Marvel's Spider-Man: From Another Universe Begins

Chapter 160 The Shadow Spider Reappears

Earth-90214.

New York in 1939 was still in a rather dark age.

Although the Great Depression has passed for many years, due to the impact of the continuous war, the economy has not recovered much, and the people at the bottom are still being squeezed and living in the heat of the water.

Six years ago, a passionate young man named Peter Parker, influenced by Aunt May's ideals and Uncle Ben's values ​​for many years, resolutely chose to devote himself to the journalism industry, using photos and truth as weapons to fight crime and protect the weak.

However, in such a severely corrupt city, the ability of a mere journalist is actually very limited.

Until one day, while secretly filming a crime scene, Peter Parker is bitten by a venomous spider emerging from a disused statue!
Afterwards, he fell into a coma and dreamed of the spider god - Anansi!

When he woke up in his dream, he found that he had acquired the mysterious spider power.

From then on, he gained a new life and became the Shadow Spider-Man!
After that, he cracked down on gangsters, dealt with capitalists who squeezed labor, eradicated rape and evil again and again, and became a hero in the eyes of many ordinary people.

At the same time, it has also become a thorn in the side of many people.

Roxy Theater.

"The video of this wonderful fight was filmed three months ago. The location is on the streets of New York, which is also the place where Shadow Spider-Man was on the road for the last time."

"We can see him stop a pharmacy robbery on video. It's a far cry from the gang-fighting that he was into when he started out."

"Today, when the turbulent days of war and lawlessness are a thing of the past, when outlaws like Al Capone, John Dillinger, the Green Goblin, and master criminals are either brought to justice or jailed, We have to think about such a question.”

"That is, in today's Eagle Country, do we really need lawless vigilantes like Shadow Spider-Man?"

In the auditorium below, there was a discussion about this immediately, and people expressed their opinions one after another.

Among these people, there was a man who was dressed like a gentleman, with a cane in his hand, staring at the big screen in front of him, and the man who talked eloquently, to the female companion beside him. Said: "That's him! His movements, speed and agility are superb! The blood of Ananxi is flowing in his veins!"

"So, how do we find him? Don't tell me you're going to rob a pharmacy or something to get his attention," the woman asked.

The man paused, and said: "I will find a way. Otherwise, won't I have to live by performing for those ignorant lower-class people for the rest of my life? I don't want to be like this forever!"

While talking, the two got up, left their seats, and walked out of the theater.

"Wow, Dad, look, it's the magician Mysterio!" A child exclaimed innocently next to him, "He can make an elephant disappear out of thin air!"

Later, he asked his father with longing eyes: "Dad, can we go and see? Shall we go?"

The boy's father touched the boy's head: "I don't have money to spend on this kind of second-rate charlatan. Magic or something is just a blindfold."

The boy was a little disappointed, but he immediately saw another poster and said happily, "Dad, why don't we go to see "Jungle Continent"! They have a thousand monkeys!"

The boy's father looked at the poster carefully and said with a slight smile, "A thousand monkeys? This is interesting, so let's go and see this."

The man who was talking in the theater paused slightly, and clenched his hand holding the cane: "I'd rather see the monkeys than me?"
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at the same time.

The New York World's Fair on the other side.

Shadow Spider-Man Peter Parker is the happiest man in the world at this time.

On his right is his dear Aunt May, and on his left is his favorite woman, MJ.

They talked and laughed all the way, which made the Shadow Spider feel happy from the inside out.

Half a year ago, he accidentally traveled to another world. Not long after he came back, MJ, who left New York and went to the "Kingdom of Blood and Gold" in the west to participate in the civil war for three years, also retired and returned here.

MJ and him fell in love six years ago. Originally, he planned to propose to MJ three years ago, but he didn't expect that it would be three years since she left.

Fortunately, she returned safely.
"So...ladies, what do you want to watch?" Shadow Spider asked, "How about 'The Dream of Beauty' over there? Everyone says Salvador Dali is a genius."

(PS: Salvador Dali is a Spanish surrealist artist.)
Aunt Mei curled her lips in disdain: "Only he can say that he is a genius, and he keeps talking."

Shadow Spider looked at Aunt Mei: "Don't you like surreal works, Aunt Mei?"

Aunt Mei said: "Dalley just put a lobster on the head of a naked girl, and fooled everyone into calling it 'art', and also called it 'surrealism'. But in my case It seems that he is at best a joker!"

