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Chapter 140: Twenty surgeries equal a 100% success rate

Tony was embarrassed.

I was just saying it casually, and you actually drove it so carelessly!
Although he is indeed very rich, it's not like he would casually pull out 10 billion to buy a bottle of medicine.

That's enough for him to make countless suits of steel armor.

Seeing that Tony remained silent, Du Mu asked curiously, "What do you need the potion that can heal life for?"

"To have surgery."

Tony didn't hide anything and said frankly, "I plan to remove the little thing inside me, but the success rate of this kind of surgery is very low, maybe only five percent, so I need your life-healing potion to improve the success rate of the surgery."

He was hit at close range by a shell produced by his own country, which left fragments of the shell in his body to this day. He relies on an electromagnetic device in his chest to prevent them from flowing into his heart through his bloodstream.

For Tony, these fragments were like bombs inside his body, never knowing when they would explode.

If it weren't for the low success rate of the surgery and some early psychological issues, he would have wanted to have the surgery removed long ago.

He heard that Du Mu had a miraculous potion that could cure life, so he immediately made this call.

After listening to Tony's words, Du Mu blinked: "The surgery only has a 5% success rate, so if you do 20 surgeries, wouldn't that be 100%?"

Tony: "???"

You're a real math genius!
Tony took a deep breath: "If your potion can guarantee the success of the surgery, not to mention 10 billion, even 100 billion is no problem."

For him, money has never been a problem; as long as he is alive, he can create countless billions.

Du Mu nodded: "Then it's one hundred billion, it's a deal!"

Tony: "."

NPC Tony Stark has given you a new mission.

[Mission: Heal Tony Stark]

Objective: Help Tony Stark successfully remove the shrapnel from his body.

[Rewards: Experience Points +1500, Tony's Affection +10, Random Equipment *1]

Upon seeing the task notification, Du Mu raised an eyebrow slightly.

If he remembered correctly, Tony's favorability rating had already reached over 80, right?

"You wait at home, I'm coming to find you now."

After leaving a message, Du Mu hung up the phone and casually put the automatic fishing rod into the game's inventory.

"Someone's looking for you?" Wanda asked curiously, peeking out.

Du Mu nodded: "Okay, you can continue fishing here until you catch a big fish before you leave. Remember, you can't use magic."

Wanda snorted and raised her chin defiantly: "Who are you looking down on? Even if I can't catch any fish, I would never cheat with magic!"

Once you're gone, I'll immediately go to the market and buy the biggest fish I can find. That way, it won't be considered cheating with magic!
Wanda silently added in her mind.

10880 Malibu Beach, a luxury beachfront residence.

As soon as Du Mu stepped into the hall, he saw Tony already waiting there.

Upon seeing him, Tony cut to the chase and asked, "How effective is your potion?"

Du Mu thought for a moment and said, "Let me put it this way, as long as you have a breath left, you can recover quickly from both internal and external injuries. If the injury is particularly serious, then drink a few more bottles, and I guarantee you won't die."

"so smart?"

Tony was a little surprised and continued, "What if I want to remove this thing and fill the hole?"

As he spoke, he casually pulled open his shirt collar, revealing the S-type Ark Reactor inside.

Tony not only wanted to remove the fragments from his body, but also wanted to remove the miniature arc reactor from his chest. After all, who wants to walk around with a hole big enough to fit a golf ball in their head all day?
Du Mu chuckled and said, "Of course, and you don't need to find someone to perform the surgery. I can take care of it for you right now."

"Walter?"

Tony looked at Du Mu with a skeptical expression: "Are you sure? Even America's top surgeon, that horse-faced doctor named Lanchi, couldn't guarantee the success rate of the surgery and directly refused to become my attending physician."

Du Mu smiled confidently: "Don't worry, I have my ways. Even if you have ten holes, I can still handle it, let alone one."

"Ahem, there's no need to fill in the other holes."

Tony reluctantly believed Du Mu's words.

Along the way, he witnessed Du Mu's various amazing abilities and tools.

Although he is a science enthusiast at heart, he has to admit that unscientific methods are indeed more impressive than scientific ones.

The scientific approach involves: proposing hypotheses, carefully proving them, refuting them and starting over, repeating the process, and finally drawing a conclusion.

Unscientific methods: What are you even saying? Just jump straight to conclusions!

"how should I do?"

