Today, school started.
After a week of turmoil, although many people died, the Earth continued to spin, and life still had to go on.
At this time, students with connections were already looking for ways to obtain letters of recommendation.
In this world, to attend a good school, you either needed truly outstanding grades, or letters of recommendation.
The academic elite monopolized the channels for educational advancement.
Only by joining them could one attend a good school.
Just like Peter Parker.
Only after his talents in physics and biochemistry were recognized by the precursors of certain industries, such as Professor Lizard and Dr. Octopus, could he gain their recommendation to enter a prestigious school.
Furthermore, Peter Parker was also a friend of Harry Osborn.
And he himself was the protagonist.
Even so, Peter Parker did not have enough confidence to successfully enter his ideal school.
Everyone who knew Peter Parker understood how outstanding he was.
Otherwise, how could an impoverished student like Peter Parker be qualified to enter a prestigious school?
However, Luke was different.
Didn't have connections?
No problem.
Money could move mountains.
Luke could certainly use his abilities to achieve his goal.
But anything that can be solved with money isn't really a problem.
"Hello, this is Empire State University. Are you Mr. Luke?"
"Yes."
"Regarding the donation you mentioned in the email..."
"Yes, a few friends and I are willing to donate 100 million to your university."
"That is truly wonderful. May I know who those friends are?"
"Of course. I will send a file to the previous email address. They are all outstanding students from public high schools in New York City."
"I understand..."
Luke sent the information for himself, Mary Jane, Alessa, Gwen, Mikaela, and Maria to the email address.
The acceptance letters were secured!
As for Madison, Luke hadn't planned for her to enroll.
Because Madison was going to Witch School to study magic.
Although diplomas were useless to Luke.
But in the Marvel Universe, where everyone seems to have multiple Dr. degrees, how could he dare venture out without a few Dr. degrees of his own?
Anyway, enrolling didn't mean he actually had to attend classes.
For the sake of the money, all the Professors would turn a blind eye.
That's just how society works.
After securing the acceptance letters,
he took Alessa and Gwen to school.
Luke's arrival surprised the other students.
"Who is he? Is he a transfer student too?"
"You don't know him? Oh right, you just transferred in. He is Luke, the big shot at school. He can knock down a dozen baseball players by himself!"
"Luke actually came to school! He hasn't been here for two weeks, right? Doesn't the school care?"
"Care? I heard Luke donated ten million to the school, and he gets excellent grades in all subjects. Who would want to offend the God of Wealth?"
"Hmph, is being rich really that great?"
Sorry, being rich really is that great!
Luke scanned the crowd and noticed several unfamiliar faces.
Undoubtedly, they were all replacements filling the vacancies from the last two weeks.
Luke wasn't surprised; he was already used to it.
"You actually came to school? Unbelievable!"
Harry Osborn was full of surprise.
"I came to process my student records. Empire State University needs them," Luke said casually.
Harry instantly understood and nodded knowingly.
Peter Parker came over at this moment, saying enviously, "When did you get accepted to Empire State University? How did you manage it?"
Luke smiled faintly, and while Peter Parker looked confused, he softly uttered, "I donated 100 million to them."
"Huh?!"
Peter Parker felt like the sky had fallen.
100 million? How many second-hand suits could that buy? How many second-hand pickup trucks?
Peter Parker usually worked part-time delivering pizza, and occasionally took photos of Spider-Man for the Daily Bugle, earning a meager income to support his family.
He clearly remembered that Luke was also an orphan; why was the difference so huge?
"Donating 100 million gets you into a prestigious school? Shouldn't they look at ability? Is this reasonable?"
Harry shrugged, accustomed to the situation, and said, "Peter, money is also a part of ability. Some universities receive tens of billions just in donations."
"..." Peter Parker just felt that this World was too unfair.
However, thinking that he also gained superpowers, he didn't feel so depressed anymore.
