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Night.
Osborn Manor.
The originally magnificent manor now seemed unusually lifeless.
Apart from the high-level executives of Osborn Enterprises who hurried in and walked out with indifferent expressions,
only the servants walking through the manor in fearful silence and the fully armed security patrols remained.
"Jack, ha... how long until Harry returns?"
In a room at the deepest part of the manor, where no lights were on, two blurry figures stood and lay.
Standing by the bedside, wearing a tailcoat, was Jack, the old butler who had served the Osborn Manor for two generations.
And lying on the bed could only be the Master of this manor, Norman Osborn himself.
Butler Jack bowed respectfully to Norman on the bed and replied:
"Master, I have notified the young Master as you instructed to return as soon as possible. He has agreed and should be back within this month."
"Within this month?" Norman pulled off his respirator upon hearing this, his voice turning grave:
"No, make sure he returns within next week. I... cough, I'm afraid I can't hold on that long..."
"That guy Connors is useless without Richard. His lizard regeneration serum failed after ten years, and with it, the last hope of curing me failed too!"
"Now those Vampires among the Osborn executives know I'm failing. They're all eyeing my position, hoping I die soon!"
"I... I must hand everything over to Harry before I die—my company, and... the hope of continuing the osborn family!"
Upon hearing this, Jack trembled slightly, his eyes complex as he asked, "The hope you speak of is... Spider-Man?"
"That's right..." Norman slowly sat up from the bed.
His face emerged from the shadows for the first time, revealing a complexion starkly different from a normal person's.
A normal person's complexion, aside from yellow, white, or black, only turns red when emotions flare up.
But Norman's face now showed an extremely abnormal grayish-green hue!
It was as if he were a zombie that had been dead for some time, with faint green glimmers even flickering in his eyes!
Norman's expression suddenly twisted into a grimace, his voice turning hoarse and frenzied:
"I knew it the moment I saw that so-called Spider-Man in the news. The power on him must have been granted by the correct Super Spider Formula that traitor Richard stole!"
"Only the Super Spider cultivated by Richard can grant humans effects surpassing Dr. Erskine's Super Soldier Serum!"
"And the Super Spider is the only method, aside from the lizard regeneration serum, that can cure the osborn family's hereditary disease!"
"So, we must capture Spider-Man at all costs!"
Even Jack, the old butler who had already seen off one generation of the osborn family, was so frightened by the demon-like Norman that he instinctively took two steps back.
Looking at his Master before him, he felt a sense of strangeness, as if Norman had become a different person... Jack swallowed his dry throat and tremblingly advised:
"Master, have you increased the dosage of that medicine again? Dr. Ophelia Sarkisian said that although she used the method of fighting poison with poison to blend the imperfect lizard regeneration serum with the Super Spider's venom, creating a special drug that can delay your condition..."
"But Dr. Ophelia Sarkisian also said it can only prolong your life, not cure your hereditary disease, and must never be overdosed, or it will cause unpredictable severe consequences..."
...After a few seconds of silence, Norman's frenzied expression suddenly calmed, and he said lightly:
"I know my body better than you. If I don't increase the dosage, I don't know if it will cause unpredictable consequences, but I certainly won't last until Harry returns..."
"So go, make sure Harry returns as soon as possible..."
"Master... yes." Jack looked at the now-familiar Master before him, his eyes moistening as he bowed and turned to leave.
He knew he might have to see off another generation of the osborn family lost to hereditary disease... Recalling how he had also seen off Norman's father under Norman's watch...
"Wait..." Just as Jack was about to exit the room, Norman called him back again.
As soon as Jack turned around, he saw Norman toss a USB Drive toward him, which he hurriedly caught.
Norman lay back in the shadows on the bed, his voice deep and somber:
"This contains all the investment projects I've left for Harry that could potentially cure the osborn family's hereditary disease. I don't have time to verify them one by one..."
"If Harry returns and I'm no longer here, give it to him. Let Harry discover his own hope..."
Hearing his Master's words that sounded like a last testament, Jack could no longer bear to stay. Wiping his tears, he turned and left Norman's room.
He couldn't show weakness or tears in front of his Master. He still had to prepare for his Master's funeral, take care of the young Master on his Master's behalf, and see the young Master recover and give birth to a healthy little young Master!
Thud——————
Jack, who was mentally setting flags as he walked, unsurprisingly encountered an accident.
He had only taken a few steps out of Norman's room when he suddenly felt as if struck by a hundred-ton truck. His aged body flew out like a ragged sack and crashed into the wall of Norman's room!
By the time Jack's twisted body slid down the wall with bloodstains, he was already bleeding from all seven orifices, dead beyond doubt...
The culprit behind Jack's gruesome death was naturally Ryan, who had just finished clearing the manor's security team and arrived.
As soon as he arrived, he saw Norman's top henchman coming out of Norman's room holding something, so he naturally couldn't let him go.
Ryan casually pocketed the USB Drive he had snatched from the butler's hand when he knocked him flying and walked step by step toward Norman's room.
Kicking open the security door that required a password, Ryan swaggered in.
However, there was no sign of Norman in the room, only an empty sickbed and the beeping of medical equipment.
But Ryan wasn't worried at all. Instead, he walked straight to a bookshelf.
That's right, this was the location of the hidden Safe Room entrance marked on the manor structure diagram Kingpin had given him.
Ryan's hands shot out like arrows, plunging into the wooden bookshelf and violently forcing it apart on both sides!
As wood splinters flew, the bookshelf split in two, revealing a thick silver metal door before Ryan.