America, New York, the Big Apple.
A new art gallery had just opened, owned by a nobleman from across the Atlantic. However, the gallery received little attention, primarily due to its location in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Who knew what connections the owner had to choose such a place?
But today was the weekend, and the gallery was rare enough to be open. A young man and his girlfriend had traveled here from the neighboring borough of Queens.
"Parker, your friend is really weird."
The moment the girl stepped into the gallery, a chilling cold washed over her.
"What's so weird about Aaron? He's an English nobleman, it's cool that we're friends!" the young man replied, unfazed by his girlfriend's doubts. After all, his friend was indeed strange. When he first met Aaron, he thought he was a devout Catholic. But it turned out the man was a painter whose works often depicted gruesome images of God being tortured. He even occasionally drew comics, which Parker was also a fan of.
The young girl's name was Gwen. She looked at her boyfriend helplessly. If she didn't know his sexual orientation was normal, she would have thought he was having an affair with this man named Aaron.
"New York is so big. Why did he choose a location like this? Doesn't he know the underground forces here are really powerful?"
The young man was none other than Peter Parker. But this was before he was bitten by a spider, before he was a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
"Weird?"
Dismissing his girlfriend's concerns, Parker walked into the gallery. It was called a gallery, but it was basically filled with Aaron's own works. In one section on the left, there were six or seven portraits of the end of God. To a devout believer, these paintings were enough to incite an attack on the entire gallery. This Aaron was daring and fearless.
"Hi, Aaron!"
Aaron, who was actually the awakened Hades, our King of the Underworld, smiled a mysterious smile upon seeing Parker.
"Parker."
The greeting was brief, but Parker wasn't surprised.
"What paintings are you showing today? You're always antagonizing that 'old man God,' so why haven't his followers torn down your gallery yet?"
Aaron waved his hand, a light smile on his face. "It's fine, they won't come."
The wind today seemed a bit noisy. Gwen wasn't very interested in the paintings, but Parker found the curious works fascinating. Accompanied by Aaron, he walked towards the other paintings.
Surprisingly, many people were visiting the gallery on this weekend. Some of the paintings were very recent, and Parker had never seen them before.
Suddenly, Parker stopped in front of a particular frame. In the painting, a handsome young man was being bitten by a biochemical spider. The scene was horrifying. But what was even more frightening was Aaron's signature at the bottom. After seeing the signature, Parker felt as if the handsome young man in the painting, the one being bitten, smiled strangely at him.
"Ha!"
Parker staggered back in fear.
"What's wrong?" Aaron walked up, finding Parker staring at the painting with a look of pure dread. "Scared?" Aaron asked with a soft smile.
"No, no, I'm not..." Parker quickly denied it. But a strange feeling lingered in his heart. "Aaron, I feel like the young man being bitten by the spider... is me."
The feeling was incredibly strong, undeniable, as if he had witnessed himself transforming into Spider-Man today.
"This painting, I call it 'The Birth of Spider-Man...'"
"Spider-Man?"
Parker shook his head. What Aaron was saying didn't sound like a hero at all; it sounded like a cruel prank. But the more he looked, the more convinced he was. The handsome young man in the painting was even wearing the exact same clothes he was. Even the bed and the lamp beside it were identical to the furnishings in his own room!
This was it! Aaron wasn't playing fair! He was spying on Parker's private life!
Parker was about to turn and confront Aaron, but the man's shadow had vanished. At the same time, in the seemingly quiet gallery, several other customers had suddenly appeared, including a beautiful young redhead and a gorgeously dressed old woman.
(End of Chapter)
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