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A cacophony of voices.
"Hey, you idiot, have you seen that new YouTube video? It's gone viral!"
"Oh, you have all that at home? You're really lucky!"
"They're so annoying, and this class is even more annoying. Ugh, when will the bell ring?" A sulking, annoyed boy continues to pout in a high school classroom.
"So, it's time, guys. You're saying goodbye to high school. I hope you do well in…" (The annoyed boy counts down the seconds, waiting, staring at the clock in front of him. Finally, the bell rings.)
"Yes! It's summer vacation! Yay!" A frantic stampede erupts in the school hallways and corridors, like animals escaping from a zoo.
"Come on, come on, come on!" The boy runs happily, oblivious to his surroundings.
"Ben, come here," the principal calls him in a firm voice.
"It's true you're smart, but you're also reckless, and I don't want you to waste your talent. Do you understand, Ben?" The principal's intentions are good.
"Yes, sir. I'll do my best." "My effort," he said, a serious look on his face.
The principal smiled and waved goodbye.
"What was that?" Ben wondered, watching the principal drive away.
"Anyway, when is Grandpa Max coming? I'm tired of waiting." He'd run out of patience. As he waited at the edge of the road in front of the dense trees that covered the school grounds, something strange hurtled toward him at great speed.
"I'm so sleepy," Ben yawned, and in a flash, a wild bear attacked him viciously and tore him to pieces. "Aaaaaah..." Ben fell off his bed in a state of extreme panic. "It was just a dream," he gasped for breath.
"Hahaha, what? Did you have a terrible nightmare, kid?" Orange hair, green eyes, natural beauty—that's my awful cousin, Gwendolyn Jane Tennyson (18 years old).
"But that's only natural coming from the sweet little Tennyson," she teased him childishly. "Spoiled brat! We were born on the same day!" Ben jumps up, defending himself. "It's true we were born on the same day, but I was born a minute before you, so mathematically I'm older than you, kid." A sly smile spreads across her face. "You... you want to fight?" Ben explodes, rolling up his fists, ready to fight. "The food's ready, kids. Let's go to the table... and Ben, I wouldn't advise you to fight Gwen. Remember, she's got a black belt in karate. She'll be crushed." A familiar voice comes from behind the car door. "Did you hear that, kid? You'll be crushed!" Gwen mocks him casually, smiling maliciously. "We'll never know unless we try, haaaaaa!" Ben lunges forward, clenching his fists. Five seconds later, Ben is lying unconscious on the floor. "I warned you, kid," he says, grilling a large piece of meat. It's Grandpa Maxwell Tennyson, the head of the family. By the way, I'm Benjamin Kirby New. Tennyson, but to cut a long story short, Ben New Tennyson (18 years old)
Ben wakes up to the smell of roasting meat. "Grandpa, give me the meat!" He reaches out, drool dripping onto the floor.
"What is this food anyway?" asks Gwen, looking at the strange bubbles on the back of the meat.
"Good thing you asked. This is the famous blue alligator," says Grandpa Max, pointing at the meat.
"I've never heard of a blue alligator, let alone one that's famous." Gwen looks at the meat strangely.
"I just lost my appetite." Ben turns away.
"I had lunch with my girlfriend earlier today, so I'm full." Gwen tries to run away too.
"I know what you're trying to do." (They freeze in concern.) "You both prefer red alligator meat, right? I like it too." Grandpa smiles as if he doesn't understand anything.
"Anyway, I want to explore the woods a bit." Ben walks towards the huge trees that stretch along the horizon.
"Don't be long and don't go too far." Grandpa Max shouts, giving him special instructions.
Ben puts his hands in his pockets as he walks alone through the forest. "Are we really alone in this vast universe? This is rather sad." At that moment, Ben sees a bright green light piercing the darkness of the sky, coming towards him at incredible speed.
"Wow, this is so beautiful!" Ben's eyes sparkle at the beauty of the sight. But he immediately realizes that something strange is falling towards him.
"Aaaah!" Ben jumps, trying to save his life, but it's too late. It happened so fast. Ben opens his eyes to find everything is fine and in its right place. "Wait, what happened? Oh, what is this thing?" A glowing green ball floats in front of him in the middle of the forest, the trees swaying back and forth in the breeze.
"What is this strange ball, and why is it floating? Is this possible?...Aaaah! What's going on? Get away from me!" In the blink of an eye, it's attached to his hand without him even noticing (it's attached to his hand, not his wrist). (Left)
'Is this a wristwatch?' Ben wonders.
The watch glows green and displays strange symbols and sounds in an incomprehensible language.
'Will it explode? No way! I haven't achieved my dreams yet. I'm still a child,' Ben says, his last words as he staggers, unable to control his body.
