Marvel: Awakening the Universe

Mary Jane looked at Peter who answered so unpleasantly, and her curiosity completely overwhelmed her reason. After saying something directly, she raised her foot and chased after Gwen who had already walked ahead.

She planned to listen to the gossip up close.

But that's it.

Mary Jane suddenly stopped, as if she thought of something, turned her head, and saw Harry, who was also confused and felt that he might become invisible.

next second.

"what!"

After Mary Jane saw it clearly, she screamed, ran to Harry quickly, and hugged Harry, who still looked depressed: "Harry, Harry, when did you come back?"

Harry was happy.

He looked at Mary Jane who had let go of him, and just as he was about to continue the greeting, Mary Jane hugged him again: "I have something to do now, so I won't talk to you anymore. See you later."

Obviously, at this moment, the return of a good friend from England was not as important as Mary's desire to get a glimpse of the gossip between her best friend and the school's most aloof man.

Therefore, after Mary Jane finished speaking, she turned around again, looked at Gwen who was about to walk into the lounge corridor in the distance, and hurriedly trotted to catch up with her.

It was obviously impossible for Mary to chase Hawke and ask for gossip.

and so……

Mary spent the entire morning chasing after Gwen, looking pleading.

There is only one central idea.

"Please, tell me more, just more, in more detail, please, Gwen."

"..."

Because today is the first day of the new semester, the schedule is a little more relaxed and there are not even any classes scheduled for today.

Everyone is busy with their own things, getting their course schedules, or going to their counselors to seek advice for the last semester.

So Gwen was annoyed by Mary for the whole morning.

at last.

As the two of them were heading to the cafeteria, Gwen couldn't help herself when she saw Mary, who was still beside her and looked pitiful and eager to hear more gossip about her and Hawke's relationship.

Gwen sighed.

"No, I'm with Hawke. Is that weird?"

"Uh-huh."

"What's so strange about that? He and I have been sitting next to each other in physics class since ninth grade, and we have the same counselor."

"Come on, Gwen, that's Hawke."

"so what?"

"Don't you know what everyone says about Hawke?"

"what?"

This time it was Gwen's turn to be curious.

Mary looked around and lowered her voice: "Everyone says that either Hawke is a pure steel straight man, or Hawke is a crooked one."

Gwen rolled her eyes. "How is that possible?"

She suddenly thought of Hawke standing in the water in just a pair of shorts at the waterfall in Maryland.

crooked?

Hawke is very straight.

As straight as a baton.

wrong.

What am I thinking about.

Gwen shook her head, subconsciously shaking off the image of the baton in her mind, and then said to Mary in a serious tone: "Hawk is not crooked."

Mary was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something and blinked at Gwen.

The smile became a little ambiguous.

"Have you tried it?"

"..."

Gwen was stunned for a moment, then looked at the ambiguous smile on Mary's face and took a deep breath.

next second.

She turned and left without saying a word.

As expected of a dance student.

Sewage.

Too dirty.

Mary looked at Gwen who shook her off without saying a word, and hurriedly chased after her.

"I'm sorry, Gwen. Please forgive me."

"..."

When Hawke arrived at the cafeteria, Mary was still trying to dig information out of Gwen.

But Gwen turned a deaf ear.

Mary saw that Gwen had become immune to her pleas and sighed. Then she saw Harry coming to the restaurant under Peter's guidance. Her eyes lit up instantly and she said to Gwen, "If you don't tell me, I'll go find Peter to find out."

As she spoke, Mary Jane stood up and, without waiting for Gwen's response, ran off to find Peter and Harry with her own plate.

By the time Hawke sat down across from Gwen with his tray, Mary Jane had already left.

"Mary finished eating?"

"Apparently, she couldn't get enough of the gossip from me, so she went to Peter."

Gwen glanced at Mary, who had already pulled Peter to sit down, and shook her head helplessly.

Hawke was a little confused when he heard this: "What does this have to do with Peter?"

Gwen shrugged.

