He is in the Columbia area due to the fact that he now lives up near Harrisburg in a small cabin, with his youngest daughter, Sophia. He's currently working on a chemistry textbook.

He's the inventor of Mustard-44, and will begin to talk about what exactly Mustard-44 does:

Originally a laboratory mistake, he discovered that one of the lab assistants at Franco's Food Lab would follow his directions with increased dutifulness whenever that employee had been around a beaker of a chemical that they had put in a storage area for further research. After noticing this, Dr. Kutuzov spent more time investigating the substance, finding, among other things, that his lab workers would really work hard for him whenever they were running tests on the chemical. He started asking them to do things that were generally apart from their normal work duties--things like detailing Dr. Kutuzov's car. However, generally, after about 30 minutes, they would 'come to' themselves and realize that what they were doing. After just a couple of tests, Dr. Kutuzov realized that the repercussions of further research would be very dangerous. Unfortunately, Franco had noticed how clean the usually dishevelled Dr. Kutuzov's car was, discovered the cause, and forced him to continue his research.

At this point, the substance was refined to such a point that it requires a 'trigger mechanism' to work, and it can sit latent in a person's system for almost a week before the trigger mechanism is released. The best kind of trigger mechanism is visual. A certain sequence of subconscious flashes will trigger the hypnotic response.

Mustard-44 is generally colorless and odorless. It integrates in to various substances.

Franco threatened to 'do something' to Dr. Kutuzov's daughter if he was ever caught speaking with anyone about all this--and he sure hopes that this Johnny can protect them.