An hour later.
Peter stood on the roof of the building, overlooking the movement below.
Dozens of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. have sealed off the entire base and put all the security personnel inside into trucks. As for the scientific researchers on the list, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s follow-up troops should have gone to their homes to arrest them.
The five subjects lying on the hospital bed were carefully carried onto the transport plane and prepared to be sent to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s private medical institution for follow-up treatment.
Peter was about to jump off the roof and hitchhike when a strange feeling suddenly came over him. His heart tightened suddenly, as if there was an invisible magnetic field pulling on his nerves, and even the cells in his body were faintly turbulent.
He turned around consciously.
The iron door on the roof was gently pushed open, and a female agent came out. The person was wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D. standard dark blue agent uniform, and the eagle emblem on the armband was particularly eye-catching.
Jessica·Drew raised the corners of his lips, revealing a meaningful smile, "Hi, Spider, long time no see."
Compared to the last time we met, Jessica looks a lot more mature, and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s uniform looks very energetic on her.
She has long black hair and a smile in her green eyes.
"Jie...Jessica?" Peter was surprised, "Why are you here?"
"Please call me Agent Drew, Mr. Spider." Jessica winked playfully, "To answer your question by the way - Fury sent me here. Someone is trying to single-handedly bring down an entire huge organization. The director is quite angry now."
Peter blinked. "Are you an official agent?"
The special pheromone connection between the two still made Peter a little distracted. He calmed down and continued to listen to her.
Jessica took a few steps closer. "I graduated from the training camp with first place. Since you and I are relatively familiar, Fury thinks it is most appropriate for me to be your liaison agent. Of course, in his words, he is called 'nanny'."
Peter swallowed. "... the old man is pretty good at making arrangements."
Jessica stopped three meters away and asked, "What are you going to do next, Spider?"
Peter took a deep breath, forced himself to collect his thoughts, and said in a deep voice, "Those two Mutants created by Roxxon... If Hydra is still operating secretly, they will be very dangerous."
"You don't have to worry about it anymore," Jessica interrupted him, "Fury has already taken over it personally. The guy who can control the technology will be sent to Utah's top-secret base for protection. As for the Mind Stone sensor, he will be sent to Amsterdam for recuperation. Hydra can't even touch a hair of theirs."
Seeing that Jessica became so capable and calm after training with S.H.I.E.L.D., Peter gathered his thoughts and nodded. "That's good... how are you doing lately?"
"Honestly? It's great." Jessica's lips curved with pride, "I'm finally doing what I dreamed of."
"For example?"
"Be a good person." She stopped and looked at Peter with gentle eyes, "I don't have to run around anymore, and I don't have to hide here and there anymore... Speaking of which, all of this is thanks to you."
"No, it was your own choice." Peter looked at her seriously, "It was you who decided to stand on our side and resist Wyndham."
"If you hadn't told me the truth, I wouldn't have known what to do." Jessica smiled, then changed the subject and returned to a more businesslike tone, "Tell me, how did you get to this place?"
Peter rubbed his temples. "New York showed up a guy who turned himself into a giant lizard and ran rampant in the underground waterways. I followed the clues and found that Roxxon was providing him with technical and financial support behind the scenes, and finally found this black base."
"I see... where's the big lizard?"
"It's probably still living in the sewer of New York." Peter sighed, "But that will be a problem tomorrow."
Jessica leaned on the railing of the roof and lowered his voice. "I'm afraid... Fury means that this matter ends here, and we need to handle it 'concealed'."
"What do you mean?"
"The formula you discovered that can activate recessive mutation genes in the human body... is too risky. If there really is an informant inside S.H.I.E.L.D. from Hydra, reporting it directly is tantamount to giving it to them personally."
Peter instantly understood what she meant. "So, it would be safest to leave this thing in the hands of an 'outsider' like me? Got it. Did he delete the email I sent him?"
"I have completely erased all data about the formula from Roxxon's server." Jessica turned sideways and looked at him with a half-smile, "Now, the SA in your hand is the only digital backup in the world."
Both of them understood Fury's arrangement.
"Okay... where should we go next?" Peter asked.
"Go back to New York first, find the lizard, and find out what he knows." Jessica said.
That night, the two left the base and returned to the safe house of Queens.
Early next morning.
Sunlight poured into the room through the simple window. Peter slowly opened his eyes, feeling that his whole body was relaxed and the long-lost fatigue was swept away.
Over the past week, from the diplomatic dispute at Doctor Doom to the messy incident at the Lizard, he had hardly had a sound sleep. But now, he had slept for a full eight hours.
This is a secret safe house located underground by S.H.I.E.L.D. under Queens. It was also the room used by Natasha when he served as his liaison. The layout of the room is extremely simple, with only a large bed and a wardrobe.
Jessica is also resting in the safe house.
After the reunion, the relationship between the two became closer.
Just as he was about to get up, the cell phone placed in his jacket next to the closet suddenly rang violently.
The bell rang over and over again, appearing extremely urgent.
Peter sighed, raised his hand and opened his palm, trying to sense those weird Magic mantras in his mind.
The next second, a red-gold energy halo formed out of thin air, flying across half the room like a dexterous whip, accurately grabbing the backpack and rolling it back to the bed!
Even Peter himself was surprised - this Wand of Watoomb is actually many times easier to use than before!
Jessica next to him was also awakened by Jingjing, and blinked in surprise. "What method did you use just now?"
"A little Magic." Peter took out his phone and took a look. The name Gwen Stacy·Stacy was clearly displayed on the screen.
He pressed the answer button, "Hello, Gwen Stacy?"
"Peter! You finally answered the phone!" Gwen Stacy's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone, "Where were you last night? I called you several times and you didn't answer!"
"Sorry Gwen Stacy, we dealt with some difficult matters last night." Peter cleared his throat, "Did something happen in the laboratory?"
"I went back to Dr. Connors's laboratory early this morning to check the situation to see if the police had missed any clues." Gwen Stacy's voice was full of panic. "As a result, I found that several core equipment in the laboratory were missing! They were all valuable professional equipment. I asked my dad, and the police did not move those things away at all!"
Peter looked condensed. "Someone stole the equipment?"
"It's not just as simple as stealing the equipment!" Gwen Stacy said hastily, "The stolen instruments... were the key equipment that the doctor used to synthesize Lizard Serum! And in addition to the instruments, they also stole several devices that can be used for large-scale aerosol spraying!"
Peter's pupils shrank instantly.
Large-area aerosol spraying?
"Damn..." Peter sat up straight, "That guy wants to spray the serum into the entire city?!"
"Yes! I suspect that someone wants to cause a large-scale poisoning incident in New York!" Gwen Stacy shouted anxiously, "I told my father, but he thought I was just thinking... Peter, I can only rely on you now, please come to the university laboratory!"
"I'll be there right away, just stay there and don't move."
After hanging up the phone, Peter got out of bed and quickly put on his combat uniform.
Jessica has also packed up and changed back into Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform.
"It seems that our vacation ended early." Jessica flexed his wrist.
"Yes." Peter put on his helmet, clenched his fists loudly, and raised a cold arc at the corner of his mouth, "There is a big lizard who doesn't know how to live or die and is ready to destroy this city - let's go and help him wake up."
"With pleasure, Mr. Spider." Jessica raised his eyebrows and smiled.
The system interface of the suit lit up in front of his eyes, and Peter took a deep breath.
He and Jessica packed up and prepared to set off to find Lizard Man.