Chapter 5: Spider-Woman
After rushing out of the gang's prison, Su Mu identified his surroundings using the original owner's memories. As expected, the prison was in Hell's Kitchen.
Confirming the location, Su Mu dashed off in one direction.
His identity as a mutant had already been exposed when he awakened. He was now being hunted by the officials, and the gang he had crippled wouldn't let him go either.
Before killing the gang leader, Su Mu had heard him mention that these gang members were likely Kingpin's subordinates. Kingpin was the underground emperor of New York, and he would absolutely not let Su Mu go for ruining his business.
Therefore, facing pursuit from two sides, increasing his strength was the most important thing right now.
Due to the continuous use of the Limitless Cursed Technique, firing Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue twice, and the fact that the energy in his body was on the verge of depletion, he would have no power to resist if a pursuit squad found him now.
After turning another corner, a transformer box appeared in front of Su Mu, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Electricity was the easiest energy source he could think of and his guarantee for surviving this early stage.
The Six Eyes gave Su Mu extremely precise energy control. He used his Energy Absorption ability to slowly draw the electric current from the transformer, pushing his current absorption speed to its limit.
[Energy Point +1]
[Energy Point +1]
[Energy Point +1]
[Energy Absorption EXP +1]
[Energy Absorption EXP +1]
[Energy Absorption EXP +1]
...
Watching his energy points continuously rise and feeling his body being refilled, Su Mu revealed a satisfied smile.
Sensing the energy in his body was almost full, Su Mu began to practice the skills he had obtained.
The abilities given by the panel were all initially at Level 1 and had to be leveled up through continuous practice.
For example, the power of Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue that Su Mu could currently unleash was far from the power of Gojo Satoru's. Only by practicing constantly and leveling up the skill could he achieve greater might.
With the system, if Su Mu raised his skills to a high enough level, he could even surpass the original template and reach an unprecedented level!
Among the abilities he currently possessed, the Six Eyes didn't directly enhance his strength. Energy Absorption was constantly being practiced, gaining experience, and would be the fastest skill to level up. The unique nature of the Limitless Cursed Technique meant that leveling it up would only reduce its consumption; it would only undergo a transformation after reaching a sufficiently high level.
Therefore, Su Mu immediately began practicing Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue. This skill had powerful offensive capabilities, but its current level was too low. It could only condense a very small black hole, and its speed was very slow.
It could easily crush ordinary people, but against mutants or other superpowered individuals, it would be difficult to hit, making it useless.
With the help of the Six Eyes, Su Mu condensed a blue black hole the size of a ping-pong ball and continuously controlled it to move around.
At the same time, the system panel displayed prompts:
[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue EXP +1]
[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue EXP +1]
[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue EXP +1]
...
Lv.1 skills were easy to upgrade. Su Mu hid in the transformer room, continuously absorbing electricity and practicing Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue. After three hours, a prompt came from the system panel:
[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue EXP +1]
[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue EXP +1]
[Congratulations, Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue has leveled up!]
[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue Lv.2 (1/300): Creates a powerful attractive force centered on "Blue." Maximum output can reach negative infinity, akin to a small black hole.]
The moment it leveled up, Su Mu immediately sensed more information about how to use Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue appear in his mind.
Although the skill description hadn't changed, its power was completely different, having undergone a massive transformation!
Just as Su Mu was about to test the changes to the upgraded skill, he suddenly heard the sound of a gun being cocked behind him.
"Hey, unlucky guy up front, hand over all your money, or I'll give you a taste of this gun!"
With his Six Eyes, Su Mu had already detected the man approaching from behind and had already activated his Limitless Cursed Technique.
He turned around unhurriedly. A middle-aged, scruffy man was pointing a pistol at him, clearly intending to rob him—a specialty of the USA.
The middle-aged man had just been trying his luck in the area today and didn't expect to actually find prey.
He immediately walked over, cocked the gun, and ordered the man in front of him to hand over all his money.
Originally, he planned to leave as soon as he got the money, but when he got a clear look at Su Mu's face, the middle-aged man froze. He then licked his lips and gave a lewd smile:
"I've changed my mind. Not only are you handing over all your money, but you're also going to face that wall and brace yourself for me!"
Hearing the scruffy man's words, Su Mu instantly found it unbearable. He had originally wanted to test his newly upgraded skill on this man, but now he figured it was better to just obliterate him!
Just as Su Mu was preparing to unleash Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue, a sharp whooshing sound suddenly came from the side.
He then saw a slender, well-proportioned figure in a black and white tight suit and a hood swing over from a distance using a web line. She sent the scruffy middle-aged man flying with one kick.
As the man flew, several web lines shot out, catching up to him, wrapping him up, and stringing him onto a nearby streetlight.
The hooded girl clung to the side of a building, her body hanging naturally as she spoke to Su Mu:
"Sir, are you okay? No need to thank me, I'm your friendly neighborhood Spider-Woman!"
Spider-Woman!
The moment he saw this figure, Su Mu immediately recognized her. Wasn't this Spider-Gwen?
Why wasn't Spider-Man Peter Parker, but Gwen Stacy?
Could it be that this world wasn't the movie universe, but some unknown parallel universe?
While Su Mu was pondering, Gwen saw that he hadn't answered and couldn't help but worry about him. Could he be injured?
When she got closer, she saw that the man was indeed covered in wounds of all sizes. Although most had already healed, they still looked ferocious.
So she continued:
"Sir, you're injured. Do you want me to take you to a hospital?"
Su Mu had a very good impression of Gwen. When he watched 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse', he had taken a liking to this strong and brave Spider-Woman.
"No, it's fine. I'm fine."
"But..."
Seeing Su Mu refuse her help, just as Gwen was about to say something else, her Spider-Sense went off!
Danger!
She instinctively tried to grab the man in front of her to take him to safety, but as she swung away on her web, she suddenly realized she hadn't managed to grab him!
What was going on!?
Then, she heard the sound of a wall shattering and a building collapsing.
"Oh, damn it!"
Watching the enormous Lizard-Man completely destroy the transformer room, Gwen didn't think the man could have survived the attack.
Because of her carelessness, an innocent man had died. He looked so young, not much older than herself...