"It's never easy to change predetermined fate! But I genuinely like this kid's determination!" Otto first shook his head and sighed with resigned acceptance, then smiled warmly at 1st Gen Spider-Man. After all, if the Sky Screen hadn't intervened in their reality, he might very well have had to rely on the little spider to rewrite his own tragic ending.
1st Gen Spider-Man remained thoughtfully silent. He was also remembering the deaths of Uncle Ben and Harry that had been shown in the screen footage. He absolutely must want to change those devastating endings, right?
Gwen squeezed his hand supportively. She understood exactly what 1st Gen Spider-Man was contemplating, and to be completely honest, she found herself on Spider-Man's side in this moral debate.
Harry arrived with Marko in tow, both looking somewhat hurried. When 1st Gen Spider-Man spotted him, he immediately approached and embraced him warmly: "Hey! Man! Are you holding up okay?"
"Don't worry about me! I'm completely fine! The company is weathering this storm too - it's just a few minor public relations disturbances, and I can handle the situation! Trust me on this!"
Harry patted Peter's shoulder reassuringly to comfort his concerns.
Hearing this confident response, 1st Gen Spider-Man felt genuinely relieved. He had been deeply worried about whether the Green Goblin's reappearance would have serious negative impacts on Osborn Industries' reputation and stability.
[Strange decided he didn't want to waste any more precious time in philosophical debates with Spider-Man, so he raised his hand with mystical authority and the entire train was immediately dismantled and began rolling up into itself.]
["Whoa! What are you doing to the train?" Spider-Man felt genuine panic at this reality manipulation.]
[With Strange's complete control over the Mirror Dimension, the entire locomotive was folding and closing inward toward the middle like origami.]
[Spider-Man began running desperately for safety: "I'm not giving the box to you... Whoa! This is insane!"]
[Strange carefully observed Spider-Man's movement patterns and drew mystical circles to summon two interconnected portals. Spider-Man crashed directly into the first portal and fell from the upper portal into the lower one, then fell from the upper portal again, creating an endless loop.]
["Whoa! Whoa!" Spider-Man continued his disorienting free fall between dimensions. Strange threw his Cloak of Levitation forward and began pursuing him through the portal system. The train also mysteriously returned to its original undamaged appearance.]
[Soon, the Cloak successfully grabbed the magical containment box, but Spider-Man absolutely refused to release his grip. Spider-Man shot spider silk both upward and downward while suspended in the air, yanking the Cloak back and forth in a bizarre tug-of-war.]
["Give it back to me right now!" Spider-Man kept kicking frantically in the air, desperately trying to retrieve the magic box from the mystical garment.]
[Seeing this aerial struggle, Strange conjured a golden mystical rope, grabbed his cloak, and pulled it back toward himself. Meanwhile, Spider-Man held tightly to his web lines to prevent the cloak from being pulled away. The two engaged in an intense wrestling match as the two dimensional portals gradually moved closer and closer together.]
[Then visible cracks like shattered glass began appearing throughout the mirror space. As the two portals finally overlapped completely, a tremendous burst of mystical energy exploded outward, and both combatants were blown apart by the force.]
[Strange didn't have time to maintain the mirror space's stability anymore and fell directly toward the falling magic box, with his Cloak chasing after him through the chaotic dimensional fragments.]
[The little spider swung on his webbing and landed on a floating stone platform. He noticed something with keen scientific insight: "Wait! Is that an Archimedean spiral? The mirror dimension is constructed from pure geometry? I'm actually good at geometry - I can work with geometric principles!"]
[Strange successfully reclaimed the magic box, while Spider-Man immediately began rapid mathematical calculations.]
["The square of the radius divided by π, then place a point on the curve!" The little spider muttered to himself while continuously calculating complex equations and shooting spider silk to adhere to the nearby floating rocks in a specific pattern.]
[Although Strange didn't understand what Spider-Man was attempting to accomplish, he didn't seem concerned: "Stop struggling uselessly, Parker! I'll come back to collect you when this entire situation is resolved!"]
