Chapter 119 Chapter 119 Plans cannot keep up with changes

The transformation of Crab Mastermind ended and the green light of the Omnitrix ended. The bright orange arrogant crab turned back into the familiar brown-haired, green-eyed fool.

As soon as the transformation time was over, Benjamin quickly put down the pile of things in his hands that had become unfamiliar to him, and came to Jason to look at what he had made two minutes ago.

It was a machine that looked only the size of an ordinary pistol, with the same icy blue lines as the Freeze Gun on the gun body.

According to Crab Armor Mastermind, it was a mini version of the freeze ray gun. Although the freezing range was not as large as Mr. Freeze's freeze gun, it was lighter.

The only drawback was that when Benjamin, in his Crab Armored Mastermind form, gave the gun to Jason, he said that the device had a fatal structural flaw. However, before he could explain what the flaw was or how to fix it, Benjamin turned back into a human.

Tim couldn't help but ask, "So what's the fatal flaw?"

Benjamin rubbed the back of his head, trying to recall it, but he couldn't quite recall or understand the innate intelligence of the Crab-Armored Mastermind. He could only say, "I don't know. In Crab-Armored Mastermind form, I often don't even know what I'm saying or doing... But intuition isn't a big deal. Anyway, I just made this thing casually at the time, so you guys can use it as you please."

Tim: ?

Bruce: ?

Weapons with fatal flaws cannot be used casually!

"If you don't need it, I'll use it." Seeing that his father and brother had no intention of taking the gun, Jason put it on his waist very naturally.

Given Benjamin's personality, the fatal flaw of this gun is most likely only directed at "this gun" rather than the person who uses it. It can be used as a disposable item for playing with freezing.

Bruce wanted to say something, but seeing Benjamin's natural look and a hint of bewilderment as to why he kept looking at me like that, he didn't know what to say first. In the end, he had to swallow his words and asked, "Where's Li Hua?"

Are the fear gas and Bane poisons in the Batcave safe?

Benjamin: "He said the smell of herbicide on him made him feel like he was going to have respiratory tract necrosis tomorrow. He went upstairs to wash his hair, shower, and change clothes as soon as he got back."

"You reminded me, I need to change out of these dirty clothes. The smell of sewer and herbicide is too refreshing. I don't want to miss Ah Fu's dinner later."

Tim thought this was a good opportunity to discuss the cooperation of beating Bain with Li Hua in private, and then he took this reasonable opportunity to go upstairs.

Only Benjamin, Jason and Bruce were left in the Batcave. The three of them looked at each other. Except for Jason who was admiring his old father's sad expression, the other two were in an atmosphere of "theoretically I should say something at this time, but I can't think of what to say."

Benjamin had experience dealing with Azmis, so he was the first to speak up, breaking the silence: "I'll clean this place up."

"No rush, there may be some dangerous items in here. Wait until you can transform into Crab Armor Mastermind before you clean them up."

Bruce's deep gaze swept over Benjamin, Jason, the Omnitrix, the remains of the freezing gun on the ground, and the mini version of the freezing hand grenade that Crab Armor Mastermind had just made... He took a deep breath, as if he had made some kind of decision.

"I'll reserve a place for you in the operating room in the Batcave. If you need any equipment or tools that aren't in the Batcave, just tell me."

As the saying goes in a certain Eastern country, "it is better to open up than to block." Bruce realized that instead of telling them face to face not to do anything dangerous on their own, and then they would hide it from him next time and cause a big disaster, it would be better to act like a negotiable person now, so that he could be the first to know if anything happened and be able to help the situation immediately.

Especially after witnessing the Crab Armor Mastermind's claws upgrading and transforming the machine, Bruce became very clearly aware of a desperate fact.

Even though he is Batman, the Dark Knight, and the embodiment of Gotham's fear, he cannot stop these teenagers from having creative ideas and doing things.

No wonder Azmis said at that time that for the sake of Bruce's physical and mental health, he should not take the initiative to care about Benjamin.

At that time, Bruce actually did not agree that there was anything wrong with Azmis's almost free-range education method.

No matter how heavy the responsibility Benjamin bore, he was still just a child, one with less than six months of combat experience. While his guidance and care couldn't be so strict as to restrict Benjamin's growth, he couldn't completely ignore him unless something bad happened.

Looking back a month after knowing Benjamin, Bruce felt that what Azmis said was absolutely right, and even wanted to ask Azmis what he had been through.

Compared to Benjamin, Bruce felt that Jason was so well-behaved and cute. Even though Jason would sometimes get angry and start arguing with him when he was scolded, at least it would let Bruce know Jason's true thoughts, and Jason would more or less listen to the advice.

Benjamin, on the other hand, is different. He'll listen to you obediently and admit his mistakes with a positive attitude. He never reflects on his mistakes, unless he suffers a great loss. In this sense, Benjamin is even more rebellious than Jason.

Then these two rebellious kids formed a team together, and in the team was Li Hua, who always came up with creative ideas...

Bruce couldn't imagine what the F3 of magical boys would do in the future.

I can only say... Fortunately, Benjamin and Li Hua are only staying in this universe temporarily, and fortunately, Jason still remembers that he has to go to school later, otherwise Bruce has reason to suspect that one day if he doesn't keep an eye on them, these kids will get on the spaceship they made entirely by hand to explore the sea of ​​stars.

