Chapter 76 Chapter 76 Five Elements' Evil Father
A door to the world outside of time was pushed open.
"Are you off work too?"
In the spacious room behind the door, there was the back of a black-haired woman sitting on the sofa. Even though she heard the movement behind the door, she did not turn around, but just stretched lazily.
"Let's go have a drink then? I've been watching the kids play games for five days, and now I'm taking them for a walk in the snowy mountains. I feel like they're going to die."
"Wait a moment, I'm not off work yet."
"Wow, that's pathetic," the woman said, rolling over from the sofa to the young man in casual sportswear. "I've seen you in magical girl dresses so often, it's a little strange to see you in regular clothes."
The man looked helpless: "That's entirely because you work overtime all day long. If you saw me at work, I would definitely be wearing work clothes."
The woman sighed, "Ah, back when you were Li Hua, you were a young and energetic person who was too embarrassed to even lift your head when wearing a skirt. How did you become such a shrewd old man now?"
"I don't know who it was back then who, when called 'Queen,' kicked her toes and yelled, 'That's too childish! I can't handle it!' But then, during a mission, she realized how cool it was to use that title to show off, and she just fell for it. Who was that person? It couldn't be you, Cheng Xiaoyu?" Future Li Hua grumbled. "We're from the same era, so who doesn't have a piece of each other's dirty laundry?"
The woman whose name was called shouted: "I'm on vacation, call me Cheng!"
Future Li Hua was confused: "Why? Are you still worried that someone will confuse you with Xiaoyu from Jackie Chan Adventures, who has the same pronunciation but different name and person? Or are you working too much overtime and still want to show your professionalism after get off work?"
Cheng: "Because the demon's name is Lifeline, you haven't seen anyone walking around with an external heart, right?"
Future Li Hua: "Come on, you're not even the same species as that demon...hiss, you didn't get hurt at work and are so used to using a code name that you can't even use your real name anymore?"
"No, I usually address you all by my real name. Who wants to use those code names when they're not working?" Cheng said. "It's just that my intuition tells me that if my real name or even my profile picture is revealed too many times, I'll have to work overtime again."
Future Li Hua: "Who will you reveal yourself to? Me? Or Dr. Contradiction or Azmis?"
"I don't know, I just had this feeling all of a sudden," Cheng said. "You, a violent mage who barely cultivates inspiration, wouldn't understand."
Future Li Hua: "It's because you guys with high inspiration always suddenly become delirious, and your mental states are intermittently more wonderful than each other, that I don't want to cultivate inspiration!"
"Whatever. Azmis is in the third room on the left. He said he was tired of the kids' annoying antics, so he opened a lab in this space and said he wanted to invent something to relieve their boredom... Of course, that's not what he said exactly, but I'm too lazy to memorize it. Anyway, most of it was just using parallel sentences to criticize this person and that person."
Cheng stood up, patted the snack crumbs on his body and said.
"And Dr. Contradiction said fifteen minutes ago that there seemed to be a problem with the timeline of a certain parallel universe and he needed to check it out, and then he disappeared. So I guess you'll have to take over your own boot camp from now on. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first. I saw on the local interstellar network that there's a planet in the Milky Way that's perfect for a vacation, so I'm planning on going there to have some fun."
"Wait a minute—" Future Li Hua spread his wings like a roc and moved horizontally to block Cheng's way, smirking, "Sister Yu, aren't you looking for some fun? Here it is."
Cheng waved his hand. "Overtime doesn't count as fun. I'm not a masochist. I was already drained by the endless overtime on my last mission. I can't work any more overtime! Unless you treat me to a meal."
She knew that once her real name was revealed, she would be doomed to work overtime. She went to the medical department to check if she had contracted any of the "overtime curse."
Future Li Hua gave a reserved smile. "I've been a little short on money lately. I've spent all my points on clothes and wands... Hey, Sister Yu, don't go, don't go! I'm not asking you to work overtime. I'm really asking you to have some fun. Magicians don't lie to magicians! I just want you to help me cast a spell. You know, my magical attainments aren't as high as yours."
"...If you'd put even one-fifth of the effort you put into building buffs into learning magic, you wouldn't have ended up like this." Cheng's face was filled with disdain, but he didn't take another step to leave the room. "You said it was fun to watch, really?"
"Yes, yes, don't you understand me? Old friends don't lie to each other." Future Li Hua patted his chest and hugged, saying, "There are some tricks! There are some fun things! There are some show effects! All you need is to help me cast a little magic, and then I'll give you a little pop test, and then everything will be fine."
After all, they were colleagues who had joined the company at the same time and had been comrades for so many years. Cheng showed a subtle expression:
"There was nothing to do with your past self, so you're going to do it? Others lack the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, but you lack virtue, right?"
Complaints aside, there's still something to be said for fun. Cheng asked, "Okay. But are you sure there's something fun to be said for me?"
"Of course." Future Li Hua said slowly with a smile that carried too much meaning, "I have a brilliant idea. Just lend me a little magic, and you can listen to my grand plan."
…
"Everyone, I have an idea."
Benjamin and Jason, who had been playing hide-and-seek with 14 ice ghost cubs for three hours while sitting next to a tall snowdrift under the brilliant starry sky, turned their heads to listen to Li Hua talk about his new idea.
"No. 666 said before that the reason I can only use one card at a time is not because of the mechanics, but because of my mana. However, I can clearly feel that my mana has increased as I cast spells more and more, so maybe I can try dual operation."
