22. chapter 22
8:30 am.
Bruce Wayne sat alone in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor of his mansion. In early winter, the morning in Gotham was particularly cold. The fireplace in the hall had been lit.
"Master Wayne." Mr. Alfred, the conscientious butler of Wayne Manor, pushed the dining cart in, "It's time for you to have breakfast." His little master stayed up all night.
"Afu." Looking at the disapproval in the old housekeeper's eyes, Bruce smiled at the other party. "Don't worry." He would not fall down easily.
"Your face is not good." I don't know how many times I have persuaded my little master over the years. Ah Fu knew that he couldn't help but nag, "Why might you take a break at home today?" Last night, Gotham police received a message that someone planned to rob the central bank's vault, but it was a false alarm.
"There is a board today." Shaking his head, Bruce picked up the knife and fork, "I have to go to a banquet tonight." Neither Bruce Wayne nor Batman could rest casually.
"You really have to pay attention to your health." Faced with the stubbornness of his little master, Alfred could only persuade him in vain.
"Don't worry, I know." After taking a sip of Afu's carefully prepared black tea, Bruce rubbed his forehead, "But I do have a bad premonition these days..."
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"Senior sister, here." Standing under the school bus, Peter waved desperately to the senior sister who was walking towards him.
"Peter, I think you'd better give up." Ned, who has been a good gay friend since high school, first looked at the friend standing beside him, then turned to see the senior sister who was walking over. Then, he shook his head helplessly. "You can't catch up with senior sister Dorothy." The style of the senior sister and her gay friend was completely different.
"Unless you tell her that you are Spider-Man, I'll see you two have no chance." A cold wind blew, and Ned, wearing a down jacket, shivered from the cold.
"Can you not hit me?" Peter confronted Ned and asked the other party to lower his voice. "Don't let people hear it." His Spider-Man's vest cannot fall off.
"I mean it." Covering her mouth, Ned glanced left and right, making sure no one heard what she had just said. "A beauty of senior Dorothy doesn't like a thin nerd. I've inquired, and she hasn't agreed to any suitor since she went to college." After emphasizing, Ned shook his head, "Peter, I probably can't unless you tell her you are the Avenger."
"You..." Peter, who was squeezed by good friends over and over again, was so itchy that he wanted to hit the other person, but at this time the senior sister had already walked closer. "Hi, good morning, senior sister." The little spider stood up quickly.
"Good morning, Peter." Dorothy nodded at Spider-Man, then turned her head to a strange boy standing beside the other party. "This is..." She had not recognized all members of the new club.
"I'm Ned."
"This is Ned Leeds." Peter and Ned spoke at the same time.
"I'm glad to know you, Ned." Shaking hands with the boy, Dorothy smiled at Ned, who was blushing.
"Ah, senior sister, we have taken you a good placeヾ(≧o≦)ニ" Ned said snatching the words, and then was hit hard by his gay friend.
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Dorothy is here to participate in the club activities today.
As it turned out, the day before yesterday was just used by Iron Man to tease her. When she walked out of the interrogation room, she realized that Thor and Loki had already returned to Asgard.
Naturally, she doesn't have to duel with Thunder God as to whether she is a scumbag or a girlfriend:)
Sitting down at a window in the middle of the bus, Peter and Ned sat in front of her in a row, next to her a black-haired girl from the School of Philosophy, claiming to be Catherine. The club's new club is a fellow group that combines tourism and photography. The club's collective activity is to decide on a certain destination on a certain day, and then everyone who has time to go out together, help each other take photos, and share local food. Although the club is not large in school, the event content is interesting, the time is flexible, and it is also very popular among students.
"Senior sister, have you been to Gotham?" Ned turned around and lay on the back of the chair. He didn't dare to look at his senior sister in front of him. Unexpectedly, he would be able to talk to senior sister Doroth one day.
Their destination today is Gotham.
"No." Dorothy has been to many places in the past four years, but she has never been to Gotham. "But I heard that Gotham's security has improved a lot over the years because of Batman." Although the crime rate is still among the top in the United States, Gotham's reputation has indeed improved a lot over the years.
"I've been there." Catherine, who had been sitting next to Dorothy, continued. "I studied there for a year in high school." After a pause, he probably saw that Dorothy and the other three turned their eyes to her. Catherine continued, "The criminals in Gotham are afraid of Batman." After saying this, Catherine stopped talking again.
Dorothy noticed that the black-haired girl around her seemed to not like being noticed, so she thoughtfully turned her eyes away. "The significance of Batman to Gotham is probably like the Avengers to New York."