"Maybe it's because you and Peter spent last semester together in the old gymnasium, so this semester everyone thinks Peter is your friend."

"……All right."

After hearing this, Hawke also laughed out loud, but he was too lazy to refute anything. He grabbed the hamburger on his plate and started eating.

Because she arrived at the restaurant early, Gwen had already finished her meal.

Gwen leaned on the dining table with her arms around her shoulders, looking at Hawke who was eating a burger.

"By the way, did you call Dr. Connors to thank him?"

"Yeah, beat it."

Hawke nodded, swallowed his burger, and then thought of something and said to Gwen, "When I called, Dr. Connors said there seemed to be a breakthrough in the experiment. He sounded very happy."

Gwen blinked.

"progress?"

"impossible."

"..."

Chapter 44 Capital is a monster and also creates monsters

"what happened?"

"Then you know I went to the laboratory yesterday morning."

"Ah."

Hawke nodded.

That was before I went to the library yesterday.

He originally thought that Gwen had gone to Dr. Connors to cancel her leave in the morning.

at the moment?

"Did something go wrong with the experiment?"

"The experiment went fine, but I heard there was a problem with the investor. You know that Dr. Connors' experiment was a collaboration between Osborn and the military, right?"

"You said that last time."

“The military has withdrawn its funding.”

Gwen lowered her voice and leaned forward to say, "Dr. Connors's experiment has been going on for almost two years, and there's been no results yet. As a result, the higher-ups at Osborn are starting to get impatient with Dr. Connors's experiments."

Capital is real.

They will sponsor the funds you need and even provide you with venues to meet your requirements based on the pie you draw at the beginning.

But if you fail to deliver the expected results to capital, then capital will abandon you without hesitation.

Because, stopping losses in time is a compulsory course for capital.

This is what happened with Dr. Connors' regeneration experiments.

Not to mention that the military withdrew funding from Dr. Connors' laboratory last month due to funding withdrawal.

Although the military said it was temporary, they would invest again when funds became available to keep Osborne Bio-Industry going.

but……

Things are not peaceful inside Osborne Bioindustries either.

There are rumors that Norman Osborn, who has been recuperating in his own manor since last year due to a strange disease, is now terminally ill and his time is up.

This news is not groundless.

Harry Osborn, who had been studying in the UK, returned to New York City this summer and began to get involved in company affairs with the help of Norman Osborn's personal secretary Felicia Hardy. This was a very obvious signal.

Although the Osborne family controls the majority stake in Osborne Bioindustries.

But in this era when the old king is about to die and the new king is about to be established, there are always people who want to take advantage of this wave of change of dynasties to gain some benefits for themselves.

Moreover, a new official has three things to do when he takes office.

So at this juncture, some people proposed to streamline the laboratories and abolish some laboratories that had not yet produced capital results.

Dr. Connors' laboratory was the first to be affected as the military had its investment suspended due to funding gap.

Although the military said it would wait for the next batch of funds from the Pentagon to arrive before resuming investment, who can guarantee that?

After all, the credibility of the federal military is there.

However, Osborne Bioindustry did not decide to withdraw its investment in Dr. Connors. Although the military funding was cut off, some of the previous funds still remained.

and so……

"The doctor's lab staff has been reduced."

"Five researchers were fired."

"Of course, there were some for me."

"I just heard about it yesterday, but since I'm working part-time, the fees aren't expensive."

"And I went to the laboratory yesterday, and Dr. Connors wasn't as happy as you said, so I was a little surprised when you mentioned this just now."

Gwen recounted the recent developments in Dr. Connors' laboratory.

Hawke didn't really care whether Dr. Connors's experiment would succeed, so he just listened. After Gwen finished, he shrugged and said, "Well, that's what Dr. Connors said on the phone anyway. Who knows if it will succeed?"

Gwen also nodded: "I also hope that Dr. Connors' experiment will be successful."

The two of them were just chatting casually.

But the conversation was over after that. After Hawk finished the burger in his hand, the two got up and left with their plates.