I Am Gwen's Spider-Man Mentor.

Chapter 123 Awkwardness in all aspects
"Okay!" After sitting on the subway, Betty put away her investigation notebook, breathed a long sigh of relief, and leaned on Gwen next to her a little tiredly: "Finally, I have finished collecting it."

"It seems that the protection fees charged by the gangs from these shopkeepers recently are higher than before." After running around exhausted all day, Gwen Stacy was obviously more energetic than Betty Brant. , the girl took the notebook from Betty's hand and read it carefully.

"Gwennie, you are so hardworking..." Betty nuzzled into Gwen's arms, "For several months, that bastard Jonah Jameson hasn't paid me a penny in salary. Now I Maybe a little better than your senior brothers and sisters..."

"Huh? Why is that?" Gwen didn't care that her best friend's head was leaning heavily on her. The girl's back was still straight. She flipped through the notebook carefully and made a confused sound.

"Although I don't get a salary when I go to work, I still get food... Your senior brothers and sisters, aren't they the bastards who paid to work?"

Gwen's hand while flipping through the notebook stopped, and the girl's delicate face became a little twitching - if those graduate students were paid to work, then what does Gwen Stacey's behavior as a vigilante for the NYPD count?
Pay money to work, and then get kicked out and still enjoy it?
"Ahem..." Thinking of the NYPD's attitude towards her, Gwen became a little frustrated, but the girl quietly hid her emotions in her heart and quietly changed the subject: "Betty, what are you going to do after you figure this out? , give it to Jameson?”

"Actually, it's useless to leave it to him." Betty sighed, straightened up, and said helplessly: "Some news can be reported, but some cannot. We can accuse Williamsburg Bank of not making its financial report public, but we can't. Publicly accuse it of its relationship with the gang..."

"Didn't Jameson brag that he only told the truth and provided first-hand information to the general public of New York?" Gwen Stacy, who had accumulated resentment against Jonah Jameson in the two worlds, said sarcastically, " Why can’t we report news about gangsters breaking into houses, opening banks, and oppressing people at the same time?”

"Gwen..." Betty sighed, "It's not impossible to retaliate. If the wall falls and everyone pushes back, we can add fire, but Mr. Jameson, who knows how to protect himself, will definitely not do it when the evidence is far insufficient. Stand up and be the vanguard."

Gwen suddenly thought of the former talk show host who worked for the firefighters who were abandoned by the government during the 911/[-] incident - Jonathan Stuart.

Raymond once told Gwen that Stuart had been regarded as a thorn in the flesh by the men on Capitol Hill because he fought for the rights of former firefighters——

All his past glory has become a taboo among everyone in the talk show circle and even the entire entertainment industry.

The so-called "freedom", in the face of real power, is nothing more than a ridiculous fig leaf that can be torn off at any time.

"If no one pushes this Williamsburg bank, or even the gang behind it, how can it be brought down?" Gwen sighed. New Yorkers always call for justice, but when justice does not come, it seems that every time Individuals are embracing evil.

"Such a complicated question... why don't you ask your mentor? He is called by Wall Street 'the product of the combination of the Goddess of Science and the God of Politics. Jonah Jameson secretly admires him." Betty teased Gwen looked serious:

"Also, why are you so embarrassed? Why have you become less happy recently? Some time ago, you were able to smile for no reason all day long, but recently you have become a bitter melon face again."

As she spoke, Betty was still trying to touch Gwen's face, but then the girl with a cold face flashed past her and patted her hand aside.

"Really?" Gwen frowned slightly, her expression unchanged, "I have nothing to do."

"People who are really fine don't say that!" Betty Brant put her hand on the back of Gwen's hand. "They usually say-"

Betty spoke up: "I'm fine, how are you?"

"I'm fine!" Gwen raised her voice a little higher. The girl didn't like her private affairs to be pried into by others, especially the matter between her and Raymond was not tolerated by the world.When she said the last sentence, Betty could hear the anger in her words:
"How are you?!"

"Wow——!" Betty leaned to the other side, "Gwen, don't be angry, I'm just asking about your status."

"Betty, don't blame everything on my mood and state, okay?" Gwen emphasized to her best friend beside her unhappily, "Boundaries, do you understand?"

Betty pursed her lips and nodded, then whispered: "I understand, sensitive woman."

Gwen frowned and turned around: "What did you say?"

"Nothing!" Betty quickly replied, "Where did you get your pink highlights? It's quite natural. Can you pass it on to me?"

Gwen sighed and pulled her hair forward.She began to miss Raymond again. From the time she was young to the age of 20, Gwen Stacy had only met one person who could catch her emotions...

