I'm working on Marvel's Spider-Man in American comics.

Chapter 577 New York is unusually peaceful today.

New York was unusually peaceful today, although criminals robbed a bank on the street and drove a large truck recklessly, but were quickly stopped by Spider-Man and Silk, the two Spider-Man superpowered beings. Unfortunately, Jonah Jameson's broadcast today was not about questioning and vilifying Spider-Man, which made this peaceful day lack a bit of meaning.

The bank robbers weren't supervillains, and they didn't even have good enough equipment, as if they were still living before 2012.

"Thank you, Spider-Man."

The officer in charge of the pursuit wasn't Inspector Stacy, but he was quite familiar with Peter. Peter glanced at the number of police cars chasing them and noticed something interesting: "You guys seem to be a bit short-handed right now, officer."

“I’m glad you said that, Spider-Man. Thank you for standing with us.” Upon hearing this, the police officer couldn’t help but complain: “The Doctor Octopus incident uncovered a lot of scoundrels, and then a large number of jerks were fired—I’m glad, but the city council directly reduced our staff by 15%, several police stations were abolished, and the jurisdiction of each police station was adjusted. Now we have to manage more areas.”

Peter was helpless in the face of this situation caused by the unique partisan strife in America. After a brief farewell to the police officer, Peter looked at Cindy and said, "I guess now's not a good time to go for coffee, right?"

"The Empire State Building?"

Peter smiled; he knew what Cindy meant. Every Spider-Man has their own private spot to relax, atop a New York landmark to enjoy some private time. Peter's private sanctuary is known to most of his acquaintances, including Cindy and Felicia.

Gwen probably knows that too.

"Um, no, it's a bit too high. Let's just wander around the city. By the way, do you know Laurie? He's an old man who raises pigeons. I know his pigeons very well. I can introduce you to them."

Besides these, there were many other people, and Peter didn't mind introducing Cindy to the neighbors his friendly neighbors knew.
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New York is unusually peaceful today. While Peter and Cindy are on a date, Lightning and Venom are chasing the killer by following the scent of blood. Lightning is enraged after witnessing the horrific murder scene and vows to hunt him down.

Jessica continued to investigate the scene and search for more useful clues. In addition to her, S.H.I.E.L.D. also specially dispatched a team that had had in-depth contact with the symbiote to help.

That is, Coulson's bus squad.

"This is a rare sight." Looking at the bloody scene, Agent Ward asked Jessica with little emotion. Jessica looked at the scene numbly: "I'm fine. I gave myself some medication to make sure I don't feel nauseous."

“Very clever.”

Ward remarked that no one in the bus crew except him and May could stand the scene, especially the science team. Ward squatted down next to the female homeowner's body, whose head had been split open, and examined the details of the deceased. Then he stood up and glanced at the plate: "It seems that this murderer is a big fan of the movie 'The Silence of the Lambs'."

“Perhaps. Speaking of which, the report says that besides Agent Venom and Spider-Man, you are the only one who can truly be called a symbiote host.” Jessica looked at Ward, who had obtained the Symbiote Codex due to his long-term symbiosis with Riot, and was naturally the key person in the Bus Squad’s support mission: “What is it like to be symbiotic with a symbiote?”

Ward paused for a moment, looked at Jessica, then turned his gaze back to the scene, picked up the used fork, and said casually, "It's terrible, especially when you have a bad past. You dream about your past, about how you became like this."

"Then... it will amplify your desires, your thoughts, all your thinking, it will become you, all the shackles of your morality will be devoured by desire—and then it will devour you, and you will cease to exist."

After listening to Ward's words, Jessica added, "But Spider-Man didn't."

"Well... perhaps for someone who wants to save the world, being controlled by a symbiote or not doesn't matter. And the symbiote will become what the first host looks like..."

Ward paused abruptly, then revised his wording: "It will be severely influenced by the first host, for example, acquiring my way of thinking and fighting skills. So if what happened here was really done by the symbiote and its host together, then this guy is not easy to deal with."

The combination of a symbiote and its original host is always greater than the sum of its parts. If a madman encounters a symbiote, the symbiote will be infected by the madman and become a madman himself, while the madman will become even more insane because of the symbiote.

According to the files, Cletus, whom Peter Parker believed was a likely target, was not nearly as insane as he had been during these murders. In other words, assuming he was infected by the symbiote, he would be even more insane at this moment.

But no one could catch him off guard. Why?
“We found absolutely no relevant information throughout New York, including surveillance footage, eyewitness accounts, or any other records. I’m almost starting to doubt whether the enemy is actually a symbiote.”

Skye, feeling somewhat exhausted from vomiting, was using his hacking skills to assist the team on the Airbus. However, as soon as he finished speaking, Simmons and Fitz from the science team collectively rejected the idea. They both said the same conclusion in unison on the communication channel: "Impossible, it's definitely a symbiote."

Ward raised an eyebrow: "Tell me your reasons."

“Remember, Ward? When we were dealing with the symbiotes, we discovered that these alien creatures could communicate by sending out a specific signal band. We tried to reproduce that signal. If our enemy wasn’t a symbiote, then there should only be two signals at most, one from Spider-Man and the other from Agent Venom.”

"So you received the third one?"

“Actually, there’s only one, but we can confirm that the signal doesn’t come from Agent Venom or Spider-Man.” Fitz said, adjusting the equipment for more precise location: “And the signal is coming from within New York City, right in Manhattan…”

"Once we've located the approximate location, we'll notify Agent Venom to find this guy."

(End of this chapter)