Chapter 241: Spicy Chips
Now that we understand the main conflict between Benjamin and Albedo, the next step will be easy to solve.
Jason interrupted Albedo and Benjamin's heated debate about whether they were reliable or not, and cut to the chase: "Ben has agreed to help you. As long as you promise not to cause any trouble, he'll restore you to your original state. Of course, that's on the premise that he's wearing the Omnitrix."
Li Hua: "Before you escaped, we had already persuaded Azmis to agree. If we could convince you, he would present a letter of apology to the prison and release you. Today, I'm going to the prison to retrieve your recent information so that the three of us can discuss how to persuade you."
"...How is this possible?" Albedo said, "How can you possibly convince Azmis?"
Everyone: ...Among all this important information, the one that Albedo least believes is "persuading Azmis"?
Is Azmis someone who is difficult to convince?
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Well, Azmis certainly is.
His temper and stubbornness are completely inversely proportional to his height.
Jason and Benjamin were at a loss for words when it came to answering this question. Albedo had known Azmis for longer than the square of the three of them combined. They had to come up with an answer that would convince Albedo, or the conversation wouldn't continue.
"You're a genius, but you can't figure this out?"
At this time, Li Hua pointed at Benjamin and said.
"Look, what is this?"
Albedo: "Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, a human teenager from Earth, the only Omnitrix wearer recognized by Azmis... Are you saying he gained consent by relying on Azmis's favor?"
"Wrong. If Azmis was so easily persuaded by him, he would have given him control long ago."
Li Hua stretched out his finger and shook it.
"The one standing before you is a cosmic-class, super-invincible, natural giant!"
Albedo: “…”
Albedo looked at Benjamin and said, "I've told you long ago that you're unreliable. Even your partner despises you."
Benjamin didn't take it seriously: "What do you know? This is just a joke between good friends. I can tell you don't have any good friends who can make such a joke."
Albedo glared at Benjamin and continued to ask Li Hua: "What do you mean by that?"
Li Hua: "I don't know if you have a similar saying on Gavin, but we do on Earth. That is - the natural nemesis of tsundere!"
"Azmis is a thousand-year-old tsundere, so this super-invincible, naturally large, idiot-like guy is his natural enemy. With the help of two straight-shooting experts like Red Hood and I, we can persuade him with both reason and emotion. What else can Azmis disagree with?"
Jason: "To be frank, the outcome is already decided. If what we said is all false, why would we waste our breath on you? We could just throw you in jail right now."
Albedo pondered for a moment: "I don't understand, what good will this do to you? Especially you, Ben, I attacked you before."
"Someone convinced me." Benjamin leaned over to Jason's position. "He said everyone deserves a chance. He said you're not as hopeless as Azmis said. You just need someone to help you."
Albedo looked at the human teenager wearing a red helmet and asked, "Why? You don't even know me."
"Because someone once gave me a chance and pulled me back when I was in the most desperate situation and about to go astray. And because I have seen countless people who, after experiencing 'the worst day', gave up on themselves, abandoned their conscience and retreated into the abyss of evil."
Jason said.
"Publicly, I don't want such a tragedy to happen again. Personally, you are indeed very powerful and difficult to deal with, and I don't want you to become my enemy."
"So, what's your answer? Will you go back to jail in this human form, or will you agree to this mutually beneficial truce?"
Albedo naturally chose the latter and offered Benjamin his hand. "Although I still don't have a good opinion of you...your partner is right. I choose a truce."
"That's perfect. I don't like you either."
Albedo's attitude made Benjamin relax. After shaking hands and forming an alliance, he said with a smile.
"Well, now that's settled, let's go home. We'll be in time for dinner."
Li Hua pointed to the half-collapsed factory warehouse in the back and asked: "What should we do with this?"
Although there were no casualties, the economic losses could be credited to Albedo's account, but how should he explain the warehouse explosion to the factory?
Benjamin: "Just contact the Tiangong. They'll be responsible for anything caused by aliens."
Jason: "Come to think of it, we made such a big noise, but no one in this factory came to see us or called the police?"
It wasn't even dark yet, so why was there no one in the factory? Could it be that Albedo had used some kind of technology similar to the Evolved Human cloaking field?
Albedo said, "Isn't this easy? All we have to do is tamper with the power supply in advance to cut off the power, and they won't be able to start working."
"...We can leave after you fix these things."
It's really unethical to pull people out of the power switch.
After the power of the factory was restored, Albedo took the back seat of the electric car driven by Li Hua and followed them back to the Bellwood base of Magic Boys F3 40 minutes later.
"Because you came at an inopportune time, we didn't have time to clean the room for you." Benjamin pushed open the door, took out a pair of disposable slippers from the shoe cabinet and gave them to Albedo, saying, "I'm going back to my house to sleep tonight. You can spend the night in my room."
