Chapter 122: Systems
<strong>Chapter 122: Systems</strong>
<span style="font-weight:400">With Rocket and Groot off somewhere and Gamora being taken somewhere by Wonder Woman, Benjamin was left alone with Lucas.
<span style="font-weight:400">For a while, the two had an awkward silence between them.
<span style="font-weight:400">It was Benjamin who broke the silence after some time.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So…you’re not going to end up fighting me, are you?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Huh? What do you mean?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Well, you know how it is. Two system holders shing…isn’t that amon plot?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Lucas chuckled.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Nah, I can’t be bothered with that. I’m already retired from things like that. As long as you don’t do anything that harms me or my loved ones, I don’t really care what you do.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin sighed in relief.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Oh good. I really don’t want to resort to destroying the whole universe as coteral damage.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...Please don’t.”
<span style="font-weight:400">If this Lucas had shown a hint of hostility, Benjamin swore he would unleash both Deaths to wreck havok, use the Ultimate Nullifier to erase the source of the universe, maybe even detonate a few Infinity Stones, and then quickly run away to the furthest universe away from this ce.
<span style="font-weight:400">However, Benjamin feels that wouldn’t be enough to kill this Lucas. Rather, it would just anger him even more which isn’t an ideal situation.
<span style="font-weight:400">Seemingly reading his mind, the System quickly persuaded him.
<span style="font-weight:400">[Host, please don’t even think of doing such dangerous things…I, the System, still want to live.]
<span style="font-weight:400">Oh? Do you also die if I die? Rather, you can die?
<span style="font-weight:400">[It’s a figure of speech. But yes, the System will cease to exist if the Host’s life expires.]
<span style="font-weight:400">Hearing that, Benjamin was a bit curious.
<span style="font-weight:400">He suddenly remembered that Lucas also has a System so he asked him.
<span style="font-weight:400">“By the way, you have a system too, right? Have you gotten any idea where it came from?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Lucas chuckled at the question.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Haha, why? Are you curious where your system came from?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah but when I ask it, it just says I don’t have the permission to know.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Lucas sighed and shook his head.
<span style="font-weight:400">“It’s useless to ask me. The Systems have different origins so I also don’t know where yours came from and who created it.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Any idea why the Systems exist then?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“It’s also for different reasons. Don’t worry about it so much. You’ll know the answers in due time. Knowing it now doesn’t really do you any good.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ughh…fine.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin groaned.
<span style="font-weight:400">He then asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So how does yours work? Do you also collect points from missions then buy stuff from the system shop?”
<span style="font-weight:400">When Lucas heard that, his eyes widened.
<span style="font-weight:400">“You have a system shop!?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Uhh, you don’t?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin was a bit surprised and curious about what Lucas’ system was about.
<span style="font-weight:400">Lucas shook his head.
<span style="font-weight:400">“No. Mine is quite simple and revolves around rtionships. Basically, I can slot a character I’ve met into my synchronization slots and the more I interact with them, the higher the percentage of synchronization, the more I can copy their abilities.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin’s eyes widened at that.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So you just…befriend superheroes and…you gain their powers? Just like that?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Just like that. Also, it instantly shoots to 100% when I kill that person or…well, sleep with that person.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...”
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin was speechless.
<span style="font-weight:400">He then remembered what Wonder Woman said earlier.
<span style="font-weight:400">Most of the women here already fell in love with Lucas…just how OP did this guy get after sleeping with all those super women!?
<span style="font-weight:400">Benjamin cursed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Fuck. Here I thought my System was the Ultimate Stud System. Yours is basically a Fuckboy System!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“It’s the DC System!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Does the D stand for Dick and C for Cock?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Ultimate Marvel System: [...]
<span style="font-weight:400">DC System: [...]
<span style="font-weight:400">Lucas: …
<span style="font-weight:400">While Benjamin and Lucas talked about their systems, Gamora was led by Wonder Woman back to Earth and onto an ind called Themyscira.
<span style="font-weight:400">Themyscira is known to be the ind of the Amazons. An ind of warrior women.
<span style="font-weight:400">Wonder Woman, AKA Diana Prince, chuckled as she showed the ind to Gamora.
<span style="font-weight:400">“See here? Except for the young ones, basically every women here has slept with our Lucas. The young ones are our daughters.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...Is Lucas some kind of sex god?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Gamora was speechless.
<span style="font-weight:400">She knew that Benjamin was quite a womanizer since she was suddenly dragged into his women’s group chat but Benjamin wasn’t even close to this Lucas.
<span style="font-weight:400">Dianaughed at that.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Haha! I suppose he is! Come, you’re a warrior too, aren’t you? Want to see the arena?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Are you asking for a fight?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s go.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Gamora nodded.
<span style="font-weight:400">Seeing all these warrior women, Gamora was interested in seeing how the people of this universe fight.
<span style="font-weight:400">At the same time, somewhere on Earth.
<span style="font-weight:400">In a dark murky swamp.
<span style="font-weight:400">Rocket and Groot were led by the sh and Green Lantern here to meet someone.
<span style="font-weight:400">“So uhh, where’s this Swamp…Thing guy?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“He should be somewhere around here…ah, there he is.”
<span style="font-weight:400">As if on cue, countless vines suddenly rose up in front of them, forming a humanoid figure.
<span style="font-weight:400">sh waved at it.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Yo Swamp! We got some visitors from another universe! One of them is a talking tree!”
<span style="font-weight:400">Swamp Thing ignored the loud guy as he focused his attention on Groot curiously.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Amazing…so much life…although you’re a tree, I cannot sense you in the Green…another universe…is it?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I am Groot.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Groot introduced himself.
<span style="font-weight:400">This time, his ‘I am Groot’ really did mean ‘I am Groot.’
<span style="font-weight:400">Swamp Thing nodded.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I am called the Swamp Thing. Protector of the Green.”
<span style="font-weight:400">Rocketughed.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Protector of the Green? Haha! Is it because you’re green!?”
<span style="font-weight:400">Fearing the Swamp Thing may be angered, Green Lantern quickly exined.
<span style="font-weight:400">“The Green is an elemental force which connects all forms of nt life in our Earth. It’s a sort of magical realm.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“You actually have that kind of thing here? Does that mean if I piss on a tree somewhere, he’ll feel it too?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Uhh…”
<span style="font-weight:400">sh and Green Lantern were speechless.
<span style="font-weight:400">Ignoring Rocket, Groot continued to converse with Swamp Thing.
<span style="font-weight:400">“I am Groot.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No, we do not have any nt life forms capable of speech in this world. Although I do know someone who can speak to nts.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I am Groot?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I do not mind taking you to her. Should I take you there now?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I am Groot.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“As you are a nt life form, it shouldn’t be a problem to take you with me into the Green and travel through there.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I am Groot!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s go then.”
<span style="font-weight:400">And then, without caring about Rocket and the others, Swamp Thing held Groot’s hand as they both sunk into the Earth and disappeared.
<span style="font-weight:400">Rocket was shocked and quickly called out.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Groot!? Where are you going!?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I am Groot!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t give me that ‘I’ll be back before dinner’ bullshit! Hey!”
<span style="font-weight:400">Rocketined but Groot and Swamp Thing already disappeared.
<span style="font-weight:400">He turned to look at sh and Green Lantern.
<span style="font-weight:400">“Uhh, they should be looking for Ivy. She’s the only one I know that can talk to nts. Oh, I think her kids can do it too to some extent.”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Ivy? Is that some nt chick or something?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“I…guess?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...You wouldn’t happen to have any roondy here, would you?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“No?”
<span style="font-weight:400">“Tsk!”
<span style="font-weight:400">“...”