Chapter 24 Chapter 24 To be a parent, one must bear the responsibility of the child (Chapter 24)
"Isn't that good?"
The voice of number 666 came from the phone in Jason's pocket, announcing the biological encyclopedia entry for this alien form.
"The Sonorosa people of Sonorosa can produce ultrasonic waves that can cut through iron like mud. They are perfect for crushing that pile of metal garbage right now."
"But I still want to try out the new hero."
The small creature, which was all white and looked like a robot wearing a protective suit, sighed, and its bright green eyes without pupils drooped. Because it had no eyelids, it looked like two green tilted diamonds.
No. 666: ...
It has been busy with too many things recently, and Li Hua is finally willing to learn magic, so it forgot that Benjamin is also a fool who is obsessed with the reckless physical attack style.
Li Hua: "You've already changed, why don't you just show us the abilities of this alien hero? I've never seen a hero like you."
Jason: "Yeah, we both basically know what the big guy is capable of, but we haven't seen this one."
"Okay then." When Benjamin heard his friends wanted to see it, his frustration over the wrong transformation instantly disappeared, and he immediately wanted to show them off. "Let me show you—this!"
A faint green light quickly flashed around the small white creature, and it quickly split into an identical entity, followed by a second, a third... Each split was accompanied by a faint green light. In the blink of an eye, more than twenty identical white figures appeared in this place.
These cloned entities very tacitly grabbed the ice ghost cubs flying in the air. Seven of them held two cubs in each hand and carried them to Li Hua and Jason. As they walked, they opened their mouths covered with bright green and black circular lines to talk to the children.
"Alright, alright, just go over there and let me avoid hurting you by mistake."
"Who's the best little baby? Who is it? Oh~ all of you!"
"Whoa! Who's biting me? Are you going to vomit? Little Bobo's body is made of silicon. It's not tasty for you."
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If Jason hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been hard for him to imagine that Benjamin could create such a bustling scene by himself.
Li Hua quickly connected the creature's ability to quickly clone itself with an alien hero in his memory: "Clone? Is it similar to your alien hero named Ditto?
"No, Little Bobo doesn't feel hurt, and he can do so much more. Watch!"
As he spoke, Benjamin created more clones. They surrounded the eerie metal nest and opened their mouths at the same time.
Huge sound waves burst out from their mouths simultaneously, even causing the air to distort. The sturdy metal nest continued to wail under the destruction of the ultrasonic waves.
“Squeak…”
But it wasn't just the metal that was wailing. Even though Benjamin's target wasn't this side, even though they had already distanced themselves, even though the sound was just noise to Li Hua and Jason, who were humans and could be solved by covering their ears, the fourteen ice ghost cubs still made uncomfortable cries. They tried to become invisible and escape underground, but were affected by the sound waves again, and their short, curled, chubby hands couldn't even cover their ears.
"Hey! Stop! Stop!" The clones holding the cubs were the first to notice the problem. They tried to cover the cubs' ears, but soon they realized something else -
Benjamin didn't know where the Nakfuji people's hearing organs were.
At the critical moment, Li Hua took action and activated the [Silent] card to turn the place where they were into a completely silent zone, and the cubs' struggles stopped.
At this time, the clones on the opposite side stopped screaming when the clone on this side shouted, and they were all looking at this side with concern.
The clones within the silent barrier nervously checked the cubs in their hands, their words forming a sentence: "Number 666, please help check if the children are okay?"
No. 666: [It's okay.]
Benjamin was anxious. "If it's okay, then why are the children so upset? Didn't you say the Nakfuji people aren't that fragile?"
Just as Jason took out his phone, the voice of number 666 came from the speaker like a string of bullets:
"I'm saying that, comparatively speaking, babies are definitely more vulnerable than their adult counterparts, you idiot! Human babies also get uncomfortable from noise! And just because they're uncomfortable doesn't mean they're sick. So, if you say that, from a human baby crying for a diaper change or crying when they're hungry, to you wanting to skip class because you don't like it, or choosing not to eat something because you don't like it, are they all sick? If I ask Li Hua to kick you in the butt, would it hurt? Does that mean you'll be killed or crippled by a kick?"
"Oh...oh, I see." The little white alien holding the cub calmed down. One of them made an OK sign to the physical clone outside, while the others raised their hands and touched the big heads of the ice ghost cubs. "I'm sorry, I'll pay more attention next time."
The clones outside were visibly relieved upon seeing the gesture. They returned to their original positions, opened their mouths, and unleashed sonic waves at the massive hive. The solid steel quickly shattered into countless fragments under the impact of the ultrasonic waves. The green slime contained within it poured out, but Benjamin's controlled sonic impact prevented it from drenching them. In the end, it simply became a torrent of metal debris on the ground.
