As the force suddenly struck Abomination's lower body, he instantly lost his balance and fell face-first to the ground.
Seeing this, the Hulk was confused. How could his opponent have suddenly disappeared?
Looking down, he became even more enraged!
"In such a serious situation, you decide to lie down and sleep?"
With a roar, Hulk leapt into the air and used all his strength to smash his elbow into Abomination's chest.
"Ouch… that must hurt a lot!" Arthur winced in sympathy.
Then he stood and watched as Hulk clenched his hands into fists and began to beat Abomination mercilessly.
Even Abomination could not withstand Hulk's frenzied power and was soon knocked unconscious!
Arthur, initially just an observer, suddenly had an idea… He flashed over to the unconscious Abomination, touched him, and the Abomination vanished!
Hulk's fists pounded into empty air as a result of this. Confused, he looked around, wondering where his target had gone.
Arthur, who had just stored Abomination, was equally puzzled at his own actions… Why had he stored Abomination?
The two stood there, feeling dazed and confused, before their eyes locked together. Suddenly, Hulk roared at Arthur and raised his hand to strike!
"Damn it!!!"
Arthur was stunned. Why had Hulk gone mad right after Abomination's disappearance?
In an instant, Arthur vanished from his place and reappeared behind Hulk.
A sudden thought struck him: If he could store the unconscious Abomination, could he also store the conscious Hulk?
Unable to resist the idea, Arthur moved quickly and reappeared behind the Hulk. On impulse, he grabbed Hulk's waistband and yelled, "Store!
Hulk, still furiously searching for Arthur, suddenly felt a chill in his nether regions. He looked down in confusion and turned an even deeper shade of green.
Where the hell were his pants?
Arthur was also perplexed and stared at the now pantless Hulk. "Where are your pants?"
The onlookers, who had been thrilled to see the Abomination defeated, were now in shock… as the Abomination was gone.
As the Hulk prepared to pound Arthur, the crowd grew anxious.
Though they didn't know who Arthur was, dressed all in black, it was clear that he was no enemy.
Their fear turned to confusion when Hulk's pants disappeared!
No one had ever imagined what the Hulk would look like without his pants. No matter how many times he transformed, his pants always remained intact, and it was as if they were a part of him.
Arthur had always felt the same way, seeing Hulk's pants as a kind of divine weapon in the eyes of the audience.
But now… the pants were gone!
Everyone was stunned, while Hulk's expression became awkward. He looked at Arthur, then at the crowd. Finally, a woman yelled, "Don't look!"
Hulk couldn't stand it any longer. With a roar, he sprinted away and jumped onto the roof of a small building. He looked back, his eyes filled with a mixture of reluctance, nostalgia, determination, anger, and shame. Then, howling, he disappeared between the buildings of New York…
Arthur snapped out of his daze and pulled Hulk's pants out of the disassembler. "Hey… don't you want your pants?"
But Hulk was already gone, leaving him without an answer.
Turning back to look at the approaching crowd, Arthur glanced once more before plunging into the darkness.
Yes, still carrying Hulk's pants!
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Back at home, Arthur felt quite confused.
To sum up what happened tonight… he had dinner with Lily, stumbled upon Abomination doing performance art in the street.
Fueled by anger, got involved in the fight between Hulk and Abomination.
The result of the fight? He won, sort of?
Of course, without Hulk's help, winning would have been much harder, but escaping would have been no problem so he would count it as his win.
Regardless of the twists and turns, it seems that his current situation is… he has acquired an Abomination!
Who is being currently stored in the Disassembler Space.
He had also acquired… a pair of the Hulk's pants!
A damn pair of pants!
It's amazing, right? Why would Hulk's pants be stored instead of Hulk himself? Is it because the pants aren't considered part of the Hulk's body?
"That's just…"
Arthur's mouth twitched with a mixture of amusement and frustration.
Then he took Lily out of the Disassembler space; she was still unconscious, which was convenient.
There was no need to explain things now, although she would definitely ask questions tomorrow.
What kind of explanation should he come up with?
After all, he showed terrifying strength by kicking through a wall in front of her… and carrying her, dodging Abomination's attacks without breaking a sweat.
She might connect the dots, remembering the time the Instructor showed up and the clothes he borrowed.
Connecting him with the title of Instructor seems quite reasonable, right?
"Hmm, I need a good excuse!"
But for now… Arthur decided to disassemble something!
It may sound ridiculous, but the item to be disassembled… is Hulk's pants!
When Arthur first got them, the Disassembler had already given a prompt.
But at the time, neither the environment nor his mindset were right for disassembling the item.
After deciding to disassemble, Arthur sat on his bed and looked at the Abomination in the Disassembler space.
"I must've been out of my mind to think of storing that guy in the Disassembler space. What was I thinking?"
Scratching his head, Arthur mused, "Am I really going to shout 'I choose you, Abomination!' in a fight? Seriously, 'I choose you!'?"
The very thought made him cringe.
But somehow it also seemed kind of cool!
"This guy's rational, has his own goals and immense power… he's not going to be happy being my pet Pokémon, is he? Maybe… I should break his rationality first? While he's still unconscious, maybe I should hit him with a big hammer, a hundred times or so?"
Lost in his wild thoughts, he was interrupted by a long hiss from the Disassembler; Hulk's pants had been disassembled.