Peter's final verdict became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
"No qualification... I have no qualification..."
Ultimate Spider-Man muttered to himself, as if suddenly figuring something out in an instant, a trace of relief subsequently flashing in his eyes:
"You are right."
"I don't deserve to possess Peter Parker's life, I don't deserve to possess his body, and I don't deserve to bear the title of Spider-Man. I should return all of this to that annoying guy!"
As he spoke, he stood up and stumbled toward the outside. He was going to Peter Parker's laboratory to delete all of his memories within this body. All of this should be returned to him.
However, before he could take more than two steps on his side, a hand pressed down on his shoulder, forcefully halting his movements.
Ultimate Spider-Man lifted his head in bewilderment, meeting Peter's calm eyes right on:
"What... what else do you want to do!"
Ultimate Spider-Man shouted out almost in a roar, his voice full of collapse and incomprehension. The Peter Parker before his eyes humiliated him and denied him; right now, was he going to strip away even his right to choose death along with it?!
"What's the rush?" Peter let out a cold snort and released his hand. "I only said you have no qualification to become Spider-Man."
"I never said you have no qualification to be a good person, did I?"
Hearing these words, Ultimate Spider-Man froze. Everyone in the office froze as well. What did this mean?
Looking at the completely dumbfounded Ultimate Spider-Man, Peter spoke with a calm expression:
"One code is one code."
"It's true that you are a double-standard coward, but during this year you occupied his body, you truly held the thought of acting as a good person, didn't you?"
"Although your methods were still a bit extreme, I think his memories have already caused a certain influence on you."
"Therefore, tell me, Otto Octavius..."
"If one day, after you return this body to that guy, there is still an opportunity to be reborn in your own identity..."
"Would you choose to be a good person?"
Ultimate Spider-Man, or rather Otto, stood dazed right on the spot. He lifted his head, looking at Peter. Within those eyes, there was no playfulness, no mockery, but only a kind of calmness like a deep pool.
After a long time, he nodded his head with difficulty yet solemnity.
"Very well."
"Since you have the heart to reform, I am also willing to give you an opportunity."
"I allow you to continue using this body for a short period of time to keep fighting in the Spider-Society and complete the clone body of your original self!"
"You trickster guy, you must have left a backup of your own memories in another universe!"
"Once your new body is completed, I allow you to utilize your memory backup and the new body to resurrect."
"I can even use my method to help you thoroughly erase the mental influence caused to you by that experimental accident back then."
"I will give you an opportunity to be a good person, fair and square, without any excuses."
An... opportunity to start anew? This thought was like a seed, quietly sprouting in Otto's withered heart. Finally, Otto gave a reply with a serious face:
"If I can start over again, I guarantee I will be a good person!"
"Very well." He snapped his fingers: "Then it's a deal!"
Speaking up to here, Peter looked outside the door and spoke:
"Hey, you few eavesdropping outside, you can come in and talk now, right!"
As soon as Peter's words fell, a few sneaky figures surfaced outside the laboratory. It was precisely Spider-Woman, Hawkeye, the Fantastic Four, and the others:
"I don't know how much you guys overheard, but from today onward, you guys will be responsible for assisting and supervising his completion of the body cloning work."
Having settled the decision to let Otto start anew as a person, and having used the Horse Talisman to help restore the shattered battlefield from the previous grand battle with Thor, Peter and Gwen's adventure regarding the multiverse came to a temporary close.
If it were possible, Peter of course also wanted to accomplish the whole task in one stroke, solving that group of Inheritors once and for all.
But the problem was that the Spider-Society at this stage had not yet mastered the technology capable of locking onto their whereabouts.
Therefore, even if Peter had the heart to teach those monsters a lesson, he had no way to strike immediately.
They could only passively wait for Ultimate Spider-Man to complete the equipment upgrade, or... wait for them to proactively jump out on their own to seek death...
"If there is any breakthrough progress, or if any among you encounter that group of monsters, remember to contact me at the first moment."
In front of the open teleportation portal at the Spider-Society Headquarters, Peter waved farewell to the group of Spider fanboys.
"Rest assured, Boss, if there is news, we will definitely notify you!"
The little Spider-Men responded in unison, their voices resonant and full of drive. Watching the figures of Peter and Gwen disappearing hand-in-hand into the teleportation portal, they only felt that the future was incomparably bright.
Following a boss like this, destroying those bizarre predator monsters would be a matter of minutes!
Amidst the shifting of light and shadow, Peter and Gwen had already returned to the underground space where they were located before traveling.
Returning above the ground, looking at the surrounding New York street scenes that clearly hadn't changed much yet felt inexplicably familiar, both of them held a feeling as if a lifetime had passed for a moment.
"Hu..."
Gwen let out a long breath, subsequently turning her head to look at Peter, her beautiful eyes filled with an indissolvable gentleness and infatuation.
Noticing that expression on Gwen's face, Peter's heart couldn't help but stir, subsequently asking tentatively:
"The matter has been settled, according to what you said earlier... go home?"
This cautious, tentative appearance was completely like a different person from that commanding posture back at the Spider-Society Headquarters. Thinking that this massive contrast could only be seen by herself alone, Gwen couldn't help but chuckle, while endless sweetness surged in her heart.
In his heart, she was always ranking first... Looking at it now, it truly wasn't coaxing and deceiving her!
With this thought, Gwen, who had already figured things out, couldn't help but stand on her tiptoes, proactively giving a light kiss on Peter's lips, before speaking with a red face:
"Let's go, I reckon Grandma and Dad are already waiting anxiously."
Peter smiled, holding her hand, and walked toward Gwen's home not far away.
After a warm dinner, George was called away by a phone call to handle official business again. Grandma Pauline overbearingly expressed that she wanted to watch TV in the living room, telling the young people not to disturb an old lady's peace here. Thus, the two young people were "forced" to transfer to the bedroom to stay.
Bang~
The moment the bedroom door was shut, the ambiguous atmosphere heated up rapidly. For a time, Gwen was somewhat at a loss.
Although during that first experience not long ago, the proactive person was her, at that time she was influenced by the symbiote and her whole body was dizzy, completely unlike how sober she was right now.
Peter read her embarrassment, so a pair of hands acted as if they were equipped with a GPS, automatically cruising to the place they should go.
"Mgh~"
Gwen emitted a low cry of surprise. Although her face was so red it was about to drip blood, she ultimately did not make any blocking motions, but instead began to clumsily and rawly respond to Peter proactively.
Looking at Gwen, who had an appearance of wanting to refuse yet welcoming, Peter suddenly discovered another benefit after the crisis was resolved. Because of Felicia's existence, the always passive Gwen seemed... to be getting competitive!
An unknown amount of time passed, and the clock of twelve o'clock quietly chimed. Afterward, Peter, who was speaking intimate words with Gwen, couldn't help but pause. A cold electronic voice sounded on time within his brain.
[Ding!]
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