What had been meant to be a simple visit, just to make an appearance and build some goodwill, ended with everyone in the hospital.
The others who were awake underwent simple isolation checks. Once their health was confirmed and they paid the fees, they could leave. This was not the kind of expense they could avoid by stubbornly insisting they were fine and did not need to enter a hospital.
Fortunately, the University of California research institute was properly run and had purchased all the necessary insurance for its laboratories. For simple examinations like Henry's, caused by a biological laboratory accident, the insurance company would foot the bill.
Everyone, including Harp, who was still shaken by the experience, suffered only psychological fright and had no physical problems—
That was the hospital's diagnosis.
However, Henry felt that Curt Connors's condition was different from before. The professor had suddenly begun gripping the place where his limb had been severed more often. It was as if he kept experiencing phantom limb pain, and flashes of pain crossed his face.
The insurance company being willing to cover physical health issues was already impressive. For conditions like this, possibly caused by psychological factors, they could only pay out of pocket for a therapist.
Take Harp, for example. Though his body was healthy, none of the confidence and flirtatiousness he had displayed when giving Gwen a ride that morning remained.
The most seriously affected person was, of course, Bruce Banner, who still had not awakened. He had chosen to take the full force of the gamma radiation head-on for everyone in the laboratory.
Gamma radiation was known medically as the gamma knife and used to kill specific cancer cells. If it could kill cancer cells, killing normal cells was naturally no challenge.
The dose of gamma