American Comics: The Law of Strength

On August 9, more than a week had passed since the Great War, the aftermath of which had not yet subsided, and the media feast had just begun.

The newspapers on the street and the TV news in the windows were once again brushed by the image of Batman, only this time in addition to Batman's iconic mask, Peter Parker's own information and photos of Ghost Spider-Man were also interspersed.

Batman's true identity, a teenager who came back from the dead, a former wanted criminal Ghost Spider-Man, romance.

Each keyword added up can increase the popularity of the news several times.

In fact, Eddie was confident that he could make this news a national hit, but unfortunately, due to the interference of S.H.I.E.L.D. and certain forces, Eddie's report had to eliminate the scenes about S.H.I.E.L.D., THE U.S.A. army and the Hulk Hulk, and even the picture of Peter killing all sides had to be cut a lot.

The intelligence of the Hulk Hulk is still top secret because it implicates the super soldier serum, and as for the secret operations of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the US military in the country, they naturally do not want to be exposed, not to mention that their image in this incident is too negative.

In the end, the only thing that could be published was the tepid news that Peter and his team fought the local gang and captured their leader.

But Eddie still worked hard to come up with a big news after all.

Since he had already discussed with Peter that he would find an opportunity to disclose his true identity in the future and bind this huge reputation to himself, Eddie naturally regarded this incident as a great opportunity, and the photos provided by S.H.I.E.L.D. as compensation made him open his mind and decided to focus on Batman's true identity and his relationship with Ghost Spider-Man, so the news came into being.

It's almost a brilliant idea.

Originally, Peter was able to impersonate Batman, through a speech and a series of momentum, and there was a lot of luck in getting this huge reputation.

After all, everyone knows that the person in front of them is just an impostor wearing the Batman armor, and although he has indeed restored the image in the comics, he cannot be the resourceful and taciturn old man in the comics after all.

And when Peter takes off his mask, he can bind this reputation to himself, but this reputation will inevitably decline because he pierces the illusions and expectations of the people.

But when the focus of this news is to simply expose Batman's true identity and add a romance with Ghost Spider-Man, everything is completely different.

First of all, I have to thank Jameson for his relentless discrediting of Ghost Spider-Man, which makes Peter Parker, the poor teenager who "died" at the hands of Ghost Spider-Man, known to everyone.

So people's attention was almost immediately focused on discussing whether the relationship between the two was "the dead boy fell in love with the ghost Spider-Man who killed him, and finally did not hesitate to play Batman, close to each other, and finally succeeded" or "the killed teenager had another hidden affair, insisted on justice after resurrection, and finally attracted the ghost Spider-Man." "

Conjectures about the relationship between the two occupied the front pages of almost all forums, and even many of the hosts and guests on the show happily put forward one conjecture after another and then started discussions.

Even if Peter and Gwen take the initiative to come forward to explain and explain, this matter will never be conclusive, after all, it can be said that there is too much brain supplement space in the middle, so the people and media ignited by the fire of gossip did not boycott Peter who pretended to be Batman because of the broken dream, but let Peter Parker and the ghost Spider-Man's popularity rise all the way, and even easily overshadowed the momentum of the November US presidential election.

And Ghost Spider-Man has not escaped the fate of being thoroughly investigated, although the media that criticized her before have analyzed a lot of intelligence that is too Gwen, but only this time the public is extremely close to the truth.

After all, this time the exposure of Peter Parker's identity and the "romance" between Batman and Ghost Spider-Man almost pointed them in the direction, and many people familiar with Peter and Gwen almost immediately guessed the identity of Ghost Spider-Man, and then found a lot of evidence that supported their conjecture.

As a result, the story between Gwen and Peter also surfaced, and as those classmates and teachers who were familiar with the story of the two broke the news, it instantly aroused a wave of gossip.

As Nick Fury guessed, Peter and Gwen have fallen into the wave of media, and the media will inevitably stare at the two and enjoy this feast.

However, the two people at the center of the topic disappeared, let alone speak, and they did not even show up for a whole week

So many fans and journalists also surrounded the gate of the Bernano family estate again, but this time the number of people was several times more than before.

