Chapter 159-163 (1/2)

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“What was the matter with you? Why did you fall out of the air and why did it take so long for you to respond?” When Lin Rui and Peter elude the crowd to the top of a building, Lin Rui rushes to Peter’s side and asks anxiously.

Lin Rui was late when he arrived on the battlefield. He could only see Peter killing Norman and then fleeing the scene. He didn’t know what happened to Peter. Otherwise, maybe Lin Rui could have inferred something from the shadow and the strange situation on Peter.

“Mirage Knight, I’m fine now. I’m just run out of silk threads so I was a little surprised.” Peter didn’t know what to say as he watched Mirage Knight worry about him. Did he kill Norman by mistake, and then he was so remorseful that he was ready to kill himself? Peter did not think he could do it, and he did not understand what he was thinking just then.

“Don’t lie to me, Peter. Now that Tony’s made you a new spider suit, I won’t believe that you thought of the gliders at the last minute. So, what happened?” Staring at Peter, Lin Rui asks seriously.

Call ~

Confronted by Lin Rui, Peter slowly spoke after a while, “I killed uncle Norman, in front of Harry! I didn’t mean to kill him, but I did and I don’t know how or why!”

“And just now I suddenly found that the spider silk launcher had no spider silk threads, I was already feeling guilty for Harry and it was like the guilt got enhanced to some inhuman level and I thought I could just die without worry. I know now that it was wrong, but I couldn’t wake up then. ” Facing Lin Rui, Peter finally expresses his feelings.

“You said that you killed Norman by mistake? What happened? I was there just in time, and you didn’t look like you missed your attack.” At Peter’s words, Lin Rui frowned. The last scene that Lin Rui sees is Peter thrusting the Alloy knife into Norman’s neck with great force, which cannot be explained by a slip of the hand.

“I know what I did, that’s why I ran away from the scene, from Harry. However, my mind was affected by something and I did something that I didn’t mean to do, but my body did moved by itself!” Seeing that Mirage Knight didn’t believe in himself, Peter explained quickly. But he himself knows that such an explanation cannot be trusted at all, because he indeed killed Norman in a single attack and from the outsider’s perspective it looked like he didn’t miss or made a mistake.

“You mean your body is out of control?” However, Lin Rui, hearing Peter’s explanation, asked again, this time with an extremely serious face.

“It’s not uncontrollable, but… How do you say that? I was confused at the time, and the attacked that I intended to incapacitate him ended up being fatal and killed him. It’s like I wanted to kill Norman at that time and also didn’t want to kill him. He is dead now which was not my plan.” The more Peter explained, the more confused he became. He did not know whether he had missed or intended to kill Norman.

However, despite the confusion of Peter’s explanation, Lin Rui understands that Norman has evil magic in him. It is possible that Peter was affected by the evil magic and lost his mind, but Lin Rui’s previous guess was that the evil being was parasitic on Norman, so why did it let him die?

“Peter, was there anything strange about your fight with Norman?” To test his conjecture, Lin Rui then asks.

“Strange? Yes! When I looked into uncle Norman’s eyes, I felt a sharp pain all over my body.” After Lin Rui’s reminder, Peter finally remembered the unusual incident that happened in the battle.

“A sudden sharp pain in your body? Let me see!” Hearing Peter’s words, Lin Rui suddenly became nervous and rushed to Peter’s side to give him a check-up. Lin Rui is very worried that the evil magic creature is now being parasitic on Peter, So it allowed Norman to be killed because he founded a better host.

Without evading, Peter lets Lin Rui put his hand on his wrist. Then he felt a warm rush of heat from the palm of the Mirage Knight’s hand into his own. “Yi?” Peter made a curious sound, but it did not disturb the attentive Mirage Knight.

Although Lin Rui’s mental strength had increased, he still could not control his conscious and make it leave his body., he could only check Peter’s body with his internal energy. But he thought it was enough. However, after careful examination, Lin Rui did not detect anything odd except for Peter’s strong body.

Releasing Peter’s hand, Lin Rui fell into thought. However, just as Peter was about to ask some questions, Lin Rui suddenly took out a Freya Guardian that he had been wearing, and put it in Peter’s hands. Since internal energy hasn’t made any discoveries, maybe the same magical effects of the Freya Guardian can have some discoveries.

Om ~

Sure enough, as soon as Freya Guardian touched Peter, it sent out a violent wave, which both Lin Rui and Peter felt. After a few seconds, however, the Freya Guardian recovered as if nothing had happened.

