foreigner's journey

Chapter 1233 Nocturnal Beast

Police sirens wailed through the streets.

A large area had been forcibly cleared around the ballroom building, and the darkness was illuminated by the swaying searchlights as if it were day.

The first batch of police and firefighters have arrived at the scene, but they did not obtain approval from their superiors to enter the scene to provide rescue and assistance.

Because the New York Police Department and the Hero Association have an official partnership, the latter emphasizes that the police should not rashly enter the range of the battle between superheroes and super criminals unless they are forced to do so by their superiors.

This is for the safety of police officers’ lives.

Superheroes are experts in dealing with super criminals and super villains. Ordinary people are likely to be affected by the battle if they are involved.

All the police can do now is to evacuate the crowd, set up isolation zones, and organize rescue for the frightened students.

George Stacy wandered anxiously in the open space. The strong vibration sound could no longer be heard in the ballroom, but instead a blazing fire was burning.

Did the superheroes defeat the terrifying giant lizard? Or did the giant lizard win the final victory and is now enjoying a delicious meal?

My daughter is still in there, is she still alive? Has she been found by the ghost spider and the black raven?

The more George thought about it, the more anxious he became. He turned around and tried to rush in. His colleagues immediately stopped him. Rushing in now would not only violate the ban, but would also make him a meal for the monster, or a "waste number" in the battle between the hero and the monster.

Suddenly, the crowd around burst into noisy discussions, and there were sounds of a lot of flash cameras.

George turned his head and looked towards the ballroom, and saw several figures slowly walking out from inside.

Gwen, whose short dress was covered in burnt dust, was walking out slowly with Heather, who was also covered in dust, supporting Peter, who was wrapped in a curtain.

"Gwen!!"

George rushed over and hugged his daughter. He then held her shoulders and pulled away from her, asking anxiously, "Are you hurt? Did the monster hurt you?"

Gwen smiled and shook her head, "I'm not hurt, Dad. Those two superheroes chased after the lizard monster after they beat it away. Heather saved me from the fire and dug Peter out of the rubble, all thanks to him."

George turned his gaze to Heather, whose complexion had not yet recovered from the redness. Heather nervously extended her hand to George: "Nice to meet you, sir."

George Stacy didn't go to shake Heather's hand, but gave him a strong hug: "What a good boy, thank you for saving Gwen."

"Gwen is my... uh, good friend, and this is what I'm supposed to do."

Heather was almost strangled by her future father-in-law. Fortunately, George patted her on the back and let her go, leaving space for the medical staff who came over.

Heather looked towards Gwen and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her girlfriend winking at her secretly.

It seems like I made a good first impression on my future father-in-law?
Thanks to the help of Ghost Spider and her companions, this "monster attack" did not cause any casualties, and at most it just gave the students a big scare.

The name of the new superhero [Hell Raven] began to circulate in newspapers and on the Internet. Of course, this was news spread by Heather and Gwen from the perspective of eyewitnesses on the scene.

This year's prom was canceled, but prom officials still insisted on selecting their recognized prom king and prom queen - Ghost Spider and Hell Raven.

This superhero duo's heroic performance in fighting monsters and rescuing people at the prom made many people present become their die-hard fans, so it was no surprise that they were chosen as the prom king and queen.

"…This result isn't that bad, except that I can't show it off to Mary Jane and the others."

In Heather's rental house, Gwen sat cross-legged on the sofa, holding her ankles with both hands, and her body swayed slightly back and forth like a tumbler.

Heather sat nearby, flipping through comics, and said without looking up, "The best outcome is that no one gets hurt."

Gwen turned over and sat in Heather's arms: "But I just wanted to show off to Mary Jane and the others! I practiced for so long, and you still took advantage of me..."

"Wait a minute! I want to correct it. Isn't that a reward? How can it be considered that I am taking advantage of you?" Heather said righteously: "You are slandering me."

"Take your hand away before you speak." Gwen's face turned red.

"I don't. What's wrong with being closer to your girlfriend?"

"Hmph... Dad asked me to formally invite you to my birthday party. You have to bring a birthday present this time, okay?"

Gwen put her arms around Heather's neck, trying to pretend to ignore the hands behind her, but her face was getting redder and redder:

"Don't give me something too weird... Oh no, let's get down to business."

Grabbing Heather's hand and moving it up to her waist, Gwen whispered, "Don't buy an expensive gift. A box of chocolates might be a suitable birthday present."

"A book, or even better? A preview version of Under the Spider's Web is about to be released. I asked JJJJ to get me a few copies. Your father must see my excellent side as a member of the middle class, instead of leaving the impression of me as a firefighter."

Dating without the goal of getting married is just hooliganism. If Heather wants to marry Gwen in the future, she must pass the test of her father-in-law. At least she has to let her father-in-law see that she has the ability to make money and support the family.

Gwen giggled, her body shaking. "That's a good idea. Dad has always complained that we don't have the genes to be writers. Maybe we can improve it from you?"

"...Improve it now?" Heather hugged Gwen tightly, their faces almost touching.

"Wait until after my eighteenth birthday next month, okay? Then..."

The meaning of the words couldn't be clearer.

Heather respected Gwen's opinion and took two deep breaths to calm herself down, diverting her attention with other topics: "Speaking of which, tomorrow is the day when the hero ranking list will be officially announced."

"Well, the list of super villains will also be announced tomorrow."

Gwen lay in his arms, swiping her phone back and forth:

"Do you think [Hell Raven] will be on the list?"

"Are you talking about the superhero list or the supervillain list? If it's the latter, you have to worry about Peter. The kid has been scared lately, fearing that he would be put on the villain list." Heather grinned.

"Peter is still grounded?" Gwen asked curiously.

"That night, Uncle Ben and Aunt May rushed to the scene after receiving a call. They were furious when they saw Peter's miserable state. He was grounded for two months. That was too miserable. Now this kid has to ask me to deliver comic books to him."

"Tsk, tsk, considering he caused such a big fuss, two months of grounding is already a good result. How far has he studied the ability control of lizard transformation?"

"You must be extremely emotional to trigger the lizard transformation. Unlike the version that night, even if Peter turns into a lizard man now, he is only about two meters and five meters tall, and his strength is far less than the level that beat us up that night.

But Peter can control the lizard man's body through his own will, which is a great progress. Fortunately, he can control himself, otherwise I can't stop him from demolishing his room. "

"Hmm... in the end, all three of us became outliers."

Gwen laid in Heather's arms and pouted, "Oh, I don't want that idiot Peter to join the Nocturnal Beasts group."

"Ghost-Spider, Hell-Raven, Shadow-Lizard, the three of us are nocturnal animals that don't move in a very upright manner, so it's only fitting that we form the Nocturnal Animals. If I don't bring him along, what if he gets put on the villain list by the Hero Association in the future?"

Heather coaxed Gwen into a good mood after a few words. The two of them stayed on the sofa for a while, and Gwen suddenly said, "What do you think? Should we go to the Hero Association headquarters tonight to wait for them?"

"Ah?" Heather was stunned, then she understood what Gwen meant: "You mean, you're afraid that some super villains will want to stop the Hero Association from releasing the villain list?"

"I can't say anything about others, but that villain King Byung will definitely not just sit there and wait to die."

Kingpin is Ghost Spider's old rival. This guy hasn't shown up recently. Gwen guessed that he must be planning something.

Heather thought about it for a while and nodded: "Okay, then let's not bring the light bulb, and let's go together to join in the fun."

Gwen pecked Heather on the cheek delightedly and ran to the bathroom to change.

Soon, two figures jumped out of the rental window and quickly disappeared into the night in the distance.

(End of this chapter)