30. Postscript: Afterglow is eternal
My name is Robert Reynolds, I'm a nobody living in New York, I'm an average high school student, and I've fantasized many times that I can be like Spider-Man, get superpowers overnight, become a superhero, uphold justice, and fight evil.
But I can't... It's not just that I can't get superpowers, because of my timid personality, but also because of my bad habits, in fact, I'm an addict, it's not a big deal, and my peers around me are similar to me, and it's not unspeakable.
Too much of my past, it was a bad time, and a bad story that I didn't want to recall, and in short, my life was a mess, like shit.
But that's okay, I've seen Professor Knowlson leave his lab, and it's amazing! The door to his lab is locked, but one window is still open! That's my chance, you know, as an addict, the expenses are huge, and I've been a little tight lately...
I snuck into the lab at night, the damn window couldn't stop me, I didn't know the weird equipment Professor Knowlson had put in the lab, but I knew I had to take the one or two that looked like they were worth more than one before anyone else found out...
I spent fifteen minutes searching the lab for my target, and as I noticed the school security guards getting closer, I took what I found and ran wildly, but before I left the lab, I found a yellow reagent on Professor Knowlson's desk that was doing some kind of reaction.
Seriously, I don't know why I reached for it at the time, but maybe it was fate, and anyway, I put it in my pocket.
While escaping, I was unfortunately discovered by the security guards, and I ran all the way to a corner, and finally they cornered me.
I fell, the contents of my pocket shattered, I felt broken glass pierce my waist, and a sour liquid that seemed to be corroding my body.
At that moment, I felt as if I had been thrown into the surface of the sun, my flesh was charred, and I couldn't make a sound because of the pain.
There was darkness before my eyes...
I know I'm going to die, but if life really has an afterlife, as the once dressed mage-like bastard said, I hope... I can be a real superhero.
Kindness... It's like the Spider-Man I admire, maybe better than him!!
My name is Robert Reynolds and that's the end of my bad story... Of course, it is also a new story, the beginning of a new life... It was on this day that I met the man who changed my life.
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"Boom"
A dazzling red light tore through the night sky of New York, and in the darkness it was like a destructive rainbow, across the sky, and at this moment, the highly concentrated energy even broke through the cover of the atmosphere, and a devastating burst of power was detected at various energy detection stations on the earth.
"Take Joel to a safe place, I'll check it out!"
Clarke, a reporter for the Daily Planet, who was having dinner with his family, put down the knife and fork in his hand and said a word to his wife Louise, who had already hugged his son Joel, he stood up, reached out to help his son wipe the rice from the corner of his mouth, and then turned and rushed into the night through the open window.
"Mom, Mom, Dad went to fight the bad guys?"
Xiao Qiao'er is 10 years old this year, and it is the time of curiosity, he twists his neck restlessly in his mother's arms, looking at the direction his father left, his eyes are full of admiration and curiosity.
"It's alright, Joel, your dad will be back soon. ”
As the wife of a superhero, Louise is used to this sudden separation, and she sighs and walks with her son into the bedroom, where there is an activated portal.
"We went to play with Aunt Ophela... You have to be obedient~"
Clark's figure was speeding through the air, and when he turned his head, he could see the red armor rushing from the direction of Manhattan, and Stark was obviously alarmed.
As he approached the site of the explosion, Clarke, dressed in casual clothes, landed on the roof of the building, and the next moment, a shadow fell from the sky and landed beside him.
"The energy here is not normal..."
The little spider chattered while taking out the hood of the spider suit from his bag and bringing it on: "Look down there, it's like being blown up by a nuclear bomb..."
As the little spider said, in front of Clark's eyes, the entire community high school and the neighborhood were as if they had been hit by a meteorite, and the ground had sunk down into a large crater, and in the soil of the pit, there was a blue-purple light, and there were sparks of energy visible to the naked eye circulating back and forth in that light.
It looked like a door to another world had been opened here.
"Click"
Between the two people talking, a faint metal collision sound sounded in the air, and Iron Man also landed smoothly beside the two people, and when he landed, the metal shell on his arm flipped over, and in the dazzling reorganization, it quickly turned into a portable energy detector.
"It's not the energy that can be born naturally from the earth's environment, it's more like a mysterious particle in a cosmic phenomenon, oh my God, it's still expanding! It's almost like the feeling of a whole sun when it collapses. ”
"Click"
Iron Man's helmet flipped outward, revealing his face with two bright red kiss marks, and he greeted Clark and the little spider, and said in a deep voice:
"Contact Fury, let's find a way to tie this energy back, and once it becomes unstable, the whole of New York will be finished. ”
"Wait! Mr. Stark!"
The spider interrupted Stark and Clarke's plans, and he poked his head out towards the rolling light in front of him, and said with a hint of confusion:
"I seem to see a man in the light!"
"Huh?"
Stark turned his head to look at the little spider: "Parker, have you drunk too much? In such an energy level, ordinary people will be directly vaporized... Unless..."
"Unless she or he isn't an ordinary person!"