And today, many fans are each holding some beautifully packaged gadgets in their hands, and then throwing them into the manor.

However, these people are not retaliating against Peter and Gwen, on the contrary, they are throwing gifts into the manor that they have carefully prepared.

Thanks to exhaustive media investigations, they almost all learned that Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy's birthdays coincided with August 9 and August 10, and today is their birthday.

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"Knock knock..."

A soft knock on the door woke Peter from his shallow sleep, he propped up his body and looked at the door with his eyes half-open, Cotton butler was standing there straight, and when he saw Peter wake up, a faint smile appeared on his calm face, and then he said as softly as possible:

"Miss Diane asked me to remind you that most of the guests at the birthday party have arrived, and she hopes that you two protagonists will show up first."

Two? Peter glanced around in confusion, and sure enough found that Gwen was lying on the side of his bed, breathing steadily, but his brows were tightly furrowed, not knowing what he was dreaming about.

Since using the transformation skill, Peter has fallen into a strange state of weakness, and although his body has become stronger due to the absorption of a large amount of life force, his "inside" has been hit hard.

During the transformation, he glimpsed the secrets of too many people, and fused the spirits and lives of too many people, which made his spirit stronger and stronger, but his "self" became more and more small and worthless in front of the huge spirit, and if it continued, Peter's "self" would probably merge into a huge spiritual aggregate, becoming part of this "hidden demon" rather than dominating.

Fortunately, Gwen's appearance eventually woke him up from that strange state and allowed him to regain himself, but even so, Peter fell into a state of extreme sleepiness for the next period of time, sleeping almost twelve hours a day, and the potion Gwen injected him to a certain extent lifted the lizardman mutation in his body and made him weaker, which directly led to him needing to be fed for several days.

And Gwen took the initiative to take care of Peter, and until now, although Peter has basically recovered, she will still run to accompany Peter when she has time.

Peter nodded helplessly to Cotton, who did not stay any longer and left quietly.

And Peter did not hurry to get up, he leaned his tired body against the head of the bed, and gently smoothed his furrowed brow for Gwen with one hand.

The idyllic afternoon sun quietly shines through the clouds, and the silhouettes of the window lattices reflect on the brown floor, flickering and dimming.

A comfortable breeze entered the room, gently ruffling the ends of Gwen's golden hair, mixed with a strand of her hair, and drifted away.

Gwen, who finally felt comfortable and comfortable, the furrowed brows were finally slowly smoothed out, and a smile appeared on the corners of her mouth.

Time seemed to freeze for a short time, and there was a strange atmosphere of tranquility.

I don't know how long it took, Gwen sighed, woke up from her sleep, and saw Peter caressing his brow with his hand, his cheeks were slightly red, but then she immediately asked nervously:

"How are you feeling today? Is your body okay? If you don't feel comfortable, why don't you cancel this birthday party? We will have no problem doing it later. "

In the face of Gwen's series of questions, Peter just smiled and shook his head, he actually didn't care about the birthday banquet, after all, this born in Japan belonged to Peter Parker in the past, so for him, the real protagonist of this birthday is actually only Gwen.

Since he and Gwen's birthdays were only one day apart, the family would hold a birthday party for the two of them on the 9th since they were children, a tradition that lasted until the day Peter was "murdered".

After learning about this tradition, Diane took the initiative to organize a birthday party for them, intending to restart the tradition for them.

Peter refused Gwen's help, gently got up from the bed and walked to the window, and a simple stage had been set up on the grass outside the window, and near the stage there were already long tables several meters long and plates of food for everyone to eat.

Although the scale and luxury of this arrangement is much more "rudimentary" than the past gatherings held by the Bernano family, it is also a common requirement of Peter and Gwen.

They prefer a relaxed birthday party to a lavish dance party, elaborate dress and breathless social scene.

For Peter and Gwen, who have just experienced many events and battles, this relaxation is also desperately needed.

Under the stage, although there are not many people gathered, they are all familiar faces.