But, it seems like he can't always catch himself...

----split line----

After Raymond watched his driver take away Pepper, he breathed a sigh of relief. News of the IRS attack had reached him, and Capitol Hill was officially preparing to take action against Lieutenant General Thunder Ross. In addition, Sri Lanka Tucker Expo and Hammer Industries come together...

Although it is not a big problem individually, when combined together, Raymond is always worried that it will lead to a "big incident"... That's right!Speaking of big events, where has his girlfriend gone?

Big events in Spider-Man stories are usually quite complicated. As a decent Spider-Man, he is often frustrated at the beginning. In other Peter Parker universes, Gwen Stacy, who plays the role of first love girlfriend, is often the protagonist of this big event. The protagonist dies...

So as Spider-Gwen’s boyfriend, what about me?
Only then did Raymond take out his phone and found the one from Gwen among the long list of unanswered messages:
"I miss you."

As soon as he saw this news, Raymond no longer thought about the so-called "big event", and his heart suddenly shrank——

At that moment, it was as if I could feel the blond girl sitting alone on the rooftop, sending this message to herself through the white spider mask with a sense of loss.

Oh my God!How long has it been since you last seen Gwen?
The professor flipped through the chat history between the two of them, grinning at his last indifferent good night, followed by Gwen sharing with him the sunrise in New York that she had taken when she was hanging spider silk between high-rise buildings. He seemed to You can see the girl's rippling pleasure through the cold black words:
"Look, the scenery belongs only to Spider Woman, doesn't it look good?"

Then about a day later, she didn't reply. She asked herself, "How is Los Angeles? Did the meeting with Stark go well?"

It can be seen that Gwen asked herself after carefully considering her words. It was also a sign that she could not bear the loneliness. Hidden between the lines was the girl's concern for him and her hope for his reply.

Then there was a long silence - at that time Raymond was drinking with Stark. The two scientists with technical backgrounds talked about messy technical topics and ruthless complaints about the Pentagon. Two men have no time to pay attention to the faint ringing of a mobile phone.

Then Gwen fell into a long silence, as if she had disappeared, until she said "I miss you"...

The professor no longer thought about it, he went out to look, only to see that there was no one at the desk labeled Gwen Stacy.Then the professor closed the door, sighed softly, and dialed the girl’s phone number:

"Hello, this is Gwen Stacy. I am not able to answer the phone right now. Please leave a message after the beep and I will get back to you as soon as possible."

Raymond hesitated for a moment and whispered to the voicemail: "Gwen? What have you been busy with recently? I..."

He sighed. Although Gwen missed him very much, she definitely didn't want this kind of so-called care that was only belatedly considered. He knew that the girl always wanted to show an image of being able to share the burden in front of him, so he thought about it, said:

"Can I discuss the Stark Expo with you?"

Iron Man's current combat experience is still very weak, and he may not be able to gain the upper hand against Ivan Vanko... Stark's behavior is not that outrageous, so he has not yet made a fuss that requires Colonel Rhodes to wear The armor came to give him a beating.

Walking cautiously step by step, the professor discovered that every action he took seemed to be changing the "original plot", and more and more uncontrollable situations appeared. Now, except for the "big events" at the node, he could not even It is expected that something will happen to plot characters such as Tony Stark and Pepper Potts.

The phone in his hand rang. When Raymond picked up the phone, he saw that it was Cynthia Chen.

"Xu. Cynthia's tone was heavy, and he could even hear some kind of mechanical creaking around Cynthia, "There is bad news. "

Raymond didn't answer and waited quietly for Cynthia to continue.

"Obadiah is dead." Cynthia was silent for a long time, and said in a serious tone on the other side of the phone, "The IRS escort team was intercepted and killed, and we suffered heavy losses."

"Have you confirmed who did it?" Raymond asked calmly.

"We are still investigating, but the direct attacker is a group of French mercenaries. Their leader is George Bartok, a former agent of the French General Service for External Security and is currently wanted by many countries."

"I understand. I will also investigate here, and the progress will be synchronized with yours."

After hanging up the phone, Raymond faced the bookcase behind his desk and stared for a long time before he let out a sigh of relief——

This George Bartok, in the original plot of a certain world, should have been hired by Nick Fury to seize SHIELD's maritime satellite launch ship used for the Insight Project, and Nick Fury's purpose for doing this was It is to investigate the infiltration within S.H.I.E.L.D.

So—the professor frowned—it was the braised egghead who intercepted and killed Obadiah Stane?

(End of this chapter)