Chapter Summaries

After arriving at Avengers Tower, Chen Mo met Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Pepper Potts, then ate while the Avengers prepared to examine him and his living black suit.

• Chen Mo watched an Avengers promotional video aboard the Quinjet until Steve switched off the screen.
• At Avengers Tower, Tony joked about Chen Mo's black suit, and Chen Mo introduced himself by his real name after briefly claiming to be Peter Parker.
• Bruce asked whether the black substance was alive, and Chen Mo described it as emotional like a cat that had learned to use the internet.
• Pepper offered Chen Mo food before his checkup, and he eagerly ate while trading jokes with Tony.

After the Avengers’ tests revealed Chen Mo’s chronic malnutrition and severe psychological distress, Tony decided he would stay in Avengers Tower rather than be handed over to S.H.I.E.L.D. Chen Mo accepted the offer, and the chapter ended with him settling into a luxurious room and declaring his love for this world.

• Banner’s examination found that Chen Mo had stable spider abilities but chronic malnutrition, while his psychological assessment listed trauma symptoms, low trust, and suspected severe schizophrenia.
• Tony told Chen Mo he would stay at Avengers Tower and refused to let S.H.I.E.L.D. treat him as a specimen; JARVIS assigned him a room next to Peter Parker’s.
• Tony offered Chen Mo an unfinished Iron Spider prototype, but Banner advised against forcibly separating Venom, so Chen Mo kept the symbiote attached.
• Tony gave Chen Mo permission to order food, and Chen Mo placed a large meal order before JARVIS showed him to a luxurious temporary suite.
• Chen Mo admired the view and the room’s comforts, then declared that he loved Marvel and this world.

Chen Mo refused Peter Parker’s request to attend a school dance, then took advantage of the Tower being unwatched to leap from his balcony into the pool. He landed safely on a swim ring, while Venom showed unease around the water.

• Peter asked Chen Mo to attend a school dance, but Chen refused and teased him about wanting to show off his Spider-Man connections.
• Peter and Chen joked about their neighborly relationship, Gotham, and Chen’s reluctance to discuss his past.
• Peter left for class, and Chen noticed that Tony, Steve, Pepper, and Dr. Banner were all busy.
• Chen jumped from his balcony, tapped the pool’s edge, and landed on a swim ring.
• Venom briefly tested the water with a tendril and quickly pulled it back when Chen asked if it was afraid.

Tony and Steve argued with Fury that Chen Mo should stay at Avengers Tower rather than be confined by S.H.I.E.L.D., citing his good behavior and need for a stable home. After Chen Mo was called in from the pool, Tony brought him into the laboratory, where Chen Mo had earned limited access to the Iron Spider Prototype’s research.

• Tony told Fury that Chen Mo had behaved himself at Avengers Tower and should not be sent to S.H.I.E.L.D. facilities.
• Steve backed Tony and said Chen Mo needed a stable environment because he was still a kid who had saved people.
• Tony ended the call with Fury when he spotted Chen Mo floating in the pool, then summoned him to the laboratory.
• Chen Mo argued with Tony about his pool stunt and asked for Chinese food, while Tony scolded him for wasting snacks, drinks, and gaming time.
• Banner prepared new test data, and Tony’s week of testing revealed that Chen Mo could spot problems and adjust simulation parameters, earning him partial access to the core panel.

Chen Mo helped Tony and Banner stabilize the Venom synchronization simulation, then agreed to attend school and received a black card for shopping. Tony sent Chen Mo and Peter out after their training while the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. discussed Chen Mo, leaving him jokingly worried the meeting might turn into a civil war.

• Chen Mo identified feedback in the Venom connection and suggested a parameter adjustment that stabilized the simulation.
• Tony asked Chen Mo to attend school, and Chen Mo agreed after asking about food, PE, and bullying.
• Tony gave Chen Mo a black card to buy clothes and daily necessities, and Chen Mo joked about spending it on a Bugatti Veyron.
• Tony told Chen Mo and Peter to train at five and then go to the mall while the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. held a meeting about Chen Mo and other matters.
• Chen Mo teased Tony about an Avengers civil war and planned to keep playing until two thirty before training.

