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Chapter 467 Interlude: Accidental Encounter
After listening to Yang Le's analysis, Gwen also felt that this matter was indeed a bit strange. This business trip was Neil's first time in America. He had no relatives or acquaintances here.
It could be said that if it weren't for the sudden ability awakening, no one would have noticed this nobody. It seemed that someone was indeed targeting his ability.
Turning a Mutant's ability into something tangible was not something ordinary people could do. Just as Yang Le said, currently, the Government and the Military were the most suspicious.
Based on the convenience of his own abilities, Yang Le proactively took on the investigation targeting the Government and the Military. In contrast, Gwen naturally ran to the street to start patrolling, to see if she could find any useful news.
However, Gwen herself didn't have much hope for this kind of luck-based behavior on the street. But for the rare hero activities, she still held a certain degree of passion. Even if she didn't find anything useful, taking a swing around New York, which she hadn't done in a while, would be nice.
Of course, Gwen wasn't wandering around aimlessly. She decided to first go to the places where the disappeared superhumans were recorded to have been before, hoping to find some clues.
The first person Gwen came to investigate was Neil, who disappeared last. After all, evidence has a shelf life. The older the case, the fewer clues there are. It's always right to start searching from the most recent case.
Gwen's first stop was the Mutant Detention Center. However, because Neil's disappearance had brought no small panic to society, in order to reverse the outside world's question about the Detention Center's safety problem, the Detention Center's security, and even the building itself, had been upgraded.
The crime scene had already been completely changed, so naturally, it was impossible to find anything useful. Gwen relied on the invisibility function of her stealth suit to sneak in and wander around for a while before leaving.
Next was the Hotel where Neil had lived. Similarly, because of the cleaner, nothing useful could be found. Finally, it was the Empire State Building, the place where Neil's ability awakening had occurred.
But unfortunately, not far from here, the place where Neil's ability awakening happened, the public facilities that were charred black by his ability, and even the ground bricks, had been replaced. Because Neil's case had already been closed and judged, naturally, there would no longer be any police line or anything to protect the scene. Nothing could be searched for either.
"Bad start," Gwen sighed softly, using a web to leave the Empire State Building and came to a relatively low building. Gwen planned to enjoy her lunch here. If it weren't for Snow Leopard's reminder from her stealth suit, she would have almost forgotten to eat.
Climbing to the top of the water tank, she pulled down the backpack that was stuck to it. Gwen flipped over and landed on the ground, then walked to the edge of the building, sat down on the edge, and stretched her legs out naturally, looking like a stock trader who had lost everything, choosing a flight gesture.
Humming the tune they had composed together in Mary Jane's band, Gwen unzipped her backpack. Inside was her lunch for today, a huge beef sandwich, and a sports drink. There were also many individually wrapped energy bars and chocolate, for emergencies.
Seeing the lunch Yang Le had carefully prepared for her, Gwen's eyebrows curved into crescents. In a good mood, she was thinking about where to start eating from first.
"Tap tap tap!"
Just as Gwen was about to take a big bite of the sandwich, a burst of rapid footsteps attracted her attention. However, since the stealth suit was made of nanite robots, Gwen didn't need to take off the entire mask. She only needed to move the nanocrystals in the mouth area, so Gwen wasn't flustered.
Gwen raised the sandwich and turned her head back. On the way back, she also took a bite of the sandwich. Suddenly, the milky aroma of the bread, the salty aroma of the special sauce and cheese, and the meat fragrance of the steak, all kinds of flavors exploded in her oral cavity together.
Along with the deliciousness, the door to the rooftop was also opened. A black-haired girl was panting and propping herself up with her legs. Perhaps because she had run up to the rooftop, this girl had no energy to raise her head to look at Gwen, but her mouth was still saying loudly and intermittently.
"Wait... wait a minute, don't... don't jump!"
It turned out to be a kind-hearted girl who thought she was going to jump off the building. Gwen chewed the sandwich in her mouth, feeling warm-hearted and amused at the same time.
"Hehehe..."
Gwen quickly shut her mouth. She didn't expect to laugh out loud, and the girl opposite her obviously heard it, and her body suddenly stiffened.
