Chapter 201 Chapter 201 The magic of poaching people in a different place
Li Hua thought Karl was going to explode, but in the end he just said, "What did your grandma come back for?"
Benjamin: “To honor Grandpa.”
"Has the news of his sacrifice reached Mom's ears?... Yeah, it was him after all. I thought I was the last one to know about it." Carl smiled bitterly, "Was my dad in pain when he passed away?"
Benjamin: "...He disappeared in the explosion of the Void Projector. I don't think it was painful."
“…I see.”
This was Carl's last words.
While packing up their new place, Li Hua asked, "Ben, can I ask a rather impolite question?"
Benjamin: "Just ask, who are we?"
Li Hua: "Are your grandparents and uncle not very familiar with your father?"
Benjamin paused as he spread the sheets and looked back. “Do you want to listen to what you’re saying? My grandparents are my dad’s biological parents! How could they not be familiar with each other?”
Li Hua: "But your family's concealment of information is comparable to the Red Team in Detective Conan."
Benjamin said, "That... I can't deny it. I've heard my dad mention that when my grandfather was young, he was always busy with work and traveling frequently. Although he always spent quality time with my dad and uncle whenever he was home, it couldn't make up for his absence."
After all, there is really no signal from Earth when performing secret missions in outer space.
"Dad reacted very calmly when he learned of Grandpa's death. Now that I think about it... maybe he already knew Grandpa's identity and was mentally prepared. After all, our Grandpa's brothers and their entire families were plumbers, and they even married into the Purple Mud people."
Jason could understand the situation. "Li Hua, it's normal for you not to understand. After all, your family isn't a superhero family. In our line of work, death is very common. The inability to balance superhero work and family life is inevitable, so it's normal for some people to choose to break up with superheroes because they can't stand it. But children can't choose their own birth."
Even so, children have the right to choose their own path.
"This isn't about exclusion or concealment. It's about the child not wanting to work as a plumber and wanting to live an ordinary life. 'Not involving them in heroic activities' is what a good parent should do. For plumbers who have countless enemies, a proper distance and ignorance will help ensure the safety of the family. Otherwise..."
Jason pointed at himself when he said he found it here.
"Here, a living negative example is right here."
"Simply put, 'saving others even at the cost of one's own life' is the path we choose for ourselves. It has nothing to do with anyone else."
Benjamin scratched the chin of the ice ghost cub on his shoulder and said.
"Even though we're family, we should each choose our own path and life, and we should respect each other's paths, right?"
Li Hua was horrified: "Who are you? Why are you talking so profoundly?"
"Interesting. Last time, Li Hua was re-shelled, and now it's Ben's turn, right?" Jason picked up an ice ghost cub and said sternly, "Whoever you are, get off Benjamin now, or I'm going to use my freezing breath!"
“.......”
Benjamin angrily threw the pillow at Li Hua's face.
"Can't I say something profound?!"
Although they were cleaning up, the room left behind by the unknown colleague was actually very tidy. There wasn't even a trace of her life anywhere. All Li Hua and the others could do was spread out the sheets and make the bed again after their pillow fight.
Just as I finished doing these things, the doorbell rang outside the house.
A burly, black-haired man, about the same age as Li Hua and the others, stood at the door. Seeing Benjamin, he immediately started yelling, "Ben Tennyson, what the hell are you doing? Gwen and I have been looking for you all night, and Gwen didn't even sleep and went straight to school!"
"Gwen is going crazy!"
Li Hua knew who this person was.
Kevin Ethan Levine, the idiot who once wanted to kill Benjamin, is now Benjamin's good brother and the current boyfriend of Benjamin's cousin Gwen.
Benjamin had mentioned his friends in the original world many times, and when he mentioned Kevin, he couldn't help but mention his bad temper, so neither Li Hua nor Jason cared about what was happening with Kevin and Benjamin.
It was just a few loud words. In the second episode, when Jason reunited with his friends, he and Dick had a hearty, full-on fistfight, interspersed with uncivilized language. Kevin was so civilized compared to that, he even rang the doorbell instead of climbing through the window.
However, Kevin's black hair, volatile street personality, and love for motorcycles...
Li Hua poked Jason, and when Jason looked over, he mouthed, "Fuck, Red Hood from another world."
Unexpected, Jason! Those who are good at meal replacements are eventually replaced by others. The trend of meal replacements is different now!
