As they chatted, Luke's gaze fell on Peter from time to time, and he sighed inwardly. The little spider … was ten years old!
In another two years of high school, Peter might become the "Good Neighbor of New York" Spiderman at any time, but it was even more likely that he would forever be an ordinary New York citizen.
After all, he had to meet that strange spider test subject.
But in this Marvel world, which had changed too much, could Peter really meet that spider?
But Luke wasn't conflicted.
Given Peter's personality, if he had to choose between "keeping his uncle alive" and "becoming Spiderman," the former was undoubtedly more important.
Now that Luke could ensure his uncle's safety, Peter could grow up happily.
Hm, wasn't the little guy so moved that he was about to cry when he looked at Luke with the helmet in his hand?
That was what happiness felt like.
Luke nodded at Peter with a smile and said, "You're welcome. It's my job." He then turned around to chat with Director George Stacey.
It wasn't strange at all that he was here.
The home improvement company, transportation company, Tasty Fast Food, and fast food delivery company didn't have a lot of assets on the surface, but they had good social benefits.
The fast food and fast food delivery company were subsidized by the company to provide the officers of the 15th Precinct with quality food and service at low prices.
Director George had joked many times that Tasty Fast Food had become the 15th Precinct's home kitchen.
He didn't mind being closer to Luke, his uncle, and Auntie Mei.
It was the 15th Precinct that was benefiting, not him. This wasn't an exchange of benefits.
The employees of these companies were also the best at surveillance, and it was very normal for them to walk around the streets.
They had a perfect food delivery and renovation schedule. Most of the time, they could use the time of the crime to find a few deliverymen and renovation workers nearby.
In the past few years, Clinton's economy had been growing steadily, and it was the best area in New York.
With Luke's help, Director George's career path was smooth, and he was promoted from captain to inspector. He was still in the 15th Precinct.
He only needed to be promoted one more level to become deputy chief (one star).
He would have the chance to become the head of the police department in this part of Manhattan.
It would be very good for his uncle and Auntie Mei's company to have a promotion like this.
More importantly, Director George had a good character and a high bottom line. He wasn't the kind of person who only cared about benefits and not relationships.
It was also for this reason that Luke hadn't mentioned it even though he had helped with his promotion.
Making the relationship between Director George and Uncle more equal was the way to go in the long run.
…
Director George didn't have much contact with Luke, and had no intention of letting him off the hook this time. After chatting for a while, he changed the subject. "Is your firm still open?"
Luke paused for a moment and quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind. In the end, he didn't want to ruin his image as an honest and reliable gentleman. "Well, I've been busy with some manual work recently, so I'm taking a break."
"That's good, I …" Director George suddenly realized something was wrong. "What, suspended?"
Luke blinked innocently. "That's right. Where else would Peter have gotten his helmet-learning machine?"
Director George was speechless again. "That's right. How could he have the time to be a private detective when he's already developed such a high-tech product?
Luke glanced at Peter and mumbled to himself, For the sake of the gift I gave you, it's not too much to ask that you take the blame for wasting my precious time, right?
At that moment, Gwen hugged Peter's head with a smile and whispered something in his ear.
Peter was hesitant. "Can I ask Luke?"
Then … he was dragged over by Gwen.
Gwen first gave her father an ingratiating smile, before she secretly poked Peter's crotch with her little hand.
It wasn't that she was crazy, but that she had to cover it up with her outside hand, which happened to be the most convenient place to poke.
Feeling the speed and strength of the little hands on Dolphin gradually increase, Peter scowled. "Luke, ah, Luke, can I lend this helmet to Gavin?"
Luke hummed and turned to look at Director George.
Just as Director George was about to say something, Gwen's big eyes beamed with a pleading light wave towards her father.
The director coughed and immediately turned his head away from Luke.
Looking at the father and daughter for a moment, Luke suddenly smiled brightly. "No problem."
Gwen immediately gave him a bright smile.
Luke said, "But this is a gift for Peter's studies, so you have to help each other out."
Gwen nodded vigorously.
Peter was dumbfounded.
Looking at the director, who continued to pretend that he didn't exist, Luke chuckled. "It'd be best if he comes to you with the helmet, or if you come to him to use it."
Director George finally turned around. "That's too much work for you, Peter."
Luke asked, "Peter, are you afraid of hard work?"
Peter wanted to say that he was, but Gwen was poking him again, and he could only shake his head. "No."
Gwen jumped up and pulled Peter into the house. "Let me play for a while."
Director George's face was as dark as a horse's. He watched his daughter leave, then turned to look at Luke. "Did you do it on purpose?"
Luke picked up his beer. "For friendship …"
Director George thought for a moment, then shook his head with a smile. "You're right. Peter is … well, very honest."
Luke: F * ck, how can you curse an "honest man" like that?!
After the joke, Luke picked up where Director George had left off and asked him what kind of case he had.
Director George simply said that he had an old colleague, Bennett Carson, who was now in Charleston, West Virginia.
Bennett had lost his job earlier this year after killing a suspect, and was temporarily staying at his sister Angela's place. In the end, she was murdered two days ago in a very strange way.
As a police officer, Bennett wasn't bad.
But there were a lot of strange things about Angela's death that didn't make sense, and his experience in solving cases was useless.
He knew the local forensics experts, and he had already checked them out, but they couldn't explain anything either, so he suggested that he find a high-level forensics expert.
Bennett could only try calling his old friends, including Director George.
For the sake of their friendship, Director George used his personal connections to find a level-three forensics expert who was willing to make some extra money.
In the end … something happened to the level-three forensics expert.
Director George didn't dare be careless anymore, but he wasn't the director of Charleston's PD, so he thought of Luke.
It wasn't that he wanted to screw Luke over, but that Luke had privately let out that he was interested in strange cases.
Luke had received a lot of commissions from his old friends in NPYD over the past few years, but most of them didn't even have to wait for him to take action; the smart program and the intelligence system could find out the relevant clues.
However, there were only a handful of cases involving superpowers, and it was better than nothing.
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