The shadow spider laughed.

As expected of Aunt Mei who has been engaged in street propaganda for many years, even though she is old, she is still so sharp-tongued.

But at this time, he looked at the "surreal art" that was watched by many people, but he really felt dull.

Then, he looked the other way: "Ha! Look, that's 'The Great Mysterio'! What do you think, MJ? Lobster art or a magic show?"

MJ looked at the mystery guest: "Oh, let's do magic, maybe magic will look better."

So, the three of them bought tickets and entered the "Great Mysterio's Magic Show Venue".

However, for some reason, from the moment he entered here, the Shadow Spider's spider sensor began to tremble continuously, as if reminding him of the imminent danger.

However, he looked left and right, but failed to find the source of danger.

At this time, the magic show on the stage also began.

In full view of everyone, the man named Mysterious Guest bound his hands and feet, and was hung upside down by ropes into a large spherical water tank.

"What you are about to witness is the most dangerous escape performance ever"

"Death Ball!"

"You don't have to worry about the great Mysterio dying underwater before he escapes, because he can hold his breath in water for up to 6 minutes!"

"After three minutes, the generator will feed 3 volts into the fish tank, and all living things in the water will die in an instant."

"...five seconds left, four, three, two, one. So, the show begins!"

hum-

Terrifying electric current poured into the fish tank in an instant, making the fish tank radiant.

When the light dissipated, all the fish swimming in the water were electrocuted and floating, and the mysterious guest who was completely restrained disappeared without a trace!
After a while, the mysterious guest came out from the side.

The woman in charge of the introduction said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please give the applause to the great mystery guest!"

clap clap clap-

Seeing this wonderful performance, the audience no longer begrudge their applause.

Aunt Mei begrudgingly clapped her hands twice before putting them down, sighing, "These fish are so pitiful."

MJ asked curiously, "Tell me, how did he do it?"

Aunt May shook her head: "I don't know. I don't know anything about TVs, Dr. Einstein's cosmic rays, etc. But I know, Peter must have watched them all." Be clear."

So MJ looked at the Shadow Spider: "Then what do you think, big genius? Smoke and mirrors?"

"Smoke and mirror" refers to the meaning of "mystery", which is a common saying in the Eagle Country.

The Shadow Spider hesitated for a moment, and analyzed: "The 'smoke' he released should be dry ice. They compressed high-concentration carbon dioxide into particles, which hardened after being put into water, and a dense layer of smoke rose from the bottom. cigarette."

Although he said so, he actually had other thoughts in his heart, because it didn't smell like dry ice.

"When he reappeared, he wasn't even wet." The Shadow Spider continued.

So he didn't even go into the water at all, otherwise it would be impossible to completely dry his body in such a short period of time.

He just used some kind of blindfold to make us think he was in, that's all.

Combined with your own spider sense.
The Shadow Spider felt that there must be something wrong with it, and frowned slightly.

MJ hugged Shadow Spider's arm with a smile, and put his face on his shoulder: "So you didn't understand it at all, did you?"

The softness and warmth from the arm brought the Shadow Spider back to its senses, and said with a smile, "That's right."

But seeing your smile is the best thing.

The three left here talking and laughing.

But in a place unknown to the Shadow Spider, a conspiracy was unfolding around him.

Show backstage.

Mysterio and his girlfriend return here after dealing with raving fans.

The mysterious guest held a ball that was emitting unknown gas, covered the void on the surface of the ball, and then dispersed the smoke.

That's when the mask was removed.

It turned out that both he and his girlfriend were wearing a gas mask under the masks.

The female companion said: "We spent three years dormant in the Amazon jungle, living with reptiles and poisonous snakes, and being eaten alive by mosquitoes. We just learned to make this 'magic smoke'. Now we have to waste it on pleasing these country bumpkins."

Without saying a word, the mysterious guest put the magic smoke ball aside, and then took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet.

The female companion continued to encourage: "Take it to fool Wilson Fisk, we can make a fortune in minutes!"

The mysterious guest paused in his hands, then picked up two wine glasses and set them up, pouring the wine and saying, "Yes, yes, yes. Then he will figure it out after a while, and send a killer wearing a gas mask. The two of us It turned into two beautiful corpses in minutes. No, now I still want to maintain a cooperative relationship with Fisk."

"And, it's only for now."

"As long as we find Spider-Man Shadow and let his blood flow into my body, Fisk will immediately understand what true power is!"

(End of this chapter)