Bruce had grown numb to yet another reset, but he still refused to give up. He wanted to try a different path.
Stealing the drug from the construction site would turn him into a monster. The Osborn Group had nothing he wanted, and he would be attacked by mysterious Slime and lose his mind.
That left Bruce with only one path: cooperating with the Mysterious Person who had been contacting him by text.
This time, Bruce laid everything on the table. Through the process of elimination over the previous resets, he had already learned that the Osborn Group was not the real culprit. Even an idiot could tell that the person texting him was crying thief. The Mysterious Person behind those messages was the one who had released the Extremis Virus.
So Bruce demanded that White Armor provide him with Extremis Virus, the kind without side effects. Otherwise, he would give the Osborn Group evidence accusing Stark of conducting illegal biochemical experiments and poisoning San Francisco's water supply.
That was right. During his last conversation with Norman, Bruce had learned that Osborn was actually investigating Stark Industries. It was hardly surprising. The only person capable of developing such black technology was probably Tony Stark, the scientist known as the smartest man in the world.
White Armor was a native of Marvel, so his memories were reset along with time. He was surprised that this ordinary human test subject recognized him, but no matter how thoroughly he investigated, Bruce's background was flawless.
After all, that background story had been woven by a higher-dimensional power. There were almost no loopholes to find.
Stark could only assume that Bruce had learned of it through Osborn. Since Bruce was already working with the Osborn Group, could this have been an olive branch extended by