A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

Gwen was immediately enraged and grabbed Cao Gui by the waist. The immense force made the frail Cao Gui pale and breathless.

"Let's go back to New Jersey."

"Wh...what are you doing?" Cao Gui swallowed hard, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.

"Do you know what a spider web is made of?" Gwen sneered.

"do not know."

"protein!"

"so what?"

"I need a lot of protein right now."

"Then why not drink milk?"

"Aren't you just a cow?"

"So...so what do you plan to do with the protein solution? Orally or by injection?" Cao Gui swallowed hard and asked with difficulty.

"Hmph, I want them all!"

Gwen sneered, picked up Cao Gui, and flew towards New Jersey on her spider webs.

……

Manhattan, in a sewer.

Whoosh!

Dr. Connors abruptly lifted his head from the sewage.

"Oh God, I'm alive... That damn bastard, he actually stopped me, I'm going to eat him..."

"No... I can't eat people. He did nothing wrong. It was my way of looking for people that scared them... I should have tried harder and killed everyone who was in my way!"

Like someone with a split personality, Dr. Connors spoke in two different tones, sometimes normal, sometimes violent.

At the same time, the scales on its face began to fall off, the hard lizard scales slowly peeling away, and it turned back into human skin. The same thing was happening all over its body at the same time.

His tail began to fall off and slowly disappeared with the water. In less than half a minute, he had returned to human form.

However, the right hand was still there, and it had returned to its round and smooth appearance, still dripping with mucus, and there were still some small scale marks left on the neck.

Dr. Connors grabbed a rag floating in the sewer and draped it over himself. He leaned against the pipe wall to rest; he had swum most of the East River and was exhausted.

"The environment here is so nice, so comforting..." Dr. Connors scooped up a handful of water from the sewer and sighed. He suddenly had an urge to build his laboratory here.

“That might be a good idea…” Connors grinned and slowly walked along the pipes, looking for a good spot.

……

S.H.I.E.L.D., Trident headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Nick Fury and Phil Coulson stared at the giant lizardman on the projection screen with serious expressions.

"Sir..."

“I didn’t expect it to have this effect,” Nick Fury said in a deep voice.

In his view, the death of a few volunteers would be enough. Then he could manipulate public opinion to put pressure on Osborn's stock price, and then work with Menken to easily take over the entire Osborn.

"What do we do now?" Coulson asked.

“Standard plan!” Nick Fury said.

"I will explain to the Security Council that they agree to my plan. I don't believe they can resist the temptation of super soldiers!"

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Chapter 197 Nick Fury, it was you who was behind this all along!

New Jersey, villa.

Gwen's lips were pale, her face was rosy, her hair was disheveled, and she exuded the fragrance of heather, looking like she had overdone an injection of protein.

"You bastard, I knew you weren't normal..." Gwen rubbed her bottom, wincing in pain from the beating.

"Hmph, you know now and you still dare to provoke me?" Cao Gui snorted, quite pleased with himself.

"So, you're the masked man?" Gwen asked hesitantly.

"Hmm, that mask... let's call it V." Cao Gui recalled briefly, remembering the name of this anti-heroic figure.

"You wretched bastard, have you been laughing at me in your heart all this time?" Gwen said through gritted teeth, her voice filled with resentment. She had even used the Ironblood Spear in front of Cao Gui many times.

“Honey, I’m an FBI agent, I’m professionally trained, and no matter how funny it is, I won’t laugh… unless I can’t help it.”

Gwen: "..."

I'm so annoyed!

"Ahem, let's get down to business." Cao Gui's expression turned serious, preparing to discuss Dr. Lizard.

"What important business?" Gwen snorted. "I can only spit silk, not wear four pairs of stockings on eight legs."

“…Not this one.” Cao Gui was speechless. What a petty woman.

"I mean, can Dr. Connors, who has turned into a lizard, completely revert back to a normal human?"

"What? That lizardman is Dr. Connors?" Gwen pushed herself up from the bed with both hands.

"Huh? Didn't I say that?"

Cao Gui was completely confused, but seeing Gwen's black lines on her face, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't said that. There was nothing he could do but recount the general process.

"So that's how it is." Gwen's face immediately turned ugly. The lizard potion was originally formed in her hands.

“That potion is a gene-enhancing potion,” Gwen said in a deep voice.

"It's a drug that's based on human genes and is modified. Once injected, it's irreversible, at least not now. We don't have the technology to delete gene fragments in batches at specific points."

At this point, Gwen's voice involuntarily lowered; it seemed there was only one possible outcome for Dr. Connors.

