Chapter 79: Healing Banner

　　Scaleh-Goldwood!

　　That's the name Russell gave the move after his last match against the Defenders League.

　　Even though the original source of this scaleh was Rishi, he named it Kaneki.

　　The reason is simple, because one is the main character and the other is a supporting character.

　　Compared to the last time Scale-Her-Jinmu was cast, this time the tail-like sharp tentacles were so slightly different.

　　The fact that the symbiote itself has gotten stronger is aside.

　　Most noticeably, the color of the tentacles changed from black to white.

　　In just a blink of an eye, Russell rushed to the fallen Hulk.

　　Without giving Hulk a chance to get up, four tail-like sharp tentacles pythonized towards Hulk.

　　The four white tentacles were sharp, but Russell wasn't aiming to stab through Hulk's body right now.

　　White tentacles attacked each of Hulk's limbs.

　　Hulk's limbs were then securely bound and pulled outward with great force.

　　Hulk, who was lying on the ground, turned into a "big" shape at once.

　　Luckily, it's not "wood"!

　　At times like these, Russell's mind continues to pop up with jumbled thoughts.

　　Although all his limbs were securely bound, Hulk was clearly not a good boy who would behave himself.

　　There was no suspense as Hulk began to struggle intensely.

　　Russell ignored Hulk's struggles and stepped on Hulk's chest, lifting his right foot and kicking it hard towards Hulk's big green head.

　　Boo!

　　Hulk's head snapped back as he kicked it to the ground, smashing a hole in the grass.

　　After kicking Hulk's ass, Russell gets to his real purpose.

　　Healing!

　　He's going to use the serum's extraordinary healing powers to turn Hulk back into Banner.

　　Yes, all he wants now is for Hulk to turn back into Banner.

　　When he hadn't met Hulk yet, he had considered trying to duplicate Hulk's abilities.

　　But after seeing the scene where Banner transformed into Hulk, he dismissed the idea.

　　Hulk is indeed powerful.

　　If it were anyone else, like General Ross, for example, it would never have bothered him to have the shapeshifting ability that Banner has.

　　But Russell doesn't think so.

　　He wasn't denying the power of the Hulk, but he was happy with his current complexion.

　　He doesn't like the color green, not at all.

　　Unconscious transformations when emotional, and a huge size far beyond the norm!

　　After comprehensive consideration, he decisively abandoned the idea of replication.

　　Getting bigger and stronger is, under normal circumstances, a good thing.

　　But there's a degree to everything, and Hulk's size is clearly beyond normal.

　　He didn't want to be like Banner, who had to keep an eye on his heartbeat and emotions all the time when he was making out with his girlfriend.

　　The serum cures superhuman abilities caused by genetic mutations.

　　Trying to completely cure Banner's genetic mutation caused by gamma energy radiation is not an easy task.

　　If it were easy, Banner would have cured his mutation a long time ago.

　　Although a complete cure is not an easy task, it is not particularly difficult to suppress if only for a short period of time.

　　The antidotes developed by Dr. Samuel Stern, Mr. Blue, all suppress Banner's mutant genes for a short period of time, thus making Hulk temporarily disappear.

　　The more healing and less scientifically reasoned serums are certainly possible.

　　Hulk, trampled under Russell's feet, struggled wildly like a deranged patient in a mental institution.

　　However, within seconds, Hulk's struggles began to wane.

　　Hulk's green skin began to slowly fade, gradually returning to its normal skin color.

　　The strong body that was nearly three meters tall also began to decrease rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

　　In less than ten seconds, Hulk was gone.

　　Banner, who is not at all strong in stature, reappears in Russell's line of sight.

　　"Dr. Banner, welcome back!"

　　When Hulk's size began to shrink, Russell got off of him before he stepped on Banner's ribs.

　　At this point, Banner was sweating profusely, as if he had just finished an indescribably intense workout, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face.

　　He had gone through many transformations, but this was the first time he had been forced back into human form by another person.

　　Without waiting for him to speak, Russell disengaged the tentacles wrapped around his limbs and simultaneously disengaged his serum agent form.

　　Banner doesn't know what Russell has done to him, but he does know that the mutation that he tried everything to cure, but couldn't, now appears to be cured.

　　Before he could rejoice, General Ross arrived with a squad of soldiers and, without saying a word, had them handcuff him.

　　"What did you do to him?"

　　As the soldiers handcuffed Banner and began to put other restraints on Banner, General Ross looked grave as he turned to Russell and asked.

　　"It's nothing, it just cured him for now!"

　　Russell replied with a casual look on his face.

　　"Temporarily? Are you sure it's only temporary?"

　　General Ross, his expression already grave, asked again.

　　"Unsurprisingly, it should be temporary!"

　　Even though he was the one who turned Banner back into a human, Russell doesn't know just how far Banner's mutation has been cured.

　　The serum does cure superhuman abilities caused by genetic mutations.

　　It's also true that Banner would transform into Hulk because of the genetic mutation.

　　But that doesn't mean Banner's genetic mutation can be easily cured.

　　Banner's genetic mutation, like Hulk's in combat, is a particularly hard one to eliminate.

　　"You'd better make sure this is temporary, you should know very well what Banner's value really is!"

　　General Ross reminded Russell with immense seriousness.

　　"If I remember correctly, General, the commission you gave me was to capture Banner alive, and from the point of view of the commission, I fulfilled it as agreed."

　　"As for the rest, that's something for you to consider, General."

　　At this point, Russell paused, his expression becoming serious.

　　"By the way, General shouldn't you give me an explanation as well?"

　　Russell raises his right hand and points to the body in the distance.

　　Bronski's body!

　　General Ross's expression became a little hard to read.

　　Although he didn't set up Bronski's attack on Russell, Bronski was his subordinate regardless.

　　When a subordinate causes trouble, of course he will be credited to the officer.

　　"What kind of explanation do you want?" General Ross said slowly.

　　"Don't worry, I'm not the unreasonable type, I'm still a nice person to talk to sometimes."

　　Russell said with a smile.

　　Though Russell seems amiable now, General Ross knows that if Russell were really that nice, he wouldn't be called a crazy traveler.

　　"Straight up, what do you really want?"

　　General Ross had no intention of beating around the bush with Russell and asked bluntly.

　　"It's very simple! I'll be setting up a military-industrial enterprise after a while, and I hope that you, General, will help stand in support and provide some small assistance at that time."