A Complicated State of Mind

Tony Stark didn't say anything about Peter Parker's decision. They were comrades and partners, but that didn't mean Tony Stark could make decisions for Peter Parker. Such a major life decision was something he needed to think through himself. No matter what outsiders decided, it was never as good as his own choice.

And so, Peter Parker recuperated in the Nutrient Healing Pod for several days and finally regained his basic mobility. Although he was not fully recovered, as long as he did not fight against strong opponents, he would basically be fine.

So Peter Parker took Norman Osborn's remains, which had been well preserved during this time, to see Harry Osborn. However, Harry Osborn was not at school or at home at this time, but was handling business at the Osborn Group.

After all, Norman Osborn had been missing for a long time again, and Harry Osborn had to deal with the affairs of the Osborn Group. Fortunately, Norman Osborn had gradually delegated authority to Harry Osborn Harry Osborn, nurturing him to become familiar with the affairs of the Osborn Group, and even transferring shares to him, which could be considered as paving the way for Harry Osborn Harry Osborn.

Norman Osborn had already prepared for death and the relinquishment of power. His only thought was to heal Harry Osborn's current physical condition, even at the cost of his own life. However, Norman Osborn never imagined that he would die before successfully helping Harry Osborn's treatment...

Peter Parker naturally knew where Harry Osborn was, but Peter Parker didn't go to the Osborn Group to look for Harry Osborn. Bringing Norman Osborn, who was wearing the Green Goblin Armor, to the Osborn Group would have a significant impact on the Osborn Group. Instead, Peter Parker chose to wait for Harry Osborn Harry Osborn return at his home.

It was already past midnight when Harry Osborn dragged his weary body home. He felt somewhat dazed and confused, and didn't quite understand the point of keeping the Osborn Group under his control with such a frail body.

Without Norman Osborn's help, even though Norman Osborn had paved the way, it would be impossible for Harry Osborn to get everyone in the Osborn Group to obey his orders. Fighting wits with those Greed guys was exhausting, both physically and mentally, especially given Harry Osborn's poor health.

With a "click," Harry Osborn returned home, turned on the light, and habitually walked towards the sofa, intending to lie down for a while before taking a shower and going to bed.

"Ah!" But the next moment, Harry Osborn cried out in horror, because a figure was sitting on the sofa. When he clearly saw who the figure was, Harry Osborn's pupils shrank sharply, "Spider-Man?! What are you doing here?!"

Harry Osborn couldn't help but feel terrified. After all, Spider-Man was Norman Osborn's target, and had even injured Norman Osborn before. Harry Osborn's attitude towards Spider-Man had long since changed. He now even suspected that Spider-Man's arrival meant Norman Osborn's identity had been exposed, and Spider-Man was there for revenge...

"I'm here to find you..." Peter Parker sighed softly, looking at the terrified Harry Osborn, and pointed to the coffin beside him, "Or rather, I'm here to bring him back..."

"Him? Sent back?" Harry Osborn's eyes flashed with confusion upon hearing Peter Parker's words. He followed Peter Parker's finger and looked at the coffin beside him. A sense of foreboding welled up in Harry Osborn's heart. He was startled and rushed towards the coffin, pushing it open to reveal Norman Osborn's body, which consisted of only half of his torso.

Although Tony Stark had arranged for some minor repairs to Norman Osborn's body, it still looked extremely disheveled. After all, very little of his body remained, and the visual impact was immense for Harry Osborn Harry Osborn immediately lost his composure, standing there speechless, even forgetting to breathe. After a long while, as if drowning, he gasped for breath, finally regaining his senses and glaring angrily at Peter Parker...

"You killed him?! You killed him and sent him back, are you trying to humiliate me?!" Harry Osborn roared at Peter Parker, but as he roared, his body slumped down. Harry Osborn had lost all strength, and his already weak body became even more frail in the face of such intense emotional turmoil.

"Watch out, Harry..." Seeing Harry Osborn almost collapse to the ground, Peter Parker instinctively steadied him, calling out Harry Osborn 'Harry Osborn name with a worried expression, before falling silent again.

"You... your voice sounds so familiar, you know me... who are you?" Harry Osborn's heart skipped a beat when he heard Peter Parker's voice. A sense of foreboding swirled in Harry Osborn's mind. It was the last thing Harry Osborn Harry Osborn wanted to see, but it seemed that this situation was actually happening right in front of him!

"It's me..." Peter Parker sighed heavily, took off his mask, and looked at Harry Osborn with a helpless expression as he spoke softly.

"It really is you, Peter ..." Harry Osborn's heart sank instantly. Even though Peter Parker had grabbed him, he slumped helplessly to the ground. His eyes were red-rimmed, and his expression was somewhat dazed, or rather, his emotions were just too complex, so complex that Harry Osborn's expression had completely lost control. Only Harry Osborn's voice echoed, "Spider-Man is Peter Parker, why is Spider-Man Peter Parker? Why? Why did you kill my father? Why?"

"I didn't kill your father..." Peter Parker sat down on the ground, looking at Harry Osborn and explaining softly, "You didn't react much when you saw Mr. Osborn's armor, so you should have known his identity already, right? Here's what happened..."

Peter Parker slowly explained to Harry Osborn that he didn't know if Harry Osborn would ultimately accept these things, but Peter Parker would still tell Harry Osborn the truth. The final choice would be up to Harry Osborn. Even if Harry Osborn couldn't accept these things and chose to be his enemy, Peter Parker wouldn't feel any guilt, because he hadn't lied throughout the whole affair, and he had told Harry Osborn everything. It wasn't his fault...

