After New York's 7 Line passed through the East River Tunnel, the tracks emerged aboveground, and this elevated bridge had become a famous sight in Queens.
By the time Deathstroke arrived on 40K Earth in the Marvel Universe, the 7 Line was already in operation. The Red Bird Train, with a front-end color scheme resembling a red-crowned woodpecker, had run from 1915 to 2002. It was also called the Flushing Local, and had practically become one of New York's symbols.
Back then, everything seemed especially slow, unlike now.
Fortunately, when Spider-Man stopped a subway train with his bare body on the 7 Line, they had already changed the train cars, so he had not destroyed a historical relic.
The United States only had a little over two hundred years of history. A subway car with a hundred years of history was naturally a cultural relic too. Maybe he could collect one?
He withdrew his gaze from the passing train outside the window and looked back at the two children who were devouring ice cream.
"Come to think of it, Little Rich, I have a similar feeling. It feels like there's only a thin membrane between me and the truth, yet I can never see through it." He exhaled a cloud of smoke, completely lacking any awareness that he should not be smoking in front of minors, and simply continued, "Maybe once I figure something out, I'll be able to find CAAT immediately."
It was that peculiar feeling. Not some sudden flash of divine inspiration, nor a hint from some higher-level existence.
Ever since he had begun investigating CAAT, Su Ming had felt off. There was a peculiar sense of fatigue hanging over him.
At first, he had thought it was caused by boredom, so he had spent more time having