Chapter 195 — Why Is He Here?

Chapter 195: Chapter 195 — Why Is He Here?

"Jack, you may have forgotten, but I think the reason he is spying on you is related to his visit to our house before, during the incident with Emma and Morgan fighting!" Red Queen told him her guess, and Jack then remembered that incident. He felt that it must be related to that!

He thought Tony Stark would have some showdown with him, like maybe he had found out about the fake identities of Emma and Morgan or something, but days passed and Tony Stark didn’t appear. Jack was also busy with his work as the leader of the Plumbers.

Jack’s Secret Hideout

Even though the Plumbers now had a different location on Earth, Jack felt a little peaceful in this place. The Plumbers had grown very much, and even though it was completely hidden and he had not yet visited the main base, he still tried to help Alice.

"It is so hard to do all of Alice’s work, even with the smart brain of a Galvan. It is too much," Jack said in his Galvan form as he continued working. The workload just kept increasing.

"I can’t take it anymore! I created the Plumbers so others could work in my place and work for me, not so I would have to work all day doing this! I thought I could handle Alice’s work easily, but this is completely different now. I don’t even know the full story behind everything, and the Plumbers have become this huge! Now what do I do?!"

Jack was conflicted as he looked at the notification messages coming from the Plumbers. Even with the intelligence of a Galvan, he was struggling to keep up with the increasing workload. He was starting to regret thinking he could handle everything without Alice’s help.

How does Alice deal with all this every day?

"Jack, where are you?!" Gwen entered the hideout, but at first, she didn’t notice Jack, who was in his Galvan form and sitting at the desk while working. She looked around for a moment before finally noticing the tiny green alien sitting among the holographic screens.

"Jack, here you are! Hiding from me!" Gwen said as she quickly picked Jack up in her palm.

"Gwen, what are you doing?! Are you angry?" Jack asked with a puzzled look as he looked at her face.

"Aren’t you the reason I am angry?"

"Ah?! But I didn’t see you for the last three days," Jack said in puzzlement.

"That’s the problem! I didn’t see you for the last three days!" Gwen said, getting more annoyed. "I was expecting you to come with me to school, but you told me you had some work with the Plumbers and would come later. But you still didn’t come to school today. You just sent Red Queen instead."

"Ahh, Gwen, calm down. Don’t you think it is kind of hilarious that the leader of an organization like the Plumbers should still go to school? It feels awkward," Jack said, feeling that going to school was a waste of time.

He was more knowledgeable than the teachers, and he didn’t care much about certificates or anything related to completing school or college. If he wanted them, he could easily get them later.

"No, I don’t care about that! I want to spend time with you. We just got back, and I don’t want to spend the first few days watching you work. So accompany me to school," Gwen said.

"Come on, Gwen, we can just drop out," Jack tried to convince her.

"Drop out? Okay, but if Dad asks me, I will say it was your idea," Gwen said with a sly smile before turning around.

Hearing this, Jack’s face immediately changed as he imagined George Stacy coming after him with a gun for corrupting his daughter and making her drop out of school.

Nope. I’m not getting shot by George Stacy.

"No, stop, Gwen. No need! But I have work, you see. Attending school takes a lot of time," Jack said as he showed her the huge amount of work in front of him.

Gwen looked at the notifications for a moment before looking back at Jack. Then she simply grabbed him with one hand and walked towards the exit.

"As if the organization is going to fall down without you. It was doing fine all these years without you. Now that we’re here, it will have no problem. Just leave the work to Alice. As a mechanical lifeform, she can probably do this work in seconds without any effort. I will talk with her. Now come with me."

Jack, who heard Gwen, felt that what she said was actually right. And with Gwen as an excuse, he could leave the work to Alice without feeling like he had lost face.

"Fine... let’s go," Jack said as Gwen continued pulling him away.

"Where are you taking me?" Jack asked in puzzlement as both were in their hero suits and he followed her while the sun was setting.

"To meet Peter. He has been nagging my ears all day to meet you. I can’t take it anymore, so let’s meet him and have a showdown with him," Gwen said to Jack as she swung using her webs, while Jack followed her by flying.

"Oh right, Peter wanted to meet me. I think it was for the suit. Like you, I promised him a customized suit," Jack said with a smile.

Just then, both heard a couple of firetrucks pass by on the road. As they looked towards the direction the firetrucks went, Red Queen informed them about a massive fire that had broken out on the west side, 4 km away.

Hearing this, both nodded and immediately changed direction towards the west.

"A 20-floor building was engulfed in a massive fire with thick smoke covering the surrounding area as a crowd gathered at a distance. Police officers were trying to stop family members from running towards the building to save their loved ones, while firefighters were doing their best to control the fire. More firetrucks from nearby stations were still arriving, and the sound of sirens filled the streets.

