Who Dared Cause Trouble at Midtown High School?!

"Are you okay?"

The next day at school, Gwen looked at Peter a little strangely. Peter hurriedly said he was fine. It was nothing, really. After talking with Matt last night, the two of them had decided to search for signs of The Hand right there, so they immediately teamed up and set out.

The two spent most of the night sweeping through more than a dozen gang hideouts in Hell's Kitchen, but they found no trace of the Immortal Ninjas. Peter had even checked the sewers, yet there was still nothing. He had no idea where The Hand usually hid.

Then, when he got home that night and checked the Avengers' reports, he learned that Odin himself had gone to Nornheim before entering his slumber, beaten up the Three Fates, and taken a huge pile of Norn Stones. Odin had also gone to the Mist Kingdom and beaten up the Wild Hunt army. Unfortunately, the people from the Council of Realms had already fled, so Odin failed to catch them.

With Loki around, his illusions were enough to keep even Heimdall from seeing where those bastards were. On top of that, Odin had fought continuously and needed a longer Odin Sleep to restore his power, so he temporarily let them go.

Thor was destined to be unable to return to Earth for quite some time, and the clues regarding the Council of Realms had temporarily run dry. Only Roxxon Energy Corporation remained, with Tony responsible for investigating and dealing with it.

By the time all of that was done, it was already dawn.

"I stayed out a little too long last night, so I'm a bit sleep-deprived. It's nothing."

Gwen merely nodded when she heard that. She actually knew Peter had a lot to deal with lately, but she