Ned's eyes suddenly lit up. "Yes, yes, the Avengers are really the patron god of our New York people." Under the cover of the chair, he elbowed Peter beside him, and Ned winked at his good friend. "Senior sister, which Avenger do you like the most?" After saying that, before Dorothy answered, Ned continued on his own. "I like Spider-Man the most, you don't know. Spider-Man once saved my life." He is really the best wingman of the year.
"Ned..." Peter whispered to stop his gay friend. Although the senior sister didn't know that he was Spider-Man, she praised her in front of her...
"That was when we went to Washington to participate in a science competition in the second grade of high school..." Ned lay on the back of the chair, with a rich expression and vivid tone to describe to Dorothy how the superhero Spider-Man was smart and brave, fearless in the face of danger. He stood up without using the DC police and FBI, and bravely rescued the students of Midtown High School trapped in the elevator regardless of their personal safety. He was later crazy about the fantasy story of students in all high school.
The bizarre plot and bold words opened their eyes to Dorothy and the students in the car.
"...Peter, do you think Spider-Man is particularly handsome?" He patted Peter's shoulder heroically, and Ned was bathed in the amazement eyes of all the classmates in the car, and proudly squeezed his good friend's eyes at his good friend - thank him. He was showing his goodwill in front of his senior sister.
"Uh, yes." Peter scratched his head with a red face, and Peter was so furious that he was praised by Ned.
"I really didn't expect Spider-Man to be so powerful." A classmate who was successfully fooled by Ned couldn't help but sigh, "I always thought that the most powerful people in the Avengers were Captain and Iron Man."
In Ned's version, Spider-Man's handsome index clearly surpasses the two giants of the Avengers.
The students' discussions on superheroes rang out in the tourist bus for a while. Dorothy couldn't help but fall into deep thought as she listened to the Peter x Ned duo who was talking in front of her and was committed to helping Spider-Man.
I really didn't expect Spider-Man to be so narcissistic.
#I am the dividing line of Peter crying when he was cheated but didn't know it#
The overall architecture of Gotham tends to be a combination of Gothic and modern architecture. The church with pointed roofs and arches on one side of the road is inlaid with stained glass depicting religious stories, while the other side of the road is a very modern skyscraper. This kind of interlude will not make people feel confused, but it will have the illusion that time will stop at some point.
Dorothy held up her camera and placed the 15th-century church in the view frame.
"Everyone, it's time for us to go back to the hotel." After watching the time, a senior from the School of Philosophy began to greet the students to get in the car and return to the hotel.
This time the club activity is to stay in Gotham for one night and then leave by bus at noon tomorrow.
"I'm going back so early?" Ned was a little unhappy.
"It's almost dark, we have to enter the hotel before it's dark." Peter kept paying attention to Dorothy's location. If the senior sister encounters any danger, he can also help.
After all, just now in the car, my senior sister praised him (Spider-Man).o(* ̄︶ ̄*)o
"Senior sister, it's time to get in the car and go back to the hotel." Leaving Ned, Peter trotted over and enthusiastically helped Dorothy take her backpack and deliver it to the car.
"Thank you." Although Spider-Man, who unexpectedly likes to flatter himself, was indeed a good kid.
Imperial State University and a group of 20 people came to Gotham for a short trip to strive for safety first. So before it was dark, they arrived at the hotel they booked - the Gotham Hotel under the Wayne Group. But after all, it was still early and they were all young people, so it was impossible to stay in the room and not go out.
The 23rd floor of the hotel is a bar open to customers. Currently, Imperial State University has 20 people in it.
"You can't drink a kid." Dorothy tapped the counter with her fingers and asked the bartender to change the juices for Peter and Ned - among the 20 people who came today, there were only these two underages. "Gotham's laws are stricter than New York." As for herself, it was a low-degree cocktail.
Peter and Ned looked at each other and were a little afraid to look up. The senior sister changed into a black backless dress, with her golden hair tied up high, and just now she had clean and neatly sent out five men to meet her.
Looking at myself, Peter and Ned were a little discouraged.
At this time, the sixth person who met him appeared.
"Good evening." The tall man held a glass of strong wine in one hand, stepped on his long legs, and sat down next to the girl. "Doros". He touched the cocktail glass in Dorothy's hand with the cup.
"Bruce Wayne?!"
Peter and Ned exclaimed in surprise.
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"Are you all ready?" A gloomy voice sounded in the darkness.
“Everything is ready.”
Chapter completed!