"Don't be nervous, I'll say it again, do you want to live?" Aaron asked again.
Norman now understood, looking at the human enhancement serum in the other party's hand, and recalling the strange and powerful defense Aaron had just displayed.
His expression shook, his tone low but unable to hide his excitement. "Are you saying… you have human enhancement serum?"
Aaron shook his head, and Norman was disappointed.
That's right, if human enhancement serum were so easy to obtain, the military wouldn't be looking for him.
Even those mysterious and special organizations might not be able to produce a truly perfect enhancement serum.
However, in the next instant, Aaron spoke, "I don't have it, but I can improve it."
"And…"
"Even without this thing, I can solve your family's genetic defect problem."
Norman's fists, hidden under the table, clenched tightly. "You're not lying to me? How will you solve it?"
The reason he researched human enhancement serum was not simply to serve the military, but to completely solve his family's hereditary disease.
His family, despite enjoying vast wealth, had inherited genetic diseases for generations. Each generation's members would die from illness before old age.
He wanted to change his fate. He invested a large amount of money in various experiments and collaborated with several famous biologists, all to allow his family to bid farewell to that genetic disease.
But he was already nearing that age, yet he still hadn't developed a suitable serum. Instead, he had repeatedly brought different 'flavorings' to the public order of New York.
"That's not for you to worry about. You just need to think about what price you can pay." Aaron was as calm as ever.
He had come here to confront Norman, not for a few million or tens of millions.
His goal was all of Osborn Industries!
At its peak, Osborn Industries stood shoulder to shoulder with Stark Industries, with extensive areas of cooperation, especially in biotechnology, where it was absolutely unique.
Look, there are excellent villains directly related like green goblin and Lizard people.
There are also indirectly related prison regulars like Doctor Octopus, Electro, and Rhino.
Even Spider-Man was bitten by a spider from Osborn Industries.
It could be called a gathering of talents.
Norman calmed down. He stared intently at Aaron. He had a premonition that the other party's appetite would not be so easily satisfied.
As Norman was thinking, Aaron spoke, "I want all of Osborn."
"This is impossible!"
Norman was like a mad bull, his eyes bloodshot. "Osborn Industries is the crown jewel painstakingly built by generations of my family. Even if you can cure my genetic disease, I can't possibly hand it over to you."
"Furthermore..."
"As you can see, I am only one step away from success."
"As long as I can solve the flaw, I will possess a superhuman body, becoming perfectly strong. Even you won't be my match then."
Norman was very confident. Captain America had already proven the power of superhumans through practice. And his human enhancement serum was even stronger than the serum Captain America had been injected with back then.
He was certain that he would inevitably become the strongest Super Soldier in the future.
Hearing this, Aaron laughed. Finally, he burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"Wait. I need to laugh for a moment. I really can't help it, I am... Hahaha!"
"Norman, I have to say you are very confident, but you will pay the price for your confidence."
Aaron shook his head, suppressing his laughter. "This thing has great side effects, far more terrifying than you imagine."
"Besides causing violent tendencies, this serum can also delve into the deepest parts of the user's mind and, combined with the injector's inner negative emotions, generate another insane monster personality."
"It will amplify your negative emotions, induce you to commit crimes, and when you are inextricably mired in darkness, it will take over your body, turning you into a lunatic who only knows destruction."
"Just think. If I hadn't told you, what would happen even if you solved the violent side effect and happily injected the serum?"
"Think again about your family's hard work, and think again about... your child."
Norman was about to deny it, but upon hearing the last sentence, his expression shifted unpredictably.
If the other party was telling the truth, then... his outcome would be unimaginable.
"Who exactly are you? How do you know the side effects of the serum?"
"Nothing can hide from these eyes of mine." Aaron pointed to his unusually clear and bright eyes.
Then he said in a faint tone, "I also know that this thing of yours contains part of the Super Soldier Serum formula that Captain America was injected with back then."
"Do you think everyone is Captain America, whose inner justice and light can overcome evil and darkness?"
"After your modification, this thing will only become more terrifying, leading to the creation of an entirely green goblin, or rather, an ugly goblin?"
"Hmm, I've got it. From now on, I'll call you and Harry the Goblin Family?"
"No!"
Norman didn't want to admit it, but Aaron had no reason to lie to him.
This kind of thing could be confirmed simply by experimenting on someone, couldn't it?
His life's work actually contained such massive side effects.
What if his evil personality, after injection, gave Harry the same serum? Then... Damn it, absolutely not!
"Actually... Osborn Industries..." Norman's heart wavered slightly, but he still couldn't make up his mind.
After all, this was the massive Osborn Industries.
Even though Tony Stark had become Iron Man, and even though Osborn Industries had recently suffered severe losses and showed signs of decline due to his excessive madness and heavy investment in various projects, Osborn Industries was still a Super Corporation worth hundreds of billions of US dollars.
To hand over such a massive family business...
Unless he was completely insane, he would absolutely not do that.
"I can give you a portion of the corporation's say and shares..."
Aaron raised his hand to interrupt him, stood up, and picked up a test tube.
"This is..."
Norman was puzzled, looking at the blue liquid in the test tube. For some reason, he felt the test tube looked familiar.
Aaron said, "This is a healing potion I created, which can be used to repair human tissues."
"Have you played games? This thing is the red bottle, the health potion. It can accelerate a person's metabolism and increase their recovery speed. If someone is injured, consuming or injecting it can quickly heal their wounds."
"Even if the main artery is severed, as long as it is injected quickly and in sufficient quantity, they can escape from the hands of the God of Death."
"How much do you think this thing is worth?"
Norman looked at the small test tube in surprise. After deep thought, he said solemnly, "At least tens of billions of dollars. This is a life-saving divine medicine, which can even be used in surgeries and many other scenarios."
"As long as it can be mass-produced, it will inevitably sweep the world."
"As for its ultimate value, it needs further testing and research."
"You mean..." Norman suddenly realized.
"Besides this healing potion, I can also manufacture others, such as beauty potions, anti-aging potion, limb regeneration potion, anti-cancer potions..."
"I only have one condition: Osborn Industries must belong to me and must strictly adhere to my will."
Aaron placed the test tube in front of him and said lightly, "I will gradually bring these things out. You will take them to research and mass-produce them. I believe that with existing finished products, imitating them will not be difficult for you."
In fact, this thing was a super weakened version of the serum that he had swiped from the lab—a former failed serum—which he had melted down and extracted, containing only limited recovery capabilities.
Injecting it has no side effects and does not improve physical fitness. It only temporarily boosts metabolism and supplements necessary energy.
It is the basic health potion in games, but even so, it is still enough to drive people crazy.
To some extent, it is a Super Divine Medicine.
If it were introduced in his previous world, it would definitely cause a frenzy, and creating a corporation worth hundreds of billions would be easy.
But this is Marvel, and although it is still sought after, Aaron doesn't care about it at all.
He needs a complete Osborn Industries that will follow his personal will and become his tool for collecting certain items from around the world.
At the same time, he doesn't want to spend effort on this tool, so Norman is the working tool he is putting forward.