Chapter 104: Prodigy


    AN: Sorry for the dy, was pretty busy with a bunch of overtime T_T


    Anyway, here is the chapter! Enjoy!


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    <strong>Chapter 104: Prodigy</strong>


    <span style="font-weight:400">Looking at Leah happily cheering for the Spider-Men, Benjamin silently smiled at her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">If it is indeed as he thought, Leah is most likely the so-called ‘Prodigy’ Spider Totem.


    <span style="font-weight:400">When Benjamin remembered Peter’s shy look before when they called him the ‘Prodigy’, Benjamin nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yep, this makes more sense than that guy being the ‘Prodigy’.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But this leaves Benjamin with a decision.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Should he let Leah undergo Terrigenisis or wait until she gets older?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin knew that there were pros and cons to her awakening her Inhuman powers this early.


    <span style="font-weight:400">For one, she would be able to train her abilities early on and get used to her powers as she gets older.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But this will also take the ‘normal’ life for her as she will forever change into ‘something’ else.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And while Benjamin had created an environment where Mutants, Inhumans, and such aren’t as alienated as in the past, there were still some small groups of extremists who believed humans are the supreme race and the others are an infection in mankind.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Of course, those guys quietly disappear soon after they try to surface thanks to ‘HYDRA’ or the Thieves Guild.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As for freedom of speech? He let them talk first, didn’t he?


    <span style="font-weight:400">Besides, they weren’t killed. They were merely sent to a ‘Correction Facility’ so they could…rethink their views of the world.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Often times these people are just misguided or merely joining for the sake of joining. There were very few that absolutely adhered to their racist mentality.


    <span style="font-weight:400">They aren’t kept there for life either. Just a week. After that, and they still think the same as before, there’s nothing he can do about it. Just let them keep protesting all their life. And if they decide to turn to crime, they will be apprehended the same as any other criminal.


    <span style="font-weight:400">That aside, Benjamin pondered for a moment before deciding to ask for Leah’s opinion.


    <span style="font-weight:400">In any case, whether Leah awakens her Inhuman powers or not, the decision should be left to her.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Leah, do you also want to be like them?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hm? You mean, like be Spider-Man!?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. Like Spider-Man. But you need to know, this isn’t just simply getting powers and that’s it. Even if you were to do nothing, you would still no longer be ‘normal’. Feel free to think about it for a while.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No! I want to be like Spider-Man now!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Well, figures a child won’t think much about it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin sighed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He thought about asking her guardian instead but she didn’t really have any. Peter’s hardly considered one and while Benjamin thinks he can make the right decision, it was still important for Leah to decide as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin thought for a moment before deciding.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Anyway, even with Leah not being awakened, beings like Solus and the Inheritors can already ‘sniff’ her out to be a Spider Totem.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Perhaps at that instant when Peter found her and Benjamin saving her, she was destined to no longer live a normal life.


    <span style="font-weight:400">In that case, it was better for her to awaken early and start training her abilities.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Having decided, Benjamin put her down and took out the Terrigen Crystal he took from Solus earlier.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Stay put and rx okay? This will just take a few moments.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin lightly tapped his feet on the ground and created an earthen wall that surrounded Leah on all sides.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After that, he tossed the crystal inside and covered the top.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Inside, he could hear Leah panicking a bit so he calmed her down with his voice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Calm down. Take a deep breath. It will soon be over.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">There was no answer.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It seems that she has already started the Terrigenisis process.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Meanwhile, in the battlefield between the Spiders and the Inheritors.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Peter, d in his ck symbiote suit, was barraging the Solus clone with all his might.


    <span style="font-weight:400">MJ had also joined him and along with her symbiote suit, the two of them were pressuring Solus without a problem.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“ENOUGH! I AM NOT GOING TO BE DEFEATED BY MERE INSECTS!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Peter groaned.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“For the love of- I keep telling this! Spiders are-”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“-Arachnids!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Miguel continued Peter’s quip as he delivered a swing punch at Solus.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Peter looked at him in confusion.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Sensing his gaze, Miguel shrugged.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“What? I’m also a Spider-Man. I quip sometimes too.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Nice.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">While the two were talking, Gwen crashed beside them as he was blown away by a Morlun clown.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Guys! When you’re doneparing quips, we could really use some help!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Peter shot a web at Morlun’s face and charged ahead.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It’s a coping mechanism of Spider-Men! Can’t help it!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Miguel followed and charged towards Morlun as well with his arm des extended.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No, that’s just you Peters. I do it since everyone keeps telling me to lighten up!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">MJ swung past them and rolled her eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Less flirting. More fighting!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Peter crossed his arms and shot two strings of webs at two Inheritors at the side before pulling them hard and smashing them towards Solus who joined their little skirmish.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Of course, he didn’t forget to not shut up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Aww MJ, were you jealous?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">MJ’s eyes narrowed and a symbiote spike shot from her hand and pierced through an Inheritor that sneaked up behind Peter.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m so jealous I might just go find Captain Freed!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...Shutting up now.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Peter stopped speaking and quickly focused on the battle at hand.


