After the younger Peter accidentally teleported Taskmaster away, Electro was also easily dealt with by Peter.
As for Ultimate Gwen, an unexpected guest had appeared on her side. It was a guy whose whole body was made of sand. If Peter's guess was right, he should be Sandman from Tobey's Spider-Man universe.
But that guy was ridiculously timid. When he saw Peter and the younger Peter heading this way, he directly turned into sand and ran away.
It was also possible that he had already been at the scene for a while, only hiding in the form of sand the whole time.
Just now, after seeing how mercilessly Peter and the others fought, he was probably reminded of some unpleasant memories, such as having his head shoved down and dragged across a subway train by a certain black-suited Spider-Man.
Especially after Electro had shown off so much power, yet still lost to Peter, Sandman was probably even more panicked.
Sandman, Flint Marko, could be considered one of the few "normal people" among these villains. He was also the easiest to communicate with.
Anyone who had watched the movie knew that the reason Sandman robbed people was actually to get money to treat his daughter's illness.
And when he killed Uncle Ben in Tobey's Spider-Man universe, it had been because he panicked and accidentally pulled the trigger.
Later, Tobey's Spider-Man even forgave him for his crime.
Of course, if this guy dared to hurt Uncle Ben in Peter's universe, he would definitely die miserably. After all, Peter had neither excessive sympathy nor a saintly heart. Those two things really got in the way during a fight.
As for Green Goblin, that cunning old fox saw three Spider-Men standing together and naturally knew he was at a disadvantage. No one knew what he was calculating, but in the end, he piloted his glider and disappeared.
Peter had originally wanted to pull him down with webbing, beat him up, and give him to Harry as a father-son reunion gift. But Green Goblin pushed the engine to full power. The moment Peter shot out his webbing, the guy was already gone.
Looks like helping Harry find his dad would have to be considered more carefully.
At this point, there was nothing they could do about the two who had escaped.
Fortunately, they still had Taskmaster and Electro as guaranteed captures, so the trip had not been wasted.
But compared to the younger Peter's excitement, Peter felt that things were pretty bad.
So far, the villains who had come to this universe included people from the movie universes, and even people from the comic universes. Who knew how many people had been teleported into this world?
He really had acted on impulse. For the sake of one spell, he had agreed to get involved in this whole mess. Now that he thought about it, he had really taken a massive loss.
The military factory was already in ruins. As for post-battle reconstruction, that had nothing to do with Spider-Man. Even a friendly neighborhood hero should be off the clock by now.
Peter, Ultimate Gwen, and the younger Peter swung back together on their webbing.
However, the latter clearly did not want to be a third wheel, so he swung very quickly.
Before long, Peter and Ultimate Gwen stopped on a large tree. The branches were thick enough for two people to sit on.
Moonlight fell softly. The air was quiet and peaceful.
Peter took off his mask, felt the damp night air, and stretched lazily.
"Ever since becoming Spider-Man, I really haven't had a single day off."
"Yeah. After becoming Ultimate Spider-Woman, I finally understood just how exhausting it is to be Spider-Man."
Ultimate Gwen took out a wooden comb from somewhere and combed her hair as she spoke.
Fighting in a mask had made her hair clump together from sweat. As a girl who cared about beauty, she had to stay a little refined.
"If Norman hadn't told me you became Spider-Woman, I honestly wouldn't have believed it. Speaking of which, didn't you only use a serum? How did you become Spider-Woman?"
Peter looked seriously at Ultimate Gwen. The mature air she carried was something Spider-Girl Gwen did not have, and that feeling deeply attracted him.
It had been a long time since they last met. She seemed even prettier now.
Or maybe that was just his imagination.
The Ultimate Gwen in front of him now gave Peter a different feeling from before. Back when she was still a police officer, she had carried a heroic sharpness. After becoming Spider-Woman, her charm seemed to have increased even more.
Seeing the strange smile on his face, Ultimate Gwen rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.
"You know about the spider-zombie-like virus that broke out in our universe, right? I was accidentally scratched by Peter from my world. At first, I thought I'd been infected too, but later I discovered that I had actually gained spider powers."
Peter nodded.
Of course he knew what had happened in Ultimate Universe 1610. But Ultimate Norman had previously said that the disaster was quickly dismantled. It seemed some kind of serum had been developed, and everyone returned to normal except for one person.
That was Ultimate Spider-Man.
Because he was not actually alive, the serum could not be used on him.
Even if the serum restored him to normal, would he die?
"To become Spider-Woman properly, I already quit my job as a police officer. Dad had a huge fight with me over it. I think I'm really stupid. I gave up a job where I was about to be promoted and chose to become a vigilante instead. And Dad is always against me..."
