Bringer-of-Darkness Technique (Please Bookmark)

Time flew by.

Before he knew it, more than two months had passed.

During those two months, besides developing ninjutsu, practicing techniques such as Flying Thunder God: Second Step and Chidori Blade, and dating Gwen, Roy also took on a few commissions in his spare time.

Some of those commissions came from Kingpin, while others came from Daredevil.

There was nothing much to say about Kingpin's commissions. They were no different from before—he paid Roy to crack down on New York's other gangs.

For example, the Maggia led by Hammerhead and the Demon Gang led by Mister Negative.

As for Daredevil's commission,

it was to rescue his ex-girlfriend Elektra from The Hand.

None of those commissions were particularly difficult, and Roy completed them with ease.

Likewise, the rewards for those commissions were fairly ordinary.

Kingpin's commissions gave him 3 cards of chakra.

Daredevil's commission, meanwhile, allowed him to obtain the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.

Although the rewards were hardly generous, Roy had nothing better to do, so he still accepted the commissions.

Morning.

Midtown Science High School.

Roy, who usually slept until noon, had deliberately gotten up early today and driven his Audi R8 here.

As for why he had come, the reason was simple.

Gwen had finally graduated!

Today was the graduation ceremony for Gwen's class.

As Gwen's boyfriend, it would have been hard to justify not even showing up for her graduation ceremony.

After parking at the lot by the school entrance, Roy picked up the flowers from the passenger seat and headed toward the lawn where the ceremony was being held.

On his way to the ceremony venue, he saw many graduates dressed in dark blue gowns, as well as their families and friends.

When he saw the students' families, he unconsciously swallowed.

Although he had been dating Gwen for several months, he had never met her family.

Just like Gwen in the Amazing universe, Gwen in this universe also had three younger brothers.

Philip, Jack, and Simon.

Roy was not particularly worried about meeting them. What worried him more was meeting Gwen's parents, George and Helen.

Especially George.

From George's perspective, Roy had appeared out of nowhere and taken away the daughter he had carefully raised for eighteen years.

On top of that, Roy's public-facing profession was private detective, making him seem like some blond punk corrupting his daughter in George's eyes.

There was nothing to be nervous about!

It was just meeting her parents, wasn't it?

He would have to meet them sooner or later. Today was as good a day as any!

Roy silently encouraged himself.

Before long, he arrived at the lawn where the graduation ceremony was being held and spotted Gwen's family.

Gwen, who had been chatting with her family, quickly noticed his arrival and waved at him.

After taking a deep breath, Roy walked toward Gwen's family.

George, Helen, and Gwen's three brothers all turned their attention to him, silently sizing him up.

When he approached, George was the first to ask Gwen.

"Who is this?"

"His name is Roy. He's my boyfriend."

Gwen responded without the slightest hesitation.

Boyfriend?

Hearing her answer, Helen, Philip, and the others wore expressions that said they had expected as much.

George, on the other hand, frowned slightly and asked Roy, "Were you a student here before?"

"No, I graduated from another school."

Roy responded quickly.

"How old are you this year? Where do you live? What university did you attend? Who is in your family? What do your parents do?"

George looked Roy up and down before continuing his questions.

Before Roy could answer, Gwen spoke up.

"Roy is my boyfriend, not your suspect."

"I'll show Roy around the school. You can chat among yourselves."

With that, Gwen took Roy's hand and led him away in front of George and the others.

After walking several dozen meters, Roy handed the flowers to Gwen and said, "I almost forgot. These are for you. Congratulations on graduating."

"Thank you!"

Gwen accepted the flowers with a broad smile.

A few seconds later, she looked at Roy apologetically and said softly, "My dad was just letting his professional habits take over. He didn't mean anything by it, so don't take it to heart."

Roy replied quickly, "Don't worry, I'm not that petty."

"Strictly speaking, your dad's attitude was already pretty good. He just wanted to know more about me."

"If I were in his place and found out my daughter suddenly had a boyfriend, my attitude would have been even worse."

After taking a walk around the school with Gwen, they returned to the graduation ceremony venue.

Gwen brought Roy to the audience seating and had him sit to George's right.

As for herself, she headed to the graduates' seats in front of the stage.

She was the student representative for this year's graduating class and would soon deliver a graduation speech on behalf of all the graduates.

Not long after sitting down, George resumed questioning Roy about his personal and family circumstances.

Roy did not hide any of the information that was publicly available and gave him a simple overview.

When George heard that Roy had not continued to university and had instead dropped out to become a private detective, his frown deepened.

Unlike George, whose brows were tightly furrowed, Helen showed concern after learning that Roy was an orphan who had grown up in an orphanage.

"You're not an ordinary private detective, are you?"

George suddenly asked.

"Uh... I'm not sure what you mean?"

Roy responded.

"I've dealt with many private detectives, but you give me a completely different feeling from them."

"I won't beat around the bush. While Gwen was showing you around the campus, I had people from the police department look into your background."

"Your record is spotless. You don't even have a record of illegal parking or running red lights."

"But there is a serious issue with your income."

"According to the records, you live on the Upper East Side and own more than a dozen luxury cars."

"You're an orphan, yet after dropping out to become a private detective, you earned more wealth in half a year than most people earn in a lifetime."

"I've never seen a private detective who makes that much money."

George lowered his voice and stared at Roy with a grave expression.

Although George had noticed something suspicious, Roy remained perfectly calm.

He had long guessed that George would use his authority as police commissioner to investigate him, and he had already thought of how to explain the astonishing fortune he had made in only half a year.

"I'm indeed not an ordinary private detective. My scope of work is broad, and many of my clients are wealthy people."

"Besides, official government agencies occasionally bring me commissions as well."

"I'm not at liberty to reveal the specific details of those commissions."

"All I can say is that private detective is merely my public-facing profession. In terms of the work itself, I'm more like an independent contractor who specializes in handling problems others can't solve."

"If you want to know whether my work is legal, you can call this number."

Roy took a business card from his pocket and handed it to George.