Chapter 551
Then--
Overjoyed, Professor Curt Connors left the laboratory and the Osborn Tower.
Whereabouts unknown!
The company staff immediately tried to contact Professor Curt Connors, but they couldn't get through to him on the phone.
Felicia Hardy was in charge of the project, and now that the experiment is suspected to be successful, Professor Curt Connors has run away, so the company naturally had to notify her.
Notice!
Notification and immediate notification are not the same thing!
Almost forty minutes had passed between the discovery of the situation and the notification of Felicia Hardy.
During this period, without her authorization as the person in charge—or rather, without her complete knowledge—the company personnel arbitrarily viewed the laboratory's surveillance footage and only belatedly notified her after understanding what had happened.
Haha, they're not taking her seriously at all!
They were able to contact Professor Curt Connors immediately, but not the person in charge of the project. They even bypassed the person in charge and checked the surveillance footage on their own. Only after understanding what had happened did they inform the person in charge of the results.
Is someone who is ignored and only finds out the outcome afterward still a person in charge?
Do you understand what the word "person in charge" means?
At this moment, Felicia Hardy was very angry, very angry, very angry!
I'll say it three times because it's important!
She was angry that the people in the company looked down on her—no, she should say humiliated her, and she was even angrier that they made her lose face in front of Su Quan.
I won't go into the details of the successful experiment and Professor Curt Connors' disappearance. These were unexpected situations, and I was with Su Quan when they happened, so it's somewhat understandable that something went wrong.
However, it's unreasonable that those people in the company bypassed me to check the lab's surveillance footage and only notified me at the very end.
The fact that they checked the lab surveillance footage was particularly egregious.
On a smaller scale, it could be described as an internal power struggle within the company or a personal grudge.
Felicia Hardy could imagine that many people in the company must be mocking and despising her, thinking that she only became the project manager because of her position as Norman Osborn's personal assistant.
To put it bluntly, they feel that their rise to power was illegitimate!
But on a larger scale, this is a leak of important company secrets!
What project is Professor Curt Connors researching?
Genetic engineering that allows for cross-species inheritance!
Once successful, its value and importance are self-evident!
Felicia Hardy didn't know how many people had seen the surveillance footage, but she knew that such a shocking story as limb regeneration would inevitably leak out, whether intentionally or unintentionally!
P. S.: I suddenly realized this book is almost 1.5 million words again, hehehe.
Osborn Tower.
Interspecies Genetic Project laboratory.
The atmosphere in the laboratory was somber and oppressive. Osborn and his son stared coldly at the row of 'bastards' standing opposite them, their Chronos.
What these guys did was horrible.
When Norman Osborn, the president, recovered from his illness and returned to work, he appointed Felicia Hardy the person in charge of the project. However, people from other systems did not give Felicia Hardy face.
Is this a slap in the face to Felicia Hardy?
No!
This is a slap in the face to him, the CEO!
At the same time, it also slapped Su Quan in the face!
Because Felicia Hardy was only the nominal person in charge; the real person in charge was Su Quan, Felicia Hardy was merely his spokesperson.
Slapping Felicia Hardy in the face is slapping Su Quan in the face!
More importantly, Su Quan had previously instructed him to speak with the shareholders and executives to give Felicia Hardy more authority, in order to prevent similar incidents from occurring.
And yet, it still happened!
If it weren't for waiting for Su Quan's decision, he would have killed those guys!
"Tap tap tap—tap tap tap—" The sound of high heels echoed from the corridor outside the laboratory, particularly clear and loud in the quiet environment.
As the sound drew nearer, Ade, wearing a mask, opened the laboratory door first and then bowed to Su Quan and Felicia Hardy as they entered.
Ade's actions stunned the group of people standing in a row. You're Norman Osborn's assistant, yet you're opening doors for others and behaving so humbly. Is that appropriate?
They instinctively looked at Norman Osborn, wondering how he would react, but what they saw almost made their jaws drop!
Norman Osborn, surprisingly, approached with a fawning expression and even bowed and kowtowed, calling him "Master."
Owner???
Norman Osborn's master?
No, it should be said that Norman Osborn, a tycoon with a net worth of hundreds of billions and a very high social status, actually has an owner?
It's not that they're inexperienced; it's just that this world is too crazy!
These guys were stunned by the explosive news, but the smart ones among them quickly realized that they were probably in trouble.
Felicia Hardy probably didn't rise to her position by virtue of being Norman Osborn's assistant; she wasn't one of Norman Osborn 'Norman Osborn people, but rather one of his mysterious master's people!
Norman Osborn has an owner? If this news gets out, it will probably be even more shocking than the news that Professor Curt Connors developed a serum for limb regeneration.
Would Norman Osborn allow such damaging news to get out?
Definitely not!
Then they—
"Is it them?" Su Quan glanced at the group and asked Felicia Hardy, whose face was grim behind him, "Whether to kill them or torture them is up to you."
The killing was real, the dismemberment was real.
The lives of these people are now entirely in Felicia Hardy's hands.
Who are you?!
A burly security guard stepped forward with a disdainful look and shouted, "Even if we violated company rules, we can just be fired. Who do you think you are, to kill or torture us?"
"This is America, a country that upholds the law. If you want to kill or torture someone, come on, kill one and let me see—"
"Bang!"
An explosion rang out, and the security guard's body burst like a blown-up balloon.
Blood splattered, hot and viscous.
Everyone was stunned, never expecting that a living person would explode in such a bizarre way.
"Has he always been this brave?" Su Quan asked calmly.
"..."
He was met with silence and pairs of eyes that dared not meet his gaze.
Although Su Quan did not commit any murderous acts, everyone knew that he had killed the security guard using some strange method!
"This is the United States? This is a country where the law prevails? Then—is anyone going to talk to me about the law?"
Su Quan's gaze swept over the remaining people one by one, and seeing them trembling in fear and remaining silent, he turned to look at Felicia Hardy.
Felicia Hardy coldly said, "Kill them all."
"If this security guard is still alive, there are other ways to handle the situation, such as firing them, making them sign confidentiality agreements, and taking on the relevant responsibilities."
"But now that the person is dead, even without substantial evidence, it will bring more trouble to Mr. Osborn Industries..."
As soon as she finished speaking, someone among the group hurriedly shouted, "Wait, you can't do that! I swear, I will never say anything like that!"
"Me too."
"I can swear an oath too."
"We won't talk nonsense, please don't kill us!"
A chorus of promises and pleas for mercy rose and fell.
Felicia Hardy ignored her and continued, "Only they saw the lab's surveillance footage. Kill them, destroy the footage, and nobody knows what really happened here."
"Professor Curt Connors left the company after the successful experiment and his whereabouts are unknown. It is very likely that he wanted to keep the experimental results for himself."
"His severed limbs can grow back. We can easily say that the experiment has side effects, which may lead to drastic personality changes, cruelty, violence, etc., and then blame the deaths of these people on him."
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't admit it, because he didn't follow the experimental rules. As long as we can prove that the serum does have side effects, he'll have to take the blame whether he wants to or not!"
Su Quan smiled and nodded slightly. Although some details needed to be improved, the method she mentioned was indeed feasible. If everything went smoothly, the blame could indeed be firmly placed on Professor Curt Connors.
"There's no need to prove the serum has side effects, or even to kill them personally, because the experiment itself was unsuccessful. Professor Curt Connors was too hasty..."