"Her name is Alice?" Tony asked.
Andrew said with a look of disgust, "You and your old man stay away from Alice. You two perverted middle-aged men harass a young girl every day, and you still have the nerve?"
"Perverted middle-aged men? Are you sure you're talking about me?"
Tony was very displeased; he, Tony Stark, was the most charming middle-aged man in all of America.
At this moment, Doctor Otto was ready.
Accompanied by his wife, he said to everyone, "Hello everyone, a safe new Eternity energy source is about to be born.
From today onwards, the Earth will never lack energy again, and everyone will be able to live a prosperous life."
Everyone applauded; it had to be said that Doctor Otto's ideal was very grand.
"Now, allow me to introduce my assistants."
Then, Doctor Otto unveiled the white cloth next to him, and four golden-gray mechanical tentacles appeared before everyone's eyes, surprising them somewhat.
Doctor Otto took off his coat, walked onto the platform, and said, "These four mechanical tentacles are specially designed for handling nuclear fusion.
They can withstand high temperatures and magnetic forces…"
"Magnetic force?"
Andrew turned to look at Tony, Norman Osborn turned to look at Tony, Gwen turned to look at Tony, and the guests turned to look at Tony.
Tony's face darkened slightly.
What were they looking at? That old man Magneto was already dead, wasn't he?
Then, with Gwen's help, the core part of the mechanical tentacles was attached to Doctor Otto's back, and then, two rows of long needles simultaneously pierced into Doctor Otto's spine, connecting with his nerves, making everyone's scalp tingle.
Doctor Otto himself was fine; with a thought, the four mechanical tentacles moved on their own, swaying behind him.
"These mechanical tentacles have artificial intelligence, and I can control them with my brain."
Doctor Otto said, and everyone applauded, but only Tony frowned slightly.
He asked, "Artificial intelligence? Doctor Otto, aren't you afraid of being controlled by them in reverse?"
"No, I specially designed an inhibitory chip to protect my brain.
Alright, everyone, you've waited long enough, let's begin."
Doctor Otto replied, then he walked to the instrument and controlled the mechanical arm to take out a golden-yellow small bead: "This is a rare tritium element, with only 25 pounds in global reserves, thanks to the sponsorship of the Osborn Group."
Norman said with a smile, "The Osborn Group is happy to pay your bill."
Doctor Otto stopped talking nonsense.
He put on his goggles and controlled the laser to irradiate the tritium element, which rapidly expanded and transformed into a fiery red Little Sun.
Gwen looked at the screen and reported, "Successfully achieved nuclear fusion reaction."
Everyone applauded; the artificial sun seemed to have succeeded, and some people even started congratulating Norman, who smiled more and more happily.
Just then, the metal objects on everyone's bodies suddenly flew uncontrollably towards the Little Sun.
Doctor Otto hurriedly shouted, "Everyone, don't worry, it's just a minor issue, it will return to normal immediately."
Unfortunately, things did not go as planned; no matter how Doctor Otto tried to control it, the magnetic force grew stronger and stronger.
The surrounding instruments and the steel on the ceiling flew towards the Little Sun one after another.
At the same time, the Little Sun gradually grew larger, and streaks of flames roared out, burning the surrounding objects to ashes.
Metal flew everywhere, and buildings collapsed, scaring everyone, who fled outside.
Tony wanted to summon the Iron Man Suit from his car, but suddenly remembered the magnetic force issue and couldn't help but curse, "Damn magnetic force."
Gwen immediately ran outside to take off her clothes—don't misunderstand, her Spider-Woman suit was worn underneath.
"Stop, stop immediately."
Norman felt a chill in his heart and immediately shouted at Doctor Otto, but Doctor Otto refused to give up and continued to control the artificial sun.
Max tried to pull the plug but was sent flying by his mechanical tentacles.
At this moment, the iron frame of the door twisted and deformed due to the magnetic force, and the glass on the door shattered with a crash, shooting towards everyone like arrows.
Spider-Woman, who had just returned to the laboratory, changed her expression and quickly used her spider silk to intercept the glass and save people.
One piece of glass flew straight towards Doctor Otto's wife's throat.
Doctor Otto's wife looked desperate, and just then, two fingers reached out and pinched the glass shard; it was Andrew who made the move.
Doctor Otto was a Scientist reserved by Andrew, so saving his wife was normal.
Then, Andrew threw the glass shard on the ground and said to Doctor Otto, "Doctor, you have failed, give up."
Doctor Otto's expression wavered when he saw his wife in danger.
Just then, the instrument went out of control, and a current rushed onto him, making him twitch all over.
Seeing this, Spider-Woman quickly went over and pulled out all the plugs.
Boom! The instrument exploded, the Little Sun collapsed, and the laboratory was filled with fire and black smoke.
Fortunately, most people escaped, and no major disaster occurred; only Doctor Otto lay on the ground, charred all over and unconscious.
"Damn it."
Norman looked at Doctor Otto on the ground, wishing he could kill him.
He had sworn before that he would definitely succeed, but he failed at the very beginning and almost leveled the surroundings.
"Trouble."
Norman's face was very grim; with the experiment's failure, the Osborn Group's stock price would surely plummet, and the directors would not let him off.
Tony shook his head: "I said it early, it's too soon to make an artificial sun now."
Norman glared at Tony upon hearing this, but Tony didn't care.
