The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Peter Parker, carrying a backpack, hurried across the street and caught the last bus to the edge of the Bronx at the last second as the doors closed.

Don't get me wrong, it's not late at night. People with superpowers are in the minority after all, and ordinary people hardly dare to move around in this area after dark, so the last bus here is at 3 p.m.

After getting in the car, Peter immediately put his backpack in front of him, put one hand on the zipper of the backpack, held the middle of the backpack with the other hand, and sat near the back door.

A black man and a bearded man sitting in front of the car looked away when they saw his gesture. Apparently they saw that this was a real local. Although he was white, he might be from Queens, which is no better place than Brown. How much stronger is the area?

The bus drove slowly to the stop. Peter got off the bus and waited for everyone to disperse. He looked around and found that no one took out a few coins and threw them to the homeless man lying against the stop sign.

Wait, don't leave yet. Bruce's voice came from the earphones. He said: Ask him where he can sell leaves. Go and burn some and get the smell on yourself. Otherwise, people there won't I will believe you.

Peter didn't yell, but whispered in surprise: Is it necessary to be so detailed? I don't think they care whether I am an addict.

It's always good to be careful. If you really hate the smell, just light a cigarette.

Peter looked around again and said, Don't bother. I remember there seemed to be a place for homeless people to get food nearby. I went there and stood in line for a few minutes. I must have smelled all over my body.

This is where Spider-Man used to come, but looking down from a high altitude and walking in the city are two different things, so Peter took some time to figure out the direction, and finally strode towards an intersection.

He put on the hood of his sweatshirt and a mask, and always carried his backpack in front of him. When he came to this street, there were obviously more homeless people, but most people looked at his appearance and stopped. Look at him again.

Peter walked around the place where food was distributed in front. He also vaguely saw classmates whom he had met a few times at New York University. They might have come to do charity activities on the weekend.

After staying here for a while and receiving a decent portion of food, Peter stuffed the still warm lunch box into his backpack and walked towards the edge under the guidance of Bruce in the headset.

This is an abandoned community. The so-called abandoned community is actually the government allocating a piece of land to build many houses, providing decent-looking supporting facilities, and promoting how great this place is to some people at the bottom of the middle class or lower. Trick them into buying a house here.

When almost all the houses are sold, the properties and supporting facilities will be evacuated. Many years ago, this was a measure used to separate black people, but now it no longer distinguishes between skin color.

The slums in the United States are not crowded. Most of them are scattered abandoned communities. They still look like small single-family villas, but they are far away from any supporting facilities needed by humans, and the security is even more heavyweight.

And on the edge of this community, in the former social work center, there is a slum within a slum, also known as a homeless home.

This large public facility, which was only built as a shell to deceive home buyers, became a paradise for homeless people after all the staff evacuated. They transformed it into their own residences and then formed gangs to maintain order. .

It's like a complete small society here. The gang is the government, the gang members are the main body of society, the homeless are the bottom edge of society, and there are also some wandering fugitives, many of whom are familiar faces of Spider-Man.

In order to maintain basic survival needs, they got a generator and even connected a water pipe. Because the conditions are more convenient, more idle homeless people will be willing to join, so the population density here is relatively high, which is more suitable for film and television. The dense and chaotic image of slums in the work.

But it still cannot hide that this is a community center that has been abandoned for at least 20 years without professional maintenance. It is so dilapidated that it makes people think that there should be at least a Brazilian embassy here.

Peter, an outsider, appeared here and immediately attracted their attention. Fortunately, Spider-Man had been Spider-Man for a long time and had more experience in dealing with this group of people at the bottom of society.

He didn't take off his hood, let alone his mask. He just looked at the two black men walking over with a wary look and said, I'm here to find someone. There's a guy named Kevin. You guys. Do you know him?

What are you looking for him for?

He stole my gun.

The two black men were immediately alert, but not towards Peter. They looked at each other, as if trying to guess which Kevin it was.

It worked. Peter whispered to Bruce, and then he asked curiously: I don't understand, why do you say that?

The gangs are more afraid of people hiding guns, especially on their territory. Bruce replied: If someone gets the gun back and hides it without turning it over, it means that he must want to do something, then everyone here It’s not safe.”

What's his name? asked a black man.

Kevin Corbin, but I don't know if that's his real name. Peter raised his eyes and looked at the tall black man and said, He should be a Mexican, six feet tall, with black hair, brown eyes, and no beard. .”

