I Thought This Was Scientific
Chapter 109

I have a cucumber, I have a Hulk.

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"What's this?"

Bruce Banner took the test tube and held it up curiously. The liquid inside looked less like medicine and more like some kind of vegetable juice. He pulled out the stopper and gave it a gentle sniff, but still couldn't identify it.

Beside him, Harry Osborn's mouth twitched. He knew the concoction in that test tube all too well. He glanced sideways at Peter Parker, who had pressed his lips together and lowered his head, studiously avoiding everyone's eyes. Clearly, he had recognized the stuff too.

Harry thought it over, decided it wouldn't hurt to have another victim to share his misery with, and promptly chose to keep quiet.

"Drink it and you'll find out," Kraft said, avoiding Dr. Banner's question. "It's not poison, anyway."

"All right. Actually, even if it were poison, it wouldn't matter. With Hulk around, poison can't kill me."

Dr. Banner pursed his lips. He guessed the test tube might contain some kind of tranquilizer, but he had tried those long ago, without any particularly useful results.

Without the slightest hope, Dr. Banner tipped his head back and drained the test tube.

"Tastes pretty good. Nice and refreshing..." Dr. Banner offered his verdict on the flavor, then looked down and saw his skin turning green. His expression changed instantly. "Look out! Hulk's coming out! ...Huh?"

Dr. Banner soon realized something was off. His skin had turned green, but his body hadn't expanded. His clothes were still intact, and his consciousness was still his own, rather than being suppressed by Hulk.

"That fixed it?!"

Bruce Banner looked at Kraft with delighted surprise, even ignoring the strange smell coming from his body.

"As if."

Kraft rolled his eyes. He knew Dr. Banner had misunderstood, though the color certainly made it easy to get confused.

And probably

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