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Seeing Gwen's mindset had completely shifted, Ryan naturally took her hand and led her to a platform on the roof. He smiled at her and said, "Of course not. Back then, you were the one who pursued me, remember?"
As Gwen's large green eyes widened, the platform they were standing on suddenly descended, dropping into another space.
"You're saying in this Universe, I was the one who took the initiative to pursue you? How is that possible... Uh, actually, it's not like it's impossible..."
Gwen started to speak in disbelief, but halfway through, she saw Ryan's chiseled, model-like face illuminated by the faint light of the descending platform. Suddenly, she felt that her taking the initiative to pursue Ryan seemed quite reasonable!
Handsome, wealthy, great physique, and no lack of character, responsibility, or a sense of security—who wouldn't want a boyfriend like that?
Clack—
As the platform landed, the surrounding motion-sensor lights flickered on one by one. Gwen immediately covered her mouth in surprise.
"Oh my God, are these all... spider suits?!"
She saw a circle of glass display cases surrounding her, and inside these cases were spider suits of every style and color.
The sight left Gwen dazzled and filled with excitement.
No Spider-Man could resist the charm of a room full of various spider suits!
As for this space and these spider suits, what was the story?
Back when Ryan inherited this building, hadn't he discovered the hidden space Norman had built inside it?
Such a large space couldn't be wasted, aside from housing the spider-fighter jet they used for collective Spider Family operations.
Therefore, he had super-geniuses like Tony, Dr. Banner, and The Leader renovate the place, turning it into a secret Base for the Spider Family to gather, store equipment, and hold meetings.
After all, with the rapid increase in the number of Spider Family members, the underground lab under the old house was no longer sufficient.
So Ryan simply decided to turn this place into a spider's nest.
[Mr. Ryan, Miss Gwen, welcome home. Do you need me to summon the other members of the Spider Family for you?]
At that moment, Jarvis's voice rang out, startling Gwen once again.
"No need, Jarvis."
After responding to Jarvis, Ryan turned to Gwen and explained with a smile:
"Jarvis is an AI butler graciously sponsored by our Universe's Iron Man Tony Stark. Tony is also an external member of our Spider Family."
Gwen paused, puzzled. "Why an external member?"
Ryan shook his head helplessly. "Because he said he didn't want to paint a spider emblem on his armor, saying it would ruin the design aesthetic. Plus, he really likes the title 'Iron Man' and doesn't want people calling him 'Iron Spider-Man'."
Gwen:...
That reason really is... casual and willful...
"But in truth, we've long considered Tony a member of the Spider Family, and he's long considered himself a formal member. So you don't need to mind his 'external' status; just treat him as one of our own who can be trusted..."
As he spoke, Ryan plugged the USB drive containing the Quantum Tunnel technology from the other Universe's Tony into Jarvis's main console and said:
"Jarvis, help me transfer the files in here to Tony and give him a reminder: if he wants to see his daughter from another Universe as soon as possible, he'd better build the Quantum Tunnel quickly!"
Upon hearing this, Jarvis's system clearly lagged for a moment before responding:
[Understood. The files have been sent to Mr. Stark, and this matter has been set as a Level 1 Emergency!]
Based on Jarvis's understanding of his Master, knowing he had a little mistress in another World would definitely drive his Master completely wild!
"Good. Thanks for the hard work, Jarvis."
Hearing the conversation between Ryan and Jarvis, Gwen's gaze toward Ryan became even more moved.
In her eyes, the reason Ryan was so anxious to finish the Quantum Tunnel was simply because of her previous request for him to help send her back to her own Universe!
Ever since Gwen had crossed that inner 'moral' hurdle, she was becoming more and more like the Gwen of this Universe. The more she looked at Ryan, the more she liked him, feeling that everything Ryan did was right!
But was Ryan really so eager to build the Quantum Tunnel just to send Gwen back?
Naturally not...
He was in a hurry to build the Quantum Tunnel so he could go into the Multiverse and hunt the Inheritor Family!
As for Gwen, Ryan wished she would stay in his Universe longer.
After all, the longer Gwen stayed in this Universe, the deeper her feelings for him would become, and the stronger her ties to this Universe would be!
Then, in the future, it would be all the more natural for him to have this Gwen settle down in his Universe permanently.
At most, he could just bring the other father-in-law over as well.
It just so happened that since Gwen's father in the New York Police Department had been promoted to Director, they were lacking a competent and good Chief of the people.
He might as well pull Chief Stacy from the other Universe to his own to fill that position.
Thinking about how Chief Stacy's superior would be Director Stacy, essentially managing himself, Ryan found it a bit funny and looked forward to it, hahaha!
Next, Ryan introduced the members of the Spider Family to Gwen along the way.
First was The Leader, who spent most of his time at the secret Base. By now, with the help of Dr. Banner and Dr. Connors, The Leader's appearance had actually improved a lot.
Aside from his skin still being green, his head had actually returned to a normal human size, making him look like a normal human with green skin.
However, The Leader, accustomed to solitude, didn't like going out, so Ryan simply gave him the responsibility of overseeing the secret Base and acting as the Spider Family Commander.
Next was the Power Supervisor and Electro-Spider, Max.
Compared to the bald, decadent, and ugly loser he was at the beginning, the current Max had reached the peak of his life and was full of spirit!
Not only was he materially wealthy, but his appearance had also improved under the influence of his superpowers, satisfying his material needs.
More importantly, he had found great spiritual satisfaction!
Because his ability to control electricity was so cool, Max could be said to be the third most popular 'Spider-Man' in the Spider Family, second only to the founder Spider Monarch and Spider-Man himself, Peter Parker!
Consequently, Max, who used to be treated like an invisible man, now had fans greeting him wherever he went. This gave Max, who had always craved recognition, a constant sense of secret satisfaction!
And with this satisfaction, Max felt even more grateful to Ryan for pulling him out of the mire and putting him on a pedestal!
Next were the supervisors of the experimental floor, Dr. Banner and Dr. Connors.
There wasn't much to say about Dr. Banner; he was the same as ever, with the kind appearance of a good man.
Dr. Connors, however, told Ryan some good news: he had made another breakthrough with the Lizard Serum. On the premise of eliminating the transformation into a lizard appearance, the latest generation of the Lizard Serum could now grant a semi-permanent self-healing regeneration ability!
And why was it called semi-permanent?
Because although the latest generation of the Lizard Serum allowed the user to gain a powerful healing factor that wouldn't naturally fade over time, it would be consumed through continuous use.
Once the user exhausted the healing factor in their body, they would need to use a new dose of the Lizard Serum.
Ryan was already very satisfied with this.
Although he didn't need it himself since he had the Symbiote, this thing was a highly valuable treasure, whether used by other Spider Family members or as a trade item!
Therefore, after encouraging Dr. Connors, Ryan promised that once the Quantum Tunnel was built, he would also give him a portion of the shares in the other Universe's Parker Industries.
By this point, Gwen had met all the Spider Family members in the building.
Finally, Ryan took Gwen to the basement level, which was the floor where the super 'criminals' were held.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, what greeted them wasn't people, but voices.
The sounds of Deadpool and Captain America bickering.
Captain America: "You bastards with balls for heads are the shrewdest. You pretend you're going to jump off a building, but then you wait until there's a crowd below to piss on them, saying you're treating everyone to a glass of your 'special brew'!"
Deadpool: "It's the people who look all dignified like you who are the shrewdest. Every day you go and rub the heads of the neighbor's kids. The auntie asks if you can wait until they're born before you start rubbing!"