[You have been eliminated, unable to obtain a resurrection slot. Reward: High-Heat Web Ball +399°C.]
[Remaining 85 retries. Restart?]
Sixth Resurrection Match.
Hospital room.
Outside, thunder roared. Before Thor Spider-Man could approach, a barrage of webs yanked him skyward.
"Rumble!!"
Lightning flashed, Thor Spider-Man doubling back, Mjolnir unleashing terrifying currents.
"No one can stop me, no one!!"
Inheriting not just Thor's hammer but his temper, he charged with invincible aura, only to be swallowed by a sudden portal.
By the window, Charlie held his portal-drawing stance.
Behind him, Sorcerer Spider-Man's eyes widened, "Peter wasn't lying. Charlie Parker's no ordinary guy."
Charlie glanced back, "So?"
"So we deal with the biggest threat first."
Sorcerer Spider-Man wove hand signs, a spider totem glowing, dense magical webs bursting forth.
"Pfft~"
The webs pierced Charlie's body, light particles scattering.
"Magic clone?"
Sorcerer Spider-Man startled as portals bloomed behind him, clones leaping out.
"Oh ho! Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man beatdown!"
"Quiet, don't scare Aunt May."
"Shh~"
"Swish!!"
Magic light flared under Sorcerer Spider-Man, webs shooting to bind the clones.
"Fight somewhere else," a clone suggested.
Sorcerer Spider-Man nodded, "Sure."
He opened a portal, dragging the clones inside.
"Buzz~"
As the portal closed, Peter Parker and Mary Jane stared at each other.
"Aren't they here to save Aunt May?"
"Why are they fighting?"
"Because only one can save her."
Charlie's head popped in from the window, waving.
"Hey, we meet again."
Mary Jane gasped, "Weren't you with that guy…"
"Oh, I tricked him."
Charlie vaulted into the room, heading for Aunt May's bed.
This restart, Sorcerer Spider-Man lacked experience fighting Charlie. Overconfident, he didn't seal portals, making the trick easy.
Approaching Aunt May, Charlie saw her familiar face, recalling his own Aunt May.
Before she grew younger, she looked like this.
Now, this Aunt May faced death. Even without the mission, Charlie wanted to save her.
"How'll you save her?" Peter Parker asked nervously.
Charlie glanced at him, "For some Spider-Men, there's more than one way to save Aunt May."
"But that guy said surgery would kill her," Mary Jane said.
Charlie nodded, "He's right, but I'm no doctor, so no surgery.
No surgery, no death."
Peter and Mary Jane exchanged confused looks.
"What're you saying?"
"We don't get it."
"You don't need to."
Charlie tapped his wrist device.
"Beep beep~"
Kang the Conqueror's tech armor replaced his nano-suit.
He scanned Aunt May's body, activating healing mode.
"Whoosh~"
His fingers touched her wound, billions of nanobots surging in.
Given time, they'd dissolve the bullet and repair damaged tissue.
Thirty-first-century tech could handle this "dangerous" surgery.
But the environment wouldn't give him time.
Before the nanobots reached her heart, magical sparks bloomed. Sorcerer Spider-Man returned, and a crash came from outside.
"Boom!!"
The wall shattered, a Spider-Man's momentum breaking through, debris wrecking Aunt May's life-support. Black liquid oozed into the room.
"Charlie Parker, stop!!"
Venom Parker lunged. Charlie, in tech armor, fired a gravity wave, blasting him through walls, out of sight.
But Aunt May vanished in a magic circle.
Sorcerer Spider-Man took her.
Charlie's face darkened. He opened a portal to pursue, but magical webs blocked it.
He needed a faster way to save Aunt May.
[You have been eliminated, unable to obtain a resurrection slot. Reward: High-Heat Web Ball +288°C.]
[Remaining 84 retries. Restart?]
Seventh Resurrection Match.
Hospital room.
The moment Sorcerer Spider-Man was tricked, Charlie moved Aunt May to Tony's villa, empty of others.
A portal opened, Charlie gently placing Aunt May on a bed.
No nanobots this time.
Too slow.
Though no Spider-Men interfered here, Sorcerer Spider-Man would soon find him via magic.
So, he chose another method.
He studied Aunt May's heart, tapped his wrist device, Pym Particles flaring, shrinking him to ant size.
"Buzz~"
In the micro-world, Charlie opened a portal, arriving near Aunt May's heart.
In a web of vessels, a massive bullet was lodged.
Charlie tossed a Pym disc, shrinking the bullet.
"Whoosh~"
As it shrank, blood surged, flooding Charlie.
In the blood sea, he swung up, firing webs to seal ruptured vessels, then darted as an arc.
"Sizzle~"
Weak currents stimulated the heart while blood-red tendrils spread, staunching the bleeding.
This method was cruder but faster than nanobots.
Still not fast enough.
Sorcerer Spider-Man found Aunt May, spotting Charlie near her heart.
In the bloody world, brilliant magic energy surged, sweeping Charlie away.
"Buzz~"
Back in the room, blood-soaked Charlie returned to normal size, his crimson beam sweeping, dispersing Sorcerer Spider-Man's body.
