A Touch of Red Among the Little Spiders

"Do you all actually know each other?" The other Spider-Men gathered around.

Holland Spider nodded. "We went through something similar to this before."

"So you know what happened here?" Spider-Man Noir asked, dressed in a black trench coat and rendered entirely in black and white.

"I do!" Holland Spider raised his hand. "It went like this..."

While the little Spiders learned what had happened from Holland Spider.

On the other side, Local Spider-Man ran behind a pile of rubble.

A young Black boy was hiding there.

"Hey, kid, we meet again so soon, huh? You did great just now."

"Without you, I wouldn't have known what to do back then."

Local Spider-Man held out his hand. "But you can give me the Override Key back now. Go home. We'll get in touch again in a couple of days."

After exchanging a few words, the Black boy hesitantly left the scene.

It was obvious that he wanted to stay and do something alongside the Spider-Men.

But he was not mentally prepared.

And he was in terrible shape.

So terrible that he had not even noticed when his arm had been cut open, with blood drifting into the distance.

"That kid's name is Miles. Like us, he was bitten by a radioactive spider," Local Spider-Man told Leon when he returned.

"He's brave, but he's still lost inside, just like I was in the beginning."

"Before you arrived, I gave him the Override Key that could destroy the Collider."

Local Spider-Man opened his palm, revealing a white USB drive. "This is it."

"I had no choice at the time, but what's happening here really isn't suitable for him yet. So I told him to hurry home."

Leon nodded. "Sounds like you plan to help him become Spider-Man afterward?"

"If he wants to." Local