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

Chapter 700 Cat's Plea

Where is the place Felicia is referring to?

The answer is her home, or rather, her apartment in New York.

“Local center of Manhattan, penthouse, duplex pool, with outdoor pool…” Peter felt he might have underestimated how wealthy Felicia’s family was. As he swung his web closer to the building Felicia had mentioned, he asked curiously, “This location is excellent, but how come it wasn’t affected during the Battle of New York?”

"Actually, it was. The building I used to live in completely collapsed. It was smashed through by a Chitauri mothership. All that's left is insurance and compensation. This is a newly built building, purchased with the insurance money."

Following the Battle of New York, the New York real estate market experienced a sharp decline, while the insurance industry also faced a downturn. Just as insurance companies were racking their brains to find ways to refuse to pay out insurance premiums, they encountered a homeless captain on the street who went to see Nick Fury.

As a result, many insurance companies went bankrupt. In the end, Tony acquired these insurance companies, paid out compensation, and used this group of people to form a department that is now very controversial: the Bureau of Disaster Control, which is responsible for compensation, reconstruction, and so on for superheroes and related battles.

"I actually thought about bringing classmates over to my house for parties or something when I was in high school. I thought high school life was too friendly back then, thinking I could make a lot of friends. But in reality, I made more acquaintances. Friends? Not many."

As Felicia spoke, she landed on the edge of her own pool and took off her goggles: "And another advantage of being on the top floor is that it's very convenient to come and go. I don't even need to bring a key when I go home... I don't think I have any keys to any of the rooms in my house except for the front door."

As Felicia spoke, she opened the French windows and went inside, then looked at Peter and said, "I'm going to change into that dress. You wait outside for a bit, or find a guest room to change into your clothes."

"Wait, don't you have anyone else at home? Your mother or something?"

“My mother is in Europe, which is why I have a reason to go to Europe and no one suspects it. You have no idea how happy she was that I wasn’t in New York when the Battle of New York happened.” Felicia said with a laugh, “So, I’m all alone. Okay, do as you please.”

Peter casually removed his nanotech suit, and as he watched the suit gradually slip off his watch, he suddenly remembered something very serious.

"Yeah, I already have Anti-Venom, which allows me to mimic any type of clothing, so why would I let her take me to buy a suit?"

While Peter was pondering this question, he transformed Anti-Venom into the clothes Felicia had chosen for him and put them on. Then he saw a small black cat strolling in the living room, so he squatted down, and the black cat walked over on its own.

He wasn't surprised that Felicia actually owned a black cat; he was more surprised that there really was only one black cat there, and no others. He had assumed Felicia had a large group of cats, but it turned out she didn't.

About half an hour later, Felicia, who had changed her clothes, came out and saw Peter sitting on the sofa. She was a little surprised: "I'm glad you two get along well. Oh, you've already changed your clothes? Wait? Your clothes haven't been touched."

"Yeah, I don't know why either. I forgot that my symbiote can mimic various kinds of clothing."

Peter stood up as he spoke. Felicia, dressed in a black off-the-shoulder dress with a beautiful silver necklace, walked up to Peter, turned around, and asked, "How is it?"

"Glamour and jewels, not bad."

"Thank you."

Peter asked, slightly surprised, "I thought you were going to say something like... cats just love jewelry."

Felicia rolled her eyes at Peter.

“My codename is Black Cat, not a real cat, like Catwoman from DC Comics. I chose this name because my father’s codename was Spirit Cat. Okay, stand up, let me see if this outfit suits you, if I need to add something else…” “What’s next? What else? How about a dance to see if it’s appropriate?” Peter stood up and remained silent for a moment before looking at Felicia: “You need my help, right?”

Felicia, who was looking at herself and Peter in the mirror, looked back and asked, "What?"

“I mean… if it were just the homecoming dance, it would be fine, but you did a lot more than that today. Considering the intelligence you gathered by yourself in Colombia and Mexico, the effort and reward are completely disproportionate. We’re not close enough for you to put in this much effort.”

"Maybe I just like being a good person?"

"Then I'm so happy."

Felicia looked at Peter, then shook her head helplessly: "Fine, you win. You know, I was planning to let you be flattered for a while longer before we got down to business."

Peter became curious: "It might have been better if you hadn't done so much. Too much of a good thing is bad, Felicia."

Felicia simply said "Come with me" and then turned and left. Dressed in an evening gown, she arrived at a room door and tossed a photograph to Peter. Peter caught it and saw a guy who looked like a bad guy: "Who is this?"

"Donald Pierce".

"……do not know."

"Do you remember my father? He went to Europe to steal the serum, but he was killed by Hydra."

Peter certainly remembered the basic premise of the Black Cat, but at the Hydra base in Budapest, the Human Torch, who was controlled by Hydra, had already been dealt with, and capturing Animzola or anyone else would have to wait for a better opportunity.

This person, whom Peter had never heard of before, did not look like a Hydra at all.

"Thinking back carefully, the whole thing happened like this: the CIA asked my father to go to Europe to steal the super soldier serum, and then he encountered Hydra and the Hydra serum... We only investigated the Hydra thing."

"And this guy is a CIA agent?"

“Yes, the person who contacted my father.” Felicia nodded, then sat down in a chair in the room. “This guy has been in New York lately. And at the homecoming dance, the night everyone knows that Felicia Hardy, the daughter of the 'Cat', was dancing with her junior…”

"Isn't it perfect for spiders and cats to dance together?"

　I'm having writer's block on these chapters...

　　I really wanted to write that Felicia wore a pearl necklace, but now whenever I think of pearl necklaces, I think of Masha.

　　Donald Pierce is the guy with the mechanical arm in Wolverine 3.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)