Unsurprised, Charlie stayed by Aunt May, scanning the quiet room for the hidden Sorcerer Spider-Man.
Minutes passed, the room eerily calm.
Something was wrong.
Turning, he saw Aunt May's body unnaturally stiff.
Charlie's face fell.
Aunt May wasn't dead—she was swapped!
Her body dissolved into magic particles, confirming his suspicion.
He could trick Sorcerer Spider-Man once, but not twice.
This time, Sorcerer Spider-Man fooled him, taking Aunt May the moment Charlie left her body, leaving a decoy to stall.
Charlie shook his head.
Never underestimate a Spider-Man.
He'd beaten this guy before, but that didn't mean he was weak.
This round collapsed. Again!
[You have been eliminated, unable to obtain a resurrection slot. Reward: High-Heat Web Ball formation speed -1 second.]
[Remaining 83 retries. Restart?]
Eighth Resurrection Match.
In the room, Charlie carefully placed Aunt May on the bed.
This time, he didn't start healing.
No treatment could outpace Sorcerer Spider-Man's arrival.
So, the cunning Invincible Spider-Man played dirty.
He prepared.
Soon, magical sparks bloomed.
As Sorcerer Spider-Man shot from the portal, crystalline webs in the room contracted.
"What?"
"Pfft pfft pfft"
Before he could react, the web trap bound him, sharp strands slicing flesh, blood spraying, limbs falling.
From the corner, Charlie stood, clapping.
"Harsh, but no choice. You're a mage, not a warrior."
Sorcerer Spider-Man's magic was slick, but his body was near-human.
The web trap was enough.
With the trouble gone, Charlie began healing Aunt May.
Unhurried, he used the tech armor's nanobots.
Ten minutes later, color returned to Aunt May's face, her vitals stabilizing.
No interruptions.
Charlie smiled.
Eight tries, finally done.
Next, farm rewards with retries.
But strangely, though Aunt May was fine, no mission success prompt appeared.
Something was off.
Charlie frowned.
All along, Peter Parkers fought for the resurrection slot and "Aunt May's Smile," but he recalled this match included Ben Parkers and May Parkers.
Eight matches, no sign of them.
And despite saving Aunt May, no victory prompt.
The bullet wasn't her real crisis!
In the room, Charlie pondered the details.
With limited intel, he couldn't piece it together.
But no prompt meant Aunt May faced another death threat.
With her safe here, he'd wait to uncover the cause.
A mechanical arm descended from the ceiling, projecting Tony in his armor, Spider-Men in the background.
"Thanks for saving May, but leave my villa now."
Charlie shrugged, "Sorry, I'm not done."
Tony was monitoring.
At Charlie's words, Tony's expression shifted.
"The Accords made some folks unhappy. My villa lacks the latest security, can't stop missiles. Get me?"
"Missiles?"
Charlie smirked, "I'm used to those, no threat.
But why tell me now?"
"Because…"
"Because he couldn't reach you."
Tony's image flickered, replaced by a familiar face.
In the projection, Vision's Mind Stone glowed, his eyes red with hatred.
"I'll make Iron Man pay for everything!"
Charlie's spider-sense screamed.
"Damn!"
He dove onto Aunt May's bed.
Fire roared from the sky, the villa exploding, flames swallowing everything, black smoke forming a mushroom cloud.
On distant coastal rocks, Charlie emerged from a portal with Aunt May, dumbfounded.
"What's this? Vision's revenge on Iron Man by blowing up the villa?"
Why not just take out Tony?
Charlie grumbled.
Unclear on their feud, he opened a portal, vanishing into the dark rocks.
Snowy mountains, a city at Kamar-Taj's base.
In a room, Charlie calmed the awakened Aunt May.
Stay by her side, protect her, and he'd win this match.
At sunset, in an exotic courtyard, Charlie lounged, enjoying the view.
Without Sorcerer Spider-Man, no one could find his portals.
This round was secure.
As night fell, Charlie brought dinner to the room.
"Kid, when can I go home?" Aunt May asked weakly.
Charlie smiled, "Soon, eighteen hours from now."
He prepared to feed her.
But his spider-sense flared.
"Will it ever end?"
Shaking his head, he told Aunt May, "Got something to handle, back soon."
Aunt May hesitated.
Before she spoke, Charlie opened the door.
As he did, he said, "Finding this place means you've got skills, but I'm pissed, no mercy—"
"Uh, not you, but you all."
Seeing countless glowing triangular eyes in the courtyard, Charlie paused, then shrugged with a smile.
"Can you tell me who sent you here?"
Leading the pack, Venom Parker pointed, shouting.
"You should've believed me! Without Charlie Parker gone, we can't win!"
The Spider-Men echoed.
"He's terrifying, and we were fooled by that Peter."
"He moved Aunt May before we could react."
"Take him down, don't let him escape!"
"I agree."
"For Aunt May's Smile!!"
"Charge!!"
"Get Charlie Parker…"
Countless Spider-Men swung toward him.
Charlie calmly closed the door, facing the persistent group, shrugging.
"Why force me?"
His crimson beam slashed the night sky, clouds burning red.