Pulling the Freya Guardian back, Lin Rui carefully sensed the magical fluctuations on it. It’s remaining defenses are weakened, but they are still useful. This shows that Peter was indeed attacked by magic before, but at least the evil presence did not parasitize him.

“Fuu! Fortunately!!” Holding the Freya Guardian, Lin Rui signed in relief.

“What’s wrong? Mirage Knight? What was that warm current just now? And what is this little thing?” Peter asks, confused by Lin Rui’s appearance.

“Peter, it’s about time I told you something, but don’t be surprised.” On second thought, Lin Rui decides to tell Peter the result of his conjecture. After all, though the thing that had parasitic on Norman might have died, Peter had to be prepared for the possibility that they might encounter something similar in the future.

“Well, is there still anything that will make me surprised?” “Nodded his head,” said Peter earnestly.

“So, let me start from the dark fog on Norman Osborn. Actually, I…” Then Lin Rui started to explain the strange things about Norman, the speculation about the black fog, magic and other things to Peter.

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Just after Spiderman escaped the scene and Iron Man also leaves directly and Lin Rui follows Peter and disappears. Here on the Green avenue, Harry held Norman Osborn’s body until a police officer pulled him away. Finally, Harry watched helplessly as his father was bagged into a car and driven away.

Police Captain George cannot decide the disposal of Norman Osborn’s corpse. This is what the influential figure above needs to deal with. After all, in addition to the high-tech armor and weapons, Norman’s final mutation was their concern.

Suddenly watching the car with his father’s body disappeared, Harry motionlessly sat on the ground. His-face blurred again as he let the blood from his wounds ran down his-face. The medical staff who had been standing next to Harry didn’t know what to do with him, because Harry obviously didn’t want to receive any treatment. In the end, Police Captain George could only helplessly leave a team of police officers to watch Harry, and everyone else was removed from the scene. The scene of the accident will be closed for a period of time until the end of the investigation. As for Harry, the police won’t send him away right now.

I don’t know how long it took, but Harry, who had been watching from afar, finally blinked. Because of the long stare, Harry’s eyes flooded with tears and blurred his vision. But just as Harry wiped away his tears, he saw On his leg a broken, blood-stained green mask of the devil that belonged to his father. A little dazed, Harry slowly prepared to pick up his father’s things.

Om ~

When Harry reached out and touched the mask, a strange wave pa.s.sed through him. Then Harry stood up slowly, holding the mask, and walked slowly away from the field. And the police officers guarding here naturally did not stop him, so he let him go to the city covered with blood.

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On the top floor of the building a few hundred meters away, Lin Rui and Peter sit side by side on the edge.

“That’s about it, but I haven’t been exposed to this kind of magic before, so I’m not sure what’s weird about it.” Having explained to Peter what happened to Norman, Lin Rui finally attributed it to evil magic.

“Is there really magic and magic sorcerer(s) in this world? The kind of guy who wields a wand and casts huge spells?” After listening to Lin Rui’s explanation, Peter, who had taken off his mask, stares.

“Oh… they may be a bit different.” Lin Rui, who had seen Dr. Strange, didn’t know how to tell Peter that the sorcerer(s) here were all melee warriors. However, Lin Rui himself didn’t know what kind of sorcerers were in this world or if there is any other type. He can’t be sure about anything.

“So it was the evil magic in Norman that attacked me and made me uncontrollably and kill him?” The matter of magic was put aside for the moment, and Peter was still bitter about killing Norman.

“I’m telling you all this to stop you from blaming yourself. It was an accident. You didn’t mean it that way.” Lin Rui patted Peter on the shoulder to persuade him that it wasn’t his fault.

“Even if your magical story is true, I killed Mr. Norman Osborn, the father of my best friend. I don’t think Harry would ever forgive me if he knew.” “Said Peter faintly as he sat dangling his legs at the Edge of the building, watching the ant-sized stream of traffic and smaller people below.

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“You know Harry is your best friend. He must have known that the situation was beyond your control. Even if you hadn’t accidentally killed him, he would have been shot by the police nearby.” With Norman’s way of doing things, the police who surrounded him must have had orders to shoot him on the spot. So even if Spiderman didn’t kill him, Norman probably wouldn’t have been around much longer.

“That would have been better than killing Harry’s father in front of him! Forget it, Mirage Knight.” It seems that Lin Rui’s solution has little effect. After Peter whispered, he jumped down the edge of the building.

“Peter! Don’t do anything stupid!” Lin Rui shouted from the edge of the building when she saw Peter floating away on his underarm wings after climbing down one floor.

Huh~

However, Peter has slowly drifted away.

