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As if something had suddenly clicked, Marty Franklin looked excitedly at the old man from the tribe. "Is that really possible? Can we gain superpowers too?"

"That's why you came here, isn't it?" the tribal elder said in a reassuring tone. The three girls all looked thrilled. What kid their age didn't have a few chuunibyo fantasies? Who wouldn't want to be like Spider-Man, fighting the strong and helping the weak while showing off their power?

It could be said that they had all been dazzled by the glamorous side of being superheroes, without seeing even a bit of Spider-Man's miserable hardships.

Henry could remain silent on this matter, but Cathy Weber, who had brought the girls here, could not. "But gaining the power you mentioned doesn't come without a price, does it? I had to die once before I saw the visions."

"What? We have to die once too?" Marty Franklin shouted in fright.

The Spider Tribe members showed bitter smiles. "Of course, we have a ritual, and the process is indeed uncomfortable, but you will not need to experience death." "More specifically, what will they have to go through?"

"You should have seen it, right? It's the same ritual your mother went through."

"Ah, that." Realizing that all the girls' eyes were on her, Cathy Weber explained, "You'll lie in a pool and let a spider bite you near the heart.

"Its venom contains a very special peptide that produces a single-target nucleotide intervention effect. In other words, it modifies you to a certain extent on the genetic level."

Anya Corazon asked in surprise, "Cathy, if this was the ritual your mother went through... I remember she was already pregnant at the time, right? Wasn't that dangerous for you? How could she dare do that?"

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