章節 73: It’s for a Friend...

I don't know a lot about him or his capabilities but right now I need his help with a certain problem of mine and I'd rather fob it off on this guy than deal with it myself though I guess I am kinda dealing with it myself since this guy is my solution, hopefully this meeting will go well and I'll be able to achieve my objectives without disadvantaging myself or getting losses which should be easy enough, by this point he has reached me by and then he directs his eyes at me and he looks me up and down before crossing his arms and directing a frown towards me, he stays silent for a moment before he decides to open his mouth and question me. "Huh, so you're him are you? The new vigilante that's been running around, the vigilante that caught that serial killer Cletus Kasady..." I'm already getting a reputation as a vigilante even though I'm not one because of the fucking media as well as that serial killer prick Cletus Kasady who I now wish I could have broken his jaw when I had the chance so that I wouldn't have to be dealing with all this attention but sadly I can't time travel (at least not yet) and if I could time travel then I wouldn't waste it on an insignificant thing like this when I could use it in various ways to aid myself and change reality to aid me but that's for future Nick to deal with if he even manages to create one, more importantly I changed my clothes after my minimal description made it's way onto the news and I change the colour of my clothes since the clothes were already pretty indiscreet and half of New York could be wearing the same outfit so how does this guy know that I'm the vigilante that was in the news and that caught the serial killer unless he's been watching me as I do those things which I heavily doubt but then again he must have seen that I took down around fifteen of the guys who were after me before he got here to 'save me' plus the outfit I am wearing isn't that different to what was reported by the news except for the different colour scheme so it possible that he came to the conclusion that I am the vigilante in fact it's more then possible since this guy is a lawyer and he literally gets paid to pay attention to fine detail, catch people out and solve cases so it wouldn't be a stretch that he came to the conclusion simply by the facts laid out before him.

"Uh, I'm not actually a vigilante or at least I didn't set out with that goal in mind. I'm just a guy who's taken a few martial art classes and I've been searching these streets at night for someone, the thugs and the serial killer actually attacked me and I just fought back and it was as simple as that, I'm not trying to be a superhero or something." I tell him the honest truth as I don't have anything to hide except my spider powers which I only used minimally and he didn't see that and so the truth should be best since a lawyer like this guy can always catch you out plus I'm pretty sure he's able to tell whether I'm lying by my heartbeat so it's best to tell they truth and remain a non threat than to lie and get caught out and become suspicious in his eyes which will cause more problems in the long run, I'm just gonna tell the truth about why I'm here and after that's done I'm gonna go home and hopefully never meet this guy again and wash my hands of the whole situation mowing that I've done my absolute best. "Hmm, just a few huh? Well that doesn't matter, who have you been looking for at night that it was worth facing a serial killer and fighting off this bunch of thugs. Must've been someone pretty important." I see his lips become tight and though I can't see through his red mask and his red eye lenses I get the feeling he's quirking an eyebrow at the fact that I said I've only taken a few martial art classes and yet I've taken out fifteen men in the span of around 5 minutes though they were just useless thugs but quantity would be hard to deal with for a novice which I actually am but I had my enhanced senses to help me fight them but I can't exactly say that so I'm just gonna ignore his doubt at my answer and focus on what he last said.

"I'm, actually I've already found who I've been looking for the past few days. I've been searching for you, because I need your help with something and I didn't know who else could possibly help me with this or if I did I didn't know how to get into contact with them and this seemed like the best and easiest option. Please help me Daredevil, it's important." I tell him and as I finish my sentence I get the weird urge to bow which must be because I watched so much anime and manga in my last life and those Japanese tendencies sometimes affect me but thankfully I ignore the urge as I'm not gonna be bowing to anyone anytime soon and while it would be best if I got his help I wouldn't really be too put out if he suit me down and I could go home knowing I've done my best to honour Mary Jane's request, I've honestly gotten tired of coming out on these streets every night for the last few days and fighting off lots of muggers as it's just so mundane to beat them after a while and I've gotta say I got a bit of a rush fighting the thirty men that came after me but just because I liked the thrill doesn't mean I'm gonna do it again because I'm not one to easily risk my life no matter how small the risk and how big the cause unless it's personal or means something to me but I don't think I care that much about anything or anyone in this world to do something like that. "You've been looking for me, what for? I'll help in anyway I can, it's must be urgent if you've spent the last few nights looking for me and even fighting a serial killer off instead of going to the police so it must be something serious. Tell me the situation, and if it needs my intervention then I'll intervene." He says losing the slight hit of casualness and humour he had to him and settling back into his stony facade and getting serious about my plea for help, honestly this is going a lot better than I would've though if since I thought it would take me a lot longer to find him or he'd doubt me and try to capture me but I guess this guy relies too much on his abilities or he doesn't see a need to be more cautious of me since I'm a civilian plus my heartbeat hasn't told him I'm lying since I've told the truth to him and while that might not be the entire truth it's still true and so he has no need to doubt me and instead has a duty to help me with my issue.

I've decided to take a drastic measure here but in the end I have to act like I have nothing to hide and so if I have nothing to hide then I don't need to cover my face or withhold information so I'm going to reveal my identity to him and ask for help, this will make him less suspicious of me and give me less importance in his head since I've revealed my face and identity without any fuss and people who have powers or are up to something usually hide stuff so me being as open as possible will make him see me as a regular civilian and hopefully make him forget about me and not pay much attention to me after my business here is done and some people might say this is a stupid decision but from where I'm sitting this is the best possible play since he's most likely already remembered my heartbeat and since he's a superhero there's a high possibility he might visit the Fantastic Four and recognise me there which would make them all wary and so this is the best play. "My name is Nicholas James and I currently work as an intern at the Baxter building, I'm not here because there's been a crime or I need your help in your capability as a hero but I do have need of your abilities. Actually it's not me that has need of your abilities but a friend of mine, I'm asking you to please train my friend and help him better himself." I reach up and pull my hood down to reveal my face to him and I casually drop the Fantastic Four's name to gain some credibility in his eyes since they were the first superhero family and that has quite a lot of weight in peoples dudes and after that I get straight to the crux of the issue which is somehow to fob my Peter problem onto Daredevil and get him to train Peter so the kid doesn't somehow get himself killed and ruin my plans as well as fulfilling my promise to Mary Jane, now I've just somehow gotta manoeuvre Daredevil into training Peter without Peter finding out that I directed Daredevil to train him and hopefully keep myself from getting too involved with him in his capacity as a hero. "Sorry kid, but I don't have the time to train anyone as I'm pretty busy saving lives if you didn't notice. If you're just looking for training for your friend take him to a gym or a dojo so he can learn there, there's quite a few around New York and quite a few of them aren't terrible but I'm afraid I'm not gonna be babysitting some kid when I could be out there saving lives."

Apparently having said what he needed to say Daredevil begins to turn to leave and I see him reach a hand for the billy club in his holster which he uses to traverse around the city but I can't let him leave yet I can't physically stop him and I don't know how to get him to listen since he's decided to leave after hearing my request, I bet he wouldn't have even stayed to say no if I didn't name drop the Fantastic Four and he's pulled his billy club out of its holster and he's about to thro it to leave the area when we do the only thing I can think of to get him to stay and hear me out and I'm in too much of a panic to question whether or not this is the right move but it's my only move. "WAIT!! My friend that needs training, it's Spider-Man..."

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