While Peter was busy collecting various animal DNAs, in San Francisco, at the Life Foundation.
Alarms blared in the lab, immediately waking Doris, who was on night duty.
Doris opened her sleepy eyes and found that the drake Rocket, far away in space, was initiating an emergency communication.
She quickly answered the call.
As soon as the call connected, she heard a female astronaut's tearful plea for help:
"Save me! The drake is completely out of control!"
Doris, terrified, motioned for the astronaut to speak slowly. After listening for a long while, she finally understood what had happened on the Rocket.
Simply put, an astronaut accidentally broke a container holding an alien creature.
Now that alien creature has gone completely berserk!
Only the female astronaut was left alive on the Rocket.
Doris had just heard this when she heard the sound of glass shattering through the receiver, followed by the female astronaut's extremely shrill scream.
The scream made Doris's scalp tingle. She fumbled for her phone and immediately contacted Carlton.
Carlton immediately blew his top upon hearing Doris's account.
He rushed into the launch center, simultaneously arranging for Doris to organize a rescue (and cover-up) team, and quickly operating the controls to determine where the out-of-control drake Rocket would ultimately land.
After a flurry of activity, the supercomputer finally pinpointed the crash site:
Eastern Malaysia!
Without any hesitation, Carlton immediately arranged for a private jet to fly to Malaysia.
At the same time, he immediately contacted Mac Gargan and the other three, who had been staying at the Life Foundation after their escape, and had them board the plane with him... As the first light of dawn appeared on the horizon, Peter finally finished collecting the DNA of all the animals in the zoo.
Peter, who had pulled an all-nighter, planned to get some good sleep, perhaps until noon or even the afternoon.
But he had barely closed his eyes when he was woken by his phone ringing.
The call was from Skye.
"Boss! Something's happened!"
As soon as the call connected, Skye's somewhat anxious voice came through:
"The Life Foundation's 'drake' Rocket seems to have had an accident. There's a slight deviation in the Rocket's descent trajectory, and it's expected to crash in the eastern wilderness of Malaysia tomorrow night!"
"According to surveillance, Carlton has already arranged for a private jet to head to Malaysia immediately!"
"Huh?"
Peter jolted, his sleepiness instantly vanishing.
Well, well, I've finally been waiting for you!
"Thanks for your hard work, Skye. Report any further intelligence to me immediately!"
After responding, Peter immediately sprang out of bed.
He left a note for Uncle Ben and Aunt May, saying that he was going to help The Punisher with some research and wouldn't be back for dinner for a few days.
Peter immediately summoned his flying skateboard and sped towards Malaysia.
High in the sky, the wind howled, and the air currents cut at his face like knives.
In the past, Peter could only endure it with his powerful physique.
But now... "Hurricane, Please~!"
Accompanied by the familiar sound effect, a verdant magic circle passed through his body, and the Hurricane Form instantly donned itself.
The Witch Rider's driver doesn't have a transformation time limit like the kamen riders of the Showa or Reiwa eras.
The Witch Rider driver is essentially a magic converter, meaning as long as the host has magic power, they can maintain the kamen rider form indefinitely.
And Peter, thanks to the horse talisman, can continuously extract Chakra from his cells, which is equivalent to having an endless supply of magic power!
So, let alone flying all the way to Malaysia in Hurricane Form, even flying around the Earth ten times would be a piece of cake for him!
That's the divine power of the horse talisman! (Leans back strategically)
Snap~!
Peter, in Hurricane Form, snapped his fingers, and a Hefeng shield immediately formed around him.
The violent air currents instantly vanished upon colliding with the shield, not only preventing Peter from feeling the pain of the cutting wind.
It could even be used by Peter to further accelerate the flying skateboard beneath his feet!
Although it wasn't as exaggerated as doubling the speed, the hourly speed increased by at least two or three hundred kilometers!
"Comfortable~"
Trying to remove the helmet's covering, and seeing that his bangs didn't even move, Peter couldn't help but exclaim.
With wind magic, he not only no longer had to endure the cold wind as before.
He could even comfortably sit cross-legged, play on his phone, or simply close his eyes for a short nap.
About ten hours later, Peter successfully arrived in Malaysia.
He called Skye to confirm that Carlton's private jet hadn't arrived yet and that the drake Rocket would still take three or four hours to land.
Peter simply went to Kuala Lumpur for dinner.
After thoroughly enjoying the local cuisine, Peter then rode his flying skateboard to the Rocket's landing site.
Boom!
Shortly after Peter landed, the Rocket crashed into the open ground.
The terrifying impact created a huge crater in the ground, and shattered metal debris mixed with aviation fuel instantly ignited a raging fire, illuminating half the night sky in a fiery red.
Facing this sea of fire, powerful enough to melt steel, Peter showed no fear.
"Flame, Please~!"
A crimson magic circle flashed, and the magnificent Flame Form battle suit covered his entire body.
Peter strolled casually into the inferno, where even the air was distorted by the high temperature. The surrounding flames seemed to have a life of their own, actively parting a path for him, allowing Peter to easily pass through the sea of fire and search for the astronauts and Symbiotes among the Rocket debris.
The situation on site was largely as he expected.
Three of the four astronauts were utterly dead, with only the last one still twitching on the ground, his body twisted in an extremely bizarre posture.
The moment the surviving astronaut saw Peter, the uninvited guest, he leaped up from the ground like a zombie from a horror movie.
His mouth opened to an incredible angle, and then a viscous, inky black, constantly writhing substance suddenly shot out from his mouth, directly at Peter's face!
The speed of this black substance was astonishing; an ordinary person would have no time to react.
But under Peter's dynamic vision, its movements were as slow as a slow-motion replay.
Staring at the approaching black substance, Peter not only didn't dodge but smiled and opened his arms to the alien visitor.
Come on, little darling, let me see what's what~
Venom:???
Earthling, you're not right!