Chapter 13: Just Playing Around, Don't Take It Seriously

Iron Man was frowning with exasperation. "That's not what I meant for you to say."

Peter then waved his hand. "Hello everyone."

Iron Man: "Okay, okay, so you want to play it that way? The desire to take someone down is clear in your eyes." 

Now Iron Man wanted to take Peter down.

Peter just pretended not to see it.

He's not stupid.

Combining the previous meeting with Iron Man and the scene when the two teams faced each other just now, he had basically grasped the current situation. 

Now it was no longer just about the Sokovia Accords.

Now it was: Captain America's side wanted to do something, but Iron Man's side didn't believe they wanted to do that thing, or they didn't care - they just wanted to take them back first. But Captain America's side felt the matter was urgent and had to be done first.

So there was a conflict between the two sides.

To put it bluntly, this was a civil war.

Friends fighting friends.

If anyone took it seriously, it would mean they were on bad terms with both sides, inside and out.

So Peter simply relaxed his attitude and just pretended to be a familiar face.

And he wasn't wrong either.

Although he did like Iron Man a lot, he was actually also a fan of Captain America.

Because at school they often played some videos of Captain America, like during P.E. when they would play videos of Captain America encouraging exercise. Or if you got in trouble at school and had to stay behind, they would also play videos of Captain America's earnest sermons. Captain America was everywhere in life.

In fact, in a sense, he had become a spiritual sustenance for many people. 

Especially for many young people like Peter.

This was also easy to understand.

Since the new century, super-powered individuals had emerged one after another, and various incidents occurred frequently.

First came the Hulk and Abomination, fighting each other in streets, squares and even exchanging fire with the military, causing great panic among civilians.

Then Thor came and battled the Destroyer, destroying an entire small town.

Then Loki brought the Chitauri army to invade New York, leading to a huge war where even nuclear weapons were used, destroying many streets and causing countless casualties.

After that, there was the fall of Sokovia caused by Ultron.

All of this constantly stimulated the nerves of ordinary people.

Every incident told them: The world is not safe!

So they needed a spiritual pillar. 

And the Avengers alone were not enough to be that pillar.

Iron Man was too distant for ordinary people, War Machine was military personnel and not suitable for public appearances, and Black Widow and Hawkeye were not powerful enough.

After comprehensive consideration, Captain America, the former combat hero, became their choice.

He had a positive image, historical background, official background, no dependents so he was easy to control, and the benefits of promoting Captain America were simply too numerous.

In short, compared to these "old friends" of theirs, the "newcomer" and "little kid" Peter was just an outsider.

Peter decided to treat this as a trial. 

Anyway, neither side would go for the kill, so he might as well take this opportunity to exchange blows with these superheroes and see how powerful he had become.

While Peter was thinking this in his mind, Iron Man and Captain America were at each other's throats again.

It was clear Iron Man was very angry.

He accused: "Are you an idiot? Dragging Clint into this? And taking Wanda away from where she was staying safe and sound? I've been working hard to prevent you from tearing the alliance apart!"

However, faced with Iron Man's accusation, Captain America just said lightly: "The moment you signed those accords, the alliance was already torn apart."

Captain America's stubbornness made Iron Man very angry, but he knew that being angry now couldn't solve the problem.

He had no choice but to take a deep breath and suppress the anger in his heart, saying: "Enough! Hand over Barnes, now, and come back with us! Otherwise, it will be the special forces who come to deal with you! They won't pull any punches."

As he spoke, his tone softened again.

"Please."

Iron Man still didn't want their friendship of so many years to end like this.

He had met Captain America eight years ago, having fought together against the Chitauri invasion of New York eight years prior, making them comrades who had been through life and death together.

In the following years, they hadn't lost contact.

He didn't have many real friends, and Captain America was one of them. He really didn't want to lose a friend.

He especially didn't want this friend to go astray.

At this point, Falcon's small twin-engine reconnaissance plane found the real target of their trip - the Quinjet. 

Falcon immediately informed Captain America of this information.

A slight smile appeared on Captain America's lips. When he said those words to Iron Man, on one hand he did want to try to persuade him, but on the other hand, he was also delaying for time.

But now that Iron Man couldn't be persuaded, and the Quinjet had been found, there was no need to wait any longer!

Captain America raised his hands, bound by Peter's webbing, above his head.

Swish -

A sharp arrow shot from a distance.

It was Hawkeye taking action!

The sharp arrow accurately passed between Captain America's raised hands. Its huge kinetic energy and sharp tip immediately cut through the spider silk.

Captain America was free!

At this moment,

Peter frowned slightly, a strange feeling suddenly arising in his mind!

Where was it coming from?

"The shield!"

Peter suddenly lowered his head and came face-to-face with a humanoid creature the size of an ant standing on the shield.

The "Ant-Man" Scott Lang was a little confused. He didn't expect Peter's senses to be so sharp that he was discovered as soon as he got there.

In fact, even Peter himself had just realized that his senses had become sharper.

Perhaps this was a gain from Shadow Spider-Man.

Previously his spider-sense would fail 9 out of 10 times, but now it only failed 7 out of 10 times. 

Well, that was quite an improvement.

This spider-sense wasn't warning of fatal danger, but rather reacting to the current "non-dangerous situation".

"Hi, are you from Captain's side too?" Peter still had time to greet Ant-Man.

"I...I'm an insect! Little kid!" Ant-Man's eyes rolled as he gripped the edge of the shield with one hand while growing in size.

Peter was indeed caught off guard by this move. 

This was the first time he had seen someone who could change size.

"This...this...this is an insect? What kind of ghost are you?" Peter held the shield tightly with one hand, while grabbing Ant-Man's kicking foot with the other.

As a result, Ant-Man ended up in an awkward position: one hand still propping him up on the shield, one foot grabbed by Peter, his back facing down with half his body hanging upside down in the air.

Captain America: ...

Iron Man: ...Are you two sure you didn't come here to do comedy?

"Ahem, this was an accident, kid - no, baby in pajamas, could you let me down?"

Peter tightened his grip slightly, grinning wryly. "I'm called Spider-Man, not baby in pajamas."

"Okay, okay, Spider-Man," Ant-Man waved his hands randomly in the air, "Mr. Spider-Man, could you let me down? This is really too embarrassing."

"Alright, I'll let you down then." Peter tossed Ant-Man away.

(End of chapter)