Cthulhu

New York, Midtown High School Library.

There were not many people in the quiet library. Casey walked between the rows of bookshelves, and then stopped directly in front of a row of bookshelves marked with mythology. His eyes carefully looked through the gaps in the books towards the opposite side.

Standing opposite her across a row of books was a young Chinese-American with black hair and black eyes. His handsome appearance and clean clothes all attracted this 17-year-old girl.

Especially the young man's eyes, which have a maturity that belies his age and are as deep as the starry sky, are really fascinating.

The boy was holding a book of Hebrew mythology and reading it carefully. Casey also took this opportunity to peek at the boy from time to time.

Zhang Chen, whose English name is Al.He is an ordinary Chinese-American living in New York. He has lived in New York with his parents since he was a child, and is now a student at Midtown High School.

Al carefully looked at the collection of Hebrew myths in his hand, and was not affected by Casey at all. It was not that he didn't notice Casey. As long as Casey's footsteps stopped, he discovered that Casey stopped on a shelf. on the opposite side.

He looked like a young girl with an expression full of love, but this kind of girl's admiration could not make any waves in his heart at all.

In my heart, as an uncle in his twenties, I have no interest in bean sprouts like Casey.

You have to wait for the bean sprouts to grow up...

Besides, he has bigger problems to solve than falling in love.

Al didn't want to waste time and kept flipping through the book in his hand.

He focused all his attention on the book, so that he could ignore the shadowy people around him and not let them disturb him.

Soon, an hour passed.

Al also turned to the last page of the book in his hand. Al sighed deeply, not finding what he wanted.

"That's right, how can such a collection of myths contain such forbidden knowledge?"

Al raised his head and was about to change a book and continue searching when he suddenly found that Casey was still standing opposite.

The two pairs of eyes faced each other for an instant, sparks sparking slightly through the gaps in the books.

Seeing Al looking over, smiling and nodding towards her, Cathy suddenly panicked, her eyes dodge, and she quickly lowered her head, pretending to continue reading.

"It's still here. This silly girl wouldn't have stood for an hour just to peek at me." Al muttered with a headache.

Al directly took a copy of Abraham's Insights and walked to the table not far away, and glanced at Casey behind him.

The little girl also carefully followed him to a table not far away and sat down.

Time flew by unknowingly, and soon it was closing time, and the school bell rang at the same time.

Al held two books and walked out of the library slowly.

Casey didn't know when he disappeared, and Al wasn't surprised either.

There is a short distance from the library to the school. Al usually takes a small path, which can save a lot of time.

It's just that this small road has become a gathering place for school bullies precisely because it is sparsely populated.

"Peter, this is my homework, do you see it? Tomorrow I will see it full of words, do you understand?" Three strong teenagers surrounded a thin figure and said.

Peter's somewhat frail figure was surrounded by three people from Eugene. The three people from Eugene were on the rugby team. They planned to participate in the league and enter the youth training camp. Their time had already been fully booked by training and they had no extra time to do homework.

So, the homework appeared in Peter's hands.

Although the three of them don't care about school results, the school has homework that must be completed every day. If the homework cannot be completed on time, the teacher cannot guarantee that they will graduate on time.

The few of them found the nerdy Peter and forced Peter to finish the homework for the three of them.

Al has long been accustomed to these things, and has no intention of standing out. Power and bullying exist everywhere.

Just as Al was about to walk past, a thick arm suddenly blocked him.

"Isn't this Al, our college bully? I heard that the teacher allowed you to skip class and stay in the library to study by yourself." Eugene said with a frivolous tone and a hint of provocation.

"Yes, the things in the textbook are too simple. I can only go to the library to study by myself." Al said in a calm tone, as if stating a fact.

He took two steps to the side, preparing to avoid Eugene.

However, Eugene didn't want to let him go like this. If the things in the textbook were simple, then he couldn't learn them at all. Could he be a fool?

Eugene took Al's words as a provocation and hooked his hand. The two boys next to him immediately gave up on Peter and surrounded him.

Al was surrounded by three people. He looked down at the road and raised his head for the first time. A pair of eyes as bright as stars looked directly at Eugene. His eyes were calm and without any waves, just like looking at the stones on the roadside.

Eugene was immediately annoyed by this look. Before he could say anything, he heard Al whisper softly: "Everyone has their own choice, and each choice will bring different consequences."

"Eugene, have you really considered the consequences of doing this?" Eugene, who was about to take action, hesitated.

I only heard Al continue to say: "The recruitment of La Masia Rugby Youth Academy was just recently. I remember that their first requirement is to successfully obtain the diploma from Midtown High School."