Clark jumped off the roof of the building, and he shouted: "Let's go over and see, if what the little spider sees is true, then it proves that this bad thing is not accidental, at least, we have a survivor and a bystander, or or, a murderer!"
"Huh"
The figure of the little spider followed the elasticity of the spider silk, and quickly fell into the surging energy, and when he landed, he felt a little uncomfortable, and the energy here surged too violently, even making him dizzy.
"Well, I think I'm going to have to get out first..."
The little spider scratched his head and was about to jump out of this danger zone and leave the search to the children of Krypton and the Iron Boss, but just as he turned around, he felt a look of horror.
Right behind him, under the two-thirds floor that had collapsed, buried in the soil.
"Where are you?"
The little spider took a step forward, his left hand stretched forward, and his right hand was raised, indicating that he had no malice, and he shouted, "Can you come out to meet us? By the way, tell us what happened here!"
"You! Who are you!"
The figure who was hiding seemed to be terrified, and even his voice became hoarse and low, as if it was panting for breath, and as if it was suppressing some restless emotion:
"You go, get out of here, I don't believe you!"
"Hey, hey, man, calm down!"
The energy of the riot made the little spider subconsciously take a step back, and he shouted loudly:
"Look! I'm Spider-Man, and the whole of New York knows me, and if you know me, you should know, I only fight bad guys... Are you a badass?"
"I, of course I'm not! You... Are you Spider-Man? really?"
The voice seemed to be in some kind of trance, and when he heard Spider-Man say his name, his voice suddenly raised several degrees:
"Are you really him? I'm a fan of yours and yes, I adore you... I... I'm not a bad person, I don't... I was just... Just carelessly..."
"Alright, alright! Man, don't be nervous!"
Seeing that the guy hiding in front of him was showing signs of chaos again, Spider-Man hurriedly said, "Anyway, I'm here to help you!
"Come, get out of your hiding place, it's safe here, I promise... Uh, by and large!"
Little Spider waved his hands, little by little to calm the guy's chaotic thoughts, he always has a special aura, an aura that can be trusted, in fact, Little Spider is the superhero most liked by New Yorkers, in a way, he is even more liked than the handsome and golden Iron Man.
Because he is equal to everyone and will do everything he can to help them.
And little by little, the little spider advised, the guy hiding in the ruins came out like a frightened little animal, he covered his face with his hands a little fearfully, but from between his fingers, he could clearly see the surging light like the sun.
With the movement of his footsteps, each step will cause the energy around him to roll rapidly, as if it is absorbed by his body little by little.
"That's it, come, give me your hand! You're not going to hurt me, are you?"
The little spider instinctively sensed danger from the guy in front of him, but he could also feel the guy's restless heart, he stretched out his hand and whispered in the gentlest voice:
"I'm here to help you, trust me!"
"You're really... It's really Spider-Man... I, of course I won't hurt you..."
When he saw Spider-Man with his own eyes, this guy showed a very happy mood, he stepped forward and tried to grab the little spider's hand, but this time he used too much force, and directly stepped the ground under the feet of the two of them into an oval depression.
This stunned both of them.
"I'm sorry, I, I didn't mean to..."
The guy saw that he had done something wrong and hurriedly tried to grab the little spider's hand to apologize, and at this moment, Iron Man and Superman rushed out of the ruins, and in their vision, they saw a guy with dangerous energy all over his body trying to grab the poor little spider.
This is rightfully considered aggressive.
"Whoosh" "Whoosh"
More than a dozen missiles erupted from the projection port on the back of the Iron Armor, and Clark picked up his speed in an attempt to save the "in danger" spider from the monster.
"No! don't hit him! No!!"
The spider screamed, trying to stop the two friends from attacking, but it was too late.
In a state of confusion, this strange fellow's foreknowledge of danger was astonishingly aware, and at the moment the missile was ejected, his hands were spread out, and two huge yellow pillars of light erupted from his palms, easily drowning Iron Man and Superman in it.
"You liars, not worth it... Not to be trusted!"
"Boom"
The yellow energy rolled and exploded, like the light of thousands of broken stars, pushing this mysterious guy into the starry sky, and after he disappeared, the little spider rushed to Iron Man and Superman, the two very capable big guys, after the guy's casual blow, had entered a state of injury.
"Who is this ruthless character who suddenly appeared?"
Superman wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth, and at the moment he was hit by the light just now, he felt as if he had been hit head-on by a planet, and he couldn't resist at all.
And Stark beside him was even more miserable, the blood-edged armor on his body slammed open in a scorching heat, throwing Stark, who had been badly burned inside.
"In that moment just now, his energy burst exceeded the extreme I could detect... It's like a nascent and rapidly expanding universe suddenly exploded. ”
Stark knelt on the ground, moaning in pain, his whole body trembled, looking at the little spider and Superman, he shook his head:
"Whoever he is, it's not a guy we can deal with anymore..."
"Boom"
Robert Reynolds, who rushed into the stars, was in a state of confusion, and instead of being ecstatic after the strange potion really gave him unimaginable power, he fell into a state of panic.
