Ben made a right flip "U" shaped run to gain momentum before attacking Eron.
You know the science? momentum equals the multiplication of mass and velocity.
Eron also dashed towards him.
Ben's speed—370 kmph.
Eron's speed—173 kmph.
When the two clashed their fists again, more than 40,000 Newton force blasted into a huge shockwave that sent unconscious Sera flying far away... Vehicles lifted upward for a moment... Windows of nearby houses broke into pieces... Leaves and branches broke from the trees... Bushes blew away in the sky like cotton... The asphalt sank under their feet.
Both of them blew away because of the shockwave, but Ben colored him with his blue lightning force and made himself fast enough to be free from the shockwave.
Time slowed down for him.
He ran straight at the flying unconscious Sera and was about to pass the flying Eron in an armoured suit.
But a red laser beam had been shot from the shoulder gun of Fanton (the armoured suit), which materialized during the collision.
Fanton had really good reflexes, but Ben was even better. He saw the laser from the corner of his right eye and ducked quickly while running.
But the moment his back was against Eron's, a white beam hit his ass, making him lose balance and roll some times before sliding on the asphalt for more than 20 meters.
"Ugh!" He groaned in pain.
But he didn't have time to cry like a baby. He quickly stood up and looked for Sera with a worried face behind his mask.
But this time, both Sera and Eron had disappeared.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!
He made sprints to every corner of the 20 neighboring houses in less than 10 seconds and searched them with his super vision.
But no soul was found.
"Sera!!!!" He screamed her name before dashing to other streets.
Sadly, he had already lost this fight.
Because from the beginning he was trapped in the fantasy illusion of Eron.
The reason why Eron went inside the portal first was simple—to lay a trap.
In reality, Eron and Sera were standing on the lawn where the portal was. They were still in the mirror dimension.
Fanton was flying high in the sky, keeping an eye on Ben who was searching the neighborhood houses without a rest.
Lisa had also entered the portal but got confused by witnessing the damage her brothers had caused.
Eron had to explain to the two girls, "My range of showing a person a fantasy is 5 km. Ben will probably realise it when he gets out of my range."
"It is not a domain ability. It just has a large range from the beginning. And it is perfect inside a dimension like a mirror dimension. Because here, you can break anything."
"Under my ability, Ben is fighting my avatar that I created with my imagination. To make him believe in my fantasy, I have been attacking him from outside of my fantasy illusion. In this way, he never doubted that his mind was seeing things."
"But now, I have stopped attacking and appearing. I hope, when he finds me, you two will shield me."
"This is so crazy! You should be getting a red card!" Sera spoke with her arms crossed under her boobs.
"Oh hello, fire girl! Don't get ahead of yourself because you are a superheroine, " Lisa got closer to her, bumping her boobs against Sera's.
Sera's face turned red when she looked down at her pitiful boobs. They were smaller and looked weaker than Lisa's.
"Hmph!" Sera backed off and lit up her body in fire.
She slowly ascended to the sky and searched for Ben. She was supposed to have a good time with Ben's family. For that, she had to calm down Ben's anger first, even though it wasn't her place to butt in.
Lisa dragged Eron to the original world where Kate, Dastan, and James were waiting.
He had to do the explaining again.
And Dastan had to give him the bad news that Siya was on her way home.
Hana, the alien, heard everything by focusing on their voices separately and hiding on a street behind.
The neighborhood had houses in 8 rows of streets. Most were Asians in that neighborhood.
And Hana looked like a Japanese woman in cosplay or superheroine outfits, strolling the neighborhood and asking for a rented house. So nobody doubted her.
She was thinking of something fun to do while her sisters were scoping the world.
...
10 minutes later.
Lisa opened the door for her mom, who stormed inside with angry eyes and spotted Ben and Sera on the couch facing the east, Dastan and Kate on the couch facing north, and Eron on the couch facing the west, in the hall.
The mood was already tense before her arrival even though Dastan had turned the smart TV to a funny family show, which was on the south wall.
She took the left side of Eron, and Lisa took the right side.
It was time to face the facts.
