What did Tony Stark care about most right now? His own life. Because he did not have long to live, he had become increasingly reckless, ready to follow the doctor's advice and spend his remaining short days in pleasure.
Now that someone was telling him they could detoxify him, how could he not be tempted?
"Can you really detoxify me? I've asked a lot of people. Even S.H.I.E.L.D. tested me and said there's currently no cure for my poisoning." Iron Man spoke with some disbelief.
"We can test it right now," Jiang Hao said.
Tony Stark thought about it. Nothing was more important than his life, not even the Arc Reactor. "All right, let's go to the lab."
After arriving at the lab, Tony did not take off his armor. After all, he had very little trust in Jiang Hao.
Jiang Hao's mischievous streak flared up again. He had Tony bring half a cup of water, then took out a Detoxification Talisman, burned it, dropped it into the cup, stirred it around, and handed it to Tony.
"Drink it!"
Tony's mouth twitched. "You're not trying to poison me to death, are you?"
"You're already severely poisoned. Without treatment, you probably won't survive another three or four months." Jiang Hao spread his hands.
Holding the cup, Tony looked at the pitch-black contents inside and gritted his teeth. "Fine. I have to drink huge amounts of that damned Spirulina every day to detoxify anyway. I doubt this can taste worse than that." With that, he downed the entire cup of talisman water.
He smacked his lips. Aside from a burnt taste, it was not too bad.
"And then?" Tony put down the cup and asked.
"Wait. In half an hour, you can test yourself with an analyzer. I guarantee there'll be results."