Earth-65

Roy smiled and said nothing more. He took the pen and signed his name on the last page of the contract.

After signing, he handed the pen and one copy of the contract to Happy.

As for his own copy, he stored it in the System Space.

"You trust me that much? You didn't even read the specific terms of the contract?"

Tony asked.

Roy responded calmly, "To you, money is just a string of numbers. You're not stupid enough to risk your life just to scam me out of mine."

Although that was not the answer he wanted to hear, Tony did not dwell on it and continued, "In a few months, I'll be holding a Stark Industries Expo in New York. Remember to come."

"Sure!"

Roy nodded without refusing.

"Now that we're done discussing business, it's time to talk about something personal."

"Which university is your girlfriend planning to apply to? Whether it's an Ivy League school, MIT, Imperial College, Cambridge, Oxford, or somewhere else, if you need it, I can get you recommendation letters from the board."

Tony said with a smile.

"No need. She's already applied to a university."

Roy replied.

"Which university did she apply to?"

Tony asked curiously.

Roy did not keep him guessing and answered directly, "Empire State University."

Empire State University?

Upon hearing that Gwen had applied to Empire State University, Tony immediately frowned and said in confusion, "I'm not looking down on Empire State University, but it really isn't considered a top-tier school."

"Don't tell me you specifically had her apply there so she'd stay in New York?"

Roy shook his head and said slowly, "Of course not. She decided long ago that she wanted to attend Empire State University."

After chatting for a few more minutes, Tony left Midtown Science High School with Pepper and Happy.

After watching the three of them leave, Roy walked toward Gwen's family.

Noon.

Roy brought Gwen's family to the reserved Michelin three-star restaurant to celebrate Gwen's official graduation.

Glasses clinked.

Everyone enjoyed themselves.

After lunch, George drove to the police station for work.

As for Gwen, Helen, and the others, Roy invited them to his villa on the Upper East Side.

It was not Gwen's first time at the villa.

However, she had never stayed there overnight.

The moment Helen and Philip's three brothers saw that Roy drove an Audi R8, they knew he was definitely not short on money.

Yet after arriving at the villa, they were still astonished.

Especially Philip and his brothers.

Though they were still underage, they were boys.

The dozen or so supercars in the garage made their eyes sparkle.

Supercars were every man's dream!

And now, those dreams stood vividly before them.

Seeing Philip and his brothers staring wide-eyed at his collection of sports cars, Roy knew he had won over his three brothers-in-law.

As for Helen.

As the saying went, the more a mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, the more she liked him!

He had money, looks, and a good personality!

Other than having no family and dropping out of college, Roy had practically no flaws. He perfectly matched everything she wanted in a son-in-law.

"He's not human. My brother saw him shooting spiderwebs at Lincoln Center."

"I think he is human. A man, maybe even a woman."

"He shot spiderwebs from his hand, then crawled up a wall."

"The moment I saw those webs, I knew Spider-Man had appeared. He'll protect us, protect all the citizens."

"He's either insane or a freak!"

"I don't like him. He stinks!"

"A man with eight hands is so sexy..."

At the villa on the Upper East Side.

Roy and Gwen sat on the sofa, chatting as they watched reports about Spider-Man.

"He's also a superpowered person. Do you know him?"

Gwen asked curiously.

"I do."

"Not only do I know him, you know him too."

Roy replied.

"I know him too?"

Gwen looked at Roy with utter surprise.

"That's right, you know him too."

"Strictly speaking, you knew him before I did."

Roy said with a smile.

"Who is he?"

Gwen continued asking.

"Promise me first that you absolutely won't tell anyone else, then I'll tell you."

Roy said seriously.

"You don't trust me?"

Gwen frowned.

"It's not that I don't trust you."

"If my identity is exposed, at worst I'll end up like Tony Stark, constantly making headlines. Not many people would dare come looking for trouble with me."

"But it's different for him. If his identity is exposed, his family and friends will be in danger."

Roy said slowly.

Although he was not particularly close to Peter, he would not go around revealing that Peter was Spider-Man and cause Peter to be targeted for revenge.

Understanding dawned on Gwen's face, and she quickly said, "I swear, I absolutely won't tell anyone else."

Roy nodded and said unhurriedly, "Peter Parker! Spider-Man is Peter Parker!"

What?

Gwen instinctively sat up straight, disbelief appearing on her fair, delicate face.

"You're sure he's Spider-Man?"

"Sure?"

"Parker is pretty smart, but his athletic grades aren't that great. He barely passes. How could he possibly be Spider-Man?"

"He was bitten by a spider and gained superpowers."

"How did you find out?"

"Do you remember when you visited the Empire State University Science Academy?"

Gwen thought back for a moment and said softly, "Of course I remember. They had not only the most advanced electron microscopes, but also fifteen Super Spiders created with gene-splicing technology."

"We only saw fourteen of them at the time. The other one was..."

At that point, she paused, and a guess immediately flashed through her mind.

"You mean Parker was bitten by that Super Spider that wasn't in its cage?"

Roy nodded and replied, "As far as I know, yes."

"If someone else were bitten by a Super Spider, would they gain superpowers too?"

Gwen immediately became interested and continued asking.

"That's hard to say."

"They might, or they might be poisoned to death."

Roy replied.

Gwen looked him up and down and said slowly, "Don't tell me you were bitten by something too, and that's how you awakened your superpowers?"

"Of course not."

"Everyone gains superpowers differently. I awakened mine after waking up from a nap."

Roy said slowly.

Although Gwen was his girlfriend, he would not tell anyone that he was a transmigrator.

"I'm so jealous of you two."

"Parker got bitten by a Super Spider and gained spider powers."

"And you're even more ridiculous. You just slept, then awakened superpowers."

Gwen sighed and said wistfully.

"There's nothing to be jealous of. Maybe someday, you'll gain superpowers too and become a superpowered person."

Roy said casually.

He did not know which parallel universe of the Marvel Universe this was.

However, he clearly remembered that in the parallel universe Earth-65, Gwen had replaced Parker and become that universe's Spider-Man.