At a hospital in New York.
Norman once again walked into his wife Emily's hospital room with a bouquet of fresh flowers, smiling as he sat beside her.
Perhaps Norman couldn’t be called a good man, but his love for his wife and son was genuine.
These days, he spent at least four hours a day in the hospital room, time that he would normally have spent w in the b. But because he wao personally care for his wife, he had given that up.
He had abahe petition with Luthor io stay by his wife’s side.
"Norman, you really don’t have to keep watg over me."
"No, this is the ohing I 't agree to. When you're in your most painful moments, I have to be by your side."
Norman immediately rejected Emily’s words. He wouldn’t regret it, even if, in the end, he lost everything in his battle with Luthor. He wouldn’t regret his as now.
Besides, he never believed he would lose to Luthor in their petition.
"Ugh..."
Looking at her husband, Emily sighed. She, too, was a stist. Before Luthor showed up, she, Otto, and Norman had worked and started their research together.
She had met Luthor and formed her own opinion about him.
He was a man so tale was almost terrifying.
Ahis genius—so distant from ordinary people—ma an ued sense of security to others while maintaining his pride. He possessed a strong charisma that anded respect.
Caught in the whirlpool of petition with him, Norman did not feel the true terror of Luthor. However, Emily, who had distanced herself from the pany due to her pregnand was everything from a third-party perspective, keenly realized that her husband might not be Luthor's match.
If the struggle tihey would lose everything.
"Then, Norman, listen to me for once. Ease the tension with Luthor. Whether it's you or him, her of you make Oscorp Industries fun without the other."
"I uand," Norman responded.
A trace of displeasure fshed in Norman's eyes, but he did not get angry with his wife. Instead, he held her hand and quietly stayed by her side for the four hours.
After ing out of the room, his expression darkened.
"Oscorp Industries is mine, Norman Osborn’s pany! Even without Luthor, it will still be the same Oscorp Industries!"
Emily's adviot only failed to ge Norman's mind but only deepened his flict with Luthor.
“Well, everything will be settled after Emily gives birth. At that time, I will slowly deal with you all, Luthor... and Otto…”
(Otto: huh?)
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As the time passed, Emily gave birth naturally to Harry Osborn, who would ter bee Peter Parker's best friend. Oher side, Richard, due to Mary enterie pregnancy stage, temporarily stepped away from the pany.
Norman, thrilled by the birth of his son, invited senior members of the pany to a dinner he hosted in celebration.
Naturally, the guest list included Reid and Otto.
Unlike senior executives and researchers from established tepahe ma of Oscorp Industries, as a newer pany, focused on buildiionships with the reserved researchers at the dinner, reizing them as the pany's primary source of ine.
Among the researchers, Reid and Otto, as the leaders, were the main targets of the ma's attention.
Reid was fine; after all, as the CEO, he had already had some iion with the ma.
However, Otto was different. Sihe pany’s founding, he had never been involved in ma affairs. He had only focused on his resear his own boratory.
Therefore, all the ma wao meet the pany’s third-rgest shareholder.
But this popurity wasn’t something Otto enjoyed.
He preferred his research results to be reized rather than personal attention.
As the ma gradually realized Otto's reserved nature, they all politely excused themselves, smiling as they left.
At that moment, Reid slowly walked over.
"Not used to this?"
"Yeah..." Otto sighed. He was simply a stist. He had no desire for power struggles. His only goal was to achieve his ideals through his researothing more.
Reid didn’t say much about this. Otto's personality was what it was, and he didn’t want to ge it. Moreover, such a personality worked to his advantage.
So, he smoothly ged the topic.
"I heard, Otto, that you’ve been leading a small team to researew materials. How’s the progress so far?"
As soon as Otto began discussing his research, the fatigue he had been feeling earlier seemed to vanish. He immediately pulled out a few dots from his jacket pocket and hahem to Reid.
"The new alloy I’ve been w on has a lower weight, higher strength, and is perfeeical use..."
Otto spoke passionately, his words flowing easily.
Reid carefully examihe research material Otto had handed him. With his current intellige was easy for him to see that Otto’s research was thh and nearing pletion.
As Otto had said, it was a ype of material with superior performance, ohat could advance fual teology.
From the impact it could have on the general public, Otto’s research was far more signifit than Reid’s super soldier serum.
However, he also noticed another point.
'Norman would probably be getting anxious soon.'
After ly anizing the dots, Reid returhem to Otto, who looked a bit uneasy.
Reid smiled at him with a knowing look.
"Well then, I suppose I must be the first to gratute Dr. Otto. You’re on the verge of advang the era.”
Sio didn’t have any major achievements to prese, Luthor's approval meant a lot to him.
Upon receiving Luthor’s aowledgment, Otto couldn’t help but smile broadly.
"Same to you, same to you! Hahaha..."
……
Not long after, once Emily had recovered auro the b, Otto’s research was successfully pleted. His groundbreaking new material was far superior to current materials, better performand giving hope fress in basic teology.
This breakthrough also provided Oscorp Industries with a new source of steady ine—sales of this new material.
Otto, the third shareholder who had been in stark trast to Luthor and Norman, and who had always focused solely on his research, had suddenly proven his worth to the entire pany—and even to the world.
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