Chapter 1543: The Sun Chaser (IV)

Hearing Jameson's firm tone, George looked at the newspaper in his hand again, and then asked Jameson: "Mr. Jameson, you said before that the victim contributed articles to the Daily Bugle, so what kind of articles did he mainly publish?"

But at this time, Jameson showed an awkward expression, rubbing his hands and said: "To be honest, Chief George, Hu Ji and I have some conflicts. Because of this, we terminated our cooperation half a year ago because I disagreed with some of the views in his published articles."

Jameson took George to the other side of the crime scene. It was relatively secluded here, and there were not so many irrelevant people coming and going, but he still lowered his voice and said to George.

"Huggie originally wrote biographies of election figures. He has worked in the political news industry for ten years. But one day, he suddenly found me and said that he had seen the news about Spider-Man published by me in the Daily Bugle and was very interested in some of the views in it."

"We talked for an afternoon and exchanged views on superheroes. We found that we had many similarities, so I invited him to write an article about superheroes for the Daily Bugle."

"What I didn't expect was that he also focused on Spider-Man and wrote the sequel to the article "Huggie takes you to reveal the dirty secrets of Spider-Man" and brought it to my office, hoping that I would publish it on the front page of the Daily Bugle."

"The content of his first issue focused on Spider-Man's destruction of the original law enforcement order and his The policemen were causing chaos and causing panic among the people. I thought this was a good starting point. We polished the article together and published it in the Daily Bugle. "

George nodded, expressing his approval, and then said, "Spider-Man has done a lot of such things. Sometimes our policemen are doing things according to regulations, but he has to fall from mid-air to be a hero himself."

"When Spider-Man first appeared, one of my policemen caught a thief. He was waiting for his colleagues to come and take the thief and the victim store owner back to the police station for a statement."

"The thief was not very honest and struggled to run out of the door. Our policemen had already rushed up to subdue him, but Spider-Man swooped down and knocked the thief to the ground with one punch."

"The thief The bridge of his nose was broken and he was hospitalized. After he was discharged, he sued the police for violent law enforcement. Of course, he could only complain to the police because Spider-Man covered his face and no one knew who he was. "

"I was just about to say that." Jameson emphasized, "I don't care what kind of strange clothes he wears, but if he covers his face, it means he doesn't want to be responsible for his actions."

George patted Jameson on the shoulder as if he had thought of something and said, "The real harm of Spider-Man to society is that he shows up with a mask on his face. It seems that he is doing good things, but in fact he is telling the public that as long as I cover my face, I can do whatever I want."

"Spider-Man may have done some good things, but what if someone learns from him to do bad things? What if everyone thinks that as long as I cover my face, I can do whatever I want." If I can't be held responsible for any of my actions by covering my face, how many people like your girlfriend will be victims? "

"I always believe that the deterrent power of the police lies in telling those who want to challenge the bottom line of social order that we have powerful means to stop them. Even if we can't handle every case, when the deterrent power exists, some people will not disrupt the order out of fear. "

"But if there is a person standing outside the bottom line and telling everyone that the police have no ability to interfere with any of his actions, the deterrent power of the police will be weakened. "

"The potential criminals who are still hesitating will feel that as long as I learn from Spider-Man to cover my face, the police can't do anything to me. The consequences of the imbalance of social order are far from being compensated by him doing a few good things - I think this of all superheroes. "

Jameson first sighed deeply, then took out a notebook and pen from the pocket of his windbreaker, and said: "Chief George, can I write your words just now into our mysterious person interview section next week? Don't worry, your name will not appear. "

"If you like. "George patted Jameson's arm again and said, "Let's talk about the victim again. Since you were like-minded at the beginning, why did you go your separate ways later?"

Jameson looked down at the newspaper in George's hand. George understood his intention, so he handed him the newspaper. Jameson looked at some of the comments on it and said.

"The first three issues of the exposé Huggie explored the harm caused by superheroes at the social and philosophical levels. I think this kind of discussion is beneficial and can bring another perspective for the public to look at superheroes rationally."

"But in the fourth issue of the exposé article, Huggie said that Spider-Man went to pornographic places near Hell's Kitchen many times in the early days of his debut, even casinos and black boxing rings. Therefore, he wrote in the article that Spider-Man was a prostitute, a gambler, and even manipulated underground boxers to make money for him, and speculated that he was very likely to take drugs and be involved in gangs."

Hearing this, George frowned slightly. Jameson looked at his expression and knew that the experienced detective had made the right judgment. Sure enough, George spoke.

