In a small restaurant around Imperial University, Hodge and Melissa were sitting at the dining table, looking at each other without saying a word, and the atmosphere between them was a bit solemn.

"Don't you want to say something to me?" Melissa looked at Hodge sitting opposite her with her eyes squinted, stretched out her hand to slim her hair, her face without any pink, and she was beautiful and charming, especially the beige dress on her body, which also highlighted her extraordinaryness in simplicity, making many people who were dining in the restaurant unable to help but glance at her.

"Sometimes what you see may not be true!" Hoqi looked at Lisa with a calm expression and said solemnly. While speaking, his eyes secretly glanced at the diamond necklace on her neck. He also breathed a little relieved and he was wearing a necklace, so he should not be really angry.

"Oh?" Melissa raised her slender eyebrows, unable to resist, and made a listening look, waiting for Hodge's following.

Seeing this, Hodge did not beat around the bush and told everything about it. At the end, Hodge also swore passionately that he had absolutely no intention.

In this way, Melissa's stern face calmly calmed down slightly, and she snorted lightly, indicating that she would bypass him this time.

Seeing that Melissa no longer cares about it, Hodge did not explain more about this issue. After all, sometimes the more he talked, the more uneasy it was. He waved his hand to call the waiter and asked for a menu. Hodge handed it over with a pleasing look on his face.

"This is the first time I've been to this kind of restaurant." Melissa turned over the menu and sighed a little. "So, let's have a fruit salad. French crepes and diced sauce. Come on the others."

"Okay." Hoqi nodded, then looked at the waiter, "Give me a 80-minute cooked black pepper steak."

"Is a steak enough?" After the waiter picked up the menu and left, Melissa carefully looked at Hodge's body and asked.

"Haha." Hodge laughed dryly at Melissa's doubts and did not answer. Could it be that he could live a lifetime even if he didn't eat or drink?

Fortunately, Melissa was just curious and didn't say much. After all, although many people are tall, they have an average appetite, while some small people have a very large appetite. This kind of thing is not a big fuss.

Avoiding the issue of food intake, Hodge slowly started chatting with Melissa. The two talked a lot, from history to astronomy, from famous masters to popular novels, and everything was included.

Melissa knows so much because she has been in the library, while Hodge is entirely because of his super strong brain. Basically, just as Melissa said, Hodge can learn from it and refer to the classics. Her rich knowledge and profound insights made Melissa's eyes constantly shine with the light of worship. This made Hodge feel proud in her heart.

Just as Hodge continued to show off his 'learning' with pride, a sound of surprise suddenly came: "Student Allen, I didn't expect to meet you here!"

Melissa then stood up with surprise, "I'm also very happy to see you here, Professor Emma."

It was a slim white woman who looked in her early thirties, wearing a purple long skirt and a charming and enchanting face. As soon as she appeared, Hodge found that many men in the restaurant couldn't help but move their eyes over.

"Don't you introduce me to your other half?" The charming woman who became Professor Emma by Melissa pointed at Hodge, then looked at Melissa jokingly.

After she said this, Melissa's fair little face turned red instantly, and her eyes flashed and said, "Oh, he is mine..."

Melissa bit her lip, glanced at Hodge quietly, and then she whispered: "My boyfriend, Hodge." After saying that, her face turned red like a ripe apple, making people want to get in and take a bite.

"Oh~" Emma's voice was long, and the teasing in her tone was undoubtedly revealed.

After being teased by Emma, ​​the flush on Melissa's face spread directly to her neck, and her little head kept sagging, making an ostrich-shaped look.

"Don't mind letting me be with you?" Emma laughed and asked when she saw Melissa's shy look.

"Yes...yes." Although she lowered her head, Melissa still agreed softly, regardless of whether Hodge opposite her agreed.

Seeing this, Hodge could only smile bitterly, look at the mature woman and make a gesture of invitation, "Of course, please sit down."

"Thank you." He smiled and nodded to Hodge. Emma was not polite and sat directly next to Melissa, then reached out to Hodge and said, "Emma Foster, professor of psychology."

"Hodge Paso."

However, although Hodge had nothing strange on his face, he became secretly alert in his heart. After all, he knew very well that Melissa's powerful psychedelic ability could directly affect creatures consciously, causing them to unconsciously do what Melissa thought. It is impossible for ordinary people to get close to her, even some mutants with slightly poor abilities.

