On a whim, Colin simply didn't go back to the laboratory and started studying here with Alex.
The others watched curiously for a while, but soon lost interest in the boring experiment. After eating the dinner made by Goemon, they went back to their rooms to sleep.
And so, time came to the next day.
…
It was already bright outside. Lupin walked in from the front door and saw Colin and Alex still working in the living room. They looked energetic and said with a sigh, "You are in good health!"
"If you're envious, I can help you. I'm pretty good at human body modification technology."
Putting down the tools in his hands and blocking the dazzling sunlight coming in from the window, Colin looked at Lupin and said.
"Forget it, I think it's better to be a human being." Lupin refused with a dry laugh.
From the virus and the skeletons, it can be seen that Colin is definitely not a serious wizard, and he does not want to be an experiment subject.
Ke Lin sighed lightly, but didn't argue. He curled his lips and said, "You left without saying anything so early in the morning. I thought you had already run away. Now you're back because the city is blocked too tightly and you can't get out, so you came to me for help?"
"That's no problem. After all, we are cooperating with each other. I can still help with this small favor."
The second half of the sentence is obviously a joke, but the first half is not.
When he saw Lupin and his gang going out early this morning, he really thought that they didn't want to get involved in this matter anymore and wanted to just run away.
Although he was a little disappointed about this, his heart was not completely dark. He did not have the idea that if they knew my secret and could not be used by me, they must be killed. Instead, he ignored them and pretended not to see them.
But now they are back, which is really unexpected.
"about there."
Alex on the side suddenly said something, and cut off a piece of the tumor on the back of his right hand with a knife.
Colin watched, hurriedly picked up the tray containing the tumor, and carefully examined it with magic.
The way he worked with Alex to make a vaccine was particularly simple and crude. He made a toxin specifically for the Blacklight virus and injected it directly into Alex's body, and then continued to adjust it based on the feedback given by Alex.
The toxin cannot be too strong, and the reaction cannot be too violent, otherwise even if the black light virus is killed, the host will die.
The toxin cannot be too weak. If it is too weak, it will only provide fuel for the evolution of the Blacklight Virus, and the virus will only undergo more changes.
Toxins cannot be harmful to humans, otherwise even if the virus in the body is killed, it will be useless if the person dies.
Fortunately, he didn't have to worry too much about this. In the inheritance of poison spells, the necromancers had already figured out how to cause harm only to specific races while having no effect on other substances.
One of the standard templates of the advanced poison spell Poison Nova is that it only causes damage to demonic creatures and does not cause damage to other substances.
Although all this sounds simple, in fact, without the inherited memory of how to play with all kinds of poisons, he might not be able to grasp the right balance even if he was given a year.
Of course, the above situations are all the same. The reality is that he has everything, and he also has a useful tool to help him speed up his already extremely fast speed.
"How about it?"
After watching Colin investigating for a while, Alex asked.
After working on experiments all night, I wasn't tired physically but my mind was numb. After asking, the answers I got were all "no, try again, no, try again."
Although he also gained a lot of benefits from this, his body's resistance to various toxins targeting the Black Light Virus was greatly improved, but this feeling was good, and he even wished that the experiment would last longer so as to gain some advantages. However, these thoughts disappeared completely after six hours of the experiment, and all that was left was the hope to finish this mechanical task as soon as possible.
"Almost there! Although the reaction is still a bit intense and will cause some damage to the human body, it's not a big problem. Just make a few minor adjustments during the actual experiment."
Hearing the question, Colin answered happily that the vaccine had been developed and he would no longer have to hide in the laboratory all day.
"Is this the vaccine?" Lupin listened and moved closer to take a look with burning eyes.
"The correct term is the discarded carrier of the vaccine." Colin corrected him. A flash of magic flashed in his hand, sucking the vitality of the sarcoma dry and turning it into ashes. He looked at Lupin and said, "Okay, tell me what your plan is to come back."
"Of course I'm worried about you, little brother. When I thought about the dangers you'd face, I persuaded all those who wanted to escape to come back."
Fujiko walked over with his chest puffed out, looking like he was asking for credit.
Colin looked at him with dead eyes, chuckled twice and said nothing.
If he believed this, he would be the biggest fool in the world and deserve to be cheated to death.
"Tsk, this woman!" Jigen and Goemon listened and looked over with displeasure.
Lupin also coughed dryly, and after looking at Fujiko speechlessly, he said to Colin: "We thought about it and decided to help you temporarily."
"Oh?" Colin looked up and said to Lupin, "Although I don't know why you made this decision, I am still very happy. But for the time being, what does it mean?"
The doubtful eyes looked over, and Lupin looked at them and said simply: "It's okay to help you steal some intelligence evidence about this incident, but we will not get involved in the matter between you and the United States."
"America..." Colin muttered, looking at Lupin and asked, "Is there any difference?"
Now they can be said to be in the same boat. Even if Lupin and his gang are only targeting this incident, it makes no difference in the eyes of the Americans. They will continue to hunt them down. There will be no difference. In this case, why make such a distinction
"Of course." Lupin answered seriously.
Helping Colin find evidence of the truth of the incident is one thing, helping Colin fight against the United States and launching that crazy plan, taking the initiative to attack a country and affecting the lives of ordinary people is another thing.
Even though there is no difference between the two in the eyes of most people, in his heart, they are completely different.
Colin didn't quite understand, but he didn't mean to force it, so he said, "Okay, anyway, the original purpose of looking for you is to help me collect some intelligence evidence."
"So, what do you want? This is also considered a new hire." Colin asked.
The issue of resources is no longer a concern for him. As long as it can help achieve the plan, he is willing to give up some things in exchange.
Fujiko's eyes lit up when she heard this, but before she could say anything, Lupin said, "We need the right to receive unconditional support as long as we ask for help."
