Chapter 94 Chapter 94 The adult world is not easy
Rather than making inferences in his mind, since there is an insider right now, Luther would naturally choose to obtain more information from the mouth of the young clone in front of him.
This boy clone seems to have a mind as immature as his body, so he should be easy to use.
So Luther pretended to be affable and interested... No, it should be said that he "pretended to be affable." After all, Luther was indeed very interested in the clones that barely embodied the latest cutting-edge human creation technology:
"BEN 10 is a very creative name. Can I ask how you came up with it?"
If this were back home, if this were back in the old days, Benjamin would have puffed out his chest and proudly replied after Luther said this: "Because I'm Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, and the Omnitrix on my wrist originally had ten alien heroes."
But we certainly can't say that now. People in this world are very evil. Who knows, they might have bad intentions after hearing this information.
The most important thing is that if Benjamin knew that he really revealed his name and Omnitrix here, Jason would definitely drag Li Hua and scold him until the next day.
He might have to go to the sun to pick up the children, scold them while taking care of them, and then tell Batman about it. Then he will be scolded by Batman, the combat version of Azmis, for several hours.
Benjamin regretfully passed up the opportunity to share his ingenious naming ideas: "Because it sounds nice, that's what everyone else calls me."
The subtle changes in the boy clone's facial expression naturally did not escape Luther's eyes. He was watching and analyzing the boy clone's every move.
It seems that just as he had expected, "BEN 10", which does not look like a name, is something like an experimental number. This young man was also indoctrinated with certain ideas in the laboratory and lacks the cognition of ordinary people.
Simply put, it's very deceptive.
And judging from the words and expression of this clone, he doesn't seem to like the name "BEN 10" very much. Maybe he has learned something from his days in human society. He is dissatisfied with his current growth environment but cannot resist it, so he has to deceive himself and choose "Ben" from "BEN 10", which looks like a human name, as his other name.
They are easy to deceive, have a certain degree of self-thinking and have some gaps with the manufacturer, which means that this corner is likely to be dug.
Even if he can't poach people, it would be good if he can sow discord. Luther won't lose out anyway.
"Anything else?"
Benjamin didn't know what Luther was thinking, but he didn't want to stand here with Luther as punishment. So he leaned towards the door to indicate his intention to leave, and urged him on.
"Are you going to fight or not? If not, I'm leaving. I'm in a hurry."
Luther: "What are you rushing to do?"
Benjamin: "Of course I have to do what a hero does. Didn't I tell you? I'm the hero BEN 10."
So that's how it is. It seems that "becoming a hero" is the idea that this clone was indoctrinated with.
Luther understood.
I think the creator of this clone also had the same purpose as him, wanting to create a "new superman".
"Don't be so anxious, young man. You have the ability to catch up." Luther stepped forward and extended his right hand to the bewildered boy. "Don't be nervous either. As I said, I just wanted to see you."
Benjamin strangely stretched out his hand to shake hands with Luthor. Under the red sunlight, he had lost his Kryptonian superpowers and failed to notice that during the few seconds of the handshake, the watch worn on Luthor's right wrist pierced his wrist with a tiny kryptonite needle and took a drop of blood.
Even if he noticed it later, Benjamin probably wouldn't have cared.
After all, Benjamin is now using Superman's DNA to replicate the Kryptonian shell, and the Omnitrix will protect the host's DNA, so the outer DNA that Luthor can take away will only be Superman's.
Luthor already has Superman DNA, so this is not a big deal for him.
Having accomplished the purpose of his trip, Luther opened the door of the lead fortress disguised as a warehouse: "Then today's meeting ends here, Mr. Ben. I believe we will meet again in the future."
"Really? I'm leaving then?"
Benjamin longs for battle, but he is not a mindless violent maniac.
He was very clear that he was not at an advantage in the current situation. With so many guns pointed at him, even if he turned back into a human and switched to another form, the bullets would hit his forehead first.
Not switching forms would be tantamount to seeking death. Benjamin could clearly feel that all his Kryptonian superpowers were suppressed by the red sunlight in the entire house to the point where he was no different from an ordinary human being. He would really die if he was hit by a bullet.
Benjamin had no intention of committing suicide. Besides, there were already enough orphans in the world, and there was no need to create fourteen more in one night.
Benjamin walked towards the door, alert to Luther's every move, but even when he reached the door and walked out of the red sunlight, Luther still did not move.
This was the first time Benjamin had seen a villain who, after luring him into a trap from afar, actually just talked instead of fighting directly.
Benjamin looked inside the warehouse door. Luther was still standing under the red light, and even nodded slightly at him with a smile on his face.
"Man, you're really weird."
Benjamin grunted and took off into the sky.
“But I don’t hate it.”
There were no alien warships, no attempt to forcibly occupy his body, no attempt to spread extremely dangerous radiation across the Earth via satellite to mutate all life on Earth, no attempt to cause trouble by genetically modifying creatures, no attempt to capture thousands of Earthlings for modification or to use as food reserves...
