After rescuing Tony and Ethan, Peter had no intention of staying behind to eat sand with them.
As for taking them along on the flying skateboard, that was even more out of the question.
Setting aside how bizarre the image of three grown men in a "sandwich stack" on a small flying skateboard would be...
The gale-force winds generated by the flying skateboard at full speed alone were not something their mortal bodies could withstand.
Therefore, after a brief moment of hesitation, Peter decisively pulled out his private line phone from his pocket and called Natasha:
"Tony Stark has been rescued by me. I'm sending you the coordinates now; come pick them up yourselves."
Hearing that Tony had been saved, Natasha couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.
But immediately after, she suddenly remembered something and, after a moment's hesitation, lowered her voice and spoke:
"If things are settled over there, Peter, you'd better come back soon. Things haven't been very peaceful here lately."
"What's the situation?" Peter asked casually.
Natasha then gave a brief account of recent events in New York:
"Simply put, two new supervillains have emerged recently. One calls himself Electro, and the other is known as Sandman. Both possess incomprehensible superpowers, and both have had their criminal plans thwarted by Gwen..."
Upon hearing just that much, Peter had a rough idea of the situation.
This was the downside of transmigrating into a multi-parallel Universe World like Marvel or DC.
In other Worlds, under normal circumstances, one could follow the original plot.
Even if a slight butterfly effect was triggered, the World line would converge due to inertia.
But the Marvel and DC Universes were different.
There were countless anchor points here, as well as things like the Web Event.
Interfering with any single element would cause a chain reaction, leading to a series of uncontrollable effects on the future.
Clearly, the current Peter, by tearing up his own script for sacrifice, had completely disrupted the Web Event in this Universe.
And it was causing the entire Gwen Spider-Verse to start developing in an uncontrollable direction.
Peter had previously held a slight glimmer of hope that by setting the fates of Connors and Norman back on track, the development of this Universe would return to its original rhythm.
But now it seemed things were far from as simple as he had thought.
The impact brought by the Web Event had not subsided; instead, it showed a trend of intensifying.
In the normal plot of Spider-Man 3, Sandman should have teamed up with Eddie's version of Venom and the New Goblin to fight Spider-Man.
But now, Sandman from Spider-Man 3 and Electro from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 were mixed up together.
Just like the previous team-up of the two Goblins, the appearance times of villains from the standalone Spider-Man Worlds had become completely untraceable.
It had even developed a setting similar to "Stand users will attract each other."
He estimated it wouldn't be long before something like the Sinister Six made a grand entrance.
There might even be a situation where he was busy fighting the Battle of New York or some other major event, while the villains from the Spider-Man plot gathered to cause trouble as a group.
While he was swamped, other Spiders from parallel Worlds would restlessly jump out one by one to assert their presence... This really wasn't Peter being overly paranoid.
After all, "trolley problems" like these were a unique specialty of the Spider-Verse, something one simply had to experience.
At this thought, Peter's brow beneath the mask furrowed deeply.
At the same time, he quickly calculated in his mind: Since the development of events was already uncontrollable, his previous assumptions naturally had to be completely overturned.
To solve the classic "trolley problem" of the Spider-Verse, the best solution was undoubtedly to develop one or even multiple superhero factions of his own.
Make as many friends as possible and as few enemies as possible.
That way, when he and Gwen were tied up, even if his "friends" couldn't solve the problem, they could at least help buy some time, right?
Furthermore, the plan to hide his identity and let Gwen develop on her own could not continue.
Knowing the plot's development, it didn't matter much if Gwen encountered more setbacks on her own.
Everything was under his control anyway; even if Gwen messed up, he could appear at the right moment as The Punisher to clean up the mess for the baby in pajamas.
But in a completely unknown situation, letting Gwen fight alone would be pure madness!
So, to ensure the personal safety of Gwen, Uncle Ben, Aunt May, and more people he would cherish in the future...
He had to train Gwen in advance to a level better than her original self, even better than all the other Spider-Men.
Only then could Gwen better hold her own and avoid accidents as much as possible.
After thinking these issues through, Peter let out a long breath and then spoke sincerely to Natasha on the other end of the phone:
"Agent Natasha, thank you for risking punishment from your Director Nick Fury to pass this intelligence to me. As a reward, I can help you solve one trouble for free in the future."
He could guess with his eyes closed what kind of orders Nick Fury would give after noticing these trends, given his nature.
That guy would definitely choose to stand by and watch.
He might even have his subordinates block the news and try every means to keep him in Afghanistan.
Then, when Peter heard the bad news and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, this guy would descend like a god from the heavens to win people's hearts this way.
As for whether irreparable losses would occur due to a slip-up in the process... it was Peter's loved ones who would die; what did that have to do with Nick Fury?
Quickly shifting the blame to others after causing trouble while hiding himself beautifully—that was the standard operating procedure for Nick Fury, or rather, the entire U.S. high-level leadership.
Under these circumstances, Natasha's willingness to brave the pressure and give him intelligence meant she had undoubtedly chosen to stand on the same side as him.
Since Natasha had already picked a side, Peter naturally had to return the favor.
On the other side, hearing Peter's promise, the Red Room—which could be called her childhood nightmare—immediately surfaced in Natasha's mind.
Thinking about the years spent being hunted by the Red Room, and then thinking about Peter's immense power...
At that moment, Natasha actually felt a long-lost sense of security:
"In that case, I won't be polite~"
After ending the call with Natasha, Peter turned back to look at Tony and Ethan and said:
"Stay right here and don't move. Someone from the Military will send a transport plane to take you back in a while."
Hearing this, Tony couldn't help but be taken aback:
"What about you?"
Ethan also added in a low voice from the side:
"My Lord, we don't even know your name yet. You should at least give us a chance to repay you for saving our lives, right?"
Considering that Tony was a trustworthy superhero, and the more candid he appeared now, the more it would contrast with Nick Fury's hypocrisy in the future.
Peter thus spoke honestly:
"There's a bit of trouble in New York that I need to go and solve, so I have to leave first."
"As for my name..."
After a slight hesitation, he simply took off the Hollow mask from his face:
"My name is Peter, Peter Parker."