I Am Gwen's Spider-Man Mentor.

Chapter 18 The Other Side of New York City

"He came from a parallel universe! Does he know about my past? No—is it true?

"Then...does he know what my future looks like? I...Is my dad okay? "

"...what does he... think of me? What does he think of Spider-Woman?"

"What is his universe like? What does he do in his universe?"

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Gwen Stacy, who was holding on to the crossbar on the subway, lowered her pair of nimble aqua blue eyes, her swallow eyebrows flicked to the middle - the girl obviously regretted it now, the first time she learned that Raymond Xu When she was a time traveler, she suddenly felt many feelings that could not be described in words:
The first is shock, the shock that he is also a stowaway from the parallel universe, but after she herself experienced the incident of smuggling into the parallel universe, the shock is not very severe; the second is fear and unhappiness, these two emotions are roughly balanced, He seemed to know all of his past, and even the quarrel between him and his father—this made Gwen feel a little uncomfortable being easily seen through in addition to being a little scared.

To this day, when Gwen recalls that morning, he always thinks of the panic and shame he felt when he said those words. All his past, all the things he cared about, and all the secrets were exposed under the harsh eyes of others. The feeling made the blonde girl feel suffocated until now.

Just when Gwen came to his senses and tried to get these things out and ask him clearly, he disappeared—hell, why was he flashing so fast?

"Shoot!" Gwen can't help cursing even now thinking about it—of course, thanks to the good family education of Stacey's family, she usually chooses a more elegant afterword for "Shit" and "Shoot". By.

Furthermore, Gwen thought—why didn't he react at the time and ask these questions clearly?It’s all good now, and I can’t find a better opportunity than then!
Thinking of this, Gwen decided to upgrade "some regrets" to the level of "death with regrets".

besides!Gwen still couldn't figure out why her spider sense didn't respond to him, and even the morning after she woke up from her injury-her body actually told her that she was rested well and wanted to do it again?
What again?Sleep in that fancy bed again?Or let a strange man cut up his clothes and treat his wounds?Gwen gritted her teeth.

After thinking for a long time with lowered eyes, and almost falling asleep, the hairs on Gwen's arms grew up again, and the girl heard the announcement of the subway at the same time as she woke up:

"Third Street is here, the next stop is..."

The unemotional female subway voice yelled again, and Gwen Stacy walked wearily, clutching her schoolbag and coat and squeezed sideways through the crowd of different skin colors and clothes, her eyelids almost drooping.For Spider-Man, fighting supervillains is little more than a bookmark in a complicated life, and the other pages that aren't bookmarked are often filled with boredom -- just like the lives of other ordinary people.

In addition to helping the old lady find cats and other jobs, this kind of boredom includes commuting every day and returning to the residence that makes Gwen feel uncomfortable.

Gwen struggled to hold her breath as she walked through a vast area of ​​bungalows made up of abstract graffiti, trash cans that smelled of linseed, and buzzing flies.Many houses and ancillary facilities here have been in disrepair for a long time, and the government and various large companies have given up their influence on this place. Therefore, it has become a paradise for illegal immigrants and various criminals.

If Gwen didn't acquire superpowers, even if she was a cool girl who was fearless, she wouldn't dare to live in this kind of place just for the sake of cheap

Amidst the occasional barking of dogs, blacks and Latinos gathered in twos and threes according to ethnicity, chatted together, smoked some suspicious cigarettes, and occasionally spit thick phlegm on the ground—because no one cleaned it, Gwen saw The ground seemed to be covered with a layer of amber, reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun and the light of dim street lamps.

The slender girl was wearing baggy clothes, with a hood covering her conspicuous blond hair, and the corners of her mouth were drawn down.After seeing that scene, no matter how many times she watched it, she would still turn her head in embarrassment every time to avoid that disgusting scene.

Gwen Stacy is a girl who grew up in a typical white elite family. The society and life here are like another world to her.It was also because she came here that she realized that there may not be such a clear boundary between good and bad in this world. Large areas of gray and other dark colors similar to gray are the main tone of this world, and it is also a bright and beautiful world. The other side of the Overlord and the Universal Empire is not visible.

"...Otherwise, the thought that I caused you to be hurt will always make my conscience feel uneasy..."

In a trance, Raymond seemed to be standing in front of him, apologizing to himself with a troubled expression.Gwen, who has been alone for a long time, has not yet figured out why she was moved by him and agreed to join his laboratory, but these two sentences have been played repeatedly in the girl's mind many times.

