Chapter 100: Benjamin’s Lackeys
AN: 100th chapter!
Sorry for the dy, had some stuff to dost weekend. I''ll try to post another chapter tomorrow or Friday, then another on the weekend.
That''s all, enjoy!
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<strong>Chapter 100: Benjamin’s Lackeys</strong>
<span style="font-weight:400">After a period of rest, Benjamin continued to train Silk.
<span style="font-weight:400">At some point, another person appeared. It was Kaine.
<span style="font-weight:400">Seeing him, Benjamin figured he might as well train him as well but like Silk, he was too proud and arrogant to ept it.
<span style="font-weight:400">The result was…Benjamin gained anotherckey.
<span style="font-weight:400">Currently, Benjamin stood in the middle of the room with both hands in his pockets while Silk and Kaine tried to get close to him. However, countless symbiote tentacles as well as several other powers constantly activated around Benjamin, forcing them back.
<span style="font-weight:400">asionally, he would look at one of them and activate his newly acquired power, Laser Eyes, to shoot bright red energy beams from his eyes.
<span style="font-weight:400">Caught off-guard, Silk frantically dodged and backfliped to create some more distance.
<span style="font-weight:400">“What the fuck is that!? Are you a robot or something!?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Haha, I haven’t even shown half of what I can do, don’t get surprised now.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...What a monster…”
<span style="font-weight:400">Kaine’s eyelid twitched as he muttered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I heard that.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin rolled his eyes and shot another energy beam at Kaine this time.
<span style="font-weight:400">Time passed and soon, another person appeared.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Hey, it’s time for dinn…er…what happened here?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Gwen looked at Silk and Kaine who were sprawled on the ground and Benjamin standing quite rxed in the middle.
<span style="font-weight:400">It feels like she missed something interesting.
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin just chuckled and tossed two Small Recovery Pills to the two.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Eat it, it will heal you back up.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Silk groaned first and looked at the pill, then at Benjamin.
<span style="font-weight:400">After sighing, she took the pill.
<span style="font-weight:400">As for wondering if it was poison? Is there still a need to harm her in such a roundabout way?
<span style="font-weight:400">Seeing Silk take it, Kaine looked at his pill and also tossed it into his mouth.
<span style="font-weight:400">Soon, they felt refreshed and the tiredness was immediately gone.
<span style="font-weight:400">After taking the pill, they both stood up and followed behind Benjamin.
<span style="font-weight:400">Gwen still looked at them in surprise.
<span style="font-weight:400">What happened? Why are the two problem spiders following him so obediently?
<span style="font-weight:400">However, after thinking that it was Benjamin, it felt like it made sense so she just shrugged.
<span style="font-weight:400">In the canteen, Benjamin saw a wide variety of Spider People gathered in groups over the tables as they chat amongst themselves.
<span style="font-weight:400">This sight was still something that he needed to get used to…
<span style="font-weight:400">“Capt Freed! Over here!”
<span style="font-weight:400">An energetic voice called out to him. It was the Peter of his world.
<span style="font-weight:400">With him were Leah, MJ, one of the Miles, and the other Gwen.
<span style="font-weight:400">Regarding the two Miles, Benjamin figured that one of them was the PS4 Miles and the other was the Miles from the movie, Into the Spider-Verse. Benjamin just decided to call that one movie Miles for simplicity’s sake.
<span style="font-weight:400">The other Gwen was naturally from that world as well and will be called movie Gwen while the Gwen he knew before will be just Gwen.
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin walked towards them with the others.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Capt! You can’t believe it! I met so many of me! But at the same time, different from me!”
<span style="font-weight:400">Peter started to talk excitedly as if he only just arrived here.
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin rolled his eyes at him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Peter, that’s kinda the point of the multiverse.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“That’s not it. You don’t get it. Look, there’s like, a me that’s a lego! There’s also one that looks like a Japanese anime! And oh! Look at that one! It’s a me that looks straight out of aic book!”
<span style="font-weight:400">Peter pointed at one of the passing Spider-Men behind them.
<span style="font-weight:400">Seeing him point, Gwen and the others quickly tried to stop him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No no no don’t!”
<span style="font-weight:400">However, it was toote.
<span style="font-weight:400">Theic Spider-Man saw Peter pointing at himself and pointed back.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Did you just point at me? How rude!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“What? No that’s not- wait, you’re also pointing at me!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“You pointed at me first!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Stop pointing at me and then saying it’s rude to point!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Dude, did you just point at him?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“What? Why are you pointing at me too?”
<span style="font-weight:400">At first, it was just two of them, then another one joined in, then from there, it began to spread like a virus as everyone started pointing at each other…
<span style="font-weight:400">Even Silk and Kaine had unknowingly joined in after two Spider-Men shoved their fingers at their face.
<span style="font-weight:400">Annoyed, they started shouting while pointing back at them.
<span style="font-weight:400">Leah also joined in,ughing happily while pointing at everyone.
<span style="font-weight:400">Gwen sighed and facepalmed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Great, this again…”
<span style="font-weight:400">On the other hand, Benjamin was speechless.
