Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Angry Old Frog Eating Snow Mud
“You mean, you didn’t actually see Ben?”
"Yes," a young woman with long black hair said to the worried girl outside the door, whose long red hair stood up high. "I just saw his dog wandering around there while I was taking a walk, but I didn't see the owner, so I thought it had gotten lost again."
"Then why did you tell Ben's parents that he gave you the dog leash?" asked a burly black-haired boy behind the red-haired girl.
"If what I said is true, when Ben comes home tomorrow, at most his parents will wake up the next day and find that their son is out all night, and then scold him when he comes back. But if I tell the truth and tell his parents that Ben lost both the dog and himself in the middle of the night, then the Tennysons will probably call the police tonight."
The brunette said.
"Gwen, Kevin, I know you're worried, but I'm sure Ben will be fine. Besides, he still has the Omnitrix. With that, what's there to worry about?"
"Oh, come on." Kevin frowned and said, "Ben used to have an Omnitrix, but he'd have been screwed so many times without the two of us helping him. He's also a troublemaker, so what if he gets into something he can't handle on his own right now?"
"Yeah," Gwen regretted, "and Julie just told us that Ben discovered yesterday that the Ice Ghost might be out of control, but because he didn't want to disturb Kevin and me, he...ah! That idiot!!! What if this time is the same as the ghost when I was ten years old!"
"...Out of control? Are you referring to the time when the Ice Ghost suddenly started eating metal like crazy?"
The black-haired woman's expression became subtle.
"Well... then you probably don't need to worry too much. This afternoon, after he transformed into an ice ghost and ate the shovel in my yard and then transformed back, he took off his watch and planned to go find Azmis for help. A watch that's been taken off shouldn't be able to be possessed by another person, right? And to me... that doesn't look like possession. It looks more like me seeing a fried chicken fast food restaurant after a week of low-calorie dieting."
However, this answer is not reassuring.
Kevin: "He took off the Omnitrix. Isn't he more dangerous now?"
Gwen: "Yeah, may I ask where you found the dog?"
The black-haired woman walked out the door and pointed to the end of the road. "I walked along this road for a walk. After about two kilometers, I saw Ben's dog. It tried to lead me to a ditch. There was something smoking in the ditch, so I came back with the dog."
After pointing the way, the woman took out her phone and said, "I knew you would come, so I took some videos and photos. Here they are."
Gwen recognized it immediately. "This is the path Ben usually takes for his after-dinner walks. He always likes to take that route so he can stop by the Snow Slush King to buy himself some slush."
Kevin leaned forward and enlarged the photo, zooming in on the fire at the bottom of the trench. "It looks like some kind of mechanical malfunction... Do you have a clearer photo?"
The black-haired woman clicked a few times on her phone. "I've sent you all the original photos I took. If the clarity isn't good enough, there's nothing I can do."
"It's okay, that's enough. We will go to the scene to see it in person. Thank you!"
After getting the clue about her cousin, Gwen pulled Kevin into the car and drove to the destination at lightning speed.
The black-haired woman watched them leave, closed the door, and walked into the house. She raised her hand and pressed on—or rather, reached into—a certain wall and twisted it—
With a crisp "beep" sound, the black-haired woman stepped into the wall.
As soon as you enter the door - or as soon as you enter the "wall", there is a huge room with all kinds of facilities. There are two people in it looking at the holographic projection in the middle of the room.
The woman couldn't help but complain as soon as she entered the room. "I'm telling you two, shouldn't you reflect on yourselves? You're scientists, but you're even more wicked than a devil like me. Not only did you send two children adrift in another world, but you even came and occupied my house?"
"That's not true. From a broader perspective, magic and science are both ways people understand and transform the world, so they're inseparable. So, strictly speaking, as a magic researcher, you can also be considered a scientist, right?"
The man in the white coat spoke slowly and with a smile.
"And this spacetime buffer zone is the only one in the entire universe—ah, you don't like the name 'Spacetime Administration', do you? Sorry, let's call it 'Company'. It's a shared area available to all members of the 'Company'. As partners, Azmis and I can come too."
"It's not that I dislike it. I and most people just think the name 'Space-Time Administration', which eight out of ten competitors have the same name, doesn't sound very cool, and we also think 'Space-Time Stability Maintenance Bureau' is too convoluted. By the way, Dr. Contradiction, your tongue is still as sharp as ever."