Jason: "What's that green goo in those nests?"
No. 666: "I don't know. But considering it's used as an incubator, it should be something similar to the amniotic fluid of your Earth mammals."
After completing the task of cleaning the nest, the little Bobo clones walked back and merged with one of the cubs holding a child.
Jason's curiosity shifted to Little Bobo. He squatted down and poked the closest Little Bobo clone with his finger. "Is this a space suit? This part feels like an earpiece? Do these clones have a common consciousness? ... No, it shouldn't be. Otherwise, you wouldn't be rushing over here, and you inside wouldn't be making gestures to them."
No. 666: "That's not a costume, it's innate. The Sonorosa people are indeed as you said. Each clone has an independent consciousness. Therefore, as long as one of them survives, Benjamin will not die. But it's worth noting that the Sonorosa people have a limit to their clones. The specific situation depends on the individual."
"Hey, don't mess with me. Looking after children is tiring!"
The little Bobo holding two ice ghost cubs glared at Jason, and then split out another one from behind. The whole process looked like copy and paste.
"If you want to play, play with me.
"You have clones. I was watching 14 of them by myself before you and Jason woke up. Your kids chewed through several of my hairpins."
After canceling the effect of the [Silence] card and putting away his staff, Li Hua squatted down and poked the head of the little Bobo closest to him with his finger in a resentful manner.
"Since I'm so tired, would it be okay for you to create a clone for me to see?"
So there was one more little Bobo being studied.
"What kind of natural conditions and evolution could have shaped such a life form?" Jason held Little Bobo up like a baby, occasionally prodding his tongueless, throatless mouth, and occasionally poking the green circular depression on the back of his hand. "God, although this shouldn't be said by someone who has returned from the dead, this feels so unscientific."
Li Hua: "Now that the magic boy has appeared, does science really matter? And you're talking as if the world you live in is all about science. Don't forget, I was only responsible for giving you medicine to heal your brain. Your resurrection was entirely your own doing."
Li Hua knew very well: what was the point of dying? Living was a real skill, and coming back from the dead was an even greater skill.
No. 666: "It's normal for the laws of different universes to differ. Dwelling too much on them will only tire you out. If you can't understand something, just treat it as the work of those alien gods from Benjamin's hometown. They restart and create new universes more frequently than Li Hua changes his clothes."
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many inconsistencies and still-changing parts in the information related to the BEN universe, as well as a large number of timeline branches and parallel universes, which means that any information related to this universe must be updated frequently.
However, in terms of chaos, the DC universe does not seem to have the qualifications to talk about the BEN universe.
The Omnitrix symbol on Benjamin's chest lit up red, indicating that his transformation was about to end. All the little Bobos put down the cubs in their hands, lined up and merged into one again. Then a red light flashed, and Benjamin changed back into human form.
"I've figured it out," Jason said. "Ben, you're actually another type of magic boy. You can transform, you have so many abilities, and you have a talent for magic, so you're the technological side of magic boy."
Li Hua can do magic but cannot transform, and Benjamin can transform but cannot do magic. Together, these two people are the traditional impression of a magical transforming boy - that is, their outfits conform to the stereotype of magical girls, and their gender composition is completely opposite to that of magical girls.
"But considering there's some mixed-up stuff, strictly speaking, it's not a complete gender reversal," Jason said, making a sound that could make a giant panda hungry, "so how about you two consider debuting as a group? I've already thought of a name: the Magical Boys Duo."
“…”
Benjamin didn't want to continue Jason's topic. After condemning Jason with his eyes, he lowered his head and fiddled with his watch, hoping that the buffer time would pass quickly.
He still couldn't forget his new alien hero form.
Li Hua: "So you're saying you're prepared to sacrifice your life for justice, and you'll take the kids and let us go out and fight crime?"
Upon hearing this, Benjamin, whose body was covered in cubs, suddenly looked up, his emerald green eyes gleaming as he looked at Jason, a wicked smile on his lips. It seemed as if he would make Jason the next cub Christmas tree if he agreed.
Jason smiled awkwardly and took a step back: "I was just saying it casually."
Just kidding, he didn't want to hang fourteen cubs on one person. Even hanging 14 on a rag doll would be uncomfortable.
What's more, the cubs were constantly crawling on the body, and would fly back on their own if they fell off. They also kept trying to get into people's clothes - they must have regarded the clothes as another form of "wings". After all, when the Ice Ghost does not spread its wings, it will "wear" the wings as a cloak.
I don’t know how Benjamin managed to hold on for so long.
Perhaps this was the power of being a parent. Furthermore, Benjamin was both a father and a mother, so perhaps he could gain a double bonus of power.
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