The Wall Street Journal reports that late last night, several companies including Oscorp Industries, Exploration Aerospace Industries, and A.I.M. Tech were attacked by unknown individuals. All recent technological achievements of these companies were destroyed, resulting in significant losses…"
"The New York Times reports that late last night, witnesses saw an unidentified flying object destroy all research achievements of several companies, including Oscorp Industries, Exploration Aerospace Industries, and A.I.M. Tech, and then disappear…"
"The Daily Bugle reports that late last night, a villain stole and destroyed all experimental results from several well-known New York companies. It is suspected that a mutant is responsible…"
…The next morning, almost all newspapers in New York published news of Ron's destruction of several companies' experimental products yesterday, spreading throughout the city.
Having suffered such a huge loss, the companies whose products Ron destroyed were furious. Because of this incident, the stock prices of these companies plummeted by several points, causing them to lose countless dollars!
Among them, Norman Osborn put on quite a show. He reported Oscorp Industries' damages as extremely high and held a press conference demanding that the police thoroughly investigate the person who destroyed Oscorp Industries and the other companies, appearing extremely angry.
Of course, this was all Norman Osborn's facade. Although Oscorp Industries' stock price dropped significantly, Oscorp Industries also gained a breathing space and reached a new deal with the Department of Defense, making Norman Osborn secretly ecstatic.
As the instigator of all this, Ron was quietly reading in school, studying subjects like mathematics, physics, and chemistry, not at all worried about being exposed.
When he went to Oscorp Industries yesterday, it was late at night, and he flew there and back using his telekinesis, without passing through any surveillance equipment. He had a solid alibi.
However, Ron was somewhat concerned about the technology company named A.I.M. that he destroyed yesterday.
Ron remembered that in the comics, this company was originally Hydra's technology department, specifically researching technology for Hydra. Later, due to disagreements, it split from Hydra and was reformed by a group of insane tech fanatics into A.I.M. Tech.
The leader of A.I.M. Tech was the infamous M.O.D.O.K., a tech fanatic with super psychic and computational abilities, a sworn enemy of Iron Man, rumored to be even smarter than Tony Stark.
When Ron went to A.I.M. Tech yesterday, he even wanted to compete with M.O.D.O.K. to see whose mental power was stronger, but Ron found that M.O.D.O.K. was not in A.I.M. Tech at all.
The leader of A.I.M. Tech was another person, Aldrich Killian.
After learning that Aldrich Killian was the leader of A.I.M. Tech, Ron also understood that this A.I.M. Tech should be the one created by Dr. Killian in the Iron Man trilogy, not the one that split from Hydra's technology department in the comics.
Of course, like in the comics, this A.I.M. Tech was also an enemy of Iron Man Tony, appearing in "Iron Man 3."
Dr. Killian, the current leader of A.I.M. Tech, was originally a fervent fan of Tony Stark. At a party, Dr. Killian had arranged to meet Tony on the rooftop, but Tony Stark directly deceived him and never showed up. So, Dr. Killian, driven by love turned to hate, began researching something called the Extremis virus with a woman, intending to get revenge on Tony Stark.
This Extremis virus could make a person's body powerful and capable of self-healing, and it could also make the user's body emit high temperatures, making it extremely potent.
After thinking about all these things, Ron also wanted to obtain the Extremis virus from A.I.M. Tech while causing destruction, but he did not succeed.
Because Ron found that the Extremis virus had not been successfully developed yet.
After learning that the Extremis virus had not been successfully developed, Ron did not bother with other matters, only destroying some things within his plan before leaving.
Although Dr. Killian was the main villain in "Iron Man 3," the one who nearly killed Tony Stark, Ron had no intention of directly changing Dr. Killian's mind and preventing him from researching the Extremis virus to deal with Tony Stark.
Ron still wanted to use the Extremis virus developed by Dr. Killian to enhance his own singularity. Why would he bother with something that had nothing to do with him?
You know, Tony Stark has a halo. Even if Dr. Killian already possessed the Extremis virus, didn't Tony Stark still defeat Dr. Killian in the end?
So why would Ron meddle and be presumptuous?
…"Ron, have you heard? Last night, a criminal appeared in New York and destroyed all the technological items researched by Harry's father's company, causing heavy losses. What do you say, should we find this criminal, catch him, and hand him over to the police station?"
After school in the afternoon, Peter Parker pulled Ron to a secluded spot and spoke to him with great excitement.
After Uncle Ben's incident yesterday, Peter had made up his mind to become a superhero like Captain America and Daredevil. Eager Peter, upon learning that someone had destroyed things belonging to several companies, immediately wanted to catch this person and embark on the path of a superhero protecting humanity.
And Peter, knowing that Ron also had superpowers, decided to tell Ron about his becoming a superhero and wanted to invite Ron to be a superhero with him.
For this, Peter had even thought of their superhero names. He had spider superpowers, so he would be Spider-Man. And Ron had the ability to fly, so he would be Sky-Man!
Then they would go around doing good deeds and protecting humanity together. How cool would that be?… However, Ron felt a bit helpless about Peter's idea of becoming a superhero.
He hadn't expected that even though he had already saved Uncle Ben, Peter still wanted to become a superhero?
The reason Peter became a superhero was because Uncle Ben's death made him understand the principle of 'with great power comes great responsibility,' which led him to the idea of being a superhero.
But Uncle Ben wasn't dead now, so why did Peter still want to be a superhero? This didn't make sense!
Ron didn't know why, so he had to suppress this doubt for now and planned to observe the reasons later.
Of course, Ron rejected Peter's suggestion to become superheroes with him without even thinking.
Ron shook his head and said, "No, Peter, I don't want to wear a strange costume like Captain America and be some superhero protecting humanity. That's too weird. I think it's more important for us to focus on our studies, get into a good university, and find a good job in the future."
"Why, Ron? As superheroes, we can catch many criminals who harm society, save many people, and even be admired by many. Ron, this is doing good deeds, why don't you want to be a superhero?"
Peter found Ron's words very perplexing. He had thought that Ron, being his good friend, wouldn't reject his suggestion.
But not only did Ron disagree with his suggestion, he also wanted to persuade him not to be a superhero. What was going on?
Thinking this, Peter quickly told Ron the superhero names he had thought of, hoping to convince Ron to agree with his idea.
"Ron, I've already thought of superhero names for you. You'll be Sky-Man, and I'll be Spider-Man. How cool is that? Ron, can't you just agree to my suggestion?"
Looking at the displeased Peter, Ron smiled bitterly in his heart, shook his head firmly, and once again rejected Peter's suggestion.
Not to mention how foolish the decision to be a superhero and catch criminals was, just consider Peter wanting to catch the criminal who destroyed Oscorp Industries.
In this matter, although Ron hadn't harmed anyone's life, he was still an out-and-out criminal!
Was Ron supposed to tell Peter, "I am the criminal you want to catch, Peter?"
"Peter, I will not agree to your suggestion. Being a masked superhero or whatever, that's just stupid."
Ron's expression turned cold, and he still didn't agree to Peter's suggestion. "Peter, I'll persuade you one last time, why don't you just go to school peacefully instead of being a superhero?"
"No, Ron, I've made up my mind. You don't need to persuade me. If you don't come with me, then I'll go alone!"
When Peter saw that Ron still wanted to stop him from being a superhero, he became truly displeased. He angrily threw out this sentence and then left directly.
Watching Peter leave in a huff, Ron frowned tightly.
"It seems that Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man is still an unchangeable plot point…"