The clock turned back slightly. Seeing that things were going badly, Samuel Sterns quietly slipped away from the warehouse while Blonsky was tangled up with a group of mercenaries injected with Hulk serum.
He saw that the fierce, berserk yellow giant still held an overwhelming advantage against more than a dozen mutated mercenaries, and he knew there was no point in continuing. Their side was at a disadvantage. Several mutated giant dogs had had their heads smashed to pulp, several mercenary corpses lay scattered throughout the warehouse, and strange sounds were coming from the room where Betty and the others were being held.
Without hostages, they had no bargaining chips. Continuing would only end in certain defeat.
Samuel was filled with resentment. He had never expected Sean to have hidden his strength so deeply, his own power far exceeding everyone's imagination. This New York genius, shrouded in countless halos, had concealed himself far too well.
That foolish, arrogant Justin Hammer had even tried to eliminate him and swallow up Umbrella. Thinking back on it now, it was utterly laughable. Based on the strength the young man had displayed just now, he was perhaps even more terrifying than Blonsky.
Using Mind Control to drive the mutated mercenaries into a frenzy and hold Blonsky back, Samuel slipped into another nearby warehouse and packed up all the experimental materials and data he needed. Of course, he also took the most important thing: Bruce Banner, who could provide an endless supply of serum samples.
The pitiful man who had fallen into Samuel's carefully laid trap had become his blood bank. Every so often, his blood had to be drawn, and he had to be injected with suppressants over the long term to prevent the Hulk inside him from awakening.
"Dr. Banner, we need to