Upon hearing this, Cao Gui's heart sank. He had thought that, like in the original story, injecting a potion would completely cure the lizard gene. Now it seemed that he had been too wishful thinking. After all, this was reality, not a movie.

"Cao, what do we do?"

Gwen bit her thumb, her face a mixture of conflict and worry. Reason told her that Dr. Connors would hurt others and had to be dealt with, but Dr. Connors was a kind and gentle teacher who had taken good care of her…

"Let's take it one step at a time. Hopefully, Dr. Connors won't come out and attack anyone."

Cao Gui said in a deep voice that he might be able to use the [Mansherry Character Card] to help Dr. Connors recover, but that character card had already been used once and was still in the cooldown period.

There are quite a few characters in the One Piece world who possess healing abilities, but... their main role is fighting. For example, Bartholomew Kuma can deflect injuries, and Marco's Phoenix Flame can also heal.

However, Cao Gui could not possibly expend all his merits just to treat Dr. Connors.

Upon hearing this, Gwen nodded and fell into a deep sleep, nestled in Cao Gui's arm.

……

Inside a dry, spacious "room" in the Manhattan sewers.

"Experiment Log, Day 1!"

Dr. Connors sat in front of a lab bench, talking to himself in front of a camera. The place had been set up in its early stages, with all kinds of experimental instruments, test tubes, syringes and the like ready.

"Humans are cowardly and pathetic creatures. They are weak and powerless. Even a tiny germ can kill them, and even a minor car accident can leave them crippled."

"As a great scientist, I have dedicated my life to creating a flawless, perfect world, a world without abandonment or injury."

"However, as the masters of this world, humans are too weak and pitiful, so I must create stronger humans so that other humans can also have tough skin, strong muscles, sharp teeth, claws, and endless self-healing abilities, just like me."

"This is the wonderful world I've always longed for!"

As he spoke, Dr. Connors stood up excitedly, and tiny scales began to slowly grow from his neck, his pale blue pupils turning into yellow vertical pupils once again.

"Roar--!"

Suddenly, Dr. Lizard roared to the sky, a thick green tail extending from his tailbone, and his body swelled up like an inflating balloon, once again becoming that lizard monster.

"That's right, that's the feeling—strong and powerful, with inexhaustible energy throughout the body. That's what all of humanity needs most!"

As he spoke, he quickly turned around and went to the lab table to make lizard potion. His rough hands were incredibly nimble, and various experimental instruments flew nimbly in his hands, showing a dexterity that did not seem to fit his image.

Bottles of bluish-gray medicine were continuously produced, which he then loaded into the nebulizer. These were the miraculous drugs he needed to save humanity.

……

S.H.I.E.L.D., Trident headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Pierce, John Gattler, Victoria Hand, and Gaspar Sitwell listened to Nick Fury's plan for the Osborne Group.

Nick Fury didn't tell the Security Council, but instead told the committee that controlled S.H.I.E.L.D.'s finances, and Pierce stopped him.

What do you think?

Pierce looked around and asked slowly. As the leader, he was in no hurry to express his opinion, but in fact, his words had already shown his position, otherwise he would not have asked others to express their opinions.

“I think it’s possible,” John Gatler laughed. “The Super Soldier program is already complete; this thing can only be in our hands.”

“I have no objection.” As the only woman, Victoria was the second to speak.

“I have no objection either,” Sitwell said. His role had always been that of a close subordinate of Pierce; wherever Pierce went, he would follow.

“In that case, let’s carry it out.” Pierce nodded, then his expression turned solemn.

“But, Fury, we can only use legitimate financial means. Don’t overlook the second-largest shareholder of the Osborne Group. They are the world’s largest violent organization and have the ability to completely destroy us!”

“I know, boss.” Nick Fury nodded and turned to leave.

"Meeting adjourned."

Pierce waved his hand, dismissing the others from the meeting room. This matter had not been discussed with the Security Council at all; in fact, as the representative of American interests within S.H.I.E.L.D., Pierce hadn't even explained it to the American side.

The reason is simple: once the US finds out about this, S.H.I.E.L.D. will be out of the picture, physically.

If the US military were to acquire this technology, S.H.I.E.L.D. would be quickly disbanded. Therefore, this technology must remain in the hands of S.H.I.E.L.D., not anyone else, as it concerns the future of S.H.I.E.L.D.

In a corner of S.H.I.E.L.D., Sitwell pulled out another phone and dialed Cao Gui's number: "Cao, there's something I need to tell you..."

After a long pause, Cao Gui hung up the phone with a grim expression. Nick Fury, it turns out that all of this was orchestrated by that damned black devil!