“I hope they are all right, this incident is really a huge blow!” Looking at Spiderman’s figure slowly disappearing before his eyes, Lin Rui muttered something.

In fact, it was Lin Rui’s fault that Peter killed Norman in front of Harry. If he had followed Peter to look for Norman, maybe he could have prevented it. However, there is no way to predict this in advance, and the thing inside Norman is so weird that Lin Rui has no idea what he would have done even if he was there.

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Just as Lin Rui stood on the edge of the building and let the wind blow on his face to clear up some messy thoughts, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

“h.e.l.lo? … h.e.l.lo!” Lin Rui quickly responded when he took out his phone and said h.e.l.lo. This is not Mirage Knight’s phone! So he quickly took off his mask to recover his voice.

“Jackson, Norman Osborn is dead. He was killed by Spiderman. Sorry, I wasn’t able to stop this from happening.” Tony, who was feeling uncomfortable, did not notice such a sudden change in Lin Rui’s voice at the other end of the phone and said in a deep voice.

Before the departure, Tony promised that he would solve the problem of Norman, but the result turned out to be this. Norman was killed by Peter, in front of Harry. Since knowing Peter’s real ident.i.ty, Tony has been taking good care of this young Man. He is someone that he admires the most except for Lin Rui. If Peter had been protecting New York as Spiderman, Tony might have liked him better.

However, this incident must have been a huge shock to Peter, Tony knew the relations.h.i.+p between Harry and Peter. Killing your best friend’s father is not something that anyone would feel good about. Tony had contacted Peter before calling Lin Rui, but he could not get in touch with him, so he called Lin Rui.

“Mr. Tony, I don’t know what’s going on here, but I know it mustn’t be your fault.” Holding the phone, Lin Rui said earnestly after hearing Tony’s apology. Lin Rui doesn’t really blame Tony if he can get someone Like tony to apologize. Lin Rui does not know that Tony was also in danger of the black fog, otherwise, he would not think that Tony is out of action.

“Well, I’m going to hang up now. Your two friends should need someone to comfort now, maybe you can give them some help.” Tony reminded him before hanging up the phone and he has also suggested who Spiderman is to Lin Rui.

“I Know, Mr. Tony.” Hearing, Lin Rui certainly knew what Peter and Harry were doing now.

Then, Tony hangs up on the phone. Putting down the phone, Lin Rui is also feeling conflicted. Regarding the evil magic that disappeared, Lin Rui really didn’t know how to comfort his two friends.

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Leaving the building, Lin Rui had already jumped out of the roof and then disappeared between the floors below.

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While Lin Rui was freaking out about Peter and Harry, in the middle of a quiet old street in downtown New York, there was an unusual wave of activity a few minutes ago in a seemingly old building. Of course, this wave cannot be detected by Ordinary people, even Lin Rui may not be able to observe this wave up close.

In fact, this seemingly ancient palace building is one of the three guardians Sanctum of the Earth in Greenwich Village, New York. Under the leaders.h.i.+p of the powerful Ancient One, a magic sorcerer(s), who has been secretly defending the Earth from the hara.s.sment and invasion of other s.p.a.ce deities is someone from the time of Merlin.

The sorcerer(s) in New York Sanctum, who has been responsible for the detection of magical fluctuations around the world, suddenly detected the fluctuation when Norman was killed by Peter and the shadow on his body suddenly changed and disappeared. It was only for a brief moment, but the sorcerer sounded the alarm out of caution.

Soon, there was a strong magical wave in New York Sanctum. If someone can walk into this Sanctum at this time, what he sees will definitely overturn his world view. Because, in the lobby of New York Sanctum, several revolving and glowing portals of s.p.a.ce are rapidly expanding. Not long after, several great sorcerers (s) from elsewhere crossed the door of s.p.a.ce and reached New York Sanctum.

“What happened? Why have you summoned us all over?” The first man who walked out of the portal was a stocky, Asian-faced man. He asked in a deep tone to the Keeper of the New York Sanctum.

“w.a.n.g, everyone. Just a few minutes ago, New York Sanctum suddenly detected the power of an evil spirit, located in the city of New York.” Without any nonsense, the sorcerer who had called everyone immediately spoke out what had just happened.

“The power of evil? Really?!” This time it was not Wong who spoke, but a slender female sorcerer at his side, apparently a little surprised.

“Sure enough, the mystic wheel has recorded this wave.” Nodding, he led the sorcerers (s) to a room at the back of the chamber.

Then they all hurried into the room. Soon there were waves of magic fluctuation inside.

