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"Okay."
Gwen sat down on a bench by the roadside, her long legs slightly crossed, finding a comfortable angle: "So now, how far along is your investigation?"
Peter: "I did chores all night."
Kaito: "Shut up."
"There's an oversized particle collider under Kingpin's Fisk Tower, and the Brooklyn earthquake and the cause of our… well, our Crossing is it."
Kaito paused, thinking that he should be considered an intruder, but since even MCU's Peter Parker was here, one more person riding the coattails wouldn't hurt.
"So, your investigation progress has already surpassed mine," Gwen rested her chin on one hand, listening intently, "So what's our plan?"
"Restart that machine, find a way to reverse its program," Kaito brought his hands together, making a fist-bump gesture, "Restore the spatiotemporal order, and then destroy it."
"Oh! That sounds like a big show!"
"Wait a minute!"
Peter crossed his hands in front of his chest, making a stop gesture: "I understand the reasoning, but I'm still completely confused! Who is Kingpin? Why is he doing this? And has this world's technological level reached the point where it can interfere with space-time…?"
"None of that matters," seeing Peter's rambling about to start again, Kaito quickly cut him off, "What's important is, which one of you knows how to operate that collider?"
The three of them stared at each other.
Gwen raised her hand to speak: "Such large equipment often uses physically isolated independent networks. To invade its program, we need a key that can be inserted into the main console." With that, she made a gesture of turning a key to open a door.
"So the question is," Peter spread his hands, "Where's the key?"
Gwen crossed her arms, talking about the information she had gathered earlier: "I know a place, also one of Kingpin's properties. I think at least it can help us understand the principle of that big guy."
"Wait, this Kingpin again? My universe doesn't seem to have this person, or rather, I've never heard of him. Who can tell me how rich he is?"
Seeing that the two of them weren't very interested in this topic, Peter scratched his cheek: "Then what are we waiting for? Are we waiting for someone to deliver the key?"
"Hmm?"
Reminded by Peter's words, Kaito immediately realized that the ALCHEMAX Company was probably in chaos by now, and couldn't help but snap his fingers: "Nice, you are right."
Peter: "?"
"Riddle Man, get out of New York!"
"You wouldn't think…"
Gwen and Peter's gazes fell upon him.
"There are only us as Spider-Men in this world, right?"
Outskirts of New York, Hudson Valley.
Amidst a sky full of laser beams, Miles, wearing a cosplay Spider-Man suit, seemed to be dodging and weaving agilely, but was actually already covered in bumps from falling.
As exciting as the process of sneaking into the ALCHEMAX Company was, being chased and beaten by a group of researchers carrying laser guns was just as miserable now.
"Hey, Peter! What do we do now?"
"What to do?" 616 Peter punched away the pursuing Dr. Octopus, used a web-shoot to snatch the computer host that had been grabbed by a tentacle, and then swung it to Miles behind him, "Split up, kid, I'll help you hold off the enemy!"
"Are you sure? But there are so many of them…"
"Nonsense! Hurry up and go!"
"Hahaha…"
Tough tentacles made of synthetic materials pierced into the big tree and climbed continuously. Dr. Octopus raised his hand to wipe the blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, his eyes under the goggles filled with obsession and madness: "You are the best research material, none of you will escape!"
"Shit! Sorry, I think I just cursed, but she's an enhanced human! Don't just stand there, kid, go!"
New York, Queens.
Kaito and the two Peters strolled down a street in an ordinary neighborhood. During working hours, it was very peaceful here.
Two-story houses were densely lined up along the road, with no yards; pulling open the curtains would reveal the neighbor's room. Such an environment held many children's childhoods, for example…
"Hey, this is it! I know this place, I practically lived here until Aunt May moved!"
Peter exclaimed.
The three stopped at a detached house, with "20 Ingram Street" written on the mailbox by the door.
Kaito pointed to the text above: "Even the house number is the same?"
"Uh, let me think, at least the name of the neighborhood is different."
"Then we've come to the right place," Kaito pushed Peter, "Go knock on the door."
"Why me?!"
Peter complained, habitually raising his hand and using a web-shoot to ring the doorbell.
Ding-dong~
"Sorry, we're not planning to see fans today…"
The door opened a crack, and a white-haired old woman said apologetically.
Then, she saw a young face. The old woman opened the door, and walked out in disbelief.
"Peter…"
"Uh… I'm a little unprepared," MCU Peter looked somewhat flustered as the old woman walked straight towards him. In an instant, he remembered the figure that had fallen in the rubble, "Aunt May?"
"It's me," Aunt May gently stroked Peter's face, the reminiscence in her eyes turning into a hint of relief, "You've gotten younger, and shorter."
Peter was like a child who had done something wrong, gently hugging the Aunt May in front of him: "Uh, yes… I mean, I'm sorry, it sounds a bit incredible, but I'm actually from…"
"Another parallel universe?"
"Yes… Huh?"
Gwen and Peter exchanged surprised glances: "You know?"
"Of course," Aunt May curled her lips into a smile, and as she turned around, she gestured for them to follow, "Come with me, children, you wouldn't think only you thought of coming here, would you?"
"Hey!" Gwen subtly elbowed Kaito, and whispered, "You knew already?"
Kaito's expression was normal, and he pointed his index finger to his head: "Just logical deduction."
"Yeah right."
The three followed Aunt May to a small house in the backyard that looked like a storage room.
"Hey, I know this, a secret base!"
Aunt May chuckled, and placed her hand on the wooden door. Identity verification passed, and the mechanical door disguised as a wooden door opened. The storage room was empty, actually an elevator shaft leading underground.
"Maybe this secret base is a bit more advanced than I imagined…"
The scene Peter had imagined, which should have been similar to his own small Spider-Man workshop, did not appear, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Kaito and Gwen followed him in, and the elevator began to descend. As the elevator slowly descended, this world's Peter Parker's carefully crafted Spider-Man lair finally appeared before everyone.