Biu—biu!
With a series of sharp impacts, Nega Ben finally collapsed onto the ground, panting heavily, completely drained.
"No more fighting… no more fighting…" he gasped weakly.
"I thought hunting you guys would be easy and fun. Turns out one fight is more exhausting than a P.E. class…"
"You'd better not stay here too long," Buzzshock warned coldly, staring at him.
"You'll get killed by your own nuclear radiation."
"Yeah, yeah, I get it." Nega Ben sighed helplessly.
"I'm a failure. Do whatever you want with me. I give up."
"Nega Ben…"
"How can you be this useless?!"
An exasperated voice exploded across the battlefield.
Nega Ben thought it was one of his teammates yelling at him.
He and Buzzshock both turned—
It was Ethen, wearing full Prototype Tool armor.
He lifted his visor, eyes blazing with fury, glaring straight at Nega Ben.
"You're blaming me?" Nega Ben froze, pointing at himself.
"Even as my enemy," Ethen snapped, "you should've fought to the end! Someone who gives up this easily will never accomplish anything in life!"
He scolded him mercilessly, pressure pouring down on Nega Ben.
"Please… I already surrendered…" Nega Ben muttered miserably.
"Why are you lecturing me like an elder?!"
"Ethen…" Buzzshock said awkwardly.
"I know you want to beat the bad guys yourself, but you don't have to go this hard. Why don't you take a break and let us handle the leftovers?"
"No need."
Ethen waved his hand dismissively, eyes already locked elsewhere.
"I still have to rush to the next battlefield."
"…What a workaholic," Buzzshock muttered, watching Ethen leave.
A trace of awe crept into his voice. "This is the real savior of the multiverse."
"He's basically a demon," Nega Ben muttered.
BANG!!
Four Arms Dragon smashed his fist forward, sending Gravattack flying!
Gravattack twisted space with gravity, barely stabilizing himself—
ROAR!
Four Arms rushed in and slammed him down with a brutal claw strike!
Before Gravattack could rise—
Vines burst from the ground, wrapping him tightly!
"Fck—fck!!"
Gravattack cursed furiously, completely cornered.
"Are all the others dead or what?! Why is no one helping me?!"
Four Arms Dragon, Gwen Tennyson, and Four Arms surrounded him from all sides.
"Isn't this Bad Ben?" Ethen walked over casually, eyes glinting with cold amusement.
"Leave him to me. I'll handle him."
"Another one, huh…"
Gravattack's tone turned eerily calm.
"It seems all my teammates are either dead or defeated. To me, there's no difference."
"I'll just send you to join them." Ethen's expression hardened.
"Ha…"
"Then I don't need to hold back anymore!!"
Gravattack's eyes narrowed.
His gravity exploded outward—completely unrestrained.
WHOOSH—WHOOSH—WHOOSH!!!
Purple gravitational waves poured out like a flood, engulfing the ruins—and spreading far beyond!
"This power…" Dr. Paradox stared in horror.
"It's enough to destroy everything!!"
"Oh no… He's pushing Gravattack to the absolute limit!"
Eon slumped on the ground, stunned.
Ben Without the Omnitrix stood frozen beside him.
"All of you… GO TO HELL!!"
Gravattack threw his head back.
BOOM!!
Infinite gravity collapsed inward—
Forming a massive black hole.
The sky darkened.
Everything nearby was dragged toward it.
"Oh—sh*t…"
Four Arms Dragon didn't even have time to react.
He was swallowed instantly.
Four Arms turned to flee—
Gone.
Gwen, still underground—
Dragged out and consumed.
The black hole expanded endlessly, devouring everything in its path!
"Holy sh*t!!" Ethen's face went pale.
"Bad Ben went completely insane!!"
He turned and ran at full speed as the black hole chased him.
On the ground—
Snare-Oh lay helpless, swallowed whole.
"BAD BEN!!" Ultimate Spider Monkey roared in fury.
"In a timeline without a watch, using this move will destroy the entire multiverse!!"
But even he was powerless—
And was consumed next.
Rath didn't even have time to understand what was happening.
One moment—
Gone the next.
WHOOSH—BANG!!
The black hole expanded violently.
The town vanished.
Everything beyond it vanished.
Even—
Earth itself was swallowed.
Not even Gravattack escaped.
Nothing remained.
Above the planet's former orbit, in outer space—
A deep blue portal flickered.
Dr. Paradox dragged Ethen through it, his voice frantic.
"This is bad! The Ben Without the Omnitrix—the most critical variant—was swallowed too! I need to check other timelines immediately!"
Ethen's mind was in chaos.
In the original timeline—
Vilgax detonated a time bomb and erased all timelines.
Even then, Ben Without the Omnitrix survived.
And later reshaped the multiverse.
But now—
Because of Ethen's intervention—
Bad Ben went all out.
And the black hole swallowed everything.
Including Ben Without the Omnitrix.
Even if he hadn't yet become the "source of all evil"—
He was still bound to the multiversal time tree.
His death meant catastrophe.
Utter annihilation.
Bad Ben was monstrously strong.
WHOOSH!
Dr. Paradox vanished.
Moments later, he returned, face ashen.
"Because key figures like the main universe Ben and Ben Without the Omnitrix have disappeared… The multiverse is collapsing.
At most—one day remains before it ceases to exist! The consequences are too f*cking severe!"
Ethen felt his mind explode.
So—
Ben Without the Omnitrix.
Ben Tennyson.
These two truly cannot be harmed?
"Unless we find a member of the Extraterrestrial God Clan and save that timeline before total collapse… Everything is over."
"We have one day," Dr. Paradox said grimly.
"One day to find such a being."
He didn't blame Ethen.
Bad Ben was the true culprit.
"Wait…" Ethen's eyes narrowed. "You said… one day?"
"Yes. One day. I'll search for help. Ethen—you need to rest."
Dr. Paradox stepped into a portal without waiting.
He didn't even have time to worry about Ethen.
Ethen took a deep breath.
Closed his eyes.
And spoke silently.
"System. This all-in gamble… it's on you. No matter what watch comes next—
It must contain the Extraterrestrial God Clan. And if not…
I'll use the first-generation max-level Omnitrix myself. I'll become one."
The disaster he caused—
He would bear it.
...
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