Chapter 113 Chapter 113 Weeding Operation

Over the past month, the more comfortable Killer Croc, who has turned into a human, has been living in Arkham, the more worried Poison Ivy, who has no desire to turn back into a human, has been.

The best way to deal with fear is to conquer it.

Poison Ivy waited a month, finally getting her chance to leave Arkham. Her original intention was to find a lab to create the potion that would free her from her miserable human form. Her encounter with the culprit who had caused her such a month of fear was pure accident.

She has her backup plan ready. Now that she has encountered it, she will just face it head-on or eliminate this fear once and for all.

The large red bat-like creature paused for a moment before saying, "Who is Killer Croc?"

"Killer Croc, Waylon Jones—!" Before Poison Ivy could say anything, Red Hood called out, his tone sounding incredibly helpless. "He looks like that giant green crocodile-man, that elusive Gotham super criminal."

The magic boy turned his head with difficulty in the direction of the creature and added, "It was just out of print last month. It was the one that fought the Tyrannosaurus Rex at the top of the Jurassic."

"Oh, I knew it the moment you mentioned the Mighty Tyrannosaurus." The red creature lowered its head, or rather its green eyes, and said, "I can't help it. It's just that I get a headache every time I see all that densely packed text."

Poison Ivy wasn't interested in listening to their bickering: "Warrior, what did it do to Killer Croc to turn him into a human?"

"What did you do? Of course I did something good."

Stingray jumped off the streetlight and slapped the Omnitrix dial on his chest as he was about to land. The sudden burst of green light made Poison Ivy subconsciously retreat to protect her vital parts, perfectly demonstrating the standard self-defense reaction when seeing a sudden burst of bright light on the chaotic front line of Gotham.

Poison Ivy's momentary distraction and negligence gave Benjamin, who had transformed into swamp fire, an opportunity. In the short time before the green light dissipated, he seized control of the vines and prevented them from shrinking further.

Li Hua seized the opportunity and activated the [Dispel] card to eliminate some of the vines to achieve a similar cutting effect, then he followed suit and raised his staff to release Jason.

Every veteran resident of Arkham who has stood for more than a decade has his or her own unique special move, such as fear toxin for Scarecrow and riddle for Riddler.

Poison Ivy's ability to control plants is unique in Gotham. She will subconsciously be wary of things like herbicides and lawn mowers that will kill her plants, but not the plants themselves.

Therefore, Poison Ivy subconsciously does not think that anyone can compete with her for control of the plants, let alone compete in front of her!

Faced with such banditry and the reversal of the battle situation, Poison Ivy immediately made a judgment after seeing the magic boy break free from his restraints, and turned and ran towards the corner deep in the alley.

Seeing this, Jason, who had broken free from the shackles of the vines, immediately pulled out his gun and shot, but he only hit the bright red hair of Poison Ivy who had hidden in the corner.

"bump!"

As Jason and Benjamin raced to catch up, they found Li Hua standing in the sewer at the corner of the alley, his face dark as he retracted the Time card. At his feet, a web of green plants completely sealed the wellhead. The dull thumping sound had come from them, yet there was no sign of breaking.

Tough structures are more impact-resistant than hard structures. Even a powerful magic boy cannot use brute force to break through this tough net that has who knows how many layers of it.

Li Hua: "She escaped into the sewer."

This would explain why they hadn't seen Poison Ivy.

With Killer Croc gone, his sewer enclave became the perfect hideout for Poison Ivy and her thriving army of plants.

Poison Ivy uses her plants to slip silently underground through the sewers, and she uses them to move through Gotham's sewer network.

"She just ran off like that without saying anything? Am I unwelcome, or do the villains here just lack a sense of humor?" Benjamin looked at the lush green wellhead and ignited a flame in his hand. "But it doesn't matter. Let me give her a warm greeting."

Every year around Chinese New Year, the incident of human cubs throwing firecrackers and blowing up manhole covers flashed before Li Hua's eyes like a revolving lantern. Faster than Jason, he grabbed Benjamin's hand, intending to set fire.

"Don't burn it! The open flame appeared in the sewer because you are worried that we won't die quickly enough!"

Benjamin, have you forgotten about Vilgax who was killed by a sewer explosion in your house by the Daming Lake?

