Chapter 106: Superman Training Plan
The next day's news headlines were not about Bruce's baby being hit by his son with a pillow and leaving the house all night, nor about Batman raiding the villages around Washington at night to arrest the Penguin's men who were passing by, nor about the civil war in the sky between the Justice League and underage heroes, which caused S.H.I.E.L.D. to tweet overnight to list the pros and cons of teenage superhuman employment. Instead, the owner of a white building on Pennsylvania Avenue in northwest Washington, with a golden bird's nest repaired by an eight-force gale, stood in front of the podium with one hand clenched into a fist, pointed his index finger at the ground like a pufferfish, and shouted "how dare you".
"You're keeping the president from playing golf on the weekends."
The Director of the Sky Eye, acting as the middleman between the U.S. government and the Justice League, spoke to the Chairman of the Justice League.
"Be more restrained next time and don't use your thermal vision to mow his lawn."
"I'm sorry." Superman's expression was so sincere that it could be photographed and published in the newspaper. "It was an accident. It won't happen again."
After the middleman left, the popular reporter of the Daily Planet put his elbows heavily on the table.
He caught a glimpse of his colleague, his alter ego, Bruce Wayne, or Batman, throwing a tablet computer to him: "You're welcome. It'll help you finish your manuscript on the way."
Only Rao knew how much effort Metropolis's Tomorrow's Son had to put in to divert people's attention from the inexplicable infighting among the heroes to the president. It was probably thanks to the president's twelve tweets that night that Perry didn't spray curls on his hair gelled head when he handed in his manuscript with confusing key points.
"The entire Justice League should thank me."
The league president, who was busy on the road with his notebook open, said, "I didn't work so hard when I won the Met Awards."
"Louise knows you're Superman. Has she expressed any opinion?"
"She felt that I didn't spend enough time with Connor and Krypton. But I had to go to work at the Daily Planet, attend meetings at the Watchtower, pick up Connor from school, help Martha with the farm, and walk the dog. Before Connor came home, I never thought raising a child would be so difficult."
Bruce felt the same way.
The Batman children named the new family member, the black Great Dane, Titus. After returning home, they had a long and barely peaceful argument and finally shortened Batman's bed rest time to twelve hours, specifically during the day. The Wayne family master had nothing to do that day. He lay in bed staring at the ceiling, feeling as if he had lost his limbs. Even the super-large baked lobster prepared by Alfred for his comfort could not dispel the anxiety brought by this idleness. So when the time was up, he jumped out of bed like a spring and rushed into the Bat Cave without hesitation.
"Has anything happened during this time?"
he asked.
"You were absent for twelve hours, Bruce, not twelve days or twelve years."
I always feel like this is a flag.
"What's next? The Justice League and the Penguin Man?"
"I think Superman did a great job." Tim's expression was hard to describe. "In every sense, he is the person that the Justice League should least offend."
This is just a joke, of course.
A super person will not criticize others because of personal feelings.
But his ability to divert attention and manipulate public opinion was truly unexpected, making people feel that he is one of the most promising young journalists in the metropolitan area.
"As for Penguin, he bought some new toys from the Washington Mafia, and the transaction took place in the town we passed by. There are undercover agents planted by the Mafia in that bank, and it has been their regular haunt in recent years. Penguin's business spans too far, and Red Hood said he would go and warn him to stop when he has time."
This shows that Batman is not very busy.
But Clark was busy.
He promised Connor that he would not go anywhere on the weekends and would accompany him at home for parent-child activities. But what exactly is a traditional Kryptonian family game? Superman, helpless about this, went to the Fortress of Solitude and tried to find a toy for all ages from his dangerous collection. However, there were scale dinosaur models and giant coins in the Batcave that no one knew what they could do, and Superman only had a kryptonite laser gun that could hurt himself, a small planet that looked like a hedgehog, a metal helmet that could bite off his head, and a Tengu cub abducted from Jupiter's orbit.
Can this be played by children?
Clark felt suffocated for a moment.
Finally, he found a Krypton game console from the spaceship warehouse, which he had never properly organized.
——Super harvest.
The game console obviously used technology far beyond Earth, without any buttons or switches familiar to humans. The handle parts were covered with a thick layer of dust, and the letters on them were no longer legible. However, he happened to have a mirror of truth in his collection, which showed that the game console would not bring danger to people.
This aroused Clark's interest. He spent five minutes digging out the instructions from the pile of junk. The Kryptonian text records showed that this was a game device for children and teenagers over the age of six. It was equipped with a newly developed mental link holographic system suitable only for Kryptonians, which was helpful for the development of brain areas and logic training of growing young people... In short, it was some very hardcore gg propaganda.
Bullshit aside, the manual states that this is indeed a family-friendly game for all ages, all year round.
There's no better activity to pass the time and strengthen family bonds!
A few seconds later, Clark Kent appeared in the farm and waved to Connor who was helping Martha with housework: "Are you interested in holographic games?"
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In another corner of the world, a secret meeting is being held.
The convener of the meeting, Vandal Savage, was a Neanderthal man born in the primitive age 50,000 years ago. He was exposed to meteorite radiation and gained wisdom far beyond that of ordinary people and an immortal body. He has accumulated a wealth of knowledge and wealth over a long period of time, created countless great achievements in anonymity, and is always waiting for the opportunity to become the new master of the earth - of course, the public statement is that humans are good at internal consumption, and only he can lead this weak race to glory again.