Luke thought of the Symbiote Venom and asked, "By the way, Peter, how is that thing doing?"
Peter Parker's eyes flickered, and he said with slight distaste, "I hate him, and he hates me. I want to throw him away. That thing's mind is full of... dog market."
Peter glanced at Harry and spoke very vaguely.
As a modern model young man, Peter always prided himself on being New York's friendly neighborhood hero.
However, after the initial adaptation, Venom started trying to corrupt him into eating people.
Although they were all scoundrels who committed every evil imaginable, even scoundrels had human rights.
Peter absolutely would not do such a thing.
And he certainly didn't want to eat other people's brains.
For this reason, he even used Luke and Gwen to threaten Venom.
But Venom knew that Luke was no bleeding heart; he would absolutely not show mercy to social scum and degenerates.
If he truly eliminated these scoundrels, not only would it not provoke Luke's disgust, but he might even receive praise and admiration.
So how could he possibly be threatened by Peter?
Thus, Peter and Venom influenced and suppressed each other.
The evil-leaning Venom was actually suppressed by Peter's will and moral values.
It was at this moment that Venom finally understood why Luke had thrown it to Peter Parker to manage.
Every day spent with Peter was torture.
Peter was the worst, most disgusting, and most hopeless host Venom had ever encountered—bar none!
Luke was punishing and tormenting it!
"Sounds pretty good?" Luke nodded upon hearing this; everything was going according to plan.
Peter's mouth twitched. This was "good"? He was being tormented to the point of madness by Venom.
Of course, Venom also seemed to be driven mad by him.
"What are you two talking about? I don't understand. What is a 'dog market'?"
Harry looked at Peter with a mournful expression, clutching his chest.
I treated you like a good brother and shared everything, yet you teamed up with another man to hide things from me.
My heart hurts!
"Harry, it's not what you think. Some things... I can't talk about. I can only say that those who know, know. Not telling you is for your own good."
Peter also started speaking in riddles. Since he didn't know how to explain, he could only speak vaguely.
Harry stared intently at Peter's neck, seemingly contemplating how to grab and choke him.
"Riddlers get out of New York!"
Peter scratched the back of his head, looking at Luke for help.
"Why are you looking at me? If you want to talk, talk. I never told you not to." Luke waved his hand.
Peter was stunned. Wait, these things could be talked about?!
Why didn't you say so earlier! Do you know how long I've been holding it in?
As a notorious chatterbox, Peter had genuinely struggled immensely to keep quiet.
So it was all okay to talk about?
Ignoring Peter's mournful gaze, Luke turned and chatted intimately with Madison, Alessa, and Mary Jane.
Madison said, quite displeased, "Is it because I have the smallest that I'm not qualified to go to university with you?"
"Small is small, but it's provocative enough!"
Damn! What are they talking about!
Peter and Harry were greatly shocked. Was this something they were allowed to hear? Would they still see tomorrow's Sun?
Boom—!
Roar!!
A deafening roar came from nearby, mixed with the sound of a monster's growl and the screams of the crowd, drawing the attention of everyone in the classroom.
Someone nervously poked their head out to look. "What a huge lizard!"
"A lizard? Could it be the legendary Godzilla!"
Harry Osborn looked completely shocked.
"No, it's not. It's about two meters tall and completely green."
"That's good! That's good!"
Everyone relaxed. Only two meters tall? Compared to Godzilla, it was just a small fry.
After everything that had happened recently, everyone's guts had grown bigger. They weren't afraid of a two-meter-tall lizard anymore.
Wait, two meters tall? Is that how you describe a lizard?
"Oh my god, that's... the Lizard-man! It's heading right for us!"
The classroom fell silent for a second, then
"Ah!!!"
Boom!!
A gigantic Lizard-man burst through the door, its bloodthirsty gaze sweeping the surroundings.
[Abnormal entity Dr. Lizard detected. Gained 100 Anomaly Points. Current Anomaly Points: 0 / 6500]
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