Chapter 216 Chapter 216 Refrigerator
Since the number of evolved humans exceeds the limit, Li Hua and others need more weapons and technologies that can be used in actual combat.
Kevin kept his promise and after finishing his afternoon fighting lessons and sparring, he volunteered to take Li Hua and Jason, who didn't have to do homework or take care of the kids, to his garage.
Li Hua hadn't expected this place. "I thought you were going to take us to the black market, the space station, or something like that."
"You two lack so much. The stuff in my garage is enough for you two, two people blind to alien technology, to broaden your horizons and avoid being ripped off tomorrow."
Kevin took out a crystal clear light green crystal coin from his pocket.
"Let's start with this. This is Celestial Jade, the most universal currency in the universe."
"Tian Jingyu is a natural mineral. The higher the purity, the more valuable it is. Two standard Tian Jingyu coins like this can buy a bottle of mineral water. Remember this. I'm going to take you two to the black market later - don't tell Gwen this."
Otherwise, those two would definitely scold him, saying that he was a bad influence on Li Hua and Jason.
Although Kevin felt that with the way these two people were talking and laughing, it seemed that he didn't need to lead them astray.
If it were before, Kevin said not to tell Gwen and Ben.
But considering that Ben had been with these two people for so long, Kevin felt that Benjamin must be aware of their true nature, so he would not scold him for taking guests who had just arrived in this world to visit the black market.
In fact, Kevin suspected that they had visited places in the other world that were wilder and more dangerous than the black market, but Kevin had no evidence.
Only Gwen, because of her limited contact with these two people and not having fought on the front lines with them, might be deceived by their honest (compared to Kevin's previous) conversation and behavior.
If Gwen knew Kevin's concerns, she might say helplessly:
"Being deceived presupposes that Li Hua, Jason, and Benjamin have a sense of concealment, but they don't, absolutely not."
She even watched closely the whole process of how this group used the cheapest budget to sustainably fleece the skeletons' magic books, used hacking and disguise techniques to create fake identities, and sneaked into the enemy camp's skeletons to ask for purchase links... and listened to the explanation in the front row.
Even Benjamin really wanted to teach her, and the point was to "by the way" show off these wonderful little tricks in front of her.
Until now, Gwen still hasn't figured out what kind of folk detective needs to learn so many extremely difficult skills.
In other words, what kind of environment would prompt a desperate detective to master such knowledge and such superb fighting skills in order to solve cases, capture criminals, and protect peace.
While Kevin was taking Jason Lihua to BEN's space travel tutorial, Gwen couldn't help but ask Benjamin, who was taking care of the baby, a question she had been harboring for a long time:
"What kind of city is Gotham?"
Benjamin's answer was also quite honest: "Order is higher than Blüdhaven, and the psychopaths are more plentiful and more difficult to deal with than Blüdhaven. Oh, I'm not really sure, after all, we mainly stay in Blüdhaven. We only go to Gotham on weekends when we accompany Jason home to visit family, attend cram school, and take exams."
Gwen: ".......Bludhaven?"
She was pretty sure she'd never heard that word before. "Benjamin, how much important information have you omitted? Who taught you to squeeze out information like toothpaste?"
Benjamin scratched his head. “But there’s really nothing interesting about Bludhaven. Nothing to talk about.”
Except for the time when he was ambushed by Luther, whenever he opened his eyes in Blüdhaven, he was either taking care of the kids or bullying the weak. It was really boring.
The only challenging Court of Owls was the one that ran from Gotham.
Gwen felt relieved when she heard this answer.
Although it was speechless, this was the big fool she remembered.
......
The next day was the weekend. After Kevin taught Li Hua and Jason the basic knowledge of alien trading, he took Benjamin, Gwen, and everyone including fourteen ice ghost cubs on an interstellar flight at 8 o'clock in the morning to the space city closest to the earth.
When Benjamin officially set foot on this space city, he couldn't help but exclaim as he walked among the aliens: "I never knew there were space flights on Earth."
"Then how else did I get all these great things?" Kevin was very proud of himself, showing off in his own home turf. "Why, are you interested in shopping with me now?"
Benjamin thought for a moment and said, "To be honest, I'd rather play Furious Sumo at home."
"...Fellow tribesmen?" A familiar deep voice was heard during the conversation. Everyone turned around and found that it was indeed an ice ghost with its wings folded into a cloak... No, it should be said that it was a Nakfugi.
Benjamin's eyes lit up: "It's the wild Nakfuji people! Great! The social survey on Kelmis has been completed!"
This Nakfuji man seemed rather shy. Suddenly being stared at by a group of people, he subconsciously huddled up in a ball. "I'm sorry if I disturbed you. Just pretend I don't exist..."
The eyes of that earthling with green eyes and brown hair seemed to be glowing, so scary!
Li Hua, who also suffers from social anxiety, understood his shyness and took the initiative to say, "I'm not disturbing you, but what can I do for you?"
The socially anxious Nakfuji still shrank his neck: "Nothing, I just didn't expect to see my tribe here..."
How come he could still see his tribesmen after running so far?
The socially anxious Nakfuji asked, "Are you going to Earth too?"
If there were a community of his kind on Earth, then He... then He couldn't do anything. Anyway, the main life form on Earth was not of his kind, so He would never go home.
"No, we're from Earth." Benjamin stepped forward. "We didn't expect to see the Nakfuji here. Would you mind chatting?"
"Ben, calm down." Jason put his hand on Benjamin's shoulder and whispered, "I don't know why, but it seems we scared this Nakfuji."
