The Attack Begins

Mary Jane and Felicia had known each other since the time Dinosaur Connors attacked Midtown High School.

At the time, they were both in danger trying to find Ben, and they gradually became familiar with each other, understanding each other's inner thoughts.

However, the two sides did not have any conflict; on the contrary, they got along very well.

Seeing the two girls chattering away about gossip with their heads down, Aunt May and Uncle Ben exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves that they really couldn't understand young people these days.

Are we two just too outdated?

Ben sat down next to Uncle Ben, turned his head to search, and said strangely:

Where is Peter?

"He said he had other things to do; I think he was planning to take photos for the Daily Bugle," Uncle Ben said.

The Parker Family supports Peter's small business. However, Uncle Ben has some reservations about the Daily Bugle.

He felt that the Daily Bugle was ignoring objective facts and constantly smearing Spider-Man, which was not something a news media should do.

If he could, Peter wouldn't want to sell the photos to someone who had insulted him.

But there was nothing he could do; despite Jameson's reputation, he offered the highest price among all the newspapers.

The way Jameson kept buying things while criticizing them made Ben suspect that Jameson was a Pokémon player.

As they chatted and looked around the exhibition, Ben noticed that there were quite a few people he recognized in the venue, such as the members of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Time passed slowly like this.

Soon, it was time for the real technology demonstration.

Harry stood on the dazzling stage, introducing the futuristic car unveiled by Primus.

At the same time.

At Hammer Industries' exhibition, rows of towering, heavily armored robots were displayed in unison.

These robots are painted in different colors to represent their respective military units.

It has everything from land, sea, and air.

Not only that, but there was also a modified steel War Machine, which Lieutenant Colonel Rhodey of the military personally wore, drawing cheers from all the spectators.

At this moment, Hammer's words, "I won't let you down," seem to have become a reality.

The media rushed to take pictures, and flashes went off one after another.

This explosive scene made Peter and Gwen both exclaim that they made the right choice!

Originally, Gwen wanted to visit Primus's arena because she had once worked as an assistant in Connors's lab and naturally knew Connors's dream. Therefore, she was also very curious about Primus, who had invented the Self-Healing Serum with Osborn.

However, Peter had already seen Ben's Rust Bucket RV technology, so wanting to see something new, he forcibly dragged Gwen to another exhibition.

Coincidentally, besides Osborn and Primus, Hammer Industries is currently the most prominent company.

"But don't you think the Iron Patriot and Iron Man's armor look a bit too similar?" Gwen asked.

She suspected Hammer Industries of plagiarism.

But to her surprise, Peter had been chatting happily with her all the way, didn't answer her this time.

Gwen looked away, turned back, and looked at Peter with some confusion.

"Peter, what's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing..."

Peter snapped back to reality, but the Spider-Sense in his brain didn't stop; he realized that something was probably about to happen.

At that moment, his only thought was to send Gwen to Ben and then go see what Hammer Industries was up to.

"Gwen, how about we—"

Boom!!

Peter could finish speaking, a fiery meteor fell from the sky.

Iron Man, clad in his golden armor, landed before Hammer. In an instant, all the flashy robots became mere background elements, like green leaves serving only to highlight Iron Man's brilliance.

Now, the venue is even more lively.

"Peter, look! It's Tony Stark!"

Gwen screamed along with the others, instinctively reaching out to grab Peter's arm, but grasping only air.

She turned her head and found that Peter had been standing next to her, had disappeared.

"Peter?"

At the venue.

Rhodey, dressed in Patriot gear, felt a mix of panic and guilt upon seeing Tony.

It could be said that he betrayed his best friend.

Because the armor he was wearing was stolen from Stark and then handed over to the military.

Rhodey never saw Tony again after that fight at the ball and when he berated Tony for not deserving of armor.

On one hand, he had to modify his armor; on the other hand, he was ashamed to face Tony.

After so much time has passed, Rhodey has actually figured out one thing.

That means this suit of armor was probably prepared for him from the beginning; otherwise, he would never have worn it.

As a friend, Tony had been incredibly kind to him, but instead of standing firmly by Tony's side, he stole Tony's invention and handed it over to Stark Industries' enemies.

At that moment, Rhodey saw Tony rushing over in a menacing manner and assumed that Tony had come to confront him.

"Tony, don't do it here, there are still many people here..."

Rhodey pleaded in a low voice.

But Tony was much more mature than Rhodey had imagined.

He landed naturally, then walked over to Rhodey, put one hand on Rhodey's shoulder, and raised the other hand enthusiastically to greet the audience.

Then he lowered his voice and whispered in Rhodey's ear, "We're in big trouble."

You have to believe me now.

Upon hearing this, Rhodey said helplessly, "I tried, but I got beaten up badly at your house."

"Hammer and Vanke have partnered."

Tony said seriously.

"Justin Hammer, where is Vanke?"

Before Rhodey could reply, Tony walked forward, exposing his back to Rhodey completely.

Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko, watching everything from Hammer Industries, wore a cold smile and remotely controlled Rhodey's armor.

"Snap!"

The heavy machine gun on Iron Patriot's shoulder started instantly and was aimed at Tony's back.

The sound immediately alerted Tony to something was wrong, and also alerted hundreds of attendees at the exhibition to the danger.

"Rhodey, is that you?"

"It wasn't me, it started by itself!"

Rhodey shouted in a panic, his dark face glowing red in the warning lights inside his armor.

At this moment, he was well aware that someone had tampered with his armor.

"Run! You've been locked on! All the systems have been taken over!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the arms of dozens of robots on the display stand simultaneously rose up, all locking onto Tony.

"Lock me in? That makes things easier."

"Let's go outside and fight!" Tony decided immediately, his feet shooting out flames as he flew into the air.

At that moment, all the machines fired simultaneously, and the powerful firepower shattered the glass roof of the exhibition hall in an instant!

Shattered glass rained down like a sudden downpour.

The hundreds of spectators never imagined that their visit to the exhibition would lead to the outbreak of war. Terrified screams rang out one after another. In the scrambling crowd as they fled, many people were pushed to the ground, and an accident seemed imminent.

Fortunately, at that moment, a red and blue figure began to swing in mid-air.

Spider-Man is here!

I can only update 5,000 words today; I'm not feeling well. I went to clean my old apartment during the day, and it was so hot I felt like I was getting heatstroke. Thankfully, my lease is finally over. The agency came to inspect the place, which tormented me for two weeks, but I'm finally free. I'll resume 10,000 words a day starting tomorrow.