At this moment, looking at Emma, ​​who was sitting opposite her and chatting and laughing with Melissa, without any impact, Hodge could not be careful.

However, Hodge suddenly felt that he was a little too sensitive. So what if Emma was a mutant, maybe he could just talk about it?

He couldn't always look at others with his tiny eyes, and shook his head with a wry smile. Hodge suppressed his unbearable thoughts and then listened quietly to the conversation between the two.

However, Hodge did not notice that Emma, ​​who had been talking to Melissa, had an inexplicable luster flashing in her eyes.

Soon, the waiter pushed the order over.

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"So, goodbye, Melissa" Outside the restaurant gate, Professor Emma stretched out her arms and hugged Melissa and said goodbye, then twisted her enchanting body and slowly left. Melissa kept watching the other party's background disappear at the intersection, and then turned her head to look at Hodge, "Where are we going now?"

"It's still early, let's go shopping!" Hoqi thought for a while, looked at Melissa who was still excited, and smiled and shaved Melissa's small nose.

Melissa wrinkled her little nose in dissatisfaction and pulled Hodge's big hand away.

In New York, the first choice for shopping is the extremely prosperous Fifth Avenue, but it is a shopping paradise for the rich, and for the poor, it is hell.

So, Hodge and Melissa came to the Flushing Commercial District in Queens.

Of course, Melissa is leading the way. For Hodge, no matter whether it is the high consumption on Fifth Avenue or the mid- and low-end consumption in Flushing, there is no difference.

Flushing has a prosperous commercial and residential area, home to many Asian populations, and it is also the second largest Chinatown in the United States.

Therefore, after Hodge and Melissa came here, they could see many people with yellow hair and black eyes coming and going. When they saw these people, Hodge couldn't help but feel a sense of intimacy in his heart.

However, this sense of intimacy was quickly broken by the sharp sirens.

A high-speed truck was rushing around the street, and behind the truck, there were three or two police cars following behind. Of course, Hodge wouldn't care if it was just that.

The key is that on the top of the truck, Parker, wearing a red and blue spider suit, was fighting with a rough man!

Facing Spider-Man, the man had no power to resist at all, but he still stood firmly after being beaten by Parker.

Such a beating-resistant person made Hodge interested a little.

The appearance of Spider-Man also made people around the streets cheer involuntarily!

The cheers of the people seemed to make Parker very excited, and his strength became heavier, punching one punch after another.

Dong! Dong! Dong…

The dull blow sounded clearly.

puff!

With a sudden punch, Parker directly punched the body of the man in front of him, and countless fine and dense grains of sand flowed down from the gap he opened.

When Parker saw this scene, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow! There are more and more monsters in New York recently."

The response to him was a heavy punch made of sand!

However, although the man's sand fist was huge, Parker's reaction was not slow. He quickly stopped and avoided the punch, and he also swept across the opponent's lower plate without missing the opportunity.

The whistling legs are howling. Although Parker's power is not very powerful, it can easily withstand objects weighing several tons, so it cannot be too small.

When the leg swept over, the man's legs instantly burst, turning into a pile of sand, and the whole person instantly faded. Then, in Parker's surprised gaze, countless cracks slowly appeared in his body, and finally turned into a pool of sand.

The sudden change made Parker stunned. Looking at the pile of sand under his feet, he suddenly muttered, "Is this guy too careless?"

Bang!

Just as Parker finished saying this, a huge fist made of gravel suddenly rushed out of the sand, and directly knocked Parker away with one punch.

Then the sand slowly flowed, gathered, forming a sand man, and finally became that dull and rough look.

Seeing this scene, Hodge's eyes lit up. Isn't this the sand man? Why did it appear so quickly?

Just as Hodge stared at the sand man curiously, Parker, who was bombed away, flew back like a spider silk swing, and then kicked the sand man with a fierce kick.

Dong!

Parker's kick directly penetrated the Sandman's chest, but the Sandman didn't move at all, but Parker's feet were stuck inside.

The sand man glanced at the feet stuck in his chest, and saw a sharp look flashing in Parker's eyes. He did not give him a chance to react. He grabbed Parker's feet with both hands and pulled them out.

"Oh, that's awful!"

Seeing his foot being caught, Parker whispered, trying to break free.

However, the Sand Man did not give him a chance and directly used brute force to swing Parker.

Dong! Dong! Dong…

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