Chapter 136

Chapter 136

Damian returned home just in time for lunch.

As he appeared, his daughters were coming down the stairs with their hair still wet, most likely they got quite dirty from playing.

Damian smiled at them before approaching and taking them in his arms; the smell of shampoo immediately reached his nose.

"Did you have fun playing? I'm sure you made a mess in the yard," Damian said, laughing at their attempts to look innocent.

"Hm, it's fun to play with Tyr," Alice said, nodding with a smile.

"Daddy, I used Mommy's phone and searched on the internet. It said that T.rexes are much bigger than Tyr is now. How long will it take for him to grow?" Ivy asked with curiosity.

"Sweetie, I'm not sure, but it will probably take several years. Since they're such large animals, they grow slowly," Damian explained to them.

"How about we watch a documentary about dinosaurs after lunch?" Damian suggested as he walked with the girls to the dining room.

All three of them nodded with a smile, liking the idea.

Damian reached the dining room and sat down with his whole family; only Natasha was missing as she was working.

"Where did you go?" Ophelia asked while they were eating.

"I went to Knowhere. The place has changed quite a bit and looks much more prosperous compared to before. There are many merchants and travelers," Damian said.

"And to think that used to be a shady place, more like a black market," Carol said, chuckling slightly.

"Isn't it possible for them to track Earth with all the constant traveling?" Ophelia asked, looking at Damian.

"It's possible, but it's not that Earth is a secret. It's just that no one has an interest in it. The average technology level of the world is too low to attract the attention of other civilizations," Damian casually explained.

"By the way, do you know about the movie 'Avatar'?" Carol asked, looking at Damian.

"'Avatar'?" Damian asked, confused, not sure what exactly she was referring to.

"It's a science fiction movie about the discovery of a new planet where they find a blue alien species. From the trailer, it seems to be a romance between a human and an alien. I want to watch it," Carol said, looking at Damian as if thinking about their relationship.

"You know I'm not an alien, right? If anyone were to be one, it would be you," Damian teased.

"I'm half human. You're not human, so you should count as an alien," Carol retorted.

"Mommy, am I an alien too?" Alice asked, surprised, thinking she wasn't green or tentacled.

"Sweetie, your mom doesn't dislike us because we're aliens. Let's go, I'll find you a green mom," Damian pretended to console Alice.

"One with tentacles?" Ophelia asked, teasing.

"Sweetie, you were born on Earth, so of course you're not an alien," Carol consoled Alice while laughing.

Damian was about to say that he was also born on Earth, but he eventually kept quiet because his own existence is a mystery in itself.

"It doesn't seem like a movie for kids," Ana said, checking on her phone.

"Well, we can leave the girls with grandma and go on a romantic date," Carol said, smiling as if the people she mentioned weren't present.

Sophia and the three girls looked at Carol with dissatisfaction, especially since Ana and Ophelia didn't seem to dislike the idea.

The whole family finished lunch with laughter and cheerful conversations.

As soon as they stood up, the three little ones quickly dragged Damian to the couch to put on the dinosaur documentary, secretly planning to note down cool dinosaurs to bring to the yard.

Damian chuckled slightly at their enthusiasm before starting the documentary. The three little ones sat on his lap as he hugged them; fortunately, he was still small enough to accommodate them.

The documentary discussed various types of dinosaurs and their habitats.

His daughters watched the documentary with interest for about two hours until it ended.

The three of them fell silent, lost in their own thoughts.

Damian looked at his daughters with a slightly worried smile. After all, the documentary lightly touched on the topics of carnivores and herbivores, showing the beauty but also the ruthlessness of nature.

"Daddy, why do herbivores have to be eaten by carnivores?" Ivy asked, looking at her father.

"Sweetie, that's a bit of a complicated question. You see, herbivores eat plants, right?" Damian began with a sigh.

Betty let out a small cry of surprise before looking at the guard.

The guard leaned over to pick up the ID, temporarily turning his back to the entrance.

Bruce seized the moment and slipped inside quietly.

"Dr. Betty Ross, please come in," the guard said, handing Betty her ID.

"Thank you very much, sorry for the inconvenience," Betty said with an apologetic smile before passing through.

Betty moved forward to meet Bruce, who was sitting pretending to read a newspaper.

"That was easy," Betty said, smiling at Bruce.

Bruce merely chuckled slightly, reminiscing about his college days with Betty. She always led him into all sorts of adventures.

The two walked toward Sterns' laboratory and knocked on the door.

After a few seconds, the door was opened by a man in his thirties who looked at them with doubt.

"Hello, Mr. Blue," Bruce said, addressing him directly.

"Mr. Green," Sterns said slowly as if he couldn't believe it, before motioning for them to enter and looking around the corridor to ensure no one was there before quickly closing the door.

Sterns stared at Bruce for a few seconds, seemingly impressed to finally see Mr. Green in person.

"You know, I still found it hard to believe there was someone with that much power inside," Sterns said, looking at Bruce and sighing in excitement.

"Mr. Blue, time is running out. I need the cure now," Bruce said seriously.

"About that... It's not easy. Even if everything goes perfectly and I give you the exact dosage, we don't know if it will cure you or just suppress the sudden transformation," Sterns said, looking at Bruce and Betty while pacing back and forth in the room.

"What I mean is, we're dealing with substances with high levels of toxicity. Any mistake could be fatal," Sterns made the possibilities clear.

"At this point, we don't have any other option," Bruce sighed.

"Then let's do it," Sterns said excitedly before guiding Bruce and Betty to another room.

The three of them entered a room with multiple computers and a patient table in the middle.

Sterns quickly removed the plastic covers from the equipment and lowered the table, indicating for Bruce to lie down.

"I need you to bypass one of his veins while I prepare the antidote" Sterns said as he used various computers to calculate the dosage based on his previous experiments.

Betty nodded before taking out several needles and inserting them into Bruce's veins, connected to various transparent tubes.

After a few minutes, Sterns quickly filled the antidote into a dispenser connected to the tubes before triggering the transformation in Bruce.

Bruce quickly began to swell as his bones shifted, his skin turned green, and his body became denser, causing the table's base to creak as if it wouldn't hold up much longer.

Sterns watched in awe as a nearly three-meter-tall giant with enormous muscles emerged, embodying sheer strength itself.

"Quick, activate it," Betty shouted at Bruce, seeing him standing there like a fool.

Seeing that he wasn't reacting, Betty tried to calm Bruce with her words.

"Bruce, look into my eyes, calm down," Betty said, climbing onto Bruce and holding his face. She tried to move his head to make him look at her, but it was impossible, so she just positioned her face in his line of sight.

"Hurry," Betty shouted again, her expression annoyed.

Sterns seemed to snap out of it and quickly activated the mechanism, causing the blue liquid to flow through the tubes and into Bruce's veins.

Bruce, who had been screaming and thrashing, suddenly froze as he felt something cold entering his veins.

His struggles lessened until he became completely still. His body seemed to deflate, and the green receded until his skin returned to normal.

Sterns and Betty watched in amazement as the changes in his body unfolded.

Betty quickly checked his vital signs and sighed with relief when she saw that they seemed normal.

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