Hearing Jameson's determined tone, George looked at the newspaper in his hand again, and then faced Jameson and asked, "Mr. Jameson, you said earlier that the victim contributed to the Daily Bugle, so what type of articles did he mainly publish?" ”

But at this time, Jameson showed an embarrassed expression, he rubbed his hands and said: "To tell you the truth, Sheriff George, Hu Ji and I are also a little conflicted, and because of this, the two of us terminated our cooperation half a year ago, because I don't agree with some of the opinions of his published manuscript. ”

Jameson dragged George to the other side of the crime scene, which was relatively secluded and there were not so many unrelated people coming and going, but he still lowered his voice and said to George.

"Hudge, who originally wrote a biography of election figures, had been working in political journalism for 10 years, but one day he came to me out of nowhere and said he had seen a story about Spider-Man that I had published in Clarion Daily and was interested in some of its ideas."

"The two of us talked all afternoon, exchanged ideas about superheroes, and found that we had a lot of similarities, so I asked him to write an article about superheroes for Clarion Daily."

"What I didn't expect was that he also set his sights on Spider-Man, writing the sequel to 'Huggie Takes You to Reveal Spider-Man's Dirty Secrets', and brought it to my office in the hope that I would get it on the front page of Clarion Daily."

"His first issue focused on Spider-Man disrupting the law enforcement order, causing chaos for the police, and panicking the public, and I thought it was a pretty good place to start, and the two of us worked together to polish that article and publish it in Clarion Daily."

George nodded, expressing his approval, and then said, "Spider-Man does a lot of this kind of thing, and sometimes our police officers are following orders, and he has to fall out of the air to be a hero himself. ”

"When Spider-Man first appeared, one of my officers caught a thief, and he was waiting for his colleague to come and take the thief back to the police station with the victim shopkeeper for a record."

"The thief was not very honest and struggled to get out of the door, and our police officers had already rushed to subdue him, but Spider-Man landed on a dive and knocked the thief to the ground with a punch."

"The thief broke the bridge of his nose and was admitted to the hospital, and after being discharged from the hospital, he also sued the police for violent law enforcement, of course he could only complain to the police, because Spider-Man covered his face and no one knew who he was."

"I was about to say that." Jameson accentuated his tone and said, "I don't care what kind of fancy dress he wears, but if he covers his face, it means he doesn't want to be responsible for his actions." ”

George patted Jameson on the shoulder as if he had thought of something and said, "The real danger of Spider-Man to society is that he shows up with his face covered and fanfare, seemingly doing a good deed, but in fact he is telling the people that as long as I cover my face, I can do whatever I want." ”

"Spider-Man may have done some good things, but what if someone learned from him to do bad things? If everybody thinks that as long as I cover my face, I can not be held accountable for any of my actions, how many more people will be as victimized as your girlfriend? ”

"I have always believed that the deterrent power of the police is to tell those who want to challenge the bottom line of social order that we have strong means to stop them, even if we can't cover every case, but when the deterrent force exists, there will be people who will not disrupt the order out of fear."

"But if one person stands outside the line and tells everyone that the police are incapable of interfering in any of his actions, the deterrent effect of the police will be weakened."

"Would-be criminals who are still hesitating will feel that as long as I learn Spider-Man and cover my face, the police can't do anything about me, and the consequences of an imbalance in social order are far from being compensated for by him doing a few good things - I think this is the case with all superheroes."

Jameson sighed deeply, then took out a notebook and pen from the pocket of his trench coat and said, "Sheriff George, can I include that passage from you in our interview section with the mysterious person next week?" Rest assured, your name won't appear. ”

"If you will." George patted Jameson on the arm again and said, "Let's talk about the victim again, if you were like-minded at first, why did you later go your separate ways?" ”

Jameson glanced down at the newspaper in George's hand, George understood his intentions, and handed it to him, Jameson looked at some of the statements on it, and said.

"The first three episodes of Mystery Huji all discussed the dangers of superheroes on a social and philosophical level, and I think this kind of discussion is useful and can bring people another perspective on superheroes in a rational way."

But in the fourth issue of the revealing article, Hu Ji said that Spider-Man went to places near Hell's Kitchen many times in the early days of his debut, even casinos and black boxing arenas, so he wrote in the article that Spider-Man was a prostitute, gambler, and even manipulated underground boxers to collect money for him, and speculated that he was very likely to be a drug addict and involved in crime.

Hearing this, George frowned slightly, and Jameson looked at his expression, and knew that the seasoned detective had made the right judgment, and sure enough, George spoke.

