#43 - Upcoming performances

"Found Peter!?"

Gwen's delighted voice attracted everyone's attention. Aunt May hurried to Gwen's side, not speaking, but looking at her expectantly.

Uncle Ben also came behind Aunt May in a few steps, supporting her with both hands. Mary Jane stood behind them, not overstepping, but the concern in her eyes was obvious to everyone.

"Hobie found Peter!"

Gwen, holding the phone, shared the news she just received with everyone.

"Oh my God." Aunt May was so excited upon hearing the news that she almost fainted, fortunately Ben, who was standing behind her, supported her.

Ben pointed to Gwen's phone, and Gwen immediately understood, handing the phone to Ben. Ben took the phone but didn't answer immediately, instead holding it to May's ear.

"Hobie, this is Aunt May." Aunt May said with tearful eyes and a trembling voice.

"Oh, hello Aunt May." Yang Le greeted her. "Want to hear Peter's voice? It's just that his condition might not be too good."

"What happened to Peter?" Aunt May asked anxiously, stirring the hearts of everyone present. Uncle Ben simply turned on the phone's speaker.

"It's nothing, just a slight concussion."

"How did Peter get a concussion? What exactly happened?" Aunt May asked again.

Faced with Aunt May's questioning, Yang Le obviously couldn't tell them the truth, so he could only say the excuse he had just made up.

"It's a long story. After I learned about Peter's disappearance from Gwen, I asked my friends on the street to help find him. You know, those bad kids are very good at doing these things, and sure enough, I found useful information."

Yang Le paused, swallowed, and continued.

"I got news that a short guy with glasses was being harassed by a group of bad kids. I guessed that the one being harassed should be Peter."

"Then I found those bastards based on the information. Who knew they said they had knocked Peter unconscious and threw him in the trash can. I taught them a lesson before I found Peter in the trash can. Peter and I are now at New York Hospital."

"Thank God! It's good that Peter is okay." Aunt May covered her mouth and sobbed slightly. Mary Jane stepped forward to comfort her at this time.

Gwen scratched her head after seeing this, deciding not to steal her good friend's chance to perform.

"Thank you, Hobie. Peter is very lucky to have a friend like you." Uncle Ben thanked Yang Le on behalf of the sobbing Aunt May.

"You're too polite, Uncle Ben." Yang Le responded with a smile.

"It is I who should thank you. I have also learned a lot from Peter."

Of course, from the Peter in the main universe.

Under Uncle Ben's questioning, Yang Le told Uncle Ben the room number. Uncle Ben and Aunt May would come to take over and take care of Peter later.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Yang Le hung up the phone.

After the phone hung up, the smile in Yang Le's eyes disappeared. He put away the phone and took out the syringe wrapped in a transparent evidence bag from his pocket.

This was found by Yang Le in the warehouse where he found Peter. The stuff in this syringe should be what turned Peter into the Lizard.

Yang Le carefully observed the syringe. Although most of the potion was injected into Peter's body, there were still a few drops of residue in the syringe. The green liquid had an unspeakable eerie feeling under the light.

Of course, Yang Le didn't want to rely on it to find the murderer like a traditional detective. That would be too inefficient. For Yang Le, who had already unlocked all the permissions of the Omnitrix, there were more and better ways waiting for him to use.

Putting away the syringe, Yang Le sat on the hospital chair and quietly waited for Uncle Ben and the others to arrive.

——Dividing line———

"So what's the truth?" Gwen leaned close to Yang Le and asked quietly.

"What truth?"

"Don't pretend. Peter was definitely not attacked by street thugs like you said on the phone, right?"

"Let's talk about this later?" Yang Le waved his hand, then changed the subject.

"Your outfit is nice today."

Gwen pouted, obviously dissatisfied with Yang Le's answer, but still suppressed her doubts in her heart, preparing to get to the bottom of it when she got back, anyway, she was still living at Yang Le's house.

It's strange, Dad had already been discharged from the hospital a long time ago, and even the house had been redecorated, but Dad didn't ask her to go home, instead letting her continue to live at Yang Le's house.

Faced with her dad's abnormality, Gwen quickly thought of the time George left Yang Le alone. I really don't know what the two of them said during that conversation.

Curious, Gwen didn't dare to ask George, so she could only ask Yang Le, but Yang Le always told her to wait a few years. Because of this, Gwen often used her superpowers to tease Yang Le.

The most classic thing was hiding in the ceiling and then suddenly jumping down to scare Yang Le. Because she used it too many times, Yang Le had become somewhat accustomed to it. Even the jump scares in horror games couldn't scare him anymore.

"Okay, Mr. Secret, I hope you are ready to receive punishment." Gwen threatened.

Faced with Gwen's threat, Yang Le chose to whistle and pretend not to hear, because he had already seen the person who could help him out.

"Ahem, please be careful not to flirt in school." As expected, the bassist did not disappoint Yang Le, and launched a fierce attack on Gwen as soon as she came up.

"Hey, Betty." Gwen glared at Betty angrily, but Betty just smiled and didn't care at all.

"Okay, Gwen." Mary Jane also walked over at this time. "It's almost time for us to go on stage. Prepare well and don't pester Hobie anymore."

"Speaking of which, aren't you two going to see Peter?" The keyboardist Glory asked from the side.

"I heard he was injured and hospitalized?"

"Peter said that he can't ruin your many days of training because of him, and..." Yang Le took out a video recorder from his bag, shook it and said.

"And, he also asked me to record it, saying that it's a pity he can't come to the scene to watch your performance."

"Oh, that's for sure. Band performances, the live performance and the recording are not on the same level, okay." Betty was tuning her bass on the side. "Those street thugs are really unforgivable."

"I hope you try not to mention it in front of Peter." Betty's words made Yang Le feel a little guilty.

Peter has no memory of when he turned into the Lizard. Because Yang Le hit Peter's head hard, Peter lost some more memories, so even Peter himself thinks that the story Yang Le made up is true.

This feeling of bullying an honest person always makes Yang Le feel guilty.

"Hobie, what's wrong?" Mary Jane looked at Yang Le suspiciously. "Why are you sweating so much?"

"It's nothing, it should be because the heating in the backstage is too high." Yang Le wiped the sweat from his forehead and said carelessly.