Chapter 4742: X-Empire: Rebirth (Part 23)

"Lady, I suggested psychological therapy to you before," Shiler said. "Since it's a psychological cause, then start from the psychology, just make you forget about this, wouldn't that be fine?"

"That's right," Strange also reacted. "You were fine before when you didn't know, then why don't you just delete the memory of this matter, wouldn't that be fine?"

"I'll say first, I'm not unsympathetic to you," Stark looked at Seeing Natasha and said. "But besides bringing you pain, does this have any other effect? If it does, consider starting from eliminating the pain."

"None at all," Seeing Natasha said. "This might have restored my fertility, but I don't intend to give birth. Besides being able to cheat some overtime pay from Nick, there's no benefit at all."

"Then why don't you use psychological therapy?"

"Of course it's because the psychological doctor who can use psychological therapy is too expensive!!!" Seeing Natasha roared. "Compared to burning money, I'd rather bleed!!!"

"Why not let S. H. I. E. L. D. reimburse it?" Ma Te asked.

"Because they think we are both Soviets, they let us go find the KGB," Shiler said helplessly.

Everyone was speechless for a while. If you say this is wrong, it's also right; but if you say this is right, it seems there's something wrong somewhere.

"Alright, actually it's because I'm too lazy to go," Seeing Natasha sighed long. "When I'm bleeding, I'm not in the mood, and when I'm better, I don't have time, dragging it out until now."

"That's true. People never learn," Strange shook his head. "When sick, one thinks about never opening the window when sleeping next time, but after getting better, one forgets in a few days."

Stark glared at him with his eyes, but Strange was unaware. Shiler continued: "I knew you were in a bad state, yet I invited you over, just wanting to try to help you solve this problem."

"What way do you have?" Seeing Natasha asked.

"First, there's no work in our universe that you must do, so we prioritize solving the pain problem. Compared to golden apples, Krakoa flowers are more focused on improving physical fitness and might be effective."

Others nodded one after another, Steve said: "Although I don't know what the specific principle of this is, if it's a comprehensive improvement of physical fitness, it will definitely be useful, you can try it."

Seeing Natasha nodded. Shiler continued: "However, drug research will take some time, so let's try to relieve the pain first. The hot springs on Krakoa Island are quite good, and there are several springs rich in sulfur, which should be effective for your situation."

"What is the principle of this?" Seeing Natasha asked.

"Some theories of traditional Chinese medicine," Strange said first. "Considering that the word 'keeping warm' never existed in your life, in traditional Chinese medicine theory, your dysmenorrhea is very likely because it's too cold in your body."

"Too cold in my body?"

"Yes. In their words, it's storing cold air. Drinking more hot things or soaking in hot springs will have improvements."

Although Seeing Natasha hadn't quite understood yet, she still nodded. She said: "I've heard of similar theories. On TikTok, there are Chinese bloggers teaching women how to cook ginger tea, they say it's good for the body after drinking it—although I've never drunk hot water in my life."

"You completely ignored your age problem," Strange pointed out seriously. "Although it might not be polite to say so, you are also someone who can be a grandmother. Your appearance hasn't changed, which doesn't mean your body function is completely unchanged. If you don't pay attention to health preservation, even if you are a modified human, you will age faster than other modified humans."

Seeing Natasha couldn't help but glance at Steve. Steve shook his head quickly and said: "I didn't say I'm younger than you. However, I do pay more attention to exercise, and although I don't drink hot water, I rarely drink ice water either. The ice machine in the Avengers base is used the most by you."

"That's because New York is too hot, okay?" Seeing Natasha couldn't help but retort. "How do you guys endure not drinking ice water in 30-degree weather?"

"Of course it's out of consideration for life safety," this gave Stark a chance to speak, he said, "That is, you rely on being a modified human and completely ignore existing medical and health preservation theories. My medical team has emphasized to me countless times that in very hot weather and after sweating, one cannot drink ice water directly. I thought this was common sense that even children knew."

"And then some people don't close the window when sleeping on a stormy night," Strange said unhappily. "I also thought this was common sense that even children understood."

"Alright," Seeing Natasha was also convinced. "In the future, I will eat as little ice as possible and drink more hot drinks..."

Steve looked at Bucky who hadn't spoken. Recently, he and Seeing Natasha had been in close contact, and logically speaking, he should be the one with the most right to speak, but he hadn't made a sound.

Just as he was scanning with his gaze, he found that Bucky had already gone to pour a glass of hot water. He put the cup in front of Seeing Natasha and said: "I think change can start from now, isn't it?"

Everyone drew a long sound—otherwise, why would you dare to chase Black Widow?

Steve, however, seemed to have remembered something, pursing his lips to hold back laughter. Just as he wanted to say something, Bucky stopped him with his eyes: "Don't forget our mutual non-exposure agreement, buddy!"

"Alright, I won't say it." Steve pursed his lips tightly. Others looked at him with curiosity, so Steve still spat out half a sentence: "This reminds me of when he was chasing girls when he was young..."

"Shut up, Steve! Otherwise, I'll shake out all those embarrassing things you did when you were young!" Bucky shouted at him. "Do you remember when you went to the manga club to submit..."

