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"Oscorp Industries is a leader in medical and biological technology and has long been a partner of the military. Now, please follow me as we look at the development history of Oscorp and some of its key strategic decisions..."
The girl named Ollie provided service with a smile and a gentle voice as she narrated the story of Oscorp Industries to the teachers and students.
Harry couldn't stop yawning.
He had no idea how many times he had heard this stuff already.
Being forced to listen to it all over again was absolute torture for him.
Thinking of this, he tapped Gwen and said to the group mysteriously, "Come on, let me show you something else—something the others don't get to see."
The group's eyes lit up.
"But what about the tour?" Peter looked at the teacher up ahead with some hesitation.
"It's fine, there are so many people they won't notice us," Luke said with a smile.
"This is Oscorp. If anyone asks, I'll just say I took you guys to see something else," Harry declared, making it clear that this was his turf and he called the shots.
Gwen and the others nodded and followed Harry. Once they broke away from the crowd, they quickly disappeared.
Following Harry, the group saw things the other children couldn't.
"They're developing a cutting-edge drug here that can effectively inhibit the spread of cancer cells. Although it's still in the experimental stage, if it succeeds, it will definitely cause a sensation!"
Harry stood with Gwen and the others outside a laboratory, pointing at the researchers inside with an expression of pride.
"Let's go take a look."
Harry whispered to the group and led them inside.
The researchers didn't pay them much mind after seeing Harry in the lead. They simply told them not to touch anything and went back to their work.
Harry and his friends took a quick lap around the lab before heading back out.
"Dad!"
Just as they left the lab, Harry called out to a stern-looking man walking toward them.
Norman Osborn nodded to Harry. When his gaze fell upon Gwen, he broke into a smile. "Gwen is here too."
Gwen said politely, "Hello, Uncle Norman."
Norman Osborn smiled slightly and looked at the others. "You must be the friends Harry often mentions. Hmm... the one with glasses is Peter, you are Luke, and you are Mary."
He smiled as he said their names. The three of them looked at Norman Osborn in pleasant surprise and greeted him politely.
Harry looked at his father in astonishment. He felt that since his father had recovered from his injuries, he had changed quite a bit lately, becoming much more gentle.
In the past, he would have just given a nod and moved on, but now he was actually greeting them in a friendly manner.
"Harry, show them around properly!"
Norman Osborn patted Harry's shoulder with a smile and walked away.
Looking at his father's retreating back, a happy smile appeared on Harry's face.
Though he didn't know the reason, he was naturally glad to see this transformation in his father.
"Your dad isn't as scary as you described before?"
"Yeah, he seems very kind."
"Doesn't seem hard to get along with at all."
Hearing his friends' comments, Harry couldn't help but chuckle. "He's changed a lot recently. Come on, I'll take you somewhere else."
"Okay!"
The four of them responded. As Peter, Luke, and Harry walked ahead with their arms around each other's shoulders, Gwen pulled Mary Jane back, gave her a wink, and whispered, "How are you feeling?"
"About what?"
"Your first impression of your future... father-in-law! What else?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Mary Jane's face instantly turned beet red. She saw Gwen laughing happily, then asked cautiously, "Um, what do you think his impression of me was?"
Gwen: "..."
You'd have to ask Norman Osborn that, I wouldn't know.
Gwen grumbled internally, but seeing Mary Jane looking at her expectantly, she thought for a moment and said, "It should be pretty good. He was smiling when he left."
"That's good then!"
Mary Jane breathed a sigh of relief, her entire demeanor becoming relaxed.
At the same time, Norman Osborn took his private elevator down to the underground vault where experimental specimens were kept.
His mood had indeed been quite good lately because the crisis facing Oscorp Industries was about to be resolved.
The military would continue its partnership with Oscorp, purchasing its products and investing funds. Norman Osborn had also decided that while continuing to develop military products, he would focus on developing civilian products in the near future.
However...
Recalling the means he used to achieve his goals, Norman Osborn still felt some resistance in his heart.
Over the past month, the reason Oscorp was able to resolve its crisis was that the original military official in charge of liaising with them had died suddenly, and the military person secretly supported by Oscorp had become the new lead.
Just as this emotion surfaced, an aura of pure malice spoke in his mind.
"Norman, you truly are cowardly!"
"No, it's not cowardice! What you did was illegal!"
"Ha, illegal? But it was effective, wasn't it? If it works, it's good!"
"No, this is wrong!"
"Wrong? Didn't Oscorp resolve its crisis because of it? Aren't you happy about that?"
"I'm just..."
"Furthermore, why have you come back here? Is it because you haven't fallen in love with that feeling? The feeling of conquering everything with power?"
Norman Osborn's expression was conflicted.
"Hahahaha!"
The voice laughed wildly. "Don't forget, they never intended to cooperate with you. Those military crooks had already conspired with several of your board members. They wanted to oust you and steal your company!"
"No! I will never allow that!"
Norman Osborn growled in a low voice.
"That's right. Let them be punished, hahaha!"
Amidst the crazed laughter, a flickering flame gradually appeared in Norman Osborn's eyes.
"Quick, come here! I'll show you something good!"
Harry whispered mysteriously to Peter and the others as he led them to a laboratory.
"Why is there no one inside?" Luke asked curiously.
"Because this is a secret experiment. Ordinary people aren't allowed in here."
Harry winked at the four of them and led them inside, explaining at the same time: "The experiments here have stalled for certain reasons, but even an experiment that's only halfway finished is already quite incredible."
Speaking of this, Harry had a look of pride on his face.
The four of them looked around the lab. Seeing that it was filled with spiders, they said in surprise, "You're researching spiders here?"
