Strange agreed, and no one asked why.
The exact procedure was for Strange to create an illusion of Bruce Wayne himself, then use his incomparably skilled surgical experience to operate on the illusion and manipulate it into producing the required effects.
For example, if he made an incision here, he would make a plausible cut appear on the illusion. If he removed the nerves on one side, he would have the illusion simulate a nerve.
This plan had actually been proposed by Strange himself.
Bruce's original plan had been to leave his body here for Strange to do with as he pleased while his soul went off to handle something else. After all, all he had needed was an alibi.
Creating an alibi was easy enough for Bruce, but the hard part was fooling Joker. That was why they needed a Doctor like Strange, someone whose word was final in his professional field. If he said it could be treated, then it could be treated. If he said surgery could be done this way, no one would dare argue. That was the power of an industry giant at the very top.
But Strange had said, in a rather disdainful tone, that the nerves Bruce had mutated into his body were too ugly to look at, practically violating the laws of biological evolution. Strange might as well invent a lesion himself and control the surgery time precisely at twenty hours.
Yet Bruce found it hard to imagine how Strange could perform surgical work as delicate as an ordinary operation while simultaneously controlling a magical illusion to display the corresponding changes.
That required more than delicate manual skill. It also demanded unimaginably extensive experience and a clear understanding of the path of every muscle and every nerve.
Aside from Jonah, the other