After thinking for a moment, Tony decided to trust Du Mu.

Du Mu said easily, "It's very simple. Just find a comfortable place to lie down, and leave the rest to me."

"Then let's go to my lab. No one will bother us there."

The two arrived at the underground research lab.

Tony pointed to a high-tech metal recliner: "This is where I usually change the reactor. Is this okay?"

"can."

Du Mu nodded, and after Tony lay down, he said seriously, "If you're ready, we can start the surgery now."

"Surgery!?"

Tony's expression froze instantly, and he abruptly sat up from the medical chair: "Weren't you going to use your amazing abilities to just take care of me?"

Du Mu pursed his lips: "I don't have such props. We should believe in science."

If I believed in science, would I need to contact you?

Tony almost jumped up, but Du Mu quickly pressed him back into his chair.

Du Mu reassured him, "Don't worry, the success rate of my surgery is much higher than five percent, at least ninety-nine percent."

"That still leaves a one percent chance of failure!"

Tony swallowed hard when he saw Du Mu's hands, which weren't even wearing gloves, and the surrounding environment full of germs.

He felt that the 1% failure rate was far more dangerous than the 5% success rate.

"Take this medicine."

Du Mu took out a white pill and handed it to Tony.

"what is this?"

"Painkillers will make you feel no pain for a period of time after you take them. I was originally planning to give you physical anesthesia, but you will need to stay awake and cooperate during the surgery later."

"."

Upon hearing this, Tony obediently swallowed the painkiller.

Du Mu nodded in satisfaction: "Very good. This is the first time you've performed surgery, so don't be too nervous."

“I’m not nervous,” Tony insisted.

"I know, I was saying that to myself."

"???"

Ignoring Tony's horrified gaze, Du Mu pulled out a powerful magnet and smiled, "The following scene might be a bit stimulating, just bear with it."

Before he could finish speaking, Du Mu had already activated the powerful magnet in his hand.

With a bang, the Arc Reactor on Tony's chest popped out and instantly attached to a powerful magnet, revealing the shocking hole beneath.

It has to be said that Tony's physique is not like that of an ordinary person; he can have such a big hole in his chest and still act like nothing happened.

Could he really be a Kryptonian?
Without the power supply from the Arc Reactor, the electromagnetic device immediately lost its function, and the iron plate hidden inside Tony's body began to flow along his bloodstream.

Based on his own experience with his good uncle Stanislavsky, Tony could only last a few minutes in this state at most. Any longer and he would probably see Stanislavsky waving at him.

Du Mu did not stop. After pulling out the Ark Reactor, he continued to activate the powerful magnet. Immediately, a small piece of iron emerged from Tony's chest, covered in scarlet blood, and adhered to the powerful magnet.

However, Tony felt no pain, as if his body wasn't his own.

He witnessed this scene and was dumbfounded.

Is it so simple and crude?
Anyone with even a little medical knowledge would never dare to do what Du Mu did.

These sharp metal fragments wreaked havoc inside the body, and the process of forcibly sucking them out could damage countless blood vessels and tissues.

If Tony hadn't taken that painkiller beforehand, he would probably be in excruciating pain right now.

"Drink this."

Du Mu glanced at Tony's fairly long health bar, then took out a bottle of red potion and handed it to him.

[Large Potion Bottle: Restores health over 30 seconds after use]

This is an advanced version of the Potion of Life.

Du Mu was worried that ordinary life potions wouldn't be enough to sustain Tony's health, so to be on the safe side, he had Tony drink the larger bottle of potion, which had a better recovery effect.

Without saying a word, Tony drank the large vial of medicine, and the bloody hole that had just been torn open by the metal shard immediately began to heal itself.

While the effects of the large medicine bottle were still being exerted, Du Mu used a powerful magnet to remove the iron pieces remaining in Tony's body. In just a few seconds, there were more than a dozen iron pieces of varying sizes on the magnet.

Meanwhile, the numerous bloody holes on Tony's body slowly healed under the effect of the large medicine bottle.

Tony was both surprised and delighted to see the piece of metal that had been bothering him for months resolved.

"Well done, Dr. House!"

"Don't rush, the surgery isn't over yet."

Du Mu looked at Tony's unchanged chest and said in a deep voice, "This hole in your chest has been there for too long. It's been identified as part of your body, and the life potion can't recognize this wound that needs repair."

