A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 127 Have you seen a psychologist?

In the temporary guest room arranged for Banner, he watched the video playing on the screen intently—he recognized it as the scene from the experiment that began yesterday.

But when he saw himself in the image, after being exposed to gamma rays and transformed into a gigantic green monster, his expression instantly changed.

"How could this happen... It shouldn't be like this..." When he saw the monster he had turned into attacking his girlfriend Betty and General Ross, he became even more agitated, and his body began to turn green.

Seeing this, Levi immediately ordered Jarvis to turn off the video, then stared warily at Banner and said, "Relax, Banner, Betty is fine!"

Fortunately, after hearing from Levi that Betty was alright, Banner took a deep breath and finally managed to suppress his irritable emotions.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what happened, I just couldn't control myself..." After calming down, Banner let out a long sigh, apologized to Levi, and then looked at Levi and asked, "Is Betty really alright?"

He was afraid that this was a lie Li Wei told him to appease him.

"Don't worry, Betty and General Ross are both fine. We arrived in time yesterday, so there were no fatalities. They are both in the hospital now," Li Wei said earnestly.

Indeed, according to the original timeline, this accident would have killed two people—both Banner's colleagues and researchers in the lab.

However, thanks to the intervention of Li Wei and the Alliance, who arrived in time to provide emergency care, the two researchers who were supposed to die were successfully saved.

Not to mention Betty and General Ross.

Although General Ross was old, he was in good health due to his military background. Apart from his broken arm which made him temporarily unable to move, he quickly became energetic again.

Betty regained consciousness shortly after being taken to the hospital.

"That's good...that's good..." Banner finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Betty was indeed alright and no one had died.

Although he cares deeply about his girlfriend, he also cares about other people.

Dr. Banner is essentially a kind person.

“I want to go see her,” Banner said after a long pause.

“Of course, we can arrange a meeting if needed, but I must remind you that General Ross now considers you a military asset… Do you know what you will face if you come into his sights?” Levi said.

"What? I'm military property? Are you kidding me? He can forget about it... He lied to me... He's using me to manufacture weapons!" Banner was furious upon hearing Levi's words.

Fortunately, this anger was still within limits.

“Dr. Banner, you must keep your mind calm right now... understand? Based on our judgment, if you get too emotional, you will become like the person in the video, understand?” Li Wei reassured and reminded him.

"...You mean, if I get too emotional, I'll turn into that? So my previous palpitations weren't just a figment of my imagination?" Banner felt even more distressed after hearing Li Wei's reminder.

He didn't want to live like that forever.

“Unfortunately, that’s true for now!” Li Wei replied.

"No, there must be another way, there must be another way, I have to go back to the lab!" Banner immediately wanted to leave.

However, the next second, Banner shuddered.

However, Li Wei summoned a water elemental and had it throw a water ball at Banner's face that was not very powerful and was simply a relatively cool water ball.

"Dr. Banner, have you calmed down?" Levi asked.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Li, it's really..." Banner wiped the water from his face, only then realizing that the person standing beside him was no ordinary person, but the legendary wizard. "Dr. Banner, I understand how you feel, but it's precisely in times like these that you need to stay calm. I don't want you to run around aimlessly like this, then run into a little trouble and end up turning into a giant wreaking havoc in downtown New York. Can you imagine what you'd face then?" Li Wei earnestly advised.

It has to be said that Bruce Banner, who had just become the Hulk, was more troublesome to deal with than the Hellfire Tyrannosaurus Rex that he had summoned.

After all, at least that hellish female tyrannosaurus can be communicated with.

Once Banner transforms, he becomes truly uncommunicative.

“Alright… I understand. So, Mr. Li, what do you want to know from me? If it’s the Super Soldier Serum, I can only say I have no comment…” Banner said with a sigh.

"Come on, I don't need that stuff at all... I think you probably don't know that the blueprint for the super soldier serum you're using for research was developed by Tony's father, right?" Li Wei said helplessly upon hearing this—and he wasn't lying.

It's true that Dr. Erskine invented the Super Soldier Serum.

However, the original Super Soldier Serum no longer existed after Dr. Erskine's death, and the last vial was destroyed when Captain America was chasing Hydra agents.

All subsequent "super soldier serums" were based on the serum that Howard Stark replicated using Captain America's blood.

The medicines in the hands of the military are no exception.

Therefore, it's not wrong to say that it was Howard's research.

“Uh… I really didn’t know…” Banner was stunned when he heard Li Wei’s story. He really didn’t know that there was such a history behind the Super Soldier Serum.

If that's the case, then when it comes to Tony's partner, Levi, it seems there's really no need for him to hide the super soldier serum.

"So you didn't know that the Super Soldier Serum has a major flaw, right?" Li Wei said.

"What flaw?" Banner was very confused. Although he had been researching the Super Soldier Serum for two years, he didn't know the origin of the Super Soldier Serum at all because of General Ross's concealment. All he knew was the part that he had researched himself.

“That is, it amplifies people’s emotions to an extreme. Dr. Erskine, the founder of this drug, once said that good people will become better and bad people will become worse. So, the super soldier drug users I’ve seen are either kind or evil.” Levi slowly said, “But you are an exception, Dr. Banner. If I’m not mistaken, the reason you have no memory or impression after transforming is not because you completely lost your mind after transforming, but because you are a completely new personality after transforming.”

"A completely new personality?" Banner was dumbfounded.

“That’s right, a completely new personality… So Dr. Banner, please tell me honestly, have you ever studied psychology or seen a psychologist?” Levi asked very seriously.

"What do you mean by that?" Banner was getting angry. Levi's words were practically accusing him of being mentally ill.

“Dr. Banner, the best way to solve your problem is to find the root cause—I believe you don’t want to lose control of your own body, do you?” However, Levi remained unmoved by Banner’s anger.

"...No, I haven't studied psychology, and I've never seen a psychologist," Banner replied after a moment of silence.

“Very good, Dr. Banner. We have an excellent psychologist in our alliance, so I hope you can cooperate with his examination—Dr. Banner, we really want to help you!” Levi said, patting the other man on the shoulder.

The psychologist he was referring to was, of course, Dr. Mercer, whom Tony had recruited on a whim.

In the original timeline, Banner was unable to control his transformation in the early stages, so he had to face General Ross's pursuit, hiding everywhere and wandering from place to place.

This also caused considerable damage.

If the Hulk's potential threat can be resolved as soon as possible, it would be a good thing for Banner himself and for the world.

However, this would mean that Hulk's personality... Levi shook his head as he thought about it. It's impossible for everything in the world to be perfect.

(End of this chapter)