Chen Mo and Peter Parker ate hot pot and talked about Peter’s possible transfer to Chen Mo’s school. Chen Mo warned Peter that secret identities rarely stayed secret, then described Gotham’s dangerous nights, leaving Peter amused by the city’s strange villains.

• Chen Mo and Peter entered a hot pot restaurant, ordered nearly the entire menu, and ate plate after plate of meat.
• Peter asked whether Chen Mo was really coming to their school, and Chen Mo focused on Peter’s warning that the lunches might be small.
• Chen Mo told Peter that secret identities never lasted forever and advised him not to trust his own cover.
• Chen Mo described Gotham’s nightly crimes and unusual villains, including the Penguin, the Riddler, and a man in a bat suit.
• Peter questioned Chen Mo about Gotham’s villains and said he already knew a lizard.

Chen Mo and Peter Parker shared a meal and joked about Peter’s school life and superhero adventures. Peter tried to persuade Chen Mo to attend a school dance, but Chen Mo refused and urged Peter to approach the girl he liked directly.

• Peter described his teachers, friends, and misadventures balancing school with fighting crime, and Chen Mo criticized his lack of caution.
• Chen Mo and Peter traded jokes about training, video games, and Chen Mo’s stories of surviving Gotham.
• Peter asked Chen Mo to attend a school dance, but Chen Mo refused because he did not want his first public appearance to be at a high school dance.
• Peter admitted that the girl he liked thought Spider-Man was cool, and Chen Mo pointed out that Peter wanted to use another Spider-Man to attract her without revealing his identity.
• Chen Mo encouraged Peter to tell the girl directly that he liked her, and Peter teased him about having no practical relationship experience.

Peter asked Chen Mo to help him arrange for Spider-Man to appear at the school dance, and Chen Mo agreed. After dinner, the two Spider-Men went shopping, where Chen Mo used Tony’s Black Card to buy flamboyant clothes, shoes, and snacks for both of them.

• Peter explained that Harry Osborn had suggested bringing Spider-Man to the dance because Mary Jane liked him, and Chen Mo agreed to help.
• Chen Mo teased Peter about Tony being his “super daddy” and joked that he was better-looking than Peter.
• Chen Mo used Tony’s Black Card to pay for their hot pot meal after Peter hesitated to cover the bill.
• Chen Mo persuaded Peter to shop with him, and they bought bright, unconventional outfits and shoes.
• Chen Mo gave Peter some of the purchases and called him “Super baby,” prompting Peter to shout his name as Chen Mo walked away.

The Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. debated a proposed framework for overseeing superhero activity after dangerous stunts and media exploitation had led to deaths. The meeting ended with Tony and Steve divided over whether registration and oversight could protect the public without endangering heroes.

• Fury raised concerns about uncontrolled superhero activity, and Hill showed footage of reckless livestreamers and production crews exploiting battles.
• Hill reported that a teenager had died imitating Metahumans while bystanders livestreamed instead of calling the police.
• Hill presented a proposed oversight framework that included superhero registration, operational reporting, and restrictions on superpowered equipment.
• Clint warned that a registry could be abused or leaked, while Rhodey argued that some system was necessary to curb growing chaos.
• Natasha said public trust was declining and urged the Avengers to help shape rules before others imposed them.
• Tony told Steve that protecting people required practical measures, while Steve remained wary of registration and government oversight.

Tony, Steve, and the Avengers argued with Fury over government oversight of metahumans, weighing public safety against the risk of surveillance and abuse. The dispute turned to protections for underage heroes, and Tony firmly opposed placing the other-world Spider-Man in an official risk database, insisting that he was a child.

• Steve rejected registering every metahuman, while Tony argued that freedom could not excuse irresponsibility and Fury pressed for oversight.
• Banner warned that an oversight system could become surveillance or imprisonment, while Rhodey argued that the public could not simply trust heroes to control themselves.
• Natasha and Clint acknowledged the dangers of both accepting and resisting oversight, and Hill called for a separate category for underage metahumans.
• Fury raised the other-world Spider-Man's symbiote, unknown origins, combat abilities, and trauma as reasons for formal protocols, prompting Tony to protect his identity and oppose putting him in a risk database.
• Tony said training, operational limits, school, medical care, and psychological evaluations could be discussed, but insisted the Spider-Man was a child, not an exhibit.