Siya glared at Dastan who quickly turned off the TV, "Turn off, Miya Khalifa."
That was the name of the AI inside the smart TV.
The screen went black.
"So... You broke the promise, " Siya said to Ben.
"I just wanted to have a little fight, but it escalated badly. But mom, I got injured and Eron is fine, " Ben tried to defend himself.
"Should I be happy?" She asked him.
Ben lowered his eyes at the circular glass between the three couches, "No... I am just saying. I didn't break my promise."
"I heard everything on the phone from Dastan. You really went too far. If Eron didn't have his power, you would have hospitalized him. Your superhero license could have been revoked. What kind of hero tries to overpower his brother?" She was in super nagging mommy mode.
"He is not my brother, " Ben spoke, not looking in her eyes.
The hall went silent.
Kate, Sera, and Lisa looked at Eron, who was calmly looking at his brother. He was so relaxed and indifferent that it made him look like a bad guy. But he didn't care.
Siya, on the other hand, didn't look at Eron but at Ben, who was more immature than Eron, "So, now that your father is with another woman and I am with Eron, what can you do about it? Will you continue to fight him whenever I am not around?"
It was humiliating for Ben too. But he knew that he was right. He couldn't accept how his family was falling for lust.
He looked up at his mother, "I don't hate him. No one here is a target of my hate. It is this sick situation--"
"This sick situation includes me too. So I am a sick woman, right?" Her question made him unable to continue his phrase.
The hall went silent again for some moments until Eron opened his mouth, "I am moving out."
"No, you can't, " Lisa protested.
Siya looked at him silently.
"Eron, don't take Ben's words to heart. You are my son too. You and Ben are equal to me. This home is for both of you to live, " Dastan said to him.
Eron put his right hand on Lisa's thigh and spoke to Dastan, "I am cutting off the connection or going abroad. I am thinking of opening my own start-up after graduation. I have seen a nice place in Linn."
"Linn? That beautiful seaside town of Kings City?" Kate asked with an amazed expression.
King's City was the ancient capital of the Ateniya Kingdom thousands of years ago. The fourth largest city in area and the eighth most populous city in the nation. It was one of the ten metropolitan cities of the nation and was known for its manufacturing and transport business. It was on the eastern coast of the continent that was the closest to the Usia continent—the land of beastmen and other species that were not humans.
"Do you want a sponsor? I can help, " Kate wanted to help him because she loved Dastan.
Not because she wanted to get into Eron's pants.
Eron shook his head, "I am just a co-founder. The founder of the start-up is a rich kid I know. He is handling the cash flow and I trust him. You don't need to worry about it."
Then he turned his head to his mother, "Let's not ruin Lisa's vacation. I will come to you later to ask about my parents."
He stood up and began walking towards the door to leave the house, "I am going out to meet my date girl and won't be returning before dinner."
(door opening and closing)
Siya also stood up and went to her room, "Leave me alone. Dastan, please take Kate upstairs for now."
"Alright, " Dastan didn't argue with her arrangements and sighed as if he saw this coming.
He led Kate upstairs with her luggage.
Lisa exhaled sadly and said to Ben, "Don't make any rough moves until dinner. Dad's healing medicine takes time."
She went upstairs to her room.
"Am I wrong to oppose them?" Ben asked with his head down.
Was that a question to himself or Sera?
Sera didn't know but she still expressed her opinion, "This is not a matter of right and wrong. It just has different perspectives. Open relationships and breeding are things from ancient times. It didn't have a definition back then."
"Actually, there was no definition of relationships at that time. The relationships get defined with time, so humans stay in bounds."
"Monogamous (devoted to a partner) or non-monogamous both are right in their place."
"Wrong is how we use them. If you are hurting someone, then it is wrong. But look at your family, they are fine, even though they are horny for cheap thrills."
Ben raised his head and looked in her eyes with a sad face, "But now I have made everyone upset and hurt my brother and mother. If I am not bad, then who is?"
Sera slowly brushed his hair with her left hand's slender fingers, "If you seek punishment, I have an idea."
Her eyes turned playful but atmosphere in the hall remained tense.