"Whatever it takes, we have to find a way to get Compound A!"
Edgar said.
Over the past six months, Compound A had risen abruptly like a dazzling star in the secretive and complex field of Superpowers research, its brilliance leaving everyone who knew of it stunned.
It was not merely a compound, but a key—a key that unlocked human potential and granted individuals extraordinary abilities.
After undergoing a transformation that seemed to remake them from the ground up, every lucky person chosen by Compound A gained the ability to transform—not merely a change in appearance, but an all-around leap in strength, speed, and ability.
Transformation, this trait, was like Compound A's signature emblem, deeply imprinted upon the legends of every Superpowered individual.
However, it was worth noting that not every living being modified by Compound A could enjoy this gift.
For example, the legendary Captain America.
Supernova Company, the biotech company that had risen rapidly in recent years, had used its exceptional marketing strategies to package Compound A as a miracle capable of fulfilling ordinary people's dreams of gaining Superpowers.
The promotional web they had carefully woven was like an invisible net, ensnaring countless hearts that yearned for power and dreamed of becoming heroes.
In this era where Superpowered individuals were held in high esteem, who did not want strength beyond that of ordinary people? Who did not want to become someone like Vought Company's The Seven, or fight shoulder to shoulder with other Superheroes?
But Supernova Company was cautious to an almost harsh degree.
They publicly claimed that Compound A was still in a strictly controlled experimental phase and was open only to internal employees and carefully selected volunteers.
The company's upper management had always remained silent regarding the possibility and consequences of experimental failure, as though it