A big reason why he agreed to help Colin was that they had already been pulled onto this broken boat and it was too late to get off.
Even if you run away now, you will be trapped in endless pursuit later.
Although they were dissatisfied with Colin for bringing them on board without explaining the situation, it was too late to say it now.
In addition, what Colin said before did make sense, and judging from the fact that he had let them leave without taking any action.
Although the person is definitely not a good person, his credibility is indeed trustworthy.
After comprehensive consideration, I just accepted it.
"No problem. This was caused by me. If an alliance is established, I will have people pay special attention to this matter, or you can contact me directly."
"Let's talk about other conditions. This one doesn't need to be included."
Colin said generously. When Fujiko heard this, she leaned forward and said coquettishly, "That potion that makes people younger..."
"No problem, but I'll have to wait until I have time after I'm done. Also, don't get too close."
After Colin finished speaking, he pushed Fujiko away with a cold face.
It’s not that he didn’t have feelings for beautiful women. Fujiko came closer, looked at the beautiful face, and smelled the woman’s scent, and he also felt an impulse.
However, his current physical state is simply not something an ordinary woman can endure. If he really has feelings for her, he will only feel more and more uncomfortable.
Secondly, this is just a common tactic of this woman, Fujiko. If you are really shameless and think that someone has taken a fancy to you, you will definitely be cheated and kicked out.
It would be better for Lupin to chase after this troublesome woman, but he politely declined.
"It's so annoying! They're all the same, huh! Two faggots!"
Fujiko, who was pushed away, looked at Colin and Alex angrily, walked to the side angrily, took out a makeup mirror and dressed herself up.
As Colin listened, his eyes suddenly turned unfriendly, and a cold light flashed in Alex's eyes.
Seeing this, Lupin hurriedly laughed and stepped forward and said, "Ah! I suddenly remembered that I used a lot of the props you gave me during the previous exploration. As for the transaction conditions, I will use your props."
Colin listened to Lupin's words and temporarily suppressed his anger towards Fujiko, that woman. After a moment's hesitation, he took out a belt and threw it over.
"A space belt. Put your hand on the gem in the middle of the belt and you will see another space. Inside is stored most of the small props I made in my spare time. Each one has a complete description. I think it is enough to pay for your help this time."
Lupin took it and after a brief inspection as Colin had said, he said in surprise, "You are so generous."
Since the belt is designed to be used by ordinary people, the equipment level is extremely low. Not only does it not have any attribute enhancement, but its space is only one cubic meter in size.
Although the space is not large, there are dozens of props inside, many of which were mentioned in the booklet shown to Lupin before, and have extremely high practical value.
"I've always been very generous." Colin said nonchalantly.
Although many of the things inside are priceless treasures to others, to him, they are just things that can be refined in batches with some time. Giving them to Lupin will be of great help in his efforts to steal information and evidence, so he naturally will not be stingy.
"Okay, tell me. You guys are not going out just to avoid discussing with me. What's the situation outside now?" Colin found a place to sit down and asked.
He worked all night to develop a semi-finished vaccine, but he had no idea what the situation was like outside as the situation was changing extremely rapidly.
"The virus has spread." Speaking of this, Lupin became serious.
They will come back, and to be honest, this is a factor as well.
"It has spread? Is it in Manhattan or somewhere else?" Colin also became serious in an instant.
"Both. Currently, there is one infected person in the UK, three in France, and confirmed cases in other states of the US. The virus-infected area in Manhattan has also spread. The woman named Elizabeth drilled a hole underground to other areas, and another residential area has been fully and deeply infected."
"We came back to see when you can come up with a vaccine for this damn virus."
“But now it seems like the result is pretty good.”
Ciyuan took over the conversation, lit a cigarette, and slowly exhaled the smoke.
Colin listened and frowned.
He understood what Ciyuan meant and hoped that he could release the virus vaccine as soon as possible.
To be honest, he didn't want the virus to spread too badly, but he had to consider the impact of releasing the vaccine.
Vahar has only just begun his preparations, and even though he has amazing abilities, he still needs enough time to avoid being caught off guard.
Not only that, Hydra must also be cautious. They said that they would kill Nick as soon as the vaccine was released, and kill him at the same time.
He himself naturally didn't care about these things, but the time he expected was after Elizabeth was eliminated by the US military.
Now, there are many impacts, and the relevant evidence has not been obtained. Once the vaccine is released, it will seriously affect his plan.
"I won't release the vaccine now." Colin said, and looked up at the faces of everyone.
Alex didn't react much, but Lupin and the others mostly frowned.
He looked at me and said calmly, "Perhaps you think that I am cold-blooded and can ignore thousands of lives for my own benefit. Of course, in fact, it is true."
"I will not do anything that would actively kill people for profit, but if someone else does it, as long as it does not affect me, I will not help them like a hero, but will just stand aside and watch."
"Now I have the weapon to end this disaster in my hands, and I am willing to lend a hand, but before I clean up the mess for others, I need to ensure my own interests."
"Enough!" Lupin interrupted with a tense face, "I know your thoughts very well. Tell me directly, what are the conditions for releasing the vaccine in your hands?"
Colin smiled and looked Lupin in the eyes. "The original plan was to wait until the U.S. military killed Elizabeth, but now, I'll give you face. As long as you find evidence of the connection between Blackwatch, Blacklight Virus, and Kintek Group, I will hand over the vaccine immediately."
"good… "
"Ah! What are you talking about?"
The door of the guest bedroom was suddenly opened, and Dana rubbed her eyes and walked out with the skeleton warrior and Karen.
They went to bed late yesterday because of the skeleton, and they just woke up now.
Colin was about to say hello with a smile, but suddenly, he looked out the window with sharp eyes.
(End of this chapter)