Russell: I Am Mage Spider-Man

Universe 1610.

On a dark, windy night, outside an estate in the suburbs of New York.

Three figures were sneaking around furtively.

"I've confirmed it. Miles and Pot-bellied Peter will be transferred here tonight."

The speaker wore a Black battle suit and a Black Cloak.

It was Spider-Man Noir.

Spider-Man Noir spoke quietly to the two companions beside him.

"We'll lie in wait here and rescue them when the opportunity arises."

"Could this be a trap?"

Spider-Ham, who looked like a small pig, asked.

"Even if it is a trap, we have to try."

Spider-Man Noir explained.

"We're growing weaker and weaker in this universe.

Only Peni has retained most of her combat ability. We need more fighting strength.

And one more thing: Kingpin will definitely be guarding the Dimensional Collider. He won't be here.

This is our chance."

Because several universes had become connected, their Cells were deteriorating.

As time passed, their bodies would only grow weaker.

At that moment, Peni reminded the two of them:

"They're here. Remember, our goal is to rescue them. Don't get bogged down in a fight."

Once the vehicle stopped, Pot-bellied Peter and Miles were carried out.

It looked like they had both been injected with anesthetics.

Spider-Man Noir melted into the shadows and silently crept closer.

He suddenly sprang into action, knocking down the enemies with a few swift punches and kicks.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The estate lights came on, and several squads of fully armed Gang thugs poured out.

There really was an ambush!

But—

Whoosh!

A thick strand of Spider Silk shot over from afar and stuck to Spider-Man Noir's wrist.

Spider-Man Noir quickly spun his wrist several times to reinforce it.

Miles in his left hand, Pot-bellied Peter in his right.

On the other side, Peni activated SP//dr and prepared to pull the Spider Silk, taking the three of them away.

"You think you can leave that easily?"

The female Doctor Octopus appeared and used her Tentacles to sever the Spider Silk.

"Spider-Man, tonight will be your end!"

The thugs quickly surrounded Spider-Man Noir.

Inside the encirclement, Spider-Man Noir remained calm.

I still have a backup plan!

A fierce battle was about to erupt.

Just then, the light beneath Spider-Man Noir's feet burst apart.

The next instant, Spider-Man Noir vanished from the spot.

What was going on?

This isn't my backup plan!

Inside an ordinary room in an ordinary Unfinished building.

Six plus one Spider-Men stood or lay around.

Waiting for Pot-bellied Peter and Miles to wake from the Anesthetic effect.

"Can someone explain what's going on?"

Russell was the first to ask.

Because Gwen had unexpectedly ended up in Universe 404, the Original plot had already gone off the rails beyond recognition.

Russell needed to understand the situation.

Pot-bellied Peter began to explain.

Because of Kingpin's Dimensional Collider, several Spider-Men's universes had been connected together.

To sever the connection, they had to destroy the Particle Collider.

But the USB Drive needed to destroy the Particle Collider had been damaged by Miles.

He and Miles could only infiltrate Kingpin's company and copy the data again.

They were captured during their retreat.

Spider-Man Noir added.

After learning of Kingpin's plan in this world, he had tried to stop him.

But the three of them were not strong enough, so they had planned to rescue the other two Spider-Men first.

"And you two? Who are you?" Spider-Man Noir asked.

Through Spider-Sense, he could tell that Gwen was also a Spider-Man.

But why had she only appeared so late?

Did she have any other special information?

"Gwen. Gwen Stacy. Ghost-Spider."

"Gwen?" Pot-bellied Peter cried out.

But his expression immediately darkened, and he said nothing more.

The Gwen before him was clearly not the Gwen from his universe.

"Russell. Mage Spider-Man."

Russell introduced himself with a straight face.

As the saying went—

When you're out in the world, your identity is whatever you say it is.

The six Spider-Men in the room all turned to look at Russell.

Did he not know that Spider-Men sensed each other when they met?

"What? You don't believe me?"

Russell secretly activated a Spider Totem he had picked up when he arrived in this universe.

It came from Peter Parker, the Spider-Man of Universe 1610 who had died at Kingpin's hands.

The panel was still upgrading, so he had not absorbed this power.

As the Spider Totem activated—

"Hm?"

The others looked at Russell even more strangely.

Why had Spider-Sense suddenly appeared again?

Could he really be Mage Spider-Man?

Russell explained, "I'm a mage. It makes perfect sense that I know how to hide the power of my Spider Totem, right?"

"That does make sense." Spider-Ham nodded.

His universe had all kinds of supernatural powers.

He had seen a great deal and was not as ignorant as the Spider-Men from the other universes.

"Alright, I know what's going on now. Shall we speedrun this?"

After joking around, Russell became serious.

"Speedrun?" x6.

"First, we go to Kingpin's office and copy the data."

As he spoke, Russell willed a Portal open, leading straight to Kingpin's office.

Spider-Man Noir, Peni, and Peter Porker all reacted.

That was the thing that had teleported them away just now.

"What are you all standing around for? Go copy the data."

"Oh."

Pot-bellied Peter finally came to his senses.

"I figured it out afterward.

We only need to repair the USB Drive. We don't need to copy the data again.

Besides, there are so many files on Kingpin's computer. We don't know which one it is anyway."

Russell fell silent. "Then where's the USB Drive?"

"It was taken away."

Pot-bellied Peter gave an awkward smile.

"I already copied the data."

Peni, who came from the future, suddenly said.

"Excellent. As expected of the high-tech Spider-Man."

Russell nodded in satisfaction.

"Thanks for the compliment, Mage Spider-Man."

Peni smiled back.

"Next, we'll go to Kingpin Tower and destroy the Particle Collider."

The Portal opened again.

"Be careful. Kingpin is very strong in combat."

Spider-Man Noir warned.

"Doctor Octopus is no pushover either."

Pot-bellied Peter added.

Russell smiled faintly.

"People are different.

Spider-Men are different too."

He stepped through the Portal.

Kingpin had already laid a trap there.

But Gang thugs and mercenaries?

"Heh."

Russell chuckled.

The next second, Spiritual Power swept out.

In an instant, the clouds in the sky were torn apart, and moonlight poured down.

Under the moonlight, the six Spider-Men could clearly see it all—

One fully armed mercenary after another lost consciousness and collapsed.

"What an incredible Mage Spider-Man."

Russell murmured softly, voicing everyone's thoughts.

A few villains were still holding on.

Russell had no interest in finding out who they were.

Except for Prowler. He was Miles's uncle, and it would be hard to explain if Russell killed him by mistake.

With a flick of his finger, invisible energy condensed into tangible bullets and shot out.

They passed through tiny Portals and instantly landed precise headshots.

"There. Which one of you is going to handle the rest?

You can't keep slacking off and make me do everything alone, can you?"

The Spider-Men looked at one another.

The problem that had troubled them for half a month was solved just like that?

Mage Spider-Man was terrifying!

PS: The timeline isn't wrong. It will be explained later why half a month has passed in Universe 1610, while around twenty days have passed in Universe 404.

The Spider Totem Russell picked up came from Peter Parker of Universe 1610.

Sorry, it wasn't explained clearly in the text.