Captain Stacy: How Can There Be Such a Perfect Man in the World?

Amid Peter's cries of pain, Toby said indifferently:

"You can choose to be a hero yourself, to fulfill that so-called responsibility of protecting everyone."

"But you need to understand that while you protect everyone, someone still has to protect our little family. And since you've chosen to protect everyone, then I have to stay behind and protect our family."

"Peter, I don't object to you becoming a superhero. But remember this: never persuade someone else to become a superhero, because you wouldn't be helping them—you'd be harming them."

After saying that, Toby left Peter alone with his thoughts and went out on his date.

Today was the weekend.

Last week, he had promised to treat Gwen to a meal this weekend. He couldn't break his word.

This time, Toby did not wait for Gwen to come find him. Instead, he drove to the building where Gwen lived.

As for how he knew Gwen's address—

He had his mother, May, to thank for that.

After he saved Gwen two years ago, she had often come to see him.

Sometimes, she would come back with Peter after school in the afternoon and stay at his house until evening.

May had always liked Gwen. With her personality, there was no way she would let a girl go home alone at night, so naturally, she handed the task of taking Gwen home to Toby.

After taking Gwen home several times, Toby had remembered her address even without trying to.

Since he had gotten up early today to help Peter apply medicinal wine, he decided to give Gwen a surprise as well.

After all, he was ready to accept the adult Gwen. He couldn't keep making the girl take the initiative, could he?

After buying a few gifts and a bouquet of flowers at the supermarket downstairs from Gwen's building, Toby carried them up to the floor where Gwen lived.

Compared to Toby's detached little house, Gwen's home fit the stereotype of America's elite class perfectly—a spacious luxury apartment.

Toby stood before the Stacy family's door and knocked three times.

After waiting a few seconds, hurried footsteps sounded from inside.

Gwen opened the door. Her hair was slightly messy, she wore bear-print pajamas, and she still had a toothbrush in her mouth—clearly, she had only been awake for a short while. Without even looking up, she said:

"Thanks, but my family doesn't need supermarket coupons, we don't enter raffles, and we're not buying a TV. Also, I have something especially important to do today, so don't bother me, okay?"

With that, Gwen prepared to close the door.

"I'm guessing that especially important thing is the meal I owe you, right?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Gwen abruptly looked up. Her eyes widened as she blinked at Toby, as though wondering why he was here.

But then Gwen realized that she was not dressed as exquisitely as she was whenever she took the initiative to meet Toby, with a full face of makeup!

She was bare-faced and wearing pajamas!

"Holy—"

Halfway through her cry, Gwen immediately covered her mouth. She couldn't swear in front of the person she liked!

"Toby, wait here! I'll be right back!"

After saying that quickly, Gwen promptly slammed the door shut and sprinted toward her room.

She needed to put on a full face of makeup as fast as possible!

Captain Stacy, who had just sat down at the dining table to enjoy breakfast, was utterly stunned by the sight.

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The instincts of a captain told him that something was not right!

When had his daughter, who had always been calm and clever, ever lost her composure like that?

Something was off. Not just off—twelve out of ten off!

And apart from the pain of losing a loved one, there was only one thing that could cause such a drastic change in a calm girl's behavior: a boy!

Captain Stacy could no longer eat. With a dark expression, he rose from the dining table, strode to his front door, and yanked it open.

Sure enough, a tall, handsome young man was standing outside!

Captain Stacy first gave Toby a scrutinizing once-over.

Tall and powerfully built, with a straight, confident posture; ruggedly handsome features; a gentle temperament that did not diminish the sharpness between his brows; even his clean suit was exactly the kind Captain Stacy favored!

Oh, damn it!

How could there be someone in this world who looked so perfect at first glance that even he, a captain, could not find a single flaw?

As far as first impressions went, Captain Stacy, who had deliberately wanted to pick a fight, had undoubtedly lost.

But he refused to concede, because he did not believe such a perfect man truly existed!

In his many years of investigative experience, the more perfect someone appeared on the surface, the darker their heart and the filthier they were in private!

So Captain Stacy continued to interrogate Toby with a sharp gaze, as though questioning a criminal. "What's your name? What do you do? Where do you live?"

Looking at Captain Stacy as he questioned him like a police officer interrogating a suspect, Toby did not get angry. Instead, he smiled and answered each question one by one:

"Reporting in, Captain. My name is Toby Parker. I currently work in research on eliminating urban pests, and I live at 104 37th Avenue, Flushing, Queens."

Toby's polite reply left Captain Stacy at a loss for words.

Whenever he questioned criminals like this, they usually told him to go eat shit. Why was today...

Wait, he didn't seem to be interrogating a criminal right now...

Then, recalling the man's answer, Captain Stacy suddenly realized that he seemed to remember him!

The Parker Family in Queens!

Wasn't that the home of the classmate Gwen often visited?

Gwen had frequently gone to the Parker Family's home over the past two years. As her father, Captain Stacy naturally couldn't have been unaware of it, much less unconcerned.

He had therefore used his authority to secretly investigate the Parker family.

And it could be said that the Parker Family's record was cleaner than that of 99.9999% of American families—and every single member was spotless!

First were Mr. and Mrs. Parker, the heads of the household. All their lives, aside from doing good deeds, they had worked diligently and conscientiously. They were practically model five-star New York citizens!

Then there was their nephew, Peter Parker. He had excelled academically since childhood and was honest and kind by nature. He was the textbook good student in any parent's eyes!

Finally, there was their son, Toby Parker—the man before him. While he wasn't as outwardly honest and kind as his cousin Peter, nor did he regularly do good deeds like his parents, there was still nothing to fault him for. If anything, he was practically a Transformer among men!

He had earned perfect scores in both sports and academics from childhood. Though his personality was that of an ordinary person who didn't like meddling in other people's business, that wasn't a flaw at all!

As for his work, when Captain Stacy had investigated him, major corporations had still been competing to recruit Toby, so he had no idea which company Toby had ultimately joined.

But without question, it had to be some top-tier corporation!

And Toby had just said that he was engaged in research on eliminating urban pests. While that might not be some prestigious, pinnacle career in America—

To a police officer like Captain Stacy, who was filled with responsibility and a sense of justice, Toby's work researching the elimination of urban pests—a field few were willing to enter—was one of the greatest professions there was!

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