Chapter 243 Chapter 243 At that moment, both sides were more emotional than...
"Although the way our universe does things may seem strange to you, it's not that strange."
For the sake of his hometown's reputation, Jason felt he needed to fight for his rights.
"We usually practice physical sedation when talking to the enemy. If anyone must be blamed, it should be mine."
Benjamin raised his head from the slush and said in a clear voice, "Huh?"
Why is my pot here too?
Why are you blaming me too, Jason?
"This is really your fault," Jason said. "At first, we all thought this kind of magic couldn't be used in actual combat. Didn't you say it could randomly replace people to confuse the enemy?"
Li Hua nodded: "It is indeed Ben who provided me with the inspiration in this regard."
Benjamin: "I didn't ask you to switch with the enemy!"
"That's right," Li Hua said. "So I only said you provided inspiration, not a solution. I'm very rigorous."
Benjamin could clearly feel the people around him, especially Albedo, looking at him with increasingly sharp eyes. He quickly thought of a way to pass the blame:
"That's not my original idea. I was beaten like that by Hope, the evil witch. If you have to say it, the blame should be put on the evil witch!"
Li Hua saw that Kevin's anger had almost subsided due to the change of topic, so he explained to him: "Albedo needs the Omnitrix to transform back into a Gavin. Although I can't give it to him, I can lend it to Ben while he wears it."
"Having Albedo move here will both facilitate his research and allow us to track his movements. It's the most reasonable and mutually beneficial approach at this stage."
Kevin's eyebrows twisted together, and after struggling for a long time, he glared at Albedo fiercely, "I'll keep an eye on you too, kid."
Albedo continued to eat his chili fries, as if the argument wasn't about whether he should stay or go. In response to Kevin's warning, he simply replied calmly, "Whatever."
Even when Benjamin said he and Kevin had to go out for something, leaving Li Hua and Jason behind to obviously monitor him, Albedo's reaction was limited to relaxing his brows and asking, "Where is the toolbox? I need tools to start my research."
"Is the situation really that serious? So serious that you're willing to put up with Albedo?"
After getting in the car, Kevin said to Benjamin.
"It's normal that Li Hua and Jason don't understand, but you can't forget what that evil Gavin did before. He's a man who deceives people and tries to gain our trust. What made you trust him so quickly?"
Benjamin: “If there were no crisis, I would do the same.”
Kevin: "Why? Because he has the same face as yours?"
"Because I'm convinced that people can change, Kevin," Benjamin said. "Like me, like you, like Lenny, people can not only become worse, but also better. I can't say I can make everyone better, but I at least hope I can help some people."
"Most importantly, I've seen worse. Albedo has proven that he still has a conscience and isn't completely morally corrupt, so I'm willing to give him that chance."
Benjamin would not tell Kevin that before seeing Kevin in human form again, he had turned Kevin into something so unrecoverable that he could not be restored, and he blamed himself for not listening to his grandfather and Gwen.
It was indeed Kevin's own fault, but he also played the role of a catalyst.
After gaining the power, Benjamin, who was only ten years old, became too proud and showed off. Kevin, who had become a street thug because he was abandoned by his family at the time, was blinded by the power and did a series of things, and in the end he almost couldn't turn back.
Benjamin doesn't want to be a catalyst for others to do evil. His original intention of becoming a hero is to reduce tragedy and the suffering of others, not to increase it.
"...Whatever you say, I still don't trust that Gavin," Kevin said. "If he does anything dangerous, I will eliminate the threat immediately."
Benjamin and Gwen are sometimes too soft-hearted to take drastic action, but Kevin can. If anything threatens him and his friends, Kevin will put an end to it.
"It's okay. Actually, I don't completely trust him either." Benjamin blinked. "That's why we're going to Gavin Planet now to ask Azmis to install an anti-scan plug-in for the Omnitrix."
After installing the anti-scan plug-in, Albedo will not be able to get through the Kryptonians and Martians who took away Benjamin's trump card, and he will never perform any operations such as the Ultimate Kryptonian and the Ultimate Martian, which sound shocking.
Kevin's frown finally relaxed, and he started the car happily: "Ha, you're quite smart this time!"
"I'm always smart, okay?"
"Really? But I couldn't really tell before."
“.......”
The next day, when Li Hua replaced Albedo with his previous body, he was truly puzzled: "You just... changed it back to me?"
Li Hua stretched his arms and asked, "What else? It didn't take much effort for me to change it."
Albedo: "I thought you wouldn't let me change my body back anytime soon, or confiscate or restrict the Ultimatrix or anything like that."
