CHAPTER 228: MISSING PETER

New York, Empire State High School, a new week has begun but Lin Rui is not in a good mood. Yesterday, the joy of a top hacker joining them had disappeared because he didn't see Peter in the morning and Lin Rui couldn't even contact Peter now.

In the eyes of the surrounding classmates, the triangular circle formed by Lin Rui, Harry, and Peter last semester is now divided. Lin Rui and Peter, who were together last week, were alone now. Students around them are wondering what had happened to their golden triangle. After all, Lin Rui is still famous in New York Empire State High School for his talent or family background.

And while Lin Rui was sitting in his seat thinking about what happened to Peter, Tom, who had previously moved to the last row of the classroom, was watching him silently from behind him.

Since Lin Rui became Mirage Knight and founded the League of Defender, he has really neglected his good friend from childhood. Because now, Lin Rui's life is not something that any ordinary person would understand, he got lucky with Peter and Harry as one of them is Spiderman and the other may become a little Green Goblin and he would be able to get along with them more casually.

Of course, the alienation between Tom and Lin Rui has his own reasons. It seemed that Lin Rui and Peter had a closer relationship, and Tom, who couldn't fit in, consciously distanced himself from Lin Rui. However, Tom has been keeping a close eye on his good friend since then.

Perhaps without Lin Rui knowing it, Tom already knew a lot of things he didn't expect. Speaking of which, Tom is one of the few fans who joined the Mirage Knight fans website from the beginning.

Buzz ~

Just as Lin Rui sat in a daze on his seat, his cell phone vibrated. Since knowing that Sky Eye 's hacking skills are superb, Lin Rui has asked him to modify his Mirage Knight's phone so that others won't be able to track it. In this way, Lin Rui can carry the phone belonging to Mirage Knight with him in normal times.

Glancing at the screen of the shaking phone, Lin Rui was a little surprised by the name displayed on it but he quickly recovered and put his phone back into his pocket without answering. School will be over soon, so he would just call back and it will be fine.

Bell ~

Soon after the school bell rang, Lin Rui quickly packed his schoolbag and left the classroom. He will go to Peter's house today as Peter has been out of touch for several days. After thinking about Peter's strange behavior recently, Lin Rui feels it necessary to meet him now.

Tom blinked after watching Lin Rui leave quickly and then left the school carrying his schoolbag. Seeing the way he left, he was not going home.

On the way to Peter's house, Lin Rui had taken out Mirage Knight's cell phone and then dialed out the previous call. If the other person is okay then he wouldn't call him, but he doesn't know what's wrong with him now as he should be busy right now.

"Hey, Mirage Knight, hello!" The call was soon connected, and a deep voice of Captain Rogers came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, Captain Rogers. I am surprised that you had the time to call me, shouldn't you be busy with SHIELD?" Lin Rui asked faintly when he heard Captain Rogers's voice.

Just yesterday, Lin Rui also saw an interview with Captain Rogers on TV. Now Steve has become an American super idol, and his fame has surpassed Vigalanties of New York like Spiderman and Mirage Knight by many times.

"Mirage Knight, are you free right now? I have something that I need to talk to you about." Steve asked earnestly without noticing the ridicule in Lin Rui's tone.

"Is it now? I am not free for the time being, but I would be free this evening." Although Rui had some doubts about what Steve was looking for, he still answered truthfully.

"In the evening? Good, I'll contact you again at that time. By the way, are you in New York now?" Captain Rogers seemed regretful to hear Mirage Knight's answer but then he asked again.

"Yeah, I'm in New York." It seemed that Lin Rui had heard a little anxiety in Captain Rogers's words, and his tone became more serious.

Did something happen? But shouldn't SHIELD be dealing with the remnant of Hydra at this time? The completion of my mainline quest is also slowly rising. Captain Rogers didn't say anything about what he wanted with Lin Rui, but Lin Rui had already made several guesses.

Speaking of which, Lin Rui only reminded Fury of Hydra at the beginning and he did not contribute much to the war that happened some time ago, but SHIELD's attack on Hydra has also counted as Lin Rui's mission and the mainline quest has been slowly reaching its completion rate, even if he doesn't know how the calculation is being done? But this is also a good thing for Lin Rui and he won't bother with this.

"Then I'll come to you in New York in the evening." After making an appointment with Lin Rui, Captain Rogers hangs up the phone, never telling Lin Rui what he wants to see him for.

"What's the matter?" Lin Rui, who also hung up the phone, thought silently.

Lin Rui would not know that Captain Rogers is coming here to see him because he saw Bucky and his confrontation in the fight. After watching the surveillance video, Steve felt that Mirage Knight should have known the identity of the Winter Soldier, but he never told him anything. Moreover, from the monitoring point of view, Lin Rui apparently held back his strength on Bucky from the very beginning. Later, when Bucky fell from the corner of the wall collapsed by the missile, Lin Rui obviously intended to rescue him but was he was unfortunately left behind as a second missile hit him.

So, now Steve, who has a lot of grievances against Fury, doesn't want to go to Fury to ask about Bucky and he is instead going to Lin Rui to learn about Bucky. This mysterious Vigilante should have the information Steve wants to know.

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"Hello Aunt Mei, is Peter home?" Soon, Lin Rui came to Peter's house, and it was Aunt Mei who was at home that opened the door to Lin Rui.

"Oh, Jackson! Didn't Peter go to school?" Aunt Mei, who let Jackson into the living room, asked Lin Rui a little strangely. Peter had already gone to school in the morning.

"Uh … No, Peter was at school. But I had an appointment with him to do an after-school assignment, but he ran away first, so I came here." Lin Rui knew that Peter was skipping class when he heard Aunt Mei's words, so in order not to make Aunt Mei worry, Lin Rui lied to her.

"Ohh, Peter hasn't returned home yet, maybe he went to go to someplace. He had been going out a lot in these two days and I don't know what is going on with him. No matter what I say, I can't seem to get through to him these days " Aunt Mei said helplessly when she heard Lin Rui's words. It seemed that she could see that Peter had changed recently, but she could only blame teen ageness for this. After all, Peter is not an ordinary boy. He is a genius.

"Ohh, Don't worry Aunt May, I will look for him and talk to him." Since Peter is not at home, Lin Rui doesn't plan to stay here anymore, and he plans to leaves.

"Well, Jackson, you are always welcomed here." After walking Lin Rui to the door, Mei said with a smile.

"I Know." Lin Rui had quickly left Peter's house after saying that.

Walking on the side of the road, Lin Rui's shadow was stretched by the setting sun and the dark feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"Peter, where the hell are you?"