"Hey! Hey! Think about the agreement!" Steve interrupted him loudly. The two exchanged a look and barely stopped the war.

Ma Te sighed on the side: "Having a buddy who grew up together is like this. He has seen all your awkwardness, and you must be on guard at all times against him shaking out those embarrassing things."

Everyone laughed. Seeing Natasha also laughed twice, but soon coughed, and then lay on the table in pain. She barely picked up the cup and drank two sips of hot water, savored the taste, and said: "Not bad."

"I heard that traditional Chinese medicine can cure this," Stark said. "Out of respect and concern for this lady, I think we should immediately go to a pharmacy in Hong Kong to get her a prescription."

"You're at it again," Shiler couldn't help but say. "Do you have to make everyone try traditional Chinese medicine?"

"I'm really doing it for her own good," Stark nodded to himself and looked at Strange again.

Strange shook his head and said: "This kind of problem related to personal constitution must be checked by the person themselves. Buying finished medicine packets is not very good. If you are indeed interested, I can help you contact, I met several very powerful traditional Chinese medicine doctors when I participated in a medical exchange meeting in Sichuan..."

"Thanks, but no need for now," Seeing Natasha said. "Judging by Tony's tone, I can probably judge how hard that thing is to drink. I don't think I can persist, it's better to find Professor X and delete my memory directly."

They had lunch, which was simple grilled steak and vegetables. Because there was a banquet in the evening, everyone just ate a little, and after eating, they sat on the sofa in the living room to digest.

"Speaking of which, what's going on with that hot spring?" Bucky asked.

"What's wrong with the hot spring?" Steve asked back. "I went to see it, it's built quite well."

"You said it's a natural hot spring, brought by the geothermal heat of the volcano. But how can there be a volcano on an island?"

"There are quite a few islands with volcanoes, right?" Steve thought for a moment and said. "Doesn't that island of the New Shangdu Kingdom have a volcano?"

"But that's much bigger than this, right?" Bucky said.

"Not much bigger," Shiler thought for a moment and said. "Equivalent to one of the islands, maybe even slightly larger."

"So that's how it is," Bucky nodded. "How could they discover there were hot springs on this island? Isn't it said that the mutants of this universe are in a bad situation, how do they have time to develop this?"

"Actually, I also feel it's a bit strange," Steve touched his hair and said. "However, mutants active on this island might also go to the north, and it's normal to run into it occasionally."

"Although that's what's said, those hot springs are not open-air, and there isn't even a flue opening. Unless you specifically drill underground, it's very difficult to discover," Stark shook his head and said. "But it's hard to say, maybe there are cave exploration enthusiasts among the mutants."

"Is their hot spring bathhouse already built?" Seeing Natasha asked. "How is it built? Are there any independent soaking pools?"

"Many," Strange thought for a moment and answered. "Just the large soaking pools comparable to swimming pools are three or four, and there are even more of various small private rooms. And their water diversion system seems to be able to divert hot spring water into the bathtubs of the hotel. If you don't want to go out, you can also soak there."

"I have exactly that intention," Seeing Natasha said weakly. "It's still comfortable lying in the bathtub, remember to let them add more sulfur for me."

"Rest assured. Don't you understand how careful Charles is? He must have been preparing early."

After chatting for a while, everyone squinted for a while on the sofa. Because today is definitely a night of revelry, if you don't catch up on sleep during the day, you might be sleepy in the middle of the night.

After waking up and feeling refreshed, they prepared to go to the hot spring bathhouse. Because it was built in a hurry and the materials were not very rich, many personal items needed to be brought by themselves. Fortunately, they all came with suitcases, so they could just drag them over.

After everything was ready, they waited in the living room. Logically speaking, there should be mutants with flight capabilities to pick them up, but Strange waited a bit impatiently and opened a portal himself and went over.

As soon as his portal landed, it happened to be in front of the main universe Avengers. The main universe Doctor Strange rolled his eyes at him helplessly. Captain America asked him: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. This damn nouveau riche never understands thrift."

Captain America laughed: "They are indeed very rich, even such a short distance requires a portal."

However, one has to say, portals are indeed convenient. The few people arrived at the place without having to walk much, coming directly to the lobby of the hotel. Charles was already waiting for them there.

"Welcome, welcome," Charles even shook hands with them in a serious manner and said, "Welcome to the hot spring bathhouse on Krakoa Island, this will definitely be the best hot spring you have ever been to."

"That would be great," Ma Te said. "I will bring Elektra and little Jack here sooner or later, I hope the service and scenery here will be as good then."

"That's for sure," Charles said. "You go to the hotel to put your things away first, there will be mutants sending maps and introductions to the soaking pools later."

Then he specifically looked at Seeing Natasha and said: "I know you are unwell, lady. The water diversion system of the bathtub is automatic, you can turn on the switch yourself to let the water in. In addition, there is a soaking pool on the balcony, you can also try the outdoor hot spring, that is also very great."

"Many thanks," Seeing Natasha said. "I just hope this is indeed effective." ===== CHAPTER 4743 =====