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At this moment, besides Ryan, another force was preparing to reverse-hunt the Inheritor Family.
But the question was, compared to our powerful Spider Monarch, although this one was a Spider-Alliance composed of countless Spider-Men, could they really successfully hunt the Inheritor Family?
Or... would they instead be treated as a meal delivered to the Inheritor Family's doorstep?
Who knows...
Earth-99999.
'Wooohoo——'
Between the skyscrapers of New York, two figures were swinging on Silk, one after the other, through the wind.
Swinging in front, wearing a black and white hooded spider suit, was Ghost-Spider Gwen.
And behind Gwen, wearing a silver-gray spider suit, was naturally Ryan.
As for how the two of them, who were just having a heart-to-heart in a room, were now swinging through the city together...
It all started ten minutes ago...
Under Gwen's admiring gaze, Ryan selectively told her how he had step-by-step used his abilities to lead the poverty-stricken Parker Family onto the path of capitalist wealth...
He also recounted how he formed the Spider Family, making various superpowered individuals join his Spider Family with unwavering loyalty, even turning his entire family into Spider-Men...
Hearing the history of this Universe, which was so different from her own, Gwen's large eyes sparkled, filled with longing for everything in this Universe.
To her, this Universe was simply paradise—no regrets, no pain, and a united, loving Spider Family. She really wanted to stay in this perfect Universe!
But unfortunately, there was already a Gwen in this Universe, so there was no place for her...
However, upon learning of Gwen's thoughts, Ryan calmly told her that he didn't think that was necessarily the case...
Then, under Gwen's startled gaze, Ryan kissed her for the third time today and straightforwardly expressed his possessiveness toward her.
And from the moment he brought Gwen home, he had no intention of 'letting her go.'
Gwen was his. Any Gwen in this Universe belonged to him, regardless of which Universe she originally came from!
Facing Ryan's overbearing scumbag rhetoric, Gwen surprisingly felt no disgust. Instead, she had a sense of... it being only natural?
As a top student, Gwen began to suspect if she had developed some kind of quantum entanglement with the version of herself in this Universe after arriving here.
Otherwise, it didn't make sense why she felt so familiar with and trusted Ryan from the start, and why she didn't resist his intimate actions at all...
But... wouldn't this really count as cheating on herself with herself?
Gwen felt a bit conflicted internally...
Ryan also saw Gwen's conflict, so he didn't pressure her to make an immediate decision. Instead, he invited her to see the Spider Family for herself.
To this, Gwen indeed stopped being conflicted and readily agreed.
After all, she was truly curious about what a family full of Spider-Men was like!
And so, it led to the scene at the beginning where Ryan and Gwen were swinging on Silk through the city.
Pity Ryan's old father-in-law, though. When Chief Stacy came in with ginger soup and medicine, there was no sign of his 'daughter' or son-in-law in Gwen's room...
Chief Stacy wasn't worried; instead, he sighed helplessly and muttered to himself:
"Sigh, another day of being stood up. Gwen, when will you trust your old man and come clean about your hidden identity as much as you trust Ryan?"
That's right, as the Director of the New York Police Department, Chief Stacy had actually guessed that the new Ghost-Spider in the Spider Family was his daughter, Gwen Stacy...
Because setting aside the fact that the Spider Family's true identities weren't a secret to the Earth's high-ranking officials due to Ryan's high profile, what father wouldn't recognize his own daughter just because of a mask?
He was just waiting for Gwen to confess to him herself...
Alas, the heart of a parent is truly pitiable...
"Achoo——"
At this moment, in Washington, Gwen, who had just finished an academic debate with students from another prestigious school, wrinkled her nose and sneezed.
What was wrong with her today? Why did she keep feeling like someone was talking about her behind her back?
And just now, during the academic debate, she suddenly felt a strange tingling sensation that only appeared when she was being intimate with Ryan?
This feeling didn't originate from her body, but from... her Spider-Sense!
Something's wrong, something is very, very wrong!
Therefore, after the debate ended, Gwen asked the leading teacher for leave, wanting to go back early to investigate why her Spider-Sense was acting up...
Meanwhile, Ryan, the other Gwen, and even Chief Stacy didn't know yet that their other true girlfriend, self, and daughter was about to return...
"Wow, this feeling is truly amazing! I feel better than ever!"
After Gwen and Ryan landed on top of Parker Tower, Gwen clenched her fist, feeling the powerful sensation in her body, and spoke to Ryan excitedly.
Ryan smiled faintly. "Do you like it? Then this Symbiote is yours."
"Eh?" Gwen was stunned upon hearing this, saying in disbelief, "You're giving me such a precious thing just like that?"
Ryan reached out and gently stroked Gwen's surprised face, saying softly, "If it were for anyone else, I would naturally be reluctant. But if it's you, I won't hesitate."
Of course, this was just Ryan's sweet talk. The truth was that Riot had consumed too many high-level lifeforms recently, so it had'spawned' again.
So Ryan used Riot's offspring as a tool to win the other Gwen's heart, just like when he gave a Symbiote to Sylvie, the Daughter of Laufey...
Thump-thump, thump-thump——
But Gwen didn't know Ryan's true intentions. She only knew that after hearing Ryan's incredibly gentle words, she felt like her heart was about to leap out of her chest!
Immediately, she could no longer suppress the impulse rising like a tide. she pulled up her mask, pulled up the lower half of Ryan's mask, stood on her tiptoes, and took the initiative to kiss him!
This was their fourth kiss of the day, and the first one Gwen had initiated!
And this initiative also showed that Gwen had internally overcome the hurdle of 'cheating on herself.'
Once that hurdle was crossed, everything that followed became much simpler and more natural...
After the kiss broke, the way Gwen looked at Ryan had completely changed. It was no longer an ambiguous gaze of both familiarity and strangeness, but she had already started treating Ryan as her boyfriend.
Gwen put her hands on her hips, tilted her chin up, and looked at Ryan. "Hmph, did you use this kind of sweet talk to trick 'me' into your hands before?"