[As he spoke these dismissive words, he waved his hand in a circular motion to summon a portal leading back to the Sanctum basement.]
[At this critical moment, Spider-Man shouted triumphantly: "Hey! Strange, you know what's actually cooler than magic? Mathematics!!!"]
[As the stones began moving automatically according to Spider-Man's geometric calculations, a massive amount of spider silk wrapped around Strange in complex patterns, firmly securing him in place like a geometric cocoon.]
[Spider-Man positioned himself between Strange and the portal, and Strange issued an urgent warning: "Don't do this! You don't understand the consequences!"]
[But Spider-Man was completely committed to his course of action. He first pulled the magical containment box toward himself, and then shot a strand of spider silk that stuck to the mystical sling ring on Strange's hand and yanked it over as well.]
[Strange winced with obvious discomfort: "That actually hurts!"]
["I'm really sorry, sir! But... I have to try to save them!" Spider-Man performed a perfect backflip through the portal, and then the dimensional gateway immediately shrank and disappeared. At the last moment before the portal vanished completely, Strange looked at him with a mixture of respect and deep concern.]
Rhodes shook his head and laughed with genuine admiration: "Wow! That's absolutely incredible! If you learn math, physics, and chemistry well, you won't be afraid to travel anywhere in the world!"
"My God!" Strange covered his face in embarrassment. He had never expected that Spider-Man could discover the fundamental characteristics of the mirror dimension so quickly and exploit them so effectively.
He had never realized that the mirror space was actually composed of pure geometric principles, nor did he understand what an Archimedean spiral was. After all, he had studied medicine, not advanced mathematics.
"I think you should consider reading more books and using your astral projection technique for accelerated learning!" Tony teased him with obvious amusement.
Strange scratched his head and said with obvious chagrin: "Yeah! I will definitely study geometry more thoroughly!" He didn't want this kind of humiliating situation to happen again - it was incredibly embarrassing!
He estimated that Wong, Mordo, and other familiar colleagues must be laughing uncontrollably right now. After all, this was an extremely rare scene of him being completely outmaneuvered and making a fool of himself!
Scott and the others nearby also lowered their heads and stared at the floor, trying desperately hard not to burst into laughter.
No one had expected that such a sophisticated and high-level mirror dimension could be so easily defeated by Spider-Man using basic mathematical principles.
[Ned and MJ heard the commotion and ran over with concern: "What's happening? What was all that noise?"]
[Spider-Man was practically vibrating with excitement: "I just had an epic fight with Doctor Strange and actually won!"]
["What?!! Are you serious?!!"]
["Look! I managed to steal his mystical ring thing!" He proudly displayed the sling ring, and Ned immediately grabbed it to examine the artifact closely.]
[Spider-Man couldn't wait to share his incredible experience: "I was traveling around the city, then I passed through this giant mirror portal, and then I came back through dimensional space..."]
[MJ interrupted him with practical concern: "Where is Strange now? Where did you leave him?"]
["He's trapped in the Mirror Dimension, but I'm honestly not sure for how long the geometric trap will hold him!"]
[Dr. Otto looked at the tremendous efforts Spider-Man had made for all of them and couldn't help but ask with genuine curiosity: "You could have simply let us die and solved all your problems. Why didn't you choose that easier path?"]
[MJ answered confidently for Spider-Man: "Because he's not that kind of person! He doesn't give up on people!"]
[Spider-Man looked gratefully at MJ, then walked toward the imprisoned villains with determination.]
["I think I can actually help all of you! If I can fix what's fundamentally wrong with each of you, then when you return to your universes, everything will be completely different! You won't die in battles with your respective Spider-Men!"]
[Max asked with skeptical interest: "What exactly do you mean by 'fix' us?"]
[Spider-Man began explaining with growing enthusiasm: "Our technology here is much more advanced than what existed in your timelines..."]
[Norman interrupted with eager cooperation: "I can help you with this project! You know, I'm a scientist myself with considerable expertise! Octavius knows exactly what I'm capable of achieving!"]
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