Norman and Otto exged a quice before nodding. After a brief discussion, Norman stepped forward once again.

  "Otto, could you expin to Major Rhodes what exactly this research data represents?"

  Though Rhodes utting on a ving aormahat the military couldn't possibly have mastered such advaeology. If they had, there would already be aire battalion of Captain Americas running around.

  Taking advantage of the moment while he and Reid discussed iment terms, Otto began expining to Rhodes.

  "Major Rhodes, based oa presehis appears to be a super soldier serum."

  "A super soldier serum?”

  Rhodes' eyes widened in shock.

  At just over twenty years old, he had already made a name for himself as a rising star within the U.S. military. Naturally, he was well aware of the military's long standing ambitions.

  Ever since Captain America first appeared during World War II, the military had opped fantasizing about recreating the super soldier serum.

  After Dr. Abraham Erskine’s death and the loss of his research, the U.S. had failed to replicate the serum. Even Howard Stark hadn't been able to crack the formu.

  "What about the abilities? What kind of enhas does it provide?"

  Knowing how much the military valued anythied to the super soldier program, Rhodes immediately started asking questions.

  He o fully uand this serum. Ideally, he wao witness its effects firsthand before rep back to his superiors.

  "Emmm…" Otto hesitated for a moment. Biology wasn’t his specialty, but after some thought, he finally provided an answer.

  "Currently, it appears the serum releases a high-energy red substance, capable of easily meltial. However, the energy is fio the body and dissipates over time. Re-iion of the serum is necessary to maintain its effects."

  "There are fws?"

  Rhodes' tone briefly shifted to one of disappoi, but he quickly pulled himself together. Having fws was normal. The U.S. still hadn’t created a super soldier serum that could be safely ied into humans, so why expect perfe?

  Meanwhile, oher side, Norman and Reid had e to an agreement on the iment issue.

  "We are willing to offer Mr. Luthor 30% of the shares, but before finalizing, I have o question."

  "Go ahead." Reid remained zily leaning against the desk, as if the oute had been pletely expected.

  "We would like to obtaia from the human trials."

  As a natural capitalist, Norman wasn’t ready to just hand over 30% of the shares without ditions. He khat without a pany, Luthor would have no means to duct human trials.

  The reason for this request was to push Luthor to give up some of his profits, perhaps relinquishing his administrative rights or simir privileges.

  "I'm afraid the data from human experiments is currently unavaible.”

  Just as Norman had anticipated, Luthor, who had pleted such research alone, simply didn't have the qualifications to duct human trials. As for using himself as a test subject? Thinking it over, Norman couldn't imagine a stist would do that.

  "Sihat's the case..."

  Just as Norman was about to lead the versation and push Luthor to give up some of his bes, Reid pulled out a red test tube.

  “Rest assured, the human experiment data will be avaible soon."

  Saying that, Reid grabbed the syringe oable and ied the serum into his arm.

  "Wait! Are you crazy?"

  Otto saw this and rushed forward to stop him, but it was too te. Reid, who had already ied the serum, was glowing with red energy.

  Powerful ser-like energy circuted around his body.

  ‘Is this guy insane?’

  Norman stared, shocked at what was happening. This guy in front of him was either a reckless madman or someone incredibly fident in himself. He must have been absolutely sure that the serum he created was fwless, even without human trials. Only someone like that would dare use their own body for the experiment.

  In fact, that was the case.

  Reid actually regretted it right after the iion. He wasn't Lex Luthor, after all. He had just gotten so into pying the role of Luthor that he lost trol for a moment and impulsively ied the serum into himself.

  Fortunately, Luthor's abilities lived up to his expectations. The system had given him the most powerful version of the character, always maintaining the same mi—fident, calg, and unyielding.

  For example, Alfred was able to hold his own in hand-to-hand bat with some low-tier superpowered criminals, and the Joker could go toe-to-toe with Batman, all while having the Dionesium.

  As for Luthor, he was the smartest version from all the parallel universes.

  In Reid's mind, the Luthor he ortraying was inspired by the version from the Red Son ics— a Luthor who, using his unparalleled intellect, broke Superman's spirit, reshaped the world, and accelerated human progress. Through his teological innovations, he not only ruled the world but also lived for 4,000 years, being the progenitor of a future Superman.

  This version of Luthor certainly had every right to be arrogant.

  ‘It seems there are no obvious side effects.’

  Rhodes had remained silent but had been closely watg Reid. After seeing the powerful red energy radiating from him, he finally rexed. It seemed that, ihere were no issues.

  Under Luthor's trol, the red energy gradually receded bato his body. At that moment, everyoiced that the floor beh him had beeed into a clear footprint.

  "Oh? The effects are just as I imagined. Mr. Octavius, please record the data."

  Reid then quickly demonstrated the power brought by the serum. His physical abilities hadn't improved, but his body could release red energy from various parts. The iy of the energy could be trolled based on personal will. However, releasing too muergy would shorten the serum's effective time.

  "Perfect. This is, without a doubt, the most perfect super soldier serum so far."

  After Otto finished rec the data, he could only offer this evaluation. At the moment, he was genuinely impressed. In his eyes, this kind of serum was beyond the current teological capabilities of humanity. Yet, Luthor had do.

  Feeling awed, Otto couldn’t think of any other words. However, he wouldn’t admit defeat. He believed that, in his own area of expertise—physics—he had made achievements that were just as impressive as Luthor’s.

  When the serum's effects wore off, Reid looked at Norman and Rhodes.

  "So, what do you think? Does my teology warrant 30% equity and administrative rights? And as for the military, are they willing to i in this project?"

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