The black-haired woman sat down on the sofa in the middle of the room, took a bottle of soda that appeared out of thin air on the table, and opened it.
"Really? You clearly told me to come to the sanatorium for a vacation, but now you're asking me to work overtime? You're a better liar than a devil like me."
"No, no, no, you misunderstood me. You know I never lie," Dr. Contradiction said. "Think back, you haven't done any work since you came to this universe, right? Picking up the dog doesn't count. You were one step ahead of me, and you had already sent the dog back by the time Azmis and I finished discussing it. Don't worry, there's nothing else you need to do after this. Trust the children, and then have a good rest."
"Don't worry. I've pretty much mastered the flow of time between the two universes. Given the normal flow of time outside this room, Ben can even make it back in time for morning classes the next day. I've already reported this information to the Intelligence Department and received their approval. Li Hua's work hours will also be counted this time."
The black-haired woman said, "So why on earth did you two want to throw Benjamin and Li Hua over to the DC Universe? Azmis, don't say you weren't involved. Even if Dr. Contradiction had great eloquence, I don't believe he could have persuaded a legendary tsundere like you to join him in such a short time. I also don't believe that a multi-dimensional jumper could grow out of the ground in Bellwood. If the Evolved Humans had this technology, they would have been invincible throughout the universe eight hundred years ago."
At the table, a gray-skinned alien wearing a black-green robe, slightly taller than an adult human's hand, and looking like a frog, said, "Since you've already guessed it, why ask me?"
"If I had guessed everything, why would I ask you?" The black-haired woman said with a grin, "Don't think I don't know. Even though you, a spoiled old frog, have a temper worse than Batman and a mouth harder than vibranium, you actually dote on that kid Ben. If nothing serious had happened, how could you bear to throw him to another universe? Or the DC Universe at that?"
The BEN universe is a universe for all ages. Is the DC universe a place for innocent children? When she was a newcomer, the system sent her to the DC universe. She knows how talented and beautiful this place is.
Azmis snorted coldly at the woman's comments, stiffening his neck for a moment before letting out a sigh as if giving up. He slowly spoke, "The contradiction shows me the future. If Ben can't improve his combat power in a short period of time, our universe will be destroyed. That universe, while dangerous, has more heroes. He can gain more experience there, learn more knowledge, and..."
Dr. Contradiction: "A new companion."
Moreover, both the DC Universe and the BEN Universe originated from Warner, and even the BEN10 comics were once serialized on DC, so there is naturally no rejection reaction. Benjamin can go there to help the superheroes reduce work pressure and gain experience. This is a win-win situation!
The black-haired woman said, "Because of those guys who call themselves evolved humans?... Although their combat power is very strong and their technology is advanced, and they all committed suicide and are mentally ill enough to drag a group of people to hell... but are they really strong enough to require you to go to such great lengths?"
Evolved humans are the native species of the BEN universe. If they are already super strong, coupled with their restless brains, then wouldn't it mean that in every world where evolved humans have brain damage, Contradictions and Azmis would have to airdrop the local Benjamins to superhero training camp?
Dr. Contradiction: "It's exactly as you said. If it were just an evolved human, Ben and his local companions could have handled it. While the process would be a bit difficult and might require some intervention from Azmis and me, it wouldn't be to the point where we'd have to send Benjamin to another world. As I said, 'Benjamin' himself could solve most of the problems within the Ben universe—but only if my old rival, Huankong, didn't get involved."
When the black-haired woman heard the name "Huankong", she felt that everything made sense instantly.
After all, the troublemaking Phantasm is to the space-time stability of the BEN universe as the Joker who escaped from Arkham Prison is to the safety index of Gotham. The two cannot coexist.
"You know, Huankong is my old rival. We've fought for countless times, and most of the time he's not a protector of time and space, but a destroyer. As far as I know, he's now planning to forcibly destroy the timeline and interfere with the decisive battle between the Evolved Humans. I can no longer observe the outcome of this timeline."
Dr. Contradiction explained.
"Since Huankong cheated, there's no reason why we can't cheat too. So Azmis and I teamed up to create a universe that's closest to our world, the most stable, and the most suitable for Ben's training. We sent him there, and also sent Li Hua."
