Marvel: The games I made have invaded reality.

Chapter 5; The Atomic Gun, Stark Industries

Gwen looked at Hannah's cute and quiet face behind her red-rimmed glasses, quietly moved closer to Merlin, nudged him with her shoulder, and teased, "So you like quiet girls. I thought your brain was full of gasoline gears."

"If you didn't always stand me up, I could like you too." Merlin patted her back hard, then smiled at Hannah as if nothing had happened.

Gwen bared her teeth and stretched out her palm, wanting to retaliate, but then thought about how she wasn't yet proficient with her strength and decided against it.

Just as she was about to retaliate verbally, a commotion suddenly broke out at the science and technology exhibition center.

"Looks like there's some amazing exhibit here." Merlin followed the crowd toward the source of the commotion.

However, as they approached, they discovered that a burly student with a buzz cut was bullying a thin student carrying a backpack. Two other students, a Black man and a White man, stood nearby, watching the scene with mocking expressions.

"Flasher is bullying people again." Gwen frowned when she saw the scene that had caused the disturbance.

"Okay, it's not an exhibit...that looks like Peter?" Merlin said suddenly, looking at his classmate who was struggling on the ground.

Upon hearing this, Gwen immediately looked over and, seeing that it was indeed her friend, was shocked and was about to intervene.

However, Merlin spoke first.

"Flasher, let go of Peter! This is a technology exhibition center, not your football field!" he said, pulling a strange pistol from his waist and pointing it at them.

The action of drawing a gun startled the students around him, but when they saw the toy-like handgun that the other person had pulled out, they immediately showed expressions of being an old man, on the subway, and on a cell phone.

Fleischer instinctively reached out and took a few steps back, but when he saw the toy gun with a spring coil wrapped around it in Merlin's hand, he couldn't help but sneer.

Gwen, standing nearby, was also taken aback when she saw the pistol in the other person's hand. The pistol was entirely blue, seemingly made of plastic, and the front was not a traditional bore, but rather a ring of yellow spring coils, making it look more like a radio wave emitter.

With its blue and yellow color scheme and bizarre shape, it looks no different from a regular toy gun.

However, she soon recognized the handgun in front of her, as she often stayed at home. It seemed to be a weapon from a game that had recently become popular across the country. She remembered it clearly; it was in online mode.

Okay, this time it really is a toy gun.

Gwen is poised and ready to make her move at any moment.

"You want to give it a try?" Merlin asked calmly, seemingly oblivious to the strange looks around him.

Seeing the other person's confident expression, Fleischer was also a little undecided.

Merlin had a very low profile at school and was always the target of bullying. However, after a fight before the holidays, when the other party suddenly pulled out a wrench and taught the bully a lesson, not many people dared to mess with him anymore.

Later, some students learned that the other person worked at a car modification shop and carried wrenches, hammers, and other tools with him.

"Shit! You freak, you think you can scare us with a toy gun? Do you think we're idiots?" A furious voice suddenly rang in Fleischer's ears, and then his buzz-cut black companion rushed out angrily.

He instinctively wanted to stop them, but thought it would be good to have someone help him test the waters.

"This gun is still under development. I hope you're all alright." Merlin pulled the trigger as the black man drew closer.

With a ferocious expression, the black man, Turner, reached out and grabbed the gun from the other man's hand, intending to snatch it, throw it on the ground, smash it, and then teach him a lesson.

But just as his palm was about to touch the toy gun, a strange wave suddenly shot out, followed by an unparalleled force that slammed into him.

"Bang!"

"Zzz..." The atomic wave shot out, exploding into an arc of electricity in the void. The Turner who had just walked over was instantly thrown away like a rag doll, crashing into Fleischer and the other two behind him.

The immense impact sent the three of them flying out of the encirclement.

"Thump!" A series of thuds echoed in the silent exhibition hall. The students watching all seemed frozen in shock, their mouths agape, as if they hadn't yet recovered from what they had just witnessed.

"What happened? What's wrong?" At this moment, the teacher from the convention center walked through the crowd and frowned when he saw Fleischer and his two companions lying on the ground groaning in pain.

Soon, his gaze fell on Merlin.

"Did you do this?" He couldn't imagine how the other party could throw three burly men flying.

Merlin nodded, about to explain, when a middle-aged man in a suit suddenly came excitedly in front of him.

"Hey kid, can I take a look at that... gun you're holding?" He hesitated for a moment, looking at the atomic energy gun that had almost nothing to do with a gun except for the handle.

"Who are you?" Merlin looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Oh, I'm Miren Otero, a technical agent from Stark Industries' R&D department. Here's my business card." Realizing he had been a bit abrupt, Miren quickly took out a business card from his pocket and handed it over.

Merlin took the business card, looked at it, and nodded after confirming that there were no problems. "Okay, but this is still a semi-finished product. Try not to touch the coil or the trigger."

He handed over the atomic gun he was holding.

Since they participated in the college's science and technology exhibition, they must have wanted to attract the attention of many military technology companies, so they didn't try to hide anything.

"Thank you!" Miren said politely, then excitedly accepted the atomic gun.

The teacher, who had originally intended to inquire about the cause of the incident, slowed down and instead asked the students present about the situation.

"Are you alright?" While Mirren was observing the atomic gun, Merlin helped Peter up from the ground.

Because they were neighbors with Stacy's family, Merlin and Gwen were friends since childhood, and it was through Gwen that they met Peter at school.

However, recently, Peter has been frequently chasing Spider-Man with a camera, and Merlin has also been busy with games and technology since he traveled through time.

As for Gwen, barring any unforeseen circumstances, she is the Spider-Man who has been causing quite a stir in the Big Apple recently.

Peter nervously opened his backpack to check it after getting up, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there was no problem.

"Thank you! I'm fine."

"Peter, next time something like this happens, fight back, otherwise they'll just keep bullying you," Gwen said, but looking at her frail friend, she also felt somewhat helpless.

"Find some time to learn some martial arts. If you need, I can recommend my coach to you."

Before seeking revenge, Merlin specifically sought out a retired military instructor to train for a period of time, learning both combat and firearms.

(End of this chapter)