Sometimes Being Too Far Ahead Is Also a Mistake (Please Follow and Vote Monthly)

"What's your plan?"

Harry had rarely managed to sneak out of boarding school, and he picked a time to meet Benny.

At that moment, the two of them sat in a Slush Shop. Harry lowered his head and took a sip of his slush, then immediately dry-heaved as though he wanted to spit out his tongue.

"What is this stuff? It tastes awful!"

"I don't like it much either." Benny expressionlessly finished the slush in his hand.

It was also his first time trying slush. He had not expected it to taste so bad, but following the principle of not wasting food, he still drank it all.

"So, what's this plan you mentioned?"

Harry had confirmed the moment he entered that Peter was not there.

He had known Peter and Benny since childhood. The three of them were close, especially Harry and Peter. They had grown up playing together, and they had already been friends before Peter came to live with Uncle Ben.

After Peter was taken in, Harry often came by at first. That was when he became familiar with Benny.

Because Benny had always been more mature mentally, he had acted like an older brother to them when they were children, humoring and comforting them. As a result, Harry believed almost everything Benny said.

So when Benny told him he had a plan, Harry came over with almost no hesitation.

He believed Benny would not say something without reason.

And just as Benny had said, Harry desperately wanted to earn the approval of his father, Norman Osborn. In truth, Harry was already outstanding compared to most people. He got good grades, came from a wealthy family, and did not fool around, but Norman considered none of that worth mentioning.

Harry was excellent, but like Benny not long ago, he was excellent in a very ordinary way.

In this world full of geniuses, that amounted to nothing.

When it came to his son, Norman either looked down on him with contempt or harshly criticized him.

Of course, Norman was so cold toward his son not merely because Harry had failed to meet his expectations. Harry's birth had left Norman's wife incredibly weak, eventually leading to her death.

Harry did not know that. He believed his father had always rejected him simply because he was not good enough.

It was hard to imagine that the future heir of Osborn Enterprise's greatest wish was nothing more than to gain his father's approval.

"I'm planning to start a company," Benny said.

"Start a company?"

To be honest, Harry was a little disappointed when he heard that answer.

At first, he had truly thought Benny had some good way to help him earn his father's approval. He had not expected it to be just this.

Starting a company was not a bad idea, but what could a small company started on a whim really accomplish?

Without relying on Osborn Corporation's resources, the funds he could provide were extremely limited. It would be more than enough to start a small company, but using it to earn his father's appreciation was absolutely impossible.

Not to mention whether the company could even turn a profit or what its business would be. Those were both major problems.

Norman Osborn was not merely a businessman. He was also a scientist. Unless it was a business that could truly develop technology and achieve a commanding lead in some field, it probably would not even catch his eye.

"If you want to start a company, of course I'll support you."

After his brief disappointment, Harry quickly reined in his emotions.

No matter what, Benny's idea came from a good place. And based on Harry's understanding of him, Benny would not take risks without confidence. Since he had brought it up now, that meant the plan was completely feasible and could make money.

It was just that Benny did not understand his father that well. He did not know that a tiny achievement could never catch the eye of the famous Norman Osborn.

Even Harry himself felt that even if they made money, it would only be a trivial amount that he would not care about at all. But his good friend had come to him for help, and he had no reason to refuse.

If this could help Benny and Peter's family live less straitened lives, Harry would be more than willing.

Harry said, "Can you tell me your specific idea?"

Benny naturally knew what Harry was thinking right then.

Forget Harry—anyone who heard a kid say he wanted to start a company and make something of himself would find it absurd and laughable. But Benny's next words startled Harry.

"Nano Technology!"

"Nano Technology? You've got some nerve saying that." Harry laughed speechlessly and pushed the slush in front of him aside with the back of his hand. "All right, stop joking. You're asking me to invest. Don't tell me you're keeping even the business itself secret?"

Benny merely curled his lips at Harry's disbelief and asked, "Why do you think I called you all the way out here just to joke around?"

"Wait, you're serious?"

Hearing Benny say that, Harry finally realized he was not joking.

Although the concept of Nanotechnology had been proposed as early as the last century, and Nanotechnology had now been achieved to a certain extent, all of it was protected by patents.

If Benny wanted to start a company developing Nano Technology, he would have to make a technological breakthrough.

