At this moment, the particle collider was indeed Kingpin's weak point.
His only weak point.
So after his expression twisted for a while, he finally chose to yield.
"Tell me your terms."
"When you performed your last particle collision, you didn't just tear open spacetime—you also opened a gateway into the Quantum Realm. That created major trouble for me."
"What I want from you now is simple:
run the collider again."
Kingpin: "…"
???
That's your request?
Why didn't you say so earlier!?
Even if Alex hadn't asked, Kingpin would've done it anyway!
He didn't care about "quantum gateways" or whatever, so long as no one stopped his collider from operating again.
"No problem at all."
Kingpin nodded immediately.
Seeing this, Alex simply nodded back and brought him to the office.
Doctor Octavius, now fully awake, stared at Alex like he was a ticking nuclear warhead—tense, cautious, wary.
As for the other supervillains?
None of them got back up.
They were all dead.
Alex killed them cleanly.
The only reason he spared Doc Ock wasn't mercy.
It was because she wasn't just a supervillain—
She was also a super scientist.
And she happened to be the lead designer and chief engineer of Kingpin's particle collider.
"Kingpin—"
"Octavius."
Kingpin waved impatiently.
"A small misunderstanding. It's resolved."
Misunderstanding?
He barged in, killed half of Kingpin's superpowered enforcers, and that's a misunderstanding?
This so-called "other-universe visitor" was absolutely not simple.
And the speed with which he forced Kingpin to compromise…
Well, given the terrifying strength Alex displayed—making even those who sat at the top of this world's power scale look like insects—Doc Ock quickly understood.
A man like this forcing Kingpin to heel wasn't strange at all.
"I see. Then we're partners now, right? And you are…?"
Doc Ock composed herself quickly, even giving Alex a polite smile.
"Alex."
Alex gave his codename casually.
Alex?
Both Doc Ock and Kingpin frowned.
They had lived decades in the underworld, yet never once heard of such a person.
Moments ago when Alex claimed to be from another universe, they were still skeptical.
But now… they were starting to believe.
A monster like this—if he existed in their universe—there was no way someone like Kingpin wouldn't know.
"So you really are from another universe?"
Doc Ock's eyes lit up with fanatical scientific curiosity as she examined Alex.
"But that makes no sense. The Green Goblin threw Spider-Man into the collision beam as a biological specimen. If the collider actually worked, then the one pulled across universes should've been Spider-Man…"
But Alex clearly wasn't Spider-Man.
"When did I ever say I was brought here by your particle collider?"
Alex smiled.
???
Kingpin and Doc Ock both froze.
Wait—
Did this man… come here on his own!?
If so, how could he be so certain the collider even worked?
"I only know the collider works because when I arrived, I saw several other Spider-Men."
That explanation made everything click for Kingpin and Doc Ock.
"In that case, Alex… what exactly is your goal? Why do you want me to run the collider again?"
Kingpin finally asked the critical question.
"Because your collision experiment caused me significant losses."
Alex laughed coldly, then summarized the situation:
Kingpin's collider ripped open a Quantum Realm gateway, which swallowed Alex's people.
Originally, Alex planned to have Doc Ock run diagnostics to confirm whether the collider really had opened a quantum rift.
But unexpectedly, Doc Ock already knew.
"Yes, the last collision did affect the Quantum Realm. It did open an entrance—just as you said."
Doc Ock nodded. "But since we were focused on multiversal tunneling, we didn't pay attention to the quantum effects. If that caused you… collateral damage, then we apologize."
Her apology had zero sincerity.
But Alex's motive was now ridiculously obvious.
He wanted the Quantum Realm gateway re-opened.
To find the people who were swallowed.
WHOOSH—
Kingpin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If Alex's purpose didn't conflict with his, and even aligned with it…
then he didn't need to fear this terrifying monster destroying everything he'd built.
"When's the next collision?"
Alex asked bluntly.
"A week from now."
Doc Ock answered truthfully—there was no point in hiding anything.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Suddenly, a shrill alarm blasted through the building.
Kingpin's face darkened instantly.
Another problem!?
What now!?
Was one intruder not enough—now there's another!?
BANG!
The door burst open and a suited guard rushed in.
"Boss! Spider-Man has infiltrated the facility! Doctor Octavius, they stole your computer's main CPU!"
No doubt about it—
this was one of the Spider-Men who came from other universes.
Alex and the others had already been briefed on their presence, so none of them looked surprised.
"Then why are you still standing there?"
Kingpin growled.
The guard shrank his neck, squeaked out a reply, and sprinted out of the room.
"Spider-Man… such a nuisance."
Doc Ock's tentacles shot out again, and she dashed down the hallway with incredible speed.
Spider-Man invading Kingpin's base?
Alex casually activated his X-ray and telescopic vision.
Just as expected—
He saw exactly what happened in the original "Spider-Verse" storyline:
A middle-aged, washed-up Peter Parker
and the young Miles Morales—
both fleeing for their lives under a shower of gunfire and supervillains.
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