He didn't know what was wrong with his body, and he didn't know why those superheroes were attacking him.
As a star-chaser, of course he knows Iron Man and Superman, although he has strength, but he is still an ordinary person at heart, after causing a disaster that wiped out a block, he is like a cornered novice criminal, he is very panicked, and he doesn't even know where he is going...
In his mind, he has become a villain.
"Buzz"
In the barren stars in front of Robert Reynolds, the gate composed of broken space suddenly appeared, and the next moment, a man wearing an apron and a loose casual shirt walked out of the broken gate, he crossed his waist and stood in front of Reynolds.
Although the dress is a little ridiculous, this man gives Reynolds the feeling that it is like a wall, blocking the endless starry sky in front of him.
Even his incomparably sharp senses were telling him that if he dared to bump into it, he would... Die.
Reynolds, who was in a hurry, stopped his directionless run, he didn't know what attitude to face the man who suddenly appeared in front of him, and the man just looked at Reynolds for a moment, and then shook his head with some disdain:
"Uh, a single cosmic-level lucky one... Seriously, the way you get your power makes me jealous, friend. ”
His voice was gentle, but it made Reynolds feel a touch of humiliation, he clenched his fists, the darkness and power surging inside, and the beast inside roared to break out of the fence and teach the megalomaniacal man a real lesson.
Opposite him, the yellow-skinned, dark-haired man moved his wrist and babbled:
"I haven't done anything with anyone else in almost 10 years, and if I do it in a while, you must tell me... If you survive..."
"Less big talk!!"
Reynolds felt that his patience had reached the limit, and the memory of easily defeating Iron Man and Superman came to his mind, and he felt that maybe he didn't need to be afraid!
So he raised his fists and pounced on the man in front of him like a yellow meteor.
He saw six gems of different colors appear behind the man's back, and then he heard the man say in a deep voice:
"Overlord - Heavenly Punishment!!"
"Boom, boom, boom!"
In the overwhelming light that rushed towards him, as if the entire stars and universe were distorted, Reynolds only felt a darkness in front of him, and he tried to fight back with the power of the stars surging all over his body, but...
"Why! Why are your fists so weak!"
"Why is your threat so weak!"
"Fight back! Punch like a man! Let me see... Let me see where you can go!!"
"Boom !!"
The light that shone on the starry sky lasted less than 3 seconds, and the meteorite-like shattered starlight streaked a brilliant trail among the dark stars, sliding from this battlefield to the distant earth.
The disappearance of the opponent made the man who suddenly appeared froze for a moment, he still maintained the posture of waving his fist, he looked at the empty stars, and after 2 seconds, he shook his head, put away his fist, straightened his clothes, took off the apron that he had not had time to take off, and then lit a cigarette with some gloom.
In the starry sky, where there was no air at all, he exhaled a smoke ring, and he looked at his right hand.
"It's not that he's too weak... It's me... I'm too strong..."
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When Reynolds regained his senses, he found that he had returned to Earth, still thrown into a barren desert, and the man who was incredibly strong was standing in the desert in front of him, the smoke of his cigarette rising little by little in the setting sun.
The man seemed to notice his awakening, and he turned his head, crouched down, and patted Reynolds on the cheek.
"You've got the power at the cost of a neighborhood in New York being destroyed and 223 people dying miserably, maybe I should kill you here..."
Reynolds's heart suddenly tightened, and even his body that had recovered quickly with him trembled, but the next moment, the man, like a madman, suddenly stood up with a laugh, stretched out his left foot and kicked him:
"That's what I would have done 10 years ago... Since the power has chosen you, it means that there should be a place for you in this world. ”
"Go back to where you came from, and use your actions to atone for the sins of those 223 lives, and of course you can continue to do evil... But my eyes will be on you..."
He clapped his hands and flicked a puff of soot into the wind:
"According to our bad traditions, I should give you a name. ”
"So from today... You are called a sentinel! Sentinel who sweeps away danger for the world, Sentinel who watches over civilization, and Sentinel who stands guard for me, well... It's a nice name. ”
Reynolds raised his head a little dazed, sitting cross-legged in the dusk desert, he looked at the figure in front of him in awe, in the sunset that illuminated half of the sky, the big guy in front of him was smoking silently, as if he was enjoying a rare peaceful man.
This should be a big shot.
Reynolds told himself, and after a moment he stood up cautiously, patted the dust off his body, and asked in a respectful whisper:
"So... What shall I call you, my lord?"
"Huh?"
The man turned his head, the smoke wrapped around half of his cheek, the golden light of the setting sun enveloping half of his body, while the other half was placed in the shadows, and the light and shadow formed an almost substantial balance in this slightly vicissitudes of life:
"Uh..."
The last wisps of smoke rose, and he put his apron over his shoulders like a trench coat, and left quietly in the dim sunset, as if he had appeared on the scene:
"You can call me Cyber, Cyber Hawke..."
"Or... Overlord!"
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