Tony and the Avengers refused to hand Chen Mo over to S.H.I.E.L.D. or accept oversight rules for now, leaving the conflict over registration unresolved. Tony then let Chen Mo and Peter Parker leave the lab, only to object to their flamboyant new outfits.

• Steve, Tony, Banner, Natasha, and Clint opposed handing Chen Mo over to S.H.I.E.L.D., and Tony rejected Fury's repeated calls.
• Tony closed the oversight framework document, while Steve warned that registration could put superheroes in the hands of those in power.
• Rhodey cautioned Tony that the issue would eventually land in front of him, and the meeting ended without agreement.
• JARVIS told Tony that Chen Mo and Peter Parker were still in the lab, so Tony granted them access to come upstairs.
• Chen Mo and Peter arrived in brightly colored outfits, and Tony ordered them to remove their jackets before allowing them to keep the clothes with restrictions.

Chen Mo evaded JARVIS and secretly escaped Stark Tower in his symbiote suit to reach a party in Queens. At the party, Peter Parker waited with Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy for Spider-Man, unaware that Chen Mo was on his way.

• Chen Mo tried to leave Stark Tower, but JARVIS warned him that Tony Stark and Steve Rogers had restricted nighttime outings.
• Chen Mo pretended to return to the lab, then crawled through a restroom ventilation duct and climbed down the tower wearing his symbiote suit.
• Chen Mo headed across New York toward Queens despite the distance and strong wind.
• At a school party, Peter Parker waited by the snack table while Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy teased him about waiting for Spider-Man.
• Peter admitted that he knew Spider-Man, privately reasoning that greeting himself in the mirror counted.

Peter waited at the school dance for Chen Mo to arrive and help him impress Mary Jane, while Chen Mo headed for the auditorium. When Chen Mo sensed an accident involving alien technology, he abandoned the dance and swung toward the danger.

• Gwen and Harry encouraged Peter to approach Mary Jane and assured him that Spider-Man would appear at the dance.
• Flash questioned Peter's claim that he knew Spider-Man, and Peter insisted that Chen Mo would show up.
• Chen Mo reached a rooftop near the auditorium and used the symbiote to adjust his Spider-Man suit before planning a dramatic entrance.
• Chen Mo's Spider-Sense alerted him to an accident, and he saw a livestream showing young people mishandling alien technology at a construction site.
• Chen Mo chose to leave Peter waiting and swung toward the accident to help the people in danger.

Peter left the school dance after an alien weapon caused an explosion at a construction site. Chen Mo and Peter rescued people and tried to stop a damaged high-rise from collapsing, with Peter searching the building while Chen Mo held it up with webbing.

• Peter heard an explosion during the dance, changed into his Spider-Man suit in the restroom, and left to investigate.
• Chen Mo arrived at the construction site, rescued a livestreamer, and confronted the people who had bought and mishandled an alien weapon.
• Peter joined Chen Mo, and together they redirected a falling crane arm away from two people.
• The damaged high-rise began to collapse, and Peter detected thirty-two people trapped inside.
• Peter rushed into the building to evacuate them while Chen Mo anchored webbing to nearby buildings and struggled to hold the high-rise in place.

Peter Parker and Chen Mo rescued people from a collapsing construction site, working together to hold the building up until Tony Stark’s armors arrived. Tony confronted them afterward, while footage of the two Spider-Men spread across New York online.

• Peter rescued trapped security guards and other people inside the building as Chen Mo struggled to keep it from collapsing.
• Peter and Chen Mo coordinated their webs to stabilize the building, relying on rescue training they had done at Avengers Tower.
• Tony Stark’s armors arrived and used their thrusters to brace the building upright.
• Tony confronted Chen Mo and Peter, questioning why Chen Mo had left the Tower and warning that he had not yet addressed Peter’s actions.
• Livestreams and news coverage spread images of the black and red-and-blue Spider-Men working together across New York.

