Harry Osborn had hidden the truth about the employees' deaths, and now he had been fired.
Osborn held a press conference, sincerely apologized, and announced that all cross-species genetic experiments had been shut down and destroyed.
Mendel Stromm was expected to become Osborn's new chairman and CEO.
Once the evening news broke, the Osborn scandal seemed to be drawing to a close.
The culprit had been fired and kicked off the board, and the cross-species genetic experiments had been shut down and destroyed. It wasn't the best possible outcome, but at least it might soothe public anger a little. After all, Norman Osborn, the man behind the Lizard-men incident, was already dead. They couldn't exactly drag him out and whip his corpse.
As the final outcome became known, the online outcry against Osborn gradually faded. With some careful guidance of public opinion, voices even began to emerge praising Osborn for admitting its mistakes.
Leaving public opinion aside, Osborn's stock price had stabilized. That was an undeniable fact, and it seemed the whole affair would end with a whimper.
Many people now thought of the man who had exposed the Osborn scandal: Lee Stein, who had vowed to make Osborn pay.
Some believed Lee Stein had run out of tricks and could only let the matter fizzle out.
Others firmly believed Lee Stein wouldn't give up so easily. He might even resort to extreme measures because Osborn had gotten off unscathed. For a while, all sorts of speculation and debate overshadowed Osborn, the real subject of the scandal.
But to the disappointment of everyone hoping for a spectacle, Lee Stein stayed silent for two whole days and took no action. It seemed he'd gone into hiding, hoping to wait out the storm like a coward.
"What a load of crap about