"If you want to try them, you'd better start with the ones that consume the least mana. [Time] and [Fight] can be ruled out for now. The rest..." Benjamin counted on his fingers, "[Fly] [Shield] [Earth] [Disappear] [Quiet] [Illusion] [Move], which two do you plan to try?"
Li Hua: "The ones with the lowest mana consumption here are [Quiet] and [Move], but I really can't think of any interesting combination of these two... a silent flying disc that can automatically spin?"
Jason: "Let's try again when we get back. Otherwise, what if you, Li Hua, run out of magic power and can't even activate the [shield] in this desolate mountain and snowy forest? Then the three of us will be devastated to lose our safe house where we can adapt to the temperature. If I also run out of magic power and turn back into a normal person, even if Benjamin immediately transforms into a Kryptonian and sends us back, given the temperature difference between here and Blüdhaven, Benjamin and I might end up bedridden tomorrow, and you'll have to call the number to Blüdhaven Medical Center."
Li Hua: "Don't worry, Jason. The Omnitrix is adaptive. Benjamin will probably be fine after he transforms back into a Kryptonian, returns to Blüdhaven, and then transforms back into a human. So, Benjamin and I will sit by your bed and dial the number for Blüdhaven Central Hospital."
Jason wanted to raise his middle finger, but as soon as he raised his hand and saw the innocent eyes of the Ice Ghost Cub, he changed it to a thumbs-down gesture: "Then I really do want to thank you."
Li Hua smiled modestly: "No need to thank me, this is what Dad... a good brother should do."
"Then let's go back. It's getting dark. We should go back for dinner."
In order to save face, Benjamin refused to transform into a magical boy. Wrapped in thick cold-proof gear, he played hide-and-seek with 14 children in knee-deep snow with his human body. He was so tired that he could hardly lift his arms. In order to play with the children, he used the Omnitrix too many times, and his physical energy was consumed the most.
It was so cold here, so cold that his phone automatically turned off. Benjamin secretly regretted that if he had known it would be so cold, he would have chosen a less high mountain.
Of course, out of some unnecessary self-esteem, Benjamin would not directly say that he was physically unable to keep up.
But even if Benjamin didn't say it, let alone Li Hua and Jason who were now sharp-eyed and sharp-eared with the buffs, even the 14 ice ghost cubs that were not even a month old noticed the discomfort of their relatives. They no longer fluttered around excitedly like they did at the beginning, but all snuggled up to their parents honestly.
Jason: "Let's go, there's nothing fun to do in this dark snowy forest anyway."
Li Hua quietly opened his shield, blocking out the howling cold wind. "Come to think of it, it gets dark so quickly here. What's the time difference between here and Bludhaven? What time is it in Bludhaven now?"
The snow didn't melt in April, there were no people living around the snow-capped mountains, and it got dark early. It was speculated that the mountains were snow-capped mountains or mountain ranges in some high-latitude area, probably somewhere in Europe.
Benjamin: "I don't know. My phone automatically turned off and I can't check the time."
Jason: "Can't the Omnitrix tell time?"
Benjamin answered with action. He showed the Omnitrix on his left hand. There were no traces of numbers on the green dial except for geometric patterns.
"And you keep saying it's a watch, and no one in your family thinks anything's wrong." Jason clicked his tongue. "Then if the family goes out and your parents ask for the time, and you check your phone or can't dial, wouldn't that give you away?"
Li Hua: "What's the big deal? We'll just call it a wristband decoration to show off. Who wants to do something with their wrist for no reason? For example, drawing a watch with a ballpoint pen. Ben can easily explain to his parents that this is a higher-end watch decoration."
"Li Hua still understands me." Benjamin's strength gradually returned. He adjusted the Omnitrix dial to find his Kryptonian form. A green light flashed, and a young Kryptonian with black hair and green eyes said, "Okay, we should go back."
The Kryptonians were very fast. Almost in the blink of an eye, the two of them, the fourteen cubs, and Li Hua's spherical shield barrier appeared on the rooftop of the Bludhaven rental house.
In order to prevent the neighbors from discovering that there are three magic boys in the house, they had already enclosed the small rooftop with one-way glass, and installed a large glass window that could be opened like a lunch box lid to make it convenient for the magic boys to go up and down.
The sun was still hanging in the sky over Blüdhaven, and it looked like it was only afternoon. This showed that there was indeed a time difference between the snow-capped mountain and Blüdhaven.
After landing, No. 666's telepathic voice sounded: [You can draw a card now. Do you want to keep this opportunity or use it immediately?]
"If not now, when?" Li Hua rubbed his hands and said, "I hope this time I can get a fun card that doesn't cost much mana and is easy to use."
Number 666 activated the gorgeous card draw effects on a panel visible only to Li Hua. The inorganic voice blaring from the Bluetooth speaker in the corner actually sounded like gnashing teeth: "I'm an AI assistance system, not a turtle in a wishing well."
Li Hua: "Can you play a festive song? My phone hasn't turned on yet, and I want to learn some metaphysics."
No. 666 resigned himself to his fate and played a song called "Good Luck Comes": "Come on, living daddy."
With the blessing of "Good Luck Comes", Li Hua held his breath, concentrated his mind, and drew a card from the card pool in one go -
[THE CHANGE]
"Alas, it's still crooked."
Li Hua sighed and said.
"It's a substitute card."
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Author's words: Future Li Hua: Hehehe, haha ...! I've finally waited for this day!
【Catch a bug once】
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