A foreigner's journey

"Hey man, did you hear that? Jason and Kyle are in trouble right now."

In the school corridor, Peter said to Heather mysteriously.

"It is said that the punk girl shot them twice in the thigh bone. Not only the flesh and blood were penetrated, but the bones were shattered into pieces. It was extremely miserable."

Heather nodded: "It's quite tragic, but who are they?"

"Ned and I worked together to stop the two scum of us that day! They are the backbone of the 'Ghost Gang', and Ned is really flexing his muscles this time. The police are uncharacteristically insistent on the things their gang has committed before. Several cases with solid evidence have been uncovered, and the Evil Ghost Gang is probably about to break up... Hi, Gwen."

The two were chatting when they suddenly found Gwen standing in front of them, holding a stack of books in her arms.

"Peter, you didn't even tell Uncle Ben and Aunt May about such a big thing? If my father hadn't handled this case, would you have planned to hide it for the rest of your life?"

Gwen's cold and pretty face showed a bit of schadenfreude:

"My father has already told Uncle Ben about this, please wish yourself well."

"Oh my God! Uncle George can't do this!" Peter wailed, holding his head in his hands.

Gwen turned to look at Heather again, cleared her throat slightly, and tried to ask in a less cold tone: "Heather, are you okay? My dad said that if you hadn't stopped the murderer in time, I'm afraid he would have been killed or injured. many people."

Heather didn't expect that Gwen, as a campus star, would actually take the initiative to talk to a little transparent nerd like her. She was stunned for a moment before replying: "Fortunately, that person didn't hurt me. Thank you for your concern."

"Well, it's not that I care, I just...well...just want to tell you that what you did is cool. Yeah, that's it. See you later."

After finishing this paragraph with words and gestures, Gwen hurriedly ran away with the book in her arms, leaving Heather and Peter confused.

"Is she always like this?" Heather pointed in the direction Gwen left.

"No, she has always been polite to boys."

Peter blinked, and then fell into a state of panic that he was about to be questioned by Uncle Ben and Aunt May.

There was nothing Heather could do about it and she could only wish Peter good luck.

When it was time for school to end, Peter went home alone, as worried as if he had lost his soul, while Heather went to the Daily Bugle Building.

The Daily Bugle Building is located at 39th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan. It was formerly known as the Goodman Building. In 1978, JJJJ bought the building and moved the Herald into the building. The Goodman Building was renamed the Daily Bugle Building.

Jameson's editor-in-chief's office is located on the top floor of the building. Reporters and editors are coming and going outside the office, and phones are ringing and making noises one after another.

Mattie Franklin, the beautiful secretary outside the office door, smiled and narrowed her big eyes slightly when she saw Heather coming over: "Hi, handsome boy. The boss has nothing to do now, come in quickly."

When he opened the door, a tall man with a cropped haircut and a shoe-brush beard was opening documents at his desk. When he saw Heather coming in through the door, his serious face suddenly turned into a smile: "Look who this is." , our talented young writer, the hero who bravely braves the sea of ​​​​fire to rescue the girl!”

"Mr. Jameson, I'm here to collect royalties."

Heather didn't bother to engage in these useless compliments and social politeness, and went straight to the point.

Fortunately, JJJJ is not the kind of person who likes to be polite. He directly opened the drawer and took out an envelope that had been prepared and handed it to Heather:

"What a wonderful story. Your words are like dripping with leaves and pouring into the reader's eyeballs. This way, the Daily Bugle can dominate the New York City newspaper sales list this month. Damn Barney Bushkin and him To hell with Global Daily!

Listen, kid, if you encounter a problem that is difficult to solve on weekdays, just call me. I won't let the talented writers of the Daily Bugle be bullied for nothing. "

Although JJJJ is usually mean and venomous, he actually cares and loves Heather. On the one hand, Heather's serial novel "Evil Heroes" is the flagship of the Daily Bugle, and JJJJ must tie up this treasure that lays golden eggs. On the other hand, Heather is the most peculiar young man JJJJ has ever seen. He has a sense of responsibility and justice that young people in this country generally do not have.

This also resulted in JJJJ, who usually had his spit sprayed all over his face when a subordinate applied for a coffee cup. Every time he paid Heather, the remuneration was calculated based on the maximum amount, and there was even a bonus. This is the limit that JJJJ can do for this poor child who has lost his parents without touching the young man's sensitive self-esteem.

After squeezing the thickness of the envelope, Heather looked at JJJJ in surprise and thanked her sincerely: "...Mr. Jameson, thank you for your care."

Jameson smiled and waved his hand, took out a cigar from the drawer, first looked at the secretary outside the blinds and found that she was not looking this way, then he lit the cigar with peace of mind and puffed away:

"Since the hospital found out that there was something wrong with my blood pressure, Joan has been restricting my smoking, drinking and entertainment, and also entrusted Mattie to monitor me. Next time you go to my house for dinner, you have to help me say something nice in front of Joan.

By the way, try to go out as little as possible at night these days, Heather. "

"What's wrong?" Heather looked at JJJJ. He was the editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugle and often associated with the upper class. Did he know any information?

"Don't you think there are more and more so-called superheroes and super villains appearing in recent times? Especially the spider woman flying around in my territory, she is really annoying."

Jameson was furious when he mentioned Ghost Spider, then he hooked his finger to signal Heather to come closer and lowered his voice and said:

"Listen to me, I always receive more and more press releases, including some related to superhero villains. Do you know "Hell's Kitchen"? "

Heather recalled for a while, then nodded: "I know."

New York is divided into five districts, namely the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Among them, each district has many detailed small neighborhood communities, and Hell's Kitchen is a neighborhood in Manhattan. The official administrative district is called Clinton District, also known as West Midtown.

There are two legends about the origin of the name Hell's Kitchen.

One is that the New York Times on September 22, 1881 published a reporter interviewing people related to a serial homicide case in West Midtown. The article specifically mentioned a notorious apartment building at the intersection of 39th Street and Tenth Avenue, and described it as "probably the lowest and filthiest block in the entire city." Therefore, 39th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues has been called Hell's Kitchen since then, and it has gradually spread to several surrounding blocks.

The second one comes from the police. It is said that a long time ago, two New York policemen were watching a small riot near West 39th Street and Tenth Avenue. At that time, the young rookie policeman blurted out "This place is really hell", but the senior policeman named Fred corrected him, "It's an understatement to say it's hell. It's simply Hell's Kitchen."

Since then, West Midtown has gradually been called Hell's Kitchen.

"It is said that a strange man named 'Modoc' appeared in Hell's Kitchen. He controls the underground forces of Hell's Kitchen and gradually radiates to the whole of New York. People call him the 'King of the Night'. During this period, the nights in New York are becoming more and more uneasy. Try not to go out at night and don't cause trouble."

There is another chapter in the afternoon