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For a full ten minutes, Daks on the operating table roared and groaned in pain. Finally, his groans grew weaker and weaker, gradually subsiding.
"Indeed, the effect is much better than the first potential activation."
Illumi looked at the massive figure before him, feeling a little surprised.
The assassin Daks, now standing at a height of 3 meters, had muscles that radiated a bluish-black color like steel. His thick arms were thicker than Illumi's waist, and his clenched fists alone were larger than Illumi's head.
Aside from his face and limbs, his entire human features were fundamentally different from ordinary humans, because no human's muscles and physique would be so enormous.
He just lay there, exuding a chilling sense of oppression, truly a monster.
"The subject's current physical data is twice as strong as the previous subject's."
Dr. Ballard looked at the various physical data on the instruments, revealing a knowing smile.
But Dr. Baldwin frowned, looking at the subject's brainwaves on the screen.
"I'm taking off the helmet, boss."
Boyce came to the operating table, his hands touching the specialized helmet. He looked at Illumi, his voice slightly tense.
Illumi nodded slightly. He knew what Boyce meant. There was a high probability that the subject would go berserk once the helmet was removed, and he would need to restrain him.
"Click~"
Dr. Boyce successfully removed the helmet. The entire process went smoothly, and the subject seemed to have fainted from the pain.
"How is it?"
Illumi looked at Boyce and the other two doctors, who had breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the instruments, and asked.
"Only half successful."
Dr. Ballard and Dr. Baldwin, who were discussing, looked at Illumi and replied with a frown.
"Only half successful?"
Illumi frowned. This sentence should mean that something went wrong with the subject.
"Although this subject withstood the parasitic process, his brain suffered significant irreversible damage."
"In other words, his consciousness and human intelligence have been lost."
Dr. Baldwin spread his arms, saying with a slight regret.
"Such a half-finished product is even worse than the human potential activation performed by the Baiyui aphids."
"Although it can't compare in terms of various data, its advantage is that its intelligence and consciousness will not be damaged."
Dr. Ballard adjusted his glasses and chimed in.
"So, he can only understand simple commands. He cannot understand overly complex language, and even less can he execute it."
"Even for combat, his usefulness isn't great."
Illumi refocused his gaze on the subject. Only being able to understand simple commands was just like a lower animal.
However, Illumi looked at his physique and the aura emanating from him. He felt that such a subject might be more suitable as a certain type of soldier—a berserker.
"Give him a name, boss."
Boyce, seeing Illumi's apparent interest in the subject, suggested.
Illumi lightly rubbed his chin with his right hand, pondered for a moment, then grinned.
"Since he was an assassin sent to kill Kipssila, I'll send him back to the person who sent him."
"His name will be—Avenger."
Doctors Boyce, Ballard, and Baldwin revealed strange smiles upon hearing this. Boss truly had a wicked sense of humor.
"A beast without intelligence, in certain special environments, might be able to achieve miraculous effects," Illumi chuckled, then instructed the three doctors to inject large amounts of tranquilizers and anesthetics to ensure the Avenger could sleep soundly.
Next, under Illumi's command, the three doctors implanted a control chip into the Avenger's head, which was used to restrain this unintelligent beast.
When the Avenger disobeyed commands, Illumi only needed to press the controller in his hand, and the control chip implanted in his brain would release an extremely weak electric current.
After everything was ready, Illumi sent someone to take the Avenger to an abandoned training base in the industrial park, ready to test his strength.
"Put him inside."
Illumi, the three doctors, and ten guards armed with assault rifles arrived at the training room of the training base. He ordered the soldiers to place the Avenger inside the training room.
"Now, let me see the power that survived a parasitic experiment with an 80% death rate."
Illumi stepped into the training room, lowered his head, and looked at the controller in his hand. There was a blue button and a red button, representing weakening the current and strengthening the current, respectively.
Illumi pressed the blue button. The Avenger, lying on the ground, twitched. His eyes suddenly opened, and he awoke from his slumber.
"Roar!"
Before Illumi could speak, the Avenger's blood-red eyes rotated. The moment he saw Illumi, a bloodthirsty red glow erupted from his pupils. He roared and charged fiercely at Illumi.
"Hmm, needs more training."
