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Chapter 497 - Chapter 497: Identity Exposed

Flash's mother looked at her son with newfound understanding and gently touched his head with maternal affection. It wasn't until Flash explained that he posted videos because he desperately wanted to be liked and accepted by others that she realized how much she had neglected to pay proper attention to his emotional needs.

She made a firm decision to spend much more quality time with her son and really listen to what he had to say.

Aunt May glanced thoughtfully at Ned with obvious surprise. She hadn't expected that this young man had only been dating his girlfriend for three days before breaking up with such remarkable philosophical calm and maturity.

Director Nick Fury looked at Agent Hill with a distinctly strange expression. He had never anticipated that Hill possessed this particular tendency to undermine her superior's professional image.

Agent Hill touched her nose with slight embarrassment. Exposing your boss's mistakes directly in front of him was definitely not a career-enhancing move!

["I've been trying so desperately hard to hide my secret identity for the past several years. I've witnessed so much deception and manipulation! I've had more than enough of all the lies and pretense! Now it's finally time to tell the complete truth! Are you two actually in a serious relationship?"]

[The scene transitions to show Spider-Man sitting at the kitchen table directly across from Aunt May and Happy, regarding them both with serious concern.]

[Happy nodded with confident certainty, "Yes, absolutely!"]

[Aunt May shook her head with obvious disagreement, "I don't think so at all!"]

[After delivering their contradictory responses, the two adults looked at each other simultaneously with confusion. Happy appeared genuinely surprised, "What? I thought we had established that..."]

["Isn't this just a casual, no-strings-attached relationship?"]

["Yes! And then it slowly developed into something more meaningful..."]

[Aunt May looked directly at Spider-Man and shook her head with uncertainty, "I honestly don't know what this will eventually turn out to be..."]

["Any kind of development is possible at this point!"]

["Let's just see what happens! Well! No matter what, we'll still be friends!"]

[Observing the two adults who had begun talking to themselves while completely ignoring his presence, Spider-Man felt an overwhelming urge to escape, "I really have to go! I have an important date! Bye!"]

[Spider-Man left the house by swinging on his web-lines, simultaneously texting on his phone while navigating through the air, "Meet me on 41st Street!"]

[He held up his phone to take a selfie while swinging and said cheerfully, "Everybody say 'eggplant'!"]

[He continued swinging through the towering Manhattan buildings, tossed his phone high into the air to catch it, and discovered that MJ had sent him a text message, "Don't text while web-swinging!"]

[Just after reading Spider-Man's message, he suddenly noticed a car directly in his flight path. He immediately adjusted his body position to avoid a catastrophic collision with the vehicle, but nearly dropped his phone in the process. Fortunately, his enhanced reflexes allowed him to catch it at the last second, saving him from having to purchase a replacement.]

[He landed on the rooftop of a tall building and began running at full speed toward the edge, "Ready for takeoff! Three, two, one! Woohoo!!!"]

[Spider-Man extended his suit's glider wings while airborne and flew rapidly toward the opposite building, "Yeah! I'm actually flying!"]

[Soon he arrived at 41st Street where he had arranged to meet MJ. She was walking casually along the sidewalk when he swung directly in front of her on his web-line, grabbed a street lamp for leverage, executed a spectacular 720-degree rotation in mid-air, and landed gracefully directly in front of her.]

["Hey there! Sorry! I'm running a little late!"]

[MJ shook her head with understanding, "It's perfectly okay!" and placed her phone in her pocket with slight nervousness.]

["Are you ready for an adventure?"]

["Yeah, I think so!"]

["I absolutely guarantee you'll love this experience!" Although the Spider-Man suit concealed his facial expressions, his voice clearly conveyed his excited happiness.]

[The scene transitions to show MJ holding tightly onto Spider-Man as they soar high above the New York City skyline. She had never imagined it would be so thrilling and terrifying, so she couldn't stop screaming with a mixture of excitement and fear.]

["Okay! Okay! I won't look down! I won't look down! I absolutely will not look down!"]

