Chapter 171: Working to Pay Off Debts
The necrotic tissue disappeared.
Clean.
Precise.
Efficient.
There was no bleeding.
No pus.
No burning flesh.
Only fine white ash drifted from Pietro's lower legs.
Every dead cell had been reduced to inert microscopic residue.
"Don't touch it," Lynn said without looking up.
"The residue contains denatured proteins and necrotic toxins."
Wanda immediately pulled back the hand she had instinctively reached forward.
The second step began.
Removing the residual Infinity Stone energy.
The All-Seeing Eye had already completed a complete molecular scan.
Unlike ordinary radiation, the foreign energy left behind by repeated exposure to the Mind Stone had fused with Pietro's bone marrow and stem cells.
It behaved almost like an exotic quantum contaminant.
Ordinary medicine could never remove it.
Lynn extended his right index finger into one of the exposed major blood vessels near Pietro's knee.
Then—
His finger shrank.
Not his body.
Only the finger.
Quantum Scaling could selectively affect any portion of his body.
The fingertip rapidly compressed.
From centimeters...
To millimeters...
To micrometers...
Then beyond the limits of ordinary vision.
At the microscopic scale, Lynn's finger entered Pietro's circulatory system before continuing toward the marrow cavity.
The All-Seeing Eye projected an enormous three-dimensional map across his vision.
Every blood vessel.
Every stem cell.
Every damaged nerve.
Every exotic particle.
The remaining traces of Mind Stone energy emitted an unmistakable sapphire luminescence completely distinct from healthy tissue.
Quantum Electromagnetic Domination activated.
Rather than physically extracting each contaminant, Lynn manipulated the exotic particles directly at the atomic scale.
Their molecular cohesion dissolved.
The unstable energy signatures collapsed.
Then the particles were carefully separated from the surrounding marrow without damaging a single healthy stem cell.
The process looked impossibly slow from the microscopic perspective.
Yet outside—
Only seconds passed.
His perception accelerated thousands of times beyond normal human cognition.
Nearly forty seconds later...
Every remaining fragment of foreign energy had been removed.
The third step followed.
Strengthening Pietro's body itself.
Lynn released microscopic regenerative biofactors derived from the Immortal Divine Body.
The factors resembled tiny golden seeds under microscopic observation.
They attached themselves to damaged endothelial cells lining Pietro's blood vessels.
Immediately afterward...
They began constructing an entirely new biological support layer.
Unlike ordinary scar tissue, this membrane remained flexible.
Whenever Pietro accelerated, the membrane would automatically disperse mechanical stress throughout the surrounding tissue instead of allowing pressure to concentrate at weak points.
Instead of tearing apart his vascular system during extreme acceleration—
His body would redistribute the force.
The process resembled biological shock absorbers.
An upgrade.
Not merely a repair.
Within another minute...
Every major blood vessel throughout both legs possessed the newly formed reinforcement layer.
Lynn restored his finger to normal size.
The final stage remained.
Complete tissue regeneration.
He prepared a syringe filled with customized gene-repair serum.
Its active ingredients combined regenerative biofactors from his Immortal Divine Body with several optimized healing compounds developed inside his laboratory.
The needle entered.
The medicine flowed.
Immediately the All-Seeing Eye tracked every reaction.
Dormant stem cells awakened.
Capillary networks regenerated.
Muscle fibers reconstructed themselves.
Peripheral nerves rapidly restored conductivity.
Healthy tissue replaced the dead.
The gray-black coloration faded.
Gray became crimson.
Crimson gradually became healthy flesh.
Pietro's eyelids twitched.
Moments later...
He opened his eyes.
He looked down.
His legs.
Completely restored.
Normal temperature.
Normal color.
Normal sensation.
He slowly flexed his toes.
He could feel every movement.
"Stand."
Lynn removed the empty syringe.
Pietro immediately jumped off the operating table.
The instant both feet touched the floor—
Pure instinct took over.
His body accelerated.
Not through the DC Speed Force—
But through the enhanced biological acceleration that had become part of him after the Mind Stone awakened his latent potential.
A silver blur crossed the clinic.
