Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Traditional Arts
The parents in the reception room were unaware that a curious child had slipped out.
There was no way around it. No one could quickly notice that one was missing when the room was full of blue fluttering moths.
Moreover, the ice ghost cubs usually stay around familiar people and move in groups, so there is really no need to worry too much.
Even the one who left the group didn't break this rule, because technically, he and his beloved mother were only separated by a door, no more than five meters away. To the Nakfuji, who could transform and penetrate matter, that door and wall could be treated as if they didn't exist.
The reception room was not like the quiet, cautious and tentative atmosphere outside. As soon as Alfred left, Li Hua and Benjamin immediately jumped up and started to change their clothes, as if their clothes were sprinkled with itching powder.
As long as they change quickly enough and I stay calm and pretend nothing happened, the embarrassment will not catch up with me!
Jason picked up the wig that Li Hua had taken off and said, "Don't rub it! It's hard to fix a frizzy wig."
Li Hua had changed back into his casual clothes. Benjamin, who was still struggling with the zipper and straps, looked so skilled and quick that it made people feel distressed. "It shouldn't explode, right? It's got so many hairpins on it. I think it can withstand a force 18 typhoon."
"Static electricity can cause these cheap wigs to frizz. A six-year-old's dream look is probably not a mess of hair," Jason said as he rescued Benjamin. "No, the designer designed this based on their idea of a six-year-old's favorite look. As a parent, you definitely wouldn't want a mess of hair."
Finally, with the help of Jason and Li Hua, Benjamin was able to free himself from the clothes and wig. Now the only thing left on his face was the makeup.
Benjamin sat on a stool and let Li Hua and Jason rub his face with cotton pads soaked in makeup remover. With their combined efforts, Benjamin finally regained his natural look. He looked in the mirror and exclaimed, "It feels so good to see my own face again."
As Jason gathered the soiled cotton pads into a pile, he asked, "By the way, what kind of person was the creator of the Omnitrix?"
Li Hua thought for a moment. "If you exclude his bad mouth and personality, then Azmis is a perfectly good person. If you include his bad mouth and personality, then Azmis is a perfectly good person with a particularly bad temper."
Jason had a vision of a scientific Batman from another world in his head. "Have you asked Azmis to help fix the problem of Ben always transforming incorrectly?"
Speaking of this, Benjamin's eyes wandered away guiltily: "It's solved, of course it's solved. He's Azmis, nothing is difficult for him."
He never mentioned that it was his random tapping of the watch face that caused the random transformation.
Li Hua nodded. "Azmis should come over later to add an additional setting to the Omnitrix to prevent the same kind of self-reproduction that happened with the Ice Phantom that made people become parents."
Jason stroked his chin and asked, "From an objective perspective, does this count as sterilizing Benjamin?"
Benjamin: “…”
Li Hua: “…”
Li Hua: "It counts... counts... right?"
"What counts? Benjamin didn't do anything. Whether you look at it from an objective or medical perspective, it's none of Benjamin's business. If anything counts, it should be considered as destroying the Omnitrix—ugh, a safety measure!" Number 666 was speechless and started talking on the microphone again. "What the hell are you guys thinking of?"
"I call that an exploratory spirit." Jason threw all the used cotton pads into the trash can and said, "I'll take you to explore Gotham later. I know this place very well! There are super-powered villains and exquisite dress stores."
Benjamin: “Yeah!”
"We can do without the latter one, really." Li Hua said, "Then what about the house in Bludhaven? Wouldn't we have rented it for nothing?"
Although it was built quickly, the things inside were moved back and arranged bit by bit by the three of them. Now it is no longer used after only a few days, which Li Hua thinks is a bit of a waste.
Jason: "Don't worry, based on my experience, we'll probably stay here for about a week before running back."
Benjamin: “Why?”
Jason: "Because I'm very confident in Bruce's words. He's fine as an ordinary father, but when it comes to being a mentor, he's sometimes too rigid and controlling. Before I died, Dick—that's Nightwing—said that his control and bad temper gradually increased with age, and after my death, it became even more intense. I reasonably guess that the third generation of Robin, who was not at home, was so angry that he ran away to avoid him."
The most conclusive evidence is that when Jason asked where the third Robin was, Bruce avoided Alfred's sight.
Benjamin thought he understood: "I get it. Batman is just Azmis with combat attributes. I have experience, don't worry."
Before Li Hua could explain his experience, Benjamin assured him, "I can definitely take you two back to Bludhaven in five minutes. He won't be able to catch up."
Li Hua: ...
Yes, the contrast with Jason was too stark before, and I forgot that he was also a heavyweight character who would leave the house in the middle of the night without being asked. Benjamin only looks like a good boy, but he is very rebellious at heart.
Li Hua once again realized in despair that he seemed to be the most honest among all the people present.
