Even if the world outside was collapsing,
our Bully Maguire still needed his rest.
That was principle.
After all, Bully Maguire was a man with morning temper.
Before long, he slowly opened his eyes.
Glancing at his phone and the dozens of missed calls,
he thought to himself:
"Looks like Garfield and Holland want to ask if that was me yesterday."
He considered the problem.
"Should I keep my identity secret? Honestly, that's impossible now. With my suit and the way I fought yesterday, others might be fooled—but not S.H.I.E.L.D. Fine, let them know. What's the worst? They'll just deliver me Bully Points on a silver platter."
He dialed Garfield.
Meanwhile, Garfield and Holland were panicking.
Holland asked,
"Should we join S.H.I.E.L.D. or not? We can't drag this out forever."
Garfield grew serious.
"Something like this has to be decided by the whole Spider Alliance. If even one of us disagrees, we don't join. For now, we wait on Maguire."
To Garfield, their little "Spider Alliance" wasn't child's play.
Maguire and Holland were his comrades, his brothers.
Holland sighed and nodded, letting it go.
Then Garfield's phone rang.
He quickly answered.
"Hello? What's going on?"
The familiar voice came through.
"Maguire here."
Garfield blurted out,
"Maguire, was that black-suited Spider-Man yesterday really you?!"
Maguire's calm voice replied,
"Yeah. It was me. So what?"
Even though they had suspected it, hearing Maguire admit it left Garfield and Holland speechless, frozen in shock.
Seeing their silence drag, Maguire's impatient tone cut in again.
"Anything else? If not, I'm hanging up."
Snapping back, Garfield stammered a quick excuse and ended the call.
Holland turned on him, baffled.
"Why did you hang up so fast? He didn't even say if he's joining us!"
Garfield trembled, pale.
"That was the guy from yesterday, man! Even knowing it's Maguire, I'm terrified of him. Talking to him more—I swear, it feels like he'd kill me on the spot. I know he wouldn't, but… I can't help it. I'm scared to death."
Holland nodded grimly.
"Yeah… Maguire is just too strong, too terrifying."
Back at the villa, Maguire looked at his phone with a cold smile.
"Hah… Garfield actually dared to hang up on me."
He set it aside.
"Whatever. Before heading out, time for my favorite pastime."
He opened the Bully System interface.
His Bully Points total: 1200.
His eyes gleamed.
"Let's upgrade the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to SS-level."
The system prompted:
[Each 1% of development requires 10 Bully Points. Current development: 33%. Spend 270 points to reach 60%?]
Maguire tapped yes without hesitation.
[Congratulations. Tremor-Tremor Fruit now at 60% development. Current grade: S. Next upgrades cost 100 Bully Points per 1%.]
"National curse words!!" Maguire exploded.
"You cheating old system! First you said 10 points, now suddenly 100? Rotten old bastard!"
Though furious, there was nothing he could do.
He opened the lottery.
The golden interface was now diamond-bright, the prize pool transformed:
Logia Fruit: Smoke-Smoke Fruit (S-rank)
S-rank: Twelve Talismans – Rooster Talisman[1]
A-rank: Baby Vajra Beast
S-rank: Twelve Talismans – Rabbit Talisman[2]
B-rank: X-ray Vision
Joke item: Tornado's panties[3]
[First-time diamond draw: two pulls granted.]
Maguire's heart pounded.
"High-class now, huh? But seriously—panties again?!"
Despite grumbling, he spent 200 Bully Points.
The wheel spun… landed on the Rooster Talisman.
[Congratulations. You obtained the Twelve Talismans – Rooster.]
[Second draw automatically granted. Congratulations. You obtained the Twelve Talismans – Rabbit.]
Maguire's grin spread wide.
"Rooster plus Rabbit… flight!"
His Bully Points dropped to 730—enough for three more pulls.
"Alright. Give me X-ray Vision. That's not too much to ask."
He spun again.
[Congratulations. You obtained a common item: Tornado's panties (special edition, with scent).]
"National curse words!!" he roared again.
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[1] From Jackie Chan Adventures
[2] From Jackie Chan Adventures
[3] Yup... Tatsumaki from One-Punch Man