Chapter 102 Chapter 102 The Difficulties of Being a Parent
Jason thoughtfully explained the reason to his brothers: "Because we also encountered alien monsters during our sparring."
When Benjamin turned into an alien, he particularly liked to play a prank by smearing jelly-like glue all over other people's faces, and then laughing while watching them pull the attachments off their faces.
However, after playing this way for the second time, Benjamin decided not to do it again because he found that his friend might choke.
That day, the two friends who were choked smacked their lips subtly for a long time, and said in unison that it tasted like kiwi. Then, perhaps the ancient humans' spirit of exploration in tasting all kinds of fruits was reflected in Jason and Li Hua across the ages. They said that they didn't taste it the first time, and wanted to try some more alien monster to test the saltiness. They surrounded Benjamin with a grin.
No one was harmed in this act.
After the three of them finished playing around, they learned from No. 666 the unpopular knowledge that "Primov people of different colors have different smells."
Dick's eyes flicked over to the chubby Red Hood and he smiled, "Looks like you'll learn to wear a helmet next time you spar."
Jason: "Do you think I didn't wear it? It's useless." The first time Benjamin blocked Li Hua, the second time Jason wore a helmet to replace Li Hua, but he was still blocked.
Aliens have no fixed form at all. They can also change the density of their bodies and can sneak into gaps as small as a hair.
Even with a full-coverage hood, the face still cannot be covered.
"As for the taste, I think it just tastes like kiwi, a bit different from the real thing," Jason said. "But it's not much different from kiwi-flavored drinks. Maybe it's because they're all flavored with compounds."
"Hey!" Benjamin frowned and said, "How can it be the same as essence? I'm all natural!"
Dick and Tim: "...Is that the point?"
Li Hua: "But you can't pickle vegetables."
Benjamin: "To this day I still can't figure it out - why on earth would you want to pickle me?"
Li Hua: "But kiwi flavored pickles sound so cool! Can't you really use your incredible penetrating powers to pickle something?"
Benjamin: "Brother, listen to me. I understand that you have an obsession with food because you couldn't eat many types of food before, but you really can't pickle my radish. I don't like radish."
Jason: "What about pickles?"
Benjamin: "I won't tolerate kiwi-flavored pickles."
Jason: "How can a great hero not have a spirit of exploration? It's just that kiwi-flavored pickles are not pickle-flavored slush."
"Wait, this isn't about food," Tim interrupted. "If Ben uses the Alien to pickle vegetables, what will the jar of pickles look like when he turns back into a human?"
Will it turn into a bloody pickle?
Benjamin looked at me curiously. "Just like it is? The separated Omnitrix parts won't be converted back into human DNA carriers. It's not like my children are human babies."
Li Hua's expression was even more complicated. "If that were the case, I definitely wouldn't be thinking about pickled vegetables. I'm not trying to be a cannibalistic pervert like in Diary of a Madman, and I have no interest in Renke's food. Do you think I'm someone who shouts 'Brother, you smell so good' and chases after my brothers to eat them?"
Jason asked with concern, "Robin, have you been under a lot of pressure lately?"
Tim: "...If we delay any longer, the ice on the claw will melt. I'm going to send this claw to the freezer first. There are three more claws on the left corner of the corridor. Remember to bring them here."
Tim walked towards the Claw Ice Block that Li Hua had kicked out before. The third generation Robin's backbone, which was unyielding no matter facing endless documents or enemy attacks, finally collapsed under the concerned gaze of his teammates.
Dick looked at his youngest brother with admiration and gratitude.
He was about to ask the same question, but was a step behind Tim.
"Sure enough, this kid is just too tired."
Jason looked at Tim's desolate back as he kicked the ice away and said to Dick.
"Why don't we consider putting the old man in the sack one day and asking him to stop assigning so much work to Robin. Otherwise, I'm really worried that the third generation Robin will break the death rate of the second generation Robin—in the form of sudden death."
Dick was so caught off guard by Jason's infernal joke that he remained silent for a full five seconds before responding, "I'll talk to Batman and ask him to give Robin less work."
Several people walked towards the next claw ice block transportation point. Dick and Jason, the two people with more physical strength and healthy hands, were responsible for knocking down the ice blocks. The others kicked the COS ice hockey ice blocks from time to time with their feet and headed towards the place that was used as a temporary freezer.
"Speaking of which, what about your identity as Batman?" Benjamin asked Dick on the way to deliver the Claw Express. "The Court of Owls already knows your true identity. This matter is very serious for you, right?"
Dick laughed and said, "Yeah, it's pretty serious. But we can always find a way to deal with it. After all, no matter what happens, we are still alive."
"I don't think it's that serious," Jason said. "After all, if the Court of Owls wants to convince the public who Batman and the others are, they'll need evidence. How can they provide that evidence? If someone asks them how they discovered this, how will they answer? They can't just say, 'Because we're Gotham's deep state, we're involved in child trafficking, human experiments, and assassinations, and Batman picked up a potential candidate we had our eye on, so we broke into people's homes and illegally stole their identities to find out Batman's true identity,' right?"
That can't be called a revelation, it has to be called a self-exposure.
"If you're worried about your identity, I might be able to help."
Li Hua tugged at the hem of her skirt.