Although the Nakfuji's expression was not very obvious, it seemed that he was very nervous from the slight backward movement of the person in front of him.
Li Hua's words fell into the ears of the socially fearful Nakfuji people. Their trembling stopped, and their backs straightened slightly. They asked, "Aren't you Nakfuji people wearing bionic masks?"
Kevin frowned: "Sorry, we are native Earth people."
Why is this Nakfuji guy reacting so strangely... Is he a wanted criminal?
"I see." The socially anxious Nakfuji relaxed completely. "I'm the one who should be sorry. I saw you with your children and thought you were from the same tribe. What did you want to talk to me about?"
Benjamin whipped out his phone and opened a memo. "What's the social structure like on Kelmis? What's the social atmosphere like? Are there schools? Are there daycare centers?"
".......ah?"
After sitting down in the cafe and listening to some hidden keywords, the wild Nakfuji finally understood the situation. "So, as an Earthling, you adopted children of my kind, and that's why you want to know about Kevinmis."
The wild Nakfuji people said his name was Fridge.
.......Li Hua didn't know if this was a coincidence, but he decided to ask No. 666 to change the automatic translation of His name to the transliteration "Freiji" to avoid confusion with the refrigerator which is a piece of furniture.
After all, they are aliens, and they certainly didn't think about the meaning of this pronunciation in Earth English when naming.
Benjamin was wondering whether the Nakfuji people had a tradition of naming things with ice-related words.
If that were the case, he would start looking up names for the children in the dictionary.
"Doesn't this name sound like me?" Friggi spread his wings, revealing his round beer belly, and said carefully, "I specifically looked it up before coming to Earth. It's big, full of energy, and cold. I hope this word doesn't have any offensive connotations in Earth slang..."
"That's not true." Li Hua asked No. 666 to cancel his previous order and shook hands with the refrigerator. "Hello, refrigerator, I'm Li Hua."
The friendly atmosphere makes for a nice relief from the cramped fridge.
According to Refrigerator, his physique and build were considered weak among the Nakfuji people, and he was therefore ostracized and ridiculed in his homeland. This prompted him to come to Earth, a planet far away from home, hoping to start a new life here without being ostracized.
Jason's brows knitted together. "To put it simply, even those Nakfuji people on Kelmis are capable of bullying?"
If I had known this would happen, I should have asked Damian before coming here if there were any fighting techniques that babies could learn.
"It's not just Kelmis," Refrigerator said. "Although we all fly to our home planet upon birth, to be honest, the living environment there isn't very good either. So most people choose to leave after a certain age and seek a living elsewhere."
"If the children don't grow up on Kelmis, will it affect their development?"
He had originally thought of letting the children return to Kelmis in accordance with the laws of nature. However, Kelmis actually resorted to bullying against the weak. Even if the children could live a good life back there, they would probably develop distorted values.
"I'm not sure about that. I'm not old enough to reproduce on my own. There are medical facilities in this space city; you could go there and check," Refrigerator said. "But your children look healthy. They shouldn't be ostracized. Considering Earthlings' physical conditions, you've really taken good care of them."
"The psychic thunder moths, our natural predators, are now endangered. As long as they can reach their home planet, they will generally grow up healthy."
Li Hua recalled all the brutal news about bullying and was equally concerned about the young children: "But if they grow up being bullied, I'm afraid they can't be considered healthy."
"Wait a minute," Kevin said. "Didn't you say you were ostracized and ridiculed because of your physical weakness? Then how do you still have such a physique?"
"Kevin!!" Gwen shouted angrily and slapped Kevin on the shoulder.
Kevin: "It's really strange. The Tiangong Association's information mentioned that Kelmis is a planet permanently shrouded in ice, with a very harsh living environment."
If the refrigerator was really born weak and marginalized as He said, then how did He grow to be so... round?
There are all kinds of people in space, not to mention that there is a black market in this cosmic city.
Who knew if this guy was a shapeshifter, a wanted criminal from somewhere, or the same bastard he and Benjamin had encountered five years ago, luring people to the underground arena of life and death?
Not long ago, there were several incidents of half-human beasts pretending to be humans on Earth to launch sneak attacks, so we have to be on guard.
After hearing Kevin's question, the refrigerator wasn't offended, but simply confused by the lack of logic. "My figure is because I eat a lot. When I'm unhappy, I like to find something to eat. What does this have to do with me being excluded? Do people on Earth go hungry if they are excluded by their own kind?"
Jason thought back to his street experience: "Sometimes it happens. Occasionally, you might even get beaten up. Isn't that also the case with you?"
"Of course not, and certainly not to bully ignorant babies. Otherwise, we would have been extinct long ago." Refrigerator was surprised and confused. "Why would humans do this? Is it because of food shortage? But Earth's food and resources are clearly not depleted. Or do Earthlings and the Vaxsarians (the God Tyrannosaurus Rex) have the same feeding habits?"
The people on Earth who have witnessed the shining stars of various humanoid pseudo-humans: ......
Wait for us to think about how to answer this question.
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The author has something to say: Refrigerator is a Nakfugi who appeared in the original work. He and another Mansero (swamp fire race) and Waksari (powerful Tyrannosaurus race) came to the earth to make a living for the same reason.
PS: The ecology of the Nakfuji people is made up by me, because it is not written in the original work. I inferred it based on the initial attitude of the white Nakfuji people who appeared in the original drama towards the Ice Ghost, as well as the environment faced by this race.
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