[Western Crossover] A Guide to Raising a Superhero Spider

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Peter thought he was playing a game, but the game was playing him.

The groundbreaking new interactive game Super Hero: Unchanging Faith has just launched. It is a superhero-themed game that allows players to team up randomly online. However, due to a glitch, the only way to log out is to earn the final achievement: Pay Tribute to My Hero, the Rising Star.

Peter, who is a little socially awkward in the real world, charged into the Avengers, the biggest and most famous player hub, on par with the Justice League. Brimming with enthusiasm and taking the game incredibly seriously, he learned alongside the senior superheroes around him.

They won countless battles over territory, fought off evil attacks, faced their own personal nemeses and cosmic crises, and learned to trust one another. He even had a great time making lots of gaming friends around his age while socializing with the people in neighboring Gotham.

He also entered plenty of special dungeons centered on his teammates, such as Axis of Evil, The Batman Who Laughs, LEGO bricks, and other strange or dangerous adventures. After kicking and punching his way through all sorts of villains, he completed the game's most difficult achievement and joined his beloved idol and everyone in his guild to save the world. At last, he could quit the game and meet everyone in real life.

Only when he finished the game did he realize that everyone was real. This wasn't a game at all, but the real world.

And they were looking at him with disapproving expressions.

Peter:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I'm sorry!!! I know I was wrong!!!

It's not entirely a game. This is my background setting, and there are some tricks in the synopsis.

I've added some comic material. The setting is a mash-up.

There will be pairings,

but I'll see who I feel most inspired to write.

Here's a preview of an upcoming story: [Western Crossover] Superhero Secret Identities Make Their Debut at Center Stage

The world's barrier has developed a problem. A world that should have merged into the greater universe was instead cast out on its own, and the life paths of most of its pillars have strayed from their intended course.

Eterno, a rookie repair worker brought in to handle the emergency, is assigned to this universe.

His mission is to raise the superheroes' fame in this world, create fitting public personas for them, and bring their ideologies to life anew in the eyes of the public.

But...

The world Eterno arrives in is a peaceful Earth. It has neither supervillains nor invasions by outside forces. There aren't any superpowers, advanced technology, or aliens here at all! How is he supposed to make their personas stick? Is he meant to stage a cosmic crisis himself and drum up a batch of villains?

After racking his brains, he realizes that public figures are the easiest way to establish a persona. Eterno decides to make his debut on the spot using secret identities.

And so, Earth gains...

Brucie, a wealthy single dad who spends money like water and takes acting jobs,

Barry, who becomes a legendary star and tops the rankings in the mukbang scene,

Tony, a craft expert whose every move stirs up trouble, with ten haters for every fan,

Peter, who shoots to fame on talk shows and variety programs thanks to his chatterbox nature,

Until one day, while using the Brucie secret identity to sing the theme song from the Dark Knight series he stars in, someone wearing his underwear on the outside falls out of the sky and lands at his concert. The man grabs his hand and asks in a panic:

"B! Have you been brainwashed?"

Besides that, more and more pillars from other worlds start falling through after this hole appears. They also develop a strange shared conspiracy-theory mindset, become convinced this world is about to collapse, and enthusiastically rush to help. As a result, ordinary people's trending topics get flooded again and again.

Eterno: ...OMG.

1. The timeline includes my own settings. Don't overthink it.

2. A happy family reunion for everyone. Remember, it has a happy ending.

3. Written purely for love.

Theme: Unity and cooperation, love and courage.