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On the top-floor balcony of the Osborn Building, Yang Tao put away his magic broom and landed steadily on the ground.
He glanced at the tightly closed glass door and the luxurious room inside.
"Has Peter not arrived yet?"
Yang Tao murmured softly, then took a "Wooden Button" from his backpack and affixed it to the wall next to the glass door.
The "Wooden Button" adhered naturally to the wall. He reached out and lightly pressed it, and the previously latched glass door was opened by an invisible force.
He easily walked into Norman's mansion and sat down by the sofa. A thought suddenly popped into Yang Tao's mind:
'I wonder if the Gringotts vault can be opened with a Lever…'
Once this thought appeared in his mind, it immediately began to take root.
'I'll find time to go to Gringotts and check. Even if I don't go to the vault, I need to renovate the Gringotts building…'
Not long after he sat down, a sound came from the balcony.
At this moment, Peter was on the balcony, carrying Norman's corpse, preparing to pry open the automatically closing glass door.
"Peter, there's a button on the wall. Just press it."
Yang Tao's voice wasn't loud, but Peter still heard it. Surprised, he looked up and saw Yang Tao sitting on the sofa in the room, a series of question marks appearing in his mind.
'Why is this person here?'
A button?
This wasn't Peter's first time at Harry's house, and he quickly spotted the "Wooden Button" affixed to the wall.
His Spider-Sense didn't detect any danger from the button, so Peter reached out and lightly pressed it. Then he watched as the previously latched glass door automatically slid open to both sides, seemingly without any power.
"..."
'This isn't scientific at all!'
The strong wind caused the curtains to rustle, but after he carried Norman's corpse into the room, the glass door behind him automatically closed.
"Who are you?"
Hearing Peter's words, Yang Tao now really wanted to print some business cards and keep them in his pocket, so that every time someone in the New World asked him this question, he could just flick out a card and throw it to them.
"You can call me Yang Tao."
"Why are you at Harry's house?"
Peter carried Norman's corpse and placed it next to Yang Tao, looking at Yang Tao with extreme caution.
Yang Tao, sitting on the sofa, glanced at Norman's corpse with a look of distaste. He immediately got up, pulled over a luxurious wooden chair from nearby, and sat down again.
"Peter, I just came to meet Harry and get to know him."
Peter, aching and uncomfortable all over, felt that Yang Tao didn't seem like a good person. He worried that Harry's life might be threatened.
"Sir, I hope you can leave here. Harry is just an ordinary person…"
"I am also an ordinary person…"
"I don't believe an ordinary person can fly on a broomstick. Are you a wizard?"
Peter wasn't a sixteen or seventeen-year-old kid after all; he was eighteen this year, so he naturally didn't believe such nonsense about him being an ordinary person.
Yang Tao smiled and said, "I wish I were a wizard, but the broom you saw is just a common mode of transportation, just like Norman's Green Goblin glider."
He looked at Norman, who was completely breathless, and asked the deepest question in his heart, the one he most wanted to know: "Peter, why did you hide the fact that Norman was Green Goblin from Harry?"
"This was Norman's last request, and I don't want my identity exposed… That way, everyone around me would be in danger."
"Uh… So you think if you just leave Norman here, Harry won't investigate? If he becomes the second Green Goblin to avenge his father, what do you plan to do? Kill him with your own hands?"
"Green Goblin? You mean Mr. Osborn?"
Peter obviously hadn't considered this question. He just didn't want to expose his identity and wanted to grant Norman's last wish.
"This… This is impossible. I am Harry's friend. I understand him. He couldn't possibly become like his father."
Yang Tao waved his hand and said, "Don't get agitated. I was just asking. Peter, don't you think what you said is ridiculous?"
Peter paused and asked, "What's ridiculous?"
"He considers you a friend, and you understand him, but… do you consider him a friend?"
"I just…"
"Alright, Peter, as long as you believe your own reasons."
Yang Tao looked towards the door. Through the mini-map, he had already seen Harry Osborn's figure; he was about to enter.
Everyone has different opinions about Spider-Man, and even at different times, people have different feelings about him.
In his opinion, Peter now had the mentality of a child. Harry was rich, capable, handsome, and the goddess Mary Jane he liked was now nominally Harry's girlfriend.
And his current identity as Spider-Man was the only way he could get close to Mary Jane.
Little did he know that starting today…
Harry insisted that his father was killed by Spider-Man. For revenge, Harry decided to continue his father's unfinished work, becoming the second Green Goblin without hesitation.
The two good brothers, once as close as siblings, now became sworn enemies, hurting each other.
But what Yang Tao admired immensely was that after Harry learned the truth about his father's death, he was able to nobly let go of his hatred for Spider-Man and no longer pursue Peter for hurting him, choosing to team up with Spider-Man to fight Sandman and Venom, who threatened the city.
He bravely stepped forward at Spider-Man's moment of peril, sacrificing himself to protect his brother.
Yang Tao felt that the main reason for this outcome was that Peter insisted on bringing Norman's corpse back, and Harry saw it with his own eyes, and there was no explanation…
Harry walked in from outside the door, looking dejected. He had gone to find Mary Jane, but she directly refused to see him, which truly broke his heart.
He pushed open the door.
He was stunned to see Yang Tao and Spider-Man in his room, as well as his father lying on the sofa, his life unknown.
The amount of information in this scene was simply too much.
"Who are you?"
Upon hearing the voice, Peter instinctively prepared to leave.
But out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yang Tao raise a pistol and aim it at Harry.
"No!"
In a moment of desperation, Peter didn't care if his identity would be exposed. He raised his wrist and shot out a web line.
Yang Tao took a slight step back.
He wiped the gun barrel with his sleeve and said, "I was just wiping the gun. Why are you in such a hurry?"
Peter, who was rushing over: "..."
"Peter?! You are Spider-Man?!"
Harry looked at Peter in his tight suit with disbelief.
"I should have realized it sooner… Your changes recently have been too great. My goodness, you are Spider-Man! Hey, brother, this is the coolest news I've heard in a while."
Yang Tao could tell that Harry was genuinely happy for Peter, but… he glanced at Norman on the sofa, then at the excited Harry.
'What a scene of filial piety…'
Harry quickly reacted, looking at his father lying on the sofa and asking, "Peter, what happened to my father? Is he asleep?"
Peter looked at his good friend, speechless for a moment.
Yang Tao showed a sympathetic expression and said, "Your father… he committed suicide…"
He had seven or eight stab wounds, but he did indeed commit suicide.
"What? That's impossible!"
Harry's face changed, and he immediately rushed to his father's side. Looking at his father, who had already stopped breathing, his body trembled slightly. He looked up at Peter and asked, "Peter… How did my father die?"
"Harry, let me explain, this was an accident…"
Hearing Peter say this, Yang Tao helplessly held his forehead. The person wasn't killed by you, so why are you explaining…
He took the camcorder out of his backpack: "You can see for yourself…"
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