The old butler, who has served Norman Osborn, also served Harry Osborn, and now serves Felicia Hardy, listened to the intentions of the three and spoke out with a puzzled expression.
These words once spoken.
Mary was shocked.
Gwen's small mouth slightly opened.
Hawk also raised his eyebrows.
Yo!
Peter figured it out, that working hard is not as good as finding a rich woman, so he abandoned Mary and ran off to elope with Black Cat?
No way.
He remembered it wasn't in the movie, but in the Spider-Man comics, there's a version where Black Cat Felicia and Spider-Man Peter are actually lovers.
So strictly speaking, this shouldn't be called eloping.
But...
This won't do either!
How can this be allowed?
You're not even broken up with Mary yet, this is called two-timing, this is a jerk behavior.
As someone whose persona is about being dedicated, Hawk is spreading his thoughts and genuinely disdaining Peter's actions.
At this moment.
On the side, Gwen caught sight of the sneaky grin on her fiancé's face and immediately nudged Hawk gently.
Hawk instantly came to his senses and looked at Gwen.
Gwen gave Hawk a glare, then looked at the shocked Mary next to her, hurriedly put her arm around her best friend in advance, and turned to the old butler: "Did Peter or Felicia say where they went, or what they're up to?"
The old butler shook his head.
"They didn't say, but the young lady and Peter left in a hurry."
"In a hurry?"
"Yes."
The old butler nodded, then said, "Specifically, you can call the young lady's satellite phone; she called yesterday."
Gwen's eyes lit up: "Can we make a call?"
Mary has already fallen silent at this moment.
The old butler smiled and said of course, then turned around, led the three into the house, and after saying to wait a moment, went to get the satellite phone.
Gwen pulled the silent Mary to sit on the sofa in the living room: "You heard it earlier, they left in a hurry, it must be something urgent, and Peter doesn't have a satellite phone, so can't contact you."
Ordinary best friends persuade to break up, not to make up.
But those are plastic friends.
Gwen is a true friend.
So she tried hard to make it up for Peter.
As Peter's good buddy, Hawk remained silent, because Gwen is not only Mary's true friend, but also his fiancé, so at this time, it's enough for Gwen to speak, if he also tried to make it up for Peter, there would be a feeling that the couple is both speaking on Peter's behalf.
This is not good.
Listening to Gwen trying to make up, Mary's face, which was just anxious for Peter, gradually calmed down: "But Felicia has it, he can borrow it from her."
Gwen was taken aback at these words, then looked up with a helpless expression towards Hawk sitting on the side.
After receiving the signal, Hawk's mind started turning, just ready to salvage the situation.
The old butler returned with the satellite phone: "The call has been..."
Before he finished speaking.
Mary already swooped up, took the satellite phone, said a few words, then listened to Felicia's voice coming from the other end, calmly saying: "Can you let Peter take the call?"
After a while.
Peter's voice came through the satellite phone.
Mary grasped the phone and walked to the side.
Gwen and Hawk exchanged a glance and then looked at the approaching old butler.
The old butler's expression was also slightly curious: "When I called the young lady, I heard that after you all came looking for Peter, Peter said he made a call to Aunt Mei; didn't you go to see her?"
Gwen was slightly stunned: "Aunt Mei? She said Peter didn't call at all."
Hawk on the side chuckled at this, and looked at Gwen: "Aunt Mei never said Peter didn't call her, she just mentioned coming back very late last night and not seeing Peter in his bedroom the next day with Mary."
Gwen turned to look at Hawk, utterly astonished.
"You mean... Aunt Mei was hiding it from us? Why?"
"Who knows."
Hawk shrugged.
Anyway, it's enough to confirm that good friend Peter didn't disappear inexplicably.
As for why Peter only called Aunt Mei and not Mary, that's Peter's personal issue.
Hawk thought to himself.
Seeing this, Gwen also didn't bother continuing to speak to Hawk and glanced at the window nearby, where Mary was talking to Peter through the satellite phone, showing no emotions of excitement or worry, only a calm face.
For some reason.
She had a not-so-great foreboding in her heart.
After a while.
Mary hung up the satellite phone, walked back with a calm expression, handed the satellite phone back to the old butler, and smiled: "Thank you."
The old butler took the phone.
Mary then looked at Gwen: "Sorry, it was a false alarm, Peter didn't disappear, let's go, Gwen."
