Gwen Spider: I'm from Prototype

Chapter 6 Human Skin Killer

"Crack!"

Closing the flip of the Nokia phone, Peter put down the phone.

The dim moonlight outside the window came in through the window, casting a layer of faint light in the room.

Gwen on the other end of the phone, after confiding to herself for half an hour, finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell asleep.

Although she is Spider-Woman, but despite her identity, she is just an ordinary high school student.

Staring at the darkening night outside the window, Peter shook his head.

He re-acquainted with this sturdy and broken-mouthed Spider-Woman who occasionally reveals her vulnerable side.

The next day, early in the morning.

The living room door was pushed open, and Aunt Mei entered the room with a brown bag in her hand.

The cold air outside the room immediately poured in along the air.

“Smells like chicken and mash.”

Ben was flipping through the morning newspaper with his glasses on when Aunt May came in, put down the newspaper, and said to his wife, "This is the cutest thing I've ever seen."

Aunt Mei let out a breath of cold air, put the brown bag on the counter in the kitchen, and walked over to hug her husband.

"This is dinner for Peter, you won't be able to enjoy it for the time being, Ben."

Aunt Mei took out the carrots that were already in the kitchen, mixed them with chicken and mashed potatoes, and started to get busy.

Breakfast time is over, but her busy time is not.

Ben shrugged his shoulders, took off his glasses, and said, "That's a pity, but our Peter really needs a warm dinner. Maybe we can just take advantage of this dinner and have a good talk with him."

Peter hadn't had dinner with the two of them since the night before, and they rarely spoke to each other.

This worried the couple.

I thought that Peter was in some trouble and wanted to find an opportunity to talk to him.

"Isn't Peter suffering from environmental allergies? Maybe it's related to this. Life at school is a little uncomfortable. If you can't adapt to the environment, it will make a person feel particularly depressed."

Aunt Mei said to her husband while cutting carrots into cubes.

"Probably, but he couldn't open up and it just made his emotions worse."

Ben said worriedly: "Peter seems to be not only avoiding life, but also avoiding us. He doesn't even want to sit down with us for dinner."

Seeing her husband's expression, Aunt Mei put down the knife, walked over and held her husband's hand, and said, "Maybe...Peter needs some time, we should trust him."

"By the way, you talked with George on the phone for half an hour just now. What were you talking about?"

She changed the subject in a timely manner, from Peter to George Stacey.

George Stacy and Ben Parker are good friends, and the two families often communicate.

In this sense, Gwen and Peter should be regarded as childhood sweethearts.

"We talked a lot. He has a lot of ideas and motivation. George wants to build a fund for Gwen. He is afraid that he will not be able to accompany Gwen in the future. He is always like this. In the eyes of others, he doesn't care about his daughter. In fact, I love her more than anyone else."

Ben opened up, "We also talked about Peter going to college in the future, he wants to support Peter, you know, he always likes this kid."

"But I refused."

Ben shook his head and said, "We can't keep bothering George."

Hearing her husband talking about Peter's going to college, Mei's expression was a little sad.

The couple can only live on a meager pension. With the current economic situation, they cannot afford the expenses of a college student.

Seeing his wife's expression, Ben squeezed her hand tightly and comforted him:

"There will always be a way. We can still go to the bank for a loan, and this house can be mortgaged. And I can also run a taxi. You know, I used to be a truck driver. We used to run together on our honeymoon. Take Interstate 40."

The couple were talking when they heard footsteps on the stairs.

Peter came down the stairs.

"Good morning, Aunt May, Uncle Ben."

He greeted them both.

Mei and Ben also quickly adjusted their emotions.

"Good morning, Peter."

Mei put the prepared bread into the oven to heat up, and began to make breakfast for Peter.

A few minutes later, the steaming bread was placed on the table.

Peter, as usual, was about to pick up the bread and enter his room.

Seeing that Peter was still unwilling to eat at the table, May's expression was dark.

"what is this?"

Peter, who was holding the dinner plate, froze for a moment.

Counting the more than ten years of life experience in "Prototype" in his previous life, he thought that he was fully prepared for the badness of American food, but he still didn't see the type of bread with a strange shape and a strange taste in front of him.

"Cough cough."

Aunt Mei coughed and said, "Banana bread. I read it in a book on homeopathy. Eating foods containing potassium is the best way to fight allergies."

Peter was a little puzzled, "Anti-allergic?"

"Yes, treating environmental allergies will allow you to adapt to the environment better. If you are in a bad mood, it will relieve you a lot."

Aunt Mei said with a little satisfaction.

Uncle Ben next to him came over, stared at the bread and said, "I want a piece too."

"no!"

Aunt Mei stretched out her finger and waved it in front of her husband.

"It belongs to Peter!"

"Ok."

Uncle Ben withdrew his gaze and showed Peter a helpless expression, "You're really stingy!"

On the other side, Peter, who was holding "banana bread", was touched in his heart.

He is not a cold-blooded animal who cannot feel emotions, so he can naturally feel the love and care that Aunt Mei and Uncle Ben have for him.

He who has always regarded himself as a passer-by, suddenly felt a sense of home at this moment.

It is no longer a cold battlefield full of aliens, but a home that can bring him warmth.

Stretching out his hand, he gently tore off a piece of bread, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed.

"How about it?"

Aunt Mei asked expectantly.

"It's very good, it tastes like fruit salad mixed with butternut."

Peter walked to the dining table, put down the banana bread, and tasted it slowly.

Seeing that Peter did not enter their room to eat again, the couple looked at each other and saw the relief in each other's eyes.

Maybe this is a good start.

The same thought flashed in the two of them.

After cooking the banana bread, Peter casually flipped through the morning newspaper on the dining table.

I want to see if there is any news about Jimmy who was headshot by himself last night.

I looked through several newspapers, but found no related reports, but found that there were several disappearance cases published in the newspapers.

The newspaper's headline was sensational: "Be alert! The skinned killer strikes!"

"Skinning. Killer?"

Putting down the newspaper, Peter frowned.

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