Chapter 197 Chapter 197 I'm glad you're okay, now let's...

"I know, I know. I'm terrible at comforting people, right? There's nothing I can do about it. I'm really not good at comforting people," Li Hua said. "Didn't you tell me before? No matter what kind of enemy it is, just fight it out. When did Big Dumb become so sentimental?"

"...Thanks, Li Hua, Jason." Benjamin calmed down, grinning exaggeratedly as he rubbed his leg, which had just been kicked by Li Hua. "Hiss—Li Hua, just talk if you want to. Why did you kick me?"

"Good kick! It's fine if you just tell us two, but why are you saying that in front of the kids?"

Jason touched the tentacles on the Ice Ghost cub's head in his arms and gently tickled the giggling cub's soft belly.

"Don't forget that we will go with you, and you have trustworthy comrades and family back home. No matter what kind of enemy you face, you are never alone. What are you saying in front of the child?"

So don't discuss with your comrades in front of your children about sacrificing yourself for victory when necessary before the battle even starts and before you even know who the enemy is. That's too much.

...to whomever.

How could Benjamin not know this truth?

But he himself knows best how dangerous it is to be a "BEN 10". He never regrets choosing this path, nor is he afraid of sacrifice.

"But if that day ever comes, I hope his children will know what their parents sacrificed for and what kind of awareness they have developed."

"This is to avoid the classic eight o'clock drama melodrama plot: 'The murderer I thought was the murderer wasn't the murderer, and all my years of preparation for revenge were in vain!'"

Don’t do that kind of thing!

These little guys are not even one year old yet, but they can still do a lot of work even when they are suppressed. Considering the "glorious achievements" of their parents... Benjamin has no doubt about the ability of these little guys to do things when they grow up.

Damian's lesson made Benjamin deeply aware of the importance of children having the right to know about family matters and speaking well to prevent misunderstandings!

Li Hua:.......

Jason:......

Who would have thought that Damian's small misunderstanding would leave psychological trauma on both of them, and for a moment it was even unclear whose psychological trauma was larger.

"Speaking of psychological trauma, Li Hua—when did you draw that big card? Why didn't you tell me in advance? Do you know how much effort we put into finding a missing child, only to have that child suddenly transform into a lost Titan and slowly rise up in front of us? That's a huge physical and psychological toll!"

Li Hua: "I remember I was the oldest here."

Even if Jason used the skill "Resurrection also counts time" to regain the 16-year-old state, Li Hua is still older than Jason who was born in August.

"Don't worry about it. Just tell us if you were lost and if we were both looking for you in the end."

Faced with doubts, five-star critic Jason Todd refused to change his words and continued to bring up old issues.

"Also, when I told you earlier that I had a prophetic dream about giants, you really did know something, right?"

Benjamin joined the battle with a hint of resentment. "You kept quiet back then, and I was so happy for nothing. I thought the Colossus had returned to the season. Do you know how cool it is to use the Colossus to crush the Demon Armor? No, you don't. You only care about yourself."

Li Hua: "...How about you also put on the Magic Boy Transformation Skirt, and then I'll enlarge it for you so you can experience the first-person perspective of the substitute version of the Super Giant and the special effects set."

Benjamin waved his hand: "Forget it then."

Jason: "Why should I be embarrassed? I don't think you know there's a villain called 'Gigantamax' in this universe. If you were to dress like that in this world, people would probably yell 'Gigantamax'!"

Li Hua:.......

Jason, you still can't forget your meal replacement.

Jason: "What I mean is, can you please tell us next time you draw a card? Otherwise, the battlefield situation is extremely volatile, and a wrong understanding of combat power will lead to misjudgment, which is fatal in a rapidly changing battlefield."

"Got it." Li Hua took out all the cards he had and laid them out on the coffee table. "Here, these are all the cards I have. Besides the [Big] card, there's also the [Lan] card I drew last night."

Although there haven't been any battles requiring Li Hua to consume a lot of mana recently, it has been some time since he drew a [big] card. Li Hua still accumulated enough experience points for the next round of card drawing through daily simple tasks such as Mars archaeology, Aka M underwater diving, and stepping on rats in the underground city, and drew the card as soon as he left the examination room.

He originally thought that since he might be facing a powerful enemy, he should keep a trump card like the [Disappearance] card in his hand. Therefore, Li Hua urgently needed an offensive card.

He then drew the Storm card, which could bring about a storm. Its actual function could be seen as a combination of Wind and Water cards. Judging by the card's effects and the effects Li Hua could achieve, it was undoubtedly a Iron Blood support card.

