Chapter 172: Homecoming

It was only a few hours before Tony finally took the Avengers through all the facilities in the building. Although everyone had been mentally prepared for the local tyrant attributes that Tony Stark might show before coming, they had to say that they were still a little frightened.

The facilities in the Avengers Mansion are almost literally worthy of the word "everything", and Tony has thought of almost all the facilities he might need, and staying in this building can basically enjoy most of the entertainment in the city without leaving his home. But that's what the captain is very unhappy with - the number of entertainment facilities is far greater than the things that have a practical purpose. It's the headquarters of the Avengers, home to some of the world's most powerful superheroes, but Tony has decorated it like some kind of lavish entertainment.

The captain was not interested in entertainment such as the cabaret theater, but he was very satisfied with the training room. It is equipped with a variety of high-end weapon systems for training, and there are facilities that can train the abilities of the team members. Tony even borrowed the "frame" system that S.H.I.E.L.D. used to train agents in the past, using computers to simulate various virtual scenarios and throw the consciousness of the team members into the framework for simulated combat training. But then again, the development of this system was originally also involved in Stark Technology.

The Avengers have their own busy schedules to attend to, and they don't always have the time to get together like this. Thor, the god of thunder, will only stay on Earth for a few days this time, and will return to the Asgardian Divine Domain in two days. Hawkeye and Black Widow don't know what mysterious work they have to do as retirees, but they also say that they won't be able to show up for the rest of the year. Spider-Man ...... I have to go to school, and I can't go back too late in the evening so as not to worry my parents. Colonel Rhodes also had military affairs to attend to. Even Tony himself doesn't actually have time to appear in the mansion every day, and he has more than enough things to do in his life.

Therefore, Tony decided to take advantage of the rare time that everyone has today, why not have a party in the building, strengthen the relationship, and celebrate the formation of the alliance by the way.

"Sir, there's a message sent to your private mailbox." Just as he was announcing the decision, Jarvis suddenly reminded through his headset.

Tony said yes, and then said to the crowd, "Then let's go free and go free, as long as we all return to the hall by six o'clock." Don't miss the party. ”

With that, he exited the hall and walked to his lab.

"Whose mail, Jarvis?"

"Encrypted information, the source cannot be traced."

"Can't go back? Interesting. Tony muttered, "Can you crack it?" ”

"Trying."

In a minute, the content is cracked. Tony wielded a small fiber-optic PDA and turned on the projection screen in the lab, showing the contents of the email.

The sender is shown as "unknown", and the content is only a short sentence -

- Beware of Bruce Banner.

***

After Tony announced his disbandment, some chose to walk around the building, while the rest simply stayed in the lobby to chat and wait for Tony's party to begin.

As for Bruce Banner, he's not on either of the above sides. He went back to his room alone, sat on the bed in a daze, thinking.

At one time, he was a brilliant scientist with seven PhDs and a great reputation in the academic community. Until that damn gamma-ray experiment, the excess gamma radiation created the Hulk, the monster with no upper limit to its powers.

The general in charge of capturing the Hulk, Thaddeus M. E. Rose, who calls Hulk an uncontrolled and extremely dangerous monster. Badly, Banner felt as if he was right. Blood and corpses were everywhere he had gone so far, and every time he lost control of his emotions and transformed into the Hulk, it felt like he had stepped on the accelerator of a race car with no brakes, and whatever happened after that was beyond his control.

But Natasha Romanoff made him look at Hulk in a different light.

"Hulk is a hero."

"The Hulk is our luck in you. If there is only one person in the world who can tame this beast for good, it must be you. ”

It has been said that everything in the world has a purpose, and sometimes we just need to find our place. If even a monster like Hulk has a home of its own, Banner believes it must be the Avenger.

Perhaps here he can finally use this power for the right path. Here, he can make Hulk a hero.

"That can't be."

A woman's voice rang out in the room. Banner was startled, he subconsciously got up and looked around, but the room was empty except for him.

In the mirror.

The woman in the mirror sat in a charming posture, with long blond hair and green dress, smiling shallowly at him.

"Accept it, big guy, you'll never be a hero, because it's in your nature to be savage and destructive."

Banner jumped: "Who are you?" ”

"I'm not talking to you." The woman hooked her slender fingers, "I'm talking to another guy." ”

Her gestures were magical, and Banner couldn't describe what was going on, but he clearly felt a cloud of blood rush to his head. For a moment he felt like his heart was being grabbed by a strong hand, and then it began to pound uncontrollably in his chest. He felt his blood begin to heat up, as if an irascible soul was restless in it.

Banner covered his head, knelt down, and groaned in pain. He subconsciously glanced at the watch he was wearing on his wrist - it was used to measure his heart rate, and at this time, the heart rate reading had already exceeded the two hundred mark...... It's a miracle that some big green guy hasn't come out yet.

"Stop...... Hand! ”

Banner shouted, picking up something on the table and throwing it at the mirror. The mirror was smashed with a "clang", but the woman did not disappear, but appeared in every fragment of the mirror like a doppelganger. She looked at Banner through the mirror and giggled.

Banner closed his eyes and pressed his beating heart, trying to recall the series of tricks he had learned to control his emotions. He tried his best to think about the relaxing, pleasant memories, but all that flooded into his mind were corpses, blood, and devastated towns.

He also saw himself, the big green man, screaming in the ruins of death.

***

"Where's Banner?" Tony walked briskly into the hall and asked straight to the point.

Natasha, who was on the sofa, looked back suspiciously: "Probably in her own room." How? ”

Without saying a word, Tony turned and walked down the hallway. The other people in the hall also realized something when they saw his reaction, and got up one after another to follow.

They came to the door of Banner's room.

"Bruce? Are you in there? Tony rang the doorbell, "If you're there, you'll be there." ”

There was no answer.

"Jarvis, open this door for me."

"Yes, sir."

The code is automatically entered and the electronic door is unlocked with a "ding". The door slid open, and everyone had just in time to see the scene that they would never forget.

With his back to them, Bruce Banner fell to his knees, his arms outstretched and yelled at the sky. But the voice was clearly not that of Sven's scholar Bruce Banner, it was a rough, sky-piercing roar, like the king of beasts standing on the top of a mountain and letting out a king's roar below.

The muscles ripped through his shirt, and the swollen soles of his feet shattered his shoes. Banner's whole body began to inflate like a rapidly inflated balloon, his skin began to turn green and rough, and his body became tall and broad. His head went all the way up to the ceiling, and his arms were as thick as tree trunks. The roof was dented by his head and back, and the floor was sunk into a crater by the feet of his massive feet.

After completing the transformation, he slowly turned his head, a heavy breath came out of his nose, and his brutal and wild eyes seeped into people's hearts to panic.

Bruce Banner is gone, and now all that's left is - The Incredible Hulk!