Gwen looked at Mary's expression, seemingly wanting to say something, but ultimately just nodded, stood up from the sofa, hummed, and said to the old butler: "Thank you for your trouble."
Seeing this, Hawk also stood up and thanked the old butler.
The old butler smiled and saw the three of them off at the door once again.
Not long after.
The yellow Toyota Corolla's engine roared, speeding away, and soon it had left Osborne Manor.
On the way to Mary's house, Hawk drove towards it.
Seated in the back, Mary explained to Hawk, who was driving, and Gwen beside her about her recent phone conversation with Peter and why he suddenly disappeared.
"Peter didn't disappear suddenly."
"It was Felicia."
"That day, Felicia called Peter, saying she found a videotape related to Richard Parker and Mary Parker while organizing things at the manor and might have found the latest clue."
"That is, Peter's parents."
"When Peter heard this news, he immediately hurried to Osborne Manor."
"..."
Listening from the side, Gwen furrowed her brows slightly: "Peter's parents... didn't they die in a plane crash when Peter was very young?"
Hawk glanced at Gwen through the rear-view mirror: "That's what the reports said, the plane lost signal over the Pacific Ocean, but they never found the plane wreckage."
In the real cosmos, even if they didn't find the plane wreckage, they could definitively say they were dead.
The officials defined it this way too.
But...
This is the Marvel Real Cosmos, considering this, unless Richard Parker and Mary Parker's bodies are confirmed, there's a significant chance these two might still be alive.
Right.
Back then in hell, should've asked Mephisto.
Hawk's eyes lit up, then he shook his head with a smile.
Mary, sitting in the back, continued discussing the plane crash involving Richard Parker and Mary Parker after Hawk and Gwen's exchange.
Back then, Richard Parker and Mary Parker were working for Oss.
At that time, Norman Osborn wasn't sick enough to be bedridden, supporting the Parkers' development of the Spider Serum, which was initially to heal Osborn's mysterious illness.
Now it has been proven that whatever was on Osborn was not a disease but rather a curse from the Hell Witch on the entire Osborne Clan.
But the Parkers and Norman Osborn himself did not know.
The result...
The Parkers accidentally mixed their blood into the Spider Serum research, unlocking the key to activating the serum, but causing the spider to mutate.
Simply put.
The mutated spider serum containing fragments of Parker DNA only works on the Parkers, specifically Peter.
But for others, it's not a serum but a poison.
After the Parkers reported this to Norman Osborn, they hoped Norman Osborn could provide a second spider known as the Golden Spider.
Then they learned from Norman's mouth about the origin of this Golden Spider, temporarily placing young Peter in Ben Parker and May Parker's home, and took off that night in Osborn's private plane to conduct research at the origin.
Result...
Plane crash, Richard Parker and May Parker never returned.
Norman stored the Golden Spider in Osborne's museum, and the story is clear from there.
When Peter visited the Osborne Museum, the long-forgotten mutated spider coincidentally bit him, causing a mutation.
"So..."
"Yes, the videotape left the coordinates where the spider was found."
"Where is it."
"Peter didn't say, said it's Osborne's commercial secret."
"...Alright."
Gwen, hearing this, nodded, unsurprised by the answer, then thought of Aunt Mei, curiously said: "Then why didn't you, or when we went there, Aunt Mei tell us?"
Mary shrugged, glancing at Gwen: "Maybe because I'm an outsider."
Listening to Mary's answer, Gwen opened her mouth.
"Then you..."
"As long as Peter is okay, everything else is no longer important, right?"
Mary met Gwen's gaze, her face revealing a determined, radiant smile.
Gwen said nothing.
Half an hour later.
Mary got out of the car, embraced Gwen, and walked directly towards her home on the right side.
Hawk drove Gwen, now seated back in the front passenger seat, towards their home on Palm Street.
"Hawk."
"Hmm."
"I feel like Mary is going to break up with Peter."
"Hmm."
Hawk nodded with a calm expression.
He's not a fool, he could sense it from Mary's reaction just now.
Gwen, furrowing her brows, was still thinking about Aunt Mei: "Why didn't Aunt Mei tell us about this? Even if she didn't tell us, seeing Mary was anxious enough to report to the police, she should've secretly told Mary, why didn't she tell Mary?"
Hawk thought seriously, glanced at the pondering Gwen.
"Maybe..."
"She also doesn't approve of Peter with Mary."
"..."