To get to Rikers Island Prison, one had to take a dedicated transport boat. Not just any vessel could dock at the prison island's pier or linger nearby. The rule existed to prevent anyone from helping prisoners escape.
After applying through Stark Industries and receiving approval, Henry boarded the official transport boat at the designated pier. Following another series of inspections and clearance procedures, nearly an entire morning had passed before he finally saw the person he had come to meet: Doctor Otto Octavius.
Having gone through the trip himself, Henry understood why, during the Arc Reactor modifications, the man had left the prison every morning yet only arrived at Stark Industries' research center after noon.
There were simply too many checkpoints.
"Mr. Henry Brown, your visit surprises me. Based on our experience working together, even if something had gone wrong with the Arc Reactor, you and Mr. Tony Stark should have been able to solve it. You shouldn't need to ask me."
Doctor Octopus's four mechanical tentacles were now bound together by a special restraint ring. They had not been completely disabled because the tentacles were extremely heavy. If they could not move on their own, Doctor Otto Octavius would have struggled even to stand.
With all four tentacles tied together like this, their range of motion was restricted, but they retained a certain degree of mobility. This allowed Doctor Otto Octavius to walk into this special visiting room himself rather than being wheeled in by guards on a cart.
It was an open visiting room. Aside from an iron table separating the two men, a chair on each side, and a surveillance camera in one corner of the ceiling, there was nothing else. The lights were embedded in the walls, making it impossible to smash the tubes or