"Have you heard of my story?"
Doctor Animo never dreamed anyone would know his name. For a moment, his gaze and tone toward Ben turned joyful, his expression becoming incredibly excited.
He was thin and sallow-skinned, looking somewhat sickly.
But now, he looked at Ben with an expectant gaze, like a child in kindergarten hoping for praise from their teacher.
I certainly do!
Ben thought.
Doctor Animo, real name Aloysius James Animo, was originally an outstanding veterinarian scientist. However, he gradually went mad, attempting to reconstruct animal DNA and create super-animals.
But this pursuit ruined his future.
He missed out on the Truth Prize he'd always dreamed of. After five years of obscurity, he returned with his invention—the Gene Variator.
Ben's gaze fell on the machine on Animo's head, resembling Loki's horned helmet. The machine looked crude but possessed terrifying power.
"But..."
"Animo, why are you here?" Ben asked, frowning.
Animo was a classic villain in Ben 10, even considered the smartest Earthling in some settings. But he shouldn't be in this universe.
And clearly, Animo didn't recognize him or the Omnitrix.
"Animo?" Doctor Animo's voice suddenly turned cold.
He glared fiercely at Ben, placing a hand on his chest like a knight receiving a medal. "You rude brat, you should call me Animo—Doctor!"
"Doctor?"
"Alright, Doctor Animo." Ben didn't mind using the title. Compared to these trivial matters, he was more interested in how Doctor Animo had appeared in this Marvel Universe.
"I mean no offense, Doctor Animo." He jumped down from the ceiling. "But I'm very curious, how exactly did you appear in this world?"
"You mean, this world?" Doctor Animo finally understood Ben's implication. His gaze toward Ben held a different kind of meaning. "So, you're not from this world either?"
But before Ben could answer, Animo continued indignantly:
"You ask me? Who am I supposed to ask?!"
"I wanted to take my little darlings and reclaim my Truth Prize, but I never expected to end up in a place like this!"
"No Truth Prize!"
"No one knows the great name of Doctor Animo!"
"Those idiots actually treated me like a beggar!"
His face was filled with rage, his whole body trembling. The obsession he had almost grasped, the Truth Prize he'd longed for, had vanished just as he was about to obtain it. This made him furious, as if his five years of research were in vain.
And the humiliation he'd endured after arriving in this world only fueled his anger!
But soon, his enraged expression relaxed. His clenched fists and unvented fury seemed to disappear.
"But whatever," Doctor Animo grinned sinisterly, as if these matters were beneath him. "It doesn't matter which world I'm in, because I'm destined to restore the glory of prehistoric creatures! To transform this Earth into a paradise for mutant creatures!"
"You're truly insane!"
"Insane?" Animo retorted. "Don't you think this New York City is a bit too urbanized?"
Ben: ???
Great, you want to de-urbanize too, huh?
Doctor Animo paid no mind to Ben's expression. In fact, he felt coming to this world was a good thing.
Because this world's biotechnology had given him a huge surprise!
Doctor Animo took out his phone and looked at a blurry picture of a Lizard Man, saying excitedly, "Look, what a beautiful creature, a strong body, sharp claws... If I could turn everyone in this world into Lizard Men, then I could rule them all!"
"Beautiful? I think your aesthetic sense needs improvement. Wait, you're not one of those people who likes Black Flounder Mermaids and Black Juliets, are you?"
Ben quipped.
"My advice is, don't watch those weird videos on YouTube. You should check out Twitter instead. There are many 'teachers' there, you can have a good meal."
No matter the world, Doctor Animo was always a deranged, mad scientist.
He had nothing in common with Ben, but he couldn't help but let out some snarky remarks.
Animo looked at Ben unhappily. He had noticed Ben's superpowers long ago but had mistaken him for someone else.
"The Spider-Man on the news, that's you, right?"
"No, you're mistaken, that's my brother..."
"Come on, stop lying. Everyone knows when someone says 'I have a friend,' they're talking about themselves!" Animo interrupted Ben, speaking to himself.
Ben: ...
"Whatever."
Animo looked at Ben sympathetically and said, "You're quite lucky to have gained the superpowers of animals. It's just a shame you're not lucky enough!"
"Your body is still so ugly and weak..."
"Wretches like you, who have failed to evolve, would do better not to venture into the New World," Doctor Animo said coldly.
Then, Ben saw the machine on his head flash with electric light.
The next moment, goosebumps rose all over him!
Rustling sounds came from all directions, and in the darkness, dozens of pairs of scarlet eyes emitted soul-stirring light!
Ben's heart sank.
His gaze flickered to the watch on his wrist; the Little Broken Watch was still in cooldown. By the time, it would take at least ten more minutes before he could transform again, and there was a whole horde of those Lizard Monsters!
These Lizard Monsters were clearly mutated from the White Mice in the labs, and Doctor Animo seemed to have used the Gene Variator on them, causing them to undergo even more ferocious mutations as they changed!
Right now, each monster was as ferocious as a bipedal dinosaur!
Their fangs and claws were sharper than daggers, and their gazes towards Ben were extremely bloodthirsty!
"Pitiful thing, your journey ends here." Animo let out a sinister cold laugh and retreated back into the darkness.
From the very beginning, he had no intention of letting Ben go, and for no other reason than that Ben had created a serum that could break down genetic mutations.
In his eyes, Ben was the biggest obstacle to his mutation plan!
As long as he was eliminated, no one would be able to stop him anymore!
As for now, the only thing he needed to do was to find the Lizard Man from last night. He wanted to combine their intelligence to improve the Lizard Serum.
How could the great prehistoric world only have the Lizard Man species?
"This world should be a little more diverse!"
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