Chapter 866: Dinner at Stacy's House
The press conference of the Twisting City Police Department, after the simultaneous screening, was also broadcast on multiple TV stations that night, and Director Stacy, who was carrying five gold stars on his shoulder, said to the camera with a serious face:
Since he took office, the law and order has been good, the crime rate has dropped dramatically, the citizen satisfaction rate has increased, and the contract has become the safest city in North America, which is inseparable from the tireless efforts of the police officers...
The timing of this press conference was very clever, just when the whole world was talking about the Avengers' withdrawal of the twist, and the twisted police station, which is closely related to law and order, stood up and made it clear that the twist was protected by tens of thousands of police officers.
Relying on those few people alone, it is impossible to maintain the law and order of the contract by keeping it 24 hours a day. With the number of criminals arrested and cases cracked by the police station in the past few years, it is very clear that the law and order of a city cannot be maintained by a certain person or team, but requires the consciousness of the vast majority of people and the efforts of the police.
In the press conference, which lasted more than an hour, there was not a single word about the Avengers, and not even Spider-Man, who had been dangling around for several years and had a high sense of presence, did not appear in the speeches of everyone in the Twist Police Department, as if they never existed.
In the question session, a reporter asked: Some people think that in the past few years of the Avengers, the security of the Avengers has been greatly improved, what do the police think of this matter?
The answer is to thank the Avengers for saving the world in many times of crisis, their departure is a big regret for the twist, and the twist will continue to maintain the security of the twist, and they are welcome to come back at any time, no matter how you ask, only say that the tall saves the world, not to mention the role of the twist.
And when people ask about Spider-Man, a good neighbor of the citizens, the answer is even more vague, avoiding the core of the question, only talking about Spider-Man or helping the police station catch some criminals, accounting for about one thousandth of all criminals.
only talking about the number does not talk about the deterrence of other criminal behaviors by the existence of Spider-Man, not to mention that a large part of the people caught by Spider-Man are repeat offenders, and if they are ordinary police officers, they can't be solved without dozens of minutes of drag racing and gunfights.
The concept here is secretly changed, just like at the same time, one did 100 elementary school math problems and the other did 10 high school math problems, can it be said that the latter is only one-tenth of the level of the former?
It's a pity that there are too few people who have the ability to think independently and don't follow the rhythm, and such a data comparison makes many people feel 'Oh, Spider-Man's role is not as big as imagined'.
This kind of news will end if it is changed to a few words of discussion by ordinary people, but in Director Stacy's house, the news voice on the TV is particularly harsh, two children who have just entered middle school, are at the age of hero worship, and they are very angry and muttering that it is the existence of the Avengers that makes the security of the contract so good, and Spider-Man has been catching bad guys...
The two children said one by one, which made Director Stacy's face more and more ugly, "Smack! Suddenly, he slapped the knife and fork on the table, making the two children shake their bodies, and immediately shut up, lowered their heads, and picked up rice in their mouths.
The hostess, Helen Stacy, coughed lightly and motioned to Director Stacy with her eyes, 'There are still guests', Peter Parker pretended not to hear anything, and ate with his head down, and the other children were about the same, and stopped laughing and talking, and the whole room fell into a dead silence.
Director Stacy took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, picked up the knife and fork again, and picked up the plate for a while, and everyone could see that he was in a bad mood.
"Turn off the TV." Gwen got up as she spoke, took the remote control, and turned off the TV that was still playing the news, without the chatter, making the room even quieter, and the atmosphere was particularly eerie.
Helen Stacy, as the hostess, felt that this was not good, and took the initiative to find a topic, saying, "Parker, do you want to add more?" ”
Peter hurriedly looked up and said, "No, thank you, I'm full." ”
"Where's Gwen?"
"No, you don't."
“... Does anyone need it? ”
Even the youngest child, Simon, couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Mom, you should change the question." ”
"Then you can't eat enough at night, don't go out in the middle of the night to find something to eat."
The atmosphere of family chatter diluted the solemnity just now, and Director Stacy's serious face relaxed a little, and he took the initiative to speak: "I remember that you participated in the internship at Stark Industries for two years. ”
Peter hastened to reply, "Yes, sir." ”
"I'm graduating soon, do you have any plans?"
Peter glanced at Gwen, his brain racing, and said, "Getting ready to work at Stark Industries, they need people." ”
"Yes, I have received so many orders from the military, and I really need to expand."
Peter can only follow the smirk, three years of training has made him grow a lot, no longer the stupid rookie with the future father-in-law hard top, no matter what he says, go down the way, there is no loss, but the hard top may lose his girlfriend.
The dinner ended in such a strange atmosphere, and Peter was about to say goodbye, but he couldn't help but ask the question he had been holding back for a long time: "Mr. Stacy, do you think Spider-Man's behavior is wrong?" Is it breaking the law? ”
As soon as this question came out, the two boys who were watching TV instantly pricked up their ears, and if it weren't for their father's majesty, they would have run over to listen.
Director Stacy was silent for several seconds before she spoke, "You know what? The other day in Brooklyn, there was a high school student who admired superheroes and always wanted to be like Spider-Man.
So he made a green jumpsuit and carried two baseball bats around the street, but one night, he got into a fight with a few thugs, was stabbed twice, and was hit by a car, and is still in the hospital. ”
Parker looked dazed and said, "Is this Spider-Man's fault?" ”
"This really has nothing to do with Spider-Man, that kid wants to imitate superheroes, but he doesn't have the strength of superheroes, Spider-Man has strong strength to fight against those criminals, but those imitators don't, and the result of not being able to do it is to be beaten up in the street and thrown into the sewer.
Even if you succeed by luck, you will be hated and retaliated against by those people, just like that kid. As Director Stacy spoke, he glanced at his two sons on the side, apparently hearing this with these two fellows who also admired superheroes, lest they go out on the streets in order to show off in front of the girl or for other reasons.