American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 77 Helping Others

He easily defeated Chevrolet and her girlfriend by taking on two opponents alone, and the next morning, Xiao Xian took Aunt Mei straight to court.

Peter, shackled heavily, had a downcast gaze that occasionally swept towards the judge's bench and then across the faces of the jury. Seeing their disgusted looks, Peter knew he would be sentenced to a long prison term, but he had long anticipated this.

"Next is Ms. Tomie Kawakami's testimony to the police, but due to unforeseen circumstances, Ms. Tomie Kawakami was not present at the scene."

Upon hearing this, Peter lowered his head completely. Had Tomie come to hate him so much that she didn't even want to see him?

"Next, we would like to invite Miss Mary Jane to testify."

Peter looked up at the witness stand in surprise, opened his mouth, and finally gave a self-deprecating smile, realizing how ridiculous his years of sycophantic behavior seemed.

"Peter Parker, who came from a poor family, showered me with gifts in order to pursue me, though at the time I didn't know he had obtained them through robbery," Mary Jane testified, confirming that Peter Parker did indeed have income from dubious sources.

Peter, tired of hearing this, closed his eyes and waited quietly for the trial to begin, until he heard another familiar name.

"Next, we would like to invite Ms. May Parker to testify."

"Your Honor, I testify that Peter, in order to pursue Ms. Tomie Kawakami, went so far as to drug me and lure Xiao Xian to his home, all to record a video of me and Xiao Xian in order to sow discord between Xiao Xian and Tomie."

"Aunt Mei, why? I... I consider you my mother."

Peter Parker stared in disbelief at Aunt May sitting in the witness stand. Tomie testified against Peter, which Peter could understand; after all, his feelings were completely unrequited. Mary Jane testified against Peter, which he could also accept, considering it like feeding his youth to a dog.

But Aunt May's testimony against Peter nearly broke him. It was a betrayal from his closest relative, the destruction of his last home. At that moment, Peter was utterly devastated.

Losing his parents at a young age became a lifelong pain for Peter, but fortunately, Aunt May and Uncle Ben healed him, raised him, and gave him a complete family.

But now, following Uncle Ben's death because of Peter, Aunt May has abandoned and betrayed Peter, making Peter feel truly alone.

The world is so big, yet there is no place left that can be called home.

"You treated me like a mother, so why did you drug me?" Aunt Mei looked at Peter's devastated face with heartache, but then, thinking of the harm Peter had caused Xiao Xian, she scolded him.

"If you had only hurt me, that would have been one thing, but what's worse is that you actually hurt Uncle Xiao Xian! I cannot forgive anyone who hurts Xiao Xian, so I have decided to stand up and identify you."

"Uncle Xiao Xian?" Peter could hardly believe what he was hearing. Was this really the Aunt Mei he knew?

"But he already has Tomie, right? Aunt Mei, you can't compete with her, and Xiao Xian is such a womanizer! Don't let him fool you!"

"So what? He has never lied to me. He made it clear to me from the beginning that it was my own choice. Even if I clean his house, cook for him, and do his laundry every day, and in the end I am most likely left alone, I am still willing."

Aunt Mei answered loudly.

Noticing the strange looks he was getting from others, Xiao Xian quickly said, "I paid her to be a cleaner, with room and board included, don't misunderstand."

"Ha~ What a scumbag, he has no sense of responsibility as a man at all." Harry Osborn, who accompanied Mary Jane to testify, sneered disdainfully upon seeing this, completely unaware of the envious look in Mary Jane's eyes as she looked at Aunt May.

When will she be able to move into Xiao Xian's house like Aunt Mei? She'd be happy to do anything, from laundry and cooking to cleaning the toilet and washing shoes.

Seeing Harry roll his eyes, Xiao Xian decided to take the White Queen and Mary Jane to the Osborne house tonight, to the bedroom.

Harry couldn't stand being insulted like that and immediately wanted to yell back, even getting up to fight, but Mary Jane stopped him.

"Have you forgotten your promise to me?" Mary Jane asked Harry.

"But he just cursed at me, you heard it too!" Harry said angrily, he had never been wronged like this before.

"You insulted him first, I heard it all, and I haven't even said you broke the agreement yet. Don't you care about our agreement? Or do you not care about me? Don't you love me anymore?" Mary Jane immediately used the "Do you not love me anymore?" , and her tone became unfriendly.

"Of course I love you, darling." Seeing that his girlfriend was angry, Harry immediately apologized and admitted defeat. He glared at Xiao Xian, who was looking at him with disdain, and then refused to look at Xiao Xian again, preferring to stay out of sight.

"Xiao Xian."

Upon hearing Aunt May's words, Peter gritted his teeth and squeezed out Xiao Xian's name. Although Peter had poached Xiao Xian's man first and even tried to kill him by stabbing him in the heart with a poisoned knife and blowing his head off, wasn't it too much for Xiao Xian to poach him and have Aunt May testify against him?

Can't he just learn to forgive? Why is he so petty?

Peter paid no further attention to the tearful accusations from the families of the fallen police officers or the insults hurled at the police officer who had been beaten into a permanent disability by Peter. Those people were indeed feeling very uncomfortable and in pain.

But Peter didn't feel any pain. His mind was filled with thoughts of Tomie and Aunt May, and he occasionally felt sad for the lost youth of Mary Jane. He had no time to care about the feelings of these other people.

It wasn't until he was sent back to prison, his hands and feet bound by restraints, that Peter realized, looking at the bright moon outside the window, that according to the judge's verdict, he would never be able to leave prison, not even in his next life.

The thought that Xiao Xian might be playing fun games with Tomie right now, while Aunt Mei is lonely and heartbroken in her empty room, made Peter furious. He wanted nothing more than to eat Xiao Xian's flesh and sleep on his skin, to step on Xiao Xian's ashes and live a carefree life with Tomie, and to apologize to Aunt Mei and make her forgive him.

This obviously has a premise: that Peter can leave the prison. But at this moment, he is locked in a restraint device and has been injected with special drugs. No matter how hard Peter tries, he cannot break free.

Peter was locked up here and every few days he was taken away for dissections and human experiments under the guise of medical treatment, while Xiao Xian was outside enjoying himself with Aunt Mei and Tomie. Peter had really had enough of this kind of life!

But unless God intervened, Peter felt he was doomed. However, considering his actions, Peter thought it was unlikely that God would come to his rescue, but the devil might.

"That's the right way to think about it; the devil always seems to be doing people a favor." An old man with a cane suddenly appeared in the corner of the cell, holding a large, plastic-looking red gem in his hand, and looked at Peter Parker, who was tightly locked up.

"Even if you pray every day, God will not appear when you are in trouble. On the contrary, even if you never pray to the devil, the devil will always appear at the critical moment to help you. And the price you have to pay is nothing more than your soul—or even a loan, which you will have to pay after you die."

"Who are you?" Peter asked warily, looking at the old man who had suddenly appeared in the prison. This was one of the highest-security prisons, and even a superhero would find it difficult to get in.

Moreover, this person was talking about demonic souls and such, so he was clearly not a good guy.

"I have many names, you can call me Mephisto," the old man said to Peter with a smile, pulling out a scroll contract.

(End of this chapter)