Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 164 The Runaway Spider and the Black Cat (First Update!)
"Peter is missing?"

"how come."

As Hawke listened to Gwen's hurried account after she hung up the phone, he walked towards his car parked by the roadside and asked curiously, "Didn't Peter go to Seattle with Mary this Christmas holiday?"

He and Gwen were originally going too.

But Helen's words changed their minds.

In Helen's words, this year is the first year that he and Gwen have changed their relationship, and it is also the first year that the two have lived together, so it is not good to spend New Year's Eve outside, but should spend it at home.

Therefore, Stacy's family didn't invite Gwen when they went to Long Island for New Year's Eve.

Hawke and Gwen are good children and listen to Helen, so they stayed in New York City this Christmas instead of going anywhere.

The trip to Kamar-Taj doesn't count.

That's a moment of leisure stolen from a busy schedule.

Peter didn't go.

"Didn't go?"

"Yes, Mary and her family went. They didn't explain the details over the phone, but I could tell she was in a hurry. Let's go to her place."

"Row."

Hawke nodded.

"Should you drive, or should I drive?"

"Drive faster, I feel like Mary is going crazy."

"it is good."

Hawke grabbed the car keys Gwen handed him, stepped out first, and got into the car.

Just as he started the car and released the handbrake, Gwen jogged to the passenger door, opened it, and got in.

Hawke floored the accelerator, and the remaining Toyota Corolla roared to life, shooting off like an arrow towards Queens.

After half an hour.

Queens, Fifth Community.

The Toyota Corolla, speeding towards the scene, performed a drift at the intersection of the community road and smoothly entered the community street. Then, it stopped precisely between two classic American-style detached houses.

The house on the left belongs to Parker's family.

The one on the right belongs to the Jian family.

Mary came out of the Parker's house on the left. When she saw Gwen getting out of the car, she ran up to her and hugged her: "Gwen, Peter is missing."

Gwen hugged Mary, who was almost crying, and quickly comforted her.

Peter's Aunt May also came out with him.

Hawke nodded to Aunt May, who was standing at the door with a worried look on her face.

Aunt Mei forced a smile.

"Thank you for your help, Hawke."

Peter is my friend.

soon.

The four returned to the house.

Mary remained silent, only holding Gwen's hand and weeping.

Hawke could only look at Aunt May sitting to the side and asked with some curiosity, "When did Peter disappear?"

Aunt May shook her head and said, "During the holidays this year, Peter went to visit relatives in New Jersey with me. After Christmas Eve, he said he wanted to go back to New York City, so I let him come back first. I only got home last night, thinking Peter was already asleep."

After listening, Hawke turned to Mary and asked, "And you, when was the last time Peter called you?"

Mary shook her head: "About a week ago."

Hawke raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

"A week? You're only telling me now?"

“Peter told me he was busy with some things lately and told me not to worry. I didn’t want to bother him, so I didn’t call. When I came back yesterday at noon, I noticed Peter’s car was gone. I thought he had gone to deliver pizzas, so I didn’t think much of it. But when Aunt May and I went into Peter’s room today, we found that Peter’s room hadn’t been lived in for at least a week.”

"Delivering pizza?"

Gwen, listening to Mary's story, blinked and asked, "Isn't Peter working for the Daily Bugle?"

Mary looked at Gwen: "Another part-time job, it started in October, but he told me not to tell you."

Gwen turned to Hawke sitting next to her: "You know... never mind, you won't tell me anyway, it's just brotherhood."

Hawke's lips twitched as he watched his fiancée answering her own question.

However, he couldn't very well refute it.

Because he did know about Peter delivering pizzas, but it wasn't Peter who told him; he found out on his own. Since Peter hadn't told him, and he wasn't a blabbermouth, he naturally wouldn't spread the word about Peter delivering pizzas.

Hawke then looked at Mary.

Has the pizza shop been confirmed?

“I called early this morning. The pizza shop said they were also looking for Peter. They said that on the morning of the 26th, Peter took two boxes of pizzas from them and delivered them to one customer. The second customer was so angry that he called and berated the shop.”

"The morning of the 26th?"

"Ah."

Exactly one week ago.

Hawke frowned and looked at Mary: "When did you call Peter on the 26th?"

Mary thought for a moment and finally found the call log.

"11:00 AM."

"That was on the way to deliver the pizza."

"It was delivered to one place, but not to a second place."

Gwen echoed, then looked at Hawke: "Peter isn't that kind of person, unless something really important comes up."

Hawke nodded as well.

