Chapter 55: Will You Win Even If You Are Shattered?
"From Josh and Frank in the beginning, to the subway incident, to my father now, Death loves me so much that he almost never leaves me."

Gwen looked at Peter helplessly, "I said some very harsh words to my father before. If he can't wake up this time, I... I don't know how to face him."

Gwen fell into a state of extreme self-blame, with her hands folded across her chest and staring blankly ahead.

Peter sighed slightly and sat down next to Gwen.

"This has nothing to do with you, Gwen. You don't need to connect the dots and put the blame on yourself."

Although he had expected that something might happen to George Stacy, he did not expect it to happen so quickly and catch everyone off guard.

Looking at Gwen's sad expression, he was silent for a moment and then comforted Gwen: "Things haven't reached the worst yet."

Gwen nodded and looked at Peter. "Thank you, Peter. Thank you for staying with me."

She wiped the tears from her face and said with her head down: "I always make my life fall apart. I thought I was special enough, but now I know that maybe being special is not a good thing. It costs too much."

Gwen thought about the time she was bitten by a radioactive spider.

At the beginning, she was filled with panic and fear, afraid that she would become a monster like Frank.

Later, when I found that there was no change in my body, I was more surprised and expectant.

I hope to become a superhero like Spider-Man and help more people in need.

But now she suddenly realized that perhaps her uniqueness would make her life more difficult.

Gwen raised her head and looked at Peter with red eyes, "I don't know what to do, Peter. I don't know what to do. I even think that maybe Dad is right sometimes. I am an ordinary person. My luck may not be so good. It is impossible for me to win everything."

Gwen suddenly began to waver in what she insisted on.

Is it right to try to help others but people keep dying?
Peter, who was sitting next to him, didn't say anything. His eyes were fixed on the gradually decreasing rain outside.

Will Spider-Man always have a pessimistic fate?
What does every Spider-Man lose?
He suddenly remembered what Mrs. Weber had said to him, that the person he loved or the person who loved him was approaching the shadow of death.

Could it be that the other party was talking about Gwen?
Shaking his head, he threw this fatalism out of his mind.

There was an alien creature parasitic on his chest, so it should have been dead long ago.

Now that I am still alive, I am in the process of fighting against fate. How can I possibly believe in the so-called destiny?

"Gwen."

Peter suddenly turned his gaze to Gwen and asked her, "I remember you once said you wanted to be a superhero, right?"

Gwen was stunned for a moment when she heard Peter ask this, then nodded, "Yes, yes."

Peter looked Gwen straight in the eyes and said, "Your father is right. Ordinary people can't win everything they do, but heroes can. Even though he may be bruised and broken, he will always win in the end, right? Because he is a hero."

Although he considers himself a selfish person, he is not an emotionless creature.

He couldn't ignore Gwen's pain now.

I once told Gwen that I was someone who couldn't empathize with others, but now I'm proven wrong.

Do I need to add a "hypocritical" label to my negative labels?

With countless thoughts running through his mind, he said to Gwen, "I believe that since you want to be a hero, you will not be defeated easily."

Gwen stared at Peter blankly, tears glistening in her eyes.

She really wanted to tell Peter all her thoughts now.

Or just throw yourself into Peter's arms, have a good cry, and then cheer up to face everything.

"I"

Gwen thought wildly, but she said, "Can I really? I can't even save Dad now."

“The first person a superhero saves is usually himself.”

Peter turned his attention to the crowd in the hospital corridor and said, "Start with yourself, Gwen, and cheer up."

"Ah."

Gwen nodded, the confusion and self-doubt in her heart slowly dissipating.

My originally restless heart began to calm down. It seemed that with Peter by my side, I had the courage to face everything.

Peter was right, maybe this was the hardship of being a hero, the responsibility that comes with power.

Gwen let out a breath and calmed herself down.

She was about to speak to Peter when she heard footsteps in the corridor.

"Peter, Gwen!"

Harry walked quickly towards the two of them and greeted them from a distance.

"Harry?"

Gwen looked at Harry in surprise, wondering why he was here.

"It's raining a bit hard outside."

Harry shook off the raindrops from the umbrella in his hand and said to the two of them, "I rushed over as soon as I received the news."

Gwen asked Harry in surprise, "Why are you here, Harry?"

"Peter called me."

Harry turned his gaze to Peter who was standing next to him.

"Harry is a well-known second-generation rich man, and his family knows many well-known doctors in the United States."

Peter told Harry the reason why he called him: to use the power of the Osborn family to mobilize more medical resources.

Gwen had no idea that Peter was thinking so much, and she looked at him with gratitude.

"Ahem, thank you Peter for praising my rich second-generation attributes in a positive way. Gwen, I have asked my father to invite the most famous doctor in the United States to consult with Uncle Stacy."

Harry looked towards Gwen, "Uncle Stacy will be alright."

Although Harry is currently in a cold war with his father who slapped him, after receiving Peter's call, he took the initiative to break the cold war agreement and asked Norman for help.

"Thank you, Harry, thank you!"

As Gwen was thanking Harry, other members of the New York Police Department arrived one after another.

A few minutes later.

"Sheriff DeWulf."

Peter walked up to Sheriff DeWulf, "Can we talk?"

DeWulf looked at Peter in front of her and was stunned for a moment.

She knew Peter's identity. This classmate of Gwen had caused her old partner many headaches.

"of course."

DeWulf nodded after realizing what was happening.

"Who was the last person Sheriff Stacy came into contact with?"

Peter asked her.

"Matt Murdock."

DeWulf said directly: "We checked the video footage in the office and didn't see anything unusual about him."

She knew what Peter wanted to ask.

After George passed out, she also targeted Matt for the crime.

But after reviewing the surveillance video, no dangerous behavior was found towards George.

Matt Murdoch?
Peter's brow furrowed at the name.

Is this the malicious complainant again?
(End of this chapter)