Ignoring the suspicious officers, Peter used his webbing and immense strength to pull both the firefighter and Niles up in just a few moves.
The firefighter and the others all thanked Peter.
Niles stood to one side, staring intently at Peter.
The immense strength and agile figure Peter had displayed suddenly made him realize: if they were talking about Super Soldiers, wasn't there one standing right in front of him?
If he could obtain some blood samples from him for research, wouldn't that be far more reliable than Connors's drug, which had not even undergone clinical trials?
"Hello, you're called Spider-Man, right? Thank you for saving me. I'm Niles, head of the Biological Research Department at Osborn Group." Niles stepped forward, trying to ingratiate himself with Peter.
However, Peter had once merged with Shadow Spider-Man and inherited part of his insight. He had already sensed that something was off from Niles's manner and tone.
He knew that look all too well!
Greed. Calculation!
Like Reynard the Fox spotting a little chick!
"Mm, hello," Peter replied blandly before jumping off the bridge again.
This time, the officers did not try to stop him.
Not every car that had been thrown out had people inside.
There had been seven cars in total—one had already fallen earlier—but including Niles, there had only been three people altogether.
The other two had not caused nearly as much trouble.
Peter quickly rescued the firefighter who had gone down and the passengers trapped below.
Amid the thanks from the firefighters and those he had rescued, Peter walked back to Captain Stacy and obediently raised his hands. "Captain Stacy, sorry. Something came up, so I went out for a bit. I'm back now."
Captain Stacy:
At that moment, the officer named Omar finally returned as well.
He brought back the results of the investigation.
They had indeed found several huge claw marks on nearby cars and on the bridge deck. Their preliminary conclusion was that they had been left by a giant reptile.
At the same time, statements from several bystanders had revealed two things:
First, not long ago, a huge humanoid Lizard Monster had appeared at the Manhattan end of Williamsburg Bridge, wreaking havoc all the way.
It had caused the panic that ultimately led to this incident.
Second, the vehicles now hanging outside had all been thrown out by that giant Lizard Monster, not Spider-Man.
On the contrary, Spider-Man had acted only after seeing the cars being thrown out, stopping them in midair.
He had even saved a little boy before the police arrived.
All signs showed that Spider-Man was not a criminal at all, but a hero who saved people.
A superhero!
Some of the onlookers had already begun applauding and cheering for Spider-Man.
Captain Stacy waved a hand, signaling the other officers to lower their guns.
"Spider... kid, I hope you stay this way. Don't ever let me find out you've been up to no good!"
"Okay, okay, Captain Stacy. Hehe," Peter said with a laugh.
He knew that he had finally achieved his goal.
Although Captain Stacy still seemed distrustful of him on the surface, his actions throughout the incident showed that his opinion of Peter had changed somewhat.
At the very least, they were no longer completely at each other's throats.
That was a good sign!
Peter could hardly wait to tell Gwen the news—wait, he was not Peter from this world. Wouldn't it be too strange for him to tell Gwen?
Peter suddenly snapped awake. The longer he stayed in this world and the more deeply he merged with this world's Peter, the more he unconsciously overlooked the fact that he had come from another world.
It seems I can't abuse these abilities either. I have to exercise restraint. I don't know whether these worlds are Parallel Universes or something else entirely. But no matter what, the world over there is the one that truly belongs to me. As for other worlds, I'm only a passerby.
Still, perhaps he could leave something behind for him before he left.
Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the onlookers, Peter left Williamsburg Bridge.
Following his memories, he arrived at an abandoned little house in Queens.
This was one of Queens's more chaotic areas, filled with homeless people and all sorts of unsavory characters.
But that was precisely why some things were better kept here.
The original Peter had found an abandoned house no one wanted here. After making a few modifications, he had turned it into his workshop.
The workshop contained equipment he had scavenged from various dumps, recycling centers, and other places.
Peter's web-shooters had been made here.
But clearly, this world's somewhat less advanced technology, combined with the original Peter's immature skills, had resulted in equally immature web-shooters.
That was why the web-shooters had suddenly jammed earlier.
As for Peter—
He lived in an age of information explosion and had witnessed an alien invasion by the Chitauri army up close. His understanding of materials science far surpassed that of the original Peter.
Moreover, he possessed a suit of armor from Iron Man.
Iron Man's technological level had absolutely been at the pinnacle of its era.
Although Peter had only just acquired it, his exceptional learning ability had allowed him to draw many useful insights from it.
Before long, Peter found some materials among the supplies at hand that could be used to improve the web-shooters, then modified the two web-shooters on his wrists.
About half an hour later, the modifications were successfully completed.
Peter checked the time. Without realizing it, five hours had already passed. Before long, dawn would break in his own world.
Peter took out a sheet of paper, wrote several things on it, and placed it on the table. Then he closed his eyes, summoned the glowing web from his consciousness, and cut the glowing strand connected to it.
Snap—
Peter felt his soul turn into a point of light, passing through dark, profound space and entering another gate of light.
New York, Queens.
Peter opened his eyes and looked at the familiar ceiling, knowing that he had returned to his own world once again.
Tonight's experience had been incredible!
He had never encountered so many things in his own world.
The only regret was that the Lizard-Man had escaped before he could fight it.
He wondered whether he would ever get the chance to fight it in the future.
As Peter thought this, he subconsciously looked at the point of light in his mind.
He froze.
"Eh? Why is the point of light still there? Does that mean I can go over there again?"
At that moment, a piece of information suddenly appeared in Peter's mind:
Marked Universes: earth-90214 (Shadow Spider-Man, temporarily inaccessible) earth-120703 (Amazing Spider-Man, accessible)
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