Marvel's Spider-Man: Web of Fate

So, what is the biggest, and most likely, source of energy weapons that leak out?

The Chitauri have invaded!

Numerous videos from the Battle of New York eight years ago, which shocked the world, have been circulated.

Although Peter was still young at the time, he had seen a lot.

Among them, the energy rifles and energy cannons wielded by the Chitauri, the large-caliber energy cannons mounted on the Chitauri flying vehicles, and so on, are all kinds of energy weapons.

However, Peter had no idea where these energy weapons went afterward, or what became of the remains of the Chitauri army.

He only vaguely saw people cleaning up the sealed-off area.

"Miss Karen, do I have access to some files and documents related to the Avengers?" Peter asked.

“Authorization is required. Do you wish to request authorization?” Karen replied.

“Apply, of course I’ll apply,” Peter said.

"Please wait a moment, we are waiting for Mr. Stark's confirmation." Karen paused for a moment, and then her voice came again, "It's approved, Peter. You can now access some information within your authorized scope."

"Okay, thank you, Miss Karen."

You're welcome, Peter.

“Please pull up some information about the events following the 2012 Battle of New York,” Peter said.

“Okay, Peter, it’s been transferred,” Karen said.

A screen of light appeared on Peter's wristwatch.

Many related materials have emerged.

Peter quickly browsed through it and soon filtered out some useful information.

After the Battle of New York, the restoration and cleanup of New York City was taken over by an agency called the Damage Control Department, which was jointly established by the U.S. federal government and Stark Industries.

Over the years, the Damage Control Department has become a truly official agency, and they were also responsible for the follow-up work on the recent Sokovia incident.

This means that the damage control department possesses a large amount of high-tech materials.

The mysterious weapon manufacturer likely obtained the raw materials from the Damage Control Department!

Unfortunately, although Iron Man was the advocate and founder of the Damage Control Department, he later handed the organization over and it is no longer under his control.

Therefore, Peter's idea of ​​checking if the damage control department had any records of missing items was doomed to fail.

However, Peter was not discouraged.

Because he also found some other things.

For example, right after the Battle of New York, before the Damage Control Department was established, the New York City Department of City and City commissioned a company to help them clean up the war debris.

The company's name is "Bessman Salvage".

Besman Salvage is a waste recycling company that has primarily engaged in waste recycling and post-disaster cleanup work.

However, Bethman Salvage Company was deregistered after that.

The only thing that could be found was that the former head of Bethman Salvage Company was named Adrian Tooms!

Peter seemed to recognize the name!

In the world of Spider-Man Noir, the Vulture, who was decisively killed by Peter Parker, who had merged with Spider-Man Noir, for attacking Aunt May, was originally named Adrian Tooms!

Chapter 42 Daredevil and the Punisher

Judging people in this world by people from different worlds seems to be a somewhat biased and prejudiced view.

But this "old acquaintance," especially one with a "criminal record," is someone Peter should definitely investigate thoroughly.

After all, this was the only guy who seemed like a strong suspect in his reasoning!

“Karen, help me look into this guy named Adrian Tooms,” Peter said.

"Ok."

Perhaps because it was a test, Iron Man gave Peter as much autonomy as possible, along with some permissions.

Just like now, investigating people is not a privilege that Peter should have.

But they opened it for him anyway.

This guy's resume doesn't have much content.

Adrian Tooms lost his parents when he was very young and was raised by his older brother Marcus. He excelled in school.

However, later, his older brother Marcus was in a car accident, and Tommy gave up his studies to take care of his brother, but unfortunately, he still couldn't save his brother's life.

Marcus died after lying in a hospital bed for several years.

As an adult, thanks to his early studies and his own hard work, Toms became an outstanding electrical engineer and inventor. He founded a waste recycling company called Bethman Salvage.

In fact, while collecting scrap, he would collect and repair some usable tools from the scrap, and then reuse them to make some cheap but easy-to-sell "90% new" electrical appliances.

It wasn't until 2012, after the Battle of New York, that Bethman Salvage was commissioned by the city council.

Toms thought this was his chance to rise to prominence, so he bought a new truck, hired many new workers, and even took out huge loans.

But unexpectedly, the Federation and Stark Industries also set their sights on this lucrative prize—for Earth, the Chitauri army's high technology was indeed a tempting target.

Moreover, they were actually considering safety as well.

After all, these alien technologies are of great importance, and it would be safer to keep them in our own hands rather than handing them over to civilian organizations.

Under such tyranny, Toms had no chance to resist.

Ultimately, Bethman Salvage went bankrupt and was liquidated.

To Peter's surprise, in the following years, Toms did not succumb to despair. Instead, he quickly paid off his debts and began to live a good life.

Uh, it's not that Peter is jealous or anything.

Rather, this is not in line with common sense.

Putting aside how Toms repaid his huge debt, he doesn't even own a company now, so where did his money come from?

If there were a suspect index, then in Peter's mind, Tooms's suspect index has jumped from 30 to 70!

The initial intention to investigate him was simply to find clues.

The reason we want to investigate him now is because we want to find evidence!

However, Peter did not find the information he wanted regarding Toms.

This guy is clearly hiding something on purpose.

This raised his suspicion level again, but at the same time, it did cause trouble for Peter's investigation.

At this moment, the bus Peter "got on" had unknowingly arrived in Queens and was heading in another direction away from Peter's house.

Peter snapped out of his daze and immediately got out of the car.

For the next few days, Peter once again lived a life revolving around "home-street-school".

However, now, the focus of his extracurricular activities is no longer on scientific research, but on tracking down Adrian Tooms.

Unfortunately, progress has been quite slow.

Firstly, although Peter often daydreams in class, the school is full of people and distractions, which is quite inconvenient. Moreover, it's not easy for him to talk to Karen at school.

Secondly, this guy is quite cautious and may even have a strong sense of counter-surveillance, which is why Peter, despite his special investigation, didn't find much information about him.

Peter would even go to the gloomy alleys of those chaotic areas at night to gather intelligence from some thugs.

In this way, although progress is slow, it is not entirely without results.

A week later, the weekend arrived again.

Peter slipped out and hailed a ride to Manhattan.

His target was a block in Manhattan, roughly located between the 34th and 57th blocks, the area between 8th Avenue and the Hudson River.

The thug he caught and interrogated referred to it as: Hell's Kitchen.

He also learned from that thug that Hell's Kitchen had once been home to many gangs from different countries.

Some of the most notorious are: Cerberus, Irish Kitchen, and Mexican drug cartels.

Just a few months ago, these gangs suffered devastating blows.

First, a masked hero called Daredevil defeated Wilson Fisk, the leader jointly elected by these criminal organizations.

Then, a lone gunslinger known as the Punisher took steps to permanently eliminate most of the criminal organization.

However, even a centipede with a hundred legs does not die easily.

Even today, there are still many ambitious people in Hell's Kitchen.

After their leaders were arrested and several large gangs disbanded, smaller gangs and factions began vying for control of the area.

According to the thug, he had heard about several incidents of gangs in Hell's Kitchen using energy weapons in firefights, indicating that the other side clearly had a stable source of these weapons.

Moreover, some information obtained by the Secret Service eventually pointed to Hell's Kitchen.

So Peter decided to try his luck at Hell's Kitchen.