Marvel's Spider-Man: Web of Fate

The Iron Man armor responded with a "weak" gesture and flew away in a flash.

Peter quietly climbed down the wall from the rooftop to his own floor, and first secretly peeked at Aunt May's place.

Yes, the lights are off, and I can still hear Aunt Mei's steady breathing. That's good.

Peter breathed a sigh of relief, then quietly slipped back to his room, opened the door, and went inside.

After taking off his armor, Peter lay in bed, but he couldn't fall asleep.

So much happened today.

First, he encountered Spider-Man, who was about to lose his powers, in the Earth-92131 universe. After returning, he appeared in Betty's room and then teamed up with Iron Man to defeat the Venom symbiote.

The plot, which would take several movies to film, he experienced in just a few hours in half a night.

Since he couldn't sleep anyway, he simply sat up again, sorted out recent events, and planned what he needed to do next.

First of all, the nano-spider suit must be remade.

Having gotten used to the convenient nanotech spider suit, he no longer liked wearing the suits that Tony Stark made for him, even though they were more advanced and technologically complete.

It's just too troublesome.

Every time I put on that battle suit, I have to take off my clothes first, hide them, and worry about being discovered.

But the nano-spider suit is different.

The nano-spider suit only requires a watch. Unless someone is in the know, no one would guess that the ordinary watch on his wrist would actually contain a spider suit.

Secondly, this weekend, he plans to show Ned around the "work".

Ned had previously told him that he wanted to be "the man behind Spider-Man," that is, his own team of heroes.

Ned would indeed be a good helper; he is proficient in computer technology and would be a good assistant for Peter, who does not have his own artificial intelligence to assist him.

Karen is indeed his auxiliary AI, but Karen is actually a sub-entity created by Friday.

If we were to rank AI assistants, Ultron would probably be considered advanced, Jarvis and Friday would be intermediate, and Karen would be beginner.

As for other so-called artificial intelligence products on the market, they are of course not graded.

Karen, as a rudimentary form of artificial intelligence, still relies on Stark Industries' data processing system, and in some situations, she is certainly not as useful as a human assistant like Ned.

After all, human thinking is often quite different from that of artificial intelligence.

If you encounter certain problems and have someone to help you, it might have unexpected positive effects.

Just yesterday, Ned finally made up his mind. He decided to join Spider-Man's team and become the man behind Spider-Man.

So they decided to set up this makeshift troupe by the end of this weekend.

Third, he also had to tell Betty not to reveal his Spider-Man identity.

However, Betty herself doesn't seem to be the type of person who likes to gossip.

There's probably no need to worry too much.

Actually, Betty herself would be a good choice for the "Spider-Man team".

Although Betty wasn't a hacker and didn't have Ned's outstanding computer skills.

However, she has good writing skills and has always had excellent grades in academic subjects at school. She said that after graduation, she wants to work in a newspaper or television station and become a media professional.

She became a host for the school's television station while still in school, which is a testament to her outstanding abilities in this field.

If she could join his Spider-Man team, she could act as a "propaganda officer".

Peter had no concept of this in the past.

But after experiencing several worlds, he discovered that propaganda was really important.

In the Earth-90214 universe, Spider-Man Noir is a journalist. He submits the information he gathers as Spider-Man to the Daily Bugle for publication in order to fight against the forces of evil.

In the Earth-96283 universe, the relationship between Bully Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson, the owner of the Daily Bugle, is a love-hate one. JJJ relentlessly smears Spider-Man one moment and speaks up for him the next, making a huge contribution to shaping the image of Bully Spider-Man in people's minds.

Besides these, there are many, many more.

Almost every Spider-Man in every world is inseparable from the Daily Bugle and J. Jonah Jameson.

Peter searched for the Daily Bugle and J. Jonah Jameson in his own world and actually found some information.

The Daily Bugle in this world is not as large or prestigious as those in other worlds; it is merely a relatively unknown news portal.

The name has also changed to: Daily Horn.

And J. Jonah Jameson is indeed the owner of the Daily Horn.

In light of the slander against Spider-Man by other media outlets, including the Daily Clarion and J. Jonah Jameson, Peter felt it necessary to build up his "armor" in the public eye beforehand, so that he wouldn't be powerless to fight back if he were to be attacked in the future.

The most direct way is, of course, to directly acquire a controlling stake in a media company and have your own voice.

But that requires not only money, but also status.

Given Peter's current situation, it's too early to think about that.

But he could first try to build a small one to maintain Spider-Man's image.

For example, regularly creating short Spider-Man videos or writing short articles about Spider-Man.

There's no need to deliberately promote how great Spider-Man is; we just need to be realistic and establish Spider-Man's image in the public eye first.

When the time comes, this will serve as both a "shield" to protect him and a "sword" to strike back against any potential enemies.

Betty was the person he could think of who was most suitable for the job.

Betty is his girlfriend, and she's very interested in and talented in this area.

There's no one more suitable than her!

For the next period of time, Peter began to busy himself with these matters.

The new nano-spider suit is very easy to make.

Having experience from producing the first set, his instruments still contained relevant data.

Moreover, he currently has ample funds.

Peter simply modified the original design with some of his later ideas, and in just half a day, he produced the new nano-spider suit.

Most of the time was spent modifying and calibrating the data.

Chapter 131 Revisiting the Extraordinary Universe

As for the arrangements for Ned and Beatty.

After consulting with the two, the Spider-Man team was officially formed.

Captain, combat leader, and face of the team: "Spider-Man" Peter Parker.

IT technical support: "R2" Ned Lids.

Image-building PR: Betty Brandt, the "Golden Cat".

R2 and Golden Cat are codenames that Ned and Betty came up with based on "Spider-Man".

Ned's R2 was inspired by the Star Wars series.

In the Star Wars film series, there is a clever and brave astronaut droid named R2-D2. It is small in size, only 0.96 meters tall, and its round body makes it look adorable.

But within this body are numerous attachment arms equipped with various tools, making it a remarkable spacecraft mechanic and computer interface expert.

Moreover, it is one of the few characters to appear in all of the Star Wars movies.

In terms of appearance, Ned thought R2·D2 looked quite similar to him, both being short and chubby.

In terms of ability, he hopes to become a useful person like R2, someone who can help Peter.

It also contains his expectations for the future—he wants to live in every season of "Spider-Man," just like R2, and he wishes his friendship with Peter would last forever.

As for Betty's golden cat, the inspiration came from a black cat.

"Black Cat" is the character she played in the play where she and Peter fell in love.

The gold threads came from her own hair.

Peter said he really liked Betty's blonde hair.

So the two were combined to create the golden silk cat.

The three had a clear division of labor.

After the Spider-Man team was formed, Peter took advantage of the weekend a few days later to take them on the subway to the new Avengers base in the northern suburbs of New York to show off his independent laboratory and the rest room assigned to him.

The next day, Peter commissioned Stark Industries to rent a room in Queens to serve as the Spider-Squad's activity room.

They then purchased several computers directly from Stark Industries at internal prices, and naturally, refrigerators, air conditioners, kitchen appliances, etc., were already provided.

In this way, a simple Spider Squad activity room is completed.

After the Spider Squad was set up, Peter found that his operational efficiency had indeed improved significantly.

Although he has a junior AI assistant named Karen, Ned and Karen's jobs do not overlap.

For example, two things happened in the same way.

Karen would categorize the events based on their impact and the extent of damage, and then guide Peter accordingly.