Chapter 18 Peter: A Chilling Thought
Chapter 18 Peter: A Chilling Thought
Gaining Peter's spider abilities also stirred Toby's imagination.
If he can acquire Peter's abilities, can he also acquire the abilities of other Spider-Men?
Although typically there is only one Spider-Man in each universe.
But as it was said, that's the usual practice.
From the moment he barged into this universe, the universe itself became less ordinary, and he was destined to change many things in this universe.
If Peter could become Spider-Man through his intervention, can't others do the same?
For example, Ben Parker, who is also Spider-Man in another universe.
And in some universe, Gwen Stacy is the Ghost Spider.
If Ben and Gwen also gain spider-like abilities through his intervention, could he then defeat them to gain the abilities of other Spider-Men?
Anyway, he still has more than a dozen super spiders, why not give it a try?
Toby was somewhat tempted.
But he did not act impulsively.
Ben and Richard are brothers, so they might be able to acquire Spider-Man's abilities.
But not the Gwen of this universe.
The super spider in this universe was genetically encrypted by Peter's father, who also used the Parker family's genetic code.
Gwen doesn't have the Parker family's genes. If she were bitten rashly, she wouldn't become Spider-Man and might even die from genetic collapse.
Furthermore, Tobey wasn't sure if, in a single universe, there could be two or more Spider-Men besides him, the alien Spider-Man who hadn't been bitten by a spider in this life.
It's important to know that in the Spider-Man universe, the original Spider-Man died because the Super Spider-Man from Universe 42 accidentally bit Miles.
If he turned Ben into a second Spider-Man, Peter wouldn't have died because of it, right...?
So, considering this possibility, Toby ultimately decided to put the idea aside for now.
This is risky, so caution is advised.
Moreover, his data has suddenly increased by a third, so we need to take some time to reflect before making any further decisions.
While Toby was thinking, Peter also regained some strength thanks to Spider-Man's superhuman regenerative abilities and got up from the ground.
Toby's acquisition of Peter's spider abilities was not a direct absorption of Peter's own abilities, but rather a replication of Peter's data that he added to himself.
Therefore, Peter still retains his spider abilities.
Even though Peter still has his spider powers, the pain is still real!
Peter stood up, supporting his back, ripped off his hood, and complained to Toby:
"God, Toby, what's wrong with my kidneys? Why do you hit me in the lower back eight out of ten times?!"
Toby also pulled off his hood and said calmly, "The more injuries you suffer now, the less blood you'll bleed later."
"According to my investigation, at least 50 percent of the attacks that have resulted in death in New York were caused by attacks from behind."
"Among these, besides the head and heart, the waist is the area with the highest mortality rate after being attacked."
"This is because people usually subconsciously protect their head and heart, which are two fatal points, but often neglect the equally vulnerable and fatal waist."
"The reason I keep targeting your waist is to make you prepare in advance and learn to protect this third fatal weakness."
This isn't something Toby made up.
Even disregarding deaths of ordinary people from waist injuries, throughout the history of superheroes, there have been numerous cases of superheroes losing their ability to fight back due to severe waist injuries.
For example, the two giants of DC Comics, Batman and Superman.
Batman once had his back broken by Bane.
Superman, on the other hand, had his back broken by Batman once.
Even Marvel's Spider-Man himself has suffered back injuries more than once.
For example, the original Spider-Man, who shares the same name as him, suffered a permanent back injury after falling from a height during an incident where he lost confidence in himself and gradually lost his abilities.
In the end, it was only through Garfield's powerful restraint that Toby Spider's bones were realigned.
But the bone setting didn't last long. In a crossover with the Dutch spider, Toby Spider, in an attempt to stop the Dutch spider from killing Green Goblin, was backstabbed in the back by Green Goblin.
Therefore, there was a reason why Toby taught Peter to protect his back.
After all, he didn't want Peter to one day be clutching his back and constantly crying out, "My back, my back!"
Peter thought about it and realized that Toby's words made a lot of sense.
Therefore, I accepted this reason and remembered the key point of always protecting my waist during battle.
Then, Toby led Peter back to the second basement level and they arrived at an eco-box.
When Peter saw the familiar spiders in the terrarium, he was struck dumb, as if a bolt of lightning had struck his mind.
Without Toby's explanation, Peter connected everything himself!
Because these spiders look exactly like the radioactive super spider in the briefcase left by his father!
In addition, Toby previously stated that their abilities originated from spiders.
Moreover, he did feel something bite his neck when he was evacuating with the crowd during the fire at the Osborne Enterprises yesterday.
Combining these two events, Peter came to an even more chilling conclusion!
That is, all of this was actually man-made!
Whether it's the appearance of a radioactive super spider or being bitten by one, it's all man-made!
The person who specifically bred this super spider was his own father, Richard Parker!
The one who got bitten by the super spider was none other than his cousin, Toby Parker!
The Super Spiders were bred by their father when he worked at Osborn Corporation, so they should be at Osborn Corporation now!
But the fact that they're appearing here means...
Even yesterday's fire at the Osborn Corporation was caused by his own cousin!
After his cousin took the Super Spider from Osborn Corporation, he set fire to the Super Spider's breeding room, causing a fire, and then took advantage of the chaos to put a Super Spider on himself!
Based on his own experience of Toby's terrifying strength today, Toby could have accomplished all of this completely silently!
And who knows, maybe Toby even arranged my meeting with Dr. Connors yesterday!
Perhaps Gwen was also Toby's accomplice?
After all, it was Gwen who invited him to Osborn Corporation!
When Peter relayed his guess to Toby in Shinichi Kudo's voice, unsurprisingly, Peter received another hard slap on the head from Toby.
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