Los Angeles Again

As the start of the school year drew closer, the four began discussing college life in increasingly concrete terms.

The first issue to solve was housing. For a close-knit group like theirs, living separately in different dorm buildings was clearly the last thing any of them wanted. All four agreed that living off campus together would be the ideal solution.

"Think about it. If we live in different dorms, how inconvenient would it be if we wanted to discuss something at night? Or when I need to store some of my personal belongings?" Peter was the first to object. He could hardly keep stuffing his Spider-Suit into a closet or carry it around in his backpack every day.

"Exactly. And we need certain equipment we can actually use," Harry added, referring to the maintenance of Peter's suit and his own armor. "A dorm environment obviously isn't suitable."

Gwen nodded as well. "If we had a space of our own, it would definitely be much more convenient—and more private."

However, California Institute of Technology had an unwritten rule strongly recommending that first-year students live in campus dormitories.

The school did this mainly to help new students better integrate into the campus community, build social networks, and adapt to collective college life. But that clearly did not suit Lin Hai and the others.

Thus, the task of breaking through this obstacle naturally fell to Harry. He had to figure out how to use the Osborn Group's influence and the four of their outstanding personal records to persuade the school to make an exception and approve their off-campus housing application.

"Leave it to me." Harry was completely confident.

Rather than crudely applying pressure by offering to "donate a building" or something similar, he carefully prepared a set of documents.

It included not only