Chapter 60: Harry's Doubt
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"Harry... Harry..."
Who is calling me?
In his hazy Consciousness, Harry heard someone calling his Name. The voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment.
Harry felt very drowsy, like he was drowning. He couldn't exert any strength and could only let himself sink continuously.
The Sound of someone calling his Name was ethereal and blurry, as if it really came from underwater.
"Harry, Harry!"
The Sound became clearer and clearer, as if it was different from the beginning, maybe because it became clearer.
Harry's Consciousness flew towards the Direction of the Sound. He vaguely saw a light and knew he was breaking the surface of the water.
"Puh-ha!"
Just like really drowning, Harry opened his Eyes and breathed heavily, greedily taking in breaths.
"Harry?! Are you alright, Harry?"
Harry looked in the Direction of the Sound and found his Father, Norman Osborn, sitting beside him, looking at him with concern.
"Father?"
Harry looked at Norman in confusion. He looked around and saw a Scene that was quite familiar to him, after all, he had been here not long ago.
"It's me, don't worry Harry, I'll call the Nurse right away. There's a Doctor I know here, I'll go call him now." Norman comforted the confused Harry, pressed the Button on the Bedside, and then walked towards the Door.
"What exactly is going on?" Harry covered his Head and lay weakly on the Bed.
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"Harry, are you listening?"
Harry, who was suddenly called, shuddered and quickly replied, "Ah, yes, I'm listening."
Norman looked at Harry worriedly, and then asked Strange, who was beside him. "Steve, is my son really alright? He's been spacing out several times already."
"You've asked me several times already, Norman." Strange rubbed his temples. "According to the tests, Harry doesn't have anything abnormal. At most, he's just a little frightened."
Strange saw Norman's worry and said again, "If you're not reassured, you can let Harry stay in the Hospital for observation for a while. Don't worry, although this isn't my responsibility, I will keep a good eye on Harry."
"Then I'll have to trouble you." Norman said with a sigh of relief.
Just as the two were talking, Harry's attention, as the Master being discussed, was not on the two of them. He was still thinking about what his Father had just said.
Norman saw Strange off and returned to Harry's Bedside, looking at the muddled Harry and asked with concern. "What's wrong, Harry? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Nothing, Father." Harry lowered his Head and hesitated before speaking. "Father, are you really alright?"
"Me? What could be wrong with me?" Norman was a little confused at first, then seemed to think of something and comforted Harry. "Are you afraid of me scolding you because you moved my Lab Bench without permission, causing an Explosion? Although what you did was indeed stupid, I'm not so heartless as to criticize you when you're sick. Don't worry, just focus on recovering."
'But this is different from what I remember?' Harry looked at his Father's gentle expression and felt Fear for the first time.
Yes, Norman's description and Harry's Memory had a deviation. Just now, Harry learned about an accident he had no Memory of from Norman and Strange's conversation.
According to Norman, he was originally doing an Experiment in the Laboratory. At this Time, Harry came to call him for Dinner. He put down his Work and enjoyed a hearty Dinner with Harry.
Harry ate very quickly and finished Dinner before Norman. Using the Toilet as an excuse, he secretly sneaked into his Laboratory and added some dangerous things to his Experiment Item without permission, causing the Experiment Item to Explode.
And Norman rushed back to the Laboratory as soon as the Explosion happened, rescued Harry, and sent him to the Hospital.
'This is different from my Memory.'
Harry was very confused. He clearly remembered that when he was arguing with his Father, his Father suddenly called out to him, and then he saw his Father rushing towards him, and the Green Gas behind his Father.
"Hiss!" Thinking of this, a sharp pain came from Harry's Head. He covered his Head and couldn't help but gasp.
"What's wrong, Harry?" Norman immediately got up and moved closer to Harry. "Do you need me to call the Doctor again?"
"It's nothing, Father, I probably just haven't rested well." Harry shook his Head and refused his Father's suggestion.
'Could it be that my Memory is messed up?'
Harry looked up at his Father beside him. He was a little different from his Memory. If Norman used to be meticulous and well-dressed, today he was a bit unkempt.
The Lab Coat was full of stains, and underneath was casual wear. No matter how you looked at it, he didn't look like a successful businessman, but more like a High School chemistry teacher.
However, no matter how you looked at it, he didn't look like he had been through an Explosion. That's right, if it was really like in his Memory, as the person who was first exposed to the Explosion, there was no reason for his Father to wake up before him and be standing in front of him, full of energy and caring about him.
'Maybe I really remembered wrong.'
Harry accepted reality, relaxed and lay on the Bed, and fell asleep in a daze.
Norman sat aside, always watching Harry with concerned Eyes, until Harry fell asleep. Hearing the even breathing Sound coming from his ear, Norman's expression gradually disappeared.
"Are you alright, Harry?!"
The Door of the Hospital Room was suddenly opened. Norman turned his Head to look and found that the person who opened the Door was Peter, wearing a Hospital Gown, followed by Yang Le and his group behind him.
"Shhh." Norman made a silencing gesture, pointed to Harry on the Bed, and indicated that Harry was already asleep.
Peter saw this and immediately swallowed all the Business he wanted to say, looking at Norman apologetically.
Norman got up, came to the crowd, made a gesture, indicating to go out and talk, and then left the Hospital Room with everyone.
"Uncle Norman, may I ask how Harry is?" Peter asked impatiently as soon as he left the Hospital Room.
"Harry is fine." Norman gently closed the Door of the Hospital Room. "It's just that he still needs to rest. But you, Peter, I just learned about your hospitalization from Harry. What exactly happened?"
"It's a long story." Peter received the news that Harry was fine, relaxed, and told Norman about his encounter.
"Oh, that's really an unexpected disaster." Norman's Eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking. "By the way, Peter, what Room number are you in? I'll come see you when I have Time."
"No need, Uncle Norman, Harry is more important here." Peter shook his Head, wanting to refuse.
"Yes, Mr. Osborn, Harry really needs your company." Mary Jane chimed in from the side.
"Just call me Uncle Norman like Peter." Norman first corrected Mary Jane's address with a smile, and then said. "If Harry wakes up and knows that I didn't visit his best Friend, he will definitely blame me."
"Okay, Uncle Norman." Peter compromised and told Norman his Hospital Room number.
After chatting for a few words, Norman ended the Business on the grounds of Peter and Harry's illness.
Yang Le and Gwen left after sending Peter back to the Hospital Room. As for Mary Jane, she chose to stay with Peter for a while longer.
"Habby, did you notice?" On the way Home, Gwen suddenly asked.
"Notice what? Did your Spider-Sense sense something again?" Yang Le looked at Gwen, thinking that Gwen's Spider-Sense had discovered something.
Gwen shook her Head and said, "Not that. Did you notice Uncle Norman's expression when Peter pushed open the Door?"
"Wasn't he facing away from us at that Time?" Yang Le scratched his Head. "No, what's wrong?"
"I saw it through the reflection of the window." Gwen grabbed one of Yang Le's hands, looking a little uneasy. "That expression was very indifferent, coldly terrifying, definitely not an expression a Father watching over his sick son should have."
(End of Chapter)