...Oh, that was the official IF line extra, Benjamin might really not remember it.

But in short, you can't burn the sewer!

Benjamin was ashamed: "I'm not that stupid. I can control the range of the flames and only burn the grass blocking the wellhead."

Although Swamp Fire's fire control ability is not as strong as Fire Man's, he can still control such a small range.

Jason shook his head. "It's useless to just burn the wellhead. The sewers have probably already become Poison Ivy's plant kingdom. You can't set fire to the sewers. Isn't it said that the Manseros have the ability to control plants? Try to get these weeds to move."

The vines at the mouth of the well began to tremble and reluctantly moved away, but Benjamin, who loved to show off, did not cheer this time. He just said:

"I can do it, but this isn't a plant I spawned. I can't compete with Poison Ivy in terms of control. Also, some plants have intelligence, though their intelligence isn't high, and I can't control them. Otherwise, I would have already..."

[You are also a plant, why do you want to help humans?]

Poison Ivy's questioning rang in Benjamin's "ears" in a way that only plants could hear, mixed with immense anger and resentment.

"They have committed so many crimes and murdered so many plants, why do you still stand on their side?"

These two sentences made Benjamin fully realize that Poison Ivy was a true psychopath.

He had never been good at preaching, and Benjamin didn't even bother to argue with this kind of person. He just said, "Miss, there's something wrong with your head."

"Are you arguing with Poison Ivy?"

After so much time had passed, everyone knew that Poison Ivy was unlikely to catch up. Of course, they couldn't just jump into the sewers filled with deadly plants. They just reported the situation here to Batman and Robin.

Just like a person who realizes that his lateness is inevitable, Li Hua's mental state relaxed after realizing that Poison Ivy could never be caught.

"I didn't. She just said a bunch of incomprehensible things to herself."

A green light flashed, and it was time for the Omnitrix to transform. Benjamin, who had turned back into a human, said seriously.

"She's really sick in the head."

"That's why she's a permanent guest at Arkham Asylum." Jason finished reporting his situation to the rest of the family, hung up the phone, and joined his friends in the conversation, "How's it going? Can Poison Ivy's genes be repaired?"

"I'm afraid it can't be repaired." This time it was 666 who spoke. "Her condition is very complicated. My scans tell me she's almost a plant now, almost a separate species."

Benjamin’s eyes lit up: “Then can I scan her?”

Jason ruthlessly shattered Benjamin's beautiful fantasy: "What are you thinking, silly kid? If you can sweep, do you still need to realize this?"

Before, when Jason took out the bottle of Superman's DNA in front of Benjamin, Benjamin didn't even need to say anything. The Omnitrix automatically scanned and recorded the DNA at a speed as fast as students rushing to the cafeteria after school at noon.

Just now, Poison Ivy was standing less than five meters away from the Omnitrix, and the Omnitrix didn't react at all.

Benjamin tried to argue: "Maybe the distance is too far. I'll get closer after I catch her."

Number 666 ruthlessly shattered Benjamin's fantasy: "I just said 'count her as an independent species soon'. She is not a species independent of humans. She can only be considered a mutant individual of humans. The Omnitrix will not accept her."

Benjamin said regretfully, "I see. It's the same reason the Omnitrix refused to accept Kevin and Killer Croc's DNA."

Humans who mutate to develop superpowers are still humans, and even if the Omnitrix scans them, it will not transform the wearer into another individual of the same race.

What's more, in the logic of the Omnitrix, super-powered humans are considered mutant humans, and even if the DNA of such mutant individuals is collected, it is highly likely that it will not be used.

"What should we do next?" Li Hua said, "I have enough mana to hold up the shield after going down, but Poison Ivy's plant abilities are too strong against Earth and Wind cards. I'm afraid I can't be the main DPS this time."

Both Sakura Kinomoto’s practical application in the original work and the compulsory test points in middle school geography show that plants play a very positive role in preventing wind, sand and soil erosion.

[Dou] Cards...

Li Hua subconsciously moved his right arm. The injury there was almost healed, and his right hand could already exert a certain degree of strength.

The only thing is that Poison Ivy is obviously a long-range summoner, so it would take a lot of effort to engage in close combat.

