Chapter 19: Woe
Since Barbara finalized the price of gene repair drugs, the cosmetic bigwigs have begun to compete for their share of the first shipments. The first batch of three million copies of the shipment is undoubtedly more than porridge for these bigwigs, based on the fact that the number of mutants is less than that of ordinary people, Lie is very dead to the production of genetic repair drugs, but he didn't expect it to become a good means to make huge profits.
With the maintenance effect that gene repair agents can achieve for ordinary people, they are also defined as cosmeceuticals, which also increases the purchase channels of mutants. Although it allows mutants to achieve a state of alpha-level freedom to control their own abilities, it is still very repulsive for people to look at them through colored glasses, and selling them at various retailers expands the crowd and reduces their psychological pressure.
Moreover, Barbara only supports offline sales, which also makes many criminals who want to smuggle have no chance to take advantage of it. With the release of the first batch of genetic repair potions, many mutants who were distressed by their abilities felt the kindness of the world for the first time. You can control your abilities at will, and you won't let your abilities get out of control, which means that as long as you don't say it, no one will know that mutants are by your side. If you don't know, there will be no fear, no jealousy, no one will break open your door and take you away while you are asleep.
And Lie's gene repair agent was also put in front of all forces. William. Stryker has only one order for his researchers, to reverse the synthesis of genetic repair potions at all costs, and his ambition to exterminate mutants cannot be stopped by a small bottle of potions.
And in the Pacific Ocean, a small steel island that symbolizes the freedom of mutants, this steel island is the hand of Magneto, one of the two leaders of the mutants. Eric watched Lie's press conference, the boy who could only stare at himself and could not do anything in front of him more than ten years ago had begun to show his ability, and he did not even take care of his own children. The thought of his child, who had been separated by an attack, made Eric's heart ache.
Seeing the controllable ability of his subordinates to become controlled by the fierce gene repair potion, Eric suddenly felt that maybe this child could really make mutants live in this world openly. Instead of going through violence like he did, he didn't want to shed his compatriots if he could. Immediately, he ordered the demon girl beside him, "Send a team of people to secretly protect this child." ”
"Is it necessary? Eric? The Shapeshifter was puzzled.
"Go ahead, he might be able to fulfill the long-held dream that Charles and I have long had, let me take a gamble." Eric said that he was also a little tired after holding on to the mutant movement for so long.
The Demonic Girl didn't say anything more, and went directly down to arrange for manpower, and Eric also arranged for his puppet company to start preparing to purchase these genetic repair potions in large quantities. This kind of thing is good for the development of mutants, and Eric will never be soft.
On the other hand, through Diana, who was handling affairs in Africa, Lie transported another batch of his own genetic repair drugs, and they only vaccinated mutants. From the beginning, Lie planned to only sell it to mutant tiers, or even give them a near-free price, but it was only after considering various factors that he decided to make it public. He also used other channels to compensate for the damage caused by public sales to some mutants.
While it is true that genetic repair agents have played a decisive role in mutants, such good things have also attracted the covetousness of others.
On May 3, at the Walmart supermarket in California, it was the third day of the launch of the gene repair drug, and the daily limited sale made many people wait in line outside. Those who bought it went home happily, and those who couldn't buy it had to wait all night at the supermarket.
Linda is a traditional professional woman, and her perennial chaotic working life has caused her skin to wear down. It's just that in order to live and work, she has to buy skin care products to take care of her face, and this time she finally grabbed a bottle of genetic repair medicine, which is much more cost-effective for her than buying a lot of skin care products every month, and it can also attract the attention of those men in the workplace, which is a miracle for her.
Only this time, the miracle was about to leave her. The excited Linda returned to her home as soon as possible, and she was still very relieved about the security around her residence, after all, she was also a middle class. However, this time it was useless, and when she just returned home to turn on the light, she found that the light could not be turned on. Before she could react to what was going on, she was covered by a hand behind her back, and then her neck ached. Unable to break up, she could only wait for death to come, and slowly, Linda felt that her eyes were getting darker and darker, and the strength in her body began to leave her.
Looking at Linda who fell to the ground, Lucius wiped the blood from his mouth with satisfaction, and then picked up the gene repair potion in Linda's bag and injected it into his body. After all the steps were completed, Lucius left, and similar cases began to occur in various parts of the United States and some parts of Europe a few days after the gene repair drugs were launched.