And that was not something a few million or even tens of millions of dollars could accomplish.

"Don't be silly, Benny. Even Osborn Corporation would have to think twice before entering the field of Nanotechnology. My little bit of allowance isn't enough for you to burn through!" Harry said, shaking his head.

He had completely given up hope in Benny's proposal. He even thought Benny must have gone insane. Otherwise, why would he be indulging in such wild fantasies?

Looking at Benny's confident face, Harry suddenly found him a little unfamiliar. He was completely different from the mature and steady Benny he had known as a child.

But then Harry thought about it again. People changed. They had not seen each other in so many years. Perhaps Benny was no longer the Benny he remembered and had become an arrogant know-it-all who did not understand anything.

Out of consideration for their old friendship, Harry did not turn around and leave.

And luckily, he did not.

Because Benny directly took a document from his backpack and held it out before Harry.

"You might think I'm talking nonsense, but I've actually already achieved some results."

Benny had written this document while transformed into Grey Matter.

Although he currently had no way to study the Omnitrix while transformed into Grey Matter, the physics knowledge naturally contained in a Galvan's mind was more than enough for him to handle this.

After all, the Little Broken Watch's technology level was Level 20, while Earth in the Ben 10 world was only permitted to possess technology below Level 2.

He only needed to bring out the knowledge level of a Galvan elementary school student—or even a kindergartener—to establish himself.

Harry blankly took the document and opened it.

"Well?"

Benny naturally had his confidence if he dared enter the Nano Technology industry.

Although Nanotechnology had long existed in this world, its development was actually slow. Compared with the technology Benny had brought out, existing Nanotechnology was unimaginably inferior.

What Benny was presenting to Harry now was a concept for technology on the level of the Nano Battle Suit that would not appear until more than a decade later.

Of course, the contents of the document were only concepts for now, and realizing them would take time. Even with a Galvan brain, Benny needed time to fill in his knowledge gaps. More importantly, even if he understood the technology, the current technological level could not possibly bring it to life.

It was like a modern person suddenly returning to ancient times. No matter how much knowledge he had in his head, he could not immediately build a nuclear bomb by hand.

Materials and experimental conditions were both extremely important.

Even Tony Stark could only build Mark 1 because the terrorists had provided him with the raw materials needed to make missiles. Otherwise, empty-handed, he would not even have had a chance to forge metal.

Still, even if it was only part of the theory, Benny believed it could convince Harry.

He watched as Harry first frowned deeply, then sighed, closed the document again, set it aside, and finally looked at him with a complicated expression.

That reaction was a little beyond Benny's expectations. He had thought Harry would agree immediately.

"Is there a problem?"

"There are problems everywhere," Harry said. "But the biggest problem is that I can't understand any of it."

With his knowledge base, reading these materials was like a group of toddlers who could not even spell the word "physics" trying to understand the most difficult physics concepts.

He still did not hold much hope. What Benny had written in the document was too mysterious. He could not understand the hard-core technical content, while the simple descriptions of the effects sounded as outrageous as science fiction in this era before technology had explosively developed.

And realizing these concepts would require more than Nanotechnology. At the very least, it would require highly intelligent nanorobots.

But whether nanorobots could even be realized at all was still an open question.

Harry could imagine that if he showed the document Benny had given him to his father, Norman Osborn would definitely scold him bloody, saying he was neglecting proper matters and wasting his thoughts on useless science fiction, disgracing the Osborn name.

In the end, Harry still shook his head at Benny. "This is too unreliable, Benny. I really want to support you, but you can't bring things from science fiction into reality."

Benny's first reaction to Harry's response was surprise. Then he slapped his forehead and understood where the key issue lay.

"I forgot that when I transform into an Alien Hero, I'm influenced by their personalities and ways of thinking too. Things Grey Matter doesn't find difficult aren't the same for humans."

Humans were not Galvans. Not everyone possessed such extraordinary intelligence—not even Driba and Blukic, the dumbest Galvans, would be anything less than top-tier scientists in the universe, the kind qualified to work for the Galactic Plumbers.

But what about Earth?

Forget Harry. There definitely would not be many people in this world who could understand this document, and even fewer who could realize it.

His mistake was bringing out technology that was too advanced.

Thanks to the Little Taoist Under the Evergreen Tree for the 500-point tip. Thank you, boss.