Jason: “…”
Benjamin was explaining to his good brother why he disappeared. When he heard some noise and turned around, he saw that his other two good brothers were fighting with the pillows on the sofa for some reason. The ice ghost cubs all took off and cheered beside the two fighting parents to watch the fun.
Kevin then noticed that there were people over there: "Who is that? Why are there so many people here?"
Benjamin: ...For the first time, I feel a little annoyed by having so many good brothers.
Kevin had a rather short temper and was prone to occasional sarcastic remarks, something Benjamin had grown accustomed to. But Jason wasn't exactly a peaceful person either, and Benjamin was terrified they'd start arguing, as he wouldn't be able to help either side.
"Okay... I roughly understand the situation. Jason, the superhero from another world, Li Hua, Dr. Contradiction's colleague, and new mother Ben's fourteen children, right?"
Kevin sat on the sofa, listened to Benjamin's story, and then hit his thigh to accuse Benjamin.
"Let's put all that aside for now... I'm talking about that Ms. ■! I've known for a while that something was amiss with her! You didn't believe me back then, saying things like 'don't be so nervous'! Man, she's even more expert at exploiting legal loopholes than a former gangster like me!"
Benjamin: "But she's really not a bad person, and she saved my dog before. Counting this time, she's saved my dog twice. You knew this, and later began to trust her, and came here for the party, right?"
Kevin didn't agree or refute. He just let out a breath and tilted his head to glance at Jason, not hiding the admiration in his eyes. "Your equipment is pretty cool."
"Thanks, buddy." Jason nodded. "Is that green car outside your chariot?"
Kevin looked up. "Yeah, it's beautiful, isn't it?"
"It looks pretty ordinary." Before Kevin could lose his temper and Benjamin tried to smooth things over, Jason had already opened a photo of the Batmobile from his phone album in front of Kevin. "Because I've seen cooler ones."
No biker can resist the allure of the Batmobile! No one!
Kevin stared at it for a moment and said awkwardly, "What's the point of looking cool? Especially with this paint job, it's so dark you can't even see any details. Who knows if it's a kit car? Could you show me a few more angles?"
Of course, Kane, who is proficient in modified cars, has already seen that the structure and materials of that car are definitely not ordinary, but he simply doesn't like that his beloved car is compared to other cars.
"I knew you were going to say that." Jason smiled slightly and took out the video of the Batmobile again.
Kevin couldn't find any excuses anymore and could only say bitterly, "If Ben hadn't smashed up my car, I could have modified it into something like this."
Jason put his phone away: "It's okay, Ben has already eaten this car."
Kevin: ......
Jason:......
The two men walked over Benjamin and shook hands vigorously!
At that moment, Kevin, who was feeling a little jealous because his good brother disappeared one night and two more good brothers appeared, knew that he had met the right person.
After a brief exchange, the two former street thugs who liked motorcycles already realized that they had a lot in common with the man in front of them.
"You'll get used to it. This guy is simply a car nemesis." Kevin put his arm around Jason's shoulders. "Come, let me show you my car-loving abilities! That clueless guy Ben has never been interested in this!"
"Okay, maybe I can give you some advice," Jason said. "After all, we're pretty much experts when it comes to car modification."
"Oh? Come on, let's talk in detail!"
.......Is there something wrong?
Why do I feel like Jason is trying to steal my girlfriend?
Benjamin watched as his two good brothers, whom he had never met before, ignored him and walked out arm in arm. He looked at Li Hua and said, "Why do I feel like I'm a little redundant?"
He had been worried for a long time that these two guys with bad tempers would get along physically when they met, but how come they actually got along so harmoniously?
Li Hua, calm and composed from the start, said, "Aside from their lack of superpowers, these two have a frighteningly high degree of overlap in their attributes. It's perfectly normal for them to have a common language. If Jason were to bring his motorcycle over, these two might even go out and rock the streets tonight."
"For the sake of our brotherhood, let me remind you that this matter is not over yet. Do you remember Gwen? Don't forget, she and Jason are both masters of physical skills, both are studious and good students, and both have magical talents."
In other words, it is very likely that Kevin is not the only one who will be poached by Benjamin.
"Oh yeah, and don't forget Albedo. Jason specifically mentioned him before he came here."
It can be imagined that after Li Hua and Benjamin achieved the record of "Gotham 24 Hours", Jason will also have his own record of "Bellwood 24 Hours".
So Li Hua had said long ago, there's no such thing as a magic trick to poach talent. Everything is just a matter of following the flow.
The villains of Bellwood are probably in trouble these days.
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