11 Explosion Man

Benjamin looked around in fascination. Everything was talking to him, everything. He could look at how someone was walking and immediately know if he is healthy, just had sex or just committed a crime! A single look at someone's eyes and he would be overwhelmed by information according to the reaction he will get. But the best news of all was that he could watch Bleach without subtitles! This was like the dream of every Anime watcher because when they are dubbed, they can lose their specialness! He was watching the whole thing with the holy language of all manga addicts, Japanese!

"You really seem to like those things," Fury told him when he saw how concentrated he was. They were on their way to their first mission in Brazil. An agent reported that a mutant wanted to send clones of his arm to the US soil. Why was it bad? He was a walking bomb and just an arm would take out half a block!

"Judging by how you are looking at me and the weird expression you have, you don't seem to have had a good teens. Must have been stuck up, always looking for something to keep you busy until you joined the army?" Ben asked without looking at him. Fury was surprised at just how accurate Ben's assessment was.

"You read my file?" he asked but Ben chuckled.

"I read you. You're as open as a book to anyone who can read it," he answered and concentrated fully to Bleach. Fury looked at him with narrowed eyes then looked at the agent beside him.

"Call HQ and tell them to check my files. Report to me if any of them are missing," he said.

"Paranoia, authoritativeness and decisiveness, careful Fury, you might be really off the rockers when you grow older," Ben taunted. Fury paid no heed to him as he turned to the other agents.

"This mutant might not be working alone. So, we need to identify this other mutant with the cloning ability. It is imperative we find him first and take him out before he clones more arms," Fury said. All the agents nodded in unison as Ben continued watching Bleach.

"Twelve minutes to landing," the pilot said and the agents looked over everything. The plane landed in a nearby airstrip where a black van which was secretly armoured waited for them. They got in and started doing background checks on the mutant as they tried to come up with the identity of the mutant. Ben was sitting shot gun as he looked at the streets filled with wonder as they kept on moving.

"This is like a detective show. If the Brazil police ever did their job then all the jails would be filled with people from here. Jeez, almost each and everyone of them has several crimes under their belt," Ben said with a sigh.

"Are you psychic now?" the driver asked him.

"No, but I can study behaviour patterns of people and know what they have been up to," Ben answered.

"We have got the target," an agent said. Fury came over and checked the information before relaying it to the driver who nodded and drove off. After fifteen minutes, they arrived at a small bar which was already filled with people.

"Benjamin, I want you to get inside and capture this man alive. No casualties should be included," Fury said.

"Roger," Ben said and got out of the van. He put on a small smile and got into the bar, everyone in his way moving out as if they were being controlled. Once in, Ben started looking around till he found the person he was looking for. As he listened to them speaking Portuguese, he came to understand the whole language after a few seconds and he grew even more confident. He went to the table and sat on the table beside him.

"Oi, what wrong with this boy?" one of the occupants said.

"I think he is American poser,"

"Oi, American boy, you get off table. We talk," the other said in his version of English. The others seemed smug about his English.

"Your English is dogshit, talk to me in Portuguese," Ben said in perfect Portuguese which scared them.

"You can speak Portuguese! Who are you?"

"Just a surveyor. I'm looking for a person who can produce 3d copies of things," Ben answered. The man beside him stiffened.

"Then go look somewhere else," another man said. Ben looked at him then saw how he had his right hand shirt's sleeve folded to the ankle.

"A character in anime once said, explosion is an art. Do you believe that?" Ben asked him. The man looked scared when he heard that and his body started shining.

"Die, American spy!" the man shouted. Ben smirked then released little of his aura. Everyone in the bar fell down as if the gravity around them had been increased. The man who was shining was pinned down too, his skin returning to its normal colour.

"So, you cut your own limb in order to have someone clone it. But I'm surprised you look like this. We had someone else proofed as you yet he led us to you!" Ben said as he squatted next to the man. "Since you have your arm, care telling me who your healer is? Or do you have accelerated healing too?" The man tried to talk but he just couldn't. "Don't worry, we will have much to talk about when we are in the plane." Ben tapped his head and he immediately fainted. He then looked at the other man who was trying to make sure he doesn't have eye contact with him. Ben was intrigued as information flowed into his brain.

"You are scared, scared of something. The way you don't look at me suggests you think I might read your brain if you look into my eyes. Meaning, you have met a psychic who can do that. But why wouldn't you want me to read your brain? Perhaps you are hiding information about these two...No way, could I be lucky enough to get the cloner, explosion man and the healer all at the same time!" Even Ben was surprised by his own luck. The man flinched when he heard that and Ben confirmed it. He tapped his forehead and rendered him unconscious. He did not spare the cloner either and tapped him too. He tied all their legs together with a belt then he dragged them to the van and threw them in.

"Can you believe it, they were all in the bar together!" Ben said, making even Fury be surprised. "If I'm not wrong they might be planning on how to send those arms to the US without having them exposed or explode before reaching the target."

"Good job. But why does the explosion mutant look different?"Fury asked.

"Plastic surgery, perhaps. They were planning their final act before they disappeared and he might have been worried one arm might have been captured and his prints looked through so he changed his face," Ben explained. "We have to find where they stashed the arms but I have a feeling only the explosion guy knows."

"Why would you think that?" Fury asked.

"Because if he is interrogated, he can just make the whole place explode," Ben answered then looked at the three who were in different interrogation rooms. "I am the only one who who can possibly withstand his explosion so get everyone to move out." Fury nodded and on five minutes, the whole place was cleared up.