American Comics: The Law of Strength
Chapter 138
When Peter returned to his room through the window, the servant in charge of carrying the goods had finished their work, turned off the lights and left, but there was still a person in the room waiting for Peter's return.
"You know what, you really are the most timid coward since God's creation."
Diane sat on the only bed in the room that was not occupied by "debris" at this time, leaning sideways on the pillow at the head of the bed, she gently shook the wine glass in her hand, and the reddish liquid with a thick luster swirled against the wall of the cup, making ripples, and soon the rich aroma overflowed from the wine glass, slightly stimulating the depths of the nose, but Diane never intended to drink the liquid in the glass.
She looked at Peter with rather contempt and mocked with dissatisfaction:
"Now even a third-year student is not as pure as you two in love, how? Are the superhero-themed movies you two going to make plan to get a G-grade evaluation? "
"Maybe it's because the only audience in this film is too young to see exciting scenes."
Peter lightly completed the counterattack and looked at the room that had completely changed and nodded gently, although the time was relatively hasty, but the amount of gold Diane collected was quite considerable, the room did not turn on the light, but under the moonlight, the whole room was dyed with a yellowish light.
The originally simple and clean room was cluttered with various types of items at this time, and even without the night vision ability of the demon hunter, the outline of these items could be clearly seen.
It's just that every time he sees an object, Peter's expression is a little strange, and in the end, he covers his face with one hand, sighs and asks:
"Although I did say that you need to collect as much gold as possible, it doesn't come to this point."
I saw that all parts of the room were already piled with pocket watches, bracelets, earrings and other gold ornaments, and even a lot of dentures mixed in these gold products, and in the open space of the room, there were several neat suitcases that were opened and placed, and the square gold bricks were neatly stacked inside.
Although it has been sorted and placed to make these gold items look a little organized, the sheer number still makes the whole room seem crowded.
By this time, Peter's room had completely become a more bizarre treasure room under the "decoration" of these gold products.
"Do you think I want to?"
Diane glanced at the various gold ornaments piled up into a hill, and her eyes were full of helplessness.
"The amount of physical gold used for investment is very limited, and physical gold transactions that reach the million-dollar level often take weeks or even months for banks to prepare, and I can only use this method to help you get a large amount of gold in a short period of time."
You don't know how many jewellery stores I emptied my inventory, and I even used some connections to intercept a batch of gold.
If that's not enough, you'll probably have to dive into the underground vaults of Morgan or Citibank, where there are stocks of gold handed over to the United States by various countries, and there should be tens of thousands of tons of gold stored there, as long as you can break through the security there. "
Peter ignored Diane's "sincere" advice and silently began to pry these gold krypton into his system, and Diane watched the gold jewelry gradually disappear in Peter's hands without showing a surprised expression, rather than after bringing boxes of gold to Peter many times, but only the condition of the box remained in a few minutes, she had already expected this to be the case, and this conjecture was confirmed after seeing Peter take out the Batman helmet from the void.
Thousand... Three thousand... Five thousand...
Peter watched the amount in the system go up, fusing the points that Afghanistan had deliberately saved before and finally reached 7,300 points, which is the highest amount he has reached today.
It would be astronomical to convert this gold into dollars, and he now only hopes that the power he will extract next will be worth it.
The translucent page that had not been seen for a long time unfolded in front of him, and Peter began to think about the distribution of points.
Although there are a lot of points, but these points are not all at Peter's disposal, as he and Gwen said, although Fisk and Hydra are the biggest threats at the moment, but for Peter, his focus is not to completely defeat these two forces, but to clear the way for his future cooperation with Diane, so in addition to upgrading his existing abilities to fight Fisk, he also has to put a certain amount of points on the draw, so that his plan can be carried out smoothly.
He began to carefully consider the ability to improve next, and Diane had no intention of leaving, she sat up straight, looked at Peter who was facing the void in a daze, and suddenly interrupted Peter's thinking.
"Peter..."
Diane's voice is very solemn, Diane rarely shows such a serious expression, most of the time, even at work she is mostly relaxed and casual, especially since she began to be handy in the work at hand, her casualness has become more and more obvious.
Only before making a very impactful decision does she get caught up in a moment's struggle, and this seems to be such a moment.
"I would like to conclude by reassuring, what exactly is the plan you were going to do with that plan before you went to Afghanistan? Or can you really provide the things you say? "
Until Peter's return to New York, she had only regarded the plan Peter had proposed before leaving as his whims, even though the "prophecy" that Peter had said had been fulfilled one by one, and she lacked a sense of the terrible future Peter described.