During World War I, he had planned to rise up in the chaos, but then Wonder Woman appeared, and Savage thought he should wait.
As World War II broke out, Captain America was killing people with his shield in hand. Savage thought the plan could be postponed.
In the blink of an eye, the Earth has entered the new century. Superheroes are growing like endless leeks, and they are almost evenly distributed in every city in the United States. Savage gradually feels that something is wrong: Why are there so many superheroes in our world?
Don’t the other villains find this weird?
What happened to the promise that the Dengdeng Party would never be enslaved? !
No matter what, the Justice League and the Avengers are like two huge mountains pressing in front of him, blocking his steps to unify the world.
By now, Savage felt he could wait no longer.
You have to know that most of Chaoying's children are still superhumans. He is racing against the instinct of mammals to reproduce offspring.
However, it is obviously a difficult task to defeat the two superhero organizations head-on with one's own strength. The villain organizations have set an example one after another, but to this day, not even a splash has been made. History is enough to prove that the colleagues here are all garbage.
Is there any way to greatly increase one's own strength while weakening the opponent's strength?
After a long period of observation, Vandal Savage set his sights on Superman.
When Lex Luthor made a conscious decision about Superman's ability to see parallel universes and his potential to go crazy at any time after losing his memory, Savage certainly took notice. The more he observed Superman, the more he felt that this guy was abnormal - as an alien hidden among the crowd, how could this Kryptonian who appeared and disappeared without a trace and never said what he was doing when he disappeared maintain his love and enthusiasm for humans?
How does he view creatures on the ground differently than he views the cats and dogs he rescues from the trees?
Lex Luthor, the perfect choice for Superman's misunderstanding of the template.
Savage was brainwashed by Luther and firmly believed that Superman and himself were the same kind of people, and tried to persuade him to defect by coercion and inducement.
But Superman is quite difficult to approach.
The chairman of the Justice League is very gentle when facing the distressed, and will not go all out when dealing with the villains from the beginning. Most of the time he is restrained and cautious, and would rather be hit in the face by the opponent than choose to avoid it and let others bear the risk.
This gave others the illusion that he was easy to get along with - but Savage found that Superman was always in a hurry, never communicating with others unless necessary, as if he preferred to hide in a corner where no one could find him rather than being the center of attention and admiration in the crowd.
If this is a sign of love, Savage suspects that the brains of Homo sapiens are stunted.
He is clearly too withdrawn to share even a little bit of his private life.
So much so that Savage couldn't find any evidence against the opponent.
He tried to have a man who was about to jump from the roof of the Daily Planet newspaper pass a message to Superman who came to rescue him.
But Superman came and left in a hurry, leaving no chance for the conversation to start.
Obviously, the landlord class who had lived off their capital for 50,000 years could not understand the bitter mood of Clark Kent, a worker, when he ran to save someone in the middle of his work, then rushed back to change clothes and slipped and fell into Perry's office.
People do not share the same joys and sorrows. When his plan failed, Savage only thought that the Daily Planet was noisy.
After repeated failures, Savage had to focus on the people close to Superman.
Lois Lane, Bruce Wayne, Superboy.
The first one is General Ryan's daughter, who might be Superman's girlfriend. It will be more difficult to deal with her later.
The second is a Gotham City playboy and a sponsor of the Justice League. There was a glorious moment when one of them was kidnapped and the entire Justice League went to rescue him. Some people also said that he might be Superman's boyfriend. Savage was puzzled and suggested that he go fight with Lois Lane. In short, he would cause more trouble.
Superboy, although he is a superhuman, he has no background.
In addition to the plan to turn Superman against the enemy, Savage also offered a lot of money to contact many super villains. They are familiar with the weaknesses of superheroes. Although there has been no results for many years, at least they can cause some trouble for the enemy. He also bought hypnosis props from Doctor Doom, got the help of Black Adam, and obtained some ancient Egyptian magic inheritance. Black Adam hopes to use this opportunity to destroy his old enemy Shazan. When he handed the magic and the gift to Savage, he smiled and said, "You don't want to see their true colors."
It was a spell that could bring life to inanimate objects, and...some coordinate matrices that Savage didn't fully understand at the moment.
“Why are you willing to help?”
"I have a grudge against the Justice League, and our goals are the same," Black Adam replied. "The whole world thought Superman was as stable as a star. His teammates trusted him, and the residents of Metropolis loved him. When he fell into desperate madness, they were all guilty. These people will eventually understand that one day the God of the World will also become the sharpest knife aimed at the inside."
What they have to do is simple - just let Superboy bring the magic to Superman, and it will find a suitable host and take effect spontaneously.
But Savage probably couldn't have thought of it, and neither could Black Adam.
The first thing Superboy and Superman do when they get together is play games.
Clark, who was completely unaware of the villain's conspiracy, fumbled with the Krypton holographic game console in his hand: "I remember the manual said there is a switch here..." His finger pressed on the Kryptonian bloodline identification device that came with the machine.
Before he could finish his words or take off his suit, the young reporter disappeared on the spot.
Connor was stunned, unsure if this was some kind of high-tech achievement. Half a second later, a disembodied projection screen appeared in front of him, and the Kryptonian AI said in a stiff tone: "Welcome to the all-age RPG game "Superman Training Plan". Any choice you make will affect the final outcome. Please make a careful decision. You can complete the game by completing all the endings. Do you want to start a new game immediately?"
Suddenly found himself in the game of Superman: "......?"