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Chapter 179 How can the world be so small?

October surprises refer to the phenomenon in US election years where a host of unexpected events occur around October, drastically altering the election outcome. Examples include the exposure of illegal human experimentation programs by the US military, or the Avengers inviting a Russian to a visit.

This further raises a question that Americans are very curious about: does Captain America, as a symbol of the American Dream, represent the Donald Party or the Elephant Party?
I won't stand on either side.

On the top floor of Avengers Tower, Captain America, already overwhelmed by the Hydra affair, threw his shield in the training room. In just one and a half seconds, he severed all three automatic turrets while simultaneously performing a beautiful side somersault to dodge machine gun fire. He then answered Janet and Tony's questions about this gossip.

"Really? I heard that the Elephant Party is planning to invite you to be their presidential candidate, Captain."

Steve Rogers was taken aback by Janet's question. If Tony had said it, he would have thought Tony was joking. But if Janet said it, then at least many people would have thought so.

The captain sighed and revealed his true thoughts.

"If I were to actually run for president, the first thing I would do after being elected would be to drag out all the big spenders of my party and beat them up." The captain said bluntly, "If you really want to know, the two parties are just a pile of shit, no, two piles of dog shit. The only difference is that you have to choose the one that doesn't smell so bad."

Janet and Tony couldn't help but exclaim "Wow!" This was the first time they had ever heard the captain swear, and swear so rudely at that.

It seems that the Hydra affair has really affected the captain.

"Alright, Mr. Sergei is almost here, we should go and greet him."
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Although it was Peter's idea for Kraven to visit Avengers Tower, Peter didn't intend to get involved; on the contrary, Peter had other things to do.

This whole thing was also triggered by Kraven. The fact that Kraven wasn't a villain reminded Peter of Kraven in the 94 Spider-Man, which led to a bold idea—this 616 universe is a completely new universe. In other words, anything is possible, and we should consider all the possible scenarios.

For example, in the movie *Spider-Man: Homecoming*, Liz's father is Adrian Tooms the Vulture. Although Liz in this world has normal skin color, the complex setting still needs to be considered. So Peter even talked to Harry about Liz's father, but in short, all Harry knew was that he was a scientist; beyond that, Harry himself didn't know what Liz's father did.

Peter, on the other hand, planned to try and find out, by sheer luck, whether Liz's father in this universe was still the Vulture. If not, everything would be fine. If he was, then they would need to see if he had actually become the Vulture. If not, they would try their best to stop him.

"I can't access the Avengers' system yet, so I can't explain why I need to investigate my classmate's parents."

Inside the base provided by Osborn Technologies, Peter saw information about Liz's father and sighed helplessly. It really was Adrian Tooms, also known as Vulture.

Wait, wait, there's no criminal record for a supervillain like Vulture so far, which means he hasn't become Vulture yet. Peter thought about starting to investigate Adrian Tooms's resume and breathed a sigh of relief after finding nothing wrong.

The only thing he hadn't anticipated was that the reason he couldn't find anything was because it was Osborn Technologies' system, and the AI ​​called Green Goblin automatically filtered out relevant information, preventing Peter from getting the correct information.

Meanwhile, Harry had arrived at Liz's house. He knocked on the door with some trepidation, and watched as a bald, middle-aged man opened it.

“You must be Harry, right? I’m Liz’s father, and my name is Adrian.”

"Hello, Uncle Adrian."

Harry took a deep breath, a little nervous. He didn't see Liz and was also a bit worried about the middle-aged man's attitude. Adrian, on the other hand, didn't seem to care much about that. However, looking at the young man before him, he couldn't help but frown. The young man's expression reminded him of someone—a very annoying person.

Norman Osborne.

He remembered that Norman Osborne had once given a speech at his daughter's school, mentioning that his son attended Midtown Middle School.

Not to the point.

With a hint of doubt, Adrian smiled and led Harry into the house. Then, looking at the flowers Harry was holding, he smiled and said, "I'm sorry, we don't have any vases, so I'm afraid there's not much space for you to put your flowers."

"Oh, I'm so sorry..."

“It’s alright, Liz went out to buy us drinks. I haven’t finished making dinner yet. Can you lend a hand, young man?”

Eager to impress, Harry ignored his suit and readily agreed after rubbing his hands together. He immediately started cooking, frantically helping Adrian, who casually asked, "What's your parents' attitude towards you dating?"

“My father never cared about me; he only cared about his business. My mother… if she were still alive… I don’t know. My mother died when I was very young, and I can only remember a few things about her.”

Seeing Harry's dejected expression, Adrian was somewhat moved, as if he understood something, and shook his head.

"It seems you don't like your father very much."

“He… I don’t know. Sometimes I feel that he might love me, but I can’t feel it. He just cares about his business and doesn’t care about me or my mother’s inheritance.”

Is this child Osborne's son?
Perhaps, but Adrian couldn't see that this was a bad kid. In fact, he was the complete opposite of Norman Osborn.

Since he had already given up on fighting Osborne to the death, even if the child really was Norman Osborne's son, why bring this grudge onto the next generation?

"Dad, I'm back."

Liz returned with drinks, and looked at Harry in surprise as he helped in the kitchen: "How could you let a guest help you?"

"Trust me, honey, this kid gets to work incredibly fast when he hears he can help."

Adrian laughed: "Alright, the stew is almost ready, let's eat."

　One more update

　　If I hadn't fallen asleep in front of the computer
　　I just realized that none of PP's friends of the same age have both parents.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)