Sentinel

Chapter 79 Dark Tide
In the reception room near Capitol Hill, Marcus Watsonton is waiting for today's two guests. Even though Osborne's new drug has been successfully launched and has received good market response, this man standing in the medical field The business giants at the top of the industry don't think that Osborne Jr. and a so-called young genius can shake Watsonton's throne for many years.

If he really frees up his hands, there are countless ways to knock Osborne, who has a shallow foundation, into the dust, acquisitions, mergers, poaching, and creating a crisis of public opinion... A series of fierce offensives is enough to knock Osborne who has not yet gained a firm foothold. Siben and Umbrella were overwhelmed, but the private affairs of the family made Marcus unable to spare more energy, and the most important thing for him at present was how to solve the problem of mutants.

The progress of the laboratory's research is close to a standstill. According to the research director, they lack living samples of mutants and need more experimental materials before they can find a way to suppress or even eliminate mutant genes by comparing the data.

This answer made Marcus furious, but he was helpless. It happened that he also had the idea of ​​attacking mutants, so he contacted the two guests today.

The blazing fire released warmth from the fireplace, and the weather was getting colder. The elderly Marcus couldn't help rubbing his hands. He was no longer a young man full of energy. He was only concerned with family chores and company affairs. , are enough to make him physically and mentally exhausted. If the business empire he built all his life cannot be handed over to his son, then wouldn't his lifelong struggle be meaningless.

Marcus's eyes were full of fire. He couldn't just watch Warren turn into a monster. Who in the upper class would accept a mutant? !
While thinking about it, someone pushed the door and came in. One was Senator Kelly, who often appeared on TV, with a smile on his face and a kind and friendly look; momentum.

"Colonel William Stryker, Senator Robert Kelly, both of them have the same position and ideas, and they should know each other, so I don't need to introduce too much." Marcus stood up and greeted the two invited people guest.

As an army colonel, Stryker glanced at the senator, and there was a trace of contempt in his eyes. The other party just regarded the opposition to mutants as a kind of political capital. Terrible.

"Mr. Watsonton, just speak up if you have something to say. For a successful entrepreneur like you, every second is precious." Stryker picked a seat and sat down, and picked up the table without hesitation. Served wine glass, just like in your own home.

Marcus's smiling face froze for a moment, and then returned to normal. Even though he didn't like the tough style of the military colonel, he had to cooperate with the other party if he wanted to obtain the live experiment data of mutants.

Who in the military does not know that Colonel William Stryker has an unreasonable hatred and dislike for mutants. He has devoted himself to the study of mutants since his youth. Some people even call him "The Butcher". Know how much mutant blood is stained.

"Senator, please sit down." After Kelly took his seat, Marcus said slowly: "I'm not very good at political negotiations that beat around the bush, just like what Colonel Stryker said, let's get straight to the point and formally enter the topic."

"Watsonton Corporation is very interested in mutants. I know that Senator Kelly is the vanguard of anti-mutants, and Colonel Stryker advocates exterminating those freaks hiding in human society. I think everyone has With the same position, why can't we join hands?"

Marcus observed the faces of the two, and said calmly: "I believe that you also know the background of Watsonton. To put it bluntly, my ancestors came to this rich land on the 'Mayflower' , no matter how many times the country has changed rulers, Watsonton has always been firmly rooted in this country, has experienced countless winds and rains, and has never wavered!"

Senator Kelly's eyes lit up. As a politician with lofty aspirations, he certainly knows what kind of terrifying energy a chaebol group like Watsonton can mobilize. Many departmental politicians are their guests, and even every presidential election , For these capitalists, it is an excellent investment opportunity.

If he can get the support of Watsonton, with the mutant registration bill he proposed, it will trigger heated discussions in public opinion, and then attract more people's attention, maybe he will have the opportunity to go further.

Marcus saw that Senator Kelly was moved, so he looked at Stryker again. He never thought that in this world, someone could refuse the temptation of money and power at the same time.

"I heard that Colonel Stryker has been proposing to the White House to classify mutants as a dangerous group and arrest or imprison them on a large scale to prevent them from posing a threat to society?"

"They are all a group of deformed freaks. From birth, the evil genes like the curse of the devil have been lurking in the body. Most of them will show different abilities when they reach puberty, some of which are good and bad... Their appearance has reduced human beings to the lower class, and the two races are doomed to be unable to coexist. When the conflict escalates and the conflict breaks out, the mutants will lock us into concentration camps and send us to the gas chamber just like the terrorists treated the Jews... "

Stryker talked endlessly, and he became interested in mutants a long time ago. At the Paris Peace Summit in 1973, Mr. Colonel, who was still a young boy at the time, saw the man called "Wolverine" for the first time. Since then, he has been concentrating on the study of mutants. Later, because of the family tragedy that happened to him, he changed from a researcher of mutants to a cruel and ruthless executioner.

Senator Marcus and Senator Kelly didn't take Stryker's words seriously, and felt that the other party was too alarmist. As the primates of all things, human beings have evolved over tens of millions of years to become the masters of this beautiful planet. Can people shake their own status?
The two people who did not have a precise understanding of mutants laughed secretly in their hearts, especially Senator Kelly. He proposed the mutant registration bill just to attract the attention of the public, build momentum for himself, and establish a positive image of being upright and unyielding. As for that He didn't care about the mutants hiding in Tibet.

"Colonel Stryker really has a forward-looking vision. Mutants are indeed a chronic disease parasitic on human beings, a time bomb that threatens social security. They just rashly launched a war between two ethnic groups. I am afraid that many people will not agree. After all There are some short-sighted, incompetent people on Capitol Hill."

Marcus echoed his words. The sunken-eyed old man was well versed in negotiation skills. He first shortened the distance between each other, and then proposed conditions. Finally achieved the goal.

(End of this chapter)