Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 141 Medicine, Orange, Norman
The effects of the 'monkey version muscle-enhancing shoes' are somewhat better than expected.

Although the power output is far less than that of the genuine [Foot Strength Enhancement Shoes], it is very stable and will not cause any damage to the muscles. In fact, because it only relies on electrical stimulation of the muscles, its energy consumption is also very low.

'If we were to forge them into full suits of armor, we could probably create a batch of weakened super soldiers!'

Luca had this idea mainly because he had also been targeted by the military recently.

Tony remained firm on the Mark suit, only offering to send one to his friend Colonel Rhodes under some pretext.

The military was naturally very envious.

Luca's "Two-Husky Armor" shone brightly in the Second Battle of New York, and the military certainly wouldn't let go of such an opportunity to enhance its strength.

After only a few private meetings, Luca quoted an exorbitant price, effectively brushing the other party off.

However, this is only a temporary measure, even though Orange Industries is currently enjoying great success and is about to form a conglomerate.

However, unlike Stark Industries, it does not yet have the confidence to completely disregard the military and Congress.

Luca originally wanted to try to create a 'simplified youth mini version' and sell it at a high price to make a quick buck from the military, but now he has the idea of ​​a 'monkey version muscle-enhancing armor'.

'Doesn't the military like making super soldiers? Mine may not be a serum-enhanced version of a man-made muscle giant, but the effect is pretty much the same~'

Inside the villa's bedroom.

Shirley is preparing to administer medication to Gina.

Yes, Luca's long-awaited targeted therapy has finally been developed.

Moreover, with Shirley's involvement, the original medication was even slightly improved, making it even more effective.

After all, the drugs recorded in the big data are just the regular drugs that are publicly sold in that world.

Luca spent money developing this thing not to sell it, but to make targeted improvements, so naturally he wouldn't refuse.

"With continuous daily injections, the patient is expected to regain consciousness in 30 days and be fully recovered in about 50 days."

While cooperating with Big White in the testing, Shirley offered her own assessment.

Upon hearing this, Luca breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Big White, don't go to the lab for now. Stay here and take good care of Gina to make sure nothing goes wrong."

“Okay, Luca.” (●—●)

For Da Bai, it didn't matter where he worked, so he readily agreed.

However, there wasn't much work that needed their help. Orange Industries didn't have many connections in the pharmaceutical field, and in the US, it's not like you can just have any random lab develop a new drug and expect it to sell like hotcakes.

Even if they really did develop some miracle drug to cure cancer, it's fine to use it privately, but it's not worth putting it on the market.

Suppression from pharmaceutical giants, prying eyes from capital, audits from the State Drug Administration, smear campaigns and refusal to use by major hospitals—these stakeholders always use various methods to force you to compromise.

Luca is confident that he can solve all these problems little by little, but Orange Industries doesn't have that much time or energy to put into them right now.

Now that the medical lab has figured out the targeted drug Gina used, its only project is to improve 'APTX4869'.

This was just Luca trying to find something for the idle Sherry to do.

Shirley naturally had no objection to this.

Not to mention the large group of Haro robots that Luca equipped the medical lab with, which could also assist in analyzing and processing problems, even she herself still needed to supplement her medical knowledge of this world during this period, and didn't have time to replicate the massive amount of advanced medicines in the Big White database. However, after finishing Gina's examination, Sherry looked at Luca again and said in a cold tone.

“Someone contacted me privately yesterday, seemingly trying to recruit me to work for them.”

"what?"

Luca, who was lost in thought, immediately snapped out of it upon hearing this and looked at Sherry, who had spoken, with some confusion.

"You've only been working at the lab for a few days, and people are already trying to poach you?"

Shirley: "They may think that I led the development of the melting targeted drug."

As for the medical laboratory that Luca has established himself, it has no achievements or reputation to speak of, and it doesn't even have many members. Apart from a few assistants and ordinary employees, most of the work is done by Haro.

If even Shirley could be targeted, it's obvious who's behind it all trying to recruit her.

"Norman is certainly well-informed."

"The other party did not reveal their identity, and even their tone of solicitation was rather veiled. I guess it's because of my surname that they thought I had some special relationship with you."

Upon hearing Shirley's words, Luca, who had been secretly criticizing Norman Osborn, immediately turned pale.

Speaking of Sherry's surname, we have to mention that a few days ago, Luca asked Samira to arrange Sherry's identity.

The original 'Shiho Miyano' wanted to change her name to Sherry, and Luca naturally had no objection to this.

He was so busy testing what he had gained in the dream world that he didn't even pay much attention to this matter.

However, having only a name is definitely not enough to obtain an identity.

These two women, for reasons unknown, simply registered Sherry's name as 'Sherry Orange'.

This operation left Luca completely bewildered for a long time after he came out of the laboratory.

In addition, the two of them already had very similar chestnut-colored hair.

Luca had been busy for several days, and suddenly he had an extra 'older sister'?
However, since things have come to this point, there's not much point in going through all that trouble again.

According to Samira, in the past, this would have been called a vassal bestowing a surname.

Luca simply accepted it, refusing to admit it.

but
"Since they already consider you a member of the Orange family and haven't given up on recruiting you, it seems Norman Osborn is indeed getting restless."

To be honest, Norman Osborn's desire to conduct this drug trial, like Luca's, was not essentially driven by the potential profits from the final product.

After all, there are probably fewer than 100 people worldwide with similar symptoms, and most of them are people who don't have much money, or whose symptoms are mild and don't affect their daily lives, so they have simply given up on treatment.

The only reason Norman Osborne could be so anxious is that his wife's condition was nearing its end, and the information Luca had previously sent him had indeed proven effective in treating Mrs. Osborne's symptoms.

That's why, after failing to reach Luca, they resorted to poaching him from outside the company.

However, since it's just an attempt to poach talent rather than directly 'stealing' them, it seems the situation hasn't reached a life-or-death point yet.

"It seems we need to find an opportunity to make contact with them, otherwise what could have been a good chance to do a favor might turn into an enemy."

"Samira, I remember the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the orange-themed event is the day after tomorrow, right? Could you send an invitation to Mr. Norman as well?"

(End of this chapter)