ben10: I don't want to be a hero

On a sunny morning, the old car was parked by the river in the forest.

Tian Mark was preparing lunch, Xiao Wen was sitting on a sun lounger enjoying the sunbath, Klein was lying on another sun lounger, and Xiaoban was still playing the violent sumo game console.

Klein suddenly stood up and walked into the forest, "I'm going to take a walk, you don't have to follow me."

Xiao Wen originally planned to go with him, but after hearing what Klein said, he stayed there and continued to sunbathe.

...

In the forest.

Klein suddenly stopped while walking, and then said, "Contradiction, do you have something to do with me?"

"Sure enough, I was discovered."

A blue portal appeared next to him, and Dr. Contradiction walked out of it.

Klein shrugged. Dr. Contradiction's peeping skills were indeed strong, but they were still a little bit inferior to his own.

"I think I didn't come at the wrong time. You should be free now."

"Don't say these useless things, Contradiction, what big thing happened?"

Klein said there was no need to say so much nonsense.

Contradiction was not polite, and said directly, "In the parallel universe of the 54th quadrant, a parallel space-time isotope of your cousin encountered some troubles. I think you should not stand idly by."

"Xiaoban? No matter which universe he is in, he will always encounter some difficulties that he needs to overcome by himself. I will not interfere too much in these."

Klein was silent for a moment, then shook his head. He believed that Xiaoban had the ability to overcome all difficulties.

"Your cousin wants to kill your cousin."

Dr. Contradiction said suddenly.

"Huh?!... Let's go."

Klein was slightly stunned, and then agreed to Dr. Contradiction.

He, little guy, I can't control you? Dr. Contradiction said that everything was planned.

"But, let me tell you in advance, you can't kill him, he was also forced."

Dr. Contradiction was worried that Klein would accidentally kill his cousin for the sake of justice, although it was not completely "relative".

"... Yeah."

(Xiaoban: Why are you hesitating?! Speak up!)

...

On the other side, Tian Mark prepared lunch.

"Brother and sister, who will go to call Xiaoze? Dinner is about to start."

Tian Mark called Xiaoban and Xiaowen to call Klein.

"I'll go!" (X2)

Xiaoban and Xiaowen quickly got up and ran in the direction where Klein left.

"Big silly! Can't you just stay there and wait?!"

"Big nerd! I'll go call my cousin! You go back to have lunch first!"

Xiaoban and Xiaowen pushed each other and ran forward.

Soon, Xiaoban and Xiaowen came to the place where Klein and Dr. Contradiction had just talked.

Klein walked into a blue portal.

"Cousin!" (X2)

Ban and Wen ran over without thinking and followed him into the portal.

After a while, Tian Mark came to look for his grandchildren, "Huh? Aren't they here? Where did they go?"

...

Because Ban and Wen entered the portal side by side, they were a little crowded, and they accidentally fell down just after entering the portal.

"It seems that your cousins ​​have also followed."

Ban and Wen fell to the ground and heard the voice of an adult male from above.

"Uh... It hurts."

Ban and Wen shook their heads and propped themselves up and stood up.

"What are you doing here?"

Klein looked at Ban and Wen in confusion.

"Uh~ We wanted to call you for lunch. Did we disturb you? Cousin?"

Wen spoke awkwardly, worried that Klein would blame her.

(Xiaoban: Aren't you worried about blaming me? We are in the same group!)

Klein shook his head helplessly and reached out to touch Xiaowen's head. What else can he say about his cousin?

Xiaoban was not embarrassed at all. He looked at Dr. Maodun in confusion. Is he his cousin's friend? He didn't remember seeing this person.

Maodun also noticed Xiaoban's eyes and smiled, "Xiaoban? It's been a long time since we last met. However, you don't know me now. But I still want to say that you are more like yourself than your future self. There is a reason for this, but I can't tell you."

Xiaoban said he didn't understand what Dr. Maodun said, so he turned to look at Klein, "Cousin, who is he?"

"A peeping Tom."

Klein said lightly.

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At this point, Xiaoban and Xiaowen subconsciously took two steps back and moved away from Dr. Contradiction.

"How can you say that about me?! Klein, I'm a time traveler, not a voyeur!" Dr. Contradiction said I'll sue you for defamation.

Then Dr. Contradiction turned to Xiaoban and Xiaowen and introduced himself, "I'm Dr. Contradiction, you can just call me Contradiction."

"Contradiction? Where is this place?"

After Xiaoban got to know Dr. Contradiction, he asked the question he was curious about.

"Well... how should I put it? This is a deserted place in California, but it's not the California you originally had, but the California in the fifty-fourth parallel universe."

Contradiction explained.

"The fifty-fourth parallel universe?!"

Xiaoban and Xiaowen looked at each other in surprise.

"Okay, Contradiction, where are we going now?"

Klein looked around the surrounding environment. This was in an abandoned building.

"Come with me, you're the only one missing... no, you guys!"

Dr. Contradiction took the lead and walked upstairs of the abandoned building.

"Are there others?"

Xiao Wen asked doubtfully.

"Of course, I think you should be familiar with them."

Dr. Contradiction smiled mysteriously.

(The author checked and found that Bell City seems to be in California.)