Part of the reason she was willing to spend energy on the upfront planning of Peter's plan, which seemed absurd to her, was partly because of her friendship with Peter, and what was decisive was Peter's value today, after all, everyone can see the great value hidden in this teenager today.
The endless magical powers, the huge prestige of "Batman", coupled with the entangled relationship between him and Gwen, an equally powerful superhero, almost bind the camp between the two people, Diane is naturally willing to give her two friends a little more effort, all as an investment in the two of them, and they are both so young and have greater potential for the future.
But with Peter's return, she gradually began to realize Peter's seriousness about this plan, especially after Peter's trip to Afghanistan, his thoughts on this plan became clearer, and after he had a detailed plan, Diane discovered how huge this plan was, and she also vaguely saw how huge the impact of this plan would be if it could really be realized.
Peter's plan was originally inspired by a councillor who wanted to incorporate his "Batman" into the police system, and although the councilman's essential purpose was to generate revenue, the idea of turning the so-called "superhero" into a part of the police system, or even a "logo" of the police department, made Peter think of a company... Walt Corporation.
As the biggest villain in the Black Robe Pickets, Walt can be said to have truly turned superheroes into a profession.
They allow all heroes to gain money and prestige through heroic activities, and even have a very high social status, and in the process of "punishing rape and eliminating evil", they are finally no different from stars by constantly accumulating prestige.
Professional shooting team, marketing team, assistants, and even PR who really turned "superheroes" into business.
In the end, those who supported certain heroes even formed a kind of "rice circle" for them.
They fanatically support their beloved heroes, and even if these heroes have "some flaws", they will actively cover up for them and argue with those who point out the problem.
This is almost the opposite of the heroic image that has not been well received in many Marvel works.
For example, today's Gwen, although she is actively maintaining law and order in the city every day, arresting criminals, protecting the people, and even her own daily life is walking on the tightrope all the time under this heroic action.
She obviously has excellent grades, but because of her long-term tardiness, her absence puts her studies in jeopardy, not to mention her biggest hobby, rock and roll, if not for Mary Jane's cold-faced tsundere, she would have been expelled from the band long ago.
But she has worked so hard to carry out heroic activities, but her supporters are very few, and the media that criticize her, such as the famous editor-in-chief Jameson, has made a lot of money by attacking Ghost Spider-Man, and even the police officers who have been relieved of a lot of work pressure by Gwen have indignant looks on their faces when they mention this "vigilante".
"Wanted criminals in cartoon uniforms who ignore laws and arrest criminals in the city" is the description of Gwen by all police officers, even some of the public, and some conspiracy theorists believe that Ghost Spider-Man's behavior is actually a cover for some of her "dirty criminal camps".
Even Tony, after becoming Iron Man and making many contributions to the world, still has a lot of voices attacking him.
One of Peter's goals in creating this company is to change this situation, to turn superhero action into a thankless "job" that does not require lofty ideals or a sense of justice to generate electricity, into a star that everyone admires and envies.
From now on, while working hard and haha, while conscientiously maintaining the image of a normal person, the heroic image of hard work will become a thing of the past.
When this model really takes shape, not only the life status of those superheroes who have justice in mind will change, but even those former villains are likely to join the team of "eradicating evil and eliminating evil".
After all, when you have some kind of powerful superpower, if you have a star group like the Sevens, they appear in commercials, TV every day, and you can see them spending money and being loved and admired by people, then do you want to be one of them or risk being the next video material for the Sevens, squat in prison for the rest of your life or even be killed on the street by the Sevens?
And Peter doesn't need to worry that eventually this otherworldly "Water" company will become a villain concentration camp like the Black Robe Pickets.
On the one hand, there are still many righteous superheroes in this world after all, and if these people are the core of the company, they will naturally spontaneously supervise the behavior of their teammates after joining the company, and on the other hand, Peter can "cultivate" the heroes he needs.
Because of the existence of the system, Peter only needs to pay precious metals to exchange for drugs or items that can stimulate superpowers, he can not only use these items to artificially create superpowers, if he can extract [Compound No. 5] type drugs again, he can even form a team to study, try to copy, make this kind of mass manufacturing superhuman serum, and even directly use the armor developed by Tony to create a per capita war machine "Iron Legion" is also an option.
At that time, he will no longer have to think about the ability of certain people to fight the crisis, but only need to measure their hearts.
When such a superhero company appeared on Earth, and an endless stream of superpowers, the defense system that Peter expected to be able to defend the world on its own, and even a cosmic crisis, took shape.