<span style="font-weight:400">Was the meme from his original world so powerful that it became an actual phenomenon across the multiverse?
<span style="font-weight:400">Meanwhile, MJ thought it looked funny and quickly took a picture with her phone.
<span style="font-weight:400">On the picture was a dumbfounded Benjamin in the middle, surrounded by Spider People pointing at each other.
<span style="font-weight:400">This picture will definitely be front-page material!
<span style="font-weight:400">The whole pointing incident finally calmed down after Cosmic Spider-Man intervened and stopped everyone from pointing at each other.
<span style="font-weight:400">Only then did Benjamin and the others finally sit down to eat dinner.
<span style="font-weight:400">While eating, Peter asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So Capt. What’s the n?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“n? Didn’t Captain Universe Peter say we’ll discuss it tomorrow?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Movie Miles asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">Peter blinked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh…right. I forgot.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin smiled wryly.
<span style="font-weight:400">He knew that Peter was used to following him and not others so he naturally assumed that he would lead them.
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin shook his head.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t think too much about it. We don’t know much about the Inheritors yet and where they are in the multiverse.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“We do.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Kaine answered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin turned to him, urging him to continue.
<span style="font-weight:400">“We know where the homeworld of the Inheritors is. However, that ce it too heavily fortified so we haven’t been able to do anything.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Kaine grumbled.
<span style="font-weight:400">Silk also clicked her tongue in annoyance.
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin nodded.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Then that makes things simpler.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Huh?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Tomorrow, I’ll go and pay them a visit.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...”
<span style="font-weight:400">Everyone was speechless.
<span style="font-weight:400">Why do you sound like you’re going to visit a friend’s house or something?
<span style="font-weight:400">Although he made it sound easy, Benjamin wasn’t nning on letting his guard down.
<span style="font-weight:400">He wasn’t worried about the Inheritors, but other beings in that world.
<span style="font-weight:400">Whether it is another world’s Death, another world’s Gctus, or another world’s Beyonder…those beings might intervene if he were to recklessly meddle in this.
<span style="font-weight:400">He hasn’t forgotten how the System acted before, seemingly foreshadowing a great danger if he were to meddle in this affair.
<span style="font-weight:400">It seems I need to prepare a lot more tonight.
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin thought to himself while ncing at his System interface, showing the hundreds of millions of MP he has.
<span style="font-weight:400">He has been saving it, hoping to reach 10 trillion to get another System Infinity Stone, and also since he has a lot of redundant powers from doing gacha and not getting any good one for a while.
<span style="font-weight:400">Having such bad luck and always getting Untainted Symbiote in the 10 pulls Guaranteed Red rarity and no Gold rarity for a long time made him stop pulling for a while.
<span style="font-weight:400">Now, however, knowing that he might be facing something dangerous enough for the System to raise a g, Benjamin has decided to go all in!
<span style="font-weight:400">So what if my luck is bad!? If I pull a thousand times, there’s bound to be something good at least once!
<span style="font-weight:400">I don’t believe I’ll get repeat drops all the way!
<span style="font-weight:400">Unaware of Benjamin’s thoughts, Peter protested.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Capt! I’ming too! I’ll just tag along and beat up the stragglers behind you!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’ming too! I need to cover the whole story!”
<span style="font-weight:400">MJ added.
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin chuckled at the two.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Fine fine. Don’t stray too far from me when the timees.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Copy that!”
<span style="font-weight:400">Peter saluted exaggeratedly while MJ just rolled her eyes at Peter.
<span style="font-weight:400">Movie Gwen nudged at Gwen.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Hey, say something to them will you? This is nuts!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Huh?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Gwen snapped out of it and remembered.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh! Hey! I’ming too!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...”
<span style="font-weight:400">Movie Gwen was speechless.
<span style="font-weight:400">Gwen just shrugged at her.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t worry about it. Since Capt’s taking action, this is pretty much dealt with. All that’s left is to tag along and join in the fun.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...”
<span style="font-weight:400">Movie Gwen opened her mouth to say something but didn’t know where to start.
<span style="font-weight:400">As for Silk and Kaine, they just looked at each other and decided.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I’m going too!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Me too.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Movie Miles looked at them in confusion.
<span style="font-weight:400">Why are they also tagging along with this? They know full well how dangerous this is!
<span style="font-weight:400">However, Silk and Kaine didn’t care.
<span style="font-weight:400">They just wanted revenge.
<span style="font-weight:400">Also, remembering Benjamin’s power, they were filled with excitement.
<span style="font-weight:400">After all, unlike Captain Universe who can only be powerful in his own universe, Benjamin…can remain powerful even in other worlds!
<span style="font-weight:400">They weren’t able to see even half of what he was capable of…so what does Benjamin’s full power look like?
<span style="font-weight:400">Silk and Kaine can’t wait to see it.
<span style="font-weight:400">Besides…they’re Benjamin’sckeys now.
<span style="font-weight:400">If Benjamin goes, doesn’t hisckeys also need to follow?
<span style="font-weight:400">If the others could hear what they were thinking, they would be even more speechless.