I Became Spider-Man's Cousin in Anime Crossover

Chapter 602 The 9th Demon, Riley Parker?

After his father finished speaking, Jackie Chan stood there stunned for several seconds. His mind was like a shredder being crammed with a dozen case files at once, the gears clattering but not a single piece of paper coming out.

What does it mean that Riley has split into two sides, good and evil?

And what do you mean by "the evil version of Riley" leaving right in front of them?

hiss……

These words, when separated, are all so simple and easy to understand.

Why is it that when they're combined, I feel completely bewildered and don't want to listen to them at all?!

"No, no, no—wait, wait, wait!"

After regaining his senses, he suddenly turned to his father and made an extremely complicated gesture in the air with both hands, the meaning of which even he himself was unsure.

"Dad, you mean that Riley who just left was an evil version without any moral compass, but with his full intellect and fighting prowess? And we just stood here and watched him walk away!?"

"Strictly speaking, he left on his own! Why are you yelling so loudly? Dad's just getting old, but he can still hear! Besides, you didn't even chase after him, did you?"

"That's because you grabbed me!"

Jackie Chan's voice rose a full octave, the last note almost splitting into two tones, and he held his head in his hands, looking like he was about to break down and go crazy.

"I thought you said that because Riley was busy with something important and couldn't be disturbed... who knew it was a crisis of this magnitude!"

After saying that, Uncle Long seemed to remember something, and suddenly turned to look at Xiao Yu, shouting urgently in a tone as if he had grasped a lifeline.

"Xiaoyu, you need to quickly ask this kind-hearted Riley how to find the evil Riley!"

"Uncle Long, I already asked him, but he's almost asleep and can't be bothered to answer me..."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu helplessly shrugged and replied.

Then, she reached out and gently pinched Jackie Chan's cuff with two fingers, tugging at it.

"Calm down, Uncle Long. You're exactly the same as when you spilled coffee on Dad's books last time."

"Now's not the time for coffee! A wicked version of Riley—who knows how crazy he's capable of!"

Jackie Chan practically screamed in agony. He clutched his head, dug his ten fingers into his hair, and spun around several times in a classic Jackie Chan-style breakdown pose.

"What's even more critical is that he designed the security system for District 13, knows every detail about each of us, and can even freely access Tony's armor... oh no, Tony's armor! We need to notify Tony immediately, as well as Commissioner Black, and... Awooo!"

"Alright, alright, don't panic. You're giving your old man a headache."

Uncle Long's rambling, his composure completely shattered, was interrupted by a perfectly timed, yet surprisingly harmless, flick on the forehead. The pain made him instinctively clutch his forehead, letting out a yelp of agony, tears welling in his eyes.

Then, feeling much quieter, his father raised a finger and continued rambling on.

"The most important thing right now is to figure out how to get out of here! Don't forget, we're in prison! If Riley doesn't help us get back, we'll really be in jail! Dad still has the antique shop to look after; we can't stay here any longer!"

"Hiss... You're right, Dad."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Long subconsciously pricked up his ears again, listening to the increasingly dense footsteps outside the laundry room, and his heart skipped a beat.

Nodding repeatedly in agreement, he quickly took a step forward and squatted down in front of Riley. He spoke cautiously, as if coaxing a child to take medicine.

"Um, um... Riley? Could you please help us get back to District 13?"

"I could... but I'm just too lazy to move..."

However, Riley, who was always eager to help his companions, didn't even bother to open his eyes. His voice was listless and languid, and his words were broken and incoherent, as if he were talking in his sleep.

What does "too lazy to move" mean?

Upon hearing this, Jackie Chan nearly choked on his breath. Xiao Yu quickly reached out and patted his back twice, which helped him recover.

Hearing the approaching footsteps outside the door, and thinking that if they were discovered, they would truly be stuck in jail without any explanation, Uncle Long couldn't care less about anything else. He grabbed Riley's shoulders, forcibly helped him up, and shook him vigorously.

"Riley, can you be serious? Your other self might—"

"What might happen at any moment? Robbing a bank? Bombing the United Nations? Or, like most traditional villains, unifying the world?"

Perhaps driven to desperation, Riley finally opened one eye reluctantly and responded irritably.

"Don't worry, that guy is just no longer under my control, he hasn't suddenly become stupid. If he really wants to do something earth-shattering, he has to make a detailed plan first and take it one step at a time... Of course, if he flips the table and quits, and goes around the world assassinating those national leaders, and then creates clones to replace them, and pulls a switcheroo, then never mind what I said."

"What? No! Absolutely not! How could that be...!"

"That guy knows that doing it this way won't work. After all, it's convenient, but due to the special nature of this universe, it's too easy to provoke a backlash and retaliation from the dark energy. So he won't do anything so radical unless absolutely necessary, so don't worry."

He paused, then finally raised his hand and gently brushed away Jackie Chan's hand from his shoulder. He tilted his head and continued in a half-joking, half-serious tone,

"And honestly, why don't you think about it from a different perspective... He may be a bit extreme, but if he really ruled the world, it might actually be a good thing? After all, putting aside global unification, it would eliminate the possibility of war at its root... You should know better than anyone how much District 13 and New York City have changed since we joined, right?"

It's worth mentioning in the conversation...

Since Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, perhaps no other race on Earth has been more committed to the goal of "unification" than the Chinese.

That's why, after hearing Riley's words, the grand vision of global unification involuntarily surfaced in his mind. The previously anxious Uncle Long, in a brief moment of stunned silence, revealed a look of longing and anticipation!

"That's true, but only if the Riley who rules the world is the normal Riley. If the evil version of Riley rules the world, perhaps there will be a brief period of peace, but ultimately, the hero who slays the dragon will become the dragon, and the evil Riley will replace Shendu and the others, becoming the ninth demon that wreaks havoc on humanity! And that's exactly what Shendu wants to see!"

Fortunately, experience counts.

Although the old man was also tempted, he knew that Riley was not in the right state to take that step.

So he promptly picked up the conversation, and in a few words, seemingly rebuking Riley, he actually brought Uncle Long to his senses.

Then, the old man and Riley looked at each other, and the old man's tone became more serious as he continued to speak, word by word.

"Therefore, we need to find him as soon as possible... If we let this go unchecked, the world may be plunged into eternal despair, with no future to speak of!"

"Yes, yes, Dad's right!"

Upon hearing this, Jackie Chan nodded repeatedly, then turned back to Riley, clasped his hands together, and bowed repeatedly to Riley.

"So, can you stand up now? We need you! District 13 needs you! The whole world needs you, our hero! Please! Even if it's just to get us out of here, just this once, please help us!"

"Huh? Is it that exaggerated? Hiss... Wait, 'Great Hero'? You guys must have misunderstood something? Actually, I'm the one... Never mind, it's nothing anyway, extremes always lead to their opposites, so the difference isn't that big..."

Looking at his emotional father and Uncle Long, Riley was clearly taken aback and wanted to explain something.

But before he could even utter a word, the languidness that had already gained the upper hand after the separation of Yin and Yang made Riley mutter and swallow his words back down.

He then lay back down, waved his hand, and continued speaking nonchalantly.

"In my opinion, whatever that guy does next won't make the world any worse. So there's nothing to worry about. We might as well do what I did, accept it, and get a good night's sleep."