The witcher's tranquilizer is usually used on aliens, and the silver liquid contains a lot of magical materials, and the effect is strong and fast. Even the most irascible stone trolls will quickly fall into a coma after being injected.

But Bruce. Banner woke up sooner than Merlin had predicted, and the tube of sedative that Coulson injected him had taken effect for less than five minutes.

In the dark interrogation room, Banner woke up leisurely, probably because the effect of the sedative was so good, he seemed to have a good sleep, and after opening his eyes, even his breathing became much smoother, and his face became much better.

But before Banner's eyes, the agent interrogator with a high hairline was gone, replaced by another person.

Merlin didn't have any interrogation tools with him, he just leaned back in the chair in front of Banner with a cigarette in his hand, as if waiting for the scientist to wake up. Merlin flicked his finger as Banner watched him, and the lights in the dimly lit interrogation room were turned on, and the room was lit up with a non-dazzling light.

"Do you remember me?"

Merlin glanced at Banner and asked:

"You should have seen me."

Bruce. Banner curled up in his chair, and he took a serious look at Merlin's face, his gloomy eyes, his emaciated cheeks, his well-groomed hair, his mouth that was always pursed, and his black trench coat, shirt, and black waistcoat lined with him.

After a moment, Banner reached out and rubbed the corner of his forehead, and he said:

"I vaguely remember, I seem to have a fight with you, my brain is very messy, as long as I remember that night, my brain hurts, it's like..."

"There's a voice, right?"

Merlin looked at Banner and whispered:

"There's a voice in your head, maybe growling, but I don't think he's going to have a good conversation with you. He's like a caged beast, roaring to break out of the blockade you've laid with your sanity... Banner, you actually know what happened to you, and I think you should know very well. ”

Merlin knocked on the table, and he said to the scientist, whose face had become a little startled:

"You're just stubborn and unwilling to admit it. Because there's a monster hidden in your body..."

"Whew..."

Bruce. Banner's breathing became a little heavier, but the next moment, Merlin pinched the seal of Kia Xifer, like an invisible hand caressing Banner's spirit, smoothing out the irritability that had no reason.

He reached out and took a cigar from his pocket and handed it to Banner, saying:

"Try this... There are some magic materials in it that will make you a little calmer. Don't worry, Banner, I'm not here to ask for guilt, I'm here to help you. ”

Banner didn't reach for it, and as a good scientist, he knew the threat that tobacco posed to his body. But Merlin's fingers flicked and the cigar was put to his lips, and a beating flame lit the cigar for him.

As the smoke rose, Banner smelled a smell like sandalwood, which made him feel comfortable and soothed his tense mental instincts.

In the interrogation room, two people sat on either side of the interrogation table, who did not speak and appeared silent.

One was smoking a cigar quietly, while the other was watching him.

"Turn the lights off."

Banner whispered:

"He doesn't like light very much... That would irritate him. ”

"But you like the light, Banner."

Merlin did not turn off the lights in the interrogation room, and he said to the scientist in front of him:

"You can't follow him in everything, it's you who dominate this body now, not him, you can do what you want, relax, don't worry, he won't get out of control. Even if he gets out of control, he can't hurt the rest of the room..."

Merlin whispered to Banner:

"After all, Hulk wasn't the only monster here."

Banner looked at Merlin in surprise, and after a moment, he nodded.

The scientist, curled up in his chair, changed his position to lean more comfortably, and said to Merlin:

"What do you want to talk about?"

"Before I begin, let me tell you a few things."

