I Became Spider-Man's Cousin in Anime Crossover

Chapter 135 Garfield: So this is how it can be solved?!

Although Happy's apartment was completely destroyed in the war, Riley and the others had to settle for using the school's laboratory instead.

Fortunately, with the increase in manpower, the efficiency of work progress has actually increased significantly.

Peter, Gwen, and Garfield, who have experience with genetic engineering, are tasked with creating a serum for Dr. Connors that will turn him back into a normal person.

Harry, on the other hand, teams up with Toby the Bug to create an antidote for Norman Osborn that can erase the Green Goblin's personality.

Riley was in charge of helping Tom Holland repair the special device that had been made earlier but was damaged in the battle, which could restore Sandman and Electro.

After all, after being subjected to a barrage of angry words, they were freed from the interference of the "intelligence-lowering" aura.

After all, Tom Holland, who bears the name "Peter Parker," is just like Peter in other parallel universes—an absolute genius.

As a result, Riley's extraordinary intelligence of seven points seemed somewhat inadequate in the face of these true geniuses, so he could only play a supporting role.

Of course, Riley didn't seem to care much about it.

After all, who wouldn't love the feeling of having a tech guru take care of everything for you without having to do anything, just by mentioning your needs?

"So, in your universe, I... uh... I mean, another 'me,' is also a good friend of yours? Does he know your identity?"

After everyone had been working diligently for a while, perhaps they were not used to the quiet atmosphere.

Harry looked at Toby, who was clearly different from Peter but always seemed strangely familiar. After looking at him for a while, he couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked Toby why he had been staring at him with such a strange look not long ago.

Ned, equally curious, sidled closer after hearing Harry's words. He wanted to hear what kind of life Harry, another Spider-Man "good buddy" from a different universe, had experienced.

"...Yes, we are indeed friends, and he knows that I am Spider-Man..."

Upon hearing Harry's curious question, Toby's hand holding the test tube visibly trembled.

He subconsciously turned his head and looked at the face that was almost identical to that of his deceased good brother, only much younger and more immature.

Overwhelmed with emotion, Toby the Worm remained silent for a moment. To prevent Harry from suffering the same fate as his good friend, turning against Peter over a misunderstanding, he chose to reopen his wounds. He recounted his own experience with Harry as a cautionary tale to the younger Harry beside him, word by word.

"After Norman Osborn became the Green Goblin, he tried to kill me, but was accidentally pierced by his own flying machine and died on the spot... Because of this, Harry always believed that Spider-Man killed his father."

"So, during the time he discovered I was Spider-Man, with Doctor Octopus's help, he took over the Green Goblin name and even tried to kill me. Our relationship only improved after he learned the truth. And when I was surrounded by Sandman and Venom, he arrived just in time to help me..."

"But that's why, to save me, he took the fatal blow of the venom for me and died in my arms."

"...Wait, Doctor Octopus? You mean, Otto, that good-natured guy, is actually a supervillain where you're from? Venom...you mean the symbiote suit Riley was wearing? So, in the end, I died because of a suit?!"

Despite having mentally prepared himself, after hearing Toby's description, just imagining the scene and putting himself in Toby's shoes made Harry feel suffocated, a despair so intense it was hard to breathe.

So much so that while muttering his complaints, Harry couldn't help but turn his head and look at Peter not far away, exclaiming in disbelief.

"Oh my God... Peter! Did you hear that? In another universe, I actually want to kill you! This is so strange! There couldn't be anything more outrageous than this...!"

"In fact... there are."

However, before Peter could comfort Harry and say that this was just an isolated case in a parallel universe and did not mean that such an absurd event would happen between them,

Having witnessed Gwen's existence, and having subconsciously revealed details about Gwen's fate in his universe during his previous emotional breakdown, he felt compelled to do so.

Garfield, who also didn't want the tragedy to repeat itself, weakly spoke up and launched an "additional attack" on Harry.

"In my universe, due to a hereditary disease, you were forced to use spider venom for treatment, which drastically changed your personality. You became the Green Goblin in my universe, wanting to destroy my hope."

"In the end, you succeeded."

"You grabbed Gwen from beside me on your hang glider. Then you flew all the way up to a high place and threw Gwen off..."

"I tried everything I could, desperately trying to save my Gwen, but it was too late..."

"In the end, my once-proud spider sense only allowed me to clearly see how she died right before my eyes."

"Oh my god..."

After the words were spoken, Gwen, who already had some guesses about the fate of "Gwen Stacy" in another universe, but never expected to die in this way, immediately covered her mouth and subconsciously exclaimed.

"Wardfa...you mean, in your universe, I killed Gwen?!"

It was Gwen's exclamation that caused Harry, who was barely holding on under this heavy blow, to completely break down.

His entire body turned black and white, and he slumped into a chair, bending over with his hands covering his head, his pupils dilating in a horrified expression.

"This...this is impossible...So, under normal circumstances, I should actually be a super anti...Ouch! Riley! Why did you hit me on the head!"

"Who told you to be so foolish? That's their universe's 'Harry Osborn' life experience, why are you blaming yourself for it?"

However, Harry's depression didn't last long, and he didn't even have time to finish speaking.

Having noticed the conversation, Riley greeted Tom Holland, then walked past Ned, who was frozen in place, and went to Harry's side. He carefully controlled the force of his tap and gave Harry a light tap on the head.

When Harry cried out in pain and instinctively looked up at Riley,

Riley then put his hands on his hips and began to grumble about the key points.

After a brief pause, he turned to look at Garfield, who was once again immersed in past sorrow and regret. After refining his words, he made a strange comment as the angle of his blindfold changed.

"Furthermore, as far as I know, your Harry once wanted your blood to save his life. But because of the genetic coding your father imposed, it's tantamount to injecting yourself with a deadly poison for anyone else to use your blood, so you refused, right?"

"So, no offense intended... I'm a little curious, why didn't you just tell him the truth, explain the risks and dangers, and ask him to have Osborn's professional team try to eliminate any hidden side effects in his blood before injecting it? That way, after you got Harry's promise and assurance, and could put your mind at ease, you could then give your blood to Harry for research?"

"After all, knowing your good brother has a terminal illness and doesn't have long to live, and you don't know that Osborn still has a sample of super spider venom... you should know that simply rejecting him is almost no different from letting him wait to die, right...?"

"Since we're doomed anyway, why not take a gamble and fight for a last chance?"

"After all, even if you fail, Harry won't blame you; he'll just think it's bad luck..."

"But if you succeed, not only will your Gwen survive unharmed, but you'll also have another good brother to fight alongside you when you're dealing with Electro or other supervillains?"

"..."

And so, with Riley's barrage of complaints, Garfield's CPU was successfully burned out.

Most importantly, after careful consideration, and by applying Riley's hypothesis to the context of that time...

Garfield was horrified to discover that Riley was right!

Just like the series of troubles that Tom Holland caused...

If anyone had acted like a normal person and thought things through even a little, things wouldn't have gotten to that terrible point!

With a loud crash, the test tube in his hand shattered on the ground. Garfield, who had been in a daze, gaped and fell into a state of existential doubt.

No, is it possible to solve this way?

Is this...right?

So what was I even agonizing over back then?!