Chapter 22 The greater the ability, the more money!
Chapter 22 The greater the ability, the more money!
But Ben directly denied May's guess, waving his hand dismissively, indicating it was impossible.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"This young man may look about the same size as Peter, but Peter doesn't have this little red man's physical abilities. Didn't you see how he managed to hold his own against that dinosaur man?"
"If it were Peter, one swipe of that green dinosaur's claw would probably leave Peter owing it several lives!"
"It would be more accurate to say that our son could hold his own against this dinosaur-man. After all, our son has superhuman strength; back in elementary school, he could easily beat up high school bullies who tried to extort money from him!"
As he spoke, Ben denied that the man was Peter, but also took the opportunity to praise his son.
Toby smiled wryly to himself.
I wonder if Peter would be happy or sad if he knew that the reason he wasn't suspected was because of Ben's stereotype of him...
Tsk tsk, poor little Peter~
Mei rolled her eyes at Ben and lectured Toby, "Toby, don't listen to your father. I'm glad you're healthy and can protect yourself, but you must never use that strength to bully the weak, understand?"
Toby nodded indifferently: "Don't worry, May, I won't bully the weak, and I have no need to make myself seem strong by bullying the weak."
At least not so far.
He always bullied the strong, using his immense power to smash the heads of those robbers and then take their money!
After all, what money can the weak have?
If you're going to make money, make money off the rich and powerful!
Seeing Toby's nonchalant expression, Mei couldn't help but tap his head with two fingers:
"Of course I know you can't, but you can't be like that young man in the news and try to show off by risking your life to face that inhuman monster, understand?"
Before Toby could speak, Ben objected:
"You're wrong about that. With great power comes great responsibility. If Toby has the ability, then helping others within his capacity is perfectly acceptable!"
"Otherwise, if everyone becomes selfish and indifferent, what will this society and this country become?"
When Toby heard his dad utter that classic "flag" (a Chinese internet slang term for a promise or prediction), his lips twitched violently, and he quickly interrupted him:
"Come on, Ben. While I have no interest in bullying the weak, I also have no interest in protecting them."
"I don't know what you mean by 'with great power comes great responsibility'..."
"But I know that the greater my ability, the more money I can earn, and the better my family will become."
"So if I have to talk about responsibility, my only responsibility is to earn money to make our family's life better."
After saying that, without waiting for Ben and May to express their agreement or disagreement, Toby got up and went upstairs to his room to rest.
It's 9 o'clock, time to go to sleep.
After all, he has a date tomorrow.
As for Peter, Toby said he would cheer him on in his dreams.
dong dong dong ——
The next day, Toby was woken up by a knock on the door.
When he opened the door, Peter, his face bruised and swollen, was standing in front of him, baring his teeth and waving.
"Hi, Toby, good morning! Can I borrow your magical oriental potion for a moment?"
Toby: .....
It seems my encouragement to Peter in my dream didn't work...
"Come in."
After inviting Peter into the house, Toby took out some homemade liniment for sprains and bruises from the bedside table.
Toby learned this from a senior colleague when he was a delivery driver in his previous life.
In the words of that senior colleague, those in their line of work inevitably bump into things and get hurt often. If they don't want to go to the hospital frequently, they have to know some treatment methods themselves.
This medicinal wine is indeed quite effective, with remarkable effects on sprains and strains, as well as stiffness and soreness caused by prolonged sitting while driving.
So even though he transmigrated to this world, he always kept this kind of medicinal wine on hand.
This is the miraculous oriental potion Peter mentioned...
When Peter lifted his clothes and lay down on the bed, Toby took one look and exclaimed inwardly, "Wow!"
Peter's whole body was covered in bruises!
While applying ointment to the bruises on Peter's back, Toby asked疑惑地问道, "What did you do last night? If it was just saving someone, you shouldn't be in this state, right?"
Faced with Toby's question, Peter scratched his head sheepishly and slowly explained the reason to him.
It turns out that Peter's original plan last night was indeed only to rescue people.
The rescue was also successful.
Thanks to Peter's timely arrival, he successfully saved everyone on the Manhattan Bridge and repelled the Lizard Man.
But this time, there were no dramatic scenes like a child being trapped in a car or the vehicle catching fire.
So when the Lizard Man discovered that Norman's secretary was missing and fled, Peter deviated from the original plot and followed after him.
And using the thermal sensors in the high-tech suit Toby gave him, he tracked the lizardman all the way into the sewers.
Although lizards are cold-blooded animals with very little temperature difference between themselves and their surroundings, this difference is not as noticeable in thermal imaging compared to humans.
But Peter's superhuman spider vision made up for this, allowing him to easily track down the lizardmen.
But Peter clearly forgot one thing: although his suit has thermal imaging and waterproofing capabilities, the damp city sewers are not the spider's main battlefield; the surface city with its towering buildings is!
The intricate sewer system is the lizard's domain!
Playing on someone else's home turf is undoubtedly a very foolish move.
So when the lizardman realized he was being followed, he turned around and was ambushed by Peter, who had chased him into the sewers!
The sewers were never Peter's territory, and the cramped space prevented him from utilizing his webs to his advantage. With all these negative factors, Peter was naturally at a disadvantage.
Although he managed to escape the sewers in a sorry state, he was thoroughly beaten up by the lizardmen before he even got out!
If it weren't for the super-strong defensive suit Toby gave him, Peter would probably be covered in bruises now, not just one patch of purple and black, but rather patches all over the place!
At the very least, he'll have a few more "heroic" scars on his body!
After listening to Peter's story, Toby simply shook his head at his recklessness and didn't criticize him.
Stern words and verbal instruction are not very effective, and sometimes they can even have the opposite effect.
Only real pain can teach a person a lesson and truly help them grow.
Just like that damned father and son who staged an accident, this incident directly extinguished Toby's desire to become a superhero after he traveled to the Marvel world, turning him into a ruthless super bully!
So when Peter said that if Toby had been there, the two brothers together would have been able to catch the lizard man, Toby, with his hand smeared with medicated wine, slapped Peter hard on his bruised back.
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