While Spider-Gwen and Peter were intermittently introducing the various laboratories to Riley, a figure in a black trench coat with a revolver holstered at his waist walked in.
"Oh, Shadow Spider-Man." Gwen turned and called out his name. Shadow Spider-Man was startled to see this group here. He was not particularly talkative and did not make many gestures, but his noticeably halted steps still made Gwen suspicious.
"What's wrong?" Gwen asked.
"How did you get here?" Shadow Spider-Man's voice was low and deep, nothing like Peter Parker's. His eyes beneath the mask examined Gwen as he said, "Doctor Schiller asked me to pick up the newcomer, but why are you two here?"
"We're in charge of introducing the newcomer to the place."
"Then aren't you going to the Air Transport Technology Expo in Queens?" Shadow Spider-Man tilted his head slightly. "You only get credits if you check in within three hours of the expo opening. An hour and twenty minutes have already passed. Are you sure you can make it?"
"What?!!" Gwen let out a startled cry and immediately sprang out from the gap in the sofa. Looking at Shadow Spider-Man, she said, "Checking in gets credits? Since when?!!"
"Don't tell me you turned off Spider APP notifications?" Shadow Spider-Man hit the nail on the head. Gwen stammered, "Well, Nick's daily group messages were kind of annoying, and I needed a break..."
As she spoke, she hurriedly grabbed the phone beside her and held it in both hands as she checked the messages in the app. After scrolling for a long time, she finally found yesterday's top message: the notification about checking in at the technology expo.
"Oh my God, twenty credits?!!" Gwen shrieked. Staring dumbfoundedly at the screen, she said, "Are they serious? That's almost as much as a