Chapter 41 Chapter 41

No. 666: [Contradictory, you're artificially creating ouroboros. According to the rules—]

Dr. Contradiction: "—Only special circumstances can create the Ouroboros phenomenon. I know that. I've already approved it from above."

Li Hua: "Since it's signed by my future self, does that mean that as long as I participate in future battles and I fight with all my might, I'll definitely win?"

Azmis: "It's also possible that you are the only one who survives, making our timeline one of countless destroyed universes on the timeline."

Dr. Mao Dun: "I have only mastered the secrets of time, but I cannot completely determine its course, nor can I predict the future that has not yet occurred. Therefore, I can only add several layers of insurance to ensure that our efforts are effective. Time is not infinite. Even if the two universes are mutually inclusive due to their common origin, you cannot stay here for too long."

Benjamin said honestly, "I don't understand. Can you explain it in simpler terms?"

Azmis: "...To put it simply, you need to train in this world, and when the time is right, we will take you and Li Hua back to deal with the crisis over there."

No. 666: [They found out there's a surprise exam that's going to be incredibly difficult, so they put you two on hold and sent you over here for a crash course. You'll take the exam right after you go back.]

Benjamin: "What kind of crisis would require you to send me to this special training in the universe?"

Dr. Maodun: "I don't know either. We'll know when the time comes."

Li Hua: "Are you going to take Benjamin's child away?"

"I'm a scientist, not a babysitter," Azmis said. "And as I've said before, our world is facing a crisis, and babies are in even greater danger."

Li Hua: "But isn't time still over there? You won't have to watch the child for too long after you take him back. Ben will be back soon. If you don't want to watch the child, you can ask someone for help. Ben created the child because of your Omnitrix. You are being completely irresponsible and that's too much."

Azmis said, "...you don't understand what space-time entanglement is. Talking to you is like talking to a cow."

No. 666: [I don't see how the space-time entanglement has anything to do with those cubs. They're not locals, they're just returning home.]

"Azmis." Benjamin leaned over and looked Azmis straight in the eye. "What are you hiding from us? You can tell me. We are companions, aren't we? You can trust me."

Azmis: "I believe in your heroic heart, but I don't believe your stupid head can figure it out!"

Benjamin: “How can I understand if you don’t tell me?”

After only five minutes of meeting Azmis, Li Hua began to understand why Mayas had such a bad opinion of Azmis.

This old man has a really bad personality, a really stubborn temper, and a really hard mouth!

So Li Hua chose Dr. Mao Dun, who seemed easier to talk to: "Can you explain it?"

Dr. Maodun patiently explained, "You know that tourniquet you tie around your arm to stop blood flow during an injection, making it easier for the doctor to insert the needle? Ben and Azmis's original world was like being tied with such a tourniquet, causing time there to flow at a near standstill. But if you want to add something—like an intravenous drip—you have to release the tourniquet, and the slowed time will return to its normal flow, significantly shortening our already limited time."

"Of course, medicine is not my specialty. I just chose a term you can understand better."

Li Hua understood and then asked another question: "Since you had planned everything long ago, then this pregnancy was also planned by you two?"

Azmis: “You don’t need to know.”

Dr. Contradiction: "Actually, I forgot."

Although Benjamin realized that there was a problem with the Omnitrix before he set off and wanted to inform Azmis, he did not have Azmis's contact information, so Azmis did not know.

Azmis glared at Dr. Contradiction and said, "I have too many things to do. I believe you can handle this little thing on yourselves."

Li Hua: ...You must have forgotten.

It's worth mentioning here that Azmis is indeed very busy.

The Omnitrix is ​​cloud-connected to the Primus gene bank. Since Benjamin was going to cross the universe, he definitely couldn't connect to the Internet, so Azmis downloaded a portion of the DNA before the incident and localized it into the Omnitrix.

At the same time, he also dealt with some matters on his home planet, Gavin, in order to free up "one day" to go to the Time Gap and Dr. Contradiction to pay attention to the growth of Benjamin and Li Hua, and intervene at the right time to ensure that they can grow quickly.

...But Azmis did forget.

"Why didn't you tell me you forgot? Everyone forgets things sometimes. I won't laugh at you." Benjamin squatted down and extended the hand with the Omnitrix in front of Azmis. "Then there shouldn't be any alien heroes in the Omnitrix who could cause a situation like Ice Ghost, right?"

Benjamin really doesn't want to experience waking up to find out he's a mother again.

Azmis was silent for a moment, then said, "When I get back, I'll add a protective feature to the Omnitrix to prevent this kind of thing from happening again."

People are not good at considering things beyond their own understanding. The Gavins don't have the same self-reproducing ecology as the Nakfujis. Azmis, who had collected over a million genetic samples at the time, was only thinking about creating the Ark of Life and a bridge of communication between species, and he hadn't considered this situation.

Now, the Omnitrix has been manufactured for a long time, and Azmis has even forgotten how to operate it.

Li Hua: "So that means Benjamin could still become a mother at any time?"

Azmis: "...I'm not a search engine. Ask your AI system to look up the biological encyclopedia!"

No. 666: [I am currently offline, so local data is limited.]