Considering that the three children had already flown to the sun before they realized the mechanical talent of the Crab Armor Mastermind, Bruce felt that his suspicion was very reasonable.

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When Tim found Li Hua, he had just finished taking a shower. He used the shower head at the highest setting to rinse his layered multi-functional combat skirt. From time to time, he would use his bird-beak wand to scratch and hit the wet clothes, turn them over and continue rinsing.

Fortunately, Bruce had taken the need for cleaning into consideration when choosing the material for Li Hua's combat uniform, and did not incorporate any high-tech elements into it. Otherwise, it would have been scrapped long ago after being washed like this.

"Do you need to use the restroom? Excuse me, I'll be out of here in a moment."

Li Hua turned off the shower, and before he had time to wipe the water off his right hand, Tim closed the bathroom door.

"No, I just wanted to talk to you. You can continue with your laundry."

"What are you talking about in a closed bathroom? Is it possible that Bruce wants to take your phone and you want me to hide it for you?"

Li Hua felt strange, but still turned on the shower to continue showering his poor battle skirt.

Tim also knew Li Hua's personality, so he was frank about his purpose: "If you want to deal with Bane, I can help. Bane is a villain who just appeared in Gotham last year. Jason doesn't have the information and experience to deal with him, but I do."

Li Hua: "Do you have a grudge against Bain?"

Tim: "Bane broke Bruce's spine before, nearly paralyzing him. He has to pay the price."

Li Hua: "I understand your desire for revenge, but I have to be clear - I don't have the mental fortitude to break people apart like shattered ice, and neither does Benjamin. Ben may enjoy a fight, but unless he's truly enraged, he generally won't resort to heavy-handed tactics, let alone this kind of brutal killing blow."

Although it may be a bit of an exaggeration to say so, in fact, Li Hua, Benjamin and Batman are familiar but not close. They will be angry at Bane because of what others have said about Bruce's experience, but they will not have such a deep-rooted "murderous intention" that they must personally kill someone.

Life is very important in Li Hua's eyes. Whether to take the life of others or sacrifice one's own life for something is very important, equivalent to filling out the college entrance examination application form, and one cannot let others decide for him.

Just as No. 666 said before, before making a choice that cannot be withdrawn once made, Li Hua must learn to rely on himself to see, think, and then make a decision.

Of course, if Jason, Tim or anyone else wants to attack Bane for this reason, Li Hua will help, or pretend not to know and not tell Bruce who will definitely stop them and Benjamin who has a chance of stopping them.

Tim: ?

"I never intended to ask you to torture and kill Bane!"

It would be better to say that he had deeply considered Li Hua's style of doing things. Seeing that Li Hua had saved the lives of the two scarecrows despite being furious and frenzied with multiple buffs, he was sure that Li Hua would be the most calm and measured in this matter, so he came to him.

Who would have thought that Li Hua would turn Bane into shattered ice.

Knowing that he didn't have to refuse anyone, Li Hua breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Do you want Deathstroke's contact information? Although Deathstroke may not be able to shatter the ice, he should be able to do Water Melody."

It doesn't matter if they can't beat him. Jason and Dick both said that Deathstroke is on the opposite side of them most of the time. They won't lose anything by hiring Deathstroke to fight Bane except for the money.

Tim: "...I can't do something like hiring someone to kill someone."

Li Hua almost bowed to Tim and said, "Me too." "Of course I can't do it either. After all, we are different from those criminals who will go straight to the single rooms of the eighteen levels of hell. We are young heroes and magical boys with morals and ideals."

Tim also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "So what was your original plan for Bane?"

"Plan? What plan?" Li Hua was confused. "After you subdued Poison Ivy, I Googled the resident villains of Arkham Asylum and made a list based on who could get the most out of it. I didn't even know who Bane was before."

Tim: “…”

Tim still held out a glimmer of hope: "So you really don't have any plans at all?"

"We never make plans." Li Hua spread his hands helplessly. "After all, in our place, plans can never keep up with changes."

"I won't go into too much detail, but let's just talk about Benjamin... Who would have imagined that a fifteen-year-old sub-adult human male could be gender fluid, autogenously reproduce, and have fourteen babies out of wedlock?"

From the very beginning, their journey did not go according to plan at all, and did not even follow the normal development of human physiology. So what is the point of planning?

Jason, Li Hua, and Benjamin had all tried to make plans, but the end result was a man who had originally planned to run away from home for Christmas but now saw his family at least three times a week; a man who had abandoned shame and dignity and became the embodiment of fear; a man who had become a god of buffs, stacked with buffs that could not be defeated by gender, race, or identity...

Not to mention others, even they themselves would never have imagined this development and result a month ago.

Tim: “…………”

No wonder no one has been able to predict the actions of Magic Boys F3. It turns out that they really do whatever they want and their main goal is to do whatever they want.

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The author has something to say: Tim, who deals with various reports and plans all day long: I was wrong. I thought Li Hua would have some plans in mind, but I never expected that he had no plans at all.

Bruce: Thank God, Benjamin and Li Hua are only staying here temporarily, so I don't have to worry about the three of them getting together and causing trouble.

Little did they know that Jason was already thinking about sending an offer across the universe.

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