Chapter 103 Chapter 103 Anti-fraud Education Full Marks
If anyone could fly to the Sun and accurately bring back fourteen Ice Ghost pups hiding beneath the corona, it would have to be a Kryptonian.
Superman readily accepted his friend's request to help take care of the child, and was not surprised at all.
Ever since Superman learned of Benjamin's existence from Batman and knew that Benjamin stole Superman's DNA from Luthor's laboratory just to pick up the children, Superman would help keep an eye on the movements of the Sun from time to time.
Generally speaking, Benjamin would pick up the children from the sun every morning and send them back when the sun sets. Sometimes the two Kryptonians would greet each other when they met in the air.
But today, Benjamin never went out to pick up the children. Superman did see him in his Kryptonian form occasionally holding the children for a few seconds, but he left soon after.
Benjamin left in the direction of Gotham.
I guess something happened in Gotham again.
Batman didn't call him, and Superman didn't ask.
According to his past experience, there are usually two situations when Batman does not call him: either the situation is not serious enough to require outsider intervention, or the Kryptonians are unable to handle it or it may cause greater chaos in the past.
It was not difficult to pick up the children from the Sun, but the difficult part was how to carry fourteen Nakfuji babies.
Considering the size and number of the children, as well as the Nakfuji's iron-eating nature, Superman certainly couldn't cram them all into Clark Kent's apartment.
Considering that Batman said that Benjamin was exhausted and might sleep for a long time, the care period would surely not be short.
The good news is that Superman has experience dealing with children falling from the sky, and he knows who better than him to handle the epic task of watching over a child.
Clark Kent, who had just finished working overtime on the weekend, sent a text message to Lois, apologizing for not being able to go home for dinner tonight. Then he flew into the sky at a speed imperceptible to humans, and in the blink of an eye he stopped in front of a farm door in Smallville, Kansas, and knocked three times on the door.
"Welcome, why are you here alone today? Do you have a mission for Superboy?"
The person who came to open the door was a black-haired, blue-eyed young man in casual clothes. His face was at least 50% similar to Superman. He warmly welcomed Clark into the house.
"Oh, Clark." An old woman with a kind smile on her face came out of the house and gave Clark a hug. "You didn't bring Little Joe and Louise with you. I guess you don't plan to stay for dinner?"
She is Martha Kent, the owner of this farm and Clark Kent's adoptive mother.
"Sorry, Mom," Clark said. "I just received a request from a friend asking me to help take care of 14 babies. Their parents are exhausted and need to sleep for a while, and the other guardians are in a similar situation. Those children are a bit special, and there are so many of them that it's not suitable to stay in a city apartment, so I'd like to ask if I can borrow the farm to take care of them for one night."
"Of course." The kind-hearted Martha immediately agreed to her son's request. Facing her son's apology, she showed a confident and gentle smile, "Don't underestimate me. I raised two Kryptonians. Not to mention, I have Connor to help me, right?"
"Of course, Grandma Martha," Connor said. "How special a child? Is he also a Kryptonian?"
Clark: "No, the kids aren't."
But their parents sometimes are.
"You've met their parents," Clark said. "They're the Ice Ghost who ate the Batmobile."
Connor's mouth dropped open in shock. "But... Tim said the Ice Ghost is actually a human teenager, only 15 years old..."
Now even Martha's eyes were filled with surprise.
15-year-old conceives 14 babies? This is really...
"It's not what you think, Connor." Clark interrupted his son's internal storm in time and explained, "The Ice Ghost species is hermaphroditic and reproduces eggs once every eighty years. That child just happened to be there."
“…Wow.” Connor couldn’t find his tongue for a moment. He couldn’t find a suitable adjective to describe this tragedy. “This is really…wow.”
"Oh my God, is that poor child okay?" Martha asked with concern. "Is his exhaustion related to this? Is one night long enough for him to recover? I can take care of him for a few more days."
Although she didn't know what the alien race was like, the child was human. Giving birth to a child is a matter of life and death for humans, and this was the fourteenth child. Martha couldn't imagine how much suffering this young child must have suffered.
"That child is fine, Mom." Clark held his mother's hand and explained, "Ice Ghost was born a month ago. The child's physical exhaustion was due to other things. Apart from the physical exhaustion, he is very healthy."
"He?" Martha noticed the pronoun. "So the new mother's true identity is a human boy?"
Clark nodded.
Connor and Martha immediately showed respect for this young male mother who was known for her unique appearance.
Becoming a parent and having fourteen biological alien children would be a big enough shock to most people, but this guy also has a transgender child, which is another kick on the wall of reason that is already under tremendous mental shock.
Since it is physiologically impossible for human males to become pregnant, it is even possible that this man was already in the late stages of pregnancy when he discovered that he was going to have a child.
One can imagine what kind of chaos and war it was.
And from what Clark said, this new parent took care of these fourteen children for a whole month, acting as both a father and a mother, and was also out fighting crime during that time.
It's simply a spirit of steel.
In particular, for Connor, who is a product of genes, he can also be regarded as having a "male mother", that is Lex Luthor, who stole Superman's DNA, fused it with his own human DNA, and created Connor through technology.
