American TV series World Rescue

Chapter 20 Storm of Public Opinion (please vote for recommendation)

New York.

One month later.

"Yesterday, Spider-Man once again disrupted the police deployment, causing the death of a police undercover officer. Director Stacey issued a statement, severely condemning Spider-Man's vigilante behavior and depriving Spider-Man of the title of good neighbor to New York citizens. Spider-Man was on the police arrest list. Top of the list.”

"The front page headline of the Daily Bugle: Spider-Man is a pest! Vigilante behavior without legal basis is spreading. Many imitators ignore the law and act wantonly, causing great harm to the people. Many citizens cry: I would rather never have spiders. Xia!"

"Mayor of New York City: New York doesn't need Spider-Man! The City Hall has received a joint claim application from various businesses. Since Spider-Man appeared until now, various businesses have suffered damages of up to 100 million U.S. dollars. The mayor urges Spider-Man to pay compensation. "

"..."

Over the past month, there has been constant negative news about Irving, and now it is even more overwhelming. Media outlets such as TV, newspapers, radio, etc. have all conclusively accused Irving of his "crime". Under the public support, Spider-Man's image has taken a turn for the worse.

Of course, Owen would not fail to take action. He had already found out that Harry Osborn used his money to hire these millions of navy soldiers, but it was useless to find out because Harry's navy army was just getting started, and the subsequent public opinion The storm is the combined effort of all forces.

The police and city hall are naturally averse to vigilantes. In which month has the police not killed an undercover agent? Taking advantage of this public opinion, it happened to frame Irving.

Director Stacey has long forgotten Owen's affection for saving Gwen.

The Daily Bugle has always been Owen Black, but this time there is a more radical Eddie Brock.

In various TV shows, there are constant arguments about Spider-Man. Various media outlets, in order to attract traffic, show how popular Spider-Man was back then, and how powerful he is now.

Owen remained calm. He only regarded Spider-Man as a career and would not invest as much emotion as the original, so he simply ignored public opinion and continued to wander over New York every day until something happened.

"You are a bad person, I don't want your help!"

When Owen rescued a child who ran a red light, the child's milky voice shocked Owen.

Has the influence of public opinion reached this level?

Owen sneered and thought to himself: "If I were my original self, I would be confused and doubtful about life, to the point where even Spider-Man's superpowers would disappear, but I am not my original self!"

Thinking of this, Irving ignored this ignorant naughty kid and disappeared with a flick of his tongue.

Click!

Click!

Click!

Eddie Brock, who had been following Irving's whereabouts, was overjoyed and took a photo of the scene just now.

"Daily Bugle: Shocked! Even children can't stand Spider-Man's behavior!"

The next day's Daily Bugle printed one page after another, and all of them were sold out. While people were talking about it, they vaguely sensed something was wrong.

It was unexpected at first, but Spider-Man was still nowhere to be seen the next day, and the crowd watching the melon-eating suddenly felt strange.

At night.

McLaren Bar.

Snapped!

"Excessive!"

Owen sat in the booth dedicated to Matthew and others. After ordering beer for everyone, he drank a small drink and waited leisurely. After a while, Matthew came in, went straight to the booth, picked up the beer and drank it. , then placed the beer glass heavily on the table and said angrily.

"What's wrong?"

Owen said in surprise.

"do not you know?"

Matthew glared and said, "Spider-Man was so angry that they ran away. Now they are happy. Damn it, they are all a bunch of idiots!"

"hehe."

Owen smiled happily.

He is not a saint. Although Spider-Man's career is very important, he will not give everything for it. And he understands that sometimes, when you take a step back, the sky is brighter, and you will only know how to cherish it after losing it. This is the weakness of human nature. !

Snapped!

"Excessive!"

At this time, Barney limped in with panda eyes, took a sip of beer, put it down heavily, and yelled unhappily, just like Matthew did.

"What's wrong with you?"

Owen said amusedly.

"damn it!"

Barney complained: "My Spider-Man string-pulling routine was a great success before, but now Spider-Man has a bad reputation. I wanted to take advantage of this trend and do the opposite, but I didn't expect to meet a few people who were hostile to Spider-Man. Girl, you made a fake thing come true and got beaten up severely by their design."

"..."

Owen was speechless, looking at Barney's panda eyes, wanting to make up for it with a few more punches.

Snapped!

"Excessive!"

Matthew's girlfriend Lily walked in and did the same thing again. When asked, Lily complained: "Today I was teaching the children, and when I talked about Spider-Man, I said that Spider-Man is a good person. I didn't expect to be criticized by a parent. I heard about it and complained to the principal, and I was severely punished."

Snapped!

Matthew's two other friends came in, picked up the beer and drank it hard. Just as they were about to put it down, they heard other people shouting together: "Excessive! ×n!"

"How do you know?"

"Hahaha."

Everyone laughed, and Owen said speechlessly: "Ted, Robin, what's wrong with you? Isn't it related to Spider-Man?"

"Why not!"

Ted complained: "Robin and I made an appointment to come together, but who knew we met a group of black brothers on the way. Not only were we robbed, but we were also punched several times."

Robin added: "I heard from them that Spider-Man has disappeared recently. They came out to celebrate the reopening. There are many like them. Now the security in New York has become worse again. The police officers are dispatched everywhere, but they are not there at all. It doesn’t have much effect. Our TV station has collected the latest crime rate, and I heard it has skyrocketed. The boss asked us to be ready to overturn the case for Spider-Man at any time, so that we can harvest another wave of traffic."

"Shameless!"

Matthew cursed: "What do they think Spider-Man is?"

"A money-making tool."

Robin said seriously.

After the party, Owen walked to the apartment and met Gwen downstairs who had been waiting for a long time.

"Peter, are you okay?"

"Gwen, is something wrong?"

After being called out by her real name by the Green Goblin, Gwen used her identity as Director Stacey to easily find Owen. After taking off the Spider-Man mask, the two had more communication.

"Peter, we need you."

Gwen is here to invite Owen to come back to the world.

"No."

Owen shook his head.

"Have you really given up completely?"

Gwen said anxiously.

"Of course not, it's just not the time yet."

Irving smiled bitterly: "The people of New York didn't call me."

"So that's it."

Gwen was startled for a moment, then she became energetic, left a message, turned around and left: "Just wait, the people of New York will call you, I promise!"

Looking at Gwen's leaving figure, Owen was in a good mood. It was impossible to give up. It was impossible to give up in this life, but there must be enough reasons to come back. A star with fans is a star, even if one of his skins is broken. It has caused distress to countless fans, but without enough public opinion, Irving will not be able to appear casually again. He also wants to save face!

Penthouse.

After Owen took a bath, he lay on the 12-meter-wide bed, turned on the 300-inch LCD TV on one wall, and watched SpongeBob SquarePants with relish.

Buzz!

"ah!"

Suddenly, Owen felt his mind roaring, and a special wave came, making him hold his head and scream. Before he could react, a vortex appeared above his head, sucking him in...

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