[Spider-Man was securely holding her while they flew through the air. Suddenly, MJ's grip began to slip. Spider-Man immediately yelled with alarm, "Wait! Don't let go of me!!!" and tightened his embrace as MJ screamed in terror.]

"How completely embarrassing, Peter!" Harley couldn't help but complain about the awkward romantic situation, then picked up his water bottle and poured himself a drink.

Peter Parker felt so embarrassed that he wanted to disappear entirely into the floor. Even his future self had problems with girls! His alternate dimensional counterpart was truly a disaster.

Ned tried to comfort his friend, "It's okay, Peter. You'll eventually get used to having embarrassing moments."

"Pfft!" Harley had just taken a sip of water and couldn't help but burst out laughing when he heard this attempt at consolation.

Peter felt helpless dealing with his two troublesome friends and wanted to beat them up, but he didn't possess super powers yet and couldn't actually do anything about it!

[MJ could no longer endure the overwhelming stimulation and kept shouting desperately: "Alright! Put me down! Put me down right now!!!"]

[Spider-Man heard her distress and immediately swung down to land safely on the street below. "Are you okay? Did I hurt you?"]

[It took several moments after landing for MJ to regain her composure and carefully detach herself from Spider-Man. Curious passersby were staring at them with obvious interest.]

["Yeah! Yeah! I'm perfectly fine! But I will never, ever do that again! Never again!" MJ's hair was completely disheveled from the wind during their aerial journey.]

["Okay! I can't stay here too long without attracting attention! See you later!"]

["Please be safe out there!"]

[Spider-Man nodded with affection and leaped gracefully onto a nearby street lamp. Just as he was preparing to depart, he heard an urgent news report broadcasting from a large screen.]

["Breaking news update! Shocking new details have emerged about last week's devastating London terrorist attack! The following video footage was provided by an anonymous source! It records previously unseen images of the mysterious hero Quentin Beck before his tragic death! The content may be extremely disturbing to viewers!"]

[Curious passersby gathered around the massive television screen, and then Quentin Beck's image appeared before them.]

["I tried my absolute best to send the dangerous elementals back through the dimensional rift they came from! But I may not be able to survive this final battle and leave this bridge alive! For reasons I cannot understand, Spider-Man has suddenly attacked me without provocation! He commands an entire army of weaponized drones provided by Stark Industries!"]

["He declared that only he could be worthy of becoming the new Iron Man, and that no one else would be allowed to take that role!"]

[The scene then cuts to heavily edited footage showing Spider-Man standing menacingly in front of the wounded Quentin Beck.]

[E.D.I.T.H.'s warning voice plays clearly, "Wait! Are you absolutely certain you want to execute a full drone attack? Such an action would inevitably cause massive civilian casualties!"]

[Then Spider-Man's voice, clearly edited and spliced together from different conversations, responds: "I don't care about collateral damage! Execute the attack! Leave no one alive!"]

[The broadcast immediately follows with sounds of intense machine gun fire and devastating explosions, while shocked passersby frantically took out their phones to record this explosive breaking news.]

["Earlier today, this shocking video footage was released exclusively on the controversial news website known as The Daily Bugle!"]

[The editor-in-chief of The Daily Bugle, J. Jonah Jameson, appeared on screen angrily denouncing Spider-Man, "Everyone has now seen the irrefutable evidence! It was Spider-Man who brutally murdered the heroic Mysterio in cold blood!"]

["This brave warrior from another dimension made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our entire planet! He will undoubtedly be remembered throughout history! Mysterio was the greatest superhero of all time!"]

["But this shocking revelation is not over yet, my friends! There is an even bigger bombshell coming! Hold onto your seats! Don't be frightened by what you're about to hear!"]

[The scene cuts back to show Quentin Beck speaking directly to the camera with his dying breath: "Spider-Man's real name... Spider-Man's real name is Peter Parker!"]

[Seeing his secret identity completely exposed by Quentin Beck's posthumous revenge and witnessing himself being systematically framed as a murderer, Spider-Man couldn't help but grab his head in absolute despair, "What the hell!!!"]

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