Experiments and a Warhorse

Banner, dressed in shorts, worriedly reminded Betty in an abandoned park, "Betty, be careful in a moment!"

Standing beside the iron tower, Betty reassured him, "Don’t worry, Hulk won’t hurt me, and Max will protect me."

Max, more than ten meters away, said confidently, "Dr. Banner, don’t worry. With me here, Dr. Ross won’t be in danger!"

Banner nodded. "All right, then let’s begin."

"Okay!"

Betty took out the Controller and released the control. Banner’s heartbeat suddenly sped up. He took a deep breath as his body began turning green and swelling. A few seconds later, Hulk appeared once again and roared at the sky!

After roaring, Hulk shot Betty an unhappy look, then turned and charged toward a large rock, smashing it to pieces with one punch. Then, like a husky demolishing a house, he blew up everything around him. Even the Experiment Base shook several times! The experts in the stands could not help crying out. They had seen the videos, but the real Hulk was far more terrifying than the one on screen! "How could a monster like this possibly be tamed?" Principal Casey and many of the experts shook their heads!

Max said, "Looks like the big guy is really angry!"

"He’s venting his dissatisfaction with being controlled!"

Betty shook her head and called to Hulk, "Hulk, come here!"

Hulk turned to glance at Betty, ignored her, and continued wrecking things like a sulking child!

Betty found it a little funny. She called to the side, "Start the next step!"

Ivan, who had been standing behind a large billboard, nodded. He controlled Hero Four to walk out, then picked up a rock and hurled it at Betty!

"Ah!"

Betty pretended to cry out in panic. Seeing that she was in danger, Hulk immediately thundered over, smashed the rock with one punch, and then roared at Hero Four!

Hero Four made a taunting gesture. Hulk flew into a rage, leaping forcefully in front of Hero Four as his fists crashed down like warhammers! Hero Four raised its great shield to block. With a bang, Hero Four staggered back three steps, leaving three deep footprints in the ground!

"This guy is stronger than Abomination was!"

Ivan was somewhat alarmed. During that battle, Hulk had been weakened, but now he had recovered to his peak! "Hulk smash!"

When he failed to shatter the shield, Hulk became even angrier. He rushed forward and attacked madly like a savage beast. Ivan held up the great shield and steadily defended himself while doing his best to collect Hulk’s data.

Boom, boom, boom! Heavy impacts like explosions rang continuously through the park. Countless flowers, grass, and trees were destroyed by the battle’s shockwaves. In only a few minutes, the abandoned park had become ruins!

"That monster is getting more excited. He’s enjoying the fight. There’s no way he can be tamed!"

One expert wiped the cold sweat from his forehead as he spoke. Many of the experts nodded, and some were even taking medicine. Hulk had frightened them badly! Wang Bert quietly watched everything without trying to persuade them. It was normal for Hulk to be savage and violent. If he were not savage or violent, what use would he be? Wang Bert did not want Banner and Hulk to merge. That kind of Hulk would have no combat power at all. What he needed was the embodiment of rage: Hulk!

"Dr. Ross, we’ve collected enough data. Start the next step!"

Ivan spoke to Betty through the communicator. Betty nodded. "Begin. I’m ready."

"Okay! Be careful!"

Ivan pressed a button. With a bang, the base of the iron tower behind Betty exploded and collapsed. The tower came crashing down toward Betty, who seemed terrified and stood frozen in place! When Hulk turned and saw this, his expression changed drastically. Ignoring Ivan, he charged wildly toward Betty at top speed, raised both hands, and caught the falling iron tower!

The tower was simply too heavy. Hulk’s feet sank directly into the ground as he struggled to shout at Betty, "Run!"

Betty wanted to flee, but she ‘accidentally’ fell to the ground. Max could not help wanting to laugh. This was way too much like a scene from a movie!

Seeing Betty fall, Hulk grew anxious. At that moment, accompanied by heavy footsteps, Ivan rushed over holding a Vibranium axe. Then he viciously swung the axe at the back of Hulk’s neck! Seeing the axe, a trace of apprehension flashed through Hulk’s eyes. He remembered it. Abomination’s hand had nearly been severed by it! Hulk wanted to dodge, but if he did, Betty would be crushed to death by the iron tower. He could not even let go with one hand, because one hand alone could not hold up the tower!

"Hulk!"

Hulk roared, but he showed no intention of letting go. His eyes were filled with determination. Even if he died, he would protect Betty!

When Betty saw the determination in Hulk’s eyes, her heart trembled. At that moment, she finally understood that Hulk truly was Banner, because in the whole world, only Banner could love her this much!

