One afternoon in April 2010, inside the training ground of an abandoned factory in Brooklyn.

"Huff... huff..."

Peter Parker was panting heavily, sweat dripping down his cheeks.

With a fifty-pound weight strapped to his back, he was undergoing parkour training in a complex obstacle course.

Not far away, Kamala Khan's hands glowed with golden light as she fired energy balls one after another, striking distant targets. Her forehead was covered in sweat, but she gritted her teeth and persevered.

At the other end of the training ground, Kate Bishop drew her bowstring taut, her eyes fixed on a needle-eye-sized target a hundred meters away.

Breathe, aim, release—the arrow whistled through the air and hit the mark with precision.

Levi sat on a high platform, calmly observing the training of his three Apprentices.

A news report about Iron Man was playing on the television, and the three of them looked on with envy.

The three of them turned to look at Levi.

"Teacher," Peter asked excitedly, "can we go see him? I mean, he's a real superhero. If we could learn from him..."

"The time is not yet right." Levi shook his head, interrupting Peter's fantasy.

"Why?" Peter asked, puzzled.

Looking at Tony's high-spirited appearance on the TV, Levi said calmly, "Because he is currently facing a crisis."

"What crisis?" Kamala asked curiously.

"Palladium Poisoning," Levi said slowly. "While the Arc Reactor is keeping him alive, it is also slowly killing him. The Palladium in his body is gradually eroding his system."

The three of them gasped.

"Then... isn't that very dangerous?" Kate asked. "Aren't we going to help?"

Levi turned and switched off the TV. "He can handle it. This is a trial he must go through; only by facing the threat of death can he truly grow."

He looked at the three young people. "Furthermore, he will encounter an enemy—one who also possesses Arc Reactor technology."

"Then all the more reason to..." Peter said anxiously.

"Instead of worrying about others," Levi interrupted him, his tone becoming serious, "you should worry more about yourselves."

He walked up to the three of them. "Tony Stark has his destiny, and you have your mission. Now, continue training!"

...

Over the next two months, Levi increased the intensity of the training.

Peter's weight load increased from fifty pounds to a hundred pounds, and he had to complete fifty high-difficulty obstacle parkour runs every day.

At first, he could barely keep up, but under Levi's strict requirements, he gritted his teeth and pulled through.

One day after training, Levi handed Peter a package.

"What's this?" Peter opened it curiously.

Inside was a tight-fitting tracksuit in a red and blue color scheme; it looked quite ordinary.

"Bought it at a supermarket," Levi said indifferently. "Fifteen dollars. But it should be more suitable than the training gear you're wearing now."

Peter took the clothes, a wave of warmth rising in his heart. "Thank you, Teacher!"

At the moment he touched the clothes, a system prompt sounded in Levi's mind:

【Investment behavior detected】

【Analyzing...】

【Apprentice's current strength: Street Level (Peak)】

【Return Multiplier: x1500】

【Return: Spider Suit - First Generation Edition】

Levi felt the ordinary tracksuit in his hands disappear, replaced by a stream of data for a high-tech suit material flowing into his consciousness.

Meanwhile, the clothes in Peter's hands also changed in a faint light—the red and blue colors became more vibrant, the material became thin yet tough, and spider emblems appeared on the chest and back.

"This... this is?" Peter looked at the suit in his hands in shock.

"Try it on," Levi said with a smile.

Peter couldn't wait to change into the suit. The clothes fit his body perfectly, feeling lightweight yet full of power.

"Teacher! This suit is so cool!" Peter was as excited as a child. "And... I feel like it can breathe; it's not stuffy at all!"

"Use it well." Levi nodded. The 【Spider Suit - First Generation Edition】 was a high-tech product with various functions such as being bulletproof, stab-resistant, breathable, and sweat-wicking. This return from the system was a huge profit.

Similarly, Kamala's training was also continuously intensifying.

She had to perform a thousand energy blast drills every day, progressing from initial golden energy balls to being able to precisely control the shape and intensity of the energy.

One day during a training break, Levi handed her a pair of crude wrist guards.

"Street stall goods," Levi said frankly. "Twenty dollars. But they should protect your wrists."

Kamala took them gratefully. "Thank you, Teacher Levi!"

The system prompt sounded again:

【Investment behavior detected】

【Return Multiplier: x1500】

【Return: Kree Energy Amplification Wrist Guards】

Levi felt an extra piece of Kree technology knowledge in his consciousness, while the wrist guards in Kamala's hands transformed in a faint light into silver-white metal products with mysterious runes engraved on the surface.

"This..." Kamala put on the wrist guards and suddenly felt the energy flow within her body become much smoother. "Teacher Levi, I feel like my power has increased!"

She tried firing an energy ball—the golden light was more dazzling than ever, and its power had increased several times over, blasting a large hole directly into the wall!

"The energy output has increased threefold," Levi said calmly, as if it were a matter of course. "Continue practicing and master this power."

Kamala nodded excitedly, her eyes sparkling with admiration.

As for Kate, her training was the most tedious of the three—she had to shoot a thousand arrows every day, with the target shrinking from a bullseye a hundred meters away to the size of a needle eye.

Her fingers developed calluses, and her eyes were sore from aiming for long periods, but she never complained.

Levi saw this and, one day, handed her a quiver.

"Bought it at a sporting goods store," Levi said. "Eighty dollars."

Kate took the quiver and found twenty arrows neatly placed inside. Touched, she said, "Teacher, thank you! I will definitely..."

Before she could finish, the system prompt sounded:

【Investment behavior detected】

【Return Multiplier: x1500】

【Return: Infinite Quiver】

Knowledge of Space-folding technology flooded into Levi's consciousness, and the quiver in Kate's hands changed in a faint light—it looked ordinary on the outside, but the interior seemed connected to an alternate space.

Kate reached in curiously to explore and was surprised to find that no matter how many arrows she pulled out, new ones were always being generated inside the quiver.

"Is... is this magic?!" Kate looked at Levi in shock.

Levi smiled faintly. "You could say that."

Holding the quiver, tears of excitement welled up in Kate's eyes. "Teacher Levi... I don't know how to thank you..."

"Training well is the best way to thank me," Levi said.