At that time, Peter does not even need to take the initiative to guide the direction of the company and lead these teams, and the huge crisis and enemies from outer space will make these heroes unite and actively seek a better model to fight the crisis.
Maybe they will start forming specialized reconnaissance teams, specialized support teams, and teams to fight the enemy, depending on the type of ability, and maybe they will study tactics that are more suitable for each other's abilities.
Peter only needs to be used as a symbol, a spiritual leader who can be the last resort, a "forty-millionth".
This is the whole picture of Peter's plan.
Although this plan is very rough and does not even have a name, as the leader of the family, Diane, who has a keen insight, has long known what a huge plan this is, so she can't help but ask, if Peter really pushes this plan with all his might, the pressure will be extremely great.
After all, once this plan is successful, the pattern of the world will change as a result, and those who have lost their interests, those who want to get a piece of the pie will spring up from the dirt like mushrooms, their hands will reach under your nose, maybe one or two you can block, but thousands?
But Peter didn't answer Diane's question, he certainly knew how much resistance he would face, but he was still somewhat sure.
It was difficult to create a career from scratch, but after a period of constant reflection, Peter was surprised to find that he already had many of the basic conditions to carry out this plan.
He has a good relationship with the Bernano family, a behemoth that can be spoken by both the underworld and the upper political circles in New York, and at this time, this large family that once called for wind and rain in New York is at its weakest, so that he can not worry about his inability to control the development of the plan.
Secondly, the reputation brought by the image of "Batman" he unintentionally played is enough to make him get a lot of popular support, if he is willing to use this reputation... Needless to say, he can even run for president of the United States as Sharon said, and even he has a good chance of success.
So he himself can be the original role model of the project, and let people realize that superheroes can live so dashingly.
When everyone aspires to be a superhero, his plan is mostly successful.
And most importantly, he has the power to cut off every greedy palm, and he will become stronger and stronger over time, so he wants to design a plot for himself to take off this helmet and let Batman merge with his own image, not only to hold that prestige in his hands, but also to impose the shock of this power on himself.
He will be like the Batman in the comics, defeating every enemy that stands in his way, making the whole world think he is invincible, and he will bring fear to sin like that Batman.
When people saw him and the comic book Batman as one person, no one could stop his plans.
At that time, he will be like Batman in the comics, lighting a bat lamp on the world, and weaving a light that represents hope in this dark world.
Peter's finger lifted slightly, and then fell gently, but with a heavy weight, he pressed the extraction button.
"You know what, you really are the most timid coward since God's creation."
Diane sat on the only bed in the room that was not occupied by "debris" at this time, leaning sideways on the pillow at the head of the bed, she gently shook the wine glass in her hand, and the reddish liquid with a thick luster swirled against the wall of the cup, making ripples, and soon the rich aroma overflowed from the wine glass, slightly stimulating the depths of the nose, but Diane never intended to drink the liquid in the glass.
She looked at Peter with rather contempt and mocked with dissatisfaction:
"Now even a third-year student is not as pure as you two in love, how? Are the superhero-themed movies you two going to make plan to get a G-grade evaluation? "
"Maybe it's because the only audience in this film is too young to see exciting scenes."
Peter lightly completed the counterattack and looked at the room that had completely changed and nodded gently, although the time was relatively hasty, but the amount of gold Diane collected was quite considerable, the room did not turn on the light, but under the moonlight, the whole room was dyed with a yellowish light.
The originally simple and clean room was cluttered with various types of items at this time, and even without the night vision ability of the demon hunter, the outline of these items could be clearly seen.
It's just that every time he sees an object, Peter's expression is a little strange, and in the end, he covers his face with one hand, sighs and asks:
"Although I did say that you need to collect as much gold as possible, it doesn't come to this point."
I saw that all parts of the room were already piled with pocket watches, bracelets, earrings and other gold ornaments, and even a lot of dentures mixed in these gold products, and in the open space of the room, there were several neat suitcases that were opened and placed, and the square gold bricks were neatly stacked inside.
Although it has been sorted and placed to make these gold items look a little organized, the sheer number still makes the whole room seem crowded.
By this time, Peter's room had completely become a more bizarre treasure room under the "decoration" of these gold products.
"Do you think I want to?"
Diane glanced at the various gold ornaments piled up into a hill, and her eyes were full of helplessness.
"The amount of physical gold used for investment is very limited, and physical gold transactions that reach the million-dollar level often take weeks or even months for banks to prepare, and I can only use this method to help you get a large amount of gold in a short period of time."
You don't know how many jewellery stores I emptied my inventory, and I even used some connections to intercept a batch of gold.