Li Hua: "Yes, why was number 666 disconnected from the internet?"

"It's just a test. We want to see your on-the-spot reaction abilities. Blocking the signal is perfectly reasonable for an exam room." Azmis pulled out a small device, pressed a button, and listed several other aliens Benjamin hadn't yet transformed into. "The others he hasn't tested on you are the Vaxsarians (Mighty Tyrannosaurus), the Aerophibians (Stingrays), the Cairitshapins (Crystal Heroes), and the Primofos (Aliens)."

[Search completed. Based on the Earth's orbital period of 79 years and 359 days, no such problem exists in the DNA samples currently available on the Omnitrix.]

Benjamin was relieved. He might not even live to see the next spawning cycle of the Ice Ghost in eighty years.

Azmis: "Okay, enough time has been wasted. I'm going back to the rift between time and space to continue my research. If you have any questions, please ask."

Li Hua: "When you observe us, do you pay attention to human rights and privacy? For example, when we sleep, take a shower, or go to the bathroom."

Azmis scoffed. "I have no interest in your race, habits, or lives. Do you think you Earthlings would enjoy watching frogs bathe, sleep, and go to the bathroom?"

Li Hua: "If you keep them, yes. You never know how passionate pet owners can be. People even take photos of their pets pooping and post them online."

Azmis: "... No. 666, I doubt your judgment in choosing a partner. Why do you—"

Before No. 666 could speak, Benjamin couldn't help but say, "Azmis, are you serious? Do you still remember Mayas and Albedo?"

Many years ago, he angered his assistant Mayas so much that he defected and committed a crime, and was thrown into prison. Now, another assistant of Azmis, Albedo, has also defected recently. Not long ago, he was arrested by Azmis himself and sent back to prison. Are you really qualified to comment on other people's partnerships?

Aren't you, Azmis, the one who has the worst relationship with your partner here?

Azmis: “…”

Azmis glared at Benjamin again, as if he felt that talking to them was a waste of intelligence, so he simply turned around with his hands behind his back and stopped talking.

Dr. Mao Dun: "Don't worry, Li Hua. We will only pay attention to what we should pay attention to, and we won't look at what we shouldn't pay attention to."

Seeing Li Hua leaning forward slightly to look at Azmis's back without saying anything, Benjamin thought Li Hua was hurt by what Azmis said, so he quickly asked him in a low voice: "Are you okay? Azmis is just like that. Don't take it personally. If you're angry, just yell at him directly."

"No, no," Li Hua said honestly. "I was just thinking about a question... Does Azmis puff himself up like a frog when he gets angry?"

Azmis: ???

Dr. Contradiction/Benjamin: ...Poof!

This was probably the first time in thousands of years that Azmis had heard such a speechless question: "I'm not a little frog!"

"I'm sorry, but it looks exactly like that." Li Hua apologized sincerely, but couldn't resist his curiosity and asked, "So... is it true?"

Benjamin was afraid Azmis would faint from anger: "No, Azmis didn't lose his temper even when he was angry and scolded me the last few times."

Azmis: "...If there's no problem, I'll leave."

He didn't want to stay in this room full of stupid human teenagers any longer.

"Wait! I have one last question, just one!" Benjamin said. "Azmis, could you help me calibrate the Omnitrix? It's been going wrong since I came to this world—it's happened before, but not this often. Something must be wrong."

Without even glancing at the Omnitrix, Azmis said, "Because Earthlings' fingers are too short and thick to operate such a delicate dial."

Benjamin looked at his fingers, then at the Omnitrix dial, doubtful. "But I think it's okay... I don't find it inconvenient to use."

"Then don't hit the Omnitrix's dial so hard. You'll activate its random transformation mode if you do!" Azmis said. "My Omnitrix won't have any problems under normal use, as long as you don't mess with it! Sometimes I'm really curious how you can cause so many problems with such a sophisticated instrument. Even if an Earth monkey used it to hit a rock, the malfunctions you caused wouldn't be even one-tenth of them!"

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The author has something to say: The old bat downstairs: a happy family, a loving father and a filial son (true)

The old frog upstairs: (so angry he's about to jump up and down)

Old employee outside the screen: Hehehehehe

Azmis, an absolute good guy, doesn't fight and (almost) doesn't swear. He's a highly qualified scientific researcher, but he has a strange and bad temper. If you can ignore his bad temper, he's a good guy. If you can't ignore his bad temper, he's a good guy with a particularly bad temper.

He has a foul mouth. Sometimes you think he is angry but he may not be. For example, in the original drama, there were several times when someone lifted him up like a doll, and he just had a foul look on his face but didn't say anything.

Special, unique, stubborn,

If he gets together with someone who is already arrogant and impatient, then it will be the end of him. It will explode, it will really explode.

Maybe it’s because of this that the ultimate Ben in the future (Benjamin from a certain future line) did this in the original drama (PS Dr. Contradiction was present but he didn’t stop it)——

Future Class (around 30 years old): I also put several powerful alien heroes in the watch I gave you, just in case Azmis finds out and gets furious.

Dr. Contradiction (smiling throughout)

Benjamin (15 years old): Yeah!

【Catch the bug twice】