Tony remotely pulled Chen Mo and Peter away from the construction site after they saved people and revealed two Spider-Men on a livestream. As they flew to Stark Tower, he prepared to confront them about their choices, their secret identities, and Chen Mo’s ventilation-system stunt.

• Tony answered Fury’s call, took control of the suits at the construction site, and ordered Chen Mo and Peter to hold still.
• Two suits carried Chen Mo and Peter away as reporters approached, while Tony left other suits to help the firefighters and police.
• Peter wondered whether Mary Jane would think he was weird, then decided he did not regret leaving the dance to save people.
• Tony listed the explanations both Spider-Men would have to give at Stark Tower, including the livestream and Chen Mo’s ventilation-system stunt.
• As they reached Stark Tower, Chen Mo and Peter blamed Fury for Tony’s anger, and Tony reminded them that he could hear them.

Tony reprimanded Peter and Chen Mo for breaking supervision rules, but Peter’s call with Gwen and Harry interrupted the lecture. JARVIS then detected a high-energy explosion southeast of New York, and a blue-white flash lit the night sky beyond Avengers Tower.

• Tony scolded Peter and Chen Mo for breaking supervision rules before saving people, while Chen Mo tried to defend their actions.
• Peter answered Gwen Stacy’s call despite Tony ordering him to hang up, and Gwen and Harry Osborn asked why Peter and Spider-Man had missed the school event.
• Chen Mo explained that Peter had come to find him, and Peter apologized after Gwen and Harry said they had been worried about him.
• JARVIS reported a high-energy explosion southeast of New York, and a distant blue-white light illuminated the clouds as the tower’s glass trembled.

An explosion in southern Brooklyn sent Peter Parker and Tony Stark rushing to help, while its sound waves hurt Venom and left Chen Mo weakened. Rather than follow them, Chen Mo bypassed Avengers Tower’s security and entered the locked laboratory, where JARVIS mistook him for Peter.

• An explosion in a Brooklyn warehouse district hurt Venom with its sound waves as JARVIS reported spreading fires and rising casualties.
• Tony ordered Chen Mo and Peter to stay put, but Peter disobeyed and swung toward the disaster, followed by Tony’s armor.
• Chen Mo let Venom recover and headed to the laboratory instead of following Peter.
• Chen Mo used hidden commands to bypass the laboratory’s security and briefly disrupt JARVIS’s system.
• Chen Mo entered the laboratory, and JARVIS welcomed him as Peter Parker.

Chen Mo secretly copied the Raft’s highest-level access key by using Peter Parker’s credentials and hid his own authorization in the system. He left Avengers Tower and swung toward the burning industrial district in Brooklyn.

• Chen Mo used Peter Parker’s stored genetic data to open Peter’s identity file and access restricted Avengers systems.
• Chen Mo bypassed the Raft’s security checks and copied its highest-level access key, adding a concealed authorization under his own name.
• Chen Mo erased his tracks and altered the logs and camera records to disguise the intrusion.
• Chen Mo ignored JARVIS and Tony Stark’s instructions, donned the weakened Black Suit, and jumped from Avengers Tower.
• Chen Mo web-swung toward the flames in southern Brooklyn’s industrial warehouse district.

Tony entered a Brooklyn warehouse fire after federal restrictions kept ordinary responders outside, rescuing injured workers while confronting a chaotic triage system shaped by medical costs. JARVIS traced the disaster to a reality-show production using modified alien technology, but the cause of the explosions remained unresolved.

• Tony arrived over the burning warehouse district and learned that firefighters were barred from the hot zone by federal orders.
• Tony entered the southeast freight passage and rescued two outsourced set builders, promising to send their ambulance bill to Stark Industries.
• Tony witnessed overwhelmed paramedics triaging casualties while patients feared medical debt and limited resources forced painful decisions.
• JARVIS reported that Star Ring Entertainment had rented the warehouses to film staged attacks and rescues using modified alien equipment bought through a shell company linked to underground auctions.