Of course Eugene knew the hidden meaning of Al's words. Once the teacher knew about the fight, he would not be able to successfully obtain his diploma.

And if you can't get your diploma, you can't go to the La Masia youth training camp.

But Eugene did not give in, and said fiercely: "Boy, don't think you can scare me like this. Uncle Eugene is not intimidated."

Al still said in a calm tone: "Then I'll go find Teacher Grace Althea and tell her that you robbed your classmates. Do you think she will believe me?"

Eugene immediately hesitated, because in the eyes of the teacher, Al had always been a top student in the school, a student going to top universities such as Harvard and Princeton, while he was just a gangster with poor grades in the teacher's eyes.

Regardless of whether the matter is true or not, as long as Al complains to the teacher, he is likely to be notified and criticized by the school. In serious cases, he will lose his diploma and drop out of school.

And all of this will make him say goodbye to La Masia Rugby Youth Academy.

These are things he doesn't want to see.

The way Eugene looked at Al changed at this moment. Instead of the provocative joking before, there was a trace of fear instead.

Bullying nerds is his favorite after-school activity, but Al, a top student, is obviously not easy to bully.

"I'll take care of you next time we leave." Eugene shouted, unwilling to lower his head, picked up his schoolbag that was still on the ground, called the two younger brothers beside him, and prepared to walk to the school gate.

"Wait a minute, did you forget something?" Al said, glancing at the three notebooks in Peter's hands. "Take these notebooks back yourself."

Eugene's body froze, and he turned around, staring at Al with fierce eyes, as if he would tear Al into pieces at any time, but he made no move after all.

Al usually stays on good terms with Eugene and others, but now that they are already at odds with each other, he doesn't care if he offends them any more.

Eugene took a deep breath, strode forward, took out the three notebooks from Peter's hand, stared at Al, said nothing, and left without looking back.

Looking at the three people walking away, the weak Peter breathed a sigh of relief like a little chicken, and whispered to Al: "Thank you, thank you for helping me today."

"Don't thank me. I'm not helping you. I just don't want things to get more troublesome. I hate trouble." Al sighed as he looked at the little spider that had not yet grown up.

That's right, the bullied bean sprout in front of you is the future famous Spider-Man, Peter Parker.

Spider-Man, who has not yet gained his powers, is obviously very introverted, which may be related to the fact that he lost his parents when he was young.

In the class, Peter Parker is a little transparent, introverted, and doesn't like to talk. His only advantage is that he has good academic performance.

But it was also because of his good grades that he aroused the hostility of Eugene and other bad students, so Peter became the target of their frequent bullying.

Al looked at the little spider in front of him with some sigh, thinking about how Spider-Man would save the world in the future. The gap was so huge that his heart moved.

He couldn't help but say: "Everyone has his own choice, and each choice will bring different consequences.

I give you the same words, Peter.

When faced with bullying, you choose to stay silent and let them think you are weak and can be bullied. You have already tasted the consequences.

If you choose to be brave and fight like a soldier, what will happen to him? He will retreat.

Peter, the decision is still up to you."

After Al finished speaking, he ignored Peter who was in a daze and continued walking out of the school with the book in his arms.

If it wasn't Peter Parker who was standing in front of him, he wouldn't have sighed like this, let alone said so many words to an unfamiliar person. Al sighed a little, after all, he was affected by the memory of his previous life.

Al's last life was just an ordinary otaku in China. He came to this world for some reason and has grown up in this world for 18 years. This world has already become Al's home.

Al didn't know that this was the world of Marvel at first, but on a museum trip in kindergarten, he saw Captain America's uniform hanging in an exhibition cabinet. Only then did he realize that this world was the world of Marvel.

At the beginning, he was indeed very excited, thinking that he would be able to get close contact with many well-known characters such as Iron Man, Hulk, and Black Widow.

However, the ordinary life of the next ten years made Al understand that he could not reach even SHIELD, let alone superheroes like Stark.

These high-ranking big shots would never come up to a child and say, "Hi" for no reason, just to satisfy a child's curiosity.

Peter Parker was an accident. He only discovered that his classmate Peter was the future Iron Spider after he had been in high school for a long time.

The main reason is that Peter is too introverted in the class, rarely talks to others, and has always been a little transparent.

Peter's growth experience was very bumpy. He lost his parents when he was young and did not grow up with his parents. Facing other classmates, he always had an inferiority complex, which was also the reason for his silence.

This is why Al only discovered that the taciturn and weak boy beside him was Spider-Man long after he and Peter became classmates.

But at this time, he no longer had the star-chasing love for superheroes he once had. Facing Peter, who is his classmate, he was very calm. More importantly, he also had his own troubles, which were even more difficult.