I'm not Spider-Man, even though I'm parasitized by an alien!

The door was pushed open, and even warmer, more dazzling light shone in.

A towering structure made of countless books appeared before him.

Strange was stunned as he stared at the mountain of books before him.

"This is the book you're looking for. As the librarian, I allow anyone who enters here to browse these books, but—how long do you want to look at them?"

Strange gazed at the spectacular scene before him and replied in a low voice, "I don't know, probably until I find it."

After Auburn left, Strange immediately activated the magic.

Countless books swirled around him in the air.

"Transfiguration, mind control, and teleportation are not these."

A similar spellbook flashed before his eyes.

"Interesting, time control technique, finally found."

Strange opened the book written by Camustro, sat down, and read the words.

"Breaking through absolute time nodes requires immense power that is beyond our reach."

He turned the page and continued reading, "Absorb dark creatures to gain power!"

"absorb?"

Upon seeing this, he began to take an interest in "absorption".

He quickly read the text above.

He quickly understood the secret of this "absorption" magic.

The "absorption" here refers to absorbing the magic and life force of others for one's own use.

This magic was first created by Camustro, and it was through this magic that the other party eventually became a god.

Although such magic is extremely rare, it has appeared in the Marvel universe before.

In WandaVision, Agatha Christie also uses this magic.

Just as Strange was about to summon the dark creature, he suddenly remembered the few tentacles of the Bewitching that he had specially kept.

"Okay, maybe I can try absorbing some of this stuff first."

He immediately formed a hand gesture and used spatial magic to summon a spatial zone.

"Clap!"

Inside the spatial zone, several of the Eye Demon's tentacles fell to the ground.

Strange opened his mouth as instructed in the spellbook.

Suddenly, the surface of the eye demon's tentacles emitted a glow, which he absorbed completely.

"It feels good."

Feeling the magical power within him increase, Strange continued to summon other creatures.

The first creature he summoned was a Bigfoot.

The menacing monster charged at him, only to be instantly absorbed by him.

"the second!"

Strange let out a burp and continued summoning other dark creatures.

Meanwhile, in New York.

Gwen held up her umbrella, gazing at Times Square in New York City, which was undergoing renovations.

Following the Eye Demon incident, Times Square suffered severe damage.

Rows of oak trees line both sides of the road.

Some leaves have turned yellow, some have fallen to the ground, and some have landed on the road like helicopters spinning down.

She tried to stay calm and not think about the tentacle monster that made her feel disgusted.

The damp asphalt emitted a somewhat unpleasant smell.

Gwen thought about her previous conversation with Dr. Pym.

Although the monster was created by the other party, Dr. Pym expressed his apology and said he was willing to take full responsibility.

"Quantum channels, if they really can travel through time, maybe I can go back to the past and take a look."

Gwen remembered Dr. Pym's quantum tunnel.

As she thought about it, her gaze drifted to the bus stop around the corner.

Holding an umbrella, she walked into the bus stop.

After attending the school band rehearsal, she took a car home.

After becoming a superhero, she usually swings through the air to get home and rarely takes a car.

At the bus stop, there was a person waiting for the bus, a stranger dressed in a heavy robe.

Although it's not cold enough to wear a heavy coat yet.

But this is a free country where people can wear whatever they want.

She just stood there, her soft hood pulled low.

Gwen's feet were soaked through as rainwater poured in.

The mailman handed me a copy of Consumer Reports magazine, the Yellow Pages... the yellow pages.

"Peter, it's raining heavily, you have to come pick me up."

“You can fly over here, Gwen.”

"I'll still get soaked to the bone."

"Your symbiotic suit is not afraid of rain."

"But it will still be very uncomfortable."

After much pleading and cajoling, Gwen finally convinced Peter to come and pick her up.

While waiting for Peter to pick her up, Gwen glanced outside.

All the vehicles came and went, rushing by.

Gwen remembered being here before, but that was several years ago.

Nothing has changed here.

The sausage and onion combo is still available.

The ice cream shop next door has expanded, and the pink, cone-shaped plywood, hanging loosely beneath the sign, has had its paint slowly scraped away and faded under the relentless onslaught of time.

Also around the corner is that discount store, which still has that name—"Bennetts Discount Store".

However, it's unlikely that you can buy something for just fifteen cents like before.

Even those machines outside sell crispy chewing gum for twenty-five cents.

However, everything else changed.

A gas station in the distance has now been replaced by an ExxonMobil company.

Also, the Rubberto brickyard used to be a company called Aid.

The original Pepper Pot Cafe across the street has now been transformed into Ink Monkey Studio.

"Can we talk?"

The woman in the yellow robe suddenly sat down next to Gwen.

Startled, Gwen looked up and saw the Ancient One smiling at her.

She felt that the other person looked somewhat familiar.

Have I ever met her?

"Uh, you mean me?"

"of course."

The Ancient One said to her, "I'm waiting for someone here, and it seems you're waiting for someone too."

"Yes, I'm waiting for my friend."

Gwen let out a breath and said to the other person, "It's raining quite hard outside, he's coming to pick me up."

"I suspect we're waiting for the same person."

The Ancient One said to Gwen, "And I guess your name is Gwen, right?"

Gwen looked at her in surprise.

"Do you know divination?"

"Can you tell me if I'm a good girl or a bad girl?"

Gwen immediately became interested. "Am I destined to become a good girl, or a bad girl, a worthless girl, the kind of girl who is of no use to God's creation and only creates pain and chaos?"

“You’re a good girl, Gwen. Although I can’t know everything about you, I can sense that you’re extraordinary.”

The Ancient One smiled and said, "You have saved many creatures that had already disappeared, and even those closest to you."

"It sounds like I'm some kind of great person, but unfortunately I don't think I've done that many great things."

Gwen felt that the woman in front of her was full of mystery.

The other person resembled Mrs. Weber, but was even more mysterious than Mrs. Weber.

So, are you waiting for Peter?

She asked the Ancient One out of curiosity.

"Yes, I've been waiting for him here for a long time."

"long time?"

Gwen looked up in confusion at the rain outside, then glanced down at her watch.