Osborn Industries and the Daily Bugle (Seeking Follow-up Reads!)

Spider-Man...

No.

The Spider-Man has finally come online successfully.

Hawk watched Peter Parker's pupils rapidly contract and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The truth was, back in the locker room, he'd chosen to stand by and ignore Peter on the school bus not just because he didn't want to get involved in a superhero's tragedy, but also because he didn't want his interference to mess up the original Spider-Man's debut.

There were three versions of Spider-Man.

Hawk only liked the one in front of him, with a face that looked just like Bully Maguire.

As for The Amazing Spider-Man?

He hadn't liked it at first, but after Garfield pulled off a real-life "The Amazing Spider-Man 3," Hawk's fondness for the actor rubbed off on the character.

But Holland's Spider-Man?

Sorry.

Hawk just couldn't bring himself to like him.

Put it this way: the mere fact that Holland's Spider-Man fell for a black girl sent Hawk's goodwill toward that version straight into the negatives.

So...

After his thoughts turned over, Hawk looked at Peter Parker, who was staring straight at him as if frozen, and spoke first to break the ice.

"Good afternoon, Peter."

"...Good afternoon."

Bully Maguire snapped out of it, his face shifting back to that simple, honest look. After returning the greeting, he glanced at Gwen sitting nearby and said, "Gwen."

Gwen had caught the moment Hawk and Peter locked eyes just now.

She felt a flicker of suspicion inside, but quickly pushed it down and smiled back. "Good afternoon, Peter. I heard you made a fool out of Flash yesterday."

Yesterday at noon, Peter and Flash Thompson had caused a scene in the cafeteria.

Gwen hadn't been there, but she'd heard from others that Peter was like a different person, leaving the bully Flash Thompson completely humiliated.

Peter didn't say anything, just scratched his head and smiled.

Seeing that, Gwen didn't press further. She just gave him a thumbs-up. "You should've fought back long ago. Keep it up, Peter."

Peter smiled even more sheepishly.

Mrs. Snow, seeing everyone had arrived, clapped her hands and urged Peter to sit down quickly. Once he was settled on the sofa across from Hawk and Gwen, she walked over to her desk and picked up three files lying on top.

A moment later.

Mrs. Snow handed one of the files to Gwen. "Osborn Bio-Industry—Dr. Connors' lab assistant summer job offer."

Gwen's eyes lit up as she took the file from Mrs. Snow. "Thanks. Dr. Connors told me just a few days ago he'd contact the school, but I didn't expect it to be this fast."

Even without this file, she could still get into Dr. Connors' lab.

But having it would make her future résumé look more solid.

Mrs. Snow then looked at Hawk and Peter. "There are two more summer job offers, but I wasn't sure which ones you'd like, so I just called you both to the office to pick for yourselves."

As she spoke, Mrs. Snow was about to continue.

But Hawk raised his right hand, cutting her off.

"Hold on, Mrs. Snow."

"What's wrong, Hawk?"

"I still don't get why I was called here."

"..."

Mrs. Snow was taken aback, staring at Hawk's confused expression. "You forgot about our chat in the office last month?"

Hawk blinked, trying to recall the routine one-on-one counseling session from last month.

He remembered it was just a standard chat.

Except...

When he was about to leave last time, Mrs. Snow had asked about his holiday plans—whether he'd found any summer job or not.

Hawk had said he hadn't lined one up yet this year, and Mrs. Snow offered to help find one if he needed it.

He hadn't thought much of it and just agreed casually.

After all, he really hadn't found a summer job for this year yet.

Once Hawk remembered the conversation from last month, he couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.

Mrs. Snow chuckled at the change in his expression.

"Remember now?"

"Remember."

Hawk nodded.

Mrs. Snow laughed again, then pulled the conversation back on track, waving the two documents in her hand. "One is another summer job offer from Osborn Industries, in the Bio-Electrical Power Department. They need someone to help organize files. The other is from the Daily Bugle, and they happen to need a summer worker too."

Neither job sounded like it required much skill.

And honestly, they didn't.

But if you went knocking on their doors yourself, whether Osborn or the Daily Bugle, they'd both say they weren't hiring.

Because these weren't just two jobs—they were Mrs. Snow's favors.

In short.

Only by taking the documents Mrs. Snow now held could you land this summer work at Osborn or the Daily Bugle.

Peter Parker instinctively looked at Hawk.

"Hawk, you pick first?"

"I..."

Hawk snapped back to reality. He was about to tell Mrs. Snow he didn't plan on working this summer, when a thought crossed his mind. The words died on his lips, and he forced a change. "I'll go to Osborn."

He'd just remembered Dr. Connors's paper on Gamma Rays that he'd seen in the Library.

Perfect timing.

He'd been wondering how to find a chance to meet Dr. Connors, and now the opportunity had landed in his lap.

Seeing this, Peter turned to Mrs. Snow. "Then I'll take the Daily Bugle. I really like taking photos."

Yeah.

You not only like taking photos, but you also like taking selfies, and you even like selling those selfies to your own newspaper.

Hawk thought this to himself as he listened to Peter.

Mrs. Snow didn't care what either of them thought. Seeing they'd made their choices, she didn't waste any more words. She handed the two documents to Hawk and Peter, then gave them their instructions.

"Peter."

"Yeah."

"When you go to the Daily Bugle to report in, ask for Mr. J. Jonah Jameson. Once you see Mr. James, just give him the document in your hand. He'll handle the rest."

"Got it."

"Hawk."

"Mrs. Snow."

"When you get to Osborn Bio-Industry, go to the Bio-Electrical Engineering Department and find an engineer named Max Dillon. I'll call their supervisor ahead of time."

"Okay."

Hawk listened to the name and nodded without changing his expression.

Max Dillon?

Wait, isn't this the guy from The Amazing Spider-Man 2—that invisible little engineer who thought the whole world ignored him, fell into an Electric Eel Power Barrel, and turned into Electro?

Whatever.

Not my problem.

Hawk shook his head internally.

Because compared to someone like Electro, he was far more interested in the Gamma Rays Dr. Connors was researching.

After all...

He had a feeling that the 'Gamanion' he was looking for was probably connected to Dr. Connors's work.