Benjamin couldn't help but think, how nice it would be if all the villains he met could communicate normally, be polite, and release people when asked to do so, just like Luthor he met this time?
He didn't ask for much. It would be great if one out of ten occurrences could end peacefully without causing any damage.
Benjamin went to continue his night work, and Luther was not idle either.
Ever since Superman's DNA was stolen, Luthor has been keeping an eye on whether there are any new Kryptonians appearing on the planet.
Finally, some time ago, he finally caught some clues.
Even though the costume style was very similar to Green Lantern and covered half of his face, Luthor, who had created thousands of Superman clones, recognized him at a glance. Above the mask, the eyebrows were clearly the same as Clark Kent's.
The only difference is the eyes. Superman has blue eyes that are as all-encompassing as the ocean, while this new Kryptonian has a pair of green eyes like green leaves, emitting his extremely strong vitality and energy all the time.
In simple terms, Superman is tolerant and gentle, while the new Kryptonian's personality is more childish and lively. He likes to tell jokes and likes to be praised and complimented.
But this new Kryptonian won't stop occasionally like Superman. He will quickly leave the scene after solving the problem.
It's like a parent rushing to pick up their child from daycare.
Luthor didn't believe that Superman didn't notice that there was a Kryptonian who looked exactly like him on Earth. Even if they hadn't met him during the flight during this period, even if Superman didn't notice it because of magic or some technology, and even if Superman happened to be on a business trip to outer space and didn't come back or was busy with other things, there was still Batman on Earth.
Luthor knew that, besides him, the human on Earth who cared most about Kryptonians might be Batman.
With that guy's ability to gather intelligence, this new Kryptonian must have been discovered long ago and even found by Batman and Superman.
Luther's guess was correct, because there was a post on the Internet soon, which was about a black-haired magic boy who had great strength, could fly and fly at super speed, and insisted that he was not Superman.
The reason why we were able to quickly determine that the magical boy in the green and white skirt was the cloned Kryptonian from before was because he did not cover half of his face this time.
If Luthor still can't recognize that's the face of the young Clark, then the thousands of Kryptonian clones in his laboratory would be a waste.
Previously, Luthor had suspected that the mark on the chest of the new clone was related to the various strange creatures that had appeared recently, mainly in Blüdhaven, occasionally showing up in Gotham, and appearing together with the magic boy and the Red Hood. This was now confirmed.
That's all related to the magic boy. This new Kryptonian is likely to have stronger magic resistance and may even have other special abilities. He will undoubtedly be a greater threat.
On the other hand, if this method of producing new Kryptonians can be used by him...
But even for his biological son Connor, Luthor now finds it difficult to find an opportunity to have private contact (although the bigger reason is that Connor doesn't want to see him either), let alone this new Kryptonian who has nothing to do with him.
Luthor had never found an opportunity to avoid Superman and Batman and contact this new Kryptonian alone, until yesterday his informant in Blüdhaven received news that the new Kryptonian had actually appeared in Blüdhaven, and was flying between the buildings at a speed visible to the human eye, holding Nightwing in his left hand and Red Hood in his right hand, as if he was looking for something.
Soon, Luther received news that Roland Desmond, who could almost be called the de facto ruler of Blüdhaven, and his mother died that night, both of whom died of heart failure.
Luther didn't know what happened in Desmond's mansion last night, but he knew that with the power vacuum in place, Blüdhaven would fall into chaos, which was a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation and move his own forces in.
In fact, Luther never thought that he could achieve his goal in one fell swoop today.
He simply took advantage of the chaos in Blüdhaven and transported some of his equipment into Blüdhaven during the day, transformed the warehouse, and put a low-pitched videotape with keywords such as "Superman" and "Help" on it, wanting to see what effect it would have if he placed a new Kryptonian in Blüdhaven to set up an automatic fishing ground.
Who would have thought that he just gave it a test run, and the fish actually took the hook directly. The hair follicles on the fish left the scalp more easily than Luther's.
Luthor looked at the watch on his right hand that collected the DNA of new Kryptonians.
It was a shame, Nightwing and the others were in Blüdhaven tonight, and he had no way of secretly transporting the new Kryptonian from Blüdhaven to his lab.
A great man who is keen on COSing the red date alien head once said: "If you are a little boy with black hair and blue eyes, then you have a chance to meet Batman. But if you are a little boy from Krypton with black hair, blue eyes or green eyes, then you will definitely meet Luthor."
"No one can question Batman's expertise in dealing with psychopaths, just as no one can question Luthor's expertise in dealing with Kryptonians."
When Benjamin escaped from Luthor's red light meeting room and fell onto the roof of someone's house because his Kryptonian form was released, he remembered this sentence and a few big words flashed in his mind -
Jason never lied to me!
Who would have thought that Luther would actually come to Blüdhaven and cause so many annoying things.
Benjamin remembered Jason saying that at first Superman was the only Kryptonian on Earth.
It’s hard to imagine how many times Luthor must have tricked Superman to develop such a skilled method of subduing Kryptonians.
Is this the world of adult heroes?
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