As it turned out, even with a fist the size of a millstone, it still couldn't do much substantial damage to Hulk.
Eric's arms were sore from the smash, and Hulk was still there roaring, the little injury on his head healed as good as new in the blink of an eye.
He didn't really want to kill the Hulk, they had no quarrel, and he wanted the Hulk to work for him, so that was pretty much it. There were so many ways to take Hulk out.
Hulk's legs and four arms were held in place by the vibranium, and in his current state he wasn't strong enough to damage it, so all he could do was roar, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break the vibranium shackles all over him, and only his big green head could move.
It wasn't that he was too weak, it was that his opponent was too weird!
Hulk was helpless, he was a powerful being who could withstand space-based weapons, but now he was trapped by a few pieces of broken iron, it was so humiliating! Hulk could not wait to eat him alive!
"Alright, big guy, if you make any more noise, I'll keep you in this big lump of metal for the rest of your life!" Eric didn't know if it was working or not, but he still started with a threat.
Hulk obviously didn't get it and replied with a roar coupled a big mouthful of spittle.
Luckily, Eric was prepared and had his magnetic shield on at all times, so he didn't get smeared in the face.
Erik shook his head helplessly and reached out to nudge the Hulk's brow. A powerful electromagnetic pulse was sent out and the Hulk's eyes grew misty and after a few moments, he fell into a deep sleep, and within a few moments, he was back in the form of Bruce Banner.
The four-handed Hulk, which General Ross had failed to capture at the cost of a great deal of military power, even with the use of space-based weapons, was thus subdued by Erik.
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Teleporting back to New York with Bruce Banner, he had just put the mood control bracelet on Bruce Banner when General Ross called.
"Erik! I want weapons! Weapons with more power!" General Ross's voice bordered on a growl, as if his own child has been kidnapped.
"General Ross, calm down, calm down ..." If it weren't for the phone line, Erik would have wanted to give him an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) too to clear his head.
"I'm calm my ass! I&%$#@..." After a fit of hysterical rage, General Ross's phone hung up, and faintly, Eric seemed to hear a hint of a woman's voice.
He had been dealing with General Ross for many years, and he was not the kind of person who would become easily angry. He's a person who rose to his position step be step using his brain.
Eric threw away the phone, told the Future to block General Ross's calls, turned around and walked into the lab, what mattered to him now was Bruce Banner!
The emotion control bracelet on Bruce Banner's wrist was already working, and the emotion suppression function was turned up to an extremely high level, just one frame away from putting Bruce Banner into saint mode. Eric could guarantee that in this state, even if he spat in Bruce Banner's face, he wouldn't turn into the Hulk.
"Dr. Banner, I know you're awake!" Eric leaned against the door of the lab, with his arms acrossed in his chest, and stared at the pretending Bruce Banner.
Bruce Banner was also feeling awkward, in fact he had woken up just as Eric had gone out, and at first he had thought the bracelet he was wearing on his hand was some sort of surveillance or restraining device to locate him or limit his transformation.
In his mind, putting such a thing on him was the same as having a cuff around his wrist, and he had already labeled the bracelet as a no-go in his mind.
But only when he tried it did he realise that it seemed, seemed, probably did restrict Hulk! No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get angry! This was unbelievable, as Banner grabbed the lab equipment and started pounding hard at it, and at that short time, he had determined what the thing was made of, to his despair, vibranium!
Then Eric returned, and he hastily posed and continued to pretend to be unconscious, but to his surprise Eric caught a glimpse of him and had to open his eyes in embarrassment.
"Mr. Eric, did you grab me to give me to Ross?"
"Give you to Ross? Why would i give you to Ross?" Eric looked at him in bewilderment, feeling somewhat unable to follow his train of thought.
"Hmm? Don't you want to use me to flatter him and then get him to give you more orders, sell more weapons and build more maglev train lines so you can make more money?" Bruce Banner asked Eric back very calmly.
"Hey! Don't talk nonsense! I'll sue you for slander!" Hearing Bruce Banner's question, Eric almost went up and gave him a good beating, saying what? According to Bruce Banner, he was now a lapdog of General Ross! How can you be so mean to someone?
"Where the hell did you hear that from?" Eric thought it was very strange that Bruce Banner, who was one of Marvel's top smart guys, would describe his deal with General Ross as something like that.
"Betty said so." Bruce Banner hesitated slightly and told Erik exactly what he had seen and heard.
Betty! General Ross's daughter! Eric had figured it out as soon as he heard the name, and look at Bruce Banner's face full of tenderness, you piece of***.
...
Bruce Banner spoke slowly and Eric soon sorted out the ins and outs.
It turned out that Bruce Banner had become a four-handed man during the solar storm and had been taken by General Ross to study him, with his cooperation.
General Ross wanted to find out what had happened to him and use it to create super-soldiers, while Bruce Banner wanted to undo the curse and return to his normal human form.
The two men had different goals, but they were not far apart, and Bruce Banner became an important part of General Ross's lab, researching and being researched.
After a few years in the lab, Bruce Banner had only met a limited number of scientists, apart from the experimental equipment, but to his surprise, a year ago, a girl came to the lab, and a very good looking one at that.
Instead of being disgusted by his four hands, the girl was very curious and full of scientific curiosity and exploration, always looking for ways to get closer to Banner.
Banner also took a liking to the girl who didn't look at her differently, and the two hooked up over time.
Betty's words to discredit Eric were also heard during General Ross's drunken bragging, and in the young girl's eyes, her father's words must have been right, so she told them to Bruce Banner as if to show off, and then Banner, who had become foolish in love, took them seriously.
Perhaps it was because of the bracelet that Bruce Banner lost even the most basic sense of caution, talking about his own privacy, and the more Eric listened, the more alarmed he became, no wonder Ross was so angry, this guy had really taken him for a dog!
"I think Betty is only 18, this guy, you're a beast!" Eric looked at Bruce Banner with contempt, but then Bruce Banner finally broke an even more powerful story that nearly made his jaw drop in shock.
"What do you mean? Betty's pregnant?!"
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