"Not only will these two people team up to gain double the experience, but it will also greatly increase each other's safety. Take Li Hua for example—you just dealt with this colleague of yours before coming here on vacation. So when the 'past' Li Hua appears here, it will create a closed-loop, significantly increasing our chances of winning this round."
As for the journey to the DC universe, nothing will go wrong with him and Azmis keeping an eye on it.
They would not keep it a secret from Benjamin and Li Hua forever. After some time, or if something happened that the children could not handle, they would go there in person.
"...You space-time types are all more cunning than sponges," the black-haired woman said. "But I'm still curious. Since you came to Earth a long time ago, Azmis, why didn't you help adjust the Omnitrix? Is becoming the young hero's mother also part of your plan?"
Dr. Contradiction winked playfully. "Although you may find it difficult to understand, this is a very important and unchangeable thing."
"...You Time Walkers can go to Gotham and compete with the Riddler, seriously." The black-haired woman took a sip of her soda and saw Azmis standing on the coffee table like a miniature figurine. She couldn't help but ask, "I heard that Azmis didn't add a manual customer service repair function or communication to the Omnitrix. Did he forget?"
Azmis was furious, the beard-like tentacles on his chin trembling with anger. "My Omnitrix itself is perfectly fine, and even with normal use, it won't cause any problems! Every time it breaks, it's because of this brat messing around!"
"Do you think I didn't add a communication to the Omnitrix before? And this guy kept sending me communications, begging me to help him deactivate the master control. He bothered me with trivial matters and never knew how to think. The time he spent bothering me was enough for me to develop a defensive star shield device that could be used for the entire planet!"
The green-eyed Gavin blinked fiercely, angrily picked up the slushie next to him that was taller than him and took a sip. He glared at Benjamin, who was digging a grave with Li Hua on a rainy night in the holographic projection, and said, "This brat better not get into any more trouble that requires my help!"
The black-haired woman deliberately said, "Then don't go. Trust Li Hua, trust Jason, trust Batman. What's that saying? - What if you don't want to cause more trouble? Avoid Batman. What if the trouble can't be solved? Go find Batman. It doesn't matter if you die. It's normal for DC Universe superheroes to die and come back to life. Take him to the pool for a dip and he'll be a resurrected child again."
Azmis: "The Omnitrix is my life's work! I cannot allow it to fall into danger or into the wrong hands!"
The dark-haired woman said cheerfully, "How about you take back the Omnitrix? I believe it will be perfectly safe in the care of its creator, you."
"...What do you know? I have my own considerations."
Azmis, with his old frog face, glared at the black-haired woman fiercely. The old wise man was too lazy to argue with the playful devil, so he just took another sip of slush angrily.
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"Ah—choo!"
Benjamin sneezed violently. Just as he recovered, he wanted to sip some slush, but found that only a hopeless empty sound came out of the cup.
"My slushie—I knew something bad was going to happen after I sneezed!"
Li Hua: "Thinking of you first, scolding you second, worrying about you third, maybe someone is thinking of you."
Benjamin rubbed his nose. "That's too much... Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!... Then what does it mean when I sneeze four times?"
Li Hua: "I don't know about that."
Jason, whose fingers were dancing on his tablet, glanced over. "I take it you mean, Ben, you have a cold, right?"
Number 666 scanned it: "He's in perfect health."
"Yes, I'm feeling fine." Benjamin grabbed a piece of paper and wiped away the spit that had splattered on his hands when he covered his mouth. "I think someone must be thinking of me and missing me."
Li Hua: "Based on what you said, is it possible that someone scolded you twice?"
Benjamin: "How is that possible? I'm so popular... Achoo! Achoo!"
"Yeah, six now. According to your thinking, someone is thinking about Ben while cursing him and still thinking about him?" Jason teased, "Ben, do you owe people money or their hearts?"
Benjamin glared at Jason, but Jason remained unmoved. Benjamin gently poked the youngest child who was curled up on his thigh with his clean hand, then quietly pointed at the top of Jason's head and made a blowing gesture.
At this time, there were ten seconds left before Benjamin was chased around the room and beaten by Jason, whose head was covered in ice chips.
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The author has something to say:
A beautiful woman who doesn't want to be named because she's on vacation: Oi! Vacation on hold! I want to see Old Frog and Old Bat, two legendary stubborn and arrogant guys, go head-to-head online!
【Catch the bug twice】
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