'Crap, crap, this is someone who is so despair about the world that they've gone crazy,' Cindy thought to herself, feeling bad. She was just an ordinary high school girl and didn't understand any negotiation techniques.
Today, she had just gone to her family's company to visit her Papa. When she was going home, she stretched and looked up, and just happened to see a pair of legs sticking out from the rooftop. Thinking someone was going to jump off the building, she rushed up without thinking. What should she do now? What if she said something wrong and broke the person down?
In any case, she should first stabilize the other person and then secretly call the police!
Having made up her mind, Cindy had also almost calmed her heartbeat. She slowly raised her head, ready to speak, but just happened to see the visuals of Gwen putting the last piece of the sandwich into her mouth.
"Huh?" Cindy was stunned on the spot.
"Huh?" Gwen was also stunned. She didn't expect to see a 'familiar face' in this universe.
Cindy Moon, to be precise, should be considered her enemy. According to her and Yang Le's investigation, the reason why she obtained spider superpowers was because Cindy from Universe 65B was playing tricks.
Because Cindy from Universe 65B wanted to obtain spider superpowers herself but didn't dare to experiment on herself, she arranged an act to make herself her experiment.
Later, Harry's Papa and Kingpin's matters also had her shadow. However, after Yang Le sent Kingpin to prison, Cindy also disappeared. No one knew where she went.
Later, Gwen gradually threw this matter into a corner of her memory. She didn't expect to remember it again in this way today. However, the Cindy in front of her was not her enemy.
But looking at this face that originally made her gnash her teeth in hatred, Gwen was still a little embarrassed, and for a while, she didn't know how to open her mouth.
"What, it's you." Cindy sighed, put one hand on her hip, and looked at Gwen unhappily.
Gwen was a little surprised, pointed at herself, and asked, "You know me?"
"Of course, I'm also a student at Midtown High School. I was at the scene of the superhuman terrorist attack yesterday." Cindy waved her hand.
"Thank you for saving all of us. I was still thinking about how to thank you. I didn't expect to run into you here."
"Uh, you're welcome." Gwen closed her mask, secretly threw the oil paper wrapping the sandwich into her backpack, and said calmly.
After listening to Yang Le's analysis, Gwen also felt that this matter was indeed a bit strange. This business trip was Neil's first time in America. He had no relatives or acquaintances here.
It could be said that if it weren't for the sudden ability awakening, no one would have noticed this nobody. It seemed that someone was indeed targeting his ability.
Turning a Mutant's ability into something tangible was not something ordinary people could do. Just as Yang Le said, currently, the Government and the Military were the most suspicious.
Based on the convenience of his own abilities, Yang Le proactively took on the investigation targeting the Government and the Military. In contrast, Gwen naturally ran to the street to start patrolling, to see if she could find any useful news.
However, Gwen herself didn't have much hope for this kind of luck-based behavior on the street. But for the rare hero activities, she still held a certain degree of passion. Even if she didn't find anything useful, taking a swing around New York, which she hadn't done in a while, would be nice.
Of course, Gwen wasn't wandering around aimlessly. She decided to first go to the places where the disappeared superhumans were recorded to have been before, hoping to find some clues.
The first person Gwen came to investigate was Neil, who disappeared last. After all, evidence has a shelf life. The older the case, the fewer clues there are. It's always right to start searching from the most recent case.
Gwen's first stop was the Mutant Detention Center. However, because Neil's disappearance had brought no small panic to society, in order to reverse the outside world's question about the Detention Center's safety problem, the Detention Center's security, and even the building itself, had been upgraded.
The crime scene had already been completely changed, so naturally, it was impossible to find anything useful. Gwen relied on the invisibility function of her stealth suit to sneak in and wander around for a while before leaving.
Next was the Hotel where Neil had lived. Similarly, because of the cleaner, nothing useful could be found. Finally, it was the Empire State Building, the place where Neil's ability awakening had occurred.
But unfortunately, not far from here, the place where Neil's ability awakening happened, the public facilities that were charred black by his ability, and even the ground bricks, had been replaced. Because Neil's case had already been closed and judged, naturally, there would no longer be any police line or anything to protect the scene. Nothing could be searched for either.