He said, "Thankfully, less tritium element was used this time; otherwise, perhaps the entire New York would have been destroyed."
"New York is truly pitiful."
Andrew shook his head.
At this moment, Gwen returned in a change of clothes and, along with Doctor Otto's wife, went forward to check on Doctor Otto's condition.
Doctor Otto's injuries were not severe, but the chip he used to protect his brain was burned out.
"Doctor Octopus, officially born."
Andrew thought of something and turned to look at the unconscious Max in the corner, realizing that no one was paying attention to him; his presence was pitifully weak.
Andrew shook his head: "I hope the ambulance doesn't forget him later."
Soon, the ambulance arrived, and at the same time, the failure of the artificial sun experiment made headlines, and the Osborn Group's stock price instantly plummeted.
…
Osborn family private manor.
"Damn it, a bunch of damned Vampires."
Norman Osborn angrily smashed his wine glass on the ground and cursed.
He received news that the shareholders were preparing to remove him and let Andrew Wang take over the Osborn Group.
The reason was simple: they believed Andrew Wang could make them money, unlike Norman Osborn, who always made them lose money.
They were capitalists, not philanthropists.
It's worth mentioning that Andrew was not involved in this matter; it was the spontaneous action of those shareholders.
How to put it, capital is more proactive than anyone else when it comes to making money.
"The Osborn Group is mine, and I will never let anyone take it away."
Norman gritted his teeth.
At this moment, he sensed something and turned to look at the full-length mirror on his left.
The person in the mirror was naturally Norman, but this Norman had a ferocious face, his body was faintly green, and there was a lump in the middle of his forehead, looking very strange.
Norman was not scared.
He impatiently asked, "What are you doing out again?"
The Green Goblin in the mirror was an evil personality born after Norman absorbed the divine blood.
Norman knew of his existence but didn't think there was any problem.
"What am I doing out? Of course, to protect our Osborn Group."
The Green Goblin said coldly, "Before the board vote, kill all those directors, so we can prevent the Osborn Group from falling into others' hands."
Norman was somewhat tempted.
At this moment, the scene of Andrew Wang beating Hulk flashed through his mind, and he shook his head, "No, we can't beat Andrew Wang, he's simply an unsolvable existence."
"Indeed unsolvable."
The Green Goblin was silent for a moment, then said, "As long as the other directors are all dead, it doesn't matter whether Andrew Wang dies or not."
Norman said, "This can only delay things for a while.
Once those shares are inherited, they will still impeach me."
"So, we need to do more."
The Green Goblin said, "Find a group of mercenaries, enhance them with Human Enhancement Serum, and then send them to attack the Osborn Building, kill all the directors, and steal all the group's technological achievements.
Don't worry about Andrew Wang; he never attends the Osborn Group's board meetings.
It is said that he doesn't even attend the Rebirth Group's board meetings much."
Norman frowned: "Doing this will cause the Osborn Group's stock price to plummet."
"What I want is for the stock price to plummet.
At that time, we can repurchase the group's shares and completely control the Osborn Group, just like Tony Stark and Andrew Wang."
The Green Goblin said, "Norman, after all these years, haven't you had enough of those Vampires?"
"I've had enough long ago; I wish I could eat them."
Norman gritted his teeth.
He thought for a moment and said, "The problem is, we don't have enough funds to repurchase shares; all the Osborn family's money has been used to research serums."
"That's simple.
We secretly sell Human Enhancement Serum and Lizard Serum, and then use some methods to turn black money into legitimate money."
The Green Goblin said, "This way, we will have enough money to repurchase shares.
Oh, and remember to tamper with the Human Enhancement Serum to make it easier for us to control those villains."
"Human Enhancement Serum is fine, but Lizard Serum?"
Norman hesitated; the Lizard Serum had too many drawbacks, and if it became widespread, the entire New York City would be in danger.
"What does that have to do with us?
Everything is done by those mercenaries."
The Green Goblin said, "Norman, don't forget, the more people we kill, the stronger we become.
In the end, we can even achieve Eternity, taking our son Harry with us into Eternity."
The Green Goblin was an evil personality nurtured by the blood of an evil god, capable of gaining power from slaughter and Death—provided that the slaughter and Death were related to him.
"Eternity?"
Norman's eyes lit up.
At this moment, the Green Goblin said again, "More than just Eternity?
If we can destroy New York, we can even become gods.
By then, let alone those Super Heroes, even Andrew Wang will have to submit to us."
Norman was tempted upon hearing this, but then he shook his head repeatedly: "No, we cannot destroy New York; that's too insane, and besides, Andrew Wang will definitely stop us."
"As you wish."
The Green Goblin said indifferently.
He was the one growing stronger, not Norman, and it wouldn't be long before this body would be under his control.
By then, he could do whatever he wanted.
However, speaking of which, Andrew Wang was indeed a big problem; he was too strong.
Norman didn't know the Green Goblin's plan.
He said, "Those previous plans were good, but there are many Super Heroes, and we cannot let anyone know about this; we must act discreetly."
"Of course.
Use Niels as a scapegoat and let him handle everything in the open."
The Green Goblin said, "And we will make money and gain power in the dark.
Simply put, we will be The Mastermind."
"The Mastermind? I like that word."
Norman laughed, and the Green Goblin also laughed; both of them looked… uglier than the other.