Chapter 121

"So you've completed the ending of the worldline called 'Kingdom Come'?"

Spider-Man asked, "And what about the game console? Was it taken into custody by the Justice League?"

His expression of desire and curiosity was too obvious. Clark changed his posture uneasily. "In fact, the main topic of our meeting this time is Vandal Savage, the mastermind behind the last incident. He is a member of an organization called the Illuminati, which is a very, very complex and evil villain organization. In addition to him, any villain with a name you can imagine in the world may be their member. For example, Lex Luthor, the Assassin's League, your old enemy Doctor Octopus, and Hydra... but we don't have any evidence to prove this."

"Cosmo and Iron Man worked together to gather some of this intelligence, and as you can see, it came from illegal sources."

"Yes, I understand." The young man's shoulders slumped and he leaned back against the crimson back of the chair. "What can I do for you?"

Batman said, "I would like you to join the Young Justice League for a while."

"…What?"

Superman cleared his throat. "B is right. Our opponents have united, which means criminals are becoming more difficult to deal with, and there are many enemies in the universe who are eyeing the earth. The children need someone to take care of them. Uh, our initial idea was to ask Shazan."

"'Initially.'" Peter folded his arms and looked at the two of them. "What made you change your mind?"

"Billy is a real minor." Bruce Wayne, dressed in a suit, stirred the coffee in his hand and said calmly, "but you are not."

“…”

It's actually hard to refute.

"So the reason you invited me to have coffee is to let me take care of the kids?!"

Spider-Man is incredulous: "You won't even tell me how Superman got out of the game!"

System: “I can tell you about this.”

"Hey," Superman protested, "Don't think I can't hear you. You turned on the speaker. I suspect the system is targeting me. Excuse me, when did I ever offend you?"

"You didn't," the system said. "Sorry, I just think Spider-Man is having a hard time."

“…”

Peter spread his hands and said, "Look, finally someone... a machine has spoken a fair word."

Superman covered his face with the newspaper in his hand and slumped in the chair: "Please."

The headline of today's Daily Planet is: "What are we talking about when we talk about super-man?" At the bottom of the front page is a photo of Lex Luthor giving a speech.

There is a TV in the cafe in Metropolis, which is playing the news. The host said: "The president of Lex Group said in yesterday's meeting that whether people accept it or not, mutants are part of today's society, and as a vulnerable group, underage mutants need more attention and protection. But in fact, when we roughly classify all super-powered people as mutants, in addition to those with congenital genetic mutations, we also ignore those who have mutations caused by radiation, technology and other factors, as well as groups such as "aliens" represented by Superman. Mr. Lex Luther believes that a deep understanding of super-powered children and targeted classification planning will help us to properly cultivate them according to their characteristics..."

"I don't want to see this," said Spider-Man.

"You really don't want to." Clark's face was still covered with newspapers, and his voice was muffled. "Luther must have an intention, and he is not up to good things."

"Oh." Peter listened for a moment, "He wants to compete with Professor X?"

"He wants the superpower community to engage in internal fighting." Batman said, "As long as there are divisions, there will be disputes. It seems that the parallel universe intelligence in Black Adam's hands has given him a lot of inspiration."

"Is this what you see in the game? The war between superpowers?"

"That's right. After the death of Chou, superheroes led by Mag took over world security. The Justice League was disbanded, and Superman went to Kansas to become a farmer."

There was a hint of mockery in Batman's tone.

"Human lies are more harmful to Kryptonians than Kryptonite itself."

"Uh," Spider-Man said, "sorry to interrupt, but what about the Avengers?"

The system coughed crazily: "Let me explain this. You all know that this universe has been restarted, right? But the way it was restarted is rather special. It was formed by the merger of two independent universes. Simply put, you, Spider-Man, can imagine that you are from Disney, and the other two are from Walt Disney. The two companies in this universe have merged, but they are still separate in other universes. So due to copyright issues of one kind or another..."

"Black Adam got the world line with only the Justice League? What if he got the world with only the Avengers?"

"Haha." The system laughed dryly twice. "Do you want to see Superman join the Avengers and beat up the ultimate purple elite boss in a certain universe whose name cannot be mentioned due to copyright? No, you don't want to. There is no kryptonite in that universe."

Bruce thought thoughtfully: "No wonder my character overlaps so much with Stark. I said that it is very unusual in terms of probability that all the rich people are superheroes or supervillains."