Originally, these martyrs didn't pay much attention, he had so many things to deal with, and this kind of criminal case was not under his control. However, this time, he receives a call from Bruce about his genetic repair potion, and he leaves for Gotham to find out what is going on in Bruce's Batcave.
As soon as he entered, he saw Bruce in uniform looking at a presumably human guy in the cage, looking at the guy's red eyes and fangs and the beastly roar, Lie wondered if this guy was some strange species, after all, mutants didn't seem to have this kind of model.
"Calling me here to see this? Batman? Seeing that there were outsiders, Lie didn't say Bruce's name, and directly called him by his code name.
"Look at this." Batman shows Lie a dynamic video of a blue molecule representing a genetic repair agent repairing a gene strand, but the gene strand is neither human nor mutant. This made Lie feel very strange, as if his genetic repair agent was only for mutants and humans, and had nothing to do with other species.
"It's the vampire's genetic chain, the guy in the cage." Batman pointed at the guy in the cage as if he had seen a fierce question. "Your genetic repair potion is so successful that you wouldn't even think it can repair genetic defects in other species. Although the effect is not as permanent as it is for mutants. ”
Batman's words shocked Lie a little, not only because of the effect of his genetic repair potion, but also because there is a creature like a vampire?
"What does that have to do with me?" Lie wondered.
"I ask you, what are vampires most afraid of?" Batman asked.
"Sunshine, counting the silver, garlic and the like... Wait, you wouldn't mean? Lie suddenly thought of something.
"That's right, just like you think, Lie, you're in danger right now!" Batman said very seriously, the genetic repair potion developed by Eli, by injecting vampires, can make them temporarily immune to sunlight and silver products, so that vampires can move in the sun. This is still a potion that Ryu did not develop for vampires, if the vampires want Ryu to develop a genetic potion for them at all costs. With their immortality and general strength over the public, as well as their hidden power advantages, the distribution of power in this world is about to be reshuffled.
It was already noon the next day when Lie came back from Bruce, and the secret conversation with Bruce also made him understand the seriousness of the matter, if he inexplicably created a new race because of his gene repair potion, it would be an unforgivable thing for Lie. The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and at this time, Coulson also came directly into his office, rushing in without even making an appointment, and the expression on his face was very grim.
As soon as he came in, he threw a piece of data to Lie without saying a word, which showed some criminal cases across the country since the gene repair drugs went on the market, and the victims of the cases were both men and women, with only two things in common, the victims were all buyers of gene repair drugs, and the cause of death was massive bleeding. Looking at these cases, how could Lie not know that it was the group of vampires who made the ghost.
"Lie, you know what's going on, right?" Coulson asked.
"Well, I just didn't expect the effect of the gene repair agent to be so strong." Lie also sighed.
"I've had people put these things down, and now, I just want you to tell me that you can get rid of them!" Coulson looked at Lie and said seriously, the effect of the gene repair potion is too terrifying, and what was originally only developed for mutants did not expect it to become a double-edged sword in the end.
"Thank you, Coulson, and I'll take care of the trouble I caused. I need some experimental materials, though. Lie is very grateful for the help that Coulson has given him, and at the same time promises Coulson that he will solve the vampire problem.
"I'll cover for you here, and I'll send you the test materials tomorrow, but what are you going to do?" Coulson knew what the so-called test material was, but he was curious about how Lie planned to solve the vampire problem.
"There are races that shouldn't exist in the world." One sentence announced Lie's position, and Coulson also knew Lie's thoughts, and he was very much in favor of this idea as a good man.
After Coulson left, Lean back in his chair and looked at Coulson's report, on which he was partly responsible for everyone's deaths. If I had paid more attention to the gene repair drugs, this would not have happened. Vampires? You've really made me angry this time, and I'm thinking that a group of creatures in the shadows are swaggering down the streets with the potions he has developed, hunting pedestrians, and that anger burns like poison in my heart, and even a corner of the desk made of iron birch has been caught.
Perhaps, it was time for him to change his career, an idea came to Lie's heart, and he sneered at the picture of vampires that Gaia had brought up.