Chapter 23: Heroes Are Ordinary (Part 2)

Strange swallowed his saliva and looked at Schiller's gray eyes. He really didn't have the courage to say no. After all, anyone who wasn't stupid could see that Schiller was not an ordinary person.

Strange was dragged into the car, but he still said, "I want to tell you first that I am a doctor, not God. If your friend is dead, no matter how much you threaten me, I can't revive him."

Schiller drove expressionlessly. He said, "We are both doctors. I know this better than you. I came to you because I am sure you can save him."

Strange breathed a sigh of relief, but still frowned and said stubbornly, "You are just a psychologist. You'd better not make such arbitrary conclusions about neurosurgery."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a ballpoint pen against his forehead again. Schiller's hands were driving, and the ballpoint pen was floating quietly. Strange made a zipper gesture to his mouth, indicating that he would never speak again.

On the other side, Spider-Man stood at the door of the operating room with great guilt and self-blame. He didn't even want to let a fly in.

But Matt's ex-girlfriend Erica also sneaked to the door of the operating room.

Erica didn't come to kill Matt. On the contrary, she knew the plan of the gang earlier than Peter. He had been looking for a chance to tell Matt, but Matt left too quickly, and Erica came after the accident.

Her feelings for Matt were very complicated. They were classmates and lovers, but they broke up because of some irreconcilable contradictions. Erica accepted Kingpin's commission to assassinate Matt this time, but she showed mercy everywhere and didn't really want to kill Matt. But in the end, she didn't keep an eye on him, and Matt was plotted against by others. How could she not be anxious?

Erica came from a wealthy family and had seen the world. She knew that Matt was seriously injured and in a critical condition. Without the help of some mysterious power, he might not be able to be saved. She had to take action. Perhaps only the power of the "beast" could save Matt's life.

Erica used the ninja escape technique and walked to the door of the operating room. She didn't take the high school student in front of the door seriously. After a few days of observation, she knew that Peter was just a high school student who didn't know any fighting skills. Erica planned to bypass him and go in.

Coincidentally, Peter had the ability of a spider, the most important of which was spider sense. He was highly nervous at this time, and his spider sense was several times more sensitive than before. As soon as Erica approached, Peter turned his head and stared at the air in the corner. He felt someone was there, and he swung his fist and hit Erica.

Erica knew that Peter's strength was extraordinary, so she didn't dare to take this move head-on. However, Peter's movements were full of loopholes. He had not received professional training. When he punched, his upper body leaned too much forward, and his lower body and legs were not separated. He did not stabilize his center of gravity. Erica's arm directly wrapped around Peter's wrist and pulled him forward. Peter's center of gravity was unstable in an instant and he fell forward.

Erica tripped and Peter was knocked down by her, but perhaps the mental anxiety stimulated Peter's use of supernatural powers. He bounced up the moment he landed and grabbed Erica's lower back with his arms.

Erica was also very anxious. Both of them were very angry, but Erica was a female killer trained by the Hand after all. As soon as Peter hugged her, she swung back fiercely with the other hand holding the dagger.

The dagger with the air blade cut from Peter's shoulder to the bottom of his last rib, almost cutting off half of his body.

In an instant, an irresistible pain engulfed Peter, which almost stimulated all his potential. As soon as he exerted force, Erica was thrown out and fell to the other end of the corridor, and could not get up for a long time.

Peter also fell down. He felt that he was almost dying of pain. The dagger not only cut half of his back, but also cut into his lungs. Now, every time he breathed, blood rushed up along the trachea.

Peter felt such pain for the first time. The huge pain of the torn muscles of his entire back almost made him faint.

He was just a high school student. The greatest pain he had experienced in his life was just a few punches a few days ago. Compared with the current wound, it was a world of difference.

His entire back was almost penetrated, and his lungs were also injured, which made his breath smell bloody. Every time he inhaled, he was accompanied by great pain. Peter's tears flowed physiologically, and a painful groan squeezed out of his throat.

He suddenly realized that heroes would also be injured and bleed.

And when heroes are injured, they will feel terrible pain, and they will not get better at all, and they will not be spared because of their special abilities.

His self-healing ability made him feel better in a few breaths. He looked into the operating room with a hazy eye. Through the frosted glass, he could see Daredevil lying there.

Daredevil tilted his head and opened his eyes. He was still conscious, but he couldn't move.

Peter knew that if Daredevil didn't have the ability to heal himself, he would die soon.

He was just a blind man who knew martial arts. Now his entire spine was broken. He must be in pain, more painful than him, but he couldn't make any sound.

Peter felt terrified and desperate, and felt bitter and angry for the fragile life of a hero. More importantly, he was overwhelmed by the huge guilt and self-blame.

An ordinary person without superpowers saved him by fighting against the underground boxing ring, but when he heard the conspiracy of those criminals, he felt that it was none of his business and left, causing his friend, a real hero, to suffer so much pain that he was almost dead.

Matt was a real hero, but he was not.

This intense emotion made his spider sense buzz. In an instant, Peter's spider ability was amplified to the maximum. The intense emotion surged in his heart, and in his eyes, the whole world changed.

Erica instantly activated the escape technique and hid herself, but Peter's eyes were red and he stared at her position in an instant.

