hotmtlnovel Chapter 2490: Battle for the Cloak (46)
Chapter 2490: Battle for the Cloak (46)
Chapter 2490: Battle for the Cloak (Forty-Six)
The night passed in silence, and the next morning, they were awakened by familiar Christmas carols. The shop windows across the street had officially changed their Christmas decorations, and Christmas songs were playing one after another. It was also snowing.
Spider-Man, who was half asleep, propped up his upper body, lifted the quilt off his body and piled it all on Jason's side. He sat on the ground to wake up for a while and rubbed his shoulder which was a little painful.
He stood up and walked to the window. The moment he opened the curtains, the room was shrouded in a cold whitish light. It was all white outside, and Spider-Man's pupils were made to look like sparkling diamonds.
The aroma of fried eggs came from outside the door, and Spider-Man bet that there must be bacon, but it was already 7:10, and he had to go to school early to finish his homework.
Spider-Man goes to a private high school, but he didn't pay to go there. Many better private high schools will recruit students with very good grades, and it doesn't matter if they are not good at one subject well. As long as they get a good grade in the competitions or summer camps they hold, they can be admitted. Spider-Man almost got the first place in all science subjects, and Thompson was admitted because of his football skills.
He rushed out the door, stuffed a fried egg into his mouth, took the sandwich handed to him by his aunt, and took two big gulps of milk. Spider-Man put on his schoolbag and rushed out the door, leaving his aunt stomping at the door.
The school is still some distance away from Parker's house, but Spider-Man doesn't care. He just runs all the way there. It's a bit difficult to walk today because of the snow. Spider-Man finally reaches the school gate after almost half an hour.
When Spider-Man was rushing towards the school gate, he saw Thompson and several of his brothers staggering towards him. He paused and immediately hid behind a telephone pole.
He did not forget that Jason had beaten Thompson before. If he rushed up to him and asked him for medical expenses now, he would not be able to pay it, so Spider-Man decided to hide first.
Spider-Man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Thompson and the others walk into the school gate. Just as he was about to go in, he saw a trash can overturned at the corner of the street.
Spider-Man sighed angrily. This group of people knew very well that the janitor who was cleaning the place was over 60 years old and it was snowing today. It was not easy to clean up such a big bucket of garbage in the snow. It was very likely that the janitor had cleaned up the place early in the morning, and it was kicked over like this?
But there was no other way. Spider-Man couldn't just leave it there, so he had to cross the school gate and quickly walk to the trash can next to him, ready to lift up the trash can and put the trash back.
Spider-Man was just about to push the trash can when he felt something was wrong. The trash can didn't look like it had been kicked over. He had seen Thompson and his gang kicking trash cans on the street before, but they were basically small cylindrical trash cans. A kick would cause people to fall over and trash to splatter.
But now what is lying on the ground is a large square trash can, and bags of garbage have basically been spilled out, but it is still so heavy when you push it up.
Spider-Man was curious and looked into the trash can, then he jumped back suddenly, he was shocked.
There's a person in the trash can! ! !
Spider-Man leaned over to take a look again and found that it was a strong man with pale skin and bloodless lips. He looked like a corpse.
But Spider-Man looked closely and found that he was still breathing.
My God, where did they put this drunkard in here? Spider-Man quickly reached out to rescue him. He now knew why Thompson and his friends were so sullen at school, but they were so cheerful and talking this morning.
Spider-Man tried it and found that the man was much heavier than an ordinary person, but it was still not difficult for him who had obtained the spider mutation. He exerted force with his arms and pulled the man out of the trash can.
But after fishing him out, Spider-Man felt a little embarrassed. He looked down at the man and found that he was incredibly handsome, looking like a sculpture.
Spider-Man swallowed and finally looked away, he looked around and found that there was no place to rest nearby, so he thought about it and decided to send him to the nearest shelter.
Spider-Man knew where the shelter was, but it was about 10 minutes away. With that trip back and forth, he would definitely be late today.
As expected, after Spider-Man sent the person there and returned to school, he was severely criticized by the teacher. In addition, he did not do his homework, so he had to stand at the door for a while as punishment.
However, Thompson was very abnormal today. He didn't even laugh at Spider-Man. Spider-Man felt something was wrong. Thompson would not just change his personality like that. He must be planning something bad again.
Sure enough, after class, Thompson led a group of followers to block Spider-Man in the corridor. He stretched his arms and said, "Where is that big guy from that day? I thought you would bring him to school to protect him."
Spider-Man pursed his lips and said nothing. Thompson snorted coldly and said, "I was careless that day, but do you think I'm afraid of him? I tell you, no matter how strong he is, it's useless. I will let him know how powerful I am. After school today, take him to the alley behind the school gate and we'll have a head-on fight."