It can be used to control the situation, but the problem is that it is played too late, as Li Hua already has the [Wind] and [Water] cards in his hand.

If the [Lan] card could appear when catching Poison Ivy, Li Hua would not be so distressed. After all, its violent tornado is very suitable for filling the sewers with herbicides.

But now, the positioning of the [Arashi] brand is very awkward.

The [Lan] card can create a storm to trap the enemy, which Li Hua can also do with the [Wind] card. However, the [Lan] card can achieve fine control, which the [Wind] card cannot achieve at all.

Apart from using it to create a tornado to destroy a parking lot, Li Hua couldn't think of any other use for the [Lan] brand.

It seemed as if it was destiny that Li Hua would be a support.

After listening to Li Hua's story, Benjamin fell into deep thought while looking at the [Lan] card. He seemed to have made up his mind: "Li Hua, why don't you let someone else draw the cards for you in the future?"

Look at these rates. Except for the [Fight] and [Disappearance] cards at the beginning, Li Hua didn't draw out a single card that can be used directly for attack.

Jason put his arm around Li Hua's shoulder and said, "A hero's origins are not determined by his abilities, nor is his power level determined by his source."

Li Hua: “…”

Thank you, I wasn't comforted at all.

It seemed the intensity of their recent activities had been too high, and for the next period of time, the three of them had no more work to do. Every day, they spent their days taking care of the children, studying, training, and taking exams... a long period of time passed without any incident.

In the gap between peaceful life and training, Li Hua always couldn't help but feel anxious.

In fact, everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm.

This uneasy silence ended with a phone call from Wayne Manor.

Bruce said, "Dr. Contradiction and Azmis are here to pick us up."

.......

In the dim living room, a blonde woman with dark circles under her eyes, who had stayed up all night, was startled awake by the morning light. She sat up in shock, and in turn, she startled the man beside her: "Ben?"

"No, my son hasn't come back." The blonde woman's face was filled with worry. "That child has never stayed out all night without saying goodbye to his family. It's even more impossible for him to abandon the dog in the wild and disappear himself. Carl, could he be..."

"No, no, Sandra. Bellwood isn't as chaotic as the big cities. Maybe our son is just going through his teenage rebellious phase and wants to skip school."

Even though he was extremely anxious, Carl quickly took his wife into his arms to comfort her.

"You know, it's normal for teenagers to have their own little secrets. Didn't Ken lose contact for a while? Maybe Ben got some bad examples from his cousin who he idolized..."

"But this isn't right, Carl," Sandra said. "As rebellious as Ben is, he couldn't have just disappeared without telling all his friends. Last night, I asked Gwen, his friends, and even the girl he was dating where he was, but they didn't know... What did the police say?"

Karl shook his head: “No response. But we just called the police last night, so it’s normal that there is no result yet.”

Sandra understood the truth, but she also knew that her husband also understood that there was something very wrong with their son's disappearance and that he only said that to comfort her.

Intellectually, Sandra knew that no matter how much she worried, she wouldn't change anything.

But emotionally, in Bellwood, a place where gas explosions happen all the time, alien monsters appear, and guns are not banned, which parent wouldn't be anxious when their only son suddenly disappears at night and doesn't come back all night?

At this moment, a green light suddenly flashed outside the curtains, and then there was a rustling sound at the door. It seemed that more than one person was gathered at the door, and they were talking in low voices.

Carl and Sandra exchanged glances and listened with bated breath to the movement at the door. But when they heard a familiar movement, they could no longer control their emotions and rushed to the door and opened it.

Sure enough, the person standing at the door with a guilty and troubled look on his face was none other than their son who had not returned home all night!

When their son finally came home, Carl and Sandra paid no attention to the two strange teenagers following behind their son, nor did they pay attention to the strange-shaped camper they were pulling. They just looked their son up and down to see if he was injured.

After confirming that their son was fine, neatly dressed and conscious, the couple both breathed a sigh of relief, but then they were filled with fear and anger.

"Benjamin Kirby. Ben Tennyson!"

Sandra resisted the urge to grab her son's ears and drag him into the house in front of his friends, but anger still made her lose control of her voice and expression.

"You're so brave! How dare you stay out all night without telling us? Your dad and I have called the police!"

"I'm glad you're okay, kid." Carl folded his elbows to resist the urge to whip his belt after calling the police to cancel the report. "But you'd better explain yourself to me and your mother now, or you're going to be in big trouble."

Faced with the wrath of his parents, even the hero who was about to save the world could only shrink his neck, trying to reduce his presence in front of his furious parents in this way, and instinctively made some futile excuses:

“I didn’t bring my phone with me…”

It's useless even if I bring it.

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