    <span style="font-weight:400">MJ snorted with a triumphant look.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Gwen looked at her in amazement.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Wow, you managed to shut up a Peter. That’s amazing!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Gwen then looked around and asked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Speaking of, where’s Capt. Freed?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“He’s taking care of little Benjie and Leah.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Miguel thought for a moment then asked as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Won’t things be faster if that guy joins the fight and we take care of those two?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Peter answered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh, this is his usual thing. Whenever Capt. Freed takes the back seat, it means there’s no big threat in the fight and we can fight to our heart’s content to gain experience. You should be more worried if he joins the fight.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Gwen nodded as well since she had stayed in their world for longer and knew how Benjamin works.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She pointed at the side.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Look, see. Whenever someone from our side is about to lose, their enemies would suddenly halt or trip for some reason, giving time for our side to regroup and counterattack.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Miguel and MJ looked to where she was pointing and saw one of the Spider-Men who seemed to be of Indian descent stumble and about to be killed by an Inheritor.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Suddenly, the Inheritor trip unnaturally in mid-air.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Looking closely, they saw a vine emerging from the ground and entangling the Inheritor’s feet.


    <span style="font-weight:400">This gave the Indian Spider-Man time to stand up again and fight back.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Both Miguel and MJ were speechless.


    <span style="font-weight:400">MJ suddenly stopped fighting when she saw this.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Huh, and here I was still worried over the fight. Since that’s the case, I’ll just focus on taking pictures for my article.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...”


    <span style="font-weight:400">This time, Gwen and Peter were speechless.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Not just them, but Benjamin as well.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He had been listening to them since earlier when they were discussing him. Anyway, he had nothing to do while waiting for Leah toplete the Terrigenisis so he was helping out a bit.


    <span style="font-weight:400">What was even more outrageous was that MJ, now knowing she’spletely safe, started to approach Solus with her phone acting as a voice recorder on one hand and having a symbiote tentacle hold her camera while filming.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Mr. Solus! Can I have an interview? What exactly made you think of attacking the Spider-people in the multiverse? Please give me ament!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“???”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The Solus clone waspletely confused and speechless.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Who am I? Where am I? Why am I being interviewed in the middle of a war?


    <span style="font-weight:400">What’s more, Peter and the others also stopped attacking him to give him some space for the interview!


    <span style="font-weight:400">He couldn’t remember it but it seems he somehow gave an answer unconsciously.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Their fight continued after MJ left so he stopped thinking about it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">After that, MJ took off and went to interview a few other Spider-Men and some Inheritors.


    <span style="font-weight:400">She even interviewed Cosmic Spider-Man who was just as confused.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A strange sight of people stopping their fights in the middle of the war as MJ continued her interviews.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Whileughing at the sight, Benjamin felt some movement in the stone chamber he created.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Leah was awakening!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin removed the stone chamber walls and waited for Leah to emerge.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The instant a crack appeared on her husk, every Spider-Men in the vicinity felt their Spider Senses tingling!


    <span style="font-weight:400">“What…!?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Cosmic Spider-Man was shocked at how his Spider Sense suddenly rang bells in his head.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It wasn’t the type that warned him of danger. But rather…he could vaguely feel that a powerful Spider Totem was just born.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It wasn’t just them who felt it, but the Inheritor clones as well!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Only, to them, it was as if they were still eating street foods before, and suddenly, they smelled an A5 Wagyu beef being cooked!


    <span style="font-weight:400">They all ignored the Spider-people they were engaged in a fight and quickly went for a mad dash toward that delicious smell!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin raised a brow at their reaction and sneered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He lifted his hand and pulled out a sword he recently got from the System.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The next moment, a pitch-ck sword appeared in his hand.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The sword had veins here and there which showed that this wasn’t an ordinary sword made of metal, but rather, a symbiote sword!


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was none other than the All-ck.The Godyer. The Necrosword!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Solus’ eyes widened in shock when he saw the sword and despite the delicacy wafting on his nose, he sunk his feet deep into the ground to force himself to stop and quickly turned around.


    <span style="font-weight:400">However, it was toote.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin stabbed the sword into the ground and soon, countless ck des appeared beneath the Inheritors, impaling them in an instant!


    <span style="font-weight:400">As Solus was impaled, he was still in shock.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“No…! How…Why!? WHY DO YOU HAVE ‘HIS’ SWORD!?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin shrugged.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“His sword? I don’t know what you mean, this is my sword. It’s better than Knull’s Necrosword that corrupts those who wield it.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">As an item from the System, the usual drawbacks of the Necrosword were non-existent!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Because of that, he can freely use it without worries.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With this weapon, he can go against the likes of Gctus or Knull if they ever decide to show up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With the scene finally quiet after his show of power, Benjamin turned his focus onto Leah who was slowly starting to awaken.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Finally, thest shell of her husk dropped and her eyes opened.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The ‘Prodigy’ has emerged!