Stephen Strange was a brilliant surgeon. The last time Luo Xia asked him to operate on Tony, he even made a special trip to Osborn to borrow the equipment needed for the surgery.
Unexpectedly, Ivan Vanko showed up to cause trouble. Through a twist of fate, the Healing Serum cured Tony's chest wound. Dr. Strange also injured both arms in the incident and got to experience the effects of the Healing Serum himself.
Luo Xia hadn't expected him to ask Tony for the Healing Serum's formula. It seemed he'd got the whole thing backwards.
"How did he get in touch with you?" Luo Xia asked.
"Probably because I've been getting too much attention lately. You know how it is. Iron Man has practically become a synonym for superhero. And last time, you used the serum on me at my party. He probably thought I'd developed it," Tony said.
"So what did you tell him?" Luo Xia asked.
"Obviously, I turned him down. It wasn't my invention, and even if it had been, there's no way I'd hand him the formula. This stuff is a goose that lays golden eggs. I refused on your behalf," Tony said.
Luo Xia thought for a few seconds, then said to Tony, "Set up a meeting with him for me."
Tony sounded puzzled. "You're not thinking of giving him the formula, are you? Luo Xia, have you lost your mind?"
"I just want to know why he's interested in the Healing Serum. In theory, if this kind of serum really became widely available, he'd be out of a job," Luo Xia said with a smile.
Banner and Connors had hit a bottleneck in their research, and Luo Xia wanted to hear a professional opinion from a doctor like Strange. He didn't necessarily have to bring