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Dr. Otto looked at Marcus with a complicated expression.
His wife's death had been one of the reasons he'd become what he was.
After thinking Rose had died, Otto felt he had nothing left in this world. So he'd wanted to complete his experiment.
He'd done all sorts of crazy things for that goal.
Now someone was telling him his wife was still alive. Doctor Octopus had mixed feelings.
"Your wife hasn't died yet, so you don't need to be in such a hurry to die either."
"Because I want to ask you for a favor."
Looking at Marcus—though he couldn't see Marcus's true face—Doctor Octopus nodded.
Although Marcus had beaten him, he'd also saved him and told him his wife was alive.
Doctor Octopus was grateful to Marcus.
BOOM!
Under the influence of the artificial sun, the river began boiling!
Large amounts of metal debris were sucked into the water.
The warehouse had also become completely dilapidated.
Marcus took Doctor Octopus, and Peter took Mary Jane to temporarily leave the area.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the artificial sun in the river erupted with intense light, then completely extinguished.
Peter and Mary Jane looked at each other.
Now Mary Jane knew Peter's true identity. Her feelings were complicated.
After Peter and Mary Jane exchanged a few words, he had to leave with Marcus.
Police cars were coming.
Mary Jane stood on the ground, watching the figures of several people disappear into the night sky.
Marcus took Doctor Octopus and Peter away from everyone's sight and stopped on a tall building.
Looking at the masked Marcus, Peter finally spoke.
"My friend, may I know who you are?"
"You've been pretending to be me and fighting crime in the city. I believe you're not a bad person."
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say. But I don't want you pretending to be me anymore."
Hearing Peter's words, Doctor Octopus looked at them both in surprise.
So these two Spider-Men had history.
But he didn't care about that now.
Now he just wanted to see his wife as soon as possible, then help Marcus complete his request.
That way, he could regain his freedom and live in seclusion with his wife.
Looking at Peter, Marcus smiled.
"So it's finally come to this."
Marcus restored his normal voice.
Peter froze when he heard it.
"It's you!"
"Yes, it's me."
Marcus calmly lifted his mask.
Looking at Marcus's familiar face, Peter suddenly didn't know how to express his feelings. Finally, he said somewhat dumbfounded:
"I guessed for a long time whether you might be the new Spider-Man, but I didn't expect it really was you!"
When he'd learned someone was impersonating Spider-Man, Peter had tried speculating about the fake Spider-Man's identity.
He'd thought about everyone he knew.
He'd found Marcus the most likely candidate.
Because he didn't know Marcus's true identity at all. When he'd fought the Green Goblin two years ago, he'd known Marcus's identity wasn't simple.
Now seeing the fake Spider-Man was Marcus, Peter felt relieved.
At least the new Spider-Man wasn't some bad villain.
Although Marcus was mysterious, Peter and Marcus had known each other for two years. He still trusted Marcus's character.
"Originally, when I saw you were depressed and quit being Spider-Man, I just helped fill in for you for a few days. Now that you're back, I don't need to be Spider-Man anymore."
"Everything's fine now. Let's all go back to our respective homes."
Hearing Marcus's words, Peter took a deep look at him and nodded.
Actually, he still had many questions he wanted to ask Marcus.
For example, where did Marcus get his abilities?
Peter had only gotten these abilities after being bitten by that super spider.
Peter suddenly remembered Marcus had also been at the research center that day.
Peter wondered if Marcus had also been bitten by the spider that bit him.
Also, what was Marcus going to do with Dr. Otto?
Many questions filled Peter's mind, but in the end, he didn't ask them.
He chose to trust Marcus.
Why? First, he believed in Marcus's character. Second, his spider-sense.
For some reason, his spider-sense made Peter believe in Marcus from the bottom of his heart. It was a strange feeling.
Marcus saw Peter's conflicted expression and smiled. He had some guesses about the questions Peter wanted to ask.
When the time was right, he'd naturally tell Peter.
Afterward, they parted ways.
Marcus brought Otto to his laboratory.
Marcus first made a new suppression chip for Dr. Otto so he wouldn't go berserk again.
Then he secretly picked up Otto's wife Rose.
Speaking of which, Osborn had been paying for Rose's medical expenses, and Harry still had some humanity.
Being busy these days, Harry had probably forgotten about Rose.
A few days later, Marcus found Dr. Otto.
In the office, Marcus sat in a chair. Otto couldn't sit due to his robotic arms.
"Boss, what did you need from me?"
Otto looked at Marcus suspiciously.
Over the past few days, Marcus had helped him a lot, and he also admired Marcus's level of knowledge from the bottom of his heart.
Just from Marcus making him a suppression chip, Otto had looked at him with admiration.
Not only had Marcus developed artificial intelligence, it was more mature than his own.
With his mechanical arms, under normal circumstances, there'd never again be a chance of them controlling him.
Looking at Otto, Marcus handed him a stack of documents.
"Dr. Otto, I'm also going to research the artificial sun and continue completing your experiment."
"This is information about the Arc Reactor. The Arc Reactor is similar to your artificial sun. Both can provide massive amounts of energy."
"The difference is that the Arc Reactor is cold fusion, while the artificial sun is thermonuclear fusion."
Marcus handed Arc Reactor technology to Dr. Otto and explained it to him.
Speaking of which, although the Arc Reactor was similar to the artificial sun and could provide large amounts of energy, there were still differences.
The artificial sun was researched by Dr. Otto based on modern technology.
The Arc Reactor was created by Howard through research on the Space Stone.
The full version of the new element reactor could be said to be an isotope of the Space Stone.
In terms of energy output, it was stronger than the artificial sun. But Marcus insisted on having Otto complete artificial sun manufacturing technology because he naturally had other intentions.
Listening to Marcus's explanation, Otto kept flipping through the materials Marcus gave him.
He felt deeply shocked!
He never expected that Marcus not only had profound achievements in artificial intelligence, but also had a higher level than him in fields like energy and machinery.
The Arc Reactor technology was much more perfect than his artificial sun technology.
Judging from the existing data, the Arc Reactor was no worse than the artificial sun.
Although he didn't know why Marcus wanted him to continue making artificial suns, Otto didn't ask too much.
Because perfecting artificial sun technology was his dream!
Dr. Otto had a long conversation with Marcus about the technical details...