Leaving aside his well-known nickname as Spider-Man, often referred to as a good neighbor to New Yorkers.

Just considering that Peter has superpowers, he didn't think about taking money directly from the bank vault, nor did he think about double-crossing others. He just earned some meager bonuses by taking selfies and even ended up delivering food. This shows that Peter is definitely not the kind of person who would do whatever he wants because of his abilities.

Naturally, there's no question of running away with a box of pizza.

Then the problem is coming.

Where did Peter go? But wherever Peter went, he's definitely not in New York City right now.

because……

Despite Hawke's six senses spreading throughout New York City, he did not detect Peter's presence in the city.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that someone used some kind of high technology to hide Peter, or that someone with greater power than him blocked his perception.

Let's leave the former aside for now.

The latter is highly unlikely, because at this point in time, the number of people whose strength surpasses his can be counted on one hand.

Thor is about the same strength as him, and even if Thor were to truly awaken the power of thunder, he might not be able to defeat him.

But Thor is a reckless man, the kind who'd fight anyone who disagrees, and he wouldn't stoop to such methods.

Moreover, he and Peter had a pretty good relationship, so there was no way he would target Peter.

The second and third are the Ancient One and Odin, the god-king who has now been sent to an Earth retirement home by Loki, who is practically dead.

But it's impossible for either of them.

So there are only two possibilities left.

Either Peter was captured by some high-tech villain.

Either...

Peter has left New York City, and no one knows where he went.

Hawke leans towards the latter.

He thought for a moment, then looked at Aunt May and Mary with some curiosity: "What were you busy with before Peter disappeared?"

Mary thought for a moment, then shook her head blankly.

Aunt May seemed to have thought of something and said to Hawke, "By the way, when they were in New Jersey, Felicia often called Peter."

Hawke raised an eyebrow.

“Felicea? Felicia Hardy?”

"Yes, I also asked Peter something, but he didn't say."

"The phone wasn't answered."

While he was talking to Aunt May, Mary, after hearing Aunt May mention Felicia's name, had already taken remarkably quick action and called Felicia.

No one answered the phone.

next second.

Mary jumped up from the sofa: "I'm going to find her."

Gwen realized what was happening and stood up as well, then quickly grabbed Mary: "Can you even drive in this condition?"

"Then what to do."

"Get in our car."

Gwen said, then looked at Hawke.

Seeing this, Hawke said to Aunt May, "Let's go find Felicia first and see if she knows about Peter's disappearance."

Say it.

He also got up, said goodbye to Aunt May, and caught up with Mary and Gwen, who were already eagerly heading out the door.

soon.

Hawke got back on the road, with Gwen in the passenger seat and Mary in the back seat making phone calls to Felicia over and over again, and sped toward Osborne Estate outside the city.

"No one's answering the phone," Mary said as she hung up again.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Gwen thought of something: "Speaking of which, Felicia didn't seem to attend the NYPD's charity gala on the 27th this year."

Hawke glanced at Gwen.

"What George said?"

"That's what Mom said."

Gwen said, "It should be the 28th, yes, the 28th. You went to fight with Saul, and Mom came over. Oh, right, didn't you ask where the lemon bass came from that night?"

Hawke, recalling the scene from that day as Gwen spoke, nodded.

"Correct."

“When I was chatting with my mom in the backyard, she mentioned that Felicia was supposed to attend, but she didn’t come in the end, and her assistant came instead.”

Gwen said.

This kind of thing is very common. After all, it wasn't an important party, so it's normal for people who were originally scheduled to come to suddenly say they can't come.

For the New York Police Department, it's fine if people don't come, as long as the donations arrive.

So when Helen told her about it, Gwen just took it as an interesting anecdote and moved on.

It seems now.

"hiss!"

"Peter is missing. Could Felicia be missing too? And what a coincidence, Peter called Felicia before he disappeared?"

"They didn't elope, did they?"

Gwen's pupils contracted as she cautiously glanced at Mary in the back seat in the rearview mirror.

into the eye.

Mary looked anxiously ahead at the vehicle, seemingly not as imaginative as Gwen.

soon.

They arrived at Osborne Estate. Since Hawke and Gwen had been here before, the old butler opened the gate for them and waited in front of the main building.

after awhile.

The three of them got out of the car, and Mary hurriedly asked the old butler if he knew where Peter had gone.

next second.

The old butler paused slightly and looked at Mary.

"Peter and Miss left New York City by plane at noon on the 26th, didn't Peter tell you?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)