Waiting for the Rabbit to Turn into a Lizard

When Peter's eyes opened again, he found himself, or rather, the Amazing Spider-Man, in a place devoid of light.

Beneath his body was a web woven from strands of silk, each strand shooting into the depths of a different passage.

"Huh? Where am I?"

Peter began to receive information.

Images of some of the Amazing Spider-Man's important activities that day appeared.

In the morning, he was with his girlfriend Gwen on the playground, but that part was cut off.

In the afternoon, after school, the Amazing Spider-Man visited the Osborn Group, where he saw two people arguing.

Coincidentally, he knew both of them.

One was Gwen's mentor, a genetic biologist, and also a former colleague of his father, Richard Parker, Dr. Curt Connors.

Previously, the Amazing Spider-Man had sought out Dr. Connors to investigate the matter of his father's unexplained departure and disappearance, and gave him a zero-zero decay rate formula left in his father's notebook.

The other man was someone Peter had saved last night, who claimed to be the head of Osborn's biological research department and a disgusting fellow who had looked at Peter with a ravenous expression.

His name was Niles, wasn't it?

When the Amazing Spider-Man arrived, the two were arguing fiercely for some reason.

Because the glass was too thick and the soundproofing too good, the Amazing Spider-Man could only vaguely hear keywords like "lizard," "super," and "spider."

Afterward, the two people arguing inside parted on bad terms.

The guy named Niles stormed out, glanced at the Amazing Spider-Man, and didn't recognize him since he wasn't wearing the Spider-suit at the moment.

Then, the Amazing Spider-Man had a conversation with Dr. Connors.

During the conversation, he sensed that something was off with the doctor.

After leaving some confusing and strange words, the doctor left in a hurry.

However, the Amazing Spider-Man saw in the laboratory that the usually docile little white mouse had transformed into a fierce and bloodthirsty wild mouse, gnawing on the corpse of its companion.

The Amazing Spider-Man remembered that this little white mouse was named Fred, and it was a mouse that had lost a leg.

Not long ago, Dr. Connors had perfected the serum using the zero-zero decay rate formula he provided and injected Fred, and the results were very gratifying.

Fred's missing leg had grown back!

But now, it…

If he remembered correctly, Dr. Connors' serum used lizard genes as its base.

But it was clear that his serum had serious flaws and would increase the aggression of the injected subject!

It would unleash a wildness like a reptile!

Therefore, Fred, the little white mouse injected with the lizard serum, had completely changed from its usual docile personality to its current brutality!

The Amazing Spider-Man suddenly understood everything.

It turned out that Dr. Connors was the Lizard-Man who had appeared on the Williamsburg Bridge last night!

So, he hurried to the police station to tell Gwen's father, Captain Stacy, the news.

But Captain Stacy didn't believe him and even thought he was joking.

Helpless, he could only try to capture Dr. Connors, who had turned into the Lizard-Man, himself—perhaps he should call him: Doctor Lizard.

With no clues at first, he accidentally saw a scene of a lizard drilling into a sewer, which gave him the idea to try his luck in the sewer and see if he could find Doctor Lizard.

When Peter connected the "web line," it was exactly when the Amazing Spider-Man was in the sewer trying his luck, connecting the web line, and waiting for the "lizard" to appear.

It seemed that his desire to continue searching for Doctor Lizard last night was not solely his own idea.

The Amazing Spider-Man had the same thought.

Were they acting in concert?

"Web line connected to web line, Peter enters Peter. Interesting, as expected of me," Peter chuckled.

He flipped over and continued to lie on the large web he had woven.

He had to admit, this was a rather crude method.

But there was no other way.

If he chose to search one by one, given the complexity of the sewers beneath Queens, Peter might not find Doctor Lizard even by next year.

And Dr. Connors' words before he left made Peter's blood run cold when he recalled them.

"Don't worry, Mr. Parker, I'll be back soon. Good things are about to happen, very, very good things!"

His intuition told him that Doctor Lizard was brewing a major conspiracy!

He had to find him as soon as possible!

As soon as possible, right. But he couldn't go fast.

How could waiting for the lizard be fast?

Was it fast waiting in place?

Peter lay on the web, feeling a bit bored, wondering if he'd arrived a little too early.

Would it have been better to just wait for the Amazing Spider-Man to find Doctor Lizard's whereabouts before coming over?

Feeling bored, he took out his phone, ready to play some bubble shooter to pass the time.

After lighting up the screen, he discovered a sentence had appeared on his wallpaper.

"Hey, bro."

"Oh, wow?" Peter's eyes lit up. It seemed the message he'd left had been received by the Amazing Spider-Man.

However, that was the only message he found.

As for why.

He actually had a guess: perhaps the actions he took while possessing other Spider-Men would remain as memories for those other Spider-Men after he left.

But they shouldn't be able to read his memories.

Thinking this, Peter left his own greeting on the phone wallpaper: "Hi, bro, I'm Peter."

After doing something silly, Peter chuckled to himself for a while.

He felt like he truly had gained a brother from another mother and another world.

The feeling was subtle.

They were essentially parallel universe counterparts. Different experiences and environments had shaped them differently, but theoretically, they should be the same person.

The relationship was complicated.

It depended on the perspective.

But the only certainty was that their bond might be even stronger than that of blood brothers.

Afterward, Peter checked his web-shooter.

After he made some minor adjustments, the web-shooter was like new.

However, due to past experience, Peter still needed to check it.

It wouldn't be good if it malfunctioned during a fight later.

Thwip~

A strand of web fluid suddenly twitched.

Peter's expression tensed, and he immediately put away the phone he was using to play bubble shooter.

Something had touched his web fluid!

Although there were many creatures in the sewer, his web fluid was shot relatively high up, making it impossible for small creatures to touch it.

In this sewer, there was only one entity that could trigger the web fluid.

Doctor Lizard!

As Peter focused his attention, his Spider-Sense switched from passive to active mode, beginning to spread outwards.

He immediately made a discovery.

A signal source that gave him a sense of danger was slowly approaching him through a passage!