Although the Osborn Group and S.H.I.E.L.D. both wanted to cover up the Lizard incident, The Daily Bugle nullified all their efforts—Dr. Connors's story was exposed by them.
The Daily Bugle not only provided a photo of Dr. Connors but also clearly detailed his origin—except for the Vampire part.
At the Osborn mansion, a gloomy Norman Osborn cursed loudly, "Damn The Daily Bugle, why do they know so much? I'm going to sue them; have the legal department prepare for prosecution."
Norman was genuinely angry because the Osborn Group's situation had been very poor recently.
The Osborn Group is a massive conglomerate with significant achievements in pharmaceuticals, weaponry, and energy, but the problem is that all these projects have recently run into issues.
In terms of weaponry, the Iron Man Suit directly stole all the thunder as soon as it appeared. In terms of energy, the Stark Industries announced its full entry into clean energy, and this news caused the Osborn Group's stock to plummet.
Now with the Dr. Connors incident, it's easy to imagine how much the Osborn Group's stock would fall, and the directors would surely hold Norman accountable, so Norman's anger was only natural.
Unlucky year!
Norman's confidant, the Indian-American Niels, said, "It seems to be related to Andrew Wang of the Rebirth Group. He appeared at the Osborn Group yesterday, and one of our intern researchers is his girlfriend."
"Andrew Wang? The one from Kuaidou?"
Norman thought for a moment and said, "Help me arrange a meeting with him. I want to talk to him. Perhaps he would be willing to invest in the Osborn Group. If he joins, the pressure from the board will be much less."
Niels was a bit surprised. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll contact him."
Norman said, "The group's performance has been very poor recently. If we want to turn things around, we can only rely on the Human Enhancement Serum in cooperation with General Ross. You should urge them to speed up the progress."
"Chairman, aren't you afraid of another incident?"
Niels asked hesitantly. The reason Dr. Connors got into trouble was because Norman wanted to directly conduct human trials with the serum, and Dr. Connors refused and was therefore fired. Disheartened, he chose to inject the serum himself.
Norman said fiercely, "Then be even more careful."
Niels dared not say anything more and respectfully left.
After Niels left, Norman coughed repeatedly. The reason he was in such a hurry was not only because of the stock price but also because his body was failing.
The Osborn family has always had a hereditary disease. Both the Lizard Serum and the Human Enhancement Serum were actually Norman's means of self-preservation. Now that the Lizard Serum has proven ineffective, he can only place his hopes on the Human Enhancement Serum.
Norman thought with a determined expression, "Harry, I will definitely help you break free from the Osborn curse."
...
The next day, Norman met Andrew. Norman went to great lengths to finally persuade Andrew to agree to inspect the Osborn Group.
Norman didn't know that Andrew was faking it; he had intended to become a new shareholder of the Osborn Group from the beginning.
Why did Andrew want to become a shareholder of the Osborn Group? Because the Osborn Group possesses the world's top gene laboratories and weapon production lines, some of which cannot even be bought with money.
When the opportunity arises in the future, Andrew will use his shareholder status to purchase these laboratories and production lines and send them to Rebirth Hell.
Will there be an opportunity in the future? Of course, the Osborn Group is a villain's stronghold.
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While the Dr. Connors incident was causing a sensation, the Vampire civil war finally broke out. However, contrary to everyone's expectations, this civil war started quickly and ended even faster.
In one day, the twelve pure-blood nobles were defeated by the mixed-blood Vampires in just one day, and this even included the time it took for the Speaker, Gatano, to be purified by sunlight.
"Even a bunch of pigs would have more combat power than those pure-blood Vampires, wouldn't they?"
This was what Nick Fury said after learning about the battle. With such quality, do they deserve to be on equal footing with humans?
Diken Fes not only destroyed the Vampire Council and captured the twelve elders but also invaded Blade's lair and captured Blade.
Blade's teacher and partner, Whistler, was severely wounded by Diken while trying to help Blade. Diken did not kill him, leaving him in the base to die.
Feeling his life gradually fading, Whistler was filled with unwillingness. There were still so many Vampires to kill; how could he die?
"Do you want to know the meaning of life? Heh, just kidding, Whistler, do you want revenge, do you want to continue killing Vampires? As long as you sell your soul to me, all of this can be achieved."
A voice suddenly rang in Whistler's mind. Whistler could not speak, but he conveyed with his consciousness, "Take it. As long as it allows me to continue killing Vampires, I will give you whatever you want."
This respectable old man, whose family was ruined by Vampires, had only one thought in this life and the next: to kill Vampires.
"As you wish."
Along with this sentence, Whistler completely fell into darkness. When he woke up again, he could not feel his body, as if he was trapped in a small dark room, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"Awake? Don't worry, the fusion will be successful soon."
At this moment, a voice sounded. Whistler was confused when suddenly he felt the existence of a body, but it seemed very different from his previous one.
Whistler quickly opened his eyes and found himself in a laboratory. What surprised him even more was that there were many data in front of his eyes, such as temperature, air pressure, etc., just like wearing a pair of high-tech data glasses.
At this moment, Whistler saw himself in the mirror and was instantly stunned—he had become a two-meter-tall silver robot with a streamlined body full of industrial beauty. In addition, his face was basically modeled after his appearance before death, even with a beard, uh, a metal beard.
Hell Lord Andrew said to Whistler, "Whistler, welcome to Rebirth Hell."
Whistler got up and asked angrily, "Who are you? Why did you turn me into a robot?"
Andrew said, "Don't be so angry. This was your own choice. Did you forget your obsession before you died?"
"My own choice? Yes, this was indeed my own choice."
Whistler was startled, then remembered what happened before. He said cheerfully, "As long as I can kill Vampires, being a robot is fine. But, is this robot capable?"
Teslak, existing in robot form, snorted, "How could my work be incapable? This is a ghost-hunting robot I specially built for you, worth hundreds of millions of dollars."
Whistler whistled and said to Teslak, "Hundreds of millions of dollars, I never thought I, Whistler, would be able to use something so expensive. Buddy, tell me about it."
"Conventional weapons include Gatling machine guns, miniature missiles, explosive darts, anticoagulants, high-vibration silver swords, and so on."
Teslak said, "Additionally, your eyes can emit ultraviolet light, with several different modes."
"Eyes that can emit ultraviolet light? Cool!"
Whistler was overjoyed. He said, "I like this idea."