"Based on my years of experience dealing with criminals, Spider-Man should not have any bad habits. He is incredibly healthy. This is not to say that his superpowers give him a strong appearance, but if you really have seen too many gamblers and prostitutes, you will understand that Spider-Man is completely opposite to them."

Jameson nodded and said, "I think so too, so I tactfully proposed this part of the speculation. There is no substantial evidence to support it, so it cannot be published for the time being. Hu Ji was very dissatisfied."

"Two days later, he suddenly found me and said that he found evidence. He played me a recording from an underground boxing ring in Hell's Kitchen. A waiter there said that Spider-Man made his debut there and turned out to be a black boxer."

"Sheriff George, you should He should know more about black boxers than I do. Huggie seemed to have obtained some incredible treasure and insisted on releasing the recording and then publishing his speculations in the newspaper. "

George's eyes immediately became serious, while Jameson touched his chin and said, "At this time, I noticed a problem. Where did Huggie get these clues?"

"I am ashamed, but I have been paying attention to Spider-Man since he just emerged in New York. However, Hell's Kitchen is a mixed bag, and it is not something that small characters like us can investigate clearly. The background and identity of Spider-Man who came out of there is a mystery, but Huggie was able to find extremely critical clues there in two days."

"My intuition told me that something was wrong, so I tactfully rejected his request for publication, but Huggie turned out a very important clue there. I thought that the evidence was not enough, so it did not impress me.

"Two days later, he produced evidence that Spider-Man had appeared in the New York sewers, and it was very detailed and professional. He even got the residual samples of spider silk."

"I was shocked at the time. There is no need to say how complicated the sewer network in New York is. When the underground road network was renovated, dozens of reporters from the Daily Bugle did not splash any water. Could it be that Hu Ji can clone himself?"

"Being able to produce such evidence in such a short time means that he cannot be a simple news editor. Either he has enough manpower to conduct a carpet search, or he has planned it for a long time and has already obtained many clues about Spider-Man, but only provided them to me now."

"I felt more and more that something was wrong, so I proposed a thorough investigation. Hu Ji looked very angry when I terminated the cooperation with him. I could only calm him down and then send him away. "

"Unexpectedly, within a week, he found a new partner, and not just one partner, but six or seven newspapers and more than a dozen online media. They began to publish the evidence Hu Ji found everywhere."

"The death of the first generation of Spider-Man was dug up again, and some of the outrageous behaviors of the second generation of Spider-Man were magnified by the media again, and the real identity and address of the existing third generation of Spider-Man began to be dug up."

"The matter became bigger and bigger, and the rumors became more and more outrageous. Some news published in regular newspapers were fake news that had been passed on several times, and some of the news about Spider-Man in the Daily Bugle was also distorted or taken out of context. I hurriedly asked the editor to issue a clarification. "

"I published several reports to explain the true meaning of those previous articles, and also released the reliable evidence in my hands, such as he was very young when he debuted, so it is unlikely that he has an illegitimate child, he is in good health, has a regular schedule, and is unlikely to take drugs, etc., but..."

Jameson hesitated for a moment, and George could see that he was hesitant, so he took Jameson to an empty room next to the crime scene, closed the door and said, "Just say whatever you want, Mr. Jameson, if the situation is serious, I can apply for witness protection for you."

Jameson pushed his glasses, shook his head and said, "It's not that serious, but within a week after I sent out those clarification reports, I found that my home might have been searched, and I also found someone following me on the way to work..."

George frowned immediately, and Jameson seemed to know what he wanted to ask, and said, "It's useless to call the police. The other party is quite professional. It doesn't seem like the kind of journalist who wants to investigate and collect evidence. It's more like..."

"Law enforcement officers? "

Jameson nodded and said, "Of course this is my personal speculation. I have been in this industry for so many years and I know a lot of people. I immediately realized that I might be involved in a big trouble, so I immediately stopped and went to the West Coast for a vacation. The Daily Bugle also temporarily stopped publishing. "

"So you said Spider-Man might be the first suspect in the murder of Huggie..."

"He might be taking revenge." Jameson looked at the door, lowered his voice, and said, "Because I deal with Spider-Man a lot, I know that he is not the kind of fool who can only swing his fists. He is incredibly smart."

"Even I can find clues that Huggie and the people behind him are organizing a large-scale smear campaign against Spider-Man. There is no reason why he can't notice it. Do you think a young and energetic hero can tolerate others slandering him like this?"

George frowned deeply.