"That voice...sounds familiar..."
Peter and Eddie both reacted and turned to see Scott, Hank, and Hope arriving at the central square. Although Scott wasn't wearing his Ant-Man suit, his quirky mannerisms and voice quickly clued in Peter and Eddie, both of whom had beast-like senses.
After all, they'd fought side by side before.
Noticing Peter and Eddie's unusual looks, Hope raised an eyebrow suspiciously while Hank stopped and asked Scott, "Scott, do you know them?"
"Huh?" Scott's eyes widened as he stared blankly at Peter and Eddie. Spider-Man, Venom, and Ant-Man— each in their casual attire - stood there, staring at each other in silence.
After a few seconds, Scott seed to put things together and exclaid, "Wait, aren't you from that night...?"
Before he could finish, Peter and Eddie moved in tandem, each covering Scott's mouth to stifle his words.
Scott mumbled in protest, struggling briefly before realizing that with so many people around, blurting out their secret identities wasn't ideal.
"Uh..." With his legs wrapped around Scott's to keep him still, Peter awkwardly explained to Ned and Hope, who watched with confused expressions, "We're... friends. Right?"
Scott, drenched in sweat, could only nod in agreent.
"You're not going to blurt anything out, are you?" Eddie asked, pressing the point.
Scott nodded vigorously, his face turning red as he struggled for air. Peter and Eddie exchanged a look and released him simultaneously.
"You guys nearly killed ," Scott complained dramatically, looking between Peter and Eddie with a complicated expression on his face. After confirming his suspicion, he caught his breath and said, "I never thought I'd see you two here. You're both here for the tournant, I take it?"
Eddie shrugged, hands in his pockets, and gave a noncommittal grunt.
"Scott, are these really your friends?" Hope eyed Peter skeptically; the age difference between the three made "friends" seem like a stretch.
Scott scratched his head and exhaled. "Sort of. Things got complicated that day. I'll explain everything when we get back."
Hope gave him a cool, expectant look. "You better have a good explanation."
"Whoa! Are you Dr. Hank Pym?"
Ned looked at Hank in amazent, his excitent showing in the quivering of his cheeks. "I've seen your pictures online. Your theories on Pym Particles are incredible! I always thought you were on a par with Mr. Howard Stark as a scientist!"
"Thank you." Hank smiled, pushed up his glasses, and pulled a pen from his suit pocket. "Would you like an autograph?"
"Yes, please!" Ned turned and eagerly let Hank sign his backpack.
When he was done, Ned clenched his fists and exclaid, "If I could experience the Pym Particle Technology, shrinking and enlarging people and objects, I'd be happy for the rest of my life."
Peter: "..."
Scott: "..."
Hank looked at Ned with a satisfied grin. "You're very insightful. Would you like to join us later to watch the ga?"
"I'd be honored!" Ned's eyes lit up, and he had no intention of refusing, willingly "selling out" his friend Peter.
"All right," Eddie checked his smart watch and reminded them, "it's almost ti. We should go to the training arena to register."
"In that case, you guys go ahead and sign up. We'll stay here and wait for the match to start." Hank waved at them and reminded Scott, "Don't embarrass us; make full use of the suit's abilities."
"I will!" Scott nodded confidently and prepared to join Eddie and Peter in the training arena.
"Um, I'm not familiar with the layout here. Mind if I join you for registration?"
A masked man in a red, skin-tight outfit with two katanas strapped to his back erged from the crowd. More at ease than even Ned, he stepped in front of the group.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My na doesn't really matter, but you can call ... Deadpool." The masked man put his hands on his hips and winked at them.
…
In the central square of the Carl Nation, a portal leads to one of the most important structures in the kingdom - the Training Arena.
Suspended at the highest point of the Carl Nation, between the city of Carl and the Watchtower, this arena exists on a massive floating platform.
Gravity, air, and all environntal paraters on the platform are regulated by the God System, and it's completely enveloped by the Neo-Construct and Skynet virtual network. Aside from the massive arena, everything else is rendered by projections.
As the participants gathered on this platform, dressed and prepared for battle, their numbers far exceeded Kyle's original list. Nearly all of Carl's warriors were present, along with challengers from around the world, driven by the pursuit of human limits.
Dressed in their battle uniforms, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Agent Venom, and Deadpool ford a small squad, standing in a corner of the spacious arena. Above them, the Neo-Construct displayed a stunning, hyper-realistic starry sky.
"The other Avengers heroes must be here too," Agent Venom, the largest and most formidable of the group, observed as he looked around and quickly spotted Captain Arica and his large team in the center of the arena. However, Iron Man stood apart, isolated in another corner.
"So it's true - he signed the treaty himself," Agent Venom muttered to himself in a raspy voice.
anwhile, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, and Deadpool weren't as focused, standing in a triangle formation and bantering about each other's uniforms.
"How weird - we all ended up in matching shades of 'Red,' huh?" Deadpool quipped.
"Red? I don't get it; mine's Spider Red," Spider-Man replied, pointing to the spider emblem on his chest.
"Spider Red? Then I guess I'm Ant Red," Ant-Man shrugged, adding, "But if I changed to black, I'd look way too much like an alien monster. Besides, this suit isn't mine, so I can't change it."
"This arena is packed with Earth's strongest superhumans— maybe take this a bit more seriously?" Agent Venom facepald, and even his symbiote Venom joined in on the scolding.
Suddenly, the starry sky above the arena shifted, with countless stars rging to form the silhouette of a silver-haired young man.
With arms open wide, he gazed at everyone and announced, "Welco, one and all, to my world!"
(End Of The Chapter)
I have finished translating this fanfic, IMUC (I Am In Marvel With Unlimited Cards) and have posted all the advanced chapters on Patreon (90 Chapters). (/c/marvel6395). You can read all the advanced chapters there.
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