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Early the next morning, the robot riot in Flushing had set the entire United States ablaze with uproar.
Everyone who had attended Hammer Industries' weapons exhibition was someone of considerable status. Those caught up in this incident included nearly half of the United States' upper class: CEOs, corporate representatives, senators, military officers, and more. At the very least, there had been reporters from renowned newspapers and television stations. Its impact was absolutely unprecedented.
The survivors' demands for accountability not only sent Justin Hammer plunging into a bottomless abyss, but also blew the matter wide open. Even S.H.I.E.L.D., specialists at cleanup and shifting blame, had no way of covering it up this time. An incident witnessed by countless people and affecting all of Queens simply could not be concealed.
Early the next morning, the reporters from every major media outlet who had personally experienced the incident rushed to publish their stories without even needing interviews. And because he had failed to reach the scene in time, poor little Spider-Man ended up catching flak for it.
The New York Police Department immediately came forward to explain that Spider-Man had been on duty in another district, that Lee Stein had ended the crisis too quickly, and so on. Unfortunately, the controversy only grew fiercer.
Some said that Spider-Man's assigned patrol duties had prevented him from reaching