System: "You are still struggling with this after all this time!"

"Do you know?" Peter suddenly remembered something, "I heard there's a super villain in Gotham called Black Spider."

The Dark Knight also recalled: "Yes, he is a killer, with abilities similar to yours."

They looked at each other, and their expressions became indescribable at the same time.

Why is there such a vicious competition between two independent universes?

"I remember one thing, too." Superman perked up and touched his chin. "Shazan said that he wanted to give himself the code name Captain Marvel at first, but suddenly some intuition stopped him from making this decision. After joining the Justice League and seeing our internal information, he realized that a lady had given herself this name a long time ago."

"...Where is that respectable lady now?"

"The Universe." Clark shrugged. "Green Lantern said that after he learned that they were both from Earth, he tried to make contact, but each time he miraculously missed each other. Until now, they have never really met. But I think if he really wants to meet her, he should be able to do it."

System: "This has nothing to do with the will of the universe. It is a pure probability problem. Do you know how big the universe is?"

Its explanation makes the whole thing even more confusing.

"Okay, if you say it's irrelevant, then it's irrelevant." After a while, Spider-Man said, "So what happened in the world without the Avengers?"

"Many years later, the rule of superheroes has turned into pure chaos and violence, so Wonder Woman finds Superman in seclusion, hoping that he can bring hope to people again. At the same time, Luthor unites some villains and controls Shazan, trying to overthrow the rule of superhumans."

"That's why we decided not to bother Shazan," Superman added. "Although he didn't directly participate in the game, according to the script given by Kryptonian AI, he 'died' twice in the game."

"At least the participation was very high," Spider-Man said sympathetically, "but you certainly didn't follow the script."

"This involves the part that Superman doesn't want to tell you." The system laughed humanely, and a series of System.out.println("LOL"); were printed on its code. "Because of a bug in the Kryptonian AI, he wore a white uniform in the Kingdom Come copy. The origin of that uniform is usually called the 'Overlord Universe'. The Superman in the Overlord Universe is a ruler who is... more gentle and rational than the chief of the Injustice League."

Clark covered his face with the newspaper again and muttered, "I understand. I'll learn from this."

"We learn from our mistakes," Batman corrected him.

Peter said: "No one can guarantee that we will do better when something happens, so it is more important to prevent it before it happens rather than to fix it after it has happened."

System: "You're right. And to be honest, I've seen a lot of absurd universes. From ancient times to the present, the audience likes to see saints become crazy. Does that tell others what kind of criminals you will become? No, it's not. It reminds us how precious human nature is."

"Where were we going, oh, Superman puts on that white uniform, and people in that universe have seen Superman the Lord, so you can imagine how panicked the villains were when they saw a Kryptonian who was said to be able to cut the back of your head with heat vision."

Peter laughed. "No way? Is that what I imagined? Are you pretending to be Superman from a parallel universe?"

"I am." Clark said with a straight face, "My friends in the Justice League know that I am me, but who will inform Luther and those super criminals?"

System: "So the truth is, wherever Lord Superman goes, he is unstoppable. Those superhumans who know they can't beat him almost immediately give up their evil plans and surrender."

Spider-Man couldn't stop laughing.

Batman clenched the spoon. "I'd say this is a bad idea. There's a 50% chance that they'll fight back in their last moments because they'll be burned into idiots by Superman anyway."

"It may also be because they are feeling lucky." The system pointed out, "Look at the Superman next to you. Who would have thought that he could perform craniotomy so skillfully? I'm afraid criminals think that the probability of Superman turning evil is lower than that of them waking up and becoming good people."

Bruce refuted it: "That's because Clark's acting skills need to be improved. Every strand of his hair says I am a good person."

So much so that when Luther in the game was arrested, he turned to the police and said: "Who is Lord Superman? Him? Are you kidding? Are the others blind? This Boy Scout changed his clothes, and you regarded him as a different person from the original him? Then why didn't you think of me as some new unnamed hero when I put on my armor?"

And Luther has only seen Superman in costume.

Spider-Man shuddered and buried his face in his plate.

Clark was embarrassed: "...I felt this plan was unreliable from the beginning."

"But you still made it through, because the villain thought you might turn evil, but you weren't completely evil yet."

"I think," Peter continued, "I think Clark could scare the hell out of everybody else just by keeping a straight face and pretending to be Batman."

Bruce's face turned stern.

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