The location of the fourth bomb was announced.
At first, Peter and Jason had no impression of the place until a big man found them on the lawn.
"Hey, it's you guys. Remember me? I'm Carol."
Peter and the others looked up. At the sight of that face, Peter frowned. After thinking carefully, he finally dredged up the man's face from the depths of his memory. "You're Thompson's little follower?"
"That's me." Carol nodded. "Thompson lives in this neighborhood now. I'm going to check on him. Want to come along?"
Peter looked down at the location Carol had pointed out on the map. It was exactly where the fourth bomb was located, but it was far from a good neighborhood. It was even more chaotic than the one they lived in.
"Didn't Thompson go to college?" Peter asked.
Carol shook his head. "His father got into trouble, and the whole family got dragged into it. He didn't get into college either. No professional team wanted him. He works as a mover over on Mason Street, and his youngest daughter is already three."
Peter and Jason both sighed, but neither said anything. Peter looked at Jason. "We need to go check it out. We need to find a way to stop this disaster."
Jason looked around. Clearly, this was no longer a situation where they could sit and wait for everything to return to normal. More likely, if they kept dragging their feet, everyone here would die.
Jason and Peter set off. In fact, because the precise locations of the later bombs had been announced early, most of the people in that neighborhood had already evacuated. Still, the two of them found Thompson where Carol had mentioned.
After all these years, he was still strong. In fact, after doing physical labor