As "male mothers" of alien children, Luther and the teenager...the comparison is too tragic in how they treat their own flesh and blood.
"I'll definitely take good care of the children," Connor promised. "Do the alien babies need formula?"
"No, they've already eaten."
Clark was talking about this and recalled the photo Batman had posted during the last Justice League group chat. When Cyborg said he wanted to come and see the Ice Ghost cub, the photo of the batarang with horrific tooth marks on it was dissuading Cyborg from the idea of feeding the cub with his own body.
"However, this race prefers metal. Although those children are infants, they are still in the oral stage. Perhaps you can try feeding them metal."
"No problem, I think we might be able to find some unused steel in the warehouse..."
Before Martha could finish her words, Connor raised his hand.
"I can help take care of it! I'll definitely take care of it before you bring them here!"
Now that we have found a place for the cubs to stay, the next step is to bring the cubs on the sun back to Earth.
Clark thought this was the easiest part. After all, he and the ice ghost cubs were not completely unfamiliar with each other. Their parents picked them up and dropped them off every day with the face of a young version of Clark.
It was not until Clark discovered that the small black and blue moths dived into the solar plasma when they saw him, and when he reached out to pick them up, they instantly turned translucent and invisible, that he realized that his understanding of the Nakfuji cubs might be a little wrong.
Are you so vigilant?
The Nakfuji people cannot remain intangible forever, and the babies can remain intangible for a shorter time. Superman can certainly find the right time for the cubs to turn back into physical form and forcibly bring them back to Earth.
But that's just a baby who needs care, not an enemy. What if the child gets scared or has some other problems?
Clark tried to reason with them. He used all the techniques he had learned to amuse children, and in the silent space, he tried to relax the cubs' vigilance through gestures.
But they didn't buy it at all. All the cubs gathered into a group, and as soon as Clark got close to them, they turned invisible and retreated to the center of the sun.
If they retreated any further, they would reach the core of the sun, where the children might not be able to withstand the temperature. Clark had no choice but to fly farther away from them, floating in the universe and lost in thought.
Why? Benjamin's Kryptonian form looks just like me, and I've greeted them in the same way before when Benjamin took them out to play. Why are they so wary of me?
Am I scary?
Clark was at his wit's end, so he had to ask Batman: "What if the cubs won't let me get close to them? Will they get stressed if I force them to hold me?"
The message was read instantly after it was sent, and the chat window showed that it was being typed for a long time.
It seems that Batman didn't expect this to happen.
A one-month-old baby is so alert. How bad is the living environment of this race?
After a while, Batman sent a coordinate: [You take them to this coordinate. Their guardian is here. Let the guardian talk to them.]
Everything will be easy if there is a conscious guardian to communicate with.
In the blink of an eye, Clark had delivered the ice ghost babies to Batman's designated coordinates. The dazed cubs were about to instinctively spit out ice when they saw their three familiar guardians. They dove into their parents' arms, pointing at Superman with their underdeveloped, curled-up little hands and squeaking accusingly.
Fortunately, the language systems of these babies are not fully developed yet, otherwise they might be pointing at Superman and shouting "Human trafficker!"
Benjamin gathered all the cubs around him, apologized to each of them, and put numbered bracelets on their left wrists.
After making sure the children calmed down, he picked up the one numbered 1 and placed it in Superman's hand. All the ice ghost cubs stopped acting coquettishly, turned their heads, and looked straight at Superman with their green compound eyes.
Even for Superman, being under so many eyes felt a little pressure, but they quickly turned their heads back to look at their parents.
Benjamin, like many soft-hearted parents who see their children crying at kindergarten, said, "Actually, I think it's okay not to sleep this night."
Superman saw that Benjamin's steps were already unsteady.
"You should go to sleep. If you die suddenly, there will be fourteen more orphans in the sky above Bludhaven..." Fourteen green eyes turned to Li Hua again, "...but I don't have to sleep. I can take care of the children."
Superman's X-ray vision could see that there was an unhealed wound on Li Hua's right arm, and he would not be able to use force on his right hand for a few days.
"The injured have no right to speak. Go down and rest quickly. I'll take care of the children." Jason picked up a cub that tried to climb onto Li Hua's right shoulder, held it in his arms in the standard child-carrying position, and said to Superman, "Thank you for bringing the children back. We can take care of them ourselves from now on."
Superman swept his eyes over the people present and found that everyone here was either injured or visibly tired, obviously exhausted after many battles.
Superman looked at his old friend. Batman's face behind his helmet was full of helplessness, as if to say: Now you know why I have to find someone to help take care of the children?
One, two, three, all trying to be strong. They are the children themselves, and they can barely take care of themselves, yet they still take care of the children. How can I feel at ease?
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The author has something to say: The super uncle who helped pick up the children from the nursery was used as a human trafficker (bushi)
Benjamin: That’s great. Someone can help look after the kids. I can get a good night’s sleep now.
Children: Didn’t say anything, just looked on pitifully.
Benjamin: It’s better not to sleep this time.
【Catch the bug twice】
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