Albedo had no objection to this. After all, the conditions were better than a prison cell. He simply changed into slippers and asked, "Where can I put my laboratory?"
Li Hua said: "The attic is vacant, if you can accept that."
"Then I'll be living there from now on. I'll stay with my lab, and I'll figure out how to prepare the other things myself." Albedo said, "You said you'd provide food and lodging, right? So what's for dinner?"
"Order takeout later." Jason was amazed at Albedo's adaptability. "Are you okay with this body?"
The last evolved human who exchanged bodies with Li Hua was always thinking about exchanging them back, but Albedo never mentioned it from beginning to end.
"The bodies of human teenagers look the same to me," Albedo said. "They're all hairy, sweaty, and have a constant craving for hot sauce and chips..."
Jason: "I know. I'll give you some when I see them."
"Albedo, stop talking nonsense!"
Li Hua admitted that he was hairy and sweaty. After all, it was true for Earthlings and the frog-like, smooth-bodied Gavin people, but he would not take the blame for the hot sauce and French fries!
"I only like my chunky fries with honey mustard! And I personally prefer the crispy, plain fries to the chips. Your obsession with hot sauce fries has nothing to do with me."
Benjamin: "I think Albedo, you yourself really like spicy chips."
Benjamin really likes to eat chili fries. It was hard to refute what Albedo had said before using his clone to say that he was addicted to chili fries. He just thought that it might really be because of his body.
But even after changing his body, Albedo's obsession with chili fries remains unchanged. Doesn't this clearly show that it's not a physical problem?
"No way! How could I possibly like this kind of junk food?"
Albedo said loudly and righteously.
"It must be the residual influence of your DNA. Your morbid obsession with chili fries is so despotic that the inertia of your thoughts can even affect your own kind. It's truly outrageous."
Benjamin was unconvinced. “If it were me, you’d be crazy about slushies right now. Come on, hot chips are delicious. There’s nothing shameful about liking them, right?”
Albedo immediately lost his temper: "Before I was trapped in your human form, I never had the slightest craving for this kind of junk food! No matter how you think about it, it's all your fault!"
Benjamin: "Does Gavin have hot chips?"
"Of course not! The diet on our planet Gavin is healthy, there's no way this kind of junk food would appear!"
"So you've been hooked on junk food since you arrived on Earth. Honestly, there's nothing to be ashamed of. You know that many aliens come to Earth every year just to eat junk food."
"I'm not the kind of person who lets the desire for words cloud his judgment!"
"So you just want to eat spicy chips now, right? Admit it, Albedo, you just like junk food!"
"I don't!"
"You have!"
Jason: "I'm sorry to interrupt this childish argument of yours, but Li Hua and I have already ordered. I saw a combo of hot sauce, fries, and slushies. Would you like any of that?"
The two people who were arguing just a second ago said in unison: "Yes!"
So, this childish bickering over eating styles ended with ordering takeout.
After ordering the takeaway, Albedo said to Li Hua, "I've cooperated enough. Can you please give me my clothes back? I'm different from you. I don't want to go out in a skirt."
Li Hua: "Don't act like I only like wearing skirts when going out, okay... I'll get you some other clothes."
After the CD of the [Substitute] card was over and he took off the Ultimatrix from his wrist, he immediately took his body back.
"Oh, there's one very important thing I forgot to ask."
Benjamin asked after Albedo changed his clothes.
"How did you escape from prison?"
When Albedo was in prison, Azmis had removed the transformation core of the counterfeit Omnitrix from his hand, and he was imprisoned in the galactic prison.
Although the Evolved Man's mischief caused chaos during that period, he ran directly from the Galactic Prison to Earth, and repaired and upgraded his transformation watch into an Ultimatrix. This did not seem right at all.
"Believe it or not, but I didn't escape prison," Albedo said. "I was staying in the cell and suddenly appeared on Gavin."
Then he sneaked into the research institute and took away the unfinished Ultimatrix core. During the days when Gavin Star was closed to flights due to the attack of the Evolved People, he "borrowed" the secret laboratory he had left behind on Gavin Star to create the complete version of Ultimatrix.
Li Hua: "It's not that I don't want to believe you, but your reason is too ridiculous, isn't it?"
"So I said, believe it or not, I didn't do anything I didn't do."
Albedo said.
"For the sake of our alliance, I advise you—instead of doubting me, you might as well consider whether Benjamin has offended someone."
"Because as soon as I get out, as long as I'm trapped in this body, I'll definitely come to Earth to find Benjamin and take the Omnitrix by any means necessary. I've never hidden this fact."
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