"Step back, step back! Don’t stay nearby. Go away!" a police officer shouted as he tried to control the crowd.

"Look there... the 16th-floor balcony! A family is there!" someone suddenly shouted.

Everyone in the crowd looked up.

On the balcony, a family of four was desperately asking for help as the fire slowly moved closer to them from all directions. The parents were holding their children tightly while looking down at the firefighters below.

"Take the ladder, quick!" a firefighter shouted to his teammates.

But before the firefighters could reach them, the fire got there first. The balcony began to crack under the heat, and part of it suddenly collapsed.

The family of four lost their balance and began falling.

Several people in the crowd screamed.

"Saved! They’re saved! It’s Spider-Woman!" someone shouted.

Everyone opened their eyes wide when they saw a web net catch the falling family just before they could hit the ground. Gwen quickly pulled the net towards herself and landed safely with the family.

The crowd immediately erupted into cheers.

"Spider-Woman! Spider-Woman!"

Gwen quickly released the family and made sure they were alright before looking back at the burning building.

"Spider-Woman! My family is still inside! Please save them!" a man suddenly ran towards Gwen and fell to his knees, begging her to save his family.

Gwen looked at him and nodded.

"Don’t worry. My partner is already saving them."

She immediately shot a web towards the building and swung towards it.

Only then did people notice that the flames on several floors were beginning to slow down.

BIG CHILL

Jack, using the ability of Big Chill, flew through the burning building, freezing the flames wherever he passed. The fire around him quickly turned into ice, creating a safe path through the burning floors.

He phased through one wall after another, searching for people who were still trapped inside.

"Anyone here?!" Jack shouted as he passed through another room.

He soon found several people hiding inside a room, terrified and coughing because of the smoke.

"Don’t worry. I’m here to get you out."

Jack carried them through the wall and brought them towards a safer area where the firefighters could take them.

Soon, Gwen joined him. She used her webs to pull people away from dangerous areas, creating web lines that helped both civilians and firefighters move through the building safely.

One firefighter looked at the frozen flames around him and couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

"What the hell...?"

"Don’t question it! Just keep moving!" another firefighter shouted as they continued rescuing people.

As Jack froze more of the fire and Gwen helped move people out, the situation slowly came under control. More firefighters entered the building, and one by one, the trapped people were brought outside.

Soon, the last group of people was rescued.

The crowd outside cheered again as families reunited with their loved ones. Some people were crying, while others were recording everything on their phones.

A news helicopter also appeared above the building, its camera focusing on the two heroes who had suddenly appeared and helped with the rescue.

"We are getting reports that Spider-Woman is helping firefighters at the scene along with another unknown hero. The hero appears to be able to fly and even move through the walls of the burning building. From what we can see, he doesn’t appear to have a human appearance. Some people are already comparing him to the mysterious hero known as Blur, but we still don’t know who he is..." a reporter’s voice could be heard from the helicopter’s broadcast.

As the fire started to come under control, both Gwen and Jack were ready to leave.

"Waittt! Spider-Woman and unknown hero, can I get an interview?" a girl who seemed to be an intern reporter shouted through a speaker from the ground.

Hearing this, Jack paused and looked down.

He thought for a moment before suddenly flying towards her.

"Hello, tha... thank you for saving them," the girl said, stunned when she saw Jack in his Big Chill form appear next to her.

"I’m not gonna hurt you or something. Don’t be afraid of me," Jack said.

Hearing this, the girl slowly overcame her fear. Having the chance to speak with an unknown hero could make her job secure and maybe even earn her a promotion.

"Can I know your name?" the girl suddenly asked as she signaled the cameraman to focus on her.

Other reporters who saw this were very jealous, but they were afraid to come near Jack.

"You can call me Omnix. And I have been given names like Blur, 4 Hands, Crystal Man, etc. Some people have seen my different forms and given them names, while others are just urban legends. But they are all my different forms, like an ability. So call me Omnix, not some funny name," Jack said before flying away.

The girl and the others were stunned. Until now, Blur was the only one of those mysterious names known by the public, while the others existed mostly as rumors and urban legends. But now, for the first time, they learned that all those strange appearances were actually the same person.

"Send, send! We have to release this news first before others!" the media personnel shouted as they quickly started working to publish the news.

The news helicopter continued following them for a moment, trying to get a better shot of Omnix before he disappeared into the distance.

"Is that name important?" Gwen asked Jack when he returned, referring to his sudden interview about announcing his hero name.

"Of course it’s important. You didn’t see the internet? It has gone completely mad, as people were guessing where all those monsters came from. Since many people have seen me as I saved them, it has gone completely off track, and their names were also ugly," Jack complained.

As they continued, they soon met Spider-Man. But he was not alone. He was with another hero, and this was someone Jack knew.

It was Darkhawk.

Jack had no idea what he was doing there or when these two had gotten together.

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