"The problem isn't them. The guys behind those people can be handled internally with the corporation's power. The real problem is that the news got out. I just hung up with the Pentagon a little while ago, answering their inquiries."
Menken's voice came from the other end of the phone.
Jorge also brought the coffee and placed it in front of Shimizu.
"The military? They're still thinking about making super-soldier serum?"
"I think so. They certainly believe so, especially General Ross."
"Didn't that old guy have a heart attack while golfing a while ago? He hasn't died yet?"
"His family got Doctor Strange to perform a triple bypass on him, and he was pulled back from the Grim Reaper's grasp."
"Too bad."
Shimizu complained, then took another sip of coffee.
In theory, it is feasible to create a super-soldier serum using regeneration serum, but it has huge differences from Erskine's original version.
Norman Osborn was once invited to lead Osborn's technical team to jointly study the super-soldier serum restoration project with the military.
At that time, the leader of the project was General Ross, but the actual work was basically done by Norman Osborn and Bruce Banner, who was also in the project.
Norman tried to replicate it by genetic means, and Banner also believed that the key was in the genes, but Norman's method didn't work. Controllable gamma energy should be used to change the genes in the direction he wanted and provide energy for genetic modification.
The two had some differences because of this, so they launched two lines at the same time.
Everyone knows Banner's results, and Norman didn't get any useful results in this process except for some technical accumulation.
Most of the relevant data is confidential, but some technical and experimental data were saved by Norman and inherited by Shimizu until now.
Through these materials, it can be judged that the super-soldier serum accepted by Captain America does have the effect of modifying genes.
But Captain America cannot be created by simple genetic modification. Otherwise, it would be good to directly make an army of clones based on the blood left by Captain America back then.
In addition to the genetic field, it must also involve other aspects of physical transformation.
Therefore, it is not feasible to rely solely on the gene combination method in the regeneration serum to combine the genes of the experimenter with the genes of Captain America.
It may have a certain effect, but it is definitely far from the level of Captain America.
But this thing can still create many powerful extraordinary creatures. For example, Connors' regeneration serum only needs to be modified on the expression nodes of some key genes according to the decay algorithm to create a Lizard Man.
If you can create a Lizard Man, you can naturally create things like Rhino Man and Gnoll.
However, in this way, the transformed person will also be affected by animal instincts, which will inevitably lead to disaster.
If this technology falls into the hands of the military or some villainous organizations, then the future of this world will move towards unpredictable consequences, and it must develop in a worse direction.
However, as long as the decay formula is in hand, even if others obtain samples of the regeneration serum, they will not be able to replicate it.
And there are only three people who know the decay formula.
Himself, Tony Stark, and Connors.
"How is Dr. Connors now?"
Shimizu asked again.
"I have transferred him and his family to the company's headquarters and equipped them with trusted personnel for protection."
"Very good. I'll go over there later to upgrade the company's network protection and monitoring system."
"You can handle these things yourself. After Norman, you are the only one in Osborn who understands technology best. I want to ask you for your opinion. If you want to suppress those monsters and ghosts, cooperating with the military, which has the greatest power, is the most appropriate. What I mean is, limited cooperation.
For example, like Boeing, we can sell the finished products to them. What they care about most is whether the power is in their hands, not how to obtain the power."
"We can't directly sell finished products, Menken. Each regeneration serum needs to be produced according to the patient's genes."
"Yes, yes, I know. Dr. Connors also said that. But we can sell quotas. We limit the number of quotas sold to the military every year, and more will cost more.
We can also have internal quotas, and open a certain number of quotas to the society. As for the price... Walter, you know, we are businessmen, not philanthropists. The production of regeneration serum is not that easy, so..."
Shimizu frowned slightly.
But he also knew that this was the reality of this world.
He was powerless to change it and could only do what he could.
"The price of a single regeneration serum for the military's quota should not exceed the military's average compensation for disabled soldiers too much. Otherwise, you also know that if they think it is more cost-effective to pay compensation, they will definitely choose to settle the matter with compensation instead of serum."
"In addition, we can regularly open some free and discounted quotas to the society and randomly select from all registered patients. The quotas are not allowed to be bought, sold, or transferred."
Menken on the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds and smiled wryly:
"Walter, you and your teacher Norman are indeed different, but I support it. This will also help improve Osborn's social image, won't it?"
Menken knew that he could only support it.
When Norman Osborn died, Osborn was immediately in turmoil.
Menken didn't want his relationship with Walter to become like Obadiah and Tony Stark.
Obadiah and Tony's relationship was like that of an uncle and nephew, and it could still turn out like that, let alone the two of them.
What he can do is to maximize the benefits for Osborn and himself within the limited scope.
Years ago, when Norman invested all of Osborn's funds in the field of gene therapy, he positioned himself in this way.
"Thank you, Menken."
"You're welcome. As long as you don't harm the company's interests and can create greater value for Osborn, then the entire Osborn will stand by your side. By the way, when you come, remember to bring back those things you ordered last time."
"Those things refer to..."
"Vibranium, three ounces of Vibranium bought from that Vibranium dealer Ulysses Klaue."