Merlin pushed his glasses and said to the scientist in front of him:

"Hulk's fury didn't cause any casualties, and most of the people in the lab escaped. Your girlfriend Betty, your future father-in-law, General Thaddeus, are all in this base now, and no one is hurting them, but I can't release them until the turmoil calms down a bit. ”

"That's good... That's good. ”

The worry in Banner's eyes suddenly dissipated a little, he looked at Merlin, and he said seriously:

"Since I woke up, I had a lot of chaotic memories in my head, as if I had lost control of my body, and I could vaguely remember those, in the ruins, Hulk... He was roaring, fighting the others, it seemed to be a demon whose head only existed in legends, Hulk was furious, he couldn't suppress the demon, he was getting angrier and angrier, as if he was out of control. ”

"It was like I was thrown into a tornado, my consciousness was tugging, that feeling... It's hard to describe, I tried to manipulate him, to appease him, but to no avail. Hulk sensed danger, he didn't want to listen to me, he didn't understand... It's like, he's just born, he's..."

"Don't rush, speak slowly."

Merlin took out two cups and made some spring water out of magic, and he handed one to Banner, who said gently:

"I can understand your feelings, believe me, I'm a wizard, I can understand everything that science is difficult to explain."

"Wizard?"

Banner took the cup, his throat was indeed a little thirsty, he poured the water from the cup into his throat, the sweet spring water tasted wonderful, he pursed his lips, put the cup back on the table, and said to Merlin:

"I've read some of the more off-the-beaten-path papers before, and some of my friends who are very accomplished in the field of science also believe that magic really exists, but this is the first time I've come into contact with it, magic... Does it really exist? ”

"Of course, it exists, and it's as real as science."

Merlin looked at Banner, he didn't speak, but his voice sounded in Banner's head, he stretched out his fingers, and the gathered magic beat in the palm of his hand, which soon formed a burning rose, and then turned into a halo of flying light in the sparks, constantly rotating around Banner.

The scientist reached out and touched the light of the fire suspended in front of him, the flame burning, but it was not scorching, it was gentle, as if it had been given another form of existence.

It's completely unscientific, but it's magical.

"It's amazing."

Banner watched the flames cover his palms like water, and his eyes that were always gentle sparkled with an exploratory light, and he said to Merlin:

"Did you use this power to suppress the Hulk too?"

"Well, you can understand it that way, although it's a little more complicated than you think."

Merlin shrugged his shoulders and said:

"Alright, we'll talk about magic later, let's move on to Hulk. Dr. Banner, I know you also have a deep knowledge of psychology, what do you think the birth of the Hulk means to you? ”

Merlin's question silenced Banner for a few seconds, and as he took a puff on his cigar with a thoughtful look in his eyes, he said to Merlin:

"That should be... Another personality. ”

"My childhood, it wasn't so happy, I was abused, in short, I know that there is a dark part of my character, which comes from the pain of childhood and the sense of self-preservation. But I'm mentally healthy, I'm also a psychologist, and I can judge my situation for myself. ”

Banner looked into Merlin's eyes, and he said very calmly:

"Especially after getting to know Betty, my girlfriend is also a talented researcher, and we regularly counsel each other. But the Hulk, the birth of the Hulk was a real accident. ”

"After being accidentally trapped in the experiment chamber, I was terrified after seeing the gamma ray generator activate."

Banner, encouraged by Merlin, began to recall the night again, his fists clenched, he took a deep puff of his cigar, and said:

"I designed that thing, including the entire enhancement test, and I know better than anyone what I'm going to do if that device is accidentally activated, as I told the agent with a high hairline, death... The fear of death was in my heart to storm the city and conquer the land. ”

"I couldn't stop the fear from creeping in, I was yelling, I remember very well, I was on the verge of breaking down... Especially after seeing Betty and the others leave, I felt, I felt abandoned. ”

"Maybe it's that fear that awakens the hidden personality..."

Banner's body began to tremble, and he said:

"I was scared, it was as if I had gone back to my childhood, and I longed for someone strong to lean on, but no... No, I can only fantasize about a strong enough self, maybe, maybe when I am strong enough, those hurts, those scolds, those lashes will leave me. ”

"Hulk?"

Merlin Says:

"You call your other self Hulk? Why? ”

"I don't know..."

Banner shook his head irritably, and said:

"I didn't know, that personality had been sleeping in the depths of my spirit until that night, and I was capable enough to suppress him, and my intelligence was strong enough that I could rely on my wisdom to protect myself, but I was too afraid, so he reappeared, and he tried to protect me."