"Right? Sometimes, having superpowers isn't necessarily a good thing. Especially after becoming Spider-Man. Because the Spider Totem has branded us, there are some things we have to do even if we don't want to. It's completely beyond our control. Destiny really is strange."
Peter sighed.
"Yeah. I really do have that feeling you mentioned. It's like after becoming Spider-Woman, I was supposed to do this."
"So, how have you been during this time? Have things gone well? Between you and that version of me, has there been any progress?"
Gwen brushed aside a loose strand of hair in front of her forehead and smiled as she spoke.
"Uh... how should I put it? There hasn't been any real progress yet. We just fight crime together every day and occasionally go rob Hell's Kitchen."
"Hell's Kitchen? If I remember correctly, that should be Kingpin's territory, right?"
In Ultimate Gwen's world, after Kingpin was arrested, all of his businesses were exposed to the public. At that time, Ultimate Gwen had not yet resigned, and she had been the one leading her team to clear out the forces in Hell's Kitchen.
It had to be said that his people really did have strength. Even after the tree fell, the scattered monkeys still caused the police plenty of trouble.
"Yeah. In my universe, that guy put a bounty on me. You know what kind of person I am. If I didn't send him a big gift, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. So I dragged Gwen, meaning the version of you from my world, to visit Hell's Kitchen twice. We killed so many people it was practically a bloodbath. Later, those guys even wanted to use rocket launchers against me. That shows just how vicious they were."
Peter casually rambled, then looked at Ultimate Gwen seriously and said, "Enough about me. Tell me about you. Are you working with that little Black kid now, or are you still acting as a lone wolf?"
"I suggest you don't work with that kid."
Hearing that, Ultimate Gwen shook her head and said, "Peter, with Norman's help, my operations have been going very smoothly during this time. I've fought Miles a few times. He really is a pretty good kid. Now that undead Peter is teaching him, he's improving very quickly. Even I'm surprised by his abilities."
"No matter how fast he improves, he won't be faster than me. Next time I go over there, I'm still going to beat him up."
Peter now had a strange obsession with Miles. After returning to his own universe, he had also searched for Miles's traces. Unfortunately, there was no Black boy named Miles in his world. Instead, there was a Black girl named Corvina Morales. She was probably the female version of Miles.
How boring. He had originally wanted to tease the Miles in his own world whenever he had nothing to do. But now that Miles had become a girl, if he actually did anything, it would be no different from being a creep.
"You really are obsessed with him."
Ultimate Gwen covered her mouth and laughed.
"Silly girl."
Peter reached out and rubbed her head, messing up the hair she had just finished fixing.
Ultimate Gwen's gaze kept lingering on Peter. She did not dislike his action. In fact, there was even a trace of joy in her heart.
Back when Peter had returned to his own universe, she had been sad for quite a while.
After all, her brain had overheated back then, and she had forcefully kissed him. After that, the relationship between them had become somewhat delicate. Later, after becoming Spider-Woman, she missed him even more. She had never dreamed that one day, she would fall for an eighteen-year-old high school student.
But ever since the time he saved her, Peter had become the unreachable moonlight in her heart.
Although this moonlight was sometimes adorably stupid and sometimes incredibly devious, that did not stop her from liking him.
"That suit of yours is pretty nice. It looks like a matching couple's version of my old one."
Peter studied Ultimate Gwen's suit and nodded thoughtfully. It really did resemble his old dark suit, except it had a unique hood and some strange silver patterns added to it.
Peter's words made Ultimate Gwen blush slightly.
She could not exactly say that she had designed it that way on purpose.
Back then, in order to design this suit, she had stayed up for three days and three nights before finalizing it. Afterward, she had asked Norman to use the best materials to make it.
And this suit's abilities were very comprehensive. Not only was it extremely durable, but it was also heat-resistant and equipped with an infrasonic device. She simply did not use that function often.
Because infrasonic frequency tuning was extremely delicate. If it was even slightly off, it could hurt other people.
"By the way, I have an antihero dimensional squad. Do you want to join? I didn't really think of inviting you before, because back then, you were only an ordinary superhuman. But now, you're even stronger than an average Spider-Man, so I don't have to worry about your safety anymore."
Peter seemed to think of something, then looked at her seriously and spoke.
"Is Norman in it too?"
"Yeah."
"So you've known everything I've been doing?"
"How exactly do you want me to explain that?"
"You don't need to explain, you dead man."
Gwen became somewhat "angry from embarrassment." She had been pining for him all by herself, while this guy could still learn about her situation from his universe. Why was the world so unfair?
Peter grimaced, because at that moment, two hands were twisting him hard.
Yeah. Painful, but happy.
(End of Chapter)
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