Chapter 163 Chapter 163 This time it’s really a big deal
This is indeed a difficult question that requires deep thought.
As everyone knows, Bludhaven has been quiet since Desmond and Black Mask left the scene. Most of the activity is just investigative work requiring detective skills, something Benjamin and Li Hua can't really help with.
Gotham is similar. The previous prison breaks of Poison Ivy and Scarecrow were all manipulated by Black Mask behind the scenes. The Joker used his special channels, but after the Joker was thrown back to Arkham, Gotham should not have any talents intending to flow into the market from the mental hospital in the short term.
Of course, neither Li Hua nor Benjamin were the type to crave chaos, nor were they looking forward to a major turmoil. However, they hadn't forgotten that a major crisis awaited Benjamin's universe.
It would be a lie to say they weren't anxious. Playing around and joking around was fine, but they knew very well that their experience and abilities were far from enough to resolve the crisis, which was why they were sent to this world for "summer camp."
So they need to find other things to distract themselves and avoid being too nervous, and they also need more practical experience.
But just like Benjamin was able to handle a lot of problems in Bellwood City with his own team before, in this world, there is basically nothing that needs their help in the cities where superheroes are stationed.
No. 666: "If you are troubled by thinking problems, why don't you ......"
"Knock."
There was a knock on the door. The ice ghost cub who was watching children's cartoons in the living room immediately turned invisible and hid through the ceiling on the second floor.
Li Hua paused the Tom and Jerry show on TV with the remote control. Turning around, he saw Benjamin hadn't moved a muscle. "Ben, get your own takeout. I won't be helping you this time."
But Benjamin said: "I didn't order takeout at all, I thought it was yours."
"Could it be Jason's delivery..."
There was another knock on the door, and Li Hua quickly got up from the sofa and went to open the door.
Then he found that the person at the door was not a courier, but a strange man wearing a long trench coat and a wide-brimmed hat.
Li Hua noticed that there were no unfamiliar vehicles nearby and the man was not carrying any packages or anything, so he understood.
"I'm sorry, I'm still a minor and my parents are not at home, so we can't make the decision on sales. We don't buy milk, apply for bank cards, or install broadband..."
The man said, "I'm not a salesman. I'm here to see Benjamin Kirby Tennyson. Perhaps you could have Jason Peter Todd come see me."
If the man hadn't mentioned Benjamin and Jason, Li Hua... well, he wouldn't have let him in.
Now Li Hua would not let him in easily. Anyone who knew Benjamin and Jason’s full names was either an enemy or a friend.
With children in the house, Li Hua didn't dare to gamble on the 50-50 probability. He had to confirm the man's identity before letting him in.
Li Hua: "I'm sorry, the two people you mentioned are not at home today. Did they get a phone card or something?"
The man looked at Li Hua for a long time without saying anything.
Li Hua:?
Seeing Li Hua's puzzled expression, the man said, "You can go and verify it."
Li Hua was confused. "What are you trying to verify? Did you say anything just now?"
"Sorry." The man was silent for a moment. Just as Li Hua was about to find something to swing at his face so that he could cast the Bird's Beak Staff spell on him, an expression appeared on his face for the first time: "Why can't I read your memory?"
Has this kid practiced Occlumency?
This sentence and the umbrella on the shoe cabinet at the door made up for the gap left by Li Hua's face being hit by something.
If there weren't ordinary people around and children in the room, Li Hua and Benjamin, who was already pressing the watch, would have just stopped at nothing and resorted to a full-scale fight.
Even if Li Hua was wearing a combat skirt, even if she was an ordinary person, the damage that a plastic umbrella could cause to a person would only be a scratch, not to mention that the man in front of her was not an ordinary person.
He easily caught the umbrella Li Hua waved away and lowered his voice: "I'm sorry to scare you, but I'm the Martian Manhunter (also literally translated as "Mars fugitive searcher"), my name is Ron Rongzi. You can ask Jason."
"We don't do observatory business here, and we don't have anything or anyone from Mars. Maybe you've come to the wrong place."
Li Hua frowned and tried to appear more intimidating. While dialing Jason's number, he mentally asked number 666 to search for "Martian Hunter" on Earth's LAN.
The good news is that although No. 666 still didn't speak, it searched for "Martian Hunter" and projected the relevant content in front of Li Hua, and explained in words why it didn't speak - [The other party's telepathic ability is very strong. In order to avoid information leakage, the system will adopt text broadcasting].
The bad news is that there is very little information about the "Martian Hunter", and the green-skinned alien has no similarities with the person in front of him except for gender.
"beep--"
The phone rang six times before it was connected. Jason was panting as if he had just fought a battle of the century.
"What's up?"
Li Hua asked No. 666 to switch to Spanish for him and said, "There's a person called Martian Hunter who looks like an Earthling in every way and wants to come into the house. He might be able to communicate with people telepathically or something."
"...Wait a moment." The line seemed to be pulled far away, and Jason shouted at someone, "Hey! Why is your colleague blocking my colleague's door?"
There was another noise, and Bruce, breathing a little hazily, answered the phone: "Let me talk to him."
The man took Li Hua's call and said, "It's me... Yes, I came here without permission and frightened them. I'm sorry for that, but I really can't wait any longer."
"...Because there were too many people around, I used telepathy to prevent eavesdropping. I used a one-way communication at first...I will apologize to the children..."
"Thank you, Bruce. Thank you for coming to help me explain while fighting the enemy."
When Li Hua retrieved the phone, he heard Bruce say amidst the confusion, "...not the enemy."
