"This guy, so 'nuclear' friendly?"
At that moment, hearing Superman praise them as the true heroes, many present couldn't help but feel a warmth in their hearts.
Only Nick Fury's calm face flickered with a hint of confusion.
In the intel he had gathered, Superman was nowhere near this amiable.
After all, not a single one of the missing scientists had yet returned to their homes.
Boom!
Just as almost everyone was gazing at Peter with adoring eyes.
A thunderous noise shattered the calm.
From the rubble of the building that had buried Thor, a figure burst forth, shooting straight into the sky.
The already dense clouds above grew even thicker, completely blotting out the sunlight, unable to pierce through to the earth.
Like the approach of night, a massive shadow loomed over the entire land.
"Mr. Superman..."
Seeing Peter turn, his gaze fixed on the figure in the clouds, as if about to charge forward.
Captain America spoke up from behind.
"Be careful!"
As Peter slowly turned his head, the Captain voiced his concern.
"Thanks. Take care of him."
Peter nodded, a hint of surprise in his eyes, then said gravely to Nick Fury and the others in the distance.
He turned again, facing the figure gathering lightning in the clouds above.
"What's... happening?"
The next moment, as Peter's hand slowly rotated and clenched into a fist.
A strange ripple instantly radiated from his body.
Everyone noticed that the fine gravel and dust on the ground around them began to float up, coalescing into a miniature whirlwind that spun slowly around Peter.
Bang!
A loud blast erupted, scattering the dust swirling around Peter.
The hard ground cracked into a web-like fissure, and Peter's figure shot upward like a cannonball, straight into the sky.
"You're right. This world has changed more than I could have imagined."
Looking up at the figure that had vanished into the sky in an instant, Captain America said slowly to Nick Fury, who had come to his side, his tone still unsettled.
Meanwhile, in a laboratory on the outskirts of New York.
Countless reporters and tech enthusiasts stared in utter shock at the center of the lab, where a "star" blazed like the sun.
In that moment, it seemed to them almost like a creation of God.
"Haha! I did it! I finally did it!"
Doctor Octopus's metal tentacles constantly circled this miniature sun, keeping it stable, as he announced his success to everyone present with wild excitement.
The intense joy infected everyone around.
Clap, clap, clap!
Even Doctor Otto's wife joined the crowd in applauding.
Only in a corner unseen by the others, Gwen, already in her Spider-Suit, felt her worry deepen.
Because she could see that, though still stable for now, the miniature sun was continuously releasing golden flames like solar storms.
"Hey, what did you say? Superman's at New York Plaza? And some guy calling himself the Thunder God wants to challenge him? Okay, I'm on my way!"
Amid the cheers, a jarring voice suddenly rose.
Then the reporter, who had just hung up, wasted no time in leading his team out of the lab.
"What? Superman vs. the Thunder God? Is that true? I'm coming right now—this is huge news!"
That departing reporter seemed to be a signal, and within the next minute, nearly every journalist and media outlet got the word and turned to leave without hesitation.
In less than a minute, the once-crowded space became deserted.
Only a handful of people remained, still unsure what was happening.
"Eddie, aren't you going? Anything about Superman is big news right now—guaranteed front-page material!"
"As for this experiment? Who'll care about it tomorrow?"
A photographer, seemingly unmoved by the exodus, kept diligently capturing the entire experiment.
His friend paused before leaving to remind him.
"Forget it. Compared to Superman, this experiment is far more groundbreaking. If I don't stay here, I'll definitely regret it!"
The young reporter slowly shook his head, firmly rejecting his friend's suggestion.
"Alright, suit yourself then!"
His friend didn't argue, simply turning and walking away. If he was late, there'd be nothing left to see.
"No, you can't leave! Why are you leaving? My experiment has succeeded—this is a landmark achievement! It'll win me the next Nobel Prize!"
Watching the crowd thin to just a handful of people in moments, Doctor Octopus grew visibly agitated.
He had devoted over a decade of painstaking research to this moment—to complete his experiment in front of all the media and reporters.
But what he saw now was unbearable...
Zzzzz...
Suddenly, perhaps because his agitation had distracted him, one of his mechanical tentacles failed to repair a section of the energy shield torn by the "solar storm" in time.
The next moment, a strange gravitational force burst forth from the "miniature sun," sweeping outward in an instant.
Along with the leaking energy, the once-impregnable laboratory seemed to be gripped by an invisible giant hand.
Creak, creak!
The surrounding metal began to bend.
Crash!
Glass shattered immediately after.
But the broken shards were pulled by the powerful gravity, hurtling toward Doctor Otto's wife.
"Ah!"
The panicked woman could only let out a helpless scream.
The next moment, a figure in a Spider-Suit dropped from the sky, scooping up Doctor Otto's wife and dodging the incoming glass fragments.
"Doctor, it's out of control! The experiment has failed—shut it down now!"
Gwen, having saved Otto's wife, shouted urgently at Doctor Octopus.
"No, the experiment hasn't failed! I can control it—I can stabilize it!"
But Otto, at that moment, seemed lost in madness.
"No, your experiment was doomed from the start. The shield you built prevents all energy, including gravity, from leaking out, but the constant buildup of power will only cause worse consequences."
"Hm?"
High above Times Square, New York, Peter suddenly sensed a massive surge of energy in the distance.
And more importantly, that energy seemed to hold a strange pull on him!
"Could it be?"
Staring in that familiar direction, Peter seemed to realize something instantly.
"You bastard, daring to get distracted while facing me!"
Seeing his opponent Peter's attention wander, Thor felt insulted and couldn't help but roar at him.
"Thor, the Thunder God, right? Let's finish this quickly—I've got things to do."
Withdrawing his gaze, Peter looked calmly at Thor and urged him in a relaxed tone.
"Fine! Since you're so eager to be defeated by me, I'll grant your wish!"
Insulted by Peter's dismissiveness, the proud Thor burned with rage.
He gripped his hammer, ready to charge.
"Wait..."
"What, scared? It's not too late to surrender!"
Thor asked, puzzled.
"Hey, anyone got a player? Put on some upbeat BGM for me, thanks!"
Instead of answering Thor, Peter shouted down to the crowd below.
"Leave it to me!"
From the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp, a pretty girl answered without hesitation.
She pulled out her laptop and started typing rapidly on the keyboard.
"Ah~ah! Ah~ah!"
In less than a dozen seconds, the massive screens across Times Square blared with an electrifying tune!
"Did you just hire her?"
Nick Fury turned to Coulson and asked.
"That's right, her name is Daisy, a genius hacker."
Up in the sky, listening to the music drifting across all of Times Square.
Peter's expression instantly froze.
"Alright, then I'll beat you in your own BGM."
Staring at Thor, Peter's eyes gathered a brilliant red light!
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