Illumi stood still, watching the Avenger charge forward. While pressing the blue button, he spoke unhurriedly.
"Thud!"
The Avenger, charging forward with all his might, suddenly stomped his foot on the ground, making a dull sound. He clutched his head, a look of pain on his face.
"Sit down."
Illumi spoke, but the Avenger remained unmoving, or rather, unable to understand. After the electric current stimulation ended, he charged at Illumi again.
"Roar! Roar!!"
The Avenger charged up to Illumi, his mouth wide open. A foul stench wafted into Illumi's nose, blowing his bangs upward.
At the same time, accompanied by a decibel level beyond normal human endurance, a fist larger than his head came crashing down.
Illumi's eyes narrowed slightly. As the Avenger's giant fist was about to strike him, he raised and opened his left hand with a speed indiscernible to the naked eye.
"Bang!"
A reverberating sound. The moment Illumi's palm and the Avenger's fist connected, a faint, semi-transparent ripple even burst out, causing the training room's bulletproof glass to vibrate.
"Creak... creak..."
The ground under Illumi's feet creaked, and hairline cracks spread outwards.
"This punch, at least ten tons of force."
Illumi and the Avenger stood opposite each other. Illumi, at 1.85 meters tall, seemed like a child confronting an adult compared to the Avenger's 3-meter height; the visual disparity was immense.
"But..."
Illumi lowered his gaze, his left palm suddenly retracting. His five fingers, shaped like claws, deeply dug into the Avenger's finger crevices and flesh. He pulled back his left arm.
"Bang..."
The Avenger's body was pulled forward by Illumi, taking a step forward. As Illumi's left arm swung up, he powerfully unleashed it.
"Whoosh!"
The Avenger's body instantly transformed into a black streak of light and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Boom!"
A tremor echoed throughout the entire training base.
Under the astonished gazes of the doctors and guards outside the training room, a five-meter diameter circular pit was actually forcibly smashed into the special-material wall inside the training room. The Avenger's body was firmly embedded at the bottom of the huge pit.
"Roar! Roar..."
Even after suffering such a heavy blow, the Avenger still roared and howled from the wall, completely transformed into a beast.
Illumi waved his hand, and ten guards immediately rushed into the training room, shooting the prepared tranquilizers and sedatives into the Avenger's body.
"Roar... roar..."
The Avenger roared twice more, then gradually calmed down and fell into a deep sleep.
Illumi walked out of the training room and stood beside the three doctors. He looked at the Avenger, who was embedded in the wall, and frowned slightly.
"He seems unable to understand human language?"
"Hmm, it's a bit troublesome. It seems that due to brain damage, he has also lost the ability to understand human language."
The three doctors frowned in thought. After a moment, they said.
"How about this, we'll go back and research it further, to see if we can implant another control chip that can directly issue commands to his brain."
"To communicate with him directly at the brainwave level."
"Can you do it?"
Illumi expressed doubt. Such technological means, even in his previous life, were only found in science fiction movies.
"Boss, you haven't seen our experiments in too long. Have you forgotten that we are also Nen users?"
"Now, we are not just experts in biomedicine, but also experts in Nen."
The three doctors, however, all raised confident smiles. The practice of Nen not only made their bodies younger but also made their minds much more active.
This made them feel the passion of their youth after a long time.
"Don't make me wait too long."
Illumi's lips curled slightly as he left the training base.
The three doctors, meanwhile, directed ten guards to carry the Avenger's body into the Biotechnology Research Institute to continue their research.
"It's still not very safe here. Any Nen user with a bit of skill can infiltrate."
"The construction of the new base needs to be put on the agenda, in the Crunisia Rainforest."
Illumi walked out of the training base, looking at the industrial park in front of him. He decided to build the new base in the Crunisia Rainforest.
He wasn't short on money now. The profits from the new antibiotics far exceeded everyone's imagination. Huge sums of money flowed into the company's account every day. Even if he did nothing now, the Umbrella Corporation was rapidly rising.
King Bradley's identity was indeed useful. Not only did Pelagross give strong support, but even the V5 also publicly supported it.
This was the fame and status of a Hunter in the Hunter X Hunter world, who possessed a Hunter License and was also a two-star Hunter who had made significant contributions to the world.
