American comics: Starting with gaining Spider-Man's abilities

Chapter 34 New Techniques

Li Buying turned off the TV, stretched, and her bones, which were rapidly repairing and returning to their original positions, kept creaking.

He got up and went to the basement. His body was not yet fully repaired, so he stretched out his hands and looked at the area on his wrists where threads could be seen.

He needed to add some more attack methods. He had some ideas before, but only recently fully tested them. After dealing with the most troublesome film, he felt it was worth a try to target the remaining gang leaders.

The main reason is that his body cannot fully recover in a day or two. During this period, it is best not to continue physical fighting like today, in order to avoid any abnormal situations.

I'm not Spider-Man, so there's no need for me to risk my life. If there's an easier and less strenuous method, I'll naturally use that one.

After resting for a while, Li Buying aimed her wrist at the target specially designed for throwing darts. She fired a small piece of thread at the target, which flew towards it like a silver needle.

It didn't stick to the wall; instead, it pierced through and embedded itself in the wall, taking about thirty seconds to soften and almost disintegrate into an invisible state.

The upgrade module previously gave him the ability to increase the hardness of the spider silk, which he could increase whenever he wanted.

As for how hard it is, there's no way to compare. In short, once fired from the hand, it can penetrate cement due to its speed, and its effective attack range is about 50 meters.

Li Buying pressed her finger to the end of the thread and pulled out a flexible, thin thread. The thread shimmered slightly in the light, and the two ends of the thread stuck directly to her finger.

He left the basement and went to the kitchen, where he took out a frozen beef bone. He tied the thread to the bone and tightened it, easily severing the meaty bone with the spider silk.

Looking at the silvery-white spider silk, Li Buying seemed to be deep in thought. She then took some erasers, pencils, and cow bones to the basement.

He threw these things upwards with force, and countless threads shot out from the outlet in an instant, sticking to the small objects. At this moment, Li Buying seized the opportunity and pulled hard with both hands!

The silk thread tightened and wrapped around the beef bone, instantly slicing it into pieces that scattered all over the ground!

The movement from thumb to little finger was like a wave. Li Buying nodded unconsciously. Whether it was the spider silk that was shot out or this cutting method, with more practice, she should be able to use it.

With her eyes closed, Li Buying searched her mind for the next victim, eventually locking onto the leader known as Hammerhead.

He didn't have any special abilities. He was injured in the head during a gang fight, and his skull was eventually repaired with an alloy. Small-caliber bullets could not kill him, but he would still die if he was injured in other places.

But the one to watch out for isn't him. Hammerhead's gang, "Magia," is huge, and another leader known as Tombstone is his closest friend, with whom he's often inseparable.

But Tombstone is not an ordinary person. During an operation, he came into contact with a certain chemical substance, which caused him to mutate.

In addition to being enhanced in every aspect of his body, he also gained skin that was impervious to blades and bullets, at the cost of his skin becoming deathly pale, like that of an albino.

"The hammerhead can take him down instantly, but we need to find another way to deal with the tombstone. Oh, right, the silk threads have an anesthetic effect. His skin is just tough, so we can just cover his mouth and nose with the silk threads..."

Rubbing her fingers together, Li Buying unconsciously waved her arms slightly as she muttered to herself and walked around the training room.

The shadow behind him kept changing shape due to the distance and direction of the light, sometimes really looking like a curled-up spider.

……

Mr. Negative...is he dead?

In another house in Queens, a boy about the same age as Li Buying was stunned after seeing the news.

He is Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man.

Li Buying didn't know much about this Spider-Man. Judging from his experience in handling incidents, Li Buying originally thought that Peter Parker in this main world should be about to graduate from college or had already graduated.

It's supposed to be similar to the Spider-Man versions starring Garfield and Maguire, but it's not. This Spider-Man is a high school student the same age as Li Buying, and his age is similar to that of Tom Cruise's Spider-Man.

Peter Parker had already fought Mr. Negative and was somewhat surprised to see the news, as Mr. Negative was a formidable opponent for him, and he never expected him to die so easily.

When Li Buying's photo appeared, Peter's expression immediately turned serious. He suspected that Li Buying had also been bitten by a mutated spider, but had taken a completely different path from him.

No, I have to find that person myself and then try to persuade him.

Just as Peter Parker was thinking this, his phone suddenly rang. When he answered, Matthew Michael's voice came through: "Hey Parker, have you seen the news?"

"I see, Mr. Michael, do you have any leads?"

Matthew Michael had met Peter before, and for some reason (referring to Kingpin), they knew each other's identities.

After discovering the Weaver's situation, Daredevil immediately connected it to Peter and told him about it.

Both sides had been searching for the weaver, but had not found any clues. At first, they thought the weaver was only targeting Kingpin.

However, when the news broke that "Mr. Negative was killed by the Spider-Masked Monster," Matthew and the others began to speculate that the weaver was targeting a New York mob boss.

"I suspect the weaver is looking for trouble with a New York mob boss, but there are too many Mafia members in New York, so I can't be sure who he'll target next. Can you guess?"

Upon hearing Daredevil's question, Spider-Man scratched his head, realizing he couldn't guess the answer even if forced to. So he said, "How about we each take charge of a section and search slowly?"

"...Never mind, let's wait for him to make another move and see how often he acts."

Matthew didn't think he could find them by searching like that, especially since he didn't know much about the locations of those Mafia bosses.

Unbeknownst to the two superheroes, Li Buying, who had just killed the negative and whose photograph appeared to be severely damaged, was about to commit another crime the very next day.

……

As night fell, Li Buying, who had secretly caught up on sleep during class, was full of energy. She had already slipped away from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s surveillance and was rushing to the gang's hideout that she had discovered earlier.

Upon entering the Maggia gang's large stronghold, Li Buying saw that every house in the entire area was filled with their people. Here, she saw many workers installing cameras overnight.

It seems that Mr. Negative's death has triggered panic among them. The leaders are afraid that they will suffer the same fate as Mr. Negative, so they installed cameras overnight to prevent anything dirty from getting in.

After walking around the housing area, Li Buying's expression turned strange. In order to install cameras, they had temporarily turned off the power, which meant that all the cameras were not working.

Did they think I wouldn't come so soon because of that big explosion?

Li Buying thought about it and realized that if he hadn't been so physically strong, he would have been badly injured even if he hadn't died from the terrifying explosion.

Leaping from the shadows into the building area, Li Buying quickly approached the center; the power outage of the surveillance system saved him a lot of trouble.

(End of this chapter)