Mr Devil...
"Sorry kid, but I don't have the time to train anyone as I'm pretty busy saving lives if you didn't notice. If you're just looking for training for your friend take him to a gym or a dojo so he can learn there, there's quite a few around New York and quite a few of them aren't terrible but I'm afraid I'm not gonna be babysitting some kid when I could be out there saving lives." Apparently having said what he needed to say Daredevil begins to turn to leave and I see him reach a hand for the billy club in his holster which he uses to traverse around the city but I can't let him leave yet I can't physically stop him and I don't know how to get him to listen since he's decided to leave after hearing my request, I bet he wouldn't have even stayed to say no if I didn't name drop the Fantastic Four and he's pulled his billy club out of its holster and he's about to throw it to leave the area when I do the only thing I can think of to get him to stay and hear me out and I'm in too much of a panic to question whether or not this is the right move but it's my only move. "WAIT!! My friend that needs training, it's Spider-Man..." Daredevil stops dead in his tracks before putting his billy club back into its holster and turning around to take another look at me for a moment before he decides to come back having probably listened to my heartbeat and determined that I'm telling the truth which convinced him to come back and hear me out as training an ordinary friend of mine would've been troublesome but training my friend that is SpiderMan should've peaked his interest enough for him to at least hear me out and give it some thought and that's all I need as I already having a bunch of guilt inducing drivel ready to spew at him that would make him hate himself if he didn't agree to my request (don't you just love guilt tripping), Daredevil has walked back over to me and after giving me another once over to make sure nothings wrong probably this time paying extra attention since I've mentioned a fellow superhero and after that he reigns to speak.
"As far as I can see Spider-Man is doing alright at this business actually doing far better than most, why would he need my training? And more importantly why couldn't he ask me for training himself? Why are you asking me for him?" Daredevil questions confused as to why me an ordinary citizen would be braving the streets of Hell's Kitchen looking for Daredevil to ask him to train Spider-Man when Spider-Man could've done it himself instead of endangering an ordinary civilian by sending him to arguably the worst part of the city at night to look for a superhero who's always in some kind of danger, I take a moment to think about how to answer this since I have to convince Daredevil to train Peter without revealing Peter's identity and making sure that Daredevil won't tell Peter that I'm the one who convinced Daredevil to train him and after a moment I've gotten my story straight and so I start to narrate it hoping this'll work. "I went to high school with the guy and I graduated and went off to study at Empire State University and start my internship with the Fantastic Four so me and the guy don't hang out much anymore but I'm still his friend and he's decided to go out at night dressed as a spider and beating up thugs and even some supervillains, he's my age which means he's a teenager and before he got his powers he was a nerd who never had a fight in his life and so he's got no experience with fighting and more often than not when I see him he's always got at least a few injuries which he tries to hide. I'm afraid he going to get himself killed while doing this but I know he won't stop because of something personal happening to one of his family members and so he'll keep going whether I try to stop him or not but at least I can try and make him a better superhero which is why I've come to you, please train my friend and make him a skilled superhero so I don't have to worry about him dying every time I see him swing out over New York, please."