Under Ivan’s control, the Vibranium axe stopped just short of the back of Hulk’s neck. Ivan burst into laughter. "You’re a real man. If we get the chance, I’ll buy you a drink. Only real men deserve vodka!"

After saying that, Ivan put away the Vibranium axe and came over to help Hulk hold up the iron tower. Hulk was completely bewildered, unable to understand what was going on!

Clap clap clap…

Applause broke out all around them. Even Wang Bert and Max were clapping. Principal Casey said with a smile, "I thought we came here for an assessment. Turns out we came here to be force-fed romance!"

A somewhat rugged-looking expert laughed. "Beauty and the Beast. This is the kind of romance I like!"

When the applause ended, Wang Bert asked, "Everyone, do you think Hulk can be tamed?"

The experts exchanged glances before Principal Casey said, "Without Betty, I would advise you to humanely destroy this monster. But with Betty, this monster can be tamed!"

"That’s right. He loves Betty more than himself. He can be tamed!"

"As long as it understands love, not to mention Hulk, even a King Kong can be tamed!"

"Anything capable of love is not a monster!"

The experts all nodded. Wang Bert was very satisfied. He said, "Everyone, could I ask you to help tame Hulk? Don’t worry about the compensation. You will definitely be satisfied."

Quite a few experts were tempted, but some shook their heads. They had other work to do!

Wang Bert said to his assistant, "Lilith, talk with the experts!"

"I know what to do!"

Lilith nodded. With these experts helping, along with Betty, Hulk could definitely be tamed!

Rumble! Ivan and Hulk lifted the iron tower to one side together. Hulk bared his teeth at Ivan, seemingly wanting to fight again. At that moment, Betty got up and gestured for Hulk to lower his head!

Hulk did not understand, but he obediently lowered his head anyway. Betty kissed his cheek and said, "Thank you, Hulk!"

Hulk’s eyes widened, as if he could not quite believe it. Then he happily danced around, accidentally falling over and grinning foolishly on the ground!

Everyone could not help laughing. The current Hulk really was just a child! "A complete success!"

Wang Bert nodded in satisfaction and shouted to Hulk, "Hulk, let me give you a piece of advice: whether you’re a man or a monster is up to you!"

Hulk raised his head with a confused look, completely unable to understand what that meant! Wang Bert smiled and said nothing more. With a flick of his finger, he shut down the holographic projection and left the Experiment Base.

At a farm somewhere in Texas, Wang Bert raised his hand as the flames on it gradually faded away. His transformation was finally complete!

The reason Wang Bert had not returned to New York was that he had reached the final stage of devouring the Spirit of Vengeance, and it was not suitable to be somewhere crowded!

"From now on, there is no Spirit of Vengeance. There is only the Vengeance Dragon Soul!"

Wang Bert burst into laughter. Frank, who was outside the door, heard him and came in, asking, "Did you succeed?"

Wang Bert said excitedly, "That’s right. My divine art is finally complete!"

Frank asked with interest, "What exactly can it do?"

"Like this!"

Wang Bert took out his phone. With a whoosh, Dragon Fire ignited in his palm. The phone warped slightly in the flames, becoming even cooler! Frank walked over, glanced at the phone, and asked in confusion, "What does that mean? Your phone got warped from being burned?"

"Didn’t you see it? The battery is at one hundred percent!"

Wang Bert laughed excitedly. "Haha, I’ll never have to carry a charger again!"

"You spent several months just to make a charger?"

Frank was speechless. If this were not his boss, he would have flipped him off immediately!

"How could someone who doesn’t even know how to post on Twitter understand the resentment we hardcore phone addicts feel toward battery life?"

Wang Bert scoffed, then put away his phone and said, "Enough joking around. Go bring out the Pure Blood Horse I bought. I’ll change into cowboy clothes and come down."

"I’d like to see what you’re trying to play at."

Frank nodded and turned to lead out the horse. Wang Bert quickly changed clothes and came to the side of the fiery red, majestic Pure Blood Horse! Without any nonsense, Wang Bert mounted the horse. As he put on his hat, he shouted to Frank, "Watch closely!"

Before his voice faded, dazzling Dragon Fire erupted all over Wang Bert’s body. Immediately afterward, the Dragon Fire rapidly spread onto the Pure Blood Horse! Frank hurriedly shouted, "Hey, Bert, be careful! That horse cost over ten million dollars. I was hoping to breed a foal from it!"

"Don’t worry, it’ll be fine!"

Wang Bert laughed. The Pure Blood Horse, wrapped in Dragon Fire, did not cry out in pain. Instead, it was incredibly excited. Flames even spurted from its eyes, ears, mouth, and nostrils, making it look unbelievably cool!

"Hyah!"