If that's not enough, you'll probably have to dive into the underground vaults of Morgan or Citibank, where there are stocks of gold handed over to the United States by various countries, and there should be tens of thousands of tons of gold stored there, as long as you can break through the security there. "
Peter ignored Diane's "sincere" advice and silently began to pry these gold krypton into his system, and Diane watched the gold jewelry gradually disappear in Peter's hands without showing a surprised expression, rather than after bringing boxes of gold to Peter many times, but only the condition of the box remained in a few minutes, she had already expected this to be the case, and this conjecture was confirmed after seeing Peter take out the Batman helmet from the void.
Thousand... Three thousand... Five thousand...
Peter watched the amount in the system go up, fusing the points that Afghanistan had deliberately saved before and finally reached 7,300 points, which is the highest amount he has reached today.
It would be astronomical to convert this gold into dollars, and he now only hopes that the power he will extract next will be worth it.
The translucent page that had not been seen for a long time unfolded in front of him, and Peter began to think about the distribution of points.
Although there are a lot of points, but these points are not all at Peter's disposal, as he and Gwen said, although Fisk and Hydra are the biggest threats at the moment, but for Peter, his focus is not to completely defeat these two forces, but to clear the way for his future cooperation with Diane, so in addition to upgrading his existing abilities to fight Fisk, he also has to put a certain amount of points on the draw, so that his plan can be carried out smoothly.
He began to carefully consider the ability to improve next, and Diane had no intention of leaving, she sat up straight, looked at Peter who was facing the void in a daze, and suddenly interrupted Peter's thinking.
"Peter..."
Diane's voice is very solemn, Diane rarely shows such a serious expression, most of the time, even at work she is mostly relaxed and casual, especially since she began to be handy in the work at hand, her casualness has become more and more obvious.
Only before making a very impactful decision does she get caught up in a moment's struggle, and this seems to be such a moment.
"I would like to conclude by reassuring, what exactly is the plan you were going to do with that plan before you went to Afghanistan? Or can you really provide the things you say? "
Until Peter's return to New York, she had only regarded the plan Peter had proposed before leaving as his whims, even though the "prophecy" that Peter had said had been fulfilled one by one, and she lacked a sense of the terrible future Peter described.
Part of the reason she was willing to spend energy on the upfront planning of Peter's plan, which seemed absurd to her, was partly because of her friendship with Peter, and what was decisive was Peter's value today, after all, everyone can see the great value hidden in this teenager today.
The endless magical powers, the huge prestige of "Batman", coupled with the entangled relationship between him and Gwen, an equally powerful superhero, almost bind the camp between the two people, Diane is naturally willing to give her two friends a little more effort, all as an investment in the two of them, and they are both so young and have greater potential for the future.
But with Peter's return, she gradually began to realize Peter's seriousness about this plan, especially after Peter's trip to Afghanistan, his thoughts on this plan became clearer, and after he had a detailed plan, Diane discovered how huge this plan was, and she also vaguely saw how huge the impact of this plan would be if it could really be realized.
Peter's plan was originally inspired by a councillor who wanted to incorporate his "Batman" into the police system, and although the councilman's essential purpose was to generate revenue, the idea of turning the so-called "superhero" into a part of the police system, or even a "logo" of the police department, made Peter think of a company... Walt Corporation.
As the biggest villain in the Black Robe Pickets, Walt can be said to have truly turned superheroes into a profession.
They allow all heroes to gain money and prestige through heroic activities, and even have a very high social status, and in the process of "punishing rape and eliminating evil", they are finally no different from stars by constantly accumulating prestige.
Professional shooting team, marketing team, assistants, and even PR who really turned "superheroes" into business.
In the end, those who supported certain heroes even formed a kind of "rice circle" for them.
They fanatically support their beloved heroes, and even if these heroes have "some flaws", they will actively cover up for them and argue with those who point out the problem.
This is almost the opposite of the heroic image that has not been well received in many Marvel works.
For example, today's Gwen, although she is actively maintaining law and order in the city every day, arresting criminals, protecting the people, and even her own daily life is walking on the tightrope all the time under this heroic action.
She obviously has excellent grades, but because of her long-term tardiness, her absence puts her studies in jeopardy, not to mention her biggest hobby, rock and roll, if not for Mary Jane's cold-faced tsundere, she would have been expelled from the band long ago.
But she has worked so hard to carry out heroic activities, but her supporters are very few, and the media that criticize her, such as the famous editor-in-chief Jameson, has made a lot of money by attacking Ghost Spider-Man, and even the police officers who have been relieved of a lot of work pressure by Gwen have indignant looks on their faces when they mention this "vigilante".
