Gwen went ahead first to notify Peter's family and friends.
Peter, however, did not take action immediately. Instead, he waited quietly for about half an hour before slightly adjusting the transmission coordinates of the Spider-Portal. He precisely targeted the landing point at the most densely populated area in all of New York—Times Square.
New York, Times Square.
The midday sun poured down upon the center of this city that never sleeps, giant electronic billboards broadcast bizarre and fantastical images, and tourists from all over the world intermingled with New York residents in a hurry, composing a prosperous and bustling urban picture.
People either took photos to commemorate their visit or stopped to appreciate the performances of street artists; everything appeared so ordinary yet full of vitality.
However, right at this moment, an anomaly suddenly occurred!
"Look quickly! What is that?"
A sharp cry of surprise drew everyone's gaze.
Directly above Times Square, a dark blue circular portal abruptly opened, as a bizarre wound ripped across the Blue sky.
The appearance of the spatial door instantly caused the noisy square below to fall into a strange silence. Everyone tilted their heads up, holding up their phones, looking at this supernatural scene with faces full of bewilderment.
Before they could react from their shock, a figure covered in blood with a thoroughly ruined suit fell clumsily out of the portal like a bird with broken wings!
Looking at the figure falling from the rift, the crowd was startled at first, but then gradually approached after realizing there was no danger.
"This person... why does he look so familiar?"
"Is it... Arbiter?"
The Arbiter!
The guardian of the city who had saved all of Brooklyn and then mysteriously disappeared for a long time had actually returned to the public eye in such a tragic manner! This discovery, while shocking the crowd, completely aroused their curiosity.
"The Arbiter? Hasn't he not appeared for a long time?"
"Yeah, since the Battle of Brooklyn, he hasn't shown up again. I thought he had already retired from being a superhero."
"Shit, haven't you guys caught the main point yet? Just what kind of person could inflict such heavy injuries on Lord Arbiter!"
"Ambulance, quickly call an ambulance!"
While the surrounding onlookers were discussing animatedly among themselves, Peter "weakly" lifted his head, and from beneath his dark gold skull mask, his weak and urgent voice drifted out:
"Quick... run!"
"The real danger... is coming immediately!"
His voice was not loud, but it caused the originally gossiping crowd to stand frozen on the spot.
And then... panic spread instantly like a virus. Times Square fell into absolute chaos! Everyone was terrified by the Arbiter's miserable appearance and the doomsday prophecy from his mouth.
Screams, cries, and sirens mixed together, and the originally prosperous intersection was instantly paralyzed. People fled in all directions like headless flies; if the streets hadn't been built wide enough, a stampede accident would have occurred in a matter of minutes.
In just a few short minutes, the originally bustling Times Square became dead silent, as if the end of the world had arrived.
However...
After the panic, the predicted scenarios of the earth cracking, alien invasions, or monsters descending... none of them happened!
An hour passed.
Two hours passed.
Until night fell, except for being made into a complete mess by the citizens themselves, Times Square remained calm and tranquil, with not even a single piece of alien hair appearing.
Now, everyone was dumbfounded.
What kind of plane were they flying?
Where was the promised danger? Where was the promised end of the world? Could it be that this was just a prank? But today wasn't April Fool's Day either!
People's hearts were filled with curiosity, and the internet also triggered an uproar because of today's Times Square oolong incident.
Although people's minds were full of doubts, given the Arbiter's illustrious military exploits in saving Brooklyn in the past, most of the citizens still chose to believe Peter's words.
However, while the majority of the citizens chose to believe, certain existences hiding beneath the shadows sniffed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
...
The White House, the President's Office.
The Mr. President, who had previously behaved incredibly humbly in front of Peter was currently sitting together with several military big shots and a few grim-faced politicians.
On the television in front of them, reports regarding the "Times Square Oolong Incident" were currently broadcasting.
"Gentlemen, our opportunity has arrived."
A four-star general named Mac, who was closely related to General Ross, broke the silence first, the corners of his mouth hooking into an uncontrollable cold smile. His words triggered strong agreement from the surrounding people:
"This is a great opportunity for us to weaken this damned Arbiter's reputation!"
"It's time to make this damned brat lose all standing and reputation!"
"Exactly, the reason we couldn't move him and his family before was precisely because of this public opinion, wasn't it?"
"Now, since he chose to court death himself, then don't blame us for being ruthless!"
Seeing the passionate indignation of the crowd, the President, after wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, couldn't help but speak up:
"Everyone, calm down. Don't forget that even without a reputation, that guy is still enough to easily take our lives!"
"In addition, do you think I need to contact him to ask what exactly the great crisis he spoke of is?"
Hearing this, the scene fell silent for a moment. A moment later, that four-star General Mac, who spoke first, said:
"I feel there is no need for this. If a danger that even that brat cannot handle truly descends, then even if we want to resist, it will be useless, won't it?"
These words instantly aroused agreement from the surroundings:
"Mac is right. Small dangers don't need to be managed, and great dangers cannot be managed!"
"Compared to that danger far away at the edge of the sky, I only want to settle this damned brat right now!"
"Exactly, since this power has completely exceeded our control, then I would rather destroy him than let him continue to retain independent consciousness or fall into the hands of others!"
Seeing that everyone's opinions had reached a consensus, the President could only helplessly speak up:
"Then speak up, what exactly do you intend to do!"
As soon as his words came out, a guy who had remained silent in the corner spoke up:
"Everyone, regarding Peter Parker, I have thought of a good method to repay him in his own coin."
"Didn't he previously try to use public opinion to hold us in check? Then why don't we do the opposite: first use public opinion to destroy him, and then implement a law to thoroughly eliminate future troubles forever!"
Hearing this, the spirits of the remaining people present immediately rallied, and they hastily looked toward that secretary and asked:
"Speak quickly, what good method do you have to solve future troubles once and for all?"
That secretary pushed up his glasses, and after revealing a calculating smile, he spoke up:
"We first display a posture of wanting to cooperate with that brat to resist the crisis, and then we cry poverty to that brat, saying our funds are insufficient to face this kind of crisis, using this method to make him actively go on programs to appeal to the masses to pay taxes!"
Hiss~
Just as his words reached this point, the surrounding people couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. What a brilliant move of killing with a borrowed knife!
"And then!" Mac hastily pressed.
"Next is the real killing move." The glasses secretary took a deep breath and dropped a heavyweight bomb:
"While his reputation plummets to rock bottom, I prepare to take this opportunity to introduce a piece of legislation that I have been planning since a very long time ago. I call it... the Superhero Registration Act!"
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