Wang Bert shouted. The Pure Blood Horse shot out like a ball of flame. In the blink of an eye, it had run more than a hundred meters, leaving behind a row of burning hoofprints!

Even Frank could not help shouting that it was cool. No wonder Wang Bert had been willing to spend several months devouring the Spirit of Vengeance!

"This is awesome!"

Wang Bert, racing like the wind, could not help laughing loudly. At that moment, a Harley Motorcycle drove over. It was Damon, who had been gone for several months. He looked in amazement at Wang Bert and the flaming warhorse and shouted, "Bert, let’s race!"

"I’ll give you two laps!"

Wang Bert laughed. The Pure Blood Horse neighed and suddenly accelerated, leaving the Harley Motorcycle far behind!

Damon chased for a while before helplessly stopping. He patted his motorcycle and said, "Old buddy, I never thought we’d lose to a horse."

Not long after, Wang Bert came back from behind and asked with a smile, "Not racing anymore?"

Damon asked, "I’ll race you again tonight. Bert, why can you transform during the day?"

"I didn’t transform. I’m still me. I just have the Spirit of Vengeance’s abilities now!"

Wang Bert jumped down from the horse, withdrew the Dragon Fire, and asked, "How did your trip to the New York Sanctum go? Everything smooth?"

"Very smooth. I can basically control the Spirit of Vengeance now!"

Damon said emotionally, "I can finally return to Mindy’s side!"

Wang Bert asked, "Mindy has been asking me where you went these past few months. Why didn’t you even reply on Twitter? Was there no signal in the New York Sanctum?"

"It had nothing to do with signal. I was cultivating!"

Damon shook his head. He took an ancient book from his clothes and said, "This is a secret method for cultivating the soul. Do you want to learn it too?"

"You stole a book from Kamar-Taj?"

Wang Bert was quite surprised, then he scoffed. "I never thought a big-eyed, honest-looking guy like you would do something so sneaky and underhanded!"

"Master Ancient One gave it to me. She said the knowledge of Kamar-Taj can be shared!"

Damon said irritably, "Just learn it yourself. Don’t pass it on to anyone else. We can’t go too far!"

"Thanks!"

Wang Bert happily accepted the ancient book. His greatest weakness right now was his soul. If his soul were strong enough, he could even create clones!

Thinking of something, Wang Bert asked, "Did Master Ancient One mention me?"

"No!"

Damon shook his head. This had been Master Ancient One’s instruction. She could not let someone get too full of himself! In truth, that ancient book was Master Ancient One’s gift of thanks to Wang Bert for stopping Mephisto’s scheme! "Not mentioning me is a good thing too!"

Wang Bert shrugged and asked, "Damon, what are your plans next?"

"Go back to New York and see Mindy!"

"And after that? Keep being Big Daddy?"

"Uh… I haven’t thought that far ahead yet!"

Damon hesitated for a moment and shook his head. Wang Bert said, "Over the past few months, New York has become a mess because of Kingpin’s disappearance. Chief George has been so desperate he’s practically ready to hang himself. To get the battle suit as soon as possible, he even had his daughter ask me for a discount! Unfortunately, the city government is too poor. Even with a discount, they can’t afford it!"

Damon asked in confusion, "Bert, what are you telling me this for?"

Wang Bert asked, "Have you ever thought about becoming a police officer again?"

"Becoming a police officer again?"

"Yes, becoming a police officer again, putting on battle armor to protect New York!"

Wang Bert nodded. "If you’re willing, I can sell that armor to the New York city government at cost. Of course, the copyright for you as a Super Hero belongs to me!"

"This…"

Damon hesitated. Wang Bert smiled. "Take your time thinking about it. Oh, and the battle suit provided to the police department is called Sin Buster! Haha, you can be Sin Buster by day and Ghost Rider by night. It’s a perfect match!"

Damon complained, "Sin Buster? What a tacky name. Even if I was willing before, hearing that name makes me unwilling now."

Wang Bert laughed. "Chief George, your old superior, came up with it. If you have objections, go tell him yourself!"

"Forget it. That old man has an insanely bad temper."

Damon chose to back down. He said, "I’ll think about it. By the way, does Chief George agree to let me be the police department’s Super Hero?"

Wang Bert said, "He’ll agree, because he has no money! If he wants Sin Buster, he can only follow my arrangements!"

"Damn capitalists! Even the New York Police Department belongs to you!"

Damon sighed. He thought of something and asked, "What about Slade? Has he already…"

"A month ago, he took a group of beautiful women on a trip around the world."

Wang Bert said, "That cowboy is much more free-spirited than we are!"

Damon said with feeling, "Yeah, he’s a real cowboy! May the road rise to meet him!"