Those pharmaceutical giants that wanted to put pressure on the Umbrella Corporation all retreated.
If this were his previous life, if a small new company like Umbrella had invented a new antibiotic, there would only be one outcome: being crushed and carved up by the major corporations, eventually leaving behind only a useless shell company.
Even the country wouldn't be able to protect you.
"Beep..."
The phone rang. Illumi answered the call, and Ikshnpe's deep voice came through.
"Boss, the energy expert matter has been settled."
"Dr. Conrad and Dr. Celeste have agreed to our recruitment and are currently en route to our company by airship."
"In addition, they also stated that they would bring their team."
Illumi's eyes lit up. He said.
"Very good."
He only said two words, then hung up the phone.
Illumi looked at the phone in his hand, his lips slightly curved. All preparations were in place; it was time to start the next project and plan.
In terms of researchers, Doctors Ballard, Baldwin, and Boyce had also reassembled their former colleagues. Dr. Helen and Dr. Kipssila's teams were doing the same.
And Ikshnpe and Lily were also still searching for a large number of research talents for the company, preparing for the organization that was about to be established.
"It's been dragged on for too long. Let's start directly."
Illumi's eyes narrowed slightly. He immediately informed King Bradley, instructing him to withdraw a large sum of money from the company's account and invest it into the new project.
"I understand."
At Umbrella Corporation headquarters, King Bradley in his office hung up the phone and looked at Pride and Lust sitting on the sofa, and Greed who had just returned, as well as Envy who had rushed from Meteor City.
"Finally, it's starting now."
"I've had enough of that ghostly place, Meteor City. Smelling garbage every day, I wanted to destroy that place."
Envy sprawled casually on the sofa, complaining with a displeased look.
"But you two, I really envy you," Envy said, looking at Lust who was tasting wine and Pride who was reading a book, grinning.
"Born enjoying the fruits of our labor, spending every day doing nothing, enjoying life, it's finally time for that to end."
As he spoke, Envy even showed a look of schadenfreude, but Lust merely glanced at him lightly, without any rebuttal.
"In the upcoming plan, Envy."
"You are the key of keys."
But Pride closed his book and looked at Envy, his childish voice carrying a sense of calm.
"You can leave Meteor City now. The forces in Meteor City are of no help to us anymore."
"Next, we want you to infiltrate the V5 organization."
"That's the force we'll be dealing with next."
"The secrets within the V5 organization hold extremely important clues for us."
"But in contrast, the V5 organization and Meteor City are not on the same level of danger. You could face the threat of death at any time."
Envy listened to Pride's words, still sprawling casually on the sofa, his mouth open in a disdainful manner.
"Hey, don't underestimate me."
"I'm the second one born. Except for King Bradley, none of you are qualified to lecture me."
"I've been lurking in Meteor City for years without anyone catching me."
"Even the V5 organization, I'll turn into a super bacteria and invade their bodies, stealing and destroying everything within them."
After speaking, Envy reached for a bottle of wine on the coffee table and chugged it directly from the bottle.
"Gulp, gulp."
"Red wine isn't meant to be wasted like that. You should be drinking Ozma Federation's white wine and Kakin Empire's strong spirits."
Lust frowned slightly, her voice cold, as she watched Envy chugging the wine.
"Tch, what does it matter? Wine is meant to be drunk like this."
"I hate all these formalities. Do you really think of yourself as human?"
"Lust."
Greed looked at her disdainfully. He felt that whether it was King Bradley, Pride, or the recently born Lust, their humanistic aspects were too strong, right?
"Enough."
King Bradley suddenly spoke, interrupting their bickering. He looked at Envy and said in a deep voice.
"You don't need to destroy. You only need to obtain the relevant data and information we need. It's best not to attract the attention of the V5 organization."
Envy, who was drinking, heard King Bradley's words. He put down the wine bottle, glanced at him from the corner of his eye, sighed, and said.
"I understand. I need to keep a low profile and not attract V5's attention."
"But I'm still very unhappy. When can we stand at the world's peak instead of operating timidly in the shadows!"
Upon hearing this, the various Nen Beasts present glanced at Envy from the corners of their eyes, a slight curve forming on their lips.
"Soon, that day won't be far off."
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