God anime and manga really have affected me and I had no idea how much but right now I feel like sliding into a dogeza while screaming "Tanomu!" because that's just how these scenes go in the anime and manga I've watched but I'm not gonna bow to this guy because at the end of the day this doesn't really affect me all that much since I'm only doing this because Mary Jane asked me to help Peter and whether Peter is trained by Daredevil or not he'll still be the Spider-Man everyone grew up to who always gets up no matter what and carries on no matter the odds or what he's against and even if this is a different universe with a different Peter Parker he still carries the same name and that name means something so I'm not that worried about his survival since I'm sure he's gonna do just fine without my interference but if I can make him stronger he'll deal with more problems so I'll have less hassle and maybe this Peter will be able to kill an Inheritor by himself which would be awesome since he's my first line of defence if odd guys come here before I manage to leave this universe and I'm sure they'll try and come for me first since I'm the more powerful totem so the more powerful and skilled I can make Peter the more time and defence I'll have against the inheritors if they ever come here, honestly while this might be entirely selfish and be because of my self interest it will still benefit Peter in the long run since he'll be able to handle his villains much more easier and avoid less heartache in the long run and if I'm lucky Daredevil might be able to convince Peter of the necessity of killing and actually make something of the Boy Scout and maybe he'll actually be able to survive the Inheritors which are one of the major reasons that I've sped up my research since those guys are crazy strong and immortal spider hunting vampires and they kill nearly all of the spider totems in the multiverse before they are stopped and I'm now a spider totem and arguably one of the most juicy ones since I swallowed the spider instead of just getting hit so getting Peter trained can only benefit me in the long run as he will be my first line of defence if the Inheritors ever come to this universe. "Tell me the kid's, Spider-Man's name. I'll find him and if he meets my requirements I'll think about training him, if he doesn't reach the benchmark then I'm gonna try and stop him from continuing this path if he wouldn't be able to handle it."
He wants Spider-Man's secret identity but I can't tell him that as that's how he will inevitably find Peter which Peter will question which would point him in my direction and create more trouble for me since I don't really want to be too involved with Peter because of all his villains plus the Green Goblin and he is basically a more intelligent and rich Joker from DC except with less insanity and less chaos though he's just as violent and some times even more insipid and cruel with his plans than the Joker is because Norman Osborn really wants to hurt others while the Joker is trying to debunk Batman's whole goal and make him question himself and make him become more like the Joker as he sees the world as a big joke so what's the point in anything, Osborn has no such ideology or anything behind him as he's got just as much cruelty and insanity inside him but the driving force behind him is his power hungry ways and his mad grab to become better than Spider-Man's and everyone else which is much scarier as he is focused and driven so I don't want to get too close to Peter and end up becoming one of Peter's weaknesses in the eyes of his enemies. "I can't tell you his identity because that would be a breach of trust plus he doesn't even know that I know he's Spider-Man and to be honest I'd rather he didn't because I don't want to become more involved with the superhero community than I already am and right now I'm fine with occasionally having to hide under a desk whenever the Baxter building is attacked (which hasn't happened yet but I'm expecting it) plus it's make our friendship weird and I'd rather keep things as they are right now, so I'm not gonna tell you his identity but you do know my identity and I only really hung out with one dude when I was at my high school so it wouldn't be too hard to find out Spider-Man's identity if you really wanted to. I'm asking you to please train him and not to mention me or my name since we don't really hang out anymore though I still worry about him sometimes, he usually hangs out around queens or Manhattan and he stays away from New Jersey as much as possible so it shouldn't be too hard to find him without knowing his identity unless you really want to know it but I found out from Johnny that you capes usually respect each other's secret identities." I tell him and hopefully he won't mention me to Peter or actually show up in Peter's room or some shit but if he does I hope he won't mention me and I'm sure he can come up with a good excuse for why he wants to train him by himself as he's cleaver being a lawyer and all, having said everything I pretty much want to I wait for Daredevil to respond in some sort of fashion.
"I'll check the kid out if that's it, if I think he needs training and he isn't gonna stop being a superhero then I'll give him some training but he's not gonna be my number one priority. Why don't you wa-" I've gotten my answer and that's all that I needed plus I feel like if I stayed any longer he's gonna start asking questions I don't really want to answer so once he's finished his current sentence I quickly turn and run away while waving at him, he'll let me go since I'm a citizen who hasn't done anything wrong and I hope since I left him with a final sentence he'll feel responsible to train Peter. "Thanks for agreeing to my request Mr Devil, don't train him too hard as I wouldn't want him to die before he's even out fighting villains. I need to go but thank you for agreeing to train him, bye!" I run off while leaving those words and some how I can feel Daredevils bewilderment at having had this stuff dropped at his feet, well not my problem anymore...
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