The brothers and sisters Wanda and Pietro, who have always lived here, will naturally not be absent, at this time Wanda is pulling Hou Yansen, who was taken to New York after recovering from his injury, with a surprised face, Pietro is next to Pepper who came with Tony, and the black cat Felicia has recently taken a big revenge, and the iceberg on her face has finally melted, although her deal and agreement with Peter have ended, but now she has no intention of leaving.

And Uncle Ben, Aunt May, and Uncle George were taken into the mansion early as relatives of Peter and Gwen, and the rest were mostly friends of Peter and Gwen, such as Gwen's band members, Mary Jane, Glorie, Betty, and even the former Prowler, now a good employee, Aaron Davis also attended with his female companion Kristen Palmer.

And Eddie, who had just created explosive news, also came to the scene in a low-key manner.

As for Diane, as the organizer of the banquet, she also attended the party early, but because she still had to worry about Peter's plans and the aftermath of the previous incident, someone would hand her tablets and documents from time to time.

Looking at the laughing crowd on the grass, Peter couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

It's only been half a month since he came here, but he's already made so many connections...

Peter subconsciously looked back at Gwen, but found that Gwen was also looking at him with concern, and the smile on Peter's face couldn't help but deepen a little.

In Gwen's inexplicable eyes, Peter casually found a coat to put on his body, and then beckoned Gwen to attend their birthday party, and Gwen's change of clothes was much simpler, and it only took an idea symbiote to quickly fulfill her wish and transform into a beautiful white dress.

Then Gwen took Peter's arm, half supporting, half leaning, and walked out with Peter.

Speaking of which... What should be his real birthday now?

On the way, Peter thought boredly, should it be his past birthday? No, the mercenary who rushed to the battlefield for money in the past has long died, so what about the day when he crawls out of the coffin and gets a new life? It sounds good, but it always feels wrong.

Just when Peter was slightly entangled, Gwen suddenly planned Peter's thoughts.

"Peter... Sorry..."

"Huh? Why apologize? "

Peter turned his head in surprise and saw Gwen pursing his lips a little ashamedly.

Gwen took a deep breath, and then said with a bit of complaint:

"The birthday present I prepared for you has been used up."

Gwen pulled out the small bottle that had been filled with an orange-yellow liquid.

"I originally wanted to give you this antidote, so that you know that you don't have to use this ability to get out of control to protect me, even if you don't have superpowers, you are an important hero who protects me..."

Gwen scratched his head a little awkwardly, then sighed as if giving up, and said resignedly:

"I was going to prepare another gift, but Sharon doesn't seem to have any extra time... Ahem, anyway, I'm sorry, I seem to have messed up again..."

The feelings in his heart were pried, and Peter only felt that his "self" had been further stabilized at this moment.

And the question that had just been entangled for a long time was suddenly answered.

If he had to find a date in the world as his birthday, then that day should be the day when he identified with the world, as well as himself and the world.

And that day should be this moment today.

On closer thought, he didn't prepare a birthday present for Gwen either, but now he suddenly had a brilliant idea.

Peter calmed his restless heart and silently made a decision that was long overdue, and then pulled Gwen to continue walking, while he also pointed to his chest with the other hand.

"Didn't you already give me the gift? It's here now. "

Gwen thought Peter was referring to the antidote, and was relieved to escape, then couldn't help but pout and whisper, "You know", and as the crisis was lifted, a smile reappeared on her face.

And Peter is looking forward to this birthday party that he didn't care about at the moment.

The two of them came to the gate hand in hand, quietly enjoying this day that belonged to the two of them.

However, after opening the door, both of them were slightly stunned, and then took a step back in unison.

Peter looked at the eyes of everyone outside the door and instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

At this time, George Stacy outside the door was glaring angrily at the two with his hands on his waist, while Uncle Ben and Aunt May were happy mixed with worry, but the eyes of Mary Jane's trio were full of shock and admiration, and almost everyone's expressions were different, only Diane and Felicia and others stood on the side with a smile on their lips.

"Is today really our birthday?"

Peter couldn't help asking, and Gwen carefully took out his phone and carefully looked at it, and then nodded and said:

"Hmm... The date is not wrong, so we are probably in the wrong place? "

"Nope... Maybe we just got the wrong way to open..."

After speaking, Peter slowly closed the door of the villa in front of him.