Dinosaur Connors and Mary Jane had known each other since Connors attacked Midtown High School.
At the time, both of them were in danger and looking for Ben. Later, they got to know each other better and understood each other's inner thoughts.
However, they didn't clash. Instead, they got along very well.
Watching the two girls chatting and gossiping with their heads bowed, Aunt May and Uncle Ben exchanged a look, thinking, "I really don't understand young people these days."
Were they too out of touch?
Ben sat next to Uncle Ben, turned his head to search around, and asked curiously, "Where's Peter?"
"He said he had something else to do. I think he's planning to take photos for the Daily Bugle," Uncle Ben replied.
The entire Parker family supported Peter's small business. However, Uncle Ben had some reservations about the Daily Bugle.
He felt that the Daily Bugle was smearing Spider-Man without regard for objective facts, which was not what a news media outlet should do.
If he could, Peter wouldn't want to sell his photos to someone who insulted him.
But there was no other way. Despite Jameson's attitude, he offered the highest price among all the newspapers.
The way Jameson cursed while buying made Ben suspect that Jameson was a Pokémon player.
As they chatted and looked around the exhibition, Ben also noticed many familiar faces in the venue, such as those from S.H.I.E.L.D.
Time passed slowly like this.
Soon, it was time for the real technology exhibition.
Harry stood on the dazzling stage, introducing the future cars launched by Primus.
At the same time.
At the Hammer Industries exhibition, rows of tall, heavy battle armor robots were displayed neatly.
These robots were painted in different colors to represent their troop types.
Land, sea, and air were all covered.
Not only that, but there was also a modified War Machine battle armor, personally worn by Lieutenant Colonel Rhodey of the military, which drew cheers from all the spectators.
At this moment, Hammer's words, "I won't disappoint you," seemed to have become a reality.
The media scrambled to take photos, and flashes lit up the venue one after another.
This explosive scene made Peter and Gwen exclaim that they had come to the right place!
Originally, Gwen had wanted to visit Primus's venue. Since she had worked as an assistant in Connors's laboratory before, she naturally knew Connors's dream. Therefore, she was also curious about Primus, who had co-invented the Self-Healing Serum with Osborn.
However, Peter had already seen Ben's Rust Bucket RV technology. Wanting to see something new, he forcibly dragged Gwen to another exhibition.
Coincidentally, besides Osborn and Primus, Hammer Industries was currently the most talked-about.
"But don't you think the Iron Patriot and Iron Man battle armors look too similar?" Gwen asked.
She felt that Hammer Industries might be suspected of plagiarism.
But what puzzled her was that Peter, who had been chatting happily with her along the way, didn't answer her this time.
Gwen withdrew her gaze, turned her head, and looked at Peter with some confusion.
"Peter, what's wrong?"
"No, nothing..."
Peter snapped back to attention, but his spider-sense in his mind didn't stop. He realized that something was about to happen.
At this moment, his only thought was to send Gwen to Ben and then go see what Hammer Industries was up to.
"Gwen, how about we now—"
*BOOM!!*
Before Peter could finish speaking, a fiery meteor descended from the sky.
Iron Man, wearing a golden battle armor, landed in front of Hammer. In an instant, those flashy robots became mere supporting characters, like green leaves only serving to highlight the brilliance of Iron Man.
This made the venue even more lively.
"Peter, look, it's Tony Stark!"
Gwen, like everyone else, screamed. She instinctively reached out to grab Peter's arm, but missed.
She turned her head and found that Peter, who had been standing beside her, had already disappeared.
"Peter?"
At the venue.
Rhodey, wearing the Iron Patriot armor, felt a sense of panic and guilt at Tony's appearance.
He could be said to have betrayed his best friend.
Because this battle armor he was wearing was taken from Stark and then handed over to the military.
After the fight at the dance that time, where he yelled at Tony for not being worthy of the battle armor, Rhodey hadn't seen Tony since.
On one hand, it was because the battle armor had to be modified, and on the other hand, he felt ashamed to face Tony.
After so much time had passed, Rhodey had come to understand something.
This battle armor was probably prepared for him from the start; otherwise, there was no way he could have worn it.
As a friend, Tony had done everything he could for him, but Rhodey hadn't stood firmly by Tony's side. Instead, he had taken Tony's invention and handed it over to an enemy of Stark Industries.
At this moment, Rhodey saw Tony rushing over aggressively and thought the other man was coming to demand an explanation.
"Tony, don't do this here, there are still a lot of people around..."
Rhodey pleaded in a low voice.
But Tony was much more mature than Rhodey had imagined.
He landed naturally, walked to Rhodey's side, placed one hand on Rhodey's shoulder, and enthusiastically raised his other hand to greet the audience.
Then, he lowered his voice and whispered in Rhodey's ear, "We're in big trouble."
"You have to trust me now."
Hearing this, Rhodey said helplessly, "I tried, but I got beaten badly at your house."
"Hammer and Vanko have joined forces."
Tony said grimly.
"Justin Hammer, where is Vanko?"
Before Rhodey could reply, Tony walked forward, leaving his back completely exposed to Rhodey.
At the same time, Ivan Vanko, who was watching everything from Hammer Industries, sneered and remotely controlled Rhodey's battle armor.
Clank!
The heavy machine gun on Iron Patriot's shoulder instantly activated, aiming at Tony's back.
The sound immediately made Tony sense something was wrong, and it also made hundreds of exhibition attendees realize the danger.
"Rhodey, is that you?"
"It's not me, it activated on its own!"
Rhodey shouted in panic. Inside the armor, his dark face was illuminated red by the warning lights.
At this moment, he knew someone had tampered with the battle armor.
"Run, you've been locked on, all systems are under control!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the arms of dozens of robots on the exhibition stage simultaneously rose, all locking onto Tony.
'Locked onto me? That makes things easier.'
"Let's go out and fight!" Tony decided instantly, jets of flame erupting from his feet as he flew into the air.
At that moment, all the robots opened fire simultaneously, their powerful barrage shattering the glass ceiling of the exhibition hall!
The shattered glass rained down with a clatter.
Hundreds of spectators, who had only come to visit an exhibition, never expected to be caught in the crossfire. Screams of terror erupted continuously, and in the ensuing stampede, many people were knocked down, on the verge of a disaster.
Fortunately, at this moment, a red and blue figure swung through the air.
Spider-Man had arrived!
I can only update five thousand characters today, as I'm not feeling well. I spent the day cleaning the old apartment, and the heat made me feel a bit like I had heatstroke. Thankfully, the lease is finally over, and the agent came for the inspection. It's been two weeks of torment, but I'm finally free. I'll resume updating ten thousand characters a day starting tomorrow.
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