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Because Steve was wearing a hat, Peter didn't realize that his idol was right in front of him.
Nor did he notice that his idol currently looked like he wanted to un-fan him.
Peter took more than a dozen photos of the magazine before looking at Darian again: "Speaking of which, why are you here too? Are you also a fan of Captain America?"
"No, I just brought Mr. Rogers here to look around."
Darian shook his head, pointing to Steve beside him: "As for whether he's a fan of Captain America, that depends on his level of narcissism."
Peter: "?"
He still didn't understand Darian's words, as usual.
"By the way, how are things with you and that redhead?" Darian gossiped.
Last time, Peter, as Spider-Man, rescued Mary Jane, and at that time, Mary Jane's gaze towards Peter was practically dripping with affection.
According to the normal progression, by now the two should have already discussed the practical applications of friction and the Pythagorean theorem.
Hearing this, Peter's expression became somewhat complicated: "Mary Jane has already broken up with Flash. I heard it was because Flash ran too fast during the last incident and left her alone."
"Isn't that a good thing? Why do you have that expression?"
"But, she recently started dating another guy, and that person is my best friend."
Darian raised an eyebrow.
No wonder Peter looked so miserable. His goddess and his best friend getting together—that's certainly a bit hard to accept.
Darian patted Peter's shoulder: "Don't be discouraged, maybe you still have a chance. What are your friend's qualifications like?"
Peter honestly replied: "He's the heir to the Osborn Group, tall and handsome, cheerful, and knows a lot."
Darian nodded: "Very good, you're completely out of luck now."
Peter: "..."
Peter hesitated for a moment, then lowered his voice and asked, "Um, Darian, I have a question I want to ask you."
"What question?"
"It's like this: I have a friend who likes a girl, but that girl likes his other identity."
As everyone knows, everyone has a special friend who only appears when there's blame to be taken.
Peter continued with his 'making friends out of thin air': "So my friend had no choice but to use that identity to approach the girl. As a result, their relationship actually got better and better, but the problem is, the girl has no feelings for my friend's true identity. Now he's really conflicted and doesn't know whether he should tell the girl the truth."
Darian immediately understood that Peter's 'friend' was referring to Spider-Man.
Clearly, Peter had indeed succeeded, but only in his identity as Spider-Man.
Meanwhile, his identity as Peter Parker was still a single dog.
Mary Jane sure knows how to play the field, dating the heir to the Osborn Group on one hand, and getting cozy with Spider-Man on the other. She might as well just change her name to Mary Sue.
Darian thought for a moment and seriously suggested: "I advise you to just come clean."
"Not me, my friend," Peter corrected.
"Oh right, your friend. After all, he can't live forever using another identity, can he?"
Hearing this, Peter's heart stirred, as if he had made some kind of decision.
He no longer wanted to only approach Mary Jane as Spider-Man.
He wanted Mary Jane to like Peter Parker, not Spider-Man.
Even if he failed, he would have no regrets!
Worst case, he'd just live his life in the Spider-Man suit from now on!
Peter said gratefully: "I understand, oh no, I mean my friend will understand. Thank you, Darian."
"You're welcome. If you have any more fun like this, feel free to come to me anytime."
Darian waved his hand and proactively gave out his contact information.
Such a complex emotional storyline was truly rare, and he was also curious about how Peter's subsequent plot would unfold.
Peter got Darian's contact information, chatted for a few minutes, and then left, continuing to gather material for his report, such as the tear-jerking emotional history of Captain America and his good friend Bucky.
"Are children's emotions so... complicated these days?"
After Peter left, Steve, who had been silent for fear of revealing his identity, finally couldn't help but speak.
Although he didn't know Peter's Spider-Man identity, he understood the general meaning.
Compared to Peter's complicated emotions, Steve suddenly felt that his first love becoming a married woman didn't seem like such a big deal after all.
Darian shrugged: "This is just an isolated case. Peter probably has some kind of curse on him; everyone around him is all sorts of extreme."
"No wonder."
Steve nodded in deep agreement.
Indeed, the person in front of him wasn't just an extreme among extremes.
Next, the two saw Steve's black history from back in the day in the exhibition area.
After being injected with the Super Soldier Serum, Steve became an entertainment soldier, carrying a shield and wearing a tight suit every day, performing with a group of scantily clad girls to promote war bonds.
At that time, many wealthy women, noblewomen, and even rich men came for Steve's backside.
The costume designer even made Steve's uniform tighter for this reason, leading to the tickets for the song and dance troupe being scalped at exorbitant prices, setting a sales record that year.
The past was too painful to recall, and Steve swore never to sell his butt for money again!
Finally, Steve couldn't take it anymore and urged Darian to leave quickly for the next place.
This was not a Captain America Memorial Hall at all; it was clearly a Captain America Black History Archive!
He even suspected that this place was founded by one of his haters.
After leaving the Captain America Memorial Hall, Darian took Steve on a long tour around New York.
The endless stream of novelties in this new century truly opened the eyes of this old-timer, Steve.
And while driving, they even witnessed a street shootout firsthand, with several armed thugs fiercely exchanging fire with over a dozen New York Police officers.
Seeing this, Steve was about to open the door and get out to help.
Suddenly, a red and blue figure swung down from the sky on a web, cleanly dispatching the armed thugs.
"I'm your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man!"
Spider-Man leaped up, did a split in the air, and then swung off to the next scene.
Steve was stunned. He turned to look at Darian, who couldn't even be bothered to lift an eyelid.
"You don't seem surprised at all?"
Darian said matter-of-factly: "Come on, this is New York. What kind of strange things haven't been seen here? Compared to giant robot battles, three-meter-tall giants brawling naked, and all those bizarre Vampires and aliens, what's this small scene?"
Steve was speechless.
Are the daily lives of New York City residents really so fraught with peril?
Darian originally wanted to take Steve to experience New York's nightlife, but the latter directly refused.
The impact he had received today was too great; he needed to digest it properly.
Darian felt a little regretful. He had originally intended to use the opportunity to have the game system capture precious footage of Captain America with women on both arms, to be shared in the HYDRA internal group later if he had the chance.
No choice, he had to arrange a new place for Steve to stay first.
Of course, all using S.H.I.E.L.D.'s public funds.