bookbashuk Chapter 168 It really was the KGB
Chapter 168 It really was the KGB
Chapter 168 It really was the KGB
After school, Peter covered his entire body with venom, and neither he nor Cindy needed to find a place to change their uniforms—Cindy didn't really need to anyway, as she always made a makeshift suit on the spot.
"I've always wanted to ask, can this kind of combat suit guarantee safety?"
"Bulletproof," Cindy said, uttering the words that shocked Peter. "Really?"
Cindy nodded again and pulled out various threads of clearly different materials from her fingertips.
"Bulletproof, insulating, conductive, and radiation-proof—all are possible."
Peter knew that Cindy's spider silk could provide insulation and radiation protection, as mentioned in the comics, but bulletproof protection was really absurd. Even when Cindy Moon in the comics wrapped herself in radiation-proof spider silk, she practically turned herself into a dumpling to achieve that.
"Uh, that's cool. Oh, by the way, could you ask S.H.I.E.L.D. for me something?" Peter asked before the Venom covered his face: "Was Sergei Kravnov a KGB agent, I mean, was he previously with the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service?"
Cindy immediately took out her phone and started texting. Peter wanted to add that there was no need to rush, but he didn't say it. After Cindy finished texting, he handed her the earphone case he had prepared beforehand: "Yesterday, Osborn Technologies completed the base construction they were helping me with. These earphones can provide some... strategic support. I know S.H.I.E.L.D. should have better things, but this is, after all, something you know, something Spider-Man uses."
"Thank you." Cindy nodded and took the earpiece. Peter wanted to say something, but then an unknown number called him. He picked up his phone and looked at Cindy, who simply replied with a name: "Nick Fury on the phone."
Is Black Egg really that free? He actually called so directly?
Peter answered the phone, puzzled, and then heard Fury ask on the other end, "How did you come to the conclusion that Sergei Kravnov was a Russian spy?"
"Uh, just a guess?"
"Why don't you try guessing?"
"The fact that their estates remained unattended for decades only indicates that people actually lived and worked inside. Nikolai Kravino established numerous profitable but small-scale companies that couldn't form a complete industry chain, and then sold them to others. I know many KGB spies with false identities like to acquire or open companies under different identities to avoid arousing suspicion by receiving funding from within the country."
"Furthermore, when Sergei's great-great-grandfather left Tsarist Russia, his children were probably only teenagers, maybe even under ten years old. So he might not have had any real hatred for the Soviet system and ideology. On the contrary, he probably saw the Soviets shaping Russia into a superpower and defeating the Germans. I know that many Russian spies do not actually support the Soviet ideals, but they are themselves Great Russians, so they support the Soviet Union."
Peter theoretically shouldn't know that Dimitri the Chameleon is Kraven's brother, so he didn't mention it. However, after listening to Peter's revelation, Nick Fury remained silent for a long time before unleashing a curse in his "Mafia" persona, and then asked, "How did you get this information?"
"It's all on Wikipedia. The Kravinov Manor has become a well-known tourist attraction in a niche circle. Our detective club president gave it to us at our club activity today."
Back in Washington, Nick Fury couldn't help but rub his temples. What a promising talent! How did he end up as an Avenger? It would have been so much better if he'd joined S.H.I.E.L.D. But he didn't dwell on it for long, immediately asking, "Why are you asking that?"
"Don't you know?"
"Am I supposed to know everything, fucking?"
"Oh, sorry," Peter explained helplessly. "Last night we were looking for evidence of Fisk's black market activities. We went to his Natural History Museum, but there was someone visiting it. That person was Sergei Kravnov. It was already 10 p.m., closing time, but there was an exhibition specifically for him."
Okay, now everything makes sense. Nick Fury rubbed his temples, finally remembering that there was indeed such a thing: "Yeah, I remember now, a Russian super soldier entered the country. Even if he's a tourist, we have to keep a close eye on him. But I really didn't pay much attention to that museum."
"Super Soldier?"
"Yes, he and his brother, the chameleon you met, both underwent surgery by the Russians. His brother became a super agent with a thousand faces, while he was injected with a new generation of super soldier serum. We speculate that he might be here to avenge his brother, but you didn't kill the chameleon, so you don't need to worry about it."
But the chameleon died right in front of me, killed by the Punisher.
At this point, Nick Fury realized he hadn't addressed Peter's question yet, so he continued, "As for what you said, that Sergei himself has no connection to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, but indeed, you guessed right. S.H.I.E.L.D. has discovered that his father and grandfather were both KGB spies."
"And they weren't arrested."
"Catching KGB spies is the CIA's job. What does it have to do with S.H.I.E.L.D.? The World Security Council even has a permanent seat held by a Russian."
Nick Fury's answer was both unexpected and reasonable. As for whether the CIA knew the Kravinov family's secret, that was an unknown. However, Peter was now curious about something else: whether Kravin was his enemy, whether he was really just here for a vacation, or whether he was here to investigate who killed his brother, or whether he felt that he, as a super soldier, could not hunt suitable prey and was planning to come to New York to vent his frustration.
Peter was pondering this question when Nick Fury bluntly interrupted his reverie: "S.H.I.E.L.D. will keep an eye on Sergei; you don't need to worry about him. We've also reviewed your collaboration with Osborn; there are no issues."
How come I didn't know you guys had approved it? Oh well, S.H.I.E.L.D. loves doing this kind of thing, whatever.
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Nick Fury then asked the next question.
"So what the hell are you planning to do now?"
"I'm about to go with Cindy to see if there's anyone in New York City who needs help."
Nick Fury then fell silent for a few more seconds.
"Well then, have a nice day, Spider-Man."
Before Peter could say anything, Nick Fury hung up the phone. Peter looked at his phone with slight surprise; he really hadn't expected Nick Fury to send his blessings.
(End of this chapter)