The Flaw in the New Serum, No, It's Perfect!

Seeing that Dr. Connors was still engrossed in his research, Toby simply asked Gwen directly:

"How is Dr. Connors's Lizard Regeneration Serum coming along?"

At that, Gwen proudly lifted her fair chin and declared, "With my help, my teacher has already preliminarily perfected the Lizard Regeneration Serum!"

"Seeing is believing. Come with me!"

As she spoke, Gwen eagerly grabbed Toby's hand and led him to an experimental bench equipped with mechanical auxiliary arms.

At that moment, two reinforced glass isolation chambers sat on the bench, each containing a white mouse that had lost its front left leg.

Gwen then skillfully operated the mechanical arms, injecting the mice in the left and right chambers with a small vial each of dark green and light green serum.

"The dark one on the left is the old original version of the Lizard Regeneration Serum. The light one on the right is the version my teacher and I have preliminarily improved over the past few days. Watch carefully and see the difference between them!"

Following Gwen's explanation, Toby carefully observed the changes in the mice on either side.

First was the mouse injected with the original serum on the left. Its medicinal effects were the most obvious—and the fastest!

The left mouse's missing front left leg regenerated at a visible rate, quickly growing into a complete, healthy limb!

But the good times did not last. After growing its new leg, the Lizard Regeneration Serum's effects did not stop. Instead, it continued mutating the mouse's body.

First, its fur began to fall out...

Then, countless tiny dark green scales grew across its skin...

Finally, its body swelled several times over until it was the size of a kitten!

The mouse on the left also became bloodthirsty and violent, crazily slamming into the reinforced glass in an attempt to break out!

Toby could only shake his head. Clearly, this was a complete failure.

Next, Toby focused all his attention on the mouse on the right, which had been injected with the preliminarily improved serum.

Compared to the rapid regenerative effects of the serum on the left, the regenerative effects inside the right mouse were much slower.

By the time the left mouse had regenerated its leg and completed its mutation, the right one had only begun growing a new limb at an extremely slow pace.

You could even clearly see the entire process of the right mouse's new limb being reconstructed, from every nerve and blood vessel to every bone and muscle!

After a long ten minutes, the mouse on the right finally grew back its new front left leg completely.

The advantage, however, was that the mouse on the right did not continue mutating like the one on the left, nor did it become violent. It remained as docile as before, licking the fur on its new leg.

Toby rubbed his chin thoughtfully and looked at Gwen. "The new serum does seem normal for now, but have you and Dr. Connors confirmed that the improved Lizard Regeneration Serum really has no hidden side effects?"

"For example, perhaps its regenerative function has been slowed down, while the mutation rate has merely been delayed rather than eliminated..."

Before Gwen could answer, Dr. Connors's voice rang out first.

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"Impossible. Absolutely impossible! This time, I conducted extremely rigorous tests. Not only did I test its effects on white mice, I also performed binding experiments with my own blood samples and the new serum. Its medicinal stability has already been confirmed!"

Dr. Connors, who had just been focused on his research, walked up to Carl and spoke with absolute certainty.

Hearing that, Toby gave Dr. Connors a strange look. The dark circles under the doctor's eyes were obvious, and he did not seem particularly happy despite the serum's improvement. Toby asked, "If that's the case, Doctor, why aren't you taking a break? Why are you still experimenting?"

Dr. Connors slowly shook his head and sighed. "Because it still isn't perfect..."

"With Gwen's help, I did remove the flaw that caused humans to mutate into lizard-like creatures after taking the serum. But at the same time, removing that trait has greatly weakened the serum's regenerative effects..."

"As you can see, even restoring a single leg on a tiny white mouse takes a full ten minutes with the improved Lizard Regeneration Serum..."

"If it were used on humans, whose bodies are much larger, the time needed to restore a severed limb would be even longer. And compared to before, when one injection could completely restore a limb, it now takes at least several vials just to fully regenerate a human arm!"

"Furthermore, those vials cannot be injected at once. They must be administered at intervals—preferably one injection per week. It takes more than five injections, meaning over five weeks, to regrow a complete arm!"

"But that is not even its greatest imperfection!"

"Most importantly, its effects are not permanent. Aside from small bodily wounds, which the new serum can permanently repair in a single treatment..."

"For major injuries or severed limbs, once the serum regenerates a new limb, new serum injections must be administered every month to maintain the limb's vitality. Otherwise, the new limb grown by the serum will degenerate and wither until it is lost once again..."

Yet upon hearing Dr. Connors describe the new serum's major flaw, Toby was not disappointed in the slightest. Instead, his face lit up with delight. "That's great!"

"Huh? Sorry, what did you say?"

Dr. Connors stared at Toby with a bewildered expression, even digging at his ear as if he suspected he had misheard.

I'm over here being disappointed by my creation's flaws, and you're cheering beside me? What the hell do you mean, kid?

Even Gwen and Peter looked at Toby in surprise.

Clearly, they had not expected Toby to be so delighted after hearing that the new Lizard Regeneration Serum was imperfect...

But in truth, Toby's excitement was not unwarranted.

After all, the improved serum that Dr. Connors considered a failure happened to perfectly match the effects Toby had envisioned for the regeneration serum he planned to release on the market!

He wanted the regeneration serum not to help others, but to make money from it!

And how could he make money?

Naturally, the more he sold, the more he earned. He needed repeat customers to keep the money flowing!

Wouldn't this watered-down version of the regeneration serum perfectly meet both requirements?

You had to buy at least five doses at a time, and then keep buying more every month afterward. Wasn't that exactly what capitalists wanted?

So Toby made the decision on the spot. "Give me the formula for this version of the serum. For now, Doctor, get some proper rest. Just wait peacefully for the good news that I've dealt with your situation and restored your freedom."

Dr. Connors was stunned for a moment before he understood. Frowning, he said, "You want the regeneration serum's effects to stop at this point?!"

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