Chapter 12: Is Peter Parker the Killer?!

"In 1930, under Republican control, the House of Representatives further exacerbated the Great Depression and later passed... Can anyone tell me what legislation the government passed?"

On the platform, the middle-aged history teacher shifted his gaze to the students below.

But the students below were either sleeping, whispering to each other, or seemed unwilling to answer the question.

"The Tariff Act, also known as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act."

Gwen Stacy, the class genius, stood up considerately to help the teacher.

"Absolutely correct, Miss Stacy."

The history teacher nodded satisfactorily and continued, "Does anyone know its effects? The fact is, this legislation didn't work, and the US government sank deeper into the Great Depression."

Peter sat in the back of the classroom, his gaze not focused on the teacher on the platform or the textbook in front of him.

Recalling the information he had seen in his previous life in the alien world, he casually wrote down related notes in his notebook.

Perhaps these notes could help him discover something.

Suddenly!

A scream came from outside the classroom!

The sharp sound immediately attracted the drowsy students inside.

The history teacher also hesitated for a moment, then quickly realized, and hurried to the classroom door, opening it to look outside.

Not far from the door, the storage room for cleaning tools was crowded with students.

Next to it, some students were lying limp, seemingly frightened.

The history teacher wanted to stop the students in the class from getting closer, but driven by curiosity, the students still rushed out in a swarm.

Peter also followed the crowd to the vicinity of the storage room.

The scene inside the room caught his eye.

In the center of the room was a cocoon the size of an adult.

It seemed to be made of spider silk, shaped like a human and emitting a strange, foul smell.

Peter was familiar with this foul smell, frowning, he took a few steps forward.

One end of the cocoon was damaged, revealing the object wrapped inside.

It was a gray and somewhat rotten face!

Perhaps due to being frightened before death, the mouth was open, the eyes staring forward, the whole face twisted in a terrifying manner.

Students closer to the cocoon also saw this horrifying scene, and began to vomit.

"Chicken coop! What is this?!"

"I can't take it anymore, ugh."

Students with weaker stomachs covered their mouths and quickly left the area.

The girls screamed in horror, and the scene became chaotic.

"It's... It's Josh, Josh... Robert, the quarterback of the football team!"

Some sharp-eyed students recognized the identity of the body, the star player of the football team.

Josh hadn't come to school for several days, and everyone thought he was on leave, but they didn't expect him to turn into a corpse in such a horrifying manner.

"It's you, it's you, Peter!"

Peter's classmate, Kenny McFarlane, who often bullied him, pointed at him in horror.

Kenny McFarlane, with a strong physique and a striking bald head, also known as Kong.

He and the big guy standing beside him, Flash Thompson, were the school's bully duo.

After Peter had scolded Josh before, these two guys had been quiet for a couple of days, but now they were directly accusing Peter.

"It was you who beat up Josh that day, and he disappeared after that, didn't even come to class, let alone football practice! It's you who did it, Peter!"

Kong pointed at Peter, panicked.

Flash Thompson beside him also had a completely agreeing expression.

The surrounding students all turned their gazes to Peter in an instant.

Shock, fear, nervousness, hatred, schadenfreude, all kinds of complex looks were directed at him.

Peter, accused of being the killer, looked around at the surrounding students with an expressionless face.

Then he turned his cold gaze towards Kong and Flash.

Kong, who was scared, took a step back, but then realized that he was embarrassed to be scared, and courageously took a step forward.

"Shut up!"

Before Peter could speak, Gwen yelled at Kong angrily.

"Do you have any evidence to say such things here? Are you trying to slander and spread rumors? Do you know what you're doing?!"

Gwen's expression was unusually angry.

Although she knew there had been a conflict between Peter and Josh before, it didn't mean Peter would be the killer.

And she believed in Peter, believed that the kind-hearted Peter wouldn't randomly take someone's life.

Peter, who was feared by everyone, surprisingly didn't show much anger.

Even if it wasn't him, even if it was him, what right did these people have to judge him based on what they saw?

Sorry, he wouldn't feel any psychological pressure, nor would he be affected by any strange looks.

With a calm gaze fixed on the corpse, Peter instead fell into thought.

The body was wrapped in spider silk, and the killer used spider silk as a tool.

Is it Spider-Man?

How could it be?!

His authentic Spider-Man hadn't even been born yet, so where did Spider-Man come from?

As the chaotic noise became louder and the scene became more chaotic, the history teacher finally woke up as if from a dream and began to organize the scene.

Most of the students were dispersed, leaving only two or three students to guard the scene and prevent anyone from approaching, and then someone went to inform the principal.

After forcefully evacuating the students, the history teacher looked at Peter with a complicated expression.

"Parker, come to the office."

"I'll go with you."

Gwen immediately stepped forward and stood beside Peter.

"No need."

Peter shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

As he watched Peter leave with the history teacher, Gwen stomped her foot in anger.

Soon she figured out a way, took out her phone, and dialed her father's number.

"Dad, it's me, Gwen, of course it's me, even though it's during class, but you didn't say I couldn't make a call."

Gwen forced herself to calm down and said to her father, "Something happened at school, but it has nothing to do with Peter. You have to help him."

"Yes, I'm very calm!"

In the afternoon.

The door of the vice principal's office was urgently knocked on, and the principal's assistant, Morton, opened the door.

In front of him stood an anxious woman.

Mrs. May's gaze immediately fell on Peter sitting in the chair. Without waiting for Morton to speak, she quickly walked to Peter and hugged him tightly.

Being hugged tightly by Mrs. May, Peter could feel her slight trembling.

After hesitating for a moment, he reached out and gently hugged May.

"Are you okay, Peter."

Releasing Peter's hands from her embrace, May held his hands tightly, her eyes slightly red as she said, "Uncle Ben and I rushed over as soon as we heard the news. Thank God you're okay."

Uncle Ben's footsteps could also be heard outside.

Then Peter saw Uncle Ben's face appearing at the door.

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