"Don't you need to use the Ultimatrix to import the Gavin life form and change back?"
Li Hua said.
"From the beginning, we only said we wouldn't give you the Omnitrix, not the Ultimatrix. Besides, if I don't give it back to you, won't you be taking up both my time and Ben's body to cooperate with the research?"
“…”
Although Albedo knows that he has been treated leniently, this may be too much of a relief for him!
"What are you waiting for?" Benjamin asked. "Now that we have the Ultimatrix and the Omnitrix, can't you just import your DNA program and change back?"
"Do you think this is copying files using a USB drive?" Albedo said, "The Ultimatrix's database is limited. I can only use the unlocked form on your Omnitrix, and the default DNA is still yours."
Three pairs of eyes blinked blankly.
Albedo could only make his words clearer: "I must reprogram the Ultimatrix to adapt it to my original race, and then import Gavin DNA so that I can change back."
"Oh... I see. You want to factory reset your new Omnitrix," Jason said. "Then go ahead and do it."
"Only laymen like you who know nothing can speak so easily."
Albedo said.
"What do you think Ultimatrix and Omnitrix are? Cell phones? One-click factory reset?
Then, Benjamin said something that would infuriate Albedo to death: "Is it that difficult? The last time I dealt with the Evolved Man, it restarted due to running out of energy, and it also lost my control permissions. Why don't you try shutting it down and restarting it too?"
"If you know nothing about alien technology, then keep quiet." Albedo said, as if he had heard the absurd speech of using a match to light a rocket thruster. "Your Omnitrix only disabled the main control authority at that time, and did not cancel your default DNA."
Jason: "Then next time we go to the space station to buy something, you can come with us. Of course, you have to pay for your own portion."
"Space station? That's where you bought a bunch of technological junk?" Albedo said to Jason with pity, "When you bought that stuff, didn't you realize it was completely unusable? You got ripped off."
The pile of old-looking technology was crudely assembled, with some of the internal circuits completely burnt and only the outer shell looking intact. It could only fool these children who knew nothing about alien technology.
I don’t know which unscrupulous merchant did this, it’s so unethical.
Jason: "...Actually, I bought it from a used parts factory to practice with."
He is not a waste carrier, but a waste producer.
Albedo thought of the miserable state of those technological gadgets and nodded, "Then you really do need practice."
Jason: ...
Jason: "Just tell me whether you're going or not."
"I'm not going," Albedo said. "There's an alien city beneath Bellwood. I can buy everything I need there. Why would I go so far?"
Everyone: ???
Benjamin, a Bellwood local, was even more incredulous: "Is there an alien city under Bellwood?"
How come he has never heard of it!
Albedo: "Of course there are. Do you think there are few aliens living on Earth? Can you guess where those who look obviously different from Earthlings and can't afford disguise masks live?"
Benjamin: "As a local, I don't know this, so how do you, an alien, know this?"
Albedo: "Don't you think I didn't do any homework before coming to Earth? I'm not you."
Having said that, Albedo could more or less guess why Benjamin and his team couldn't find the dungeon.
The alien underground city of Bellwood is not strictly speaking a "city" in the legal sense. It is actually an alien settlement on Earth.
The human government is unaware of this place. The Celestial Association may know about it, but since Earth has not yet joined the Celestial Association, they have no authority to manage it.
As a result, this dungeon is a mix of black and white. There are food courts selling alien snacks, taverns where mercenaries exchange information, and illegal fighting arenas.
Li Hua: "I understand. It's just like how tourists from other places often know more about interesting places and things in a place than locals, because they make travel plans."
Benjamin: “….”
So Albedo settled down in the attic of this house.
At the beginning, because Albedo and Benjamin were obviously bickering with each other from time to time, Li Hua was worried that the new roommate would cause some unpleasantness, but the reality was completely opposite to what he expected.
Albedo almost always stays in his laboratory doing research and never comes down from the attic unless necessary.
If it weren't for the extra serving of chili fries when ordering takeout, one would hardly notice that there was an extra person in the room.
Because Albedo was too quiet and had a low presence, Li Hua quickly put aside the awkwardness of having a new resident in the house and started his own happy life.
Li Hua forgot that people who are too complacent will suffer retribution.
One night, when Li Hua was doing crawling training on the living room floor, he heard rustling noises coming from the corridor. He looked up and saw a red ghost face floating in the darkness staring at him.
Li Hua yelled "Fuck!" in panic, and in his terror he burst out with infinite strength, swung the chair next to him and smashed it towards Albedo who came to check after hearing the noise.
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