"Hey, Peter, what's wrong?"
Dr. Curt Connors patted the absentminded Peter Parker on the shoulder and asked with concern.
"Have you been too tired lately? How about I give you a couple of days off?"
"Ah, no, that won't be necessary. Thank you for your concern, Dr. Connors." Snapping back to his senses, Peter waved his hand. "I'm fine. I was just, um, a little distracted."
With the help of his friend Harry Osborn, Peter Parker had interviewed for an internship in a research project funded by the Osborn Group and led by Dr. Curt Connors, which focused on cross-species genetics and human limb regeneration. His outstanding performance had earned Dr. Connors's approval.
Aside from becoming Spider-Man to fight crime, Peter Parker spent most of his spare time here, and Mary Jane had begun to complain about it.
But Mary Jane was not the reason Peter was distracted. It was because of Martin Lee—Mr. Negative—and the problem surrounding him a couple of days ago.
"Would you mind talking to me about it?" Dr. Connors could tell Peter had something on his mind. He stopped working and sat across from him. "Maybe I can give you some advice."
Peter hesitated for a while before deciding to talk to someone about it, and perhaps see whether he could find an answer.
"If one of your family members or friends had to engage in some, um, illegal activities for special reasons, but stopping him would likely hurt him, what would you do?"
After vaguely describing Martin's situation to Dr. Connors, Peter looked at him hopefully.
"Oh... so it's that kind of question..."
Dr. Connors smacked his lips. As a former military doctor, he had encountered similar situations several times. Many people in the army had violated orders due to personal circumstances and ended