have any interesting topics to talk about.
Jason is not a good person to talk to because he always speaks in a sarcastic way, but in a certain conversation, he is always the leader of the topic, and he always has a lot to talk about. He can talk about the street life in Gotham for months.
How he ran errands in a nightclub when he was a kid, which stripper the gang boss was having an affair with, how the legitimate wife of a rich man rushed into a nightclub to catch someone having an affair, how their gang bargained with the cunning stolen goods dealers...
Spider-Man learned about a more real and vivid Gotham from Jason's narration. He silently wrote all these things down and prepared to write his own "Travels in Gotham".
Jason recalled his childhood to his adulthood, and Batman inevitably appeared in his stories. There is not much to say about his story with Batman. Anyway, one day he was lifting a tire on the street and was picked up by Batman, and then the two of them fought crime together.
The story came to an abrupt end here, and Spider-Man was listening with great interest. The story of adventures with Batman was much more exciting than most of the old comics he had read. He didn't even want to eat, but just stared with bright eyes and waited for Jason to continue.
Jason began to eat in silence.
"Please." Spider-Man raised his voice and said, "You can't let the story stop here. What next? You two must have put that bastard in jail, right? Batman will not allow the Joker to provoke him like this. You should beat him up..."
"It's the opposite," Jason said. "What happened next isn't a very good story, and it's not something you should hear. That's it."
"Stop it!!!" Spider-Man wailed, "You have to tell me, or I'll be as sad as if I didn't buy the ending of the comic book!!"
"This is not a comic, and it doesn't fit the plot requirements of the comic creation process at all. It's more like a ghost story." Jason pursed his lips, bit off the last bite of meat from the turkey leg, pulled a piece of paper from the side, wiped his hands and said, "For your mental state, it's best not to listen."
After finishing his food he stood up and said, "Now we have to research why we are here and who the hell is that guy that's been chasing me and blowing up your bathtub duck."
Spider-Man was crestfallen and very dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to stand there with his hands on his face and said, "Do you think they are the same person?"
“Of course.” Jason frowned and recalled, “I don’t remember those chaotic dreams before, but I vaguely remember that the person chasing me seemed to have a pair of metal claws.”
"Metal claws?"
"Yes, his fingers were different from those of ordinary people." Jason recalled, "It seemed that they had turned into sharp daggers. It looked quite scary."
Spider-Man laughed and said, "I didn't expect you would find it scary."
Jason was stunned, he looked down at Spider-Man and said, "What do you mean? Why don't I feel scared?"
"Well, I mean, you look so strong, even stronger than Thompson, the strongest boy in our school." Spider-Man said in an exaggerated tone and with constant gestures, "You look like a giant. Are you afraid of a monster with fingers like daggers?"
Jason thought Spider-Man was a little bit puzzled. He paused for a moment and then said, "Do you mean that a tall person's skin should be like metal armor and cannot be cut by a dagger, or do you think I won't bleed if I get cut by a dagger twice?"
"Well, that's not what I meant, but I think people like you who are naturally strong must be much braver than others, right?" Spider-Man scratched his head and said, "Like Thompson, he doesn't seem to be afraid of anything, and he's always showing off wherever he goes."
"Not like me." Spider-Man sighed and said, "I'm not short, but I'm too skinny, I don't have any strength, and I don't have any athletic ability. I can't fight back when I'm bullied at school, and I'm not good at speaking. I don't know how to refute them."
Jason looked at him speechlessly, gritting his teeth and saying, "Spider-Man has no strength, no athletic ability, and is not good at speaking???"
(End of this chapter)