Chapter 1373: Treatment and Threat

Robert was probably the person who cared the most about Frank in the world.

Also, one of the core members of the security company that Robert had set up was also an old comrade of Frank’s. It would be more reliable to have this person look for Frank.

Luke had his own reasons for not going.

Nothing really needed to be said about Frank’s abilities, but he wasn’t the type to talk nicely. Luke planned to have Robert sound him out first.

If the possibility was there, he would then step forward to poach him.

With Frank as the tactical commander, Luke as the main force, Selina as second-in-command, Damon and Mindy providing long-range fire support, and Alice as the vanguard, it was basically a complete special force team.

A special force team like this could kill thousands of people, right? However, Luke still felt that he wasn’t strong enough.

He hadn’t been a Marvel fan in his previous life. Who the hell knew how many Chitauri had attacked Earth.

In fact, he didn’t even remember what the Chitauri looked like.

It had to be said that as one of the important villains, the Chitauri were quite the failure.

But if one aircraft carrier on Earth could carry 3,000 to 5,000 people, there was no way that the space fleet would only have several thousand people.

Smashing open thousands of heads probably wouldn’t even make a dent in their attack.

Thinking that, Luke decided to look for Tony.

No matter how much of a genius this tycoon was, he was still an ordinary person.

It had been so many days, and he still hadn’t decided whether or not to go ahead with the surgery.

Luke… could only applaud this behavior.

When it came to fear of death, Luke really wasn’t any better than the tycoon. If he wasn’t afraid, he wouldn’t have to do so much.

In any case, as long as Earth wasn’t destroyed, he could hide in any corner with his family, and their chances of survival would still be high.

What he needed wasn’t good odds, but real control over his and his family’s lives.

He wouldn’t count on superheroes or the Avengers.

Many civilians were affected when they fought, but how about their own families or friends?

So, Luke chose to actively control things.

He wanted his family and friends whom he cared about to be the people who weren’t affected, and not the dead “civilians” who were just part of the number of casualties.

Luke was afraid of death, and more than that, of his family and friends dying at any time. Naturally, he wouldn’t look down on the tycoon for being cowardly.

That night, Batman appeared at Stark Tower and asked amiably, “How long are you going to delay the surgery for?”

Looking at the blood-red lenses, Tony suddenly felt a little meek. “Soon, I’ll get it done very soon.”

“Really?” Luke tilted his head, as if deep in thought.

Tony was embarrassed. “Of course. I’ll make an appointment with the best surgeon in New York. Hm, what’s his name again? Steve Stretch or something.”

“His name should be Stephen Strange.” Luke nodded helplessly, and suddenly appeared in front of him.

Tony: (⊙□⊙)?

Then, Luke grabbed him, and after a light electric shock, the tycoon turned numb.

“Stephen Strange, the most famous surgeon at Metropolitan General Hospital. He’s very skilled and very young. He’s the doctor in New York with the most likely chance of completing your surgery successfully.” Luke took out a knife from his waist. “In the end, you got his name wrong. You probably only glanced at it. You never thought of letting him operate on you, did you?”

Tony was surprised. “W- What do you want?”

Suddenly, he understood, and was horrified. “You… You’re not going to operate on me yourself, are you?”

Luke said, “Tony, I don’t blame you for being afraid of death. Everybody is afraid of death, but I don’t want to see you continue wasting time.”

Given the state of Tony’s heart, his training was greatly affected.

Geniuses also needed good health in order to perform, especially given that Tony was a superhero.

With this “debuff,” he was at least 10 to 20% less efficient. The time he was wasting hurt even more than wasting money.

It had to be pointed out that whatever technological progress Tony made was equivalent to an upgrade of Luke’s technological database, which was equivalent to an overall increase in the strength of a certain person’s superhero alliance.

How could Luke tolerate the delay?

Looking at a stumped Tony, Luke asked, “Tell me, do you want to be awake to watch yourself being operated on, or do you want to sleep for one minute?”

Tony asked, “Are you kidding?”

Luke said, “It seems you’ve chosen to be a tough guy.”

Tony said, “Hey, I haven’t picked one yet. Wait… Wahhh~” His body trembled.

While they were talking, two lines had already stretched out of the right hand of the Bat suit, which pushed out the reactor in Tony’s chest and suspended the supply of energy.

Then, Luke placed his right hand in the chest wound.

Tony’s face was a little pale. “I… I fff~ ooh!”

Before he could finish speaking, a dozen flecks of blood suddenly burst on his chest, each of which was shrapnel that was as fine as sand and which firmly stuck to Batman’s hand.

Tony’s face turned blue. “Motherf*… Huh? Oh, it feels good~”

As the shrapnel flew out, Luke pressed the knife in his left hand to the dozen or so tiny holes in the man’s chest.

If it were someone else using the Light Dagger, they could only rely on moving it around to treat the different locations.

But Luke, who had Elementary Light of Life, could direct the life force from the Light Dagger like Tandy.

In less than ten seconds, the damage caused by the shrapnel to Tony’s heart and blood vessels, along with the minor external injuries, was fully healed.

Luke took two steps back and put the dismantled third generation arc reactor on the table. “Done.”

Then, he raised his head. “Jarvis, you can confirm your boss’s physical condition now.”

A few seconds later, Jarvis, who had been silent the whole time, finally said, “Sir’s body data is normal, but it’s best to go to the hospital for a detailed examination.”

Luke said, “Before that, are you sure you want to keep pointing those weapons at me?”

Jarvis said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Bruce. Only sir can cancel this emergency mechanism.”

A stunned Tony, who was checking his condition, turned his head.

He had a disbelieving expression on his face, and hadn’t paid much attention to Luke and Jarvis’s conversation.

“Can Jarvis move these weapons away?” Luke asked, “Especially the one that’s aimed at my crotch.”

Stumped for a moment, Tony was then embarrassed as he said, “Jarvis, cancel the emergency mechanism.”

Although he had no grudge against Batman, it had been habit to consider how to deal with the Bat suit.

It was like how a man would check out several key parts on a beautiful woman.

The crotch was definitely one of the important parts.

This was the central part of the human body, and one of the weakest parts on the armor.

It made sense to target this key spot in designing a weapon to use against Batman.