"I'm sorry, Harry. We weren't able to save your father," Li Jie said to Harry's puzzled gaze.
Harry was very emotional. He grabbed Li Jie's collar and shouted. "Tell me, what happened? What happened to you? "
"Don't get emotional, Harry. Don't get emotional. "Li Jie patted Harry's hand, signaling him not to get too emotional.
"I believe you've seen the news about Hell's Kitchen these days."
"Yes, I've seen it. You guys go and show off your prowess and kill a bunch of ninjas. Ha ~ But what does this have to do with my father? "Harry's tone was still not very calm.
"Because the Hand Society planned to resurrect an evil god called Beast," Li Jie continued.
"At that time, Beast possessed Peter's body."
"Uncle Norman's original life was about to come to an end because of your family's hereditary disease. But he couldn't stop worrying about you, so you signed a contract with a demon to prolong his life. "
"That's impossible." Harry shook his head. He couldn't believe that there was a demon in this world. He also couldn't believe that his father would sign a contract with a demon.
"Let me finish." Li Jie gestured for Harry to continue listening. "Everything he did was to be able to research the antidote to the virus in your body."
"The demon forced Uncle Norman to do things he didn't want to do, such as killing Peter." Li Jie's words from the beginning were already filled with lies.
When it comes to lying, the most difficult thing to uncover is the lies that are half true and half false.
"Because the demon desired the power of Beast." This was Li Jie's own deduction, but it was indeed true by chance. "Under the demon's command, Uncle Norman was forced to become the demon's minion."
Harry looked at Norman's body on the ground and couldn't help but kneel beside him and cry.
"But he wasn't willing to become the devil's pawn. He resisted the devil's control. He tried to break free from the demon's restraints and helped us kill the Evil God Beast. "Saying this, Peter couldn't help but turn around.
Lying was not something he was good at, and he was afraid of exposing himself.
Although when Li Jie first discussed this with him, he didn't particularly agree with it. But Peter didn't have a better idea.
Since Norman was dead, there was no need to pursue many things. Otherwise, how could he face Harry in the future?
Li Jie did not care about Peter's actions and continued to speak. "After that, the devil found out, so the devil descended on Earth."
"So you want to tell me that my father was killed by a demon?" Harry's tone was still filled with disbelief, but he was no longer as resistant as before.
"Yes, Uncle Norman fought against that demon. He didn't want to be the demon's puppet. "Li Jie tried to make himself expressionless to increase his credibility.
"In the end, he was killed by the demon. We were no match for the demon, so we could only watch him leave Earth." Among the people present at the time, only one knew that The Green Devils were Norman Osborn's men. It was probably only Li Jie, so this lie was not so easy to expose.
Harry might not be able to find the Sorcerer Supremacy's people to verify what happened at that time. They were nowhere to be found.
At that time, only Iron Man Tony Stark witnessed the battle. Osborne Group and Stark Industries were competitors.
And at that time, Iron Man didn't know that The Green Devils were Norman Osborn, so Harry probably wouldn't ask him.
As long as these two groups of people didn't say anything, only Peter and Li Jie knew the truth. Now that Peter didn't say anything, Li Jie would say whatever he wanted.
Li Jie didn't know if this was right or wrong. He didn't want Harry to carry the heavy burden of his father being a demon. He and Peter were afraid that the truth would make Harry collapse.
They chose to cover up the truth with lies. Maybe they would slowly tell the truth to Harry later, but not now.
Seeing Harry holding Norman's body and crying, neither of them dared to say anything.
"If what you said is true, then I will be irreconcilable with all demons!" Harry said through gritted teeth. There was a strong sense of sadness in his anger.
On the day of Norman Osborn's burial, the weather wasn't very good. New York welcomed its first snow in November. On the day of the funeral, tiny snowflakes fell from the sky.
Peter, Harry, and Li Jie were all pallbearers. There was also a distant relative of the Osborne family, a middle-aged man who had a good relationship with Norman.
It was Harry's request that Peter and Li Jie become pallbearers, and the two couldn't refuse this request. Especially at such a vulnerable moment for Harry.
When the last white rose was thrown into the grave, Harry began to shovel the first shovel of soil. The brown soil slowly covered the black coffin.
This was the private cemetery of the Osborne family. Harry didn't stop from the first shovel of soil to the last shovel of soil.
Now that New York had officially entered winter, he was tired and sweating in the cold outdoors.
He was going to be Norman Osborn's last journey, and he didn't care how hard it was.
"Harry, take a break." When Harry covered the last of the soil, only Li Jie and Peter were left waiting for him in the biting cold wind.
The other workers began to do the final treatment work, which Harry couldn't do at all. Li Jie dragged him away by force.
"Thank you, thank you for still being with me." The corners of Harry's eyes were a little red. He didn't know if it was because of the cold wind for a long time or because of other reasons.
"Don't be silly, we are good brothers." Peter said and gave Harry a hug, then Li Jie hugged Harry and patted him on the back.
"Cheer up, Harry, you still have a huge business empire to take care of. Don't let your father's efforts go to waste. "Li Jie motioned for Harry to cheer up.
Norman might have already prepared a way out. Zhan Kailin's experiment in the Osborne Group didn't escape Norman's surveillance.
However, Norman let it be. This set of genetic sequences was precisely the antidote he had been yearning for day and night. He knew that unless he used a special method, it would be difficult to get rid of Stanis's control.
So he had already paved the way for Harry. All the previous secret experiments were destroyed by him. All the information was deleted.
Any stain that might damage the Osborne Group was removed because he knew that Harry wasn't him. Harry couldn't play so many tricks, at least not now.
He was still too young and needed more experience.
Norman only left behind the successful gene sequence, and he also indicated in the letter that he needed the help of his two friends.
Because he knew that whether it was Li Jie or Peter, at this time, they wouldn't refuse Harry's request. They would definitely help Harry.
"Don't blame me for repeating the same old words, Jason. I need your help, I want to hire you as my special consultant. I can't deal with the guys in the board of directors alone. "Harry pulled himself together and once again mentioned this invitation.
Li Jie struggled a little in his heart. "Okay, I promised your father, I will help you. But I don't want to be a full-time employee, you know. I can do consulting occasionally. "
"Thank you, man." Harry gently punched Li Jie's shoulder, using this way to thank Li Jie for his support.
"And your brother, thank you." Harry also punched Peter's shoulder.
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