With Betty by his side, Banner found Mr. Blue, whom he had long known online.
As a doctor of biology, Mr. Blue had a laboratory of his own—located in Harlem, New York.
Banner watched Mr. Blue marvel at his bizarre experience and ramble on endlessly, remaining silent for a long time:
If it were you, you probably wouldn't be this excited...
Combining the experimental data Banner had brought, Mr. Blue said he had found a way to suppress Hulk.
Banner said, "Then hurry up and do it!?"
Mr. Blue injected a vial of purple liquid into the console, had Banner lie down on the operating table, and secured his body.
To ensure the antidote's effectiveness, Mr. Blue intended to give Banner some stimulation—the Internet Addiction Cure Technique: electrotherapy.
The intense stimulation instantly swept through Banner's entire body. His heart rate soared to its limit, and Hulk's power stirred restlessly within him, as though it might burst out at any moment.
Banner's skin gradually turned dark green, while his bones cracked repeatedly as though his body were about to fall apart.
At that critical moment, Betty bravely climbed onto Hulk's massive body and awakened a shred of his reason.
Her actions bought Mr. Blue a precious opportunity to inject the antidote.
As the purple liquid flowed in, Hulk gradually calmed down until he lost consciousness, his body slowly returning to Banner's form.
The experiment had succeeded.
However, Mr. Blue bluntly admitted that he could not guarantee whether Hulk had been permanently erased or merely temporarily suppressed.
Just in case, he secretly copied a large number of Banner's blood samples, intending to continue his research.
But he had no idea what kind of crisis this action would bring to the world.
Just as Banner and Mr. Blue argued over immediately destroying those