A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 80 Let's start with a psychologist.
Of the several recruitment targets set by Levi, the easiest to find was naturally Bullseye Dax, who was also from New York.

Tony found all of his information without much effort.

And just as Levi predicted, Dax is currently unemployed and is even two years younger than the future Daredevil Matt, the same age as Natasha, and one year older than Levi.

Even in his youth, Dax displayed exceptional athletic talent, exhibiting agility and immense strength.

But they couldn't control their emotions.

Orphaned at a young age, he found his niche in baseball during elementary school, joining the school's baseball team. As the second most popular sport in the United States, baseball has a very comprehensive league system, with various leagues starting from elementary school, and even world-class events like the Little League World Series.

However, his coach, who had always appreciated him, removed him from the field during a game when Dax had a perfect record.

The reason is simple: although Dax is excellent, in a situation where victory is assured, other students should also be given a chance to play.

This is actually a very normal procedure for a coach.

However, this was unacceptable to the somewhat extreme-minded Dax, so in a fit of anger, he threw the baseball at the coach.

As a result, the coach was killed.

Yes, you can kill someone with a baseball, not with a baseball bat.

Many people might find this ridiculous, and Li Wei in his previous life initially thought so too.

How could a baseball, a ball wrapped in yarn and leather, kill someone?
But after he learned about the speed at which professional baseball players throw baseballs, he realized it wasn't a joke.

Because top professional baseball pitchers can throw baseballs at speeds of up to 160 kilometers per hour, a ball hitting someone on the head at that speed could indeed be fatal.

And indeed, there have been numerous unfortunate incidents in the history of professional baseball leagues around the world where players and coaches have been killed by baseballs.

But those all happened in adult professional leagues.

It's unheard of for an elementary school student like Dexter to throw such a devastating ball.

But this is Bullseye, a man who will one day be able to kill someone by throwing a toothpick from nearly 100 meters away.

However, because he was a minor, and it was manslaughter—after all, throwing a baseball in a fit of anger can hardly be called intentional murder.

Furthermore, Dr. Mercer, who was in charge of his psychological investigation at the time, diagnosed him with borderline personality disorder, so Dykes was exempted from legal responsibility.

Afterwards, Dr. Mercer adopted the orphan and has been working hard to provide him with psychological therapy for nearly ten years, becoming Dykes' North Star.

Therefore, Dax is now no different from a normal person.

But now Dr. Mercer has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Dr. Mercer was very worried about Dex's future. As a psychologist, he knew that Dex was not fully recovered and that without a new North Star, he could easily be taken advantage of and go astray.

However, Dr. Mercer was not comfortable assigning Dix any random North Star.

Because if one misjudges people, even with Dax's amazing talent, he could easily be taken advantage of.
So, just when Dr. Mercer was filled with worry, Tony came to visit. During this time, Tony also did some intensive study of psychology.

For a genius like him, conventional science is not a matter of whether he is willing to learn it or not; it is not a matter of whether he cannot learn it.

So don't underestimate this last-minute cramming. At this point, his psychological expertise might be far inferior to that of top experts, but it's already much better than that of a typical psychologist.

Facing Mercer's impending death, Tony didn't mince words. Instead, he bluntly stated his purpose and handed over a plan for developing Dax—or rather, Bullseye—as a superhero.

“You should understand that a kid like Dax, with his unique attitude but also psychological issues, is very easy to exploit as a tool once his situation is discovered. In that case, why not leave him to me and let me train him into a real superhero… Although it sounds like I’m bragging, at my level, I no longer need to use illegal means to gain benefits. So even if it’s out of concern for my reputation, the probability that I would use this kid for illegal things is pitifully low, isn’t it?” Tony said to Dr. Mercer.

Tony also showed Dr. Mercer the utmost respect.

Because while investigating Dexter, he also investigated Dr. Mercer.

It turns out this person is truly a great psychologist who has dedicated himself to child psychology for many years, providing free services to children who have had unhappy childhoods or suffered psychological trauma, helping them to emerge from the shadows.

Dax was just one of the people he helped.

Even a playboy like Tony has great respect for people who selflessly dedicate themselves to society.

“You’re right. In every respect, you are indeed the most suitable person to be the North Star for Dax!” After thinking it over, Dr. Mercer said with a wry smile, “I will cooperate with you for the rest of the time.”

Putting everything else aside, at least with Tony taking care of him, Dax's future life is assured.

“Perhaps there is another way!” Tony said, looking at Dr. Mercer, whose expression had begun to show signs of decline due to his illness.

Dr. Mercer looked at him with some curiosity.

“Get your illness cured, and you can continue to be that kid’s North Star… Besides, I think our alliance is exactly lacking a psychology expert like you!” Tony said, stroking his chin.

This idea came to him on a whim.

Although Tony had crammed on psychology beforehand, after talking with Dr. Mercer, he realized that this was the real expert in psychology.

Tony also realized that, apart from the three Black Widows and Frank, he didn't believe for a second that all the new girls in the league were mentally strong.

Furthermore, the alliance's future goals are all those extremely dangerous world-ending crises.

It's hard to say that no one will have psychological problems—according to Li Wei, most superheroes actually have some psychological issues to varying degrees.

If that's the case, why not recruit a psychology expert for the league?

And Dr. Mercer is clearly a perfect fit.

As for the cancer problem, if it were the old Tony, there certainly wouldn't be much he could do in the short term.

But now... whether it's the dragon bone or Li Wei's potion, there should be a chance to cure it, right?
(End of this chapter)