She can't explain this feeling, maybe it's because she has been misunderstood for a long time, maybe it's the responsibility of being Spiderman to put the shoulders of this weak girl on the verge of collapsing, and someone can express "Thank you" with empathy , is enough to move Gwen.

Gwen hurried back to the small broken bedroom with her head down, thinking about Raymond's invitation to her during the day, when she accidentally bumped into the person in front of her.Her spider sense only works when it's dangerous, and the man in front of her was clearly harmless, so Gwen looked up to apologize - and then a drop of water landed on the toe of her shoe.

The blond girl raised her head, only to see that it was a black man. His eyes were dull and lifeless, and the saliva in his mouth was flowing wantonly. with.Gwen clearly saw that he was not walking, but moving—his legs were moving his dead body like a machine that had been in disrepair.

The living dead—the ones that Gwen Stacy, once inexperienced, had grown accustomed to, were people who had taken illicit drugs to the point of losing their minds.In the slums of New York, such men and women are everywhere. They often show zombie-like faces and wander aimlessly on the street like zombies.Until they naturally disappear into the dark forest of skyscrapers and steel in New York City.

Gwen's toes curled up in the turquoise sneakers, as if the drool dripping on her shoes were about to seep through the fabric and onto her feet.Resisting her nausea and discomfort, the girl quickly lowered her head and walked past this "living dead"—the moment she passed by that person, she, who claimed to be righteous and kind, didn't know what to do .

Gwen Stacy, who ran away from home, finally saw the social order she had sworn to maintain because of her conscience in countless familiar and unfamiliar New York slums outside the universe—such an ugly and disgusting order.It almost broke her when she first saw it all.But after the breakdown, she felt that she should do something.

She thought again of the afternoon when Raymond and herself quarreled, he stubbornly believed that he was "nosy" and "can't change anything".

This is the biggest difference between Gwen Stacy and Raymond Xu.They all stepped into the society with ideals and beliefs, trying to change the society.Gwen Stacy hits the wall repeatedly, but feels it's just that she hasn't done enough and is not good enough; while Raymond Hsu starts blaming everyone else, and he ends up feeling powerless in the world , So he chose to cover his eyes and ears.

As Miss Spider runs wild through the set story, Raymond becomes an accident in her journey that shouldn't have happened.

When Gwen Stacy experienced her own unknown life, she wanted to stop and look at the scenery in her life, and wanted to know that Professor Raymond Xu tried to avoid the world and shot for her several times. These two things were contradictory What is the reason for the entanglement behind the incident.

Therefore, for Gwen's two identities, Raymond Xu is a person worthy of staying and paying attention.

"Hey chick!"

Gwen raised her head and saw a skinny Latino young man with a pockmarked face and a scar on the right cheek, wearing a basketball vest, standing in front of her. Like a nasty rapper, he said insultingly to himself: "Don't you know that this street has changed owners?"

Gwen Stacy took a wrong step to the side and tried to get away, she didn't want to make a fuss about a bastard.

But the gangster also took a step to the side, standing in front of the blonde girl, and pulled off her hood. The girl's pretty face made the gangster's eyes shine. The Latino stowaway swore, He hadn't seen a girl this pretty since he'd been in a gang on the block, no, since he'd come to America.

The momentary stupefaction was due to being overwhelmed by the beauty, followed by a more terrifying and troublesome malice: "Do you have time to go out and play together tonight?"

Gwen knew that no matter how much she hid, it would be useless, so Ms. Spider looked at the gangster's playful and provocative gaze indifferently, without any emotion, like a rock on an ice field: "Sorry, I don't have time."

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and with the street lights flickering, Gwen vaguely saw the baseball bat in the hands of the rejected opponent and the maliciousness in the eyes——she just wanted to go back now, and then curled up on the hard and tight bed On the bed, it was a messy end to another messy day, and she was so worried that she didn't want to entangle her here any longer.

Amidst a few muffled groans, the body fell to the ground dully.Miss Spider tied the spider silk around the ankles of the unconscious gangster, and then hoisted the two of them to the street lamp with one hand.When she walked out of the flickering shadows, Gwen Stacy had put on her hood again, and hurriedly disappeared into the darkness outside the streetlights.

　In the current state, it is necessary to speed up some of the plots. It is not very good to be stable. Come on, add an update, and force yourself.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)