Then something very strange happened. (Incomprehensible voice)... DNA matching. The genetic fingerprint of Mr. New Tennyson has been identified. Neurological compatibility and compatibility with the rest of the vital organs of Mr. New Tennyson's body have been successfully achieved. (English language) Welcome, Mr. New Tennyson.
'What? You can speak, and in English too?' Ben is stunned as he lies on the ground.
'Cosmic location locator and search for any extraterrestrial life, as you humans call them.' A massive beam of radiation is released over a very wide area.
'An active alien has been detected 5 kilometers from here. What are your orders, sir?'
'What? An active alien? 5 kilometers? Orders... I don't understand anything that's going on here. The only reason I didn't What's even crazier than all of this is that I've read so much fantasy manga and comics. Ben clutches his head in both hands, trying to grasp the reality of the situation as he teeters on the brink of madness. "One kilometer, 784 meters. It's moving incredibly fast and heading this way. It seems to have been sleeping underground for a long time and has just woken up and located us by sensing the previous electromagnetic wave. What are your orders, sir? It's getting closer." "Are you kidding me?" Ben shouts at the clock glued to his wrist, as if he's insane. "This forest is so beautiful, kids!" "Yes, Mom."
A small child approaches Ben's location.
"Mom, look! That's a crazy boy talking to his watch!" The little one points at Ben.
"I'm not crazy," Ben replies harshly, without thinking.
"Ugh!" This makes the child cry.
"Let's go away, kids!" The mother pushes her children aside and leaves immediately.
"I didn't mean it," Ben sighs, realizing he's losing his mind little by little.
"The creature has arrived." Ben feels an unusual fear the moment the creature arrives. "Mom, I'm sleepy," the little boy rubs his eyes, gradually closing them. "Okay, let's go back to the tent." The mother turns around and sees a huge, terrifying creature with dark blue skin and eyes as red as burning embers. The mother falls to the ground in terror and hugs her children close to her. Ben breaks free from his fear and runs towards the monster. The moment he arrives, he shouts, "Get away! Aaaah! Get away from us! Leave my family alone!" "Beast, Father…" The mother tries to defend her family with all her might, but with a single blow, the monster crushes them and tears them to pieces. Ben sees this and loses his balance from the horror of what he has witnessed. He begins to vomit in disgust at the gruesome sight before him. "Why? Why didn't you warn me? Perhaps I could have saved them or distracted the monster so they could escape. Why?" Ben slams his hands on the ground in regret for what he couldn't do. "I am obligated to protect the Master, nothing else. No other life matters to me. Now, what are your orders, Master?" "How dare you sacrifice the lives of innocents, you…" Before Ben can finish his sentence, the monster suddenly lunges at him and tries to kill him. But Ben dodges the blow with an acrobatic leap so high that even he doesn't understand how he did it. "What? How did I do that?" "The neuromuscular connection with the Master has been successfully established, enhancing physical abilities to five times the maximum human capacity." Ben falls to the ground in a way Showing off, he's annoyed. 'Don't think I'll forgive you just because you saved me, you fraud!'
'This is getting serious. This thing is dangerous and will harm people on a large scale. It must be eliminated here and now. What is this thing, anyway?' Ben effortlessly dodges the monster's attacks.
'Type: Vermin from the planet Zora (Space Sector B-65 / Galaxy 325647891 / Caipus Three-Star System / Planet 10 relative to the first star). Very strong sense of smell and bone vision (i.e., it can detect the bones of living beings; it's similar to thermal imaging)...etc.'
'Amazing! How could you know all this just by scanning it?' Ben backs away, stunned by the capabilities of the supersystem attached to him.
'Excellent! Now, what's the best way to eliminate it? This is killing me, but I need your help.'
'It's simple. Get closer to it. To be precise, get close to its stomach and deliver a punch there. That's its weak point, and its nervous system will shut down and...' "Sichelle until death."
'Understood.' Ben dodges the predator's attack and ambushes it from behind, but the beast is alert and scratches Ben's chest with tremendous force. 'Ouch! That hurts… so much! I'll finish you off, you filthy thing! Get ready!' Ben lunges with frantic speed, reaching the creature's neck and delivering a crushing punch that sends it flying high. As it soars, it grabs Ben and drags him into the air. Ben sighs, desperately trying to escape the beast's grasp. Then he imagines something: 'What if I get trapped here now? So many innocent people will be killed, and Grandpa Max and Gwen... I seem really weak… I'll never allow that.' His veins, arteries, and cells swell with a glowing green light, and (a radiation burst) Ben transforms into a strange, brown creature with a humanoid build and sharp spines all over its body. The creature senses the threat, but it's too late. Ben opens his eyes, and thousands of spines shoot from his body. Penetrating every cell of the monster's body, which didn't even have time to scream from the sheer agony, Ben falls to the ground in his new form. Seconds later, he collapses unconscious, thus heralding the beginning of a new legend born from the ashes of generations' memories.
End of Chapter
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