I'm working on Marvel's Spider-Man in American comics.

Chapter 573 The Long-Awaited Thank You

When Peter and Miguel found Gwen and the others, they were auditing a class taught by Peter Parker, the most experienced and longest-fighting Spider-Man in the entire headquarters, who came from Earth 19529. His story in the universe has another name: Spider-Man: The Life Story.

简单来说，这位蜘蛛侠从1963年15岁成为蜘蛛侠到他们宇宙的现在已经是2013年了，这位战斗了差不多50年，并且从15岁打到了65岁。

Then the league found him and warned him about Molen. Somewhat unexpectedly, Earth-19529 had already seen Molen, whose clone Ben Riley was killed by Molen. Upon receiving the news, the ever-restless Old Deng came to the base camp to serve as a coach.

Indeed, no one is more suitable for the coaching position than him. A large number of Spider-Men receive training here so they can go back and beat up the villains even better.

Besides, he didn't run that rescue training class, because Gwen in his universe wasn't thrown off the bridge by the Green Goblin and died.

"You don't seem particularly worried about Earth 1610."

“I’m not entirely sure what the situation is like in that universe, but I have a feeling that they can handle their own problems, just like most people’s universes. As long as no one bothers them, everything will proceed normally.”

Peter wasn't really worried about Earth 1610. After all, while the Ultimate Universe was known for its dark and bleak nature and constant messes, it was actually far less dangerous than Universe 616. However, the moral standards of the people there were also significantly lower, and the writers' complete disregard for the characters led to frequent deaths.

Peter watched as two identical Gwens sparred in the training gym, but it was easy to tell which one was from Universe 616 and which one was from Universe 65. The weaker one was from Earth 616, while the well-trained one was from Earth 65.

The only difference is their hairstyles; one has short hair and the other has long hair. Aside from that... there really isn't much difference.

Miguel chatted with Peter for a few minutes and then left. He had his own Earth 928 to attend to and couldn't possibly keep an eye on the headquarters all the time. It was only after Miguel left that Peter saw Jessica walking over.

"So, Spider-Man is Peter Parker. I didn't think of that for a long time, which is quite strange."

Jessica stood to the side talking about this, then smiled helplessly: "Well, how should I put it, the moment my power awakened, it was like I connected everything, and I suddenly felt that you must be Spider-Man."

"In theory, spider serum not only gives people spider abilities, but also greatly enhances all physical functions, including intelligence, so..."

Jessica looked at Peter, tilted her head, and asked, "You mean my original IQ wasn't high enough?"

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant."

Peter hurriedly offered a brief explanation, then relaxed when he saw Jessica laughing nonchalantly.

Jessica looked at the two Gwens sparring and then said what she had always wanted to say.

“I’ve always wanted to thank you, after all, you saved me during the Battle of New York. And I never imagined I would gain spider-like abilities—now that I know what you can do, I feel even more obligated to thank you.”

"Thank you, Spider-Man. Thank you for sticking with us this long, just to make our world a better place."

Peter scratched his head a little sheepishly. "Actually, I've always felt like I was just doing what I could." "That's why you deserve this thank you."

After Jessica finished speaking, her expression turned serious: "You should know that I found Cindy and the others because I need to talk to you, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"A horrific murder case occurred at the funeral home in Harlem, with as many as seven victims. I went to check the scene. The victims' heads were missing, and it looked like... they had been bitten off by some huge mouth."

Upon hearing this description, Peter's expression immediately turned serious. The feature of a head being bitten could only refer to one type of creature in Earth 616.

Symbiote.

“That’s impossible. Venom and I have both confirmed that the symbiotes that came to Earth with it, as well as Grundel, are all dead. The Avengers have also analyzed the artificial symbiotes created by Otto, and they don’t feed on the act of eating.”

Peter and Venom's current situation is rather...mysterious. After Otto separated the two using molecular vibrations, Venom and Lightning formed a temporary partnership and have been cooperating throughout the Kang Dynasty, with Lightning now officially becoming their host. Furthermore, Venom is also feeling that he's starting to fall behind Peter in combat.

On the other hand, Peter, who gained Anti-Venom through Mr. Negative's treatment, discovered that Venom couldn't return either. Although Anti-Venom is unconscious, it has a strong self-defense mechanism. If it merges with Venom, Anti-Venom might just kill Venom.

So the two sides temporarily separated.

“I also asked headquarters to contact Lightning, and his reply was the same. So I came to ask you, since you are much smarter than him.”

Jessica continued, revealing the clues she knew: "The person came out of the crematorium. According to the funeral home records, they cremated a death row inmate from Rikers Island that night. But there haven't been any recent executions of death row inmates."

“A death row inmate who doesn’t exist?” Peter thought quickly. “It’s very likely his records were erased. No, more likely, he’s been dead for a long time according to the records, but in reality, he was subjected to some kind of human experimentation. In that case, the killer might not be the symbiote—”

Peter stopped because he remembered that he had investigated the case of Cletus, the host of the massacre, who was imprisoned on Rikers Island but was executed almost a year ago, shortly after Peter joined the Avengers.

but if……

“I can provide a name for you to look up, senior. Cletus Kassadi. In some universes, he is the host of a symbiote called Carnage. I have looked up his information, and theoretically he died a year ago, but I am not sure about that now.”

Peter was even more uncertain about the source of the massacre, and if it had indeed occurred, where it came from. After all, he was quite certain that the venomous fluids had never given birth.

But... what if it really is a massacre?
"If Cletus really is still alive."

Peter's expression also turned serious: "Then lightning is dangerous."

(End of this chapter)