The boy opposite, who was clumsy just now, disappeared almost in an instant. Then, a huge force pushed Erica against the wall. She spat out a mouthful of blood and used her last strength to perform the escape technique to leave. When Schiller returned to the hospital, he saw Peter sitting blankly under a wall that was about to break, with red eyes.

Strange entered the operating room. At this time, it was completely dark. Schiller stood opposite Spider-Man.

"Peter. I really didn't expect that our meeting would be in this situation." Schiller said.

Peter's reaction was a little slow now. He didn't understand what Schiller meant. Schiller squatted down and looked into Peter's eyes. He said, "I'm sorry that I didn't accompany you for that physical examination. As you can see, I no longer work in this hospital."

Peter's mind recovered a little. He said, "It's you. You are that doctor."

Obviously he remembered the doctor who had been chatting with him online.

Schiller said, "Yes, it was me."

Peter lowered his head in silence and said, "I should disappoint you. I am not as good as I showed when I chatted with you. I did a lot of wrong things and almost killed my friend."

Schiller said, "I think you have understood something."

"Yes, yes..." Peter said hoarsely, "I understand the biggest truth, that is, being hurt really hurts."

"It hurts so much, but he still does it." Peter whispered, "He is a hero, but I am not. Maybe I will never be a hero..."

Schiller's voice was still very calm, Peter There was no trace of blame in his tone. He just said calmly: "Perhaps you have understood that if the capable people in this world don't save others, then no one will save you."

"Perhaps you think your current life is not good, but even this bad life is built for you by some people who are willing to pay."

"Even those beggar-like lives can only be had after Daredevil cleaned up the gangsters on that street."

"Peter. This sentence may not be said by me, but now I am afraid that only I can do it for you." Schiller said.

"With great power comes great responsibility."

Spider-Man closed his eyes silently.

In the darkest hour of the morning, Strange took off his gloves and walked out of the operating room, saying, "Congratulations, the operation was successful, and there is an 80% chance that his nerves can be fully recovered."

After hearing this, Peter finally roared, as if he wanted to vent all the emotions accumulated in his chest. He jumped directly from the window, climbed up the wall of the building to the roof quickly, and then began to shuttle quickly on the roofs of New York City.

At this time, he saw the golden-red mecha again, as if it wanted to lead him somewhere, and kept circling around him. Peter followed the mecha, and they jumped all the way to the New York TV Tower.

The two stood at the top of the New York TV Tower.

Peter tried desperately to roar, but he couldn't make a sound. All his emotions were suppressed in his chest, and he was going crazy.

Stark's visor rose up, and Peter saw his face. He said in surprise: "You are Stark! Iron Man is Stark!"

"It's not surprising, kid. Who else can develop such a mecha except the owner of Stark Group?" Stark said.

"But the news said you were kidnapped and taken to Afghanistan."

"Yes, but do you want to know how I escaped?"

Peter looked at him, and Stark said: "I built an energy core and installed it here." Stark pointed to his chest.

"There is still an Ark reactor here now."

"In a cave in Afghanistan, I cut open my chest and stuffed a metal foreign object into it. My own blood soaked my pants."

Peter felt a dull pain in his chest just by imagining that picture. He said: "That must have been uncomfortable, right?"

"Of course, it hurt," Stark said casually, but Peter could hear that his tone was trembling, and he seemed unwilling to recall that day.

"You have to cut open your chest with a blunt bone knife, and then sew the wires into your flesh."

Peter felt a chill on his back.

He really didn't expect that Stark, who always appeared as a playboy in the news, this wealthy man who seemed to live a very comfortable and carefree life, had also experienced such a tragic past. He also shed a lot of blood and experienced pain that ordinary people could hardly resist.

"Although I always like to call myself a genius, I am very sober. I know that if I am hit by a bullet, I will definitely bleed a lot. If shrapnel shatters my heart, I will definitely die. If I lose a leg, I will also be unable to walk."

"But I have done a lot of work with such risks. Am I looking for excitement?" Stark said.

"I am the richest man in the world, and I have power that most people in the world don't have. I don't have any need to wear my expensive mecha to save ordinary people who can't even afford a screw on my body with a month's salary, let alone take such a big risk."

Spider-Man closed his eyes and was silent for a while. He said: "... With great power comes great responsibility, right?"

Stark didn't answer. He just pointed to his heart.

Peter already understood what he meant, and he thought he had given his answer in his heart.

Facing the rising sun in New York City, Peter and Stark stood at the top of the TV tower, watching the golden light cut through the clouds and gild all the buildings in New York with brilliant gold.

From today on, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, understood a truth -

So-called heroes are also mortals. They will feel pain, get hurt, bleed, feel lonely and confused. The only difference between them and ordinary people on earth is that they have a sense of responsibility that ordinary people do not have, and a great determination to implement justice until death.

No one in this world is born to resist such severe pain. When they move forward in the dark, they condense the bones and blood engraved with pain into a solid armor on their bodies, and wait until dawn, and then use this hard bone to save the world.

Spider-Man stood up from the iron frame of the TV tower for the first time. He hadn't put on Spider-Man's tights yet, and he wasn't that tall and strong yet, but his soul stood up and became upright. The surging emotions in his chest turned into a kind of power, spreading from his wounds to his whole body.

Facing the first rays of the morning sun, he thought, it's dawn -

It's time to save the world.