I Became Spider-Man's Cousin in Anime Crossover

Chapter 258 Mastering the Power of Lightning

Of course, Thor's decision to save the black egg wasn't because he knew it, or because he had gotten along well with S.H.I.E.L.D. during his previous trip to Earth to undergo Odin's trials.

In fact, during the few days that Thor lost his divine powers, apart from Jane, he only recognized the members of District 13 led by Riley.

At one point, it was even thought that, with Coulson giving prior notice, the S.H.I.E.L.D., which was fawning over Riley, were actually Riley's subordinates.

The reason Thor stopped Riley from killing Nick Fury was because he mistakenly believed that Riley's act of violence in the street was controlled by external forces, rather than a decision made by Riley himself.

Even Nick Fury in the car was simply assumed by Thor to be just an ordinary passerby with a bit of bad luck.

Look, here it is.

After defeating Riley, who had completely transformed into Venom, Thor reclaimed Mjolnir.

Then, looking down at Riley with an imposing air, he coldly commanded in his usual cringeworthy, childish tone.

"How dare you attack innocent mortals and tarnish the reputation of a noble warrior! What a filthy and evil creature of darkness! Your evil deeds end here! In the name of Thor, I hereby command you to immediately leave my dearest friend! You are forbidden from continuing to control his mind! Otherwise, I will make you personally experience what the power of thunder is!"

"..."

Meanwhile, faced with Thor's threat, the symbiote attached to Riley's body was utterly helpless and on the verge of tears.

No, buddy, wake up and look carefully!

Putting aside the fact that you dealt a heavy blow to your allies and thwarted your master's actions...

What do you mean I controlled his mind?

This is clearly me being forcibly controlled by my master!!!

I can let it go if they don't appreciate my kindness in ordinary times.

Whenever something goes wrong, they try to shift the blame onto me!

Thinking about it that way, I might not actually be human...

But you guys are really dogs—!!!

Have some decency!

"This is none of your business, don't get in my way!"

Unfortunately, although the symbiote has now merged with Riley, whose personality has drastically changed, becoming an inseparable "Venom," Riley's extreme personality after his corruption has resulted in him maintaining firm control over the body.

In addition, Nick Fury's previous grenade attack dealt a heavy blow to the symbiote, which was already trying its best to suppress Riley's actions and awaken its master's conscience, because of its weakness to fire and high temperature. This made it even more difficult for the symbiote to fight for control of the body from Riley!

In this situation, even a symbiote that is wrongly blamed will kneel down and cry out, "Heavens, distinguish the loyal from the treacherous!" in an attempt to prove its innocence.

Before the symbiote could explain, Riley, who was increasingly irritated and annoyed because Thor's attack had failed to kill Nick Fury, ignored Thor in the air and continued to charge towards Nick Fury after gritting his teeth and roaring!

"Stubborn and unrepentant! He needs to be punished—!!!"

However, influenced by preconceived misunderstandings, Thor, who instinctively favors the weaker party, will not allow Riley, who is "mind-controlled," to kill an innocent passerby in front of him and leave behind an irreparable mistake.

With a cold reply, Thor briefly raised his hammer to gather strength before swinging it. Aiming at Riley's position, he unleashed a bolt of lightning as thick as a telephone pole!

Of course, based on his understanding of Riley, Thor believed that such a direct attack would not be able to hit Riley at all.

So, the instant the lightning was launched, Thor changed his posture, grabbed the lasso at the end of the hammer handle, and spun Mjolnir rapidly in his hand.

So that no matter which direction Riley, who is "out of control," dodges, Thor can fly over immediately and knock Riley, who is in mid-air and whose agility is greatly restricted, into the sky!

This method further restricts Riley's room for maneuver, allowing them to capture him alive while minimizing any physical harm to him!

Although this combat plan seems a bit too rudimentary.

But for Thor, who is thick-skinned and always speaks his mind, this is already considered an extraordinary performance!

And that's precisely why Thor never expected...

Riley, who always likes to "keep something in reserve," harbors surprises far beyond his comprehension...

"Get out of here—!!!"

Faced with the oncoming lightning, Riley, who was eager to kill Nick Fury and worried that delay might lead to unforeseen changes, did not choose to dodge in advance as Thor had expected.

Instead, it gritted its teeth and roared angrily, its entire body crackling with blue arcs of electricity.

Then, before the lightning struck him, he gathered the lightning power surging within his body into his palm.

Despite the frantic warnings from his spider-sense, he thrust his hands forward with all his might, unleashing a chain of azure lightning!

Ultimately, with neither willing to yield an inch, the two lightning bolts, having reached their energy limits, could no longer withstand the strain and could no longer coalesce. They exploded into countless tiny lightning snakes, dissipating into the heavens and earth!

The source of this lightning chain is the bio-electric current that awakened the day Riley gained Spider-Man's superpowers. However, due to a lack of suitable occasions, it has been relegated to the sidelines, its presence almost nonexistent!

Of course, if it were just the initial version of bioelectric current, then let alone a mortal body fighting Thor, the mighty God of Thunder, to a standstill...

This bioelectric current cannot even leave the body to be emitted!

Its power is about the same as that of a regular stun gun!

This is really a bit of a waste for Riley, whose numerical value keeps expanding and who can easily unleash thousands or even tens of thousands of tons of force!

Not to mention the series of add-ons that followed, making the bioelectric current seem utterly useless in comparison. Even its only distinguishing feature—charging the nanosuit—was stripped away with the advent of the symbiote suit.

Until Martin Lee, the master of father-making, found Riley.

Just like Miles Morales in Marvel's Spider-Man, who, after being tormented by Martin Lee's superpowers, had his bioelectric abilities enhanced.

This superpower, while fully unleashing Riley's hidden nature, also naturally strengthened the bioelectric current that was Riley's innate superpower!

In addition, when he used the Decade belt to insert a card and impersonated Max, he experienced the feeling of lightning power flowing through his body and mastered the corresponding control method.

This allowed Riley, who was originally unable to launch long-range energy attacks without various cheats, to finally unleash his accumulated power and successfully awaken his new ability to project energy when faced with Thor's attack threat!