Is rebellion a required course to become a superhero?
No. 666: "I don't know if rebellion is a prerequisite for becoming a superhero. After all, neither you nor I are superheroes by profession. But having your own firm thoughts and way of doing things is a prerequisite for personal independence."
Li Hua made up her mind: "Okay, then I will start working out and practicing physical training. Then I won't have to wear a skirt anymore!"
A strong person doesn't need any extra accessories!
No. 666: ...
Forget it. I'm just a rookie who has never been on a real front-line battlefield and doesn't understand what the numerical bonus represents. In a few years, I should be able to develop my own unique numerical aesthetic.
“Ah!” Benjamin cried out as he finally turned his attention to the children. “One is missing! There are only 13 of them!”
"Could it be that you missed one on the sun and didn't catch it?" Li Hua's guess was rejected by Jason as soon as it was put forward. "Impossible, I distributed 14 batarangs myself!"
Benjamin: "Yes! I counted them when I picked them up from the sun, and I gave them counting bracelets when I brought them back!"
It could only have been lost in this house, so according to their habits, they would probably go looking for some metal teeth...
Li Hua: "Oh no—Batmobile!"
Jason: "Oh no—the Batcomputer!"
Benjamin: "Oh no—I can't afford the compensation!"
Just as the three were about to rush out to rescue the bat equipment from the molar baby's mouth, the door to the reception room was opened from the outside. The first to come out was Dick, who had a baby ice ghost on his head. "I'm sorry to hear your conversation, but don't worry, the child is not lost."
"Old Five!" Benjamin excitedly picked up the cub. "Thank you for watching over him for me. He loves to chew on things. Did he break anything?"
Bruce: "He ate a bite of Alfred's silver tray, a few bites of tungsten alloy, and a few bites of iron-chromium alloy. Will this have any effect on His health?"
"It's okay. Ice ghost cubs are very independent from birth and will never touch anything they can't eat." Benjamin flicked the ice ghost cub on the head. "Little rascal, why did you run onto someone's head when I wasn't looking? And did I ever tell you not to chew on anything after you've eaten, especially not on electrical appliances?"
Electricity is one of the Nakfuji people's weaknesses. What if they get electrocuted while chewing on it?
But it may still be too difficult for newborn babies to understand. No matter how hard Benjamin, Li Hua, Jason and others tried to teach them, the cubs still left teeth marks on the washing machine and refrigerator in the Bludhaven rental house.
Fortunately, they may have listened to the instructions a little bit, and only damaged the surface of the appliance but not the circuit, so no Nakfuji cubs were harmed while exploring their new home.
"He didn't bite the electrical appliances. He took a bite of the silver tray, then he gnashed his teeth on the batarang Jason gave him and took a bite of... the metal I gave him."
Seeing that the cub who had the courage to roll around on the silver tray under the gaze of the three people could only make pitiful "squeaks" in his mother's arms, Bruce took off his helmet, tried to soften his facial lines, and added another sentence.
“No compensation required.”
"That's right. No one would blame such a cute baby. What bad intentions could they have?"
Dick was very happy to find that more cute cubs were trying to get close to him and showing themselves to Jason, Li Hua and Benjamin as if they had discovered a new continent.
"It seems I'm quite popular."
Bruce watched as the cubs seemed to be flying around Dick's head in some kind of trajectory: "Are they trying to express something?"
Just like bees use dance to tell their companions to convey information.
Li Hua poked Benjamin and said, "Come on, Benjamin, use your invincible Mommy's Witness."
"How could there be such a thing?"
Having said that, Benjamin still followed Bruce's gaze, thought, frowned, and felt that he must have misunderstood.
Otherwise, why would he think that these cubs were telling him that Dick's head seemed delicious?
The Ice Ghost doesn't eat anything other than metal. Last time, when Little Eleven curiously took a bite of the wooden table, he made a "Pooh, Pooh, Pooh" sound for a long time. No matter how I think about it, this can't be the answer.
Jason: "Maybe it's because Dick's clothes are also black and blue, which reminds the children of Mommy. After all, they haven't seen their Mommy in the form of an ice ghost many times before."
Several people thought this was the most likely possibility.
"Oh~ Can I hold them?" Dick's heart melted as he was surrounded by the cubs. After getting permission, he held one and started patting its head. "Oh, they're so cute."
"Alfred has gone to clean up the guest bedroom. Your room will be next to Jason's." Bruce said, "Before Alfred left, he asked me to help ask the Ice Ghost cub what kind of childcare supplies it needs, such as toys..."
"Net bag!" Before he finished speaking, the three teenagers answered in unison, "We need a dip net to catch fish!"
Bruce: "...Okay."
It turned out that he wasn't the only one trying to catch the cubs with a dip net.
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