Although these beautiful assistants sent by Hydra were quite eye-catching, Russell didn't pay much attention to them.
It was true that he was a man who could not be tested, but he was not a man who would be easily tricked.
After handing Peter the design sketches and giving him a cheering look, Russell left the lab and returned to his office on the third floor.
Leave professional matters to the professionals.
Although Peter is not quite a professional yet and has little experience, with the help of #3, Russell is confident he will grow up quickly.
As for #3, #3 is already a very mature AI, he knows how to upgrade himself.
Russell is in the office touching fish and playing games, while Peter and #3 are hard at work in the lab.
The days just went by.
Although Peter still had to go to school during the day and only had time after school, he didn't have to go home as soon as it got dark because the lab was located in a neighborhood with a good security environment.
This wasn't Hell's Kitchen, and even if he went home at night, Peter wouldn't be in any danger.
While Peter and #3 worked hard, Russell found time to do something besides touching fish and playing games.
For example, taking on the guise of a superhero serum and fighting several crimes in New York.
He's certainly not idly bored when he suddenly runs off to be a superhero, but has his own agenda.
In the Underworld, the Traveler's reputation was strong enough.
Even the veritable emperor of the underworld, Jin and, more or less, had to give him some face.
But in normal human society, he wasn't well known in any other field than a small reputation in the detective business.
He wasn't particularly interested in superhero status.
However, he is interested in the huge economic value behind superhero status.
The Fantastic Four is a great example in this regard.
Before they were superheroes, Mr. Fantastic and the others weren't particularly poor, but they weren't close to being rich either.
However, after they become superheroes and surface their identities in public, the four of them are welcomed with fame and fortune.
Russell, while having extremely good earning power, was a little too one-dimensional in his previous means of making money.
To put it simply, that's some sellout money.
If he could make a superhero name for himself, not only would he be famous, but his Octopus Monster Lab would be famous along with him.
The current lab was mainly used for upgrading battle armor, but he wouldn't mind if there was a chance to develop the lab into a military-industrial giant like Stark Industries.
With both fame and great financial rewards, the superhero business, it can't hurt to do it.
Beyond that, he had some small selfishness.
Gwen!
He's interested in Gwen, the Spider-Woman!
Gwen is so much less than Diana, but she's a rare beauty.
What's more, Gwen is a beautiful woman with spider superpowers.
That kind of softness is exciting to think about.
He also set himself up with a white battle suit with black stripes to better play the superhero.
When he said it was a battle suit, it was actually another form that he had changed with the serum.
The monster-like serum didn't look like a good person at first glance, so he changed the image of the serum slightly.
Instead of the corset uniform design of Gwen's, he had the white symbiote change to look like a modern battle suit, with a slight reference to the style of the Inner Symbiote Battle Armor.
After designing his new image, he began his "superhero" journey.
Combating street crime!
Rescue the people at risk!
His superhero plan is simple.
First, a little bit of prestige brushing to let the people of New York know that New York has an extra superhero called Serum.
Then, wait for a suitable opportunity, say after solving some big event, to announce your true identity.
Finally, take a page from the Fantastic Four and the Super Hero Seven and be a crowd-pleasing, rich and famous superhero.
The plan was simple, but if everything went well, he should be able to become a widely known superhero faster than Tony.
In another way, it's a whitewash program he's built for himself.
If anything, Kim and the gang leaders are whitewashing themselves through charitable donations and the like.
Becoming a superhero, then, is Russell's means of clearing his name.
Granted, becoming a superhero would result in him not being able to do what he wanted as much as he used to.
At least there will be some limitations when it comes to performing those bloody tricks.
But that's not a problem at all.
As long as he doesn't resort to bloodshed in public, there won't be much of a problem.
With the aura of a superhero in place, the vast majority of his actions are actively justified as well as justified.
Even if it doesn't seem all that reasonable and righteous, the general public will brainstorm that it is.
Besides, the assassin had been a killer for so long, it was time to give himself a brighter identity.
Four o'clock in the afternoon.
Queens.
A black Chevrolet sedan roared down the street at breakneck speeds, trying to lose the police car behind it.
In addition to the four or five police cars following behind, there was a news helicopter following not so closely behind, providing live, real-time coverage.
It's a group of robbers who just robbed a bank.
The sedan roared along, and the robbers in the car kept firing toward the police car behind them.
High-speed chases, police shootouts, bank robberies ...
This crime, which should have been an ordinary robbery, quickly turned into a headline for all the major news media because of the live broadcast.
Just as the gang of robbers were frantically attacking the pursuing police cars, a white figure descended from the sky, landing on the street in front of them like a shooting star.
The white figure was no other than Russell.
This is the fifth day of his "Superhero Whitewash Program".
After landing on the street from the roof of a neighboring building, he moved his hands and stood still waiting for the robber's sedan.
The hijacker driver in the sedan sees him but has absolutely no intention of avoiding him, instead he pushes the gas pedal to the floor and tries to run right into Russell, who is blocking the road.
The idea is wonderful, but the reality is harsh.
Boom!
The robber's sedan did hit Russell, but it wasn't him who was knocked out of the way.
The speeding sedan was forced to a stop as if it had hit a thick wall, with the entire front end dented.
How could the hijackers in the car not expect such an ending?
Not only were these robbers not expecting it, but neither were the police in the back or the reporters and others in the helicopter.
Not to mention the general public who witnessed the scene via a live feed.
After "stopping" the wildly moving sedan, Russell pushed away the sedan, which was no longer even worth repairing, and went to the door of the car, ripping off the entire door, which was already deformed.