This description is too broad, because there are more than 3,000 people in the entire camp, of which only 10% are white. The rest are immigrants from Asia, Africa and Latin America, and there are countless Mexicans. Their height and hair color are not outstanding. There is nowhere to look for it.

What gun?

Glock 19, got it from a blue dog.

The tall black man immediately raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at Peter Parker up and down, as if he didn't believe that he had killed a police officer.

He took the initiative to eliminate it for me. Peter Parker imitated Bruce's tone and snorted coldly before saying: If you don't help me find someone, I will ask the owner of the gun to find it himself.

The two black men looked at each other again, and the one in front turned around and said, Follow me, don't make any small moves, we've had enough trouble lately.

Peter followed them through the door and said, Who isn't? There's a big chaos in Queens. The four new gangs are fighting with the local gangs. Otherwise, I wouldn't have found this place.

Speaking of this, the cold and suspicious black man in front of him finally started talking. He said: Those new gangs are like crazy. My mother said that they had only seen such crazy gangs more than 20 years ago. At that time, They even dared to rob police cars.”

Now they dare. Peter imitated what Bruce said: I just came from the Litik neighborhood of Gotham, where three police officers died. How do you think they died?

Sure enough, the black man's attention was attracted. He turned back to look at Peter, who said: He didn't die on the street, but died in their police car. The police car was less than 300 meters away from the police station.

The black man took a breath and said, What a bunch of lunatics, with the same virtue as their mayor.

Peter immediately realized that he had obtained key information, so he immediately continued: You said that fat man named Copper, the one who shot Bruce Wayne?

Yeah, I heard that Wayne is still the richest man there. If you ask me, this mayor can be considered a tough guy, at least much better than ours.

Is there anyone worse than him? Peter mocked in agreement: No one would expect him to kill Stark.

The black man immediately laughed. As he walked forward, he turned around and asked, You do this specifically, right? Help people get guns?

I'm just an errand boy. Peter said helplessly, Actually, it was one of my colleagues who got into trouble, and I came over to help him solve the problem.

Soon they came to a small compartment separated by an abandoned car door and a wooden board. An old Mexican man stuck his head out. The black man pointed at him and said: He is the leader of those Mexican guys. You are looking for him. Just ask him.

Peter once again described what he saw. The old man was stunned and said, It seems that there really is such a person.

Peter said in his heart, of course, he had just come from the Queens Police Department, and the thing about throwing the gun was not fake.

Although he didn't know how Bruce was able to deduce the true identity of the murderer and even his location based on the chats of several police officers and the empty crime scene, but who made him Batman? Just do it and that's it.

Peter was still a little excited and secretly happy. In the past, he had to do logistics preparation, action planning, action execution and closing all by himself. Now he also has Batman as his backup. It feels so good to have a great teammate.

Peter is indeed not very good at reasoning and detection. If he were to do it, he would choose to sneak in at night instead of just walking in with a few words and asking others to help find someone.

The black man's face immediately became serious. He was a little suspicious of Peter before, but when the old man said this, he was really worried. In addition to the danger of the guy hiding the gun, if the police found him Door, they can't explain to the boss.

Take us to him, Captain. The black man leaned against the window, knocked on the table in front of him and said, You have to take care of this.

I can tell you where they are, but I won't go. The old man retracted his neck and muttered: The place where he lives is on the edge of that gang of madmen's territory. I don't want to be shot to death by a black gun.

The black man looked helplessly at the simple map drawn by the old man, took a breath, and then handed the map to Peter and said, Go in by yourself, go through the trail at the back, and go around It's an abandoned garbage dump with two tires tied to the wall, and that kid lives in it.

But I have to remind you, that place is very close to those crazy people in Gotham. There are constant gun battles there, and their bullets seem to be free. If you want to go that way, you'd better be careful.

The black man came up and patted Peter on the shoulder and said, Compared with those lunatics, hiding a gun is really not a big deal. I would like to help you, but it won't do me any good.

Peter knew he wanted money, and just when he was hesitating to give it, Bruce said: Don't give it to him, he will run away after taking the money, just listen to me.

But if something happens, you and your boss can't explain it, and neither do I. Peter looked at him and said, Why don't you leave me a phone number, and I'll call you over after I find the other person. I’ll pay for the garbage disposal.”

The black man's expression changed, he immediately turned around and raised his hand towards Peter and said, I don't know how to deal with garbage, you can do it yourself.

Peter heard Bruce snort in the earphones and then said: Ah, coward.

The people of Gotham are indeed crazy, Peter thought.