Chapter 66: Wild Uncle Ben

"Okay, thank you, Peter."

Gwen hung up the phone on top of the Brooklyn church.

She had just called Peter to ask him to cover for her and request time off from Miss Fesh.

It was no surprise that she was going to be late.

From the call, she learned about Harry's situation.

"I hope Harry's dad is okay. Maybe I can go check on him. After all, his family helped a lot when my dad was in the hospital."

Muttering to herself, Gwen put on her white spider mask.

She glanced down at a girl not far from the building, took a deep breath, and shot her wrist-mounted web shooter, swiftly pulling the girl away from the building.

"Can anyone help?"

The blonde girl stood in the yard, shouting loudly.

In front of her, a black British Shorthair cat stood on a tall tree.

Seemingly out of fear, the British Shorthair kept scratching the branches, leaving marks everywhere.

"I'll help you."

Gwen agilely jumped onto the tree and grabbed the cat.

"Here you go, kitty."

With a thud, Gwen jumped to the ground and handed the cat to the little girl.

"Here's your cat. It looks very cute."

Unexpectedly, the girl did not take the cat from her hands. Instead, she put her hands on her hips and looked at Gwen angrily.

"Is there a problem?"

Gwen didn't know why she looked so angry.

"Of course there's a problem. This isn't my cat."

The blonde girl said angrily, "I'm a member of the Tree-Lovers Society, and that cat is harming that tree."

Gwen held the cat's hand, stunned in midair.

"Well, I don't like cats either, especially black ones."

After a moment, Gwen coughed awkwardly.

After the angry girl from the Tree-Lovers Society left, Gwen sighed with disappointment.

Her first attempt at being a superhero had failed.

As she was about to leave, she inadvertently saw an elderly woman in the middle of the road.

The old lady, leaning on a cane, trembled as she walked across the street.

But the traffic light was already red, and cars were speeding towards her.

With a swoosh, Gwen shot her wrist and swung herself to the old lady.

"Ma'am, safety first!"

Gwen picked up the old lady and moved her away from the middle of the road.

Because of the speed, she didn't even have time to grab the old lady's bag.

With a thud, the old lady's bag was directly run over by a car.

"Oh no!"

Putting the old lady down, Gwen looked at the bag being run over, almost wanting to cover her eyes.

But it was okay, at least she helped the old lady cross the road.

Just as she was thinking that, the old lady stared at her blankly, then pointed across the street and said, "I need to go over there."

Gwen: "..."

After coming back from the shock, Gwen backed away, awkwardly waving her hand, "I'm really sorry."

"Phew!"

Escaping the suffocating street, Gwen felt extremely bad as she swung her web towards school.

Just as she was about to reach the school, she suddenly noticed a robbery near an alleyway.

The Robber grabbed a woman's bag and ran into the alley.

Gwen swiftly landed on the ground, blocking the robber's path.

"Hey, your luck isn't too good today."

She said as she shot her web from her wrist.

With a thud, the web wrapped around the robber's hand.

Immediately, Gwen moved agilely in front of him and punched him hard, slamming him to the ground.

Easily dealing with the robber, Gwen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Luckily, nothing unexpected happened this time, or her first day as a superhero would have been a complete failure.

Picking up the dropped bag, Gwen twisted the robber's arm and led him out of the alley.

Just as she was about to hand the bag to the astonished woman, she noticed two people standing next to her.

One was holding a camera, and the other was holding a microphone, seemingly a TV presenter.

"Spider-Man?!"

Upon seeing Gwen's outfit, the female reporter immediately rushed over.

"Spider-Man, why did you change clothes today? Is there any significance?"

Seeing the reporter, Gwen panicked and quickly waved her hands to deny it.

"I-I'm not Spider-Man."

"Then who are you?"

The reporter's eyes lit up upon discovering a new hot topic.

Gwen suddenly felt like she was dealing with her classmate Liz.

"Um, I just wanted to help this lady. Sorry, I have to go."

Saying so, Gwen handed the bag to the woman next to her and quickly slipped away.

Just like she was not good at dealing with Liz, she was also very bad at dealing with reporters.

"A new Spider-Man appears, and she seems to be a woman, and a helpful superhero at that."

The TV's female host was broadcasting news of the new Spider-Man's appearance.

Peter watched the news of Gwen's flustered appearance on TV and put down his phone.

In the phone, Gwen was texting him about her terrible mood.

Aunt May and Uncle Ben looked at the TV in surprise, "A new Spider-Man? Spider-Woman?"

Aunt May was making pancakes and said to Uncle Ben, "We have two Spider-Men in our city."

Uncle Ben put down the pancakes in his hand, "That means our city is a little safer now."

Peter listened to Aunt May and Uncle Ben's conversation without saying a word.

After the news was broadcast, he asked Aunt May, "Aunt May, which one do you think is better?"

He was curious about Aunt May's opinion on Gwen.

"Why do we have to compare which one is better?"

Aunt May said to Peter, "I like both of these kids, but..."

She glanced at Uncle Ben, "I guess someone might feel uneasy. Your Uncle Ben, did a lot of bad things when he was young."

"?"

Peter looked at Uncle Ben, Uncle Ben did bad things?

"Cough, that's a story from when I was dating your Aunt May. Sometimes I didn't follow the rules."

Uncle Ben talked about his young days, "In general, my mother wasn't an alcoholic, but she hid a bottle of green mint sweet wine under her bed. One day I stole it and ran straight to May's house."

"Then I threw things at May's window to lure her out. I didn't throw stones, but branches. Their house was an old-fashioned country cottage, and the glass was easy to break."

Uncle Ben pushed his glasses, "Then we went to the woods and climbed trees, chatting about our stories."

"That's the problem, Ben."

Aunt May interrupted Uncle Ben, "If Spider-Man had been there when you broke my house's window, you would have definitely been taught a lesson."

Peter: "..."

It seems that Uncle Ben was quite wild when he was young, even bringing girls into the woods and breaking windows!

At the same time, in the hospital.

Norman Osborn's arms and back were bandaged, standing in front of the French window.

Putting down his phone, news about the new Spider-Man flashed inside.

Under the night light, his eyes turned crimson, deepening and quickly expanding to the entire eyeball.