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Harry Osborn returned to the Osborn Group with Electro, the helper Lionel gave him. With the shareholders who opposed him eliminated, Harry Osborn quickly regained control of the company.
As for the people who died, wouldn't Harry Osborn be held legally responsible?
It was Electro, a man emitting electric arcs, who eliminated the shareholders. What did that have to do with Harry Osborn? As for what happened to Electro, that was none of his business. His bodyguard, Max Dillon, was an electrical engineer, not Electro.
No one saw him, Harry Osborn, break in with Electro that day. Everyone who saw his face was dead. As for checking surveillance, Harry Osborn had a hundred ways to prove it wasn't him. This country, after all, was run by capital, and now Harry Osborn was also capital, and a major one at that.
Dressed in a new suit, the twisted veins and flesh on Harry Osborn's body disappeared, and he once again became the handsome playboy.
After regaining power, Harry Osborn handed over some trivial matters to Felicia, the little secretary who had helped him, and then began to 'talk' with Osborn's senior executives one by one.
No one knew the content of the talks. Osborn employees only knew that three people would enter the office each time: Harry Osborn, his strange bodyguard, and a company executive. Then, there would be crackling electric sounds and intense flashes from inside the office.
When Osborn employees went in afterward, they could still see a corner of the desk missing, as if a piece of a biscuit had been forcefully broken off, indicating the intensity of the 'talks.'
In this way, Harry Osborn finished talking with all the company's senior executives, achieving perfect control over the company. Then he learned something he had never thought of, or even dared to think of.
"Damn it, Norman Osborn is still alive!"
Inside a secret room in the Osborn Building, thud! Thud! Thud!
The door of the secret room was struck with immense force, then flew off with a bang, slamming into an expensive life support device.
Harry Osborn walked in with a grim expression, followed by Electro, who had changed his appearance.
"Old man, why are you still alive?!"
As soon as Harry Osborn entered, he saw Norman Osborn lying in the life support device. Deep green blood vessels covered his skin, and some parts of his skin had even turned scaly green.
"Ha Ha Harry!"
Norman Osborn in the life support device seemed to sense Harry's arrival, and his arms, connected to various devices, trembled as he raised them.
Bang!
Harry Osborn smashed the glass of the life support device with a punch. He grabbed Norman Osborn by the collar, completely disregarding his increasingly trembling body, and demanded:
"Why did you fake your death? Why did you lie to me and make me a test subject?!"
Harry Osborn learned from one of the company's senior executives that his father, Old Osborn, was still alive. The body he had seen that day was fake. As for why he faked his death, the executive didn't say, but Harry Osborn could guess.
"You are my son, your genes are most similar to mine you are the most suitable test subject."
As if he had come to terms with it, or perhaps knowing there was no other way out, Norman Osborn truthfully revealed the truth.
"..."
"Hahahahaha!"
First, there was silence, then Harry Osborn began to laugh, tears streaming down his face.
The laughter lasted for dozens of seconds before stopping. Harry Osborn wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, his face no longer bearing that wild grin, only a chilling, shallow smile.
"Everyone wants to betray me. It's truly not easy for me to live until now!"
"Since you're already dead, then don't come back to life," Harry Osborn said softly, slowly placing Norman Osborn back into the life support pod. After tidying up Old Osborn's instruments, Harry Osborn bent down.
After searching for a while, he finally found the life support pod's power cord underneath it. He pulled it out and found it had no plug; it was connected directly to the secret room's power source.
Rip!
Harry Osborn simply tore the wire.
"You just stay here!"
"Let's go."
Harry Osborn left with Electro, leaving Norman Osborn to struggle to his death in the life support pod.
After reading the message Harry Osborn sent him, Lionel felt like he had just eaten a huge piece of gossip. What a filial father and son.
"Makima, have you finished reading the information? Is your plan ready?"
Makima came out holding the chubby Corgi Pochita and, hearing Lionel's question, said:
"It's ready. It just needs a suitable moment to begin execution. According to the World situation trends you told me about earlier, the nearest opportunity is when Thor arrives on Earth, or before that, another event shocking enough to shake the World's high-level officials, like this one."
Lionel followed Makima's finger and saw Homelander, who had been active in front of the cameras recently.
"You mean?"
Makima said lightly, "We need these superhumans to cause trouble, and then use this opportunity to legitimately establish an agency to control them. This isn't strictly necessary, but it's the option with the least resistance. Establishing our own organization will help us better enhance our strength and develop our influence."
Lionel pondered, "For a just cause? Thor won't arrive on Earth for another half a year. What if the Thor event isn't suitable? Vought has just launched the superhuman project; they probably won't cause any trouble in the short term."
Makima stroked Pochita's chubby belly and said in an emotionless voice:
"They will definitely cause trouble."
Lionel understood, and silently mourned for Vought and Homelander, those two unlucky fellows. Since Makima was already going to mess with Vought's superhumans, they could only endure it.
Beep beep beep.
Lionel's phone rang. He picked it up and saw it was the Old Priest.
"What's happened again?"
After connecting, Lionel asked the Old Priest on the other end:
"Hello, Father, are you alright?"
"Cough cough, Lionel, I've encountered a tricky situation that I can't solve alone. I need your help."
"Have you encountered another supernatural event? Father, are you feeling alright? You sound a bit unwell."
"I'm fine, just a small illness. Don't worry about me; what's happening here is more important."
"Okay, I'll be right there. Father, don't move around."
Lionel hung up the phone and said to Makima, "The Old Priest has run into some trouble. I need to go out and check on him."
"Mm."
Returning to his bedroom, Lionel brought Annabelle. This evil spirit from Hell should be very useful.
Arriving downstairs from his apartment, Lionel checked the address the Old Priest had sent him. It was in the Bronx, New York, not too far nor too close to Manhattan, where Lionel lived.
"I can try that Entry."
To avoid being too conspicuous, Lionel first put on his glasses and used the Entry [Superman's Glasses]. Then, he targeted a car that had just driven past him. The direction was fine, so he activated the Entry [On Your Left] and pursued it.