The sky is full of haze, the cold wind is blowing, so that the passers-by on the street are more and more tightly wrapped, and the high-rise buildings on both sides are also turned on the central air conditioning, making the building warm like spring, making people not feel the cold outside.

In the headquarters building of the Osborne Group in Queens, it is even warmer and does not feel cold in single clothes, but Norman Osborne, the founder of the Osborne Group, in the chairman's office on the top floor, is extremely cold at this time, as if he is soaking in the frozen East River.

The whole person froze, standing in front of the vast floor-to-ceiling window, listening to the sound coming from the mobile phone, the face full of traces left by the years was full of surprise and anger at this time, and his hands were trembling and he couldn't hold the mobile phone anymore.

After a while, he said in a jerky voice: "Why? The human enhancement potion is almost complete. ”

An official on the other end of the phone held a cup of steaming black tea, and said casually while drinking: "I'm sorry, Mr. Norman, the next stage of funding is indeed not approved, I think you know the reason, your progress is too late." The Ministry of Defense has invested so much money and given you so long, but do you have any products that you can sell until now? ”

"Scientific research takes time..."Norman Osborne anxiously tried to explain, so that this group of officials who do not know anything except canvassing votes and engaging in politics know that scientific research is not in a hurry to produce results, and many aspects require long-term repeated research and observation, especially when this involves the human body, and it is more necessary to be cautious.

"But time will not wait for us, and the military needs to come up with something to reassure the people. I think you should be able to see Manhattan across the street, and we have to let the people know that the military has enough to protect them. The officer put down his teacup and picked up a newspaper with a ruined Manhattan full of denouncing the military and singing the praises of the superheroes who saved the world.

Half a month has passed since the Battle of the Twist, and more and more media have learned a lot of things from various sources, such as someone who saw a missile heading towards Manhattan, superheroes fighting aliens, and the lag of the army arriving at the scene.

The incompetent government and the heroes who turned the tide are like Hollywood movies, and many newspapers are like chickens and blood, frantically attacking the government and praising the heroes who fight against aliens, which puts the government, especially the military, under a lot of pressure.

Even if there are all kinds of reasons, the facts are in front of you, the performance of the military in the battle of the contract is really poor, so the military is eager to prove that the army has enough strength to protect the people, and the contract is just an accident.

Norman Osborne also understands these truths, through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows in front of him, he can clearly see Manhattan only across the river, the ruins everywhere and the helicopter fleet shuttling back and forth, the several bridges and tunnels that have not been touched so far, and the temporary refugee camp that stretches for hundreds of meters.

The impact of the contract reversal war is extremely far-reaching, and the stock prices of seven or eight insurance companies with many businesses in Manhattan are about to fall below the issue price.

Many people have moved out of the contract, and the rest are either unable to leave, or unable to leave, or are ready to leave at the wait-and-see moment, there are houses sold everywhere, and the house prices can be described as a thousand miles a day, and the money used to buy a house can now buy a building.

Citizens are moving out, factories are closing, markets are sluggish, crime rates are rising... The newly appointed mayor of the Twist wanted to commit suicide, and even played the card of a superhero who had never been mentioned in the official before and praised the media for his good neighbors Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Kamen Rider.

Thanks to their contribution to the protection of the Twist, and also proposed to elect them as this year's honorary citizens, pointing out without a trace, the Twist not only has a disciplined police, but also the protection of superheroes, and other cities do not have superheroes, in case of aliens, it is impossible to enjoy the protection of superheroes in time, such remarks have indeed played some role, at least in exchange for the uselessness of the government.

The truth is understood, but it does not mean that Norman Osborne can understand that the military is eager to prove itself, and dislikes its long-term human enhancement program, which has not made progress for a long time, and loses the interests of Norman Osborne, how can he be happy.

The annual research expenses of the Aussian enterprises are astronomical, and a large part of them comes from the investment of the government and the Ministry of National Defense.

Now that he heard that the military was going to give up and continue to invest, Norman Osborne immediately became anxious, and walked around the room as if he had pressed the clockwork, suppressing his anger, trying to make his tone appear calmer, and said: "No, the human enhancement plan has been completed, and the human experiment will start this week, I just sorted out the relevant information yesterday, and I am about to report it to the general, you can tell the general that the experiment on the mouse shows that the human enhancement agent of the Austrostrat Group has increased the strength of the mouse by seven times. The speed has tripled, and we've succeeded. ”

"Really?"

"Of course, I will ask the secretary to send you the materials, and I also welcome the general to visit the experiment." Norman Osborne patted his chest and promised, but when he hung up the phone, Norman Osborne threw the phone out and smashed it to pieces.

A barrage of curses flew out of Norman Osborne's mouth, cursing the military for the withdrawal of funds, and the Ministry of Defense for not abiding by the contract, and the fact that it took so long for the company to invest countless money and resources in the human enhancement program, only to be exchanged for the military's withdrawal.

The human enhancement plan is promoted by him, and he has an unshirkable responsibility, if all the previous investment is wasted, he will not be able to explain to the shareholders' meeting, and maybe he will initiate impeachment and let him step down. So just now, Norman Osborne can be said to be running a train with his mouth, trying his best not to let the military withdraw funds, so the first thing is to let the military see the results.

After scolding for a while and venting the anger in his heart, Norman Osborne regained his demeanor as the chairman of the Osborne Group, who was full of confidence and majesty, nodded on the table in front of him, and said, "Is Dr. Connors in the lab?" Let him come to my office, I have something to discuss with him. ”

The secretary's nice voice came from the monitor on the desktop: "Okay, Chairman, I'll inform Dr. Connors." ”

Norman Osborne looked out the window with a gloomy face, and snowflakes fell from the sky, and soon joined together, twisting... It's snowing.