American comics: Starting as the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast

George took the business card and glanced at it.

The business card had no job title or position, only a name and a phone number.

"Whose business card is this?"

George asked, frowning.

"Minister of Defense."

Roy said calmly.

"Who?"

George's eyes widened in surprise as he looked at Roy and asked again.

"This is the current Secretary of Defense's private phone number."

Roy said slowly and deliberately.

This……

After confirming that he hadn't misheard, George's first reaction was that Roy was lying to him.

However, seeing the calm expression on Roy's face, he quickly dismissed the guess.

If this phone call is fake, it will be exposed very quickly.

Although he didn't know Roy well, he didn't seem like a fool to him, so he wouldn't tell a lie that was so easy to expose in front of him.

After a moment's thought, George put the business card in his pocket and slowly said, "How did you get his private phone number?"

"He had asked me to do this before."

"Although he paid me, he still owes me a favor."

Roy replied calmly.

"He's the Minister of Defense. Even if he's really in trouble, he wouldn't need to hire a private investigator for help."

George stared at Roy, puzzled.

"As I just said, being a private investigator is just my public profession."

"In terms of the nature of my work, I'm more like an independent contractor who handles tricky problems."

"He does have a lot of power and can mobilize a lot of resources and manpower, but there are some things that cannot be handled just because one is in a high position."

"He encountered a difficult problem that he couldn't resolve on his own, so he came to me through an intermediary."

"I took care of it for him, so he paid me and owed me a favor."

Roy spoke slowly.

Speaking of this, we have to mention his complicated relationship with the military.

In the beginning, the military, like S.H.I.E.L.D., wanted to capture him and find out why he had "superpowers".

After the failed arrest operation and heavy losses, the military was forced to reach an agreement with him.

The military paid a huge sum of money in compensation, classified his information as top secret, allowing only a few high-ranking officials to access it, and provided him with military endorsements when needed to facilitate certain matters.

In return, he forgave the military's previous arrests, and the two sides ceased hostilities.

Of course, if these high-ranking military officials encounter trouble and are willing to pay him appropriate compensation for his help, he will consider whether to accept it.

Not only the military, but also S.H.I.E.L.D. had a similar ceasefire agreement with him.

Otherwise, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. would have been someone else long ago.

George fell silent, staring at Roy with a complex expression.

After a dozen seconds, he sighed and continued, "I can't be sure if what you're saying is true right now, but I have a piece of advice for you."

"you say?"

Roy replied.

"Gwen must have her reasons for liking you, and I won't stop you two from being together."

"However, if I find out that you have bullied or toyed with Gwen, or betrayed her feelings, no matter what you do or how many important people owe you favors, I will not let you off the hook."

George looked at Roy with a serious expression and spoke quickly.

Roy wasn't surprised that he would give himself such a serious warning.

Because this is a normal reaction from an elderly father.

It would be strange if George didn't say anything.

"You can rest assured, I truly love Gwen and will never let her down."

Roy replied seriously.

George didn't say anything more and turned to look at the altar.

It's finally done!

Relieved, Roy scanned the seating area for the graduates.

He found Harry Osborn and Mary Jane sitting in the crowd without much effort.

As for Peter...

He did not see Peter.

At a time like this, are we still busy fighting crime?

Roy sighed inwardly.

He didn't mind that Peter spent all his time fighting crime.

However, in his opinion, Peter was somewhat "obsessed" with fighting crime.

Combating crime is certainly an option.

But it's unwise to let your own life fall into chaos in the name of fighting crime.

After all, Peter wasn't a real policeman.

In the eyes of the authorities, Spider-Man is now just a self-righteous "vigilante".

The more crimes Spider-Man stops and the more criminals he catches, the more the NYPD hates him.

Because this would make the New York police seem like a bunch of good-for-nothings who only take money and do nothing.

When the time came to 10 o'clock, the graduation ceremony started on time.

As with all graduation ceremonies, the first item on the agenda was a speech by the principal.

After a long and impassioned speech, the principal, standing behind the podium, began, "Now, please welcome Gwen Stacy, the representative of this year's graduates, to deliver her graduation speech on behalf of all graduates."

There was thunderous applause.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Gwen stood up and walked towards the platform.

After shaking hands with Gwen, the headmaster handed the podium to her and returned to his chair at the back.

"Good morning, respected teachers and dear students. It is my honor to stand here today..."

"We all believe we can create immortal achievements in the future, and as we graduate, that's exactly what we're doing..."

"Like this short high school life, its preciousness lies in the fact that it is not eternal, in the fact that it will eventually come to an end..."

"I empathize with this, and what I'm saying today is to remind everyone that life is short, so don't waste your time going with the flow."

"Live out your own value, fight for what you cherish, and persevere through thick and thin."

Even if we don't succeed, it's still a part of our lives!

When Gwen finished her graduation speech, the audience erupted in applause once again.

After the principal and student representatives finished speaking, it was time to receive our graduation certificates.

Gwen stepped aside and handed the podium back to the principal.

At the same time, staff brought all the students' graduation certificates to the stage and placed them neatly on a table to the side.

With everything in place, the principal began reading out the students' names one by one from the list.

"Houghton Guerrero, Michael Oz, Devon Frazier, Julia Orchard, Jay Castro, Medea Keck, Leam Whittaker..."

Although she was a representative of the graduates, Gwen did not receive her diploma first. Instead, she stood next to the principal and shook hands with each of the students who received their diplomas.

Peter did not miss the graduation ceremony.

When the principal called out his name, he, dressed in a dark blue graduation gown and carrying a backpack, ran all the way to the stage and received his graduation certificate.

The graduation ceremony officially ended when all graduates received their diplomas.

The next steps are quite simple.

Students began taking photos with family, friends, and classmates to mark the end of their high school life.

Gwen took a lot of photos with Roy.

In addition to the photo of the two of them together, Gwen also asked other classmates to take several group photos of Roy and his family.

After taking the photos, Roy took out his phone to make a restaurant reservation.

Just then, a middle-aged man with brown hair, dressed in a sharp suit, came up to him and said, "I never expected that the Fourth Hokage, who is so famous in the underworld, would come to attend his girlfriend's high school graduation ceremony."

Roy turned to look at the middle-aged man and replied, "If you're here to cause trouble, I advise you to give up that idea."

The middle-aged man speaking to him was none other than Norman Osborn, the original Green Goblin.

"I'm not here to cause trouble; I'm just here to attend my son's graduation ceremony."

"I just never expected to meet you here."

Norman said calmly.

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