"Tony Stark!"
Ben gnashed his teeth.
He hadn't expected Iron Man to show up here.
"Yes, I am Iron Man, do you know me?" a cynical voice came from inside the iron suit.
"So, even zoos are showing news to little animals now? Or is the zookeeper my fan? Do you want me to sign an autograph for you, little Lizard Man?"
"Sir, I'm afraid this is not an animal that escaped from the zoo." Jarvis's voice sounded in Tony's ear.
"Thanks for the reminder, Jarvis." Tony rolled his eyes.
This creature in front of him was clearly not an existing species on Earth; Tony could, of course, distinguish that. As for Jarvis, it still couldn't quite grasp certain so-called senses of humor.
"So, mister, who exactly are you?" Tony took the opportunity to ask.
He had originally only intended to test the flight performance of his newly replaced engine today, but then he encountered Quick Flash Star, transformed from Ben, searching all over New York for Dennis.
Ben, relying on his speed, had no intention of hiding Quick Flash Star's existence from the start. To find Dennis, he had even beaten up several thugs along the way.
As a result, those people later bombarded the New York Police with calls, claiming they were threatened by a blue velociraptor.
The Police, of course, ignored them, assuming they were high on drugs.
However, Jarvis scanned Ben's rapid movement through the city while Tony was flying.
Tony really wanted to know who Ben was, but he seemed to have no intention of letting Ben speak. Instead, he held up his hand, signaling Ben to stay silent, and spoke on his own.
"Lizard Man? Dinosaur Man? Standing velociraptor? Wait, is your name Blue?"
"My goodness, Jurassic World has come true! I guess there must be a mad scientist trying to resurrect the prehistoric World!"
He yelled exaggeratedly. Even through the armor, Ben could imagine his arrogant expression.
Ben did not answer Tony's question. He just stared coldly at Tony with his triangular eyes, while confirming with his peripheral vision that Dennis was still lying on the ground and hadn't escaped, before angrily issuing a warning:
"This has nothing to do with you. Don't be a busybody, Tony Stark."
Ben, who didn't want to be a superhero, also didn't want to get involved with Stark, unless the other party was willing to offer some money to talk.
A few months ago, he had considered buying some Stark Industries stock when it plummeted, but he quickly realized that even with a freefall-like drop, he still couldn't afford Stark Industries stock.
"Nothing to do with me?" he retorted.
"If a guy like you wants to kill someone, then it has everything to do with me!" he said coldly.
In his view, Ben's current appearance didn't even qualify him as an Earthling.
A monster, wasn't it naturally opposed to humanity?
From the beginning, Ben had already been identified by Tony as an enemy target. The reason he said so much was merely to see if he could extract some intelligence from Ben.
This creature, possibly an alien, perhaps even had a hidden community among Earthlings?
He raised his palm, the armor had already locked onto Ben, and the light in his palm grew brighter. His voice also turned cold.
"Dinosaur Kid, hands up, surrender!"
"With me here today, you won't hurt anyone!"
"Just you?"
Ben sneered.
He didn't even put Tony in his eyes.
Putting everything else aside, he was Quick Flash Star now. Even Tony Stark couldn't stop him!
"Come and try!"
He took a starting posture. At the same time, a mask made of black metallic material slowly descended, covering his face. A blue 'X' was drawn on the mask.
He calculated the time and felt he wouldn't need to ask for leave from school.
'Five more minutes. Kill that thug, then deal with Tony Stark. I still have time to go to school.'
Although he hadn't been able to decipher the Omnitrix, Ben found that his transformation time was more than ten minutes. Last night, he transformed into Little Commando and it lasted for about half an hour before he was forced to exit.
As a level twenty technological product, the Omnitrix shouldn't need to recharge after such a short usage time. In reality, the transformation's Release is to protect the user's genes from contamination by alien genes.
In the animation, Ben could only transform for about ten minutes at first.
Ben speculated that it was because he had acquired spider abilities, and his genes themselves had undergone a certain degree of reorganization and improvement, making it not so easy for the alien genes in the Omnitrix to assimilate him.
Thirty minutes was currently the limit; exceeding that time would also force the Omnitrix to end the transformation.
However, Ben did not intend to completely disable the Omnitrix's protection program.
After all, knowing it was a protective mechanism and still trying to break it might not be a good thing. Ben didn't think his wisdom could rival Azmuth's.
"You've pissed me off, kid!" Tony launched an attack without hesitation.
The mark 3 armor's palms grew scorching hot, and two bright beams of light immediately shot towards Ben's position!
"Boom!"
The palm cannon's power was considerable. Tony destroyed the factory's erected platform with just one shot.
The direct hit portion of the iron sheets had been blasted with a large hole, and the rest of the structure completely collapsed due to the appearing gap!
In an instant, it was like a landslide!
"Done!" Tony couldn't help but punch the air in celebration.
"Hope that Dinosaur Kid didn't die so easily." He muttered to himself proudly.
After a while, he would go into the rubble to find that kid and study him thoroughly to see what kind of structure that unknown creature had.
But Jarvis poured cold Water on him.
"You are overthinking, sir. Your attack didn't hit at all."
"What?" Tony raised his voice, but didn't care.
"Your joke is a bit too stiff, Jarvis. The distance between me and Dinosaur Kid is only a few meters. Do you think anyone can dodge an energy beam attack at that distance?"
"Looks like I'll have to give you an upgrade when I get back, at least to know what real humor is." Tony turned on rock music and said, shaking his head in mid-air.
"I'm not joking, sir, please look down." Jarvis stiffly reminded him.
Tony looked down. In his line of sight, Ben was already beside Dennis, his sharp claws pressed against Dennis's chest.
"Put him down, Dinosaur Kid!"
"My name is Quick Flash Star!"
Ben coldly plunged his claws into Dennis's heart.
Bright red blood splattered, landing on Ben's black mask.
The blood-stained "X" was incredibly dazzling!