"With all my years of experience dealing with criminals, Spider-Man shouldn't have any bad habits, his health is incredible, it's not that his superpowers give him a strong appearance, but if you really see too many gamblers and prostitutes, you will understand that Spider-Man and them are completely opposite people."

Jameson nodded and said, "I think so too, so I euphemistically put forward this part of the speculation, which is not supported by substantial evidence, and cannot be published for the time being, Hu Ji is very dissatisfied." ”

"Two days later, he came to me out of the blue, saying he had found evidence, and he showed me a recording from an underground boxing ring in Hell's Kitchen, where a waiter said that Spider-Man came from them, and that he was a black boxer."

"Sheriff George, you should know better than I know what black boxers are, and Huji insisted on releasing this recording as if he had obtained some incredible treasure, and then published his speculations in the newspaper."

George's eyes immediately became serious, but Jameson touched his chin and said, "At this time, I noticed a question, where did Huji get these clues?" ”

"It's a shame, but it's also a matter of paying attention to Spider-Man since he first came to prominence in New York, but Hell's Kitchen is a mess of fish, and it's not something that a small character like us can investigate clearly, and the background identity of Spider-Man who came out of there is a mystery, but Hu Ji can use two days to dig out extremely critical clues there."

"My gut told me that something was wrong, so I politely declined his request to publish, but Hu Ji understood that there was not enough evidence to impress me."

"Two days later, he came up with evidence that Spider-Man had been in the sewers of New York, and it was so detailed and professional that he even got a sample of the remnants of spider silk."

"At that time, I was stunned, how complicated New York's sewer network is, needless to say, when the underground road network renovation project was carried out, dozens of reporters from the Clarion Daily did not make a splash, could it be that Hu Ji could not do it?"

"To be able to produce this kind of evidence in such a short period of time shows that he can't be a simple news editor, either with enough people to conduct a carpet search, or he has been planning for a long time, and he has already had a lot of clues about Spider-Man, and he has only now provided it to me."

"I felt more and more that something was wrong, so I proposed to terminate the cooperation with him completely, Hu Ji looked very angry, I could only calm his emotions first, and then send him away."

"Unexpectedly, within a week, he found a new partner, and not just a partner, but six or seven newspapers and more than a dozen online media, and they began to publish the evidence that Hu Ji found."

"The death of the first generation of Spider-Man has been turned out again, and some of the outrageous behaviors of the second generation of Spider-Man have been amplified by the media again, and the existing three generations of Spider-Man have begun to be excavated for their true identities and addresses."

"Things are getting bigger and bigger, the rumors are getting more and more outrageous, some of the news published in regular newspapers is fake news that has been spread a few times, and some of the news that Clarion Daily used to report on Spider-Man has also been distorted or taken out of context, and I hurriedly asked the editor to issue a clarification statement."

"I posted several reports in a row to explain the true meaning of those previous articles, and by the way, I released the reliable empirical evidence in my hand, such as he was very young when he debuted, and it is unlikely that he will have illegitimate children, his body is very healthy, his work and rest are also very regular, and the possibility of drug use is also very small, etc., but ......"

Jameson hesitated, George could see that he had scruples, so he pulled Jameson to an empty room next to the scene of the crime, closed the door and said, "Say anything, Mr. Jameson, if the situation is serious, I can apply for witness protection for you." ”

Jameson pushed his glasses, shook his head, and said, "It's not that serious, but within a week of my clarification reports, I found out that my home may have been searched, and someone was followed on the way to work......"

George immediately frowned, and Jameson said as if he knew what he wanted to ask: "It's useless to call the police, the other party is quite professional, not like the kind of journalist who wants to investigate and collect evidence, more like a ......"

"Law enforcement officers?"

Jameson nodded and said, "Of course, this is my personal speculation, but I have been immersed in this industry for so many years, and I know a lot of people, and I immediately realized that I may be involved in a big trouble, so I immediately went to the West Coast for a vacation, and the daily newspaper was temporarily closed." ”

"Then you said that Spider-Man may be the first suspect in Huji's murder......"

"He may be taking revenge." Jameson looked towards the door, lowered his voice, and said, "Because I've dealt with Spider-Man a lot, I know he's not the kind of fool who can only throw his fists, he's incredibly smart." ”

"Even I can find out about Hu Ji and the people behind him organizing a large-scale smear of Spider-Man, there is no reason why he can't detect it, do you think a young and vigorous young hero can bear to be slandered by others like this?"

George frowned deeply.

(End of chapter)