Spider-Man: No Responsibility, Rise of Spider-Monarch

Insta... insta-killed?

The three people in the lab were all stunned.

The two Superhuman zombies that had just pushed them into a corner were slapped to death just like that?

This seemed even easier than swatting two mosquitoes, didn't it?

After all, you might not even hit or kill a mosquito with one slap!

Especially Otto Parker, who was present; looking at Ryan, for some reason, his heart began to race wildly, his Spider-Sense was screaming a warning that went off the charts, and even his soul was trembling!

This was a situation Otto Parker had never encountered before!

It was as if... he had encountered the natural predator he had always feared!

Otto Parker scrambled up from the ground and instinctively took a step back, looking at Ryan with a look of vigilance:

"Who are you?!"

Ryan looked at Otto Parker, a slight curve appearing at the corner of his mouth:

"Who am I? Haven't you been looking for me? Occupying a Spider-Man's body and daring to come looking for me of your own accord—I have to say, you've got some nerve!"

Hearing this, Otto Parker's eyes suddenly widened as he instantly realized the other's identity, exclaiming:

"You're the Spider-Man who wiped out the entire Inheritor Family?"

Ryan's figure blurred, and in the next instant, he appeared before Otto Parker as if teleporting, grabbing him by the neck and lifting him up:

"Bingo, you got it. What reward do you want? Otto Parker, or should I call you... Dr. Otto Gunther Octavius~"

Upon hearing this, Otto Parker's pupils snapped to the size of pinheads!

The thing he feared most had happened!

That powerful Spider-Man who could destroy the Inheritor Family really could see through the true identity beneath his Spider-Man skin!

So... after working so hard for so long, was he still destined to die at the hands of a Spider-Man?

Was this fate?

He couldn't even choose his own way to die...

Otto Parker looked at Ryan, who held him up with one hand while the other finger glowed with golden light, slowly approaching his forehead. He closed his eyes in resignation.

*Thump—*

However, when Ryan's finger poked Otto Parker's forehead, the scenario he imagined—his head exploding like the Six-Armed Zombie Spider-Man and the Zombie Black Panther—did not happen...

Not only did his head not explode, but his brain, which had been gradually zombifying after being scratched by the Six-Armed Zombie Spider-Man, regained its clarity!

Then, he felt his feet touch the ground again.

Otto Parker snapped his eyes open and looked at Ryan, who had already let go of him, asking in surprise and doubt: "Why? Why didn't you kill me?"

"Kill you? Why would I kill you?" Ryan patted Otto Parker on the shoulder and brushed past him, walking toward Queen Ramonda, who had also been scratched.

Otto Parker turned back and stared blankly as Ryan used the same method, poking Queen Ramonda's forehead with a glowing golden finger, and asked in confusion:

"Naturally, it's because I occupied a body that doesn't belong to me and killed the soul of a Spider-Man. As a powerful Spider-Man, shouldn't you be furious about this?"

Withdrawing his finger from Queen Ramonda's forehead, Ryan looked back at the bewildered Otto Parker and said indifferently:

"You occupied this body by your own merit; it's what you deserve. Why should I be angry? Just because I'm the strongest among the Spider-Men?"

"Besides, you did kill a Spider-Man's soul, letting him die in your place, but didn't you also save many more Spider-Men during the Inheritor Family incident?"

Saying this, Ryan walked up to the silent Otto Parker and looked down, his tone becoming serious:

"If you really care that much about your identity as Spider-Man being illegitimate, then go prove that you're qualified to be the new Spider-Man, instead of living every day in fear of your true identity being exposed!"

"So, now I'm giving you two choices..."

"First, you continue with your original cowardly mindset—using a Spider-Man's body but not daring to admit to your new identity in your heart."

"Second, accept being Spider-Man. Not just the body, but the responsibilities that come with it, and go clean up this mess that started because of you!"

Hearing this, Otto Parker couldn't help but look hesitant.

Before he could think it through and speak, Ryan placed a hand on the back of his head and reminded him in a gentle tone:

"Oh, right. Lastly, I should give you a warm reminder: before you make your choice, you'd better be careful..."

"Because if you choose the first, I'll crush your head without hesitation right now. If you choose the second, I will officially announce and recognize your identity as the new Spider-Man across the Multiverse after this incident is over!"

"So, choose!"

Otto Parker: ?

So this isn't a multiple-choice question at all, it's a life-or-death trap, right?

Otto Parker shook his head helplessly, raised his hand to look at the rotting wound on his arm, and said bitterly:

"Actually, even if you didn't threaten me, having lived as Spider-Man for so long, I've already become one with the identity. But..."

"I'm afraid I won't have the chance to clean up this mess, let alone see you announce my official joining to all the Spider-Men in the Multiverse..."

"So, do it. Before I completely turn into a zombie, let me die as Spider-Man!"

Having said that, Otto Parker looked up at Ryan. His eyes held no fear of death, only the same fearlessness shared by countless Spider-Men!

Ryan stared at Otto Parker and suddenly laughed, looking very happy and satisfied:

"Hahahaha, not bad, kid. You've officially passed my test. After this, you'll manage the Spider-Society for me!"

A Spider-Man like Otto Parker, who maintained a sense of responsibility in his heart yet lacked the Holy Mother complex, always letting reason prevail, was the perfect proxy!

Otherwise, even with someone like Miguel, Spider-Man 2099, who was considered relatively rational among Spider-Men, Ryan feared that one day he might lead the Spider-Society into some massive mess!

But with Otto Parker, who was both Spider-Man and not, managing the Spider-Family, that was unlikely to happen.

Ryan believed that when faced with a problem, he would choose the most rational way to solve it rather than an emotional one.

Having found another perfect worker after the Black Widows of two Universes, Ryan was naturally in a very good mood.

He snapped his fingers, opening a spatial wormhole to the outside world, and smiled: "Let's go. Let's leave this place first."

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