America: A Prodigy of Stereotypes

"Do not care."

"Who's so bored?" Li Qun stood by the window and looked out. People were coming and going on the street, and he had no idea who was knocking on the window.

“This is my worst day ever,” Dr. Banner said.

"why?"

Do you know why children knock on doors for candy on Halloween night?

"I don't know." Li Qun shook his head.

"On the one hand, it's the candy company's publicity, a gimmick they created artificially."

"On the other hand, in the Middle Ages, on this night, poor people would go from house to house begging for food or money. They would dress up as ghosts to beg, and the homeowners would grant their requests out of fear." Dr. Banner shared some Halloween trivia with Liqun.

“When I was living in a foster family, the children would go trick-or-treating on Halloween night, but some people didn’t just give us candy. They would put something in the candy, like shards of glass, and some children would bleed from their mouths.” Dr. Banner’s expression turned distressed.

"This is too bad!" What Dr. Banner said was unimaginable to Li Qun.

"I haven't liked Halloween since then."

“Liqun, do you like Halloween?” Dr. Banner asked.

"I don't feel it."

"That's right, you value the Ghost Festival more."

Banner and Li Qun were both in a heavy mood and fell silent. The only sound in the Sanctuary could be heard from Hulk playing video games.

Li Qun provided Banner with an idea, and Banner put Li Qun's idea into practice. The game Banner created, "Hulk Smashes Everything," has only one level, but the content of this level is different every time you play. Various materials are randomly combined to form the level content, so that Hulk will never play the same game repeatedly and will never get tired of smashing things.

The content of "Hulk Smash Everything" is too violent and belongs to adult content. This year, various states have been passing legislation to restrict and prohibit the sale of violent games to minors.

Dr. Banner never had the idea of ​​making money by selling games; he had his own very unique way of making money.

Dr. Banner mails bills to certain large companies, requesting checks to pay some inexplicable amounts. These large companies almost never check whether the bills are reasonable or legal, and they obediently send checks to Dr. Banner.

Throughout the entire money-making process, Dr. Banner only paid a few cents for stamps.

"Hulk, get ready to work."

Hulk put down his special handle and walked to the center of the magic circle that Dr. Banner had set up.

"what!"

Hulk roared, and Dr. Banner drew a massive amount of power from Hulk to reinforce the enormous protective array guarding Earth. The infusion of Hulk's power tinged the array with a hint of green.

Hulk's power was being used by Banner, but Hulk's power did not weaken at all; on the contrary, it became stronger and stronger. Hulk's height gradually increased from 2.7 meters, and it looked like it was about to touch the skylight of the Sanctum Sanctorum.

"It's ready..."

Hulk slowly shrank, gradually returning to his original height of 2.7 meters.

“Let’s do it again in a little while,” Dr. Banner said.

"Want to do it again?" Li Qun's eyes widened; Hulk had really turned into a giant just now.

"This is a magic circle that covers the entire Earth, and there are more than just one or two dimensions that covet Earth."

“You should be surprised that my power and Hulk’s power can protect the Earth,” Banner said to Liqun.

"Dr. Banner, with such immense power, have you never questioned the source of this power?" Li Qun asked.

"This power wasn't there from the beginning."

"It is the latent power that is drawn from us through a mysterious ritual."

“My teacher, the Ancient One, sensed unimaginable latent power within Hulk and me. After much deliberation, he decided to help us unleash this latent power.”

"You could say we're borrowing the power that Hulk and I will have in the future," Dr. Banner explained to Li Qun.

"Uh..." Li Qun really wanted to complain, but didn't know where to start.

"Did the Ancient One pass away after performing the mysterious ritual to awaken your latent powers?" Li Qun asked.

"How did you know?" Dr. Banner looked at Li Qun incredulously.

"My guess."

“Then you can guess what happened after the Ancient One passed away,” Dr. Banner said.

"An invasion of Earth by other dimensions?"

“You guessed right again.” Banner raised an eyebrow.

"Dr. Banner, you and Hulk used your awakened latent power to repel the invasion from other dimensions?"

“Yes, that’s right.” Bruce Banner nodded.

Chapter 84 Your Dad Doesn't Love You

After Halloween, the next holiday students look forward to is Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving holiday starts on November 23rd with two days off, and Christmas holiday starts on December 22nd with twelve days off. A student secretly sneaked into the teachers' office to peek at the holiday schedule and leaked the information to everyone.

