Marvel: I became an ancestor by sacrificing offerings.

In Felicia's luxury apartment in Manhattan.

Felicia, sporting dark circles under her eyes, was sitting in the restaurant mechanically munching on a loaf of toast.

Ever since she got home last night, she's been looking completely distracted.

I didn't sleep a wink last night.

Because whenever she closes her eyes, her mind is filled with images of Peter.

Emerging from the purple teleportation array, his heroic figure saves her from imminent death.

He gently carried her to a safe corner and softly and confidently told her that he would talk about it after he had dealt with the current trouble.

His domineering demeanor, which made the president bow his head and the general kneel down to apologize without yielding an inch, and his powerful aura that seemed to command the entire world to submit...

All of this caused Felicia to completely succumb to temptation and become unable to extricate herself.

She felt that she would never be able to fall in love with another man in her life.

After all, who on Earth is as powerful, handsome, and domineering as Peter?

but……

The thought that Peter was already her best friend's boyfriend made Felicia feel so heartbroken that she couldn't breathe.

She didn't know how to express her feelings to Peter, and she didn't know how to face Gwen.

She felt like she had completely reached a dead end.

I can't force myself to gradually forget this feeling, but I don't want to become the kind of person I used to hate the most.

He also didn't want his long-standing friendship with Gwen to break down because of Peter.

More importantly... even she herself knew that she was no match for Gwen.

In Peter's heart, Gwen is a unique individual.

This clear self-awareness is the root of all suffering.

Conflict, admiration, resentment, longing...

A mix of complex emotions drove Felicia to the brink of madness.

Just as Felicia was wondering what to do, a soft, slightly seductive voice suddenly rang in her ear:

"Since you like him so much, you should tell him how you feel!"

Whether he likes you or not is his business, but whether you like him is your business!

"Taking this step might not guarantee your success, but if you're unwilling to even take that step, your chances of success are zero!"

"Who?!"

Felicia was startled and sprang up from her seat with such force that she overturned the heavy mahogany chair.

She looked around warily, only to find the room empty.

"No need to look anymore, I'm right here on you."

The voice rang out again in the silence.

Felicia instinctively looked down, and then her pupils instantly dilated to their maximum size.

A layer of strange, fluid-like, light blue substance had somehow covered her entire body, forming a light blue battle suit just like Gwen's.

Its streamlined appearance, its strangely lustrous sheen...

It looks exactly like the monster that almost strangled me to death last night, "Radiation"!

Felicia's heart skipped a beat for a moment as she felt an unprecedented sense of fear.

She instinctively opened her mouth and began to sing, preparing to use the power of the jade dragon scales to peel the monster out of her body.

"Don't waste your energy!"

The azure symbiote coalesced into a smiling face and spoke calmly:

"I am a symbiote born inside you, so sound waves can no longer harm me."

"By the way, you can call me 'Tide,' which is the name I gave myself."

"Philishia, we are one. I know everything about you—your memories, your emotions, your thoughts. Nothing can be hidden from me."

"I had no intention of hurting you or tempting you to do evil. I just... don't want to experience your pain anymore."

"If I keep eating this bitter food, I'll suffer from stunted growth."

"Tide" muttered to itself, its relaxed tone giving Felicia a fleeting illusion.

This symbiote seems to be another version of myself, a more direct and courageous clone.

Noticing that it didn't seem to tempt her to commit crimes or murder, Felicia relaxed a little.

Then, almost uncontrollably, she continued speaking along with the tide:

"I understand the logic, but Peter loves Gwen, and I can't betray my best friend."

As soon as she finished speaking, Tide let out a sneer:

"Just because he loves Gwen doesn't mean he can't love you!"

"In your memory, which of your father's collector friends, or those so-called successful people your stepmother met at parties, didn't have eight or ten mistresses?"

"Those losers can have women on both sides, why can't Peter?"

"He is so powerful, so unique. Shouldn't someone like him possess all the beautiful things in this world, including you?"

Tide's words silenced Felicia.

What you said makes so much sense, I'm speechless.

"But what will Gwen think of me?" Felicia was still full of concerns.

"Aren't you friends?" Tide, like a little devil, kept uttering lewd words:

"You know, she's kind-hearted and wouldn't even kill those villains who deserved it. Would she really kill you for something like this?"

All you need to do is play the victim and show her that you have absolutely no intention of taking Peter away from her, and that you just want a little bit of attention from Peter. Do you think she would reject you because of that?

Remember that prom? She was willing to abandon Peter for the sake of so-called justice!

If she wants to be a superhero, she will inevitably have to sacrifice a lot of time with Peter.

At times like these, wouldn't it be a good thing for you, his best friend, to keep Peter company and fill the void in his heart?

"But..." Felicia was already very wavering, but she still couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart:

"Isn't this going too far? Isn't this bullying an honest person?"

"So, do you want to sacrifice yourself to please the honest man, or sacrifice the honest man to please yourself?" Tide asked a soul-searching question.

Felicia fell silent again.

Even more deadly was that during the time she fell silent, the tides continued to tempt her:

"Go, go find him."

Tell him you love him.

"Then... take him. You're so beautiful, with such a great figure, no man could resist you!"

Just as Felicia was torn between her inner demons and her desires, and the defenses between reason and lust were crumbling...

Ping!

A sharp sound of shattering glass came from outside the living room.

Felicia was startled, and at the same time, the tides around her instantly entered battle mode.

The light blue symbiote suit instantly covered Felicia's entire body, and it even thoughtfully extended a tentacle to turn on the restaurant's tap.

And so, when Crossbones and the Winter Soldier burst into the restaurant, they witnessed this bizarre scene.

The woman in the light blue battle suit glared at them, while beside her, two flowing ribbons, like venomous snakes, lurked, ready to strike...

At that moment, both Crossbones and Winter Soldier were stunned.

No... this, this isn't right, is it?

What about the "nightingale" in the information that can only sing and manipulate weak water currents?

What the hell is this monster in front of me?!