"My suggestion is to check the situation from other sewer entrances to determine Poison Ivy's approximate range of activity, then launch an outflanking attack from several directions," Benjamin said. "But the search area is too large for the three of us to complete. Let's meet up with Batman first and ask him if he has a map of Gotham City's sewers."

Batman certainly has a map of Gotham's sewers, but he also has a slew of powerful herbicides and...

Li Hua: "Is that a chainsaw?"

"Portable electric chain saws." Batman handed out small, one-handed electric chain saws with the bat logo printed on them to everyone. "They last three hours. If you find the battery is low, exit the sewers immediately and contact Penny One. He will send new batteries to you."

"Li Hua and Benjamin, Jason, and Tim, each in a team. Keep communications open at all times. If the communication battery is low or the herbicide is insufficient, follow the instructions for the portable electric chain saw above. Report any findings immediately."

"...Finally, let me emphasize this again."

After distributing the equipment and arranging the three teams to search, Batman turned his head and looked at Benjamin through the white film of his tactical helmet, emphasizing each word.

"Team. Action."

Benjamin, this time you must not do the same as Killer Croc did last time and kill all your teammates without saying a word, and fight the criminals alone at the top of the Jurassic.

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The author has something to say: Bat, you won’t be able to fight at the top of the Jurassic this time.

After all, it should be the Carboniferous period (306 million years ago, the Earth had the most thriving giant forest, covering the entire earth, and the oxygen content reached 45%).

PS A very interesting piece of knowledge:

The Manser immortals of the Manser planet have a strong ability to control plants, even magical plants with low intelligence can be controlled (excluding the wild magic vine), but -

Only adult, blooming Methanosians can do this; Benjamin's Swampfire is still a teenager and won't bloom into an adult for another year or two.

So if you look at it from Manserol's perspective, Poison Ivy and Swampfire's fight for control of plants might be funny, like a child trying to steal an adult's shoes.

Original Wiki: [Originally, Swampfire was unable to control sentient plants, such as plant clones, let alone weeds. [22] This weakness has ceased to be a problem since his "blooming". [1]]

PSS: Another interesting thing.

Because of the special effects of the Ark of Life, in the fourth film, the Omnitrix scanned a planet across several galaxies and saw an unrecorded alien intelligent form (a species that should have been extinct was resurrected). It asked Benjamin to collect this DNA and did not allow Benjamin to transform before collecting the DNA back.

Benjamin: ????? ????

Benjamin: Okay, let me see...Yanu star system, Yanu Chuanxier...how do I get there?

When in danger: Benjamin - Let me transform!

The system is extremely remote and dangerous, and many flights don't go there.

Yanu Chuanxier in the Yanu galaxy is the hometown of Ghost and several of his men.

It is not certain whether the device in Benjamin's hand has this function, nor is it certain whether the Omnitrix has such an exaggerated range because it has been monitored by other satellites.

However, even if this function exists, it must have been turned off by Azmis or the distance must have been limited. Otherwise, there is so much alien intelligence DNA that has not been collected in this universe that has never been visited. If Benjamin is locked up in the Omnitrix, he may not be able to use the watch even after the end of human life (Azmis spent several centuries on gene collection).

Yes, he changed the watch later in the original creation. According to Azmis, after he thought Benjamin could match his invention, he spent five to six years to develop a new generation of SUPER enhanced performance watch for Benjamin. It is not yet completed. (According to the timetable, it will take another year.)

Also, when I was calculating the time, I found that Benjamin's timeline was a bit strange. I checked on Wiki and found that the reason why Benjamin did not have an accurate birthday before was that the official felt that if he had an accurate birthday, everyone would be very surprised that he was still 15 years old after so long.

In the third film, his age was changed to 16 because the officials hoped that he could drive, but sometimes they would still say he was 15 in interviews.

I found out here:..........

I was wondering why his age looked weird later on.

Feelings are intentional, Warner!

Wiki original text:

Gwen's birthday is in December,[108][124] which would also make Ben's birthday in December, as they both share a birthday.[125][126] This stems from their childhood rivalry in the original series.[Popup 10][11]

At some point, the production team considered Ben's birthday a reference to the premiere date of And Then There Were 10 (BEN 10 Season 1 Episode 1). However, they never settled on a specific birthday to avoid embarrassing Ben, as he would still be 16 after his birthday came and went. [MW 2]

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