"That's right!" Harry nodded firmly, then added, "But these aren't just any ordinary spiders!"
With that, he put his hands behind his back like a teacher giving a lecture, cleared his throat, and asked, "Do you know how spiders can be broadly categorized based on their hunting methods?"
"Three types."
Peter pushed his glasses up and said with total certainty.
Gwen thought for a moment and said, "I remember there's jumping, web-spinning, and those that rely on reflexes."
Hearing them, Harry looked disappointed and said helplessly, "Can't you guys just let me finish my explanation?"
He had finally found a chance to show off.
"Haha!"
Luke looked at Harry teasingly. "Stop trying to be mysterious. You're the academic underdog in front of them."
Harry snorted and said to Luke, "You're the underdog!"
"Takes one to know one!" Luke said with a grin.
Harry shook his head helplessly, then perked up. "Of course! I didn't bring you here to see these spiders, but... those!"
He pointed to several neatly arranged transparent insect cases. "The Super Spiders!"
"Super Spiders?" Mary Jane murmured curiously. "What does that mean?"
"Excellent question!"
Harry was very satisfied with Mary Jane's question. He gave her a slight smile and said, "These spiders are called Super Spiders because they combine the hunting abilities of all three types of spiders!"
"So you're saying these Super Spiders have an entirely new genome? A combination of three different species?"
"Genetically engineered?"
"If that's the case, that's truly impressive!"
Peter and Gwen murmured to themselves, leaving Harry looking speechless.
"Can you guys show some respect to the narrator? If you just blurt everything out like that, I'll lose face!" Harry complained.
Mary Jane and Luke laughed softly.
Peter rubbed his head sheepishly, while Gwen mused, "So what was Oscorp's goal in creating these spiders?"
"That gets to the point."
Harry chuckled. "Remember how I told you before..."
He paused and lowered his voice to a whisper. "About the human enhancement serum?"
Gwen and the other three nodded.
Harry grinned. "These spiders were created to serve that experiment. But later, for some other reason I don't know, they abandoned the Super Spider project, and they've just been left here since."
"That probably means they found another more reliable method—one more reliable than these Super Spiders," Gwen concluded.
"That's likely it."
Harry shrugged. He suddenly remembered his father bending a spoon and some other strange occurrences in their daily life, and his heart stirred.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, Peter cried out and jerked his hand.
"What's wrong?" Gwen turned and asked.
Peter felt a warmth in his heart and quickly said, "It's nothing."
He felt like something had just bitten him.
However, he looked at his hand and saw no obvious wound, and since it didn't hurt anymore, he didn't pay it any mind.
"Let's go, I'll take you to the next place."
Harry spoke to the group and checked the time. "After we finish the next stop, we can head to lunch."
He winked at the four of them. "I booked a restaurant nearby. We're eating out!"
"Harry, I love you!" Luke shouted.
"Get lost!" Harry said with an air of mock disgust. "I like women."
"Then I'll become a woman in my next life and marry you!"
Gwen giggled and said, "What if Harry is also a woman in his next life?"
"Then I'll just..."
"Shut up!"
Harry glared at Luke and said coldly, "Don't make me kill you!"
"Whatever you say, big brother Harry!" Luke gave a booming smile.
Harry shuddered and punched Luke in the arm.
"Hahaha!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The group left the Oscorp building, ate at the restaurant Harry had pre-booked, and then returned.
The afternoon consisted of a practical session within Oscorp. After Gwen and the others obediently finished the class, they said their goodbyes to Harry.
The four of them left on the school bus. Peter spent the whole ride yawning, looking very tired.
Under the setting sun, when the school bus stopped near Gwen's house, Gwen and Luke stood up.
"Hah!"
Peter let out another yawn and rubbed his eyes.
"Are you okay? You've been yawning the whole way back."
Seeing Gwen looking at him with concern, Peter perked up and said quickly, "I'm fine, just a bit sleepy. You should get going."
"If there's any problem, contact me anytime."
Gwen smiled at Peter and got off the bus with Luke, walking toward home.
Watching Gwen disappear from his sight, Peter couldn't help but yawn again. He forced himself to stay awake until he reached the stop near his own house, then walked home.
Upon returning, Peter felt himself getting sleepier and sleepier. After greeting his Aunt May, he went back to his room and threw himself onto his bed.
He was exhausted. Almost the moment he hit the mattress, he fell fast asleep.
Outside the door, May Parker cast a worried glance at the closed entrance.
She had never seen Peter this exhausted before.
Tapping gently on the door and hearing no movement from inside, she pushed it open and peered in carefully. Seeing that Peter was indeed fine and merely asleep, she quietly closed the door.
But what no one knew was that Peter's body was currently undergoing a rapid strengthening.
Strength, speed, reflexes...
An all-encompassing enhancement.
At the same time, Gwen, who had already returned home, changed her clothes. Just as she was about to toss the clothes she had just taken off into the washing machine, her finger suddenly felt a needle-like prick of pain.
"Ah!"
She let out a low cry and flung the clothes in her hand onto the floor.
"What was that?"
She glanced at her finger, then looked toward her clothes in confusion, only to see a spider scuttling out from the fabric.
"A spider? When did that get there?"
Gwen narrowed her eyes, clutching her finger. Suddenly, she saw the spider come to a halt after crawling a short distance.
She froze for a moment, then leaned over and blew on it.
"Dead?"
Gwen's brow furrowed, and her expression shifted slightly.
Could this spider be poisonous?
Was she going to die?
At the thought, her face turned pale, and she shouted toward the door, "Dad! I've been bitten by a spider!"
"What?"
The moment the words left her mouth, Mike appeared in front of her instantly.
"What did you say? A spider?"
(End of Chapter)