The day.

  When Reid woke up the m, he still faced the same problem.

  That was choosing whipany tet in New York City.

  In his apartment, Reid cleared a wall, and now it was covered with information about the three forces.

  First, there was Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin, who operated out of Hell's Kit and was still nobody at the moment.

  On the surface, Kingpin's criminal empire seemed small pared to other famous tepanies in the Marvel universe. However, acc to the lore, Kingpin's bck-market empire trolled 70% of the nation’s underworld industries.

  In some Spider-Man solo movies, if it weren't for the presence of Stark Industries and Osborn Industries, Kingpin’s Fisk Enterprises would have had the potential to bee the ruler of New York City.

  Moreover, since Kingpin hadn’t fully established his empire yet, now was the easiest time to get involved. With someone like Luthor's skills and starting from scratch, Reid believed he could eventually take trol of Kingpin’s anization and turn Fisk Enterprises into something like LexCorp.

  "Easy, straightforward, but the profits would be rather low."

  This was Reid's evaluation of Kingpin. pared to people like Osborn and Victor, Kingpin’s ambition and capabilities seemed a bit weak.

  The title of “crime lord” sounds impressive, but it never quite holds up in the public eye.

  In the ics, Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin, mostly faces off against street-level heroes like Spider-Man, Punisher, and Daredevil.

  This highlights the limited scope of his abilities. While Fisk does occasionally gets involved in multiverse crises due to Spider-Man's influence, his role is minimal and often insignifit.

  Fisk, like Killer Cro Gotham City, frequently appears but mainly serves as on fodder or a mere pawn. Taking trol of Fisk's anization would offer limited returns. If not for Spider-Man's leniency, Fisk wouldn’t have sted as long as he has.

  Quickly, Reid ruled out this first option. The bes of trolling Fisk were too low.

  Though it was easy, it wasn't worth using Lex Luthor's card for such a small gain. With Luthor’s abilities, a bigger goal was needed.

  Reid’s focus then shifted to Victor Von Doom and his pany, the future birthpce of Doctor Doom, and the pany that could bring the most bes. Doom Industries was clearly the best option among the three.

  Victor, whether the ic or the movie version, was inally from Latveria, where there were mystical ties to the Gypsy witches. Taking trol of Doom Industries would grant Reid access to magical energies. In the ics, Doctor Doom is far from a simple vilin—he rarely misses major events and alys an important role.

  It wouldn't be that difficult to trol Victor. As of now, he hadn't yet mastered magid was just an ordinary man, making him easier to manipute.

  Aside from him, there was also the matter of the Fantastic Four. Reed Richards would most likely rely on the Doom Industries for space exploration and ic research.

  Reed’s intellect was almost otherworldly, parable to Luthor, making him an exceptionally gifted individual.

  However, Reid had no particur fondness for Reed.

  His thinking was ofteid in the zombie universe, Reed took extreme measures by sidering zombies as the stage of human evolution.

  After losing his children, he ied the virus into his wife and friends, which led to the extin of the Fantastic Four and the spread of the virus to other universes.

  Setting Reed aside, there were still bes to trolling the Fantastic Four. While The Thing’s strength didn’t rival Hulk’s, he was still a formidable powerhouse.

  Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, could unleash supernova-level heat, a deadly on oh.

  Invisible Woman Susan’s powers were the stro in the group, and her son, Franklin, had the ability to rewrite reality and repair the multiverse, a power that came with immeential.

  However, trolling Doom Industries was the most difficult option. Victor’s aggressive approach to attrag external capital meant that deaking had already shifted to the hands of iors.

  As long as Victor could tio create value, he was the leader, but if the pany faced losses, it could ge drastically.

  This was a dilemma rooted in societal rules.

  New York wasn’t Gotham, and even Luthor’s influence would be difficult to wield in this enviro. As outside capital had already entered, Luthor wouldn’t have much weight in Victor’s anization, especially since Victor was already wealthy and an aplished stist, redug Luthor’s ce of gaining full trol.

  "The cost is too high. It’s not worth it. By the time the Fantastic Four are formed, Luthor still won’t be able to gain trol." Reid muttered, shaking his head.

  With that, he dismissed this option, leaving only one choice left.

  "The Osborn Corporation, or rather, in this world, the Os Industries."

  At this point, the pany had just beeablished. Although its founders, Norman Osborn and Otto Octavius, were both geniuses, even the most brilliant minds ot succeed without resources. The biggest challenge Os Industries faced was insuffit funding and immature teology.

  Both Norman and Otto had their own goals, but in order to achieve them, they needed tinued iment. At this point, they had no viable teology to gee profits.

  Reid had also gathered information and learhat Norman and Otto were sidering seeking iment, just like Victor. Though their respective projects couldn’t yet gee profits, they were more than enough to attravestors.

  The reason they were hesitant was simply the fear that, after bringing in outside capital, they might lose trol of the pany, just like Victor had.

  If Luthor were to join Os Industries now, bringing both funds and teology, it would be like adding fuel to a fire.

  His position within the pany would immediately be just beh Norman and Otto, the two founders.

  Moreover, the two people, one being the Green Goblin and the other Doctor Octopus, would have their names lio Spider-Man iure.

  ‘And if I py as Luthor and join.’ Reid thought, ‘Perhaps I could help Os Industries make a sharp turn, surpassing the rapidly expanding Doom Industries. And most importantly…’

  Reid recalled the events that took pce within Oscorp in the games.

  Eventually, Norman and Otto would fall into flict, and Otto would leave Oscorp, leaving Norman to take full trol of the pany.

  Their flict was iable, and that meant an opportunity would arise for Reid to step in and seize trol.

  With that thought in mind, Reid made his decision.

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