"You just said 'you guys.' Who exactly is included?"
Peter was tempted. After all, Jesse was one of his high school classmates, a good girl whose background he knew well. And she was mature, focused wholeheartedly on making money, unlike other girls who got caught up in all the silly things teenage girls liked.
Shuri had a spaceship, and Gwen and the others might buy one too. Boarding either side's ship could offend the other, so he might as well board neither.
The Avengers' spaceship was the largest and best. Iron Man was a guarantee of quality, but now S.H.I.E.L.D. was involved, and the ship was full of middle-aged and elderly people. They had nothing in common, so that was out too.
For now, Jessica's side seemed the most reliable.
"Just me and Squirrel Girl. You know her too. There's no one else." Jewel smiled, grabbed Spider-Man's arm, and dragged him toward home. "We've prepared everything else. We're just missing a hardworking, smart crew member, and I think you'd be perfect."
She had already made plans. Once they reached space, she would claim a barren planet, use Wilson Enterprises' colonial equipment to build a farm, and turn it into her space detective agency.
Being a detective in space would make her one of a kind, wouldn't it? This was a blue ocean market.
The thought of investigating aliens' extramarital affairs in the future thrilled her.
"Listen, Jesse, I'd really like to go with you." Peter struggled to break free, but Jewel was clearly stronger, and he simply could not shake her off. "But I have to go home and discuss it with Aunt May first. If she can't find me, she'll definitely worry."
It was not just Aunt May. He also had to ask for leave from Wilson's Chain Fast