Less than one-tenth of a second later—
He stopped.
No pain.
No tearing sensation.
No burning muscles.
Nothing.
He stared at his own legs.
Then at Lynn.
"What... did you do?"
"I fixed them."
Pietro slowly shook his head.
"No."
His voice trembled.
"This isn't repair."
"I've never felt like this."
"When I ran before... every burst of speed felt like my legs were being ripped apart from the inside."
"Now..."
"Nothing."
"They're stronger."
Lynn removed his gloves.
"They are."
"I reinforced the vascular structure throughout both legs."
"The stress generated by your acceleration is now distributed before it reaches tissue failure."
"You'd have to push your body far beyond its current limits before suffering the same injuries again."
Wanda watched silently.
Her brother laughed.
Actually laughed.
For the first time since escaping HYDRA.
Tears rolled down her face.
Not from fear.
From relief.
The system interface appeared before Lynn.
[Ding! Treatment Complete!]
[Evaluation: A • Outstanding]
[Masterful Copy Activated...]
[Scanning Target Ability Database...]
[23%...]
[51%...]
[79%...]
[100%...]
[Ding! Copy Complete!]
[Successfully acquired A+ Rank Talent.]
[Target: Pietro Maximoff]
[Talent: Supersonic Movement & Accelerated Perception]
[Ability Description:]
[Your movement speed may temporarily reach supersonic levels. Simultaneously, neural processing speed, visual perception, and reaction time increase proportionally, allowing the surrounding world to appear dramatically slowed during high-speed movement.]
Lynn silently dismissed the notification.
A worthwhile acquisition.
His raw physical speed had always been overwhelming because of the Immortal Divine Body.
What he previously lacked was the neurological acceleration accompanying true speedsters.
Now...
That weakness no longer existed.
He looked toward Wanda.
"Now."
"The consultation fee."
Wanda froze.
"Thirty million dollars."
Silence filled the clinic.
Thirty million.
She didn't possess thirty thousand.
She barely possessed three hundred.
"I..."
"I don't have any money."
"I know."
Wanda looked confused.
"Then..."
"I'm not asking only for money."
Lynn returned to the reception desk.
He calmly crossed one leg over the other.
"Thirty million."
"Or something carrying equivalent value."
"What?"
"You."
Pietro immediately stepped in front of Wanda.
His silver hair still damp from sweat.
His expression darkened.
"What exactly are you saying?"
"Relax."
Lynn adjusted his glasses.
"I'm not buying people."
His eyes remained on Wanda.
"You possess a power you cannot control."
"When you're frightened..."
"It erupts."
"When you're angry..."
"It rewrites reality."
"You've already killed with it."
Wanda lowered her head.
She said nothing.
"You never intended to."
"But intention changes nothing."
Her fists slowly tightened inside her sleeves.
Lynn continued calmly.
"What you possess isn't ordinary telekinesis."
"It isn't telepathy."
"It isn't simple energy manipulation."
"It is Chaos Magic."
"The primordial force that reshapes reality itself."
"The Mind Stone merely awakened it."
"It didn't create it."
"The stone opened a door."
"The power behind that door already belonged to you."
Wanda looked up in surprise.
"You..."
"You know what it is?"
"I know enough."
Lynn continued.
"At your current level, your subconscious emotions determine how reality changes."
"You aren't casting spells."
"Reality is reacting to your emotions."
"If your control doesn't improve..."
"You won't simply destroy buildings."
"You could erase entire districts."
"Eventually..."
"Entire cities."
Pietro's expression changed.
Wanda's breathing became uneven.
"You noticed it yourself."
"When you escaped Sokovia."
"The walls became paper."
"The concrete became cotton."
"The bullets became flowers."
"They didn't naturally change back."
Wanda slowly nodded.
"They..."
"They were still like that."
"Exactly."
Lynn leaned slightly forward.
"Chaos Magic permanently rewrites reality."
"Unless another force of comparable or greater authority restores it..."
"Those changes remain."
"The more powerful you become..."
"The greater the consequences every time you lose control."
Wanda's breathing quickened.
Fear appeared in her eyes once again.
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