However, it's clear that Obadiah is only a minor boss in the early stages and isn't that durable...
the next day.
Lock Parker, who had returned home late at night and slept soundly until noon the next day, woke up to two trending news items on his phone.
The first, unsurprisingly, is the explosive news that Tony Stark has returned.
The news video shows Tony announcing his return at a Stark Industries press conference this morning, revealing the details of his kidnapping and the fact that Obadiah Stan, a traitor within Stark Industries, leaked his security connections.
The second news item concerns Obadiah himself.
News reports indicate that a fisherman accidentally caught a male corpse while fishing in the Pacific Ocean this morning. The body was confirmed by the police to be Obadiah Stan, the second-largest shareholder of Stark Industries.
The simultaneous release of these two news reports makes it hard not to suspect that Obadiah Stan's death was not caused by Tony Stark.
However, it was only a suspicion; the police had no evidence to prove that Obadiah's death was related to Tony.
Furthermore, Stark Industries is the military's primary arms supplier, with deep collaborations with the Army, Navy, and Air Force, making it a force the police simply cannot afford to offend.
Therefore, the police only made a perfunctory inquiry over the phone about where Tony was when the incident occurred last night, and didn't even dare to send anyone to Tony's seaside villa to investigate. The matter was thus dropped...
Lock Parker, who was watching the news, clicked his tongue in disbelief.
Wow, that's the power of capital...
Even without superpowers, they still have super privileges...
To this, Lock Parker could only say, "That damn capitalist Tony... he didn't even take me with him!"
That's right, Lock Parker doesn't have any idea of defeating capitalists; he wants to become a capitalist, or even surpass them!
Until he built his own business empire, Parker Industries!
However, if you want to become a capitalist and build your own business empire, the first step is not just having money, but having your own unique money-making business products!
Otherwise, blindly investing money to build your own industry isn't being a capitalist; it's squandering your wealth...
However, Lock Parker already has preliminary plans for his business empire and his first product to be launched.
That product is... lizard regeneration serum!
With just one needle, even the most severe injuries can be healed, and even severed limbs can be regenerated!
Lock Parker couldn't even imagine how sensational his product would be around the world, or how much money it would make for him!
While we may not reach the level of a top-tier company like Stark Industries, becoming a first-class company is definitely a certainty!
However, all of this is predicated on Dr. Connors perfecting the lizard regeneration serum and eliminating the variability brought about by the lizard regeneration serum.
He certainly didn't want the world to be overrun with mutated lizardmen...
Moreover, Lock Parker's ultimate plan is not only to eliminate the mutation of the serum, but also to eliminate the fact that the serum grants people superhuman strength!
He only wanted the lizard regeneration serum to retain a small portion of its regenerative properties, and even that small portion should ideally not be permanent, but rather a one-time regeneration effect.
Otherwise, this wouldn't be a pharmaceutical product, but a product of war!
Imagine the consequences if there were a group of soldiers on the battlefield who could regenerate indefinitely except for their heads and hearts, and possessed superhuman strength...
Thinking of this, Lock Parker shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
No matter how much he thinks about it now, he has to see the finished product first.
Otherwise, let alone the potential war consequences of the regenerative serum, his Parker Industries would just be a figment of his imagination...
Going to Afghanistan to rescue Tony and then seeking revenge for Tony yesterday took Lock Parker exactly one week.
He set off last weekend, so today is also the weekend.
When Lock Parker came downstairs, the three people who were having lunch were stunned to see him, wondering when he had returned.
To this, Lock Parker simply explained that his plane landed late last night, so he didn't wake them up.
Ben and Mrs. May had no doubts about Lock Parker's story and happily pulled their son down to sit and eat together.
Only Peter seemed a little guilty when he saw Lock Parker return, and he just kept his head down and ate.
But no matter how deeply Peter buries his head, what he can't escape will eventually come to pass.
After finishing his meal, Lock Parker patted Peter on the shoulder:
"Peter, come down with me…"
After saying that, Lock Parker turned and walked towards the basement.
Peter's attempt to hide failed, and he could only follow along with a bitter expression.
On the way down, Lock Parker asked Peter about the progress of the lizard regeneration serum project he had been working on with Dr. Connors that week. As expected, Peter stammered, clearly not knowing much about it.
To this, Lock Parker glanced at Peter behind him and left him with only one sentence.
"Extra training tonight!"
Amid Peter's mournful cries, Lock Parker entered the second-floor laboratory.
However, to his surprise, Dr. Connors was not the only one busy in the underground laboratory at that moment.
Another beautiful figure was assisting Dr. Connors.
That beautiful figure was none other than Gwen.
Before Peter could explain, Gwen immediately smiled with delight upon seeing Lock Parker return and pounced on him.
Lock Parker caught Gwen in his arms, spun her around twice, and then asked with a smile, "Gwen, what brings you here?"
Gwen's eyes crinkled into crescent moons as she replied:
"Because you had to leave last week, I didn't want to bother you, and I was also a little worried about the teacher's condition, so I asked Peter about the teacher's situation..."
"I learned from Peter that the teacher was helping you with your research, and since I had nothing to do after school and on my days off anyway, I came over to continue working as the teacher's assistant."
Upon hearing this, Lock Parker kissed Gwen's forehead and ruffled her blonde hair: "I see. You've really worked hard, Gwen."
"You're much more responsible than my irresponsible cousin."
Peter: I surrender, I know I was wrong, stop talking ┗(T﹏T)┛
Gwen shook her head, offering to excuse Peter:
"No, I volunteered to help the teacher in Peter's place."
"This city needs a hero to protect its dark side and fight against the pests hiding in the shadows to prevent more tragedies from happening."
"Without you, only Peter has the ability."
Lock Parker nodded upon hearing this, but did not offer any comment.
Although he wasn't originally protecting the city's dark side out of obligation, Kingpin would often commission him to kill the leaders of rival gangs to consolidate his underground empire.
So Lock Parker did indirectly clean up many of the dark pests in the city.
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