The arrest of the Kingpin and his inner circle was an earthquake in New York's underworld and political structure. As evidence was systematically released, the entire corrupt network quickly collapsed. Tom was arrested, and George Stacy was rightly promoted, smoothly rising to the position of Police Director overnight. These systemic cleanup efforts were the aftermath of Su Yi's decisive action.
Su Yi, having orchestrated the entire event, felt an immense satisfaction. The immediate human harvest was huge, but the Fate Point gain was his true prize.
Tony Stark, meanwhile, was distinctly bored. He'd geared up for an epic confrontation only to see the heroes clean up the entire organization in a swift, surgical manner.
"Today's a great day," Tony said over the comms, already planning. "How about you all come over to my Villa for a couple of drinks?"
"No, thanks," Su Yi replied without hesitation. "Drinking is boring. I'd rather spend time with my girlfriend."
Tony leaned toward the mic, his voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. "Come on, I can get a whole bunch of hot girls flown in."
Su Yi gave the comms an internationally understood gesture of dismissal. "I'm not like you, Tony. You're playing around. I'm serious about my girlfriends. I hope to spend my life with them."
Tony paused, a flicker of genuine shock crossing his face. "Wait, them? Plural?"
"Good night, Tony." Su Yi signed off, leaving Tony sputtering.
Tony watched the tracker for Su Yi's location disappear. "Damn! He's even more of a playboy than me? Is it just because he's that handsome?"
With Kingpin neutralized, the city was temporarily safe from major threats. Su Yi used the momentary peace to fly Gwen back to his Villa.
"Su, can I stay?" she asked, looking hopeful.
Su Yi desperately wanted her to, but he shook his head with mock solemnity. "It's not the weekend, and you still have school tomorrow. We need to follow the rules of normal high school life."
He gently kissed her. "Don't worry, graduation is almost here. Then, we'll have plenty of time."
"Also, I'm planning to prepare a gift for you."
Gwen's eyes lit up. "What gift?"
"It's a secret," Su Yi said, feigning trouble. "You'll know what the surprise is when the time comes." The gift was something Su Yi loved, but he couldn't predict Gwen's reaction.
Gwen didn't press. Su Yi sent her home, already planning for their future convenience.
"Graduation is approaching, and then a long holiday," Su Yi thought. "After college, they can openly live together off-campus." Empire State University was in Manhattan, while they were currently in Queens. That meant crossing the bridge daily, a minimum thirty-minute commute, traffic not included.
He decided to buy a Villa in Manhattan near the university. "Finally, I can get out of this daily misery," he sighed.
Su Yi finally turned his attention to his system ledger.
[Initial Balance: 224,000 Fate Points (FP).]
[Expenditure: 7,000 FP (Batmobile for Tony).]
[Interception Gain (Vanessa): 25,000 FP.]
[Pre-Settle Balance: 242,000 FP.]
"System, settle the rewards for the Kingpin event."
[Kingpin's Fate has been changed: +400,000 FP]
[Daredevil Matt's Fate has been changed: +100,000 FP]
[Spider-Man Peter's Fate has been changed: +150,000 FP]
[Ghost-Spider Gwen's Fate has been changed: +100,000 FP]
[Iron Man Tony Stark's Fate has been changed: +30,000 FP]
[TOTAL FATE POINTS GAINED: 780,000 FP]
[Ding! The mission to guide Peter Parker to become Spider-Man is complete!]
Su Yi was shocked. "Is it already complete? The mission duration was a year, and it's only been about ten days!"
[Mission Log :
Rescued Aunt Mei, helping Peter avoid the fate of losing loved ones.
Guided Peter, making Peter understand the challenges of becoming a Superhero, helping Peter prepare psychologically.
Taught by example, inspiring Peter with his actions during the capture of Professor Lizard.
Combat training, finding suitable targets for Peter, training Peter, allowing Peter to grow.]
[OVERALL RATING: A]
[MISSION REWARD: 500,000 Fate Points + LV7 Promotion Card (A Special Item) ]
The LV7 Promotion Card alone was worth 1,000,000 FP (the cost to upgrade a six-dimensional attribute from LV6 to LV7).
[Final Tally:
Total Fate Points: 242,000 FP + 780,000 FP + 500,000 FP = 1,522,000 FP
Special Items: LV7 Promotion Card (worth 1,000,000 FP), 2 Normal Draws.]
The harvest was truly astonishing!
"System, draw both normal draws at once."
[Congratulations to the Host for acquiring a special item: Elastic Pants * 1 box!" (A requirement for the Hulk.)]
[Congratulations to the Host for acquiring a special ability: Flight!]
Su Yi was initially perplexed by the Hulk's pants, but the acquisition of Flight instantly erased any disappointment. He could finally fly!
"System, is my flight speed based on my current Mach 10 speed?"
[Yes! However, flight consumes energy.]
"Let it consume," Su Yi grinned. "That's why I have a LV6 Constitution."
Su Yi looked out at the night sky. He had to try it out.
"Mach 10 is 10 times the speed of sound. Will the air friction ignite my suit?"
"Host, do not worry. When all six-dimensional attributes increase, your Biological Field also increases accordingly, providing protection."
Su Yi wasted no time. For his first flight, he channeled the Symbiote Suit into a rigid, sword-like platform beneath his feet. "Westerners fly horizontally; Easterners ride the sword!" he decided, adopting the classic sword-riding flight posture.
"This feels absolutely amazing!"
He soared into the atmosphere, experiencing the joy of true, uninhibited freedom. After a few laps, a mischievous idea struck him.
"I can fly Mach 10. Tony's Iron Man armor only hits Mach 2-4. I have to show him up!"
Su Yi instantly changed trajectory toward Tony's Villa and called him.
Tony, having returned home and about to relax, answered the call. "Su, it's so late. Don't tell me you changed your mind about the party? It's canceled."
"No, no, no," Su Yi chuckled. "I just wanted to inform you that I'm about to fly to your house."
"What?" Tony questioned, confused.
Before Tony could process the ridiculous statement, Jarvis interrupted with an urgent alert:
"Sir, an unidentified flying object is approaching the Villa at a speed of approximately Mach 10!"
The acquisition of Flight changes everything, and Su Yi is about to make a spectacular impression on Tony Stark.