I Became Spider-Man's Cousin in Anime Crossover

Chapter 395 Curiosity Killed the Cat

As soon as the words left his mouth, Riley regretted them.

Whether the speculation is true or not, for Riley, who is currently in crisis, it is a crazy flirtation with death!

However, the Goddess of Death, who had been exuding an overwhelming aura that left Riley breathless, seemed to be struck by an invisible arrow of causality when she heard Riley's question. Her figure, shrouded in her tattered black robe, stiffened for a rare, almost imperceptible moment.

Even the absolute silence surrounding her, which seemed capable of devouring all light and heat, rippled almost imperceptibly. The flames quietly rising in her empty eye sockets seemed to freeze for a fleeting moment.

Clearly, what the Goddess of Death didn't expect was...

She had initially confirmed a karmic connection between Riley and the unruly monkey by observing the aura emanating from the replica golden cudgel on Riley's body—an aura shared with that of her deceased friend but noticeably weaker. Therefore, out of respect for the monkey, she planned to spare Riley's life while deliberately invoking the monkey's name. This was meant to mock Riley's overestimation of his abilities and advise this slightly stronger ant to refrain from such laughable petty tricks in the future…

Unintentionally, it's just like that friendly neighbor Spider-Man who can't help but spill the beans and spoil everything when interviewed by reporters! He's revealed some incredible, earth-shattering secret about the Monkey King's past "great achievements"!

To my surprise, the other party was so clever that they were able to keenly perceive the truth from just a few words!

It felt like a dignified and majestic queen, intending to use the downfall of an ancient nobleman's descendant to satirize a petty thief before her, but inadvertently revealing an old story of how she herself had been "offended" in a rather unrefined way by that nobleman's ancestor...

And so, for a short time, the two looked at each other, but remained silent. An indescribable awkwardness gradually filled the air.

Although this awkwardness was fleeting, it was quickly overshadowed by an even colder aura of death.

But Riley's damnably keen spider-sense, along with his heightened survival instincts, allowed him to clearly detect this subtle change.

He could "feel" that beneath that pale skull, an invisible "gaze" seemed to sweep quickly between him and the replica golden cudgel.

A complex mix of regret, shame, and offense, though extremely faint and quickly suppressed, did indeed leak out from that eternal silence of death.

Riley, who was already feeling a lot of pressure, couldn't help but tilt his head back and swallow hard, like Tom the cat who knew his death was coming.

"..."

The Goddess of Death was silent for an extremely brief moment. When her ethereal voice rang out again, though still cold, it seemed to carry a hint of stiffness that she was trying hard to conceal but could still be perceived:

"To speak of an existence you cannot comprehend will only make your end more painful."

This time, she gave Riley no excuses and continued to dig up her "dark history".

"Buzz—!"

A far more terrifying and purer "ending" power than before, like an invisible tide, swept towards the imprisoned Riley, centered on her fingertips!

This time, it's no longer a joke, no longer a test...

Instead, it carried a hint of the determination to kill someone to silence them after their "dark history" was discovered!

Riley: "!!!"

Finish the calf!

Don't be a gossip! Curiosity really can kill you!

However, this subconscious question wasn't entirely without its merits.

For example, when Riley unintentionally triggered a "weak point attack" on the Goddess of Death, causing the Goddess of Death's spirit to visibly relax for a brief moment.

Riley briefly regained control of his body, then subconsciously opened the system space, trying to retrieve other talismans, before finally struggling.

Unfortunately, the Goddess of Death's killing move came far too quickly.

Riley just rummaged around in the system space and vaguely felt that he had grabbed a belt that had been gathering dust in the system space for a long time. Without thinking too much about it, he quickly pulled it out, thinking that he might as well try anything.

"Kamen Rider W? Or just a half-baked one with only a Trigger Memory? His stats are probably even lower than mine. Won't he die even faster after transforming... Oh well, something's better than nothing!"

Amidst a flurry of thoughts, Riley vaguely guessed what the belt was. While instinctively making a sarcastic remark, he took off the Decade Driver from his waist and casually tossed it back into his system space. With his other hand, he put the belt he had just taken out on his waist.

He then pressed the trigger memory, quickly inserted it into the groove of the belt, and imitated the signature, deceptively manipulative transformation move of a certain half-baked tough detective—that is, holding his right fist in front of him while his left hand stealthily reached out and activated the Lost Driver worn on his waist—and subconsciously shouted.

"Hyperform—!"

"TRIGGER!"

Accompanied by the shout of the trigger memory and a thrilling transformation sound effect, Riley's entire body began to radiate a dazzling light.

Meanwhile, what Riley didn't know was...

In another world, separated by countless parallel universes, a young man, who was happily strolling through a botanical garden with a beautiful woman, was carrying a son and a daughter in each arm, with a little one perched on his shoulder. Suddenly, his body flashed with unexpected light, and he froze for a moment.

"So you finally remembered and needed my power? Looks like you've encountered some terrible crisis... But the timing is really bad, considering Dad and the others are visiting Mars."

After a brief moment of surprise, the young man immediately realized what was happening. With a helpless expression, he carefully handed the children on his body into the arms of the beautiful woman beside him.

"I'll be right back. I might be back for dinner a little late today. Remember to say hello to Dad for me, Carmilla."

"No problem, don't worry."

At the same time, although the woman also looked dissatisfied and helpless, when the children called out to her and reached out their chubby little hands for a hug, she immediately broke into a gentle and bright smile and carefully took the children in.

Then, holding the children and looking at the young man before her, as his body continued to radiate light, he transformed into a beam of light and disappeared, shouting with a smile on his face.

"Go for it, my Triga!"