Chapter 63: The here and now may be a little better than yesterday
"Maybe I can get a night vision goggle for my spider mask, so that when I go out every day, I can charge it."
Gwen grumbled as she looked at the filing cabinets and boxes in the room.
"Buzz~Buzz~"
The phone, which was in the boots of her spider uniform, vibrated suddenly.
Gwen took her phone out of her boot.
After seeing that the caller was Betty, she let out a breath and switched her phone to the caller message option.
"Sorry, Betty, I had to give you a voicemail."
Gwen turns on her phone's flashlight and shines it against the wall.
On the wall near the staircase, many photos are posted.
The faint glow of the phone flashed over these photos.
"Spooky family photos?"
Looking at the various family photos on the wall, Gwen frowned slightly.
Most of these photos are taken by parents and children.
And the parents in the photo are much more than a couple.
Laughing parents or holding their children, playing with their children, recording precious scenes in front of the camera, and then pasting them as memories on this cold wall.
"In general, birds like to decorate with shiny things."
Gwen's finger swiped across the photo, "If this is the nest of the 'weird birds,' wouldn't he like it...... Decorate the walls with other people's family photos? ”
Grabbing a photograph from the wall, Gwen looked at it by the light of a flashlight.
"Wait...... This photo is of Dr. Octavis, and the background of the photo is Osben? ”
Looking at a selfie of a middle-aged man, Gwen recognized it as Dr. Octavis, whom he knew.
(Dr. Octavius: Doctor Octopus)
"Osborne can be seen anywhere, and maybe I should doubt the connection between me and the Osborne."
Gwen put away the photo in confusion, thought for a while, and continued to search for clues on the top floor of the clock tower.
Soon she found a brown bag in the cabinet, exactly the same as the bag that the "strange bird" snatched from the thief that night.
"I'm sure this is the guy's makeshift lair, and he's put up the pictures."
Gwen turned off her phone's flashlight and muttered under her breath.
In the cool night, she turned around.
Suddenly!
A figure appeared in front of her.
A young man about the same age as Gwen stood abruptly behind Gwen in ragged clothes and with a pair of pale blue eyes.
Gwen took a step back, startled, "You..... Who are you? ”
In the face of Gwen's questioning, the young man showed a slightly confused look.
In the next second, a huge mutation occurred in his body.
"Ahh
In the midst of the screams, the muscles of his arms swelled, his spine deformed, and his fingers visibly lengthened.
The palms of the hands turn into sharp claws, feathers grow on the surface of the body, and quickly cover the upper body.
With a palpitating sound of "click", a pair of wings grew from behind him.
"Well, I know who you are."
Gwen stepped back, ready for battle.
"Wake up night after night, so barren and gloomy in the face of a meaningless existence."
The young man who transformed into a "strange bird" gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and let out a low voice to Gwen.
"Barren and gloomy? It's a cool description, but can tell me...... Who are you? ”
Gwen tried to communicate with the "sharp-mouthed" secondary two youth.
"I also want to know, my real name, my family, my family, anything from the past, my memories are like forgotten songs, ringing on moonless nights, or...... It's like an empty coffin. ”
"Strange Bird" said word by word, and slowly walked towards Gwen.
"That's pretty dark."
Gwen coughed, "So you're a person who has lost your memory, so where did you get these photos?" ”
"From where I woke up, I snatched these pictures and escaped, but...... When I go back and try to regain my lost memories, that place is gone! You...... Can you tell me, who am I? ”
Gwen shook her head at the other party's question, "I'm sorry, I don't know what happened to you more than you do. ”
"But ......"
Gwen pulled out the selfie with Osben and shook it in her hand.
"Maybe there's a clue here? The background of this photo is Osborne Industries. ”
When Gwen sneaked into Osben earlier, she found some reports of biological experiments.
She suspected that the "strange bird" in front of her with a confused memory was a creature created by Osborne's DNA biological experiments.
"Your memories will come back, and until then, the here and now may be a little better than yesterday."
Countless thoughts crossed Gwen's mind, but she remained silent on the surface, trying to calm the other man.
"Yesterday?"
Hearing this word, the "strange bird" seemed to be stimulated by something, his eyes were wide for a moment, and his expression was hideous.
"You're right, yesterday, all I needed was yesterday! I need to know who I am! ”
The "strange bird" let out a scream from its mouth and pounced on Gwen.
Gwen immediately shot out the spider silk and pulled herself towards the wall.
"Boom!"
The wall was slammed into by screaming vultures, and Gwen dodged the moment the other man hit him.
"Well, I didn't know you were so sensitive!"
Gwen complained as she fell to the ground, her wrist immediately shooting cobwebs at the other party who pounced.
"Roar!"
The vulture, which screams and makes a piercing noise, directly attacks with sound waves, and the impact of the spider silk changes direction.
Seeing that her attack didn't hit her opponent, Gwen immediately shot spider silk at the ceiling, leading herself away.
"Ho......!"
Dodging in the air to dodge the attack, Gwen shoots out a metal cabinet with spider silk wrapped around the ground.
The moment he landed, he pulled the metal cabinet and smashed it at the other party.
"Bang!"
The vultures were knocked out of the way!
Gwen immediately took advantage of this opportunity to shoot out spider silk without interruption, tying the other party tightly.
"Got you!"
However, before Gwen could breathe a sigh of relief, the vulture, which made a sharp noise, launched a sonic attack directly at Gwen.
Gwen had to dodge backwards.
"Tear up!"
With the power gained by its mutated body, the vultures tore open the cobwebs that stuck to it, and then flew violently.
But his target was not Gwen, but the picture that Gwen had accidentally dropped.
"Osborne! This is...... The key to my past. ”
Picking up the photo, the vulture ignored Gwen and flapped its wings and flew out.
"Wait!"
Seeing the other person flying away, Gwen shouted and stepped forward to try to stop the other party.
But because he can't fly and doesn't have a jetpack, he can only watch the other party fly away.
Panting slightly, Gwen watched helplessly as the other party disappeared into the sky.
"He's not trying to get into trouble with Osben, is he?"
Gwen's brow furrowed.
"Now Norman. Osborne was hospitalized and Harry stayed at home...... No, I'm afraid Harry will be in danger! ”