Jonah Jameson, or JJJ for short, Spider-Man's greatest enemy, his most terrifying nightmare.
Well, not really. If you already know that JJJ across the entire multiverse will never have a good word for Spider-Man, then you'll naturally accept, or rather, ignore his bluster. Sometimes you might even find his words quite endearing, as long as you disregard the biting sarcasm.
"Do I look okay?"
To Mary Jane, J. Jonah Jameson was definitely a big deal—owner and editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle, proprietor of the largest neutral newspaper. Any one of those titles was enough to make an ordinary high school student aspiring to journalism nervous. That's why she kept asking Peter over and over again about her outfit.
She wore minimal makeup, just a simple white shirt paired with a long skirt, and high heels—though Peter thought she was already quite tall.
He decisively pressed the shutter, then checked his camera.
"You look great, MJ, very photogenic."
"I've been an extra in TV shows, but this time, this is different." Mary Jane took a deep breath to calm herself, looking at Peter with a mix of jest and envy: "You don't seem nervous at all, really. Share your secret?"
"Maybe it's because I'm not here to interview for a Bugle internship, so I'm not in a hurry."
Peter's words were a bit of a brush-off. His most excited moment was genuinely the first time he set foot in the Avengers Tower. As for later, he'd seen the Avengers so many times that there was no need to be nervous.
After taking a few more photos of MJ, assuring her she looked excellent on camera, MJ nervously entered the Daily Bugle building. After explaining her purpose to the front desk, they took the elevator to the top floor.
There, Mary Jane first found Mr. Robbie, one of the Daily Bugle's editors. The white-haired Black man smiled when he heard MJ's intentions and led them to J. Jonah Jameson's office door. Jonah's office door was open, and Robbie knocked on it.
"Jonah, the Midtown High student is here for the interview."
"Oh, right. I set aside fifteen minutes for her to interview me."
If Jonah wasn't yelling at employees or ranting about Spider-Man on TV, he looked like a very amiable man in his fifties, almost an old man. He smiled as MJ and Peter entered, not saying anything, just glancing at Peter before looking back at MJ.
"Hello, Mr. Jameson, I'm Mary Jane Watson from Midtown High," MJ introduced herself first, then introduced Peter to Jonah: "This is Peter Parker, my classmate. He has provided photos for the Daily Bugle."
"Parker..."
Muttering the name, Jonah suddenly remembered who Peter was: "I remember now, the photographer who dared to film that monster and Spider-Man fighting on the rooftop, haha."
Jonah nodded, indicating for Mary Jane to sit opposite him, wanting to see what kind of exclusive interview Mary Jane had prepared for today.
After sitting down, Mary Jane calmed herself slightly, then asked the question she had prepared.
"Almost all of New York knows that your criticism of Spider-Man is exceptionally severe. Spider-Man has been with the Avengers for over a week now, yet your criticism hasn't stopped or lessened. Where does this hostility towards Spider-Man come from?"
Jonah Jameson paused when he heard the question, then burst into laughter. Peter seized the moment, pressing the shutter to capture a shot of Jonah laughing heartily.
After laughing for a while, Jonah waved his hand, looking at Mary Jane with amusement.
"Ms. Watson, first, I need to clarify one thing: I have no personal grudge against Spider-Man."
Jonah said something that even shocked Peter: "Actually, I deeply admire and envy Spider-Man. He's using his abilities to save lives and help others."
"But..."
MJ, bewildered by the question, looked at Jonah, wondering what he was talking about. "Then why do you slander Spider-Man on television?"
"Slander? Did I? Perhaps, but that's because we don't know what's hidden beneath Spider-Man's mask. Maybe he really is a criminal? Maybe he's nothing at all, just an ordinary person wearing a mask."
Jonah earnestly explained his stance on Spider-Man: "These superheroes, they appear out of their own sense of responsibility. In such a situation, what is a masked person? We don't even know who they are."
"You need to understand, Miss, these masked vigilantes don't have many constraints. Vigilantes themselves don't have legally authorized enforcement powers, yet they choose to act. Masked vigilantes are even worse, because we don't even know who they are. What if the person under the mask becomes a robber? But they're still wearing the mask, so we'll think they're a hero. That's very dangerous."
"But the Avengers know."
"But we don't!" Jonathan raised his voice, just as he did on radio and television: "It's our responsibility as media professionals to monitor them. We must always remind that arachnid freak that I'm watching him!"
After his outburst, Jonathan realized something was amiss and quickly sat down. "All in all, I trust the Avengers; they must fully understand Spider-Man's identity. But the problem isn't there."
"The problem is that Spider-Man, as that role model, actually set a bad precedent. Now, super-powered individuals can imitate Spider-Man, not reveal their identities, and just roam around doing heroic deeds with a mask on, completely disregarding their own safety, and whether their powers are even enough to handle everything."
Jonathan calmly stated Spider-Man's first flaw: making more and more people blindly overconfident. The mask is just a cover, making people ignore their own insufficient abilities.
And there was more than just that one flaw.
"Also, we have no way of distinguishing whether this person genuinely wants to be a hero," Jonah said. "What if the person under Spider-Man's mask is a bank robber? Of course, the Avengers wouldn't allow that to happen, but what about others similar to Spider-Man? Why do they wear masks and pretend to be heroes?"
"What if they just want a cover identity, actually waiting for their next crime? How can the safety of masked vigilantes be guaranteed?"
As for Spider-Man, he was merely a concrete example of these people.
My apologies again for the confusion with the chapter number! Is there anything else I can help you with from this webnovel, or another text you'd like translated?