Bruce simply explained to Li Hua that Martian Manhunter was a trustworthy partner and superhero, and that his human appearance was just a disguise. Since he was not from Earth, his way of thinking and behavior might sometimes be difficult for others to adapt to.
Before the call was hung up, a loud crashing sound came from Bruce's background voice, as if something had knocked over a cabinet and smashed a vase. Li Hua could also faintly hear a child's angry scream.
........It seems that the parenting war in the Wayne family is getting a bit intense.
Li Hua wished in his heart that Bruce and Jason could soon build a harmonious family with loving fathers, filial sons, friendly brothers and respectful younger brothers. Then he politely hung up the phone and invited the Martian Ron in.
As soon as the door closed, Ron's Earthling form immediately distorted and transformed into a naked green alien form. Then it distorted again and turned into a green alien form wearing a blue cloak that was more acceptable to human aesthetics.
On the other side, the Omnitrix has been shining with a light that Benjamin can't cover with his hands since Ron entered the door... It may have been shining before Ron entered the door, but Li Hua didn't know.
"A new life form has been detected, and we are currently analyzing its DNA to determine its life code."
The Omnitrix dial made the same mechanical announcement sound as when it scanned Superman's DNA. Ron was not only not displeased, but he took the initiative to step forward and close the distance between him and the Omnitrix.
A few seconds later, the Omnitrix emitted a special mechanical sound, and a green projection that Ron had just briefly transformed into popped up on the dial.
"DNA analysis of the new life form is complete, and the life code has been obtained."
"Thank you." Ron seemed relieved. "I'm sorry for my reckless behavior earlier."
"It's okay, but you could actually send a text message next time you come."
Li Hua saw that Rong En seemed to have a lot of stories to tell, so he led him to sit on the sofa. Benjamin tried to open the snack cabinet and refrigerator to find something to entertain the guests.
But they didn't usually have guests in their house, so Benjamin only found a bag of corn chips and a box of Oreos in the snack cabinet.
Benjamin originally wanted to treat Ron with Oreos, the only thing that tasted like a "dessert."
But as soon as my hand touched the Oreo box, I remembered that when I was ten years old, I used chocolate to treat the Ultimate Superman of the Galactic Militia, but I almost poisoned him to death because I didn't understand the ecology of that race.
In order to avoid knocking out another alien superhero teammate with food in this universe, and to avoid having to hold up the snack packaging and read out the dishes to ask Ron one by one if he had any allergies or dietary restrictions, Benjamin could only close the snack cabinet regretfully and pour a glass of water for Ron, himself and Li Hua.
"Sorry, man, we hardly have any visitors, so we don't have any snacks or tea prepared for guests. But we plan to order takeout later, do you want to join us?"
It's impossible for Ron to poison himself by ordering takeout, right?
.......That shouldn’t be the case?
Forget it, it’s always easier to explain the ingredients of takeout than the ingredients behind snacks.
"OK."
Ron didn't know that Benjamin had already labeled him as a "fragile person who is prone to sudden death from allergies" and was concerned about him.
Li Hua: "Did you specifically record your DNA into the Omnitrix?"
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why Ron cooperated so well with the Omnitrix scan and even said thank you afterwards.
"Yes," Ron said, "because my niece and I are the only two Martians left. Once we die, there will be no Martians in this universe. So when I heard about the Omnitrix, I wanted to come here and record our race's DNA. It's like... there will be a place, a device that remembers that 'Martians' once existed."
Martian Manhunter just wants to erect a tombstone, a tombstone for a civilization, a race.
Benjamin said solemnly: "I promise you, I will take good care of him."
Although it sounds a bit hellish to say this, Benjamin has encountered situations like Martian Hunter before.
The "Diamond War God", "Crystal Man" and "Thunderbolt" in the Omnitrix are all species whose native planets have been destroyed and have been functionally destroyed...This is only what Benjamin knows.
"...Ben, come here for a moment."
Li Hua waved at Benjamin and put the food delivery app on his tablet in front of Rong En.
"Excuse me, there seems to be a kid dancing up there. We need to stop them. Order what you want first, and we'll place the order together later."
Then Li Hua dragged Benjamin upstairs to the room and carefully locked the door: "I may have a plan."
As we all know, you can question Azmis's emotional intelligence, but you cannot question Azmis's IQ.
Since Azmis used the Omnitrix to make a 'Life Ark' instead of a 'Life Tombstone', is there a possibility that -
But before Li Hua could express his idea, Benjamin shook his head regretfully: "I know what you're thinking. You want to use the Omnitrix to help him, right? But this... may not work."
It's not very operational.
Of course Benjamin also wanted to help the Martians, but if there were several gene banks of the same species, that would be fine. But what could Ron, a Martian, do with his DNA?
Looking at the way Ron misses his hometown, if the Martians could reproduce themselves like the Nakfuji people, they would definitely not become extinct!
Li Hua: "He said that the Martians are gone, so there is a high probability that the Martians are indeed gone, but the same cannot be said about Mars."
DNA can even be extracted from some dinosaur fossils. Li Hua doesn't believe that a species that has developed interstellar capabilities would leave no trace at all after death.
What's more, just now No. 666 projected a preliminary scan of the Martian life system to Li Hua, and the inherent strength of this species is far beyond that of Earthlings.
Coupled with the Omnitrix's gene scanning ability...
Benjamin: “Wait, you don’t mean to…”
Li Hua: "I'm going to ask Rong En if he's willing to dig up his ancestors' graves in order to revive his race."
If Martians still have ancestral tombs.
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