[Western Crossover] Sorry, Our Chinese Spider Doesn't Speak Instagram English

For Wang Bide, accidentally mutating into a Spider Demon didn’t seem to make much difference.

The Journey to the West production team wasn’t hiring extras, and public safety was good here, with well-developed infrastructure. There wasn’t much chance to put his abilities to use.

Most importantly, he was still in high school. Morning study started at six, and evening study ended at ten.

Thinking of skipping class? That meant a call to your parents, a warning, detention, and expulsion, all in one convenient package.

He bent over his books, clenched his fists, and pushed himself through a hundred days. He was going to confess to his crush, no, get into college!

He’d meant to take the opportunity to confess to the doctor he’d secretly loved for ages, only to hear the terrible news that she had already returned to her home country.

No problem. He clenched his fists through his tears and pushed on for a few hundred more days.

He was going to get into Gotham University!

At that moment, Wang Bide suddenly understood the meaning of his mutation.

His agile body was so he could work twelve jobs at once, save enough for an overseas-study plane ticket and tuition, and go see you.

His sharp eyes were so he could find you more precisely among the crowds of a foreign country.

Why do spiders have eight legs? So they can run to you faster, anytime and anywhere.

Put all these qualities together, and keep burning incense to the God of Wealth every day, and you can...

Become Batman’s sidekick and find a part-time job that pays enough to live on.

With his left hand, he swung on spider silk, saving energy and reducing emissions.

With his right hand, he held a workbook and studied hard.

One night at his part-time job, while carrying out his employer’s mission to [catch the troublemaking Harley Quinn and take her to Arkham], Wang Bide finally caught sight of the person he secretly loved.

Although she’d dyed her hair, taken off her glasses, and changed out of her white coat, he couldn’t possibly mistake her for anyone else.

Their eyes met. His face turned red, and he slapped his phone shut.

Huh?

The text from his employer?

He was a foreigner. He didn’t speak Instagram English.

"Great! These three years studying abroad in Gotham City will be the most fulfilling seven years of my five-year life!"

"I worked twelve jobs at once during the holidays to save for tuition, then crossed mountains and rivers to study abroad just to chase love across a thousand miles. I’m no longer a simp. Call me a battle-hardened simp, thanks."

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