Tony suddenly had a bad feeling: "So, you mean..."

"That's right!"

Du Mu grinned, and a watermelon knife appeared out of thin air in his hand: "I need to turn this into a fresh wound first!"

Tony's eyes widened: "Wait!"

Ignoring Tony's attempts to stop him, Du Mu plunged the knife into his chest without hesitation, and blood splattered everywhere!

"what--!"

Tony instinctively screamed in agony.

But he still didn't feel any pain, only a feeling that something very large had entered his body.

Seeing that the wound he had just inflicted was beginning to heal on its own, Du Mu acted swiftly and decisively, gripping the hilt of his knife and quickly slicing around the large hole in Tony's chest, cutting away the tissue around the edge of the hole and revealing a fresh, bloody wound.

Despite having weathered many storms, Tony couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine as he watched his chest being modified like a slice of watermelon.

He regretted it; if only he had asked Du Mu to administer physical anesthesia, at least he would have passed out and wouldn't have had to witness this scene.

When Du Mu finally pulled out the watermelon knife, the wound on Tony's chest began to wriggle and grow.

Bright red fleshy buds spread from the edges to the center, quickly covering the entire cavity. New skin wove together at a visible speed, filling the terrifying hole smoothly in the blink of an eye.

Tony's health bar, which was about to drop to zero, was pulled back up by the large potion, forcibly extending his life.

"That's it?"

Tony repeatedly stroked his chest, the fleshy sensation through his fingertips making him feel as if he were in a dream.

Du Mu nodded: "Yes, congratulations, the surgery was a success, and you are now a complete man again."

Tony: "."

I was a complete man before the surgery!
Despite his complaints, Tony couldn't contain his joy as he looked at his perfectly intact chest in the mirror.

From now on, he was finally free from the threat of shrapnel and no longer needed to rely on the arc reactor and electromagnets!
After calming down a bit, Tony couldn't help but complain, "Although the result was perfect, wasn't your treatment method a bit too terrifying?"

Du Mu waved his hand dismissively: "This is nothing. If your body weren't so weak and your brain didn't have such a limited lifespan after being removed from your body, I would have cut your head off with one stroke and let your body grow a new one. That way, I wouldn't even have to open your chest. How convenient!"

Tony: (Д)! ?
This time he didn't argue. So what if he was weak? It was better than being beheaded.

[Mission 'Heal Tony' completed]

[Rewards: 1500 experience points, Tony's favorability +10, 'Bird Beak Mask' equipped]

[Equipment: Bird beak mask (can filter out any infectious diseases)]

For some reason, Du Mu always seemed to misinterpret this infectious disease.

But he's more concerned about something else now.

Du Mu immediately opened the "Kick Nick Fury League" and brought up Tony's teammate panel.

[NPC: Tony Stark (Iron Man)]

[Race: Human]

[Attributes: Strength 12, Agility 11, Constitution 9, Spirit 18]

[Equipment: None]

【Favourability: 95】

After his body returned to normal, Tony's physical condition only increased slightly.

So, this guy is really weak!
Next, Du Mu focused his attention on Tony's favorability rating of 95 and narrowed his eyes.

"Tony, take this."

Du Mu handed over the watermelon knife in his hand, and Tony, not understanding why, took it anyway.

Although Tony has a quirk of not accepting things from others, it's not to the point of obsessive-compulsive disorder; he'll still accept things from people he's close to.

Especially when making a phone call, he will instinctively take anything that someone hands him, because it's an instinct ingrained in human genes that can't be changed.

After Tony took the watermelon knife, a watermelon knife—no, a Nichirin Blade—instantly appeared in his inventory.

Without any system prompts, Du Mu would have mistaken the Nichirin Blade for a real watermelon knife. When not slashing vampires, the Nichirin Blade was indeed no different from a watermelon knife that cost a few dozen yuan in the supermarket, except that it was a bit sharper.

Du Mu tried clicking on the Nichirin Blade in Tony's equipment inventory.

Immediately, a semi-transparent notification popped up.

Should I remove this equipment from my teammate?

Du Mu's eyes lit up, and he decisively chose yes.

The next moment, Tony felt a lightness in his hand, and the watermelon knife disappeared instantly, reappearing in Du Mu's game inventory.

It sure works!

Du Mu was overjoyed.

That way, he can remove Tony's equipment at any time!

(End of this chapter)