The person who brought Gwen an inexplicable sense of security was naturally Ryan.
The reason Ryan suddenly appeared here was because after he just connected Alexander Pierce's call, he hadn't talked for two sentences before his upgraded Spider-Sense started becoming active again...
And this time, the special sensation emitted by his Spider-Sense was different from all previous ones...
This time, the Spider-Sense brought him a strong feeling of disgust!
It was as if some existence that the Spider-Sense detested had appeared!
The Spider-Sense always held great importance in Ryan's heart, so Ryan unhesitatingly chose to end the conversation with Pierce about changing the World, telling Pierce to come to Parker Tower another time to discuss it in person.
He then unceremoniously told the HYDRA members present to arrange a reasonable identity profile for the Witch, send their family to New York, and then he left first.
As for how he left?
Naturally, it was by using the spatial teleportation ability of the Tesseract.
He had only just returned the three Infinity Stones—Reality, Power, and Soul—from other Universes to the Avengers, letting Captain America send them back to the Universes where they belonged.
But the Mind, Space, and Time Infinity Stones from Ryan's own Universe were still with him.
Moreover, Ryan hadn't damaged the containers of the three Infinity Stones previously, so after using them, he put the three Stones back into their respective containers.
After all, although the Symbiote could serve as a temporary common container for the Infinity Stones, keeping the Infinity Stones in the Symbiote for too long meant the gamma radiation they emitted would still have some negative effects on the Symbiote.
So, before he could find an artifact similar to Thanos's Infinity Gauntlet, Ryan planned to use their original containers to utilize their abilities.
As for that container, Ryan already had two ideas.
One was to go to Asgard and ask Odin to have the King of the Dwarves forge him an artifact capable of containing and using all the Infinity Stones.
However, Ryan wasn't very keen on using this method.
Because using this method would undoubtedly mean he owed Odin a favor.
And favors had to be repaid; he wasn't very eager to get involved in the troublesome and dangerous mess of Odin's family...
As for the other option, it was actually on Earth.
That was the Ten Rings held by the leader of the Ten Rings Gang, Xu Wenwu!
That thing was an artifact no less powerful than, or perhaps even superior to, Asgardian divine weapons!
And if he remembered correctly, the Ten Rings themselves seemed to have some connection with the Infinity Stones, both being products from the time of the Big Bang.
Using them to contain the Infinity Stones, the Ten Rings were arguably the most suitable!
But first, he had to go and eliminate the thing his Spider-Sense detested!
Unfortunately, when Ryan tracked the feeling of disgust from his Spider-Sense and used the spatial power of the Tesseract to find this place, the feeling of revulsion from his Spider-Sense had already vanished without a trace. Only a very disheveled Gwen remained here.
And... this Gwen seemed to give him a strange feeling...
He couldn't pinpoint what was wrong, but the feeling was just off!
Ryan, filled with doubt, walked step by step to Gwen's front and extended his hand toward the seemingly helpless Gwen: "Gwen, what happened here?"
Gwen, curled up against the wall hugging her legs, looked at the man in front of her who gave her a sense of security, and instinctively reached out to grasp the hand Ryan extended.
This made Gwen pause. Had... her body accepted the other person's goodwill before her mind did?
Immediately, before Gwen could react, she was suddenly pulled into Ryan's embrace.
Gwen:!!!
Gwen's eyes instantly widened, and her body stiffened.
Being this intimate upon first meeting, was this right???
But surprisingly, facing this intimate action from someone she just met, Gwen didn't feel any resistance arise in her heart.
On the contrary, as the other person got closer, the sense of security in her heart grew stronger. It was so secure that her tense heart snapped, and she wanted to lean into the other person's embrace and just fall asleep...
But before Gwen could fall asleep, Ryan asked again: "Gwen? What happened? Tell me, I'll solve it..."
Hearing this, in her relaxed mental state, Gwen subconsciously wanted to pour out her entire experience to this familiar stranger: "I..."
But just as she was about to speak, the Spider-Men who died tragically in the previous few Universes after she revealed information about the Inheritor Family flashed through Gwen's mind...
She forcibly held back the words that were about to spill out...
No, she couldn't let another innocent Spider-Man die because of her!
Gwen lowered her head in Ryan's arms and then whispered: "No... nothing, I'm just a little tired..."
Ryan felt the stiffness of the person in his arms, and noticed that this Gwen's proportions were slightly different from the Gwen in his Universe. A smile curved the corner of his mouth.
He mostly understood now...
Ah, so this is the Ghost-Spider from another Universe?
Interesting...
Or perhaps... this person is actually the truly chosen Ghost-Spider!
After all, the Gwen of his Universe became Spider-Man because he modified the Super Spider cultivated by Peter's father, becoming Spider-Man under his deliberate intervention.
It wasn't because she was chosen, unlike in other Universes.
However, Ryan didn't immediately expose Gwen's 'fake' identity. Instead, he used his finger to lift her chin, pulled down the lower half of her mask, and leaned down toward her.
Wait, what is he doing???
Gwen's pupils trembled at the sight, and her heart pounded uncontrollably!
Th-This won't progress too fast, will it!
Should I refuse or accept?
But I don't even know my relationship with him in this Universe. What if we already have this kind of intimate relationship?
If I refuse directly, won't I expose myself?
Gwen, oh Gwen, in order not to let another Spider-Man die because of you, just endure it for a moment!
Hmm, definitely just for a moment!
With a complex feeling of both apprehension and anticipation, Gwen finally chose to close her eyes, preparing to 'sacrifice' herself.
But... what landed on Gwen's lips was not a warm kiss, but a cold test tube.
"Huh?" Gwen opened her eyes in confusion, only to realize the other person had just leaned down to place a test tube filled with green liquid in front of her mouth, not intending to kiss her!
This is even more awkward!