"Wanted criminals in cartoon uniforms who ignore laws and arrest criminals in the city" is the description of Gwen by all police officers, even some of the public, and some conspiracy theorists believe that Ghost Spider-Man's behavior is actually a cover for some of her "dirty criminal camps".
Even Tony, after becoming Iron Man and making many contributions to the world, still has a lot of voices attacking him.
One of Peter's goals in creating this company is to change this situation, to turn superhero action into a thankless "job" that does not require lofty ideals or a sense of justice to generate electricity, into a star that everyone admires and envies.
From now on, while working hard and haha, while conscientiously maintaining the image of a normal person, the heroic image of hard work will become a thing of the past.
When this model really takes shape, not only the life status of those superheroes who have justice in mind will change, but even those former villains are likely to join the team of "eradicating evil and eliminating evil".
After all, when you have some kind of powerful superpower, if you have a star group like the Sevens, they appear in commercials, TV every day, and you can see them spending money and being loved and admired by people, then do you want to be one of them or risk being the next video material for the Sevens, squat in prison for the rest of your life or even be killed on the street by the Sevens?
And Peter doesn't need to worry that eventually this otherworldly "Water" company will become a villain concentration camp like the Black Robe Pickets.
On the one hand, there are still many righteous superheroes in this world after all, and if these people are the core of the company, they will naturally spontaneously supervise the behavior of their teammates after joining the company, and on the other hand, Peter can "cultivate" the heroes he needs.
Because of the existence of the system, Peter only needs to pay precious metals to exchange for drugs or items that can stimulate superpowers, he can not only use these items to artificially create superpowers, if he can extract [Compound No. 5] type drugs again, he can even form a team to study, try to copy, make this kind of mass manufacturing superhuman serum, and even directly use the armor developed by Tony to create a per capita war machine "Iron Legion" is also an option.
At that time, he will no longer have to think about the ability of certain people to fight the crisis, but only need to measure their hearts.
When such a superhero company appeared on Earth, and an endless stream of superpowers, the defense system that Peter expected to be able to defend the world on its own, and even a cosmic crisis, took shape.
At that time, Peter does not even need to take the initiative to guide the direction of the company and lead these teams, and the huge crisis and enemies from outer space will make these heroes unite and actively seek a better model to fight the crisis.
Maybe they will start forming specialized reconnaissance teams, specialized support teams, and teams to fight the enemy, depending on the type of ability, and maybe they will study tactics that are more suitable for each other's abilities.
Peter only needs to be used as a symbol, a spiritual leader who can be the last resort, a "forty-millionth".
This is the whole picture of Peter's plan.
Although this plan is very rough and does not even have a name, as the leader of the family, Diane, who has a keen insight, has long known what a huge plan this is, so she can't help but ask, if Peter really pushes this plan with all his might, the pressure will be extremely great.
After all, once this plan is successful, the pattern of the world will change as a result, and those who have lost their interests, those who want to get a piece of the pie will spring up from the dirt like mushrooms, their hands will reach under your nose, maybe one or two you can block, but thousands?
But Peter didn't answer Diane's question, he certainly knew how much resistance he would face, but he was still somewhat sure.
It was difficult to create a career from scratch, but after a period of constant reflection, Peter was surprised to find that he already had many of the basic conditions to carry out this plan.
He has a good relationship with the Bernano family, a behemoth that can be spoken by both the underworld and the upper political circles in New York, and at this time, this large family that once called for wind and rain in New York is at its weakest, so that he can not worry about his inability to control the development of the plan.
Secondly, the reputation brought by the image of "Batman" he unintentionally played is enough to make him get a lot of popular support, if he is willing to use this reputation... Needless to say, he can even run for president of the United States as Sharon said, and even he has a good chance of success.
So he himself can be the original role model of the project, and let people realize that superheroes can live so dashingly.
When everyone aspires to be a superhero, his plan is mostly successful.
And most importantly, he has the power to cut off every greedy palm, and he will become stronger and stronger over time, so he wants to design a plot for himself to take off this helmet and let Batman merge with his own image, not only to hold that prestige in his hands, but also to impose the shock of this power on himself.
He will be like the Batman in the comics, defeating every enemy that stands in his way, making the whole world think he is invincible, and he will bring fear to sin like that Batman.
When people saw him and the comic book Batman as one person, no one could stop his plans.
At that time, he will be like Batman in the comics, lighting a bat lamp on the world, and weaving a light that represents hope in this dark world.
Peter's finger lifted slightly, and then fell gently, but with a heavy weight, he pressed the extraction button.
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