Chapter: 331

In fact, as Mark speculated, in order to carry out his revenge plan against the Avengers, Norman Osborn not only made thorough preparations in terms of equipment and weapons, but also didn't neglect enhancements and modifications to himself.

To deal with the experienced and skilled Avengers in combat, he had to take a risky move and inject an unfinished prototype of the super-soldier serum that hadn't been fully developed.

Norman Osborn himself might not have noticed the significant changes in his temperament after injecting the serum, as he focused his attention on improving his physical capabilities.

However, if some friends who were familiar with Osborn in the past interacted with him, they would easily notice the changes in his personality.

This change was an internal transformation of temperament, which couldn't be concealed by acting or hiding individual traits. If before this, Norman Osborn was an elite figure with a gentlemanly demeanor, then at this moment, he had become a crazed and brutal suit-clad thug.

Even if he knew about the changes that would occur, if given the choice again, Osborn would undoubtedly inject himself with the serum without hesitation.

This was because the enhancement effects brought about by the transformation far exceeded Osborn's expectations. Perhaps because the drawback of the serum's impact on the mind wasn't completely eliminated, the enhancement effect stimulated by it has also been unleashed to maximum extent.

If Osborn were to unleash his peak strength at this moment, he would surpass even Captain America, who had undergone similar enhancements.

However, Osborn's preparations for his revenge plan didn't stop there. To take on the Avengers, a team of formidable individuals, he needed to recruit a group of loyal and powerful henchmen.

Even before his son Harry Osborn's accident, Osborn had already taken notice of the existence of the Winter Soldier, a creation of Hydra.

Many intelligence agencies didn't believe in the existence of the Winter Soldier, even considering it a fictional character created by the media to attract attention.

But these skeptics didn't include Norman Osborn!

Over the past fifty years, there have been over twenty unsolved murder and assassination cases. The police and the FBI had given up on investigating these cases due to lack of evidence, and the perpetrators behind these incidents were none other than the Winter Soldier.

As for why Osborn would believe in the existence of someone even government agencies had abandoned investigating, it was because Osborn had seen the Winter Soldier with his own eyes. He witnessed his arch-rival in business, Howard Stark, and his wife being killed by the Winter Soldier.

As the saying goes, your enemies often understand you the best. Osborn also adhered to this philosophy, knowing oneself and knowing one's enemy, and conducting the most detailed investigations into every move of his competitor, Howard. This even applied to news of Howard's death.

And precisely due to this kind of obsession, Osborn discovered the truth behind the incident before government agencies destroyed the surveillance footage of Howard's accident scene.

It was also because of the extraordinary abilities displayed by the Winter Soldier in this footage, abilities beyond the limits of a normal human, that Osborn decided to invest in the development of the super-soldier serum.

Unfortunately, after more than twenty years of investment and research, including collaborations with the military to obtain detailed serum information, perfect research results were never achieved.

But Osborn wasn't someone to give up so easily, especially considering that the super-soldier serum was the path, the key to solving the genetic hereditary curse afflicting inherited by the Osborn family.

It was through this unwavering perseverance that Osborn finally saw a glimmer of hope. S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by Hydra, causing internal chaos. At this time, Black Widow Natasha Romanoff completely exposed classified S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence to the entire world.

When Osborn first saw this content, he could only describe his emotions as ecstatic. Remember, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s precursor was the Strategic Scientific Reserve, and its founder personally witnessed the entire process of Captain America's creation using the super-soldier serum. It's even possible that the most complete experimental data and formula were preserved.

However, what disappointed Osborn somewhat was that after lengthy data decryption, although he found some relevant information in these documents, it wasn't significantly different from what the military provided. It provided no assistance whatsoever to Osborn's experimental team's progress.

In comparison, the other two pieces of information Osborn obtained were actually of greater value.

Among these two pieces of information, one was that researchers had already made a breakthrough in cooperation with S.H.I.E.L.D., successfully reconstructing the perfected formula for the super-soldier serum. And this person was Mark.

This is also why when Osborn's subordinates initially suggested business cooperation with Mark, Osborn Industries exhibited such enthusiasm, with service speed and attitude far surpassing their usual state. This was the result of Osborn's secret instruction.

However, what's regrettable is that even though Osborn Industries appeared to be licking up to Mark like a lapdog, in the end, they ended up with nothing.

As for the other piece of information, it was about the Winter Soldier, a tool Hydra used to accomplish its sinister goals.

Although he didn't have the opportunity to obtain the perfect formula for the super-soldier serum from Mark, perhaps he could use the Winter Soldier as a breakthrough to find a suitable research direction.

Thus, after repeatedly decrypting and extracting information from the publicly disclosed data, Osborn finally obtained enough information to track the whereabouts of these legendary warriors.

He first traced the whereabouts of a Hydra member responsible for brainwashing the Winter Soldier, then used hypnotic gas to extract the location of the Winter Soldiers from him, as well as the means to control them.

But fate played a cruel hand. Before Osborn could find these Winter Soldiers to use them for his research, an unexpected tragedy occurred. It took away the life of his beloved son.

And Osborn's purpose in finding these Winter Soldiers shifted from seeking a research breakthrough to aiding his own revenge.

In this twist of fate, a brand-new supervillain, Green Goblin, emerged—a being that shouldn't have existed in this universe's timeline. Simultaneously, a demonic army known as the Legion of Demons, composed of five Winter Soldiers he brought out from the Siberian permafrost, made its appearance!

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