"Didn't I get thrown into the AK world once before? At that time, AK Batman had already taken off his mask and was being live-streamed. When I went there, I helped him protect the Batman vest, and probably also helped protect the vest of his real identity, so I have experience in helping people protect vests."
Everyone: “…”
This is indeed the case in terms of results, but...
Jason asked softly, "So what's the price, Magic Boy?"
Is this world also going to have a magical daddy appear?
Is Magic Daddy going to make a comeback?
That live broadcast scene, which seemed out of this world, kicked away the coffin lid of everyone's memory graveyard, dancing wildly in their minds, and the pink macho man raised his arms and shouted - "Gotham, your magic Daddy is back!"
Oh no, this time Nightwing and Dick are also facing vest crisis, and that means a magical Brother will also make his grand appearance.
Li Hua didn't know that his Magic Daddy premiere had been seen by others. He was still trying to hide his past as a Magic Daddy, and said hurriedly, "I'm a magic boy, not a devil. There's no price to pay."
If I have to say it, it's probably just a little bit of social death.
But that was purely an emergency. This time he was prepared and would definitely not let Magic Daddy return.
……I guess so.
"Actually, I think Hood is right. Things don't have to be that bad. It won't be that bad."
Dick wiped the ice water off his clothes and touched Li Hua's head. His hair was a little short because he had just been inspected by the school for appearance, so it felt a little prickly to the touch, but it didn't hurt, just a little itchy on his palm.
"But I will remember that if I need help, the Magic Boy will come to help me."
Li Hua stared at Dick blankly, then said after a moment of hesitation, "Do you want to touch the star-transforming wand?"
He reasonably suspected that Dick also had magical talents.
Because Dick looked even more like a warrior of love and hope, a magical boy, than he, who had transformed into a pink ♂ knight and whose reputation was not visible to those under 18.
"He touched it," Benjamin said. "When I transformed into an alien and sneaked in to rescue him, he took the wand directly from my body and hit the claws, but he didn't transform."
Li Hua couldn't help but feel extremely regretful.
People who look like magic boys cannot become magic boys, and people who don’t want to be magic boys and don’t look like magic boys become magic boys, and even super evolve into magic macho men.
...and maybe Magic Daddy.
No. 666 couldn't help but fall into deep thinking about human society and instinct.
In many worlds, staffs are very important to mages. Mages maintain their staffs as carefully as Americans maintain their guns. The staff is to the mage as the sword is to the swordsman.
Its previous host was also very careful in maintaining his staff, so it originally thought that hitting people with the staff was Li Hua's personal problem.
After all, Li Hua had never received formal magical training, and the system couldn't possibly provide him with spell guidance. At most, it could offer some theoretical foundations he'd learned from others, leaving him to figure things out on his own. Therefore, when faced with danger, Li Hua's first reaction wasn't to chant a spell, but to unleash the instinct passed down from his Homo sapiens ancestors—grab whatever he had and wield it.
But why is it that at this point, even if someone else holds the stick, whether it is a long stick or a short stick, it will eventually end up causing damage to objects?
Could it be that it's been out of touch with reality because it hasn't been on a frontline mission for too long? But it hasn't been that long since it and its previous host went on a mission, not even two hundred years.
Thinking of this, Li Hua and No. 666 couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
Alas, life is so unpredictable.
Thanks to everyone's efforts, all the claws of this stronghold were sent to the freezing chamber that was urgently transformed using the freezing gun sponsored by Mr. Freeze, and fell into a peaceful sleep with their roommates.
When it gets dark, Alfred, in disguise, will drive a container truck over and take away all the Frozen Claws.
The Court of Owls' previously deserted stronghold was perfect for housing them.
"Leave this to me from now on," Batman said. "You should go and rest."
The people standing here have not rested for a day and a night and their minds have been tense all the time. They are very tired.
Seeing Benjamin yawning and poking the Omnitrix's dial with his finger, which had even tilted the strap, Batman had to add, "Especially you, Ben. Go back and rest."
The Omnitrix transformation consumes physical strength. Benjamin transformed too frequently in these 24 hours. He even had to rely on Li Hua's bug staff to force a buff to continue moving. After that, he refused to rest and wanted to help move things. His physical strength was consumed too much.
"I'm not tired." Benjamin shook his head, as if that could get rid of the sleepiness. "Magic boy, lend me the Star Wand, and I'll—"
"You've done enough, Ben," Dick said. "Bludhaven won't blow up if you don't patrol it for one night. Leave it to me. I've been lying in bed all day. And since I don't have to work tomorrow, I can sleep in a little longer."
"No, not Blüdhaven," Benjamin said, forcing himself to cheer up. "I still have to pick up the kids. They've been waiting for me in the sun all day. They must be getting really anxious."
Not to mention continuous transformations throughout the entire day, even if the sky falls, parents still have to pick up their children.
It’s not enough to just pick up the child, you still have to play with him for a whole day.
Li Hua: "I'll just play with the kids. I just used up a lot of my magic power, but my physical strength is still okay. You can pick up the kids and go get some sleep."
Jason: "It's okay for you to sleep until the next night. I'll take over Li Hua's shift."
Everyone: “…”
What a mistake. I forgot that Magic Boys F3 still has children to take care of, 14 babies at that.
"Go to bed, all of you."
Seeing that Benjamin's eyes were blank, Batman knew that the boy had reached his limit and said without question.
"Don't worry about the child. I will find someone to help you pick up and take care of the child."
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