"He's sick." Spider-Man said truthfully. He was actually still a little scared, but in order to protect Jason, he tried to explain: "He thought you were going to kill me that day, so he rushed forward. He didn't mean to hurt you. I apologize to you on his behalf."
Unexpectedly, Thompson and his group burst into laughter. Thompson patted Spider-Man on the shoulder and said, "You hurt me? With him? That little wound will heal in less than an hour. I say it again, bring him to me, otherwise you will suffer more than just a few minor injuries!"
After Thompson left, Spider-Man looked a little sad. Now Jason was so seriously ill, he definitely couldn't bring him here, but if he didn't bring him here, he would have a hard time after school today.
It happened to be snowing today, Spider-Man complained in his heart. He couldn't escape using spider silk in front of Thompson, but the road was covered with snow, so it was difficult for him to run. It would be terrible if he was caught.
Thinking of the snow, Spider-Man thought of the man he found in the trash can this morning. He glanced at the window in the corridor. The snow outside was getting heavier. Although he sent him to a warm shelter, sometimes if the shelter is full, they will kick people out. This unconscious drunkard can be easily kicked out.
I don’t know how he got like that. How much did he drink? How could he not be frozen awake after a night of snow?
During lunch, Spider-Man specially packed some food. He decided to go over and take a look during the lunch break. Fortunately, Thompson and the others were gathered together, talking about something and had no time to pay attention to him, so Spider-Man sneaked out of the school.
When he arrived at the shelter, Spider-Man found that the man had woken up. He was slumped in the corner of the chaotic hall of the shelter, hugging a quilt, and his expression seemed a little dazed.
"Hey, are you okay?" Spider-Man walked over, squatted beside him and handed him the food, then said, "Remember? I brought you here, and you fainted in the trash can."
The man slowly turned his head and opened his mouth, but said nothing. Spider-Man put his ear close to him and heard him squeeze out a word from his throat, "Batman..."
Spider-Man was stunned. He looked at the man again and found that he looked familiar, but Spider-Man couldn't remember where he had seen him for a while. Even if he had never seen his face, his temperament must be familiar.
"What's your name?" Spider-Man asked.
"Clark Kent."
Spider-Man was shocked again, he raised his voice and said: "Superman? You are Superman???"
Clark frowned. Although Superman did not wear any mask and only wore glasses when he was a reporter, his identity was indeed not public. No ordinary person knew that Superman was Clark Kent.
"Uh, sorry. I've seen your picture in Gotham Travels. It's a picture of you and Batman. To be honest, you don't look the same as in the picture. Maybe it's because we're not in the same universe."
This sentence contained a lot of information. Clark's brain took a long time to react, but soon he heard Spider-Man say: "Are you here to see Batman? We just met him yesterday, but..."
Clark almost jumped up from the ground, he grabbed Spider-Man's shoulders and said: "You met him?! Where is he? Is he okay?"
"He's fine, but do you know that this is a dream, not real?"
"But even if it's a dream, he's still alive, right?"
"Of course, he is still alive, but he may be a little different from the Batman you know. This is his spirit body. To be more precise, it is a certain aspect of his spirit that does not look like Batman."
Clark immediately breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed. Spider-Man noticed that something was wrong with him, so he asked, "What happened to you? You look so weak, like a corpse."
"I... I was attacked." Clark lowered his head and said in a sad tone: "I don't know what it was, but he is very dangerous. I have to find a way to go back and bring Batman back with me. We have another powerful enemy to deal with..."
"Can you tell me what's going on?"
Spider-Man has actually always been very confused. He has never understood what is going on in this universe since he came to it, and he urgently needs someone to tell him about what happened before.
Clark sighed and began to speak quietly, but mainly about him and Batman.
At the end of the big adventure in Gotham, after he took a photo of Batman climbing onto the golden toilet, Batman strongly demanded that he not release the photo.
Clark is not stupid. He knows that this is a good thing to blackmail Batman, so he tells Batman that if he can't make the city normal quickly, he will definitely send the photo out.
Batman seemed a little helpless, but he eventually solved the problem, and after becoming president, he proceeded step by step to improve the situation in Gotham, which also benefited Metropolis. The entire East Coast became the focus of his strategy, and development can be said to be changing with each passing day.
Superman felt very happy. He had never thought that Batman had such ability before. Or he knew that Batman had the ability, but he also knew that he could not persuade Batman to do so. Now that Batman has figured it out himself, it is naturally a good thing to be happy.
So the young reporter Clark became more concerned about these changes. He suggested that a column should be opened to report on the new policies of the new president and the changes and developments that came with it. The newspaper was unwilling to take the risk of taking sides, so he resigned and concentrated on full-time reporting.
The eyes of the masses are sharp, and many people can feel the improvement in people's livelihood, so gradually Clark has accumulated some fans and established his own personal website. People call him the new president's number one fan, and Clark is willing to accept this title and is proud of it.
(End of this chapter)