Paradise Island pt.1

5 hours ago-

Howard after the whole incident immediately moved to the new private Island bunker he had been working on. With the recently caught Lycan, he was indulged in experimentation night and day along with the help of a few trusted scientists. For more than a year he didn't come out of the lab, his works all managed by a new CEO he hired who did his job to the best of his ability with strict conditions.

"Well, you can call me inhumane but all these experiments have finally led to a near-perfect product." Howard stood in front of the tied up Lycan who was barely even alive, its eyes staring into the distance as it drooled. It howled sometimes trying to turn into its Lycan form other times he was just stuck in between, "Also, how can I forget about the complete studies and understanding of your species and even the vampire's to some extent so to that I thank you. So on this note, I have decided to finally put you out of your misery."

Howard injected the Lycan with silver nitrate as it slowly closed its eyes for good. Some people might call him cold-hearted or even villainous to do such a thing and he agreed with the accusations wholeheartedly. He himself wasn't a heartless monster but somethings needed to be done for his own survival and to help more people in turn.

Howard was very clear of what he was going to do with the Lycan so to reduce his guilt even by just a little, he and several doctors operated into the Lycan's brain killing off the pain receptors and any form of human consciousness with the use of several silver needles, turning the Lycan into a soulless zombie of a sort.

But this experiment really did benefit him a lot, after all, he was now much aware of his regeneration abilities. It was a detailed study of everything that made him and creatures like the Lycans immortal, not just leaving it to supernatural powers or the X-gene. He now had a scientific understanding of his powers.

Then came the main result of the experimentation, a serum. It wasn't anything special like the super-soldier serum but it was still a very handy and neat thing. It was a healing serum, that could heal even the deepest wound and even cure simpler diseases. It wasn't too fancy but with recent test results, he found that he could use the serum to even treat late-stage cancer temporarily as long as the patient kept taking the serum once a day on a regular basis. Obviously, further testing was required to see its long-term effect but for now, the product was a miracle.

The serum was made using the Virus collected from the Lycan's blood. Who would have thought, the virus that turned these creatures into the things they were was the cure that could save a lot of life in the future. Using the principality they got from their experiments on the Lycan, they extracted the Virus.

Obviously, the Virus itself wasn't stable so they had to mix it with another serum made from Howard's blood and body tissue. Howard's blood itself alone wasn't useful to anyone after all, unlike vampires normal people couldn't use his blood to heal but when turned into a synthesized serum, and mixed along with the virus. It stabilized the virus, negating the harmful parts of the virus. Thus the healing serum was created, which didn't turn people into Lycans but still retained its healing powers for a temporary period.

Also with these experiments, he found that the virus didn't affect him at all, so no matter the bites he wouldn't turn into a vampire nor a Lycan due to his regenerative abilities. As his body will destroy or remove the virus before it even starts to spread. The brush off with Selena was merely due to his instinct being on the rise, but it was careless regardless. As Victor described the animal instinct ran through all of them.

The exciting euphoria, that made you feel invincible with every battle. It in fact did help a lot with fighting but it also turns you into a cocky-senseless idiot. Howard was lucky that Selena didn't have any bad intentions. But it still felt better knowing he wouldn't have fallen, even if it was a trap.

For Howard himself, the serum wasn't useful but for his loved ones who weren't freaks like him, the serum would be a literal life-saver. Howard knew the world wasn't ready for a serum like this, so he decided to hide its existence for now, and even in the future would only release a diluted version of the serum. After all, he didn't want people jumping around, throwing themselves into danger just because they could be cured instantly and there were many ways the serum could be misused.

And with the Serum as a base, they could develop many cures and treatments into the future letting Howard step into the healthcare business as well. Also, he was sure with more research, this serum could be turned into much more, maybe even into an elixir of life straight out of stories granting people immortality.

"God, I feel like I haven't seen the sun in a while." Howard stretched his hands entering his office where somebody was already waiting for him, "Roman? When did you get in here?"

"I just arrived an hour ago, but Jesus, do you really need to live in this godforsaken Island," Roman said, "It's so far that it takes a couple of hours of riding a damn boat to get here."

"I forgot you had a fear of heights." Howard laughed, "Otherwise you could've just got here in a plane, after all, I didn't waste all that money building that runway just for show."

"Forget about it." Roman shook his head, "With all the things going on recently I feel like I have grown older in twice the speed but it pisses me off further looking at you being just the same."

"Quit whining," Howard rolled his eyes, "It's human nature to born and die, but I can give you a choice. If you want to be immortal, with the virus in my hand I can turn you into a Lycan."

"And what? Be afraid of silvers, full moon, and vampires for the rest of my so-called immortal life." Roman said denying his offer, "I'd rather live a proper human life and die a human. Don't tell me this is all the results from your 8 months disappearance act."

"Of course not," Howard said throwing a vial of serum towards Roman, "It's a healing serum that can save you from pretty much anything dangerous other than death, so keep it around."

"So just drink it?"

"Yeah, but the taste is a bit sour and foul," Howard said making a face clearly showing his disapproval for its taste, "I found that injecting works betters but in a serious situation who cares about the taste right?"

Roman didn't ask much about the serum and kept it inside his pocket, "So I am here to discuss three things today."

"Go on." Howard nodded crashing into his couch.

"First, congratulation on crossing 10 billion dollars in net worth," Roman said with a sarcastic clap knowing Howard's wealth came from looting mobsters and gangsters, along with a few treasures he looted at the time of civil war from wealthy families. The main source of his income was still oil and the others included his airplane company, arms factory, and many more.

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A/N-

So I am going by the real world here, the richest man in 1918 was John D. Rockefeller worth around 1.2 billion dollars so our mc is worth at 10 billion dollars (which again doesn't count many of his secret properties and so on, after all, it's all done and calculated by a journalist with the things they could research and find). And also net worth includes all his assets, companies, and so on...so it doesn't mean he has that exact amount in cash.

This money in today's value would be more than 170 billion dollars.