"Heh...heh..." Harry Osborn made an ambiguous sound upon hearing Peter Parker's account. His feelings were now even more complicated, because Norman Osborn was not killed by Peter Parker, but rather by the infamous "Ghost in the Night" who had recently been rumored to be behind Peter Parker's attack. This made Harry Osborn even more confused.

Furthermore, to prevent Harry Osborn from disbelieving his words, Peter Parker even produced his own recording equipment, which was part of the Jarvis system and could record Peter Parker's actions to ensure that there was sufficient video footage remaining if some enemies escaped.

When Harry Osborn saw Peter Parker still trying to save Norman Osborn as his body was being devoured by the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers, when Harry Osborn saw Norman Osborn still filled with resentment as he died, when Harry Osborn saw Peter Parker instinctively calling out to Norman Osborn as he died, Harry Osborn finally fell silent.

Did he hate Peter Parker? Harry Osborn felt he did hate him a little; he hated Peter Parker, the masked Spider-Man!

However, Harry Osborn knew he had no right to hate Peter Parker. Even if Peter Parker's abilities were supposedly the result of Osborn Group's research, Peter Parker might not have known that, and from beginning to end, the two sides had never communicated. The whole affair was Norman Osborn's one-sided attempt to deal with Peter Parker, which ultimately failed and resulted in his defeat by the Shadow-Devouring Soldiers. Peter Parker even tried to save Norman Osborn...

All we can say is that, aside from the instinctive hatred Peter Parker Osborn felt for Harry Osborn because of his Spider-Man identity, Peter Parker's actions were entirely blameless, both before and after he learned of Norman Osborn 'Norman Osborn true identity...

Seeing Harry Osborn fall silent, Peter Parker didn't say anything more. He knew he should let Harry Osborn calm down first, and Peter Parker would accept whatever choice Harry Osborn ultimately made.

As for why Norman Osborn needed his blood, Peter Parker didn't ask. He didn't know if Harry Osborn knew about it, and even if he did, now was clearly not the time to discuss such matters.

"Cough, cough, cough!" After an unknown amount of time, Harry Osborn suddenly started coughing violently, looking as if he were about to die. Peter Parker, who was standing nearby, looked worried and frowned as he watched Harry Osborn. After Harry Osborn finished coughing, he slowly said, "Do you know why Daddy wants your blood?"

"I don't know, I don't understand at all. Mr. Osborn probably doesn't know my identity, so why is he targeting me and trying to get my blood..." Peter Parker slowly shook his head and said softly.

"You should know that I'm not in good health, right? I've been in poor health since high school, and I can't participate in many sports, even worse than you..." Harry Osborn didn't look at Peter Parker, but looked in the direction of the coffin, and said softly.

"It's precisely because neither of us is good at sports that our relationship has grown stronger, but you can also see that our bodies are in worse shape than before, while you've become a powerful superhero..."

"It's all because I have a hereditary disease in my family. Not only do I have it, but my father does too. From a very young age, my father began trying to find a way to cure our family's infectious disease, but he never succeeded. The only time he came so close to success, the fruits of his labor were taken away..."

"And that successful outcome was related to Spider. That's why, after learning about you, or rather, after learning about Spider-Man, my father targeted Spider-Man, hoping to cure my illness through your blood..."

"Then Mr. Osborn ..." Peter Parker suddenly thought of something and asked hesitantly.

"He was injected with a dangerous serum and barely survived, but his personality changed drastically. That's why he didn't want me to be injected with that serum. He only hoped that I could fully recover without any side effects. But he never expected that Spider-Man would be you, and that he would die like this..." Harry Osborn smiled bitterly and said sadly.

"My abilities did indeed come from a Spider ..." Peter Parker's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at Harry Osborn, and he slowly began to speak. "Back when I first transferred to Missouri, you sent me an email with your letter inside, and hidden within it was a Spider. I gained my Spider-Man abilities after being bitten by that Spider. Of course, the other abilities came from other things I acquired later, but without that initial mutation related to the Spider, I wouldn't have had those later gains..."

"What?!" Harry Osborn stared at Peter Parker in shock. He had considered countless ways Peter Parker might have gained Spider-Man's powers—some related to the Osborn Group's successful research, some unrelated, some known to Peter Parker, Peter Parker unknown. But Harry Osborn never imagined that Peter Parker would gain Spider-Man's powers because of him!

In other words, if Harry Osborn hadn't sent that email, or if he had carefully examined the package, he might have been able to find the Spider!

However, Harry Osborn quickly gave a dejected laugh, because Harry Osborn knew that if he had actually seen the Spider in the package, he would have killed it on the spot and continued sending packages. Of course, there was also the possibility that he would have been bitten by the Spider first...

"If my blood can really help you recover, I can give it to you, Harry ..." Seeing Harry Osborn's dejected look, Peter Parker looked at Harry Osborn seriously and said, "However, you can't do anything reckless. After all, no one knows what the outcome will be before the experiment. I know Tony Stark. If he can help, perhaps he can help you recover..."

If it were Peter Parker from another world, he certainly wouldn't offer to give up his blood. But the Peter Parker in this world is different. He will choose to believe his former best friend Harry Osborn, since Harry Osborn's only hope for survival.