Stark knew Banner's worries were exactly the same as his own had been, so he patted him on the shoulder.
"Relax. These are still the weakest things he has. If he brought out the strong ones, these suits wouldn't even come into play. Didn't he resolve that Tesseract incident last time?"
"O-oh, right."
At the mention of the Tesseract, Banner's gaze grew evasive.
Stark noticed it but didn't give it much thought. He simply assumed Banner had recalled an unpleasant memory.
Mercer, however, saw it differently. His powers of observation were far sharper than an ordinary person's.
That evasive look didn't seem like someone recalling a bad memory. It looked more like someone avoiding eye contact because he'd done something he couldn't admit to.
The Tesseract? Isn't that thing with me now? Why is he reacting like this to the subject?
Mercer watched the two of them talk. Whenever Stark mentioned the Tesseract, Banner steered the conversation elsewhere, avoiding the subject.
His behavior immediately reminded Mercer that, in the original Marvel timeline he knew, S.H.I.E.L.D. had used the Tesseract to manufacture weapons.
And Banner had been staying at S.H.I.E.L.D. all this time. Although he wasn't a weapons expert, if they really wanted to explore that field, his brain would certainly be useful.
Mercer had no doubt about that.
In the Avengers: Endgame he remembered, Banner had even researched a time machine on his own, though the results had been a failure.
But he had actually made Ant-Man pass through four stages of life: childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and old age.
That alone could grant someone eternal life, with no drawbacks, at that.
It was more than enough to show just how intelligent Banner was.
Forget it. I hope he knows what he's doing. I can't be bothered to interfere.
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