However, before Thanksgiving, students need to take the test of midterm exams. There is a whole week of exams, with two subjects scheduled for each day. The time outside of exams is for review or self-study.

Li Qun always felt that the school's exam schedule was unreasonable, because the final exams were held a month after the midterm exams and before the Christmas holidays.

Winter break is similar to the Christmas break, while schools have a spring break in March, which lasts for a week.

Students study school holiday schedules like they study the periodic table of elements. They don't care about days like Veterans Day or Presidential Day, which are only one day off, since they can't go anywhere on a one-day holiday anyway.

“Peter, I need your help.” Harry Osborn grasped Peter Parker’s hand.

"understood."

Other public schools would stop teaching new material a week before exam week, and teachers would spend that week reviewing with students. However, Midtown High School did not have this arrangement. Even though the exam was the following week, the teachers continued to teach new material.

The phrase teachers at Midtown High School say most often in class is, "You are the smartest..."—exaggerating and idealizing students' abilities. If a student can't meet these expectations, then they are considered to be contradicting this statement.

Students must work hard to earn the teacher's praise.

“Harry, really? You need Peter to tutor you?” Gwen said.

"It's all to appease my dad."

“He can stay away from home for months at a time, but he always shows up when I have exams,” Harry said with a bitter face.

“If my grades are too bad, I’m afraid my dad will kick me out of the house when I’m an adult and leave me to fend for myself.”

"Harry, you're scaring yourself."

“Even disregarding family ties, Uncle Norman has invested over a million dollars in you. Kicking you out of the house would be a complete loss,” Li Qun said.

"maybe."

“Getting Harry out of here might cut our losses,” Gwen said.

“That’s how I think,” Harry said.

“I feel that Uncle Norman still loves you very much. After all, you are his only family.” Peter looked at Li Qun and Gwen.

“Uncle Norman isn’t too old yet, he can practice on a smaller scale,” Li Qun said.

"What do you mean by practicing the trumpet? I don't understand." Harry looked at Li Qun.

"It means giving you a younger brother or sister, and grooming a successor who meets Uncle Norman's expectations," Li Qun explained.

“That won’t do, I’m the eldest son!” Harry said seriously.

“It’s not that time yet!” Peter said to Harry.

"Yes, it hasn't come to that yet."

"Do you think it's possible that Uncle Norman has another family, but he just didn't tell Harry, and when Harry completely disappoints Uncle Norman, the family from that other family will officially appear in front of you, Harry?" As soon as Gwen spoke, Li Qun felt like he had been transported to the set of an 8 pm soap opera.

"No way!"

Harry's mouth dropped open, but Gwen's guess was highly probable.

Why did Norman Osborne only come to his Manhattan home in New York once every month or two? Where would he be during those times if he wasn't at home?

Norman Osborne couldn't possibly be in the Osborne Industrial Complex every single day!

Harry's hands trembled as he thought about it.

He felt that this was the real reason why Norman didn't come home.

“I was just kidding…” Gwen became nervous, and her smile faded.

“Harry, your most important thing right now is your midterm exams,” Peter reminded Harry.

"wrong."

"I need to find out where my dad went."

"Could it be that he really has another family? And other children with someone else...?"

Harry Osborne, with his serious face, was full of "power" in Li Qun's eyes.

“Investigating this matter would not be difficult at all,” Li Qun said.

“How do I do it? Teach me, Leon!” Harry grabbed Lydia’s hand.

“Let’s make a GPS tracker. If Uncle Norman goes home for the midterm exams, find a chance to put the tracker on him, and we’ll use it to find out where he went,” Li Qun said.

"Can we do it?" Harry asked hesitantly.

“Isn’t this a bit inappropriate?” Peter looked at Li Qun.

“I know someone who can rely on people without using a GPS tracker. But it costs money, and the money has to be available,” Li Qun said.

“Liqun, you know this kind of person?” Gwen looked at Liqun in disbelief.

“Peter, you know this person too,” Li Qun said to Peter.

"Do I know this person?" Peter asked, puzzled.

John Wick's image flashed through his mind, but he immediately dismissed it.

"Who is it?" Harry felt like he was about to explode.

"We'll talk about it after school," Li Qun said.

"Do we really have to wait until school is over?"