"Bad start," Gwen sighed softly, using a web to leave the Empire State Building and came to a relatively low building. Gwen planned to enjoy her lunch here. If it weren't for Snow Leopard's reminder from her stealth suit, she would have almost forgotten to eat.
Climbing to the top of the water tank, she pulled down the backpack that was stuck to it. Gwen flipped over and landed on the ground, then walked to the edge of the building, sat down on the edge, and stretched her legs out naturally, looking like a stock trader who had lost everything, choosing a flight gesture.
Humming the tune they had composed together in Mary Jane's band, Gwen unzipped her backpack. Inside was her lunch for today, a huge beef sandwich, and a sports drink. There were also many individually wrapped energy bars and chocolate, for emergencies.
Seeing the lunch Yang Le had carefully prepared for her, Gwen's eyebrows curved into crescents. In a good mood, she was thinking about where to start eating from first.
"Tap tap tap!"
Just as Gwen was about to take a big bite of the sandwich, a burst of rapid footsteps attracted her attention. However, since the stealth suit was made of nanite robots, Gwen didn't need to take off the entire mask. She only needed to move the nanocrystals in the mouth area, so Gwen wasn't flustered.
Gwen raised the sandwich and turned her head back. On the way back, she also took a bite of the sandwich. Suddenly, the milky aroma of the bread, the salty aroma of the special sauce and cheese, and the meat fragrance of the steak, all kinds of flavors exploded in her oral cavity together.
Along with the deliciousness, the door to the rooftop was also opened. A black-haired girl was panting and propping herself up with her legs. Perhaps because she had run up to the rooftop, this girl had no energy to raise her head to look at Gwen, but her mouth was still saying loudly and intermittently.
"Wait... wait a minute, don't... don't jump!"
It turned out to be a kind-hearted girl who thought she was going to jump off the building. Gwen chewed the sandwich in her mouth, feeling warm-hearted and amused at the same time.
"Hehehe..."
Gwen quickly shut her mouth. She didn't expect to laugh out loud, and the girl opposite her obviously heard it, and her body suddenly stiffened.
'Crap, crap, this is someone who is so despair about the world that they've gone crazy,' Cindy thought to herself, feeling bad. She was just an ordinary high school girl and didn't understand any negotiation techniques.
Today, she had just gone to her family's company to visit her Papa. When she was going home, she stretched and looked up, and just happened to see a pair of legs sticking out from the rooftop. Thinking someone was going to jump off the building, she rushed up without thinking. What should she do now? What if she said something wrong and broke the person down?
In any case, she should first stabilize the other person and then secretly call the police!
Having made up her mind, Cindy had also almost calmed her heartbeat. She slowly raised her head, ready to speak, but just happened to see the visuals of Gwen putting the last piece of the sandwich into her mouth.
"Huh?" Cindy was stunned on the spot.
"Huh?" Gwen was also stunned. She didn't expect to see a 'familiar face' in this universe.
Cindy Moon, to be precise, should be considered her enemy. According to her and Yang Le's investigation, the reason why she obtained spider superpowers was because Cindy from Universe 65B was playing tricks.
Because Cindy from Universe 65B wanted to obtain spider superpowers herself but didn't dare to experiment on herself, she arranged an act to make herself her experiment.
Later, Harry's Papa and Kingpin's matters also had her shadow. However, after Yang Le sent Kingpin to prison, Cindy also disappeared. No one knew where she went.
Later, Gwen gradually threw this matter into a corner of her memory. She didn't expect to remember it again in this way today. However, the Cindy in front of her was not her enemy.
But looking at this face that originally made her gnash her teeth in hatred, Gwen was still a little embarrassed, and for a while, she didn't know how to open her mouth.
"What, it's you." Cindy sighed, put one hand on her hip, and looked at Gwen unhappily.
Gwen was a little surprised, pointed at herself, and asked, "You know me?"
"Of course, I'm also a student at Midtown High School. I was at the scene of the superhuman terrorist attack yesterday." Cindy waved her hand.
"Thank you for saving all of us. I was still thinking about how to thank you. I didn't expect to run into you here."
"Uh, you're welcome." Gwen closed her mask, secretly threw the oil paper wrapping the sandwich into her backpack, and said calmly.