“So it seems to be true! Do you want to contact the Ancient One?” After seeing the wheel of mystic, w.a.n.g asked with a heavy tone. If it is really a devil that had broken through the guardian magic, then only the Ancient One can deal with this level of demon.

“Although the power of the devil does appear but it is incomparably weak, it should not have been able to pa.s.s through the guardian magic. And now it disappears again, maybe we don’t have to disturb the Ancient One, it is better to investigate it first.” After listening to Wong, a handsome middle-aged man next to him said with a smile.

“Yes, it’s true that this time the devil’s power is so small that I wouldn’t have sensed it if it hadn’t been so close to New York Sanctum.” Nodding, the Keeper of New York Sanctum also had the same idea as the one who just spoke.

Glancing around, everyone seems to think that there was no need to disturb Ancient One. Therefore, w.a.n.g also nodded.

“So be it, send two sorcerer(s) teams to investigate according to Sanctum’s position. As soon as you discover the demon’s power, let Ancient One know!” Soon, as the highest-ranking sorcerer(s) here, w.a.n.g gave the order.

“Yes!”

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Time pa.s.sed quickly, and it has been three days since Norman Osborn died. For the past three days, Lin Rui spent almost all of his time with Peter and Harry. Especially Harry, the death of his father was a huge shock to him. He kept himself in the room all day and didn’t know what to do, even if Lin Rui had been waiting outside, he couldn’t see him. So, Lin Rui later had to ask Gwen to spend more time with Harry.

As for Peter, he acts very normal at home and in his daily life. After all, no one except Tony and Lin Rui knows that he is Spiderman, so if he appeared very sad or guilty, it wouldn’t be normal. However, Lin Rui knew the secret Peter is hiding. In the past three days, Peter did not dare to meet Harry. But Lin Rui doesn’t have any good way to explain everything to them and the matter can only be smoothed over by time.

Lin Rui believes that with Peter and Harry’s friends.h.i.+p, even if Harry later finds out that Peter is Spiderman, he will not hold a grudge against him. So, after visiting Harry, Lin Rui plans to visit Tony, who had asked to do him a favor. Although Tony did not help Lin Rui, Lin Rui would not mind doing Tony a small favor. After all, the other three percent of his mission needs to be quickly filled up. Besides, he never returned Tony’s sports car.

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“Sir, Mr. Jackson is here.” Half an hour later, JARVIS reminds Tony, who is lying in the living room with his eyes closed.

“I see. Let him in.” Without opening his eyes, Tony replies faintly. Tony is still feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, but he is much better than he was three days ago. After all, Norman Osborn had nothing to do with him, and he didn’t know Harry very well. He’s just worried about Peter. Tony hopes that Spiderman doesn’t get hit hard by this incident.

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Soon, there was a slight sound of footsteps behind Tony, and Lin Rui came in.

“Jackson, how is your friend?” Knowing that Lin Rui was in front of him, Tony opened his eyes and asked.

“Harry? He’s not in a very good condition. This incident hit him hard. It may take a while for him to recover.” At Tony’s words, Lin Rui was stunned at first but answered quickly. He just thought that Tony was asking about Peter, but he isn’t supposed to know that Peter is Spiderman.

“No one can go through this kind of thing without it affecting them, I hope he can get through this.” Nodding, Tony could also guess what happened to Harry. “Forget it, what are you doing here today? There’s nothing you can do to help me with my experiments.”

“Didn’t I grant you a request the last time I asked for your help? I’ve been waiting for the rest of your schedule, and there’s nothing I can do for Harry right now, so I came by myself.” Sitting down on Tony’s side sofa, Lin Rui said calmly, looking at Tony.

“You still remember that, forgot it. After all, I didn’t help you. It doesn’t matter if you don’t help with this thing. It’s not a big deal.” Tony smiled at Lin Rui’s words.

“I know you must have tried your best, so I will do what I promised before. Besides, I’m sure I can handle old people fairly well.” For getting the last bit of goodwill, Lin Rui would not waste such a good chance. Moreover, Lin Rui is also curious about the old man mentioned by Tony.

“Since you are willing to help, then I’ll leave this matter to you. The old man is already 90 years old. Although he is somewhat out of touch with modern society, he still wants to fit in. So your mission is very simple. Just take him around New York and let him see the rhythm of life in modern society.” Seeing Lin Rui insist like that, Tony didn’t say anything and handed the mission to Lin Rui.

“90 years old? This is really long life, and his mentality must be very good. You can rest a.s.sured, I will make sure that the old man would travel safely throughout New York.” Listening to Tony’s words, Lin Rui said with a smile. However, when he heard that the old man was ninety years old, Lin Rui felt that he was missing something here.