"My despair was at its highest peak at the moment when those rays, those green rays, the scorching rays that melted my body."

Banner's eyes widened, and his pupils began to dilate.

"Banner's mood is starting to unstable, Merlin, Hulk is awakened, and he is fighting Banner for control of his body!"

Icarus's warning sounded in Merlin's ears, but Merlin didn't care.

He reached out and tightened his grip on the cold ice key in his pocket, and he looked at Bruce, who was on the verge of being empty. Banner Says:

"Go on, Banner, I'm listening. Say all that, tell all the things you're hiding, you don't need to live in fear anymore, I'm here, I'll protect you, say it... Keep talking! ”

"I'm scared, you know? Mr. Merlin, I helplessly seek any help, like a drowning man trying to seize every chance he may have to live. ”

Banner made a clattering sound in his clenched fists, and he said to Merlin in a fierce tone:

"Those lights, those lights full of gamma rays shone on me, and I knew I was going to die the next moment... But I can't die, I can't... I still have a lot of things to do, I still have Betty... I can't die, I want to live. ”

"So, the birth of the Hulk was actually not an accident..."

Merlin looked at Banner's eyes, which had changed their color, and he whispered:

"You woke him up?"

"Yes, I call him, as I did when I was a child."

The muscles of Banner's face began to distort, his thin body began to swell, the chair behind him was crushed by the rapidly increasing weight, those green muscles, wide palms and big feet, easily tore through Banner's hospital gown, and after just a second, Hulk reappeared.

He stood in front of Merlin, and in the light of the light, Hulk's bare head looked happy.

But this time, he didn't start smashing things like crazy as soon as he appeared, on the contrary, the last trace of Banner's consciousness seemed to be still in that body, and Hulk's square face stared at the thin Merlin in front of him, and he said angrily:

"Hulk, answer the call!"

"Hulk, protect Banner!"

The sound of Hulk's roar brought a gust of wind, blowing Merlin's hair, but Merlin was not afraid, he looked at Hulk standing in front of him, looking at the green devil muscleman, and the last doubt in his heart was solved.

"So, it's not just fear that turns you into a monster..."

"And... Love? ”

Merlin shook his head, he took the key of ice from his pocket, he looked at Hulk, and he said:

"It's a cliché. Hulk, let Banner out, I still have something to ask him! ”

"You, dangerous!"

Hulk clenched his fists, he apparently recognized Merlin as the one who had beaten him up in the ruins, and he raised his fist and threw it at Merlin, roaring angrily:

"Hulk hates you, Hulk, smash!"

"Bang"

Merlin's interrogation table in front of him was easily smashed into a pile of sawdust, and seeing Hulk pounce again, Merlin shook his head, raised his hand, and whispered:

"You're such a bad boy... Calm down. ”

"Buzz"

The Ice Key was activated, and just before Hulk's fist touched Merlin's head, a white dimensional crack suddenly appeared, like the behemoth's open mouth, swallowing the hulk that pounced on it.

"Bang"

The furious Hulk fell out of the air like a cannonball, smashing headlong into waist-deep snow, and in this dead and cold world, the big green man looked up blankly, here...

But there's nothing left for him to smash around.

In the living interrogation room, where several agents were cleaning up wood chips and wreckage on the ground, Merlin stood aside, holding a pocket watch and said:

"30 minutes, it should be about the same, right?"

"It is recommended to shorten it to 20 minutes."

Icarus Says:

"Hulk may be able to withstand the bitter cold of hoarfrost, but Dr. Banner is undoubtedly weak, and it only takes a few minutes for him to suffer irreversible severe frostbite if exposed to that ice and snow in his normal form."

Merlin took out a magic book and made a chair out of his magic, and as he looked through the obscure knowledge of magic, he said:

"Well, okay, let's be 25 minutes, remember to remind me when the time comes."

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