Dressed in a superhero shell to save the world [Comprehensive British and American]

Chapter 109 "Superman Development Plan"

After the game officially starts, the sanity bar in the upper right corner of the screen is full again.

"What the hell is this principle? If it really refers to reason, it is using data to manipulate Superman's mind!"

"That's impossible, the magic brought by Superboy doesn't work like that."

"We can't discuss any results now, and we can only draw conclusions when it really drops to a certain level, but that also means that the situation has become extremely dangerous."

They can only try to keep this ominous energy bar static, since the game doesn't even have an instruction manual.

In the game, Clark finds himself in Metropolis once again, but this time it's not the reporter's T-shirt suit, but Superman's primary-color uniform.

"Are you okay?" Diana asked outside the game, "You looked a little tired just now."

"It may be because I received too many messages in a short period of time." Clark flew to a place where no one was around and whispered, "Fortunately, I have a super brain, otherwise I might think that I am... the me in the game, For a moment I really thought I'd lived my whole life as him."

"But I noticed that you reacted quickly."

"I saw you the first time, my friend, that Clark didn't recognize anyone."

While speaking, he flew up a little distance and looked around: "I always feel that something is wrong, is the metropolis usually so quiet?"

The alley under his feet is connected to a main street that is bustling with people on weekdays. The traffic lights will operate as usual, but the number of vehicles on the street is more than half less than that on weekdays. All the drivers who pass by occasionally have serious expressions on their faces. Like some kind of major stimulus.

It seems that Krypton AI does not exist. People in and out of the game have called it several times, but there is no result. It does not intend to actively make a sound when no special plot is triggered.

"I have to figure out what's going on."

Superman flew to the street, and while waiting for a red light, he greeted a passing driver: "Good afternoon."

"Hello." The residents of the metropolis are accustomed to the appearance of Superman, but they look at him with pity and sadness, "It's really bad weather, didn't you go to the funeral of the Flash, Superman?"

When speaking of the first half of the sentence, the Metropolis hero subconsciously looked up at the cloudless sky above his head, and was about to make a joke, but was stunned by the second half of the sentence: "What? Whose funeral?"

He quickly glanced to the side - the Flash waved him outside the game: "Calm down, I'm still alive, Big Blue. Listen to what he has to say."

"The Flash," the driver repeated. "A lot of people were there, but I think people would understand if you didn't want to."

"I... hug, sorry. Let's go first." Superman stammered rarely, "I don't—you're right, I have to go and see the situation."

He turned around and turned into a ray of red and blue light across the sky above the city, always feeling that he was still being stabbed by pity eyes on his back.After a while, Clark, who ran all over the streets and alleys, had figured out what was going on, and said to his companion in shock: "The media said that the murderer who killed the Flash was Lex Luthor, but the Luthor here is America president!"

Barry shook his head: "I'm not surprised at all."

Batman asked, "How are you feeling now?"

"I'm angry and confused?"

"Very well, hold on, don't let the surrounding environment affect you, and always keep in mind that everything that happens in the game is not real."

Superman blinked his blue eyes. "I should go to the funeral now, anyway."

His mood was inevitably depressed, and when he flew to the destination, he did not fall in front of others, but watched from a distance with his super vision.The game AI provided the player with a close-up close-up, and Barry said at the first sight: "Wait, this is not me! The Flash of this world is Wally!"

"That little assistant of yours?"

"My God! It's him! But why?"

The Flash had been the calmest of them all just now, and sometimes it was easier to learn of his own death than to accept the death of his companions.Now that his relatives were lying within three feet, Barry immediately became the most emotional one: "Clark, please, can you come closer? I want to know what happened!"

The funeral was halfway through, and the atmosphere was heavy and solemn. Clark saw Bruce and Diana of this universe standing at the front of the crowd and bowed their heads in silence.Someone in the distance was talking about what happened, and whispered: "...Is it a nuclear bomb? I heard that the president launched a nuclear bomb. I don't know if the Flash died because of it..."

"He keeps running, keeps running, but as far as I know, except for super speed, the Flash is no different from us ordinary people..."

The bystanders clenched their fists unconsciously.

"Clark."

Batman's voice came from behind him, warning.

"I know. I just thought, why didn't Superman stop this from happening?"

"You shouldn't think so, don't you realize that you are being affected by that body? Keep calm."

Batman glanced sideways at Barry as he spoke.

In fact, only the Flash can open his mouth to achieve the greatest reminder effect, but I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, the dead Flash is not himself but the young successor, so there are people on and off the field who are out of their minds, and Batman can’t help but start worrying about himself Are your friends too invested in the game?

The risks in the Arkham Knight universe are tolerated once enough.

"I……"

At this moment, the Kryptonian AI suddenly said: "You blame yourself for the departure of your companion. You want to understand how things happened, and you want to avoid a cruel ending. Fortunately, you still have the opportunity to spend 5 points of sanity can turn the time back to before the death of Flash, do you want to make a deal?"

Sounds like krypton gold props in a garbage game.

But the effect is truly heart-warming.

Clark glanced at the dazed Barry secretly again, and said, "Five sanity points, not a lot."

"This is very important." Batman said every word, "You only have one hundred points in total, we don't know what negative effects will be after a large amount of deductions, and we don't know if there will be people who have to use it later place."

"So we just stay here and do nothing and let the plot continue?"

"And you don't even know whether going back to the past is considered a sideline, and whether it will help us reach the ending? Don't forget that our purpose is to rescue you!"

"Stop, both of you." Green Lantern stood in the middle and made a pause gesture with his light ring, "Risks and rewards go hand in hand, but I think there is a trap in the description of the game, how can we ensure that we can go back to the past? Can change the game, instead of just watching The Flash's... er, death again?"

"I can go and deal with Luther." Superman looked at his companion without hesitation, "At least we know who is the culprit."

Batman said coldly: "Then you can do it now."

"Okay!" Shazam said loudly, "I have a lot of experience in playing games, I think this is an ordinary krypton option. After paying sanity points, you will get extra side plots but there is no ending reward. Let's leave it alone for now. Can!"

"I agree." The Flash said after recovering, "There is no need to spend sanity points here, let's continue."

Batman bowed his head and chose 'No'.

Superman stopped talking, he turned around and found that Bruce and Diana in the game came over at some point.

"You're here, Clark...sorry."

The Son of Krypton nodded in response.

He was still a little angry, so his expression was stiffer than usual, and his voice was deeper: "What are you going to do next?"

"Go to our Mr. President, he can't do all this and pretend nothing happened."

Luther is still alive, even sitting in the position of president?This was Clark's first thought, and his anger made him agree to the woman's proposal without hesitation.The process of the three of them entering the White House was smoother than expected. The human armed forces collapsed under the threat of superpowers, and they didn't even need to dodge bullets.Superman rushed into the president's office first, and the familiar bald head was packing his suitcase. Not only did he not feel scared when he saw him coming, he even smiled with ease: "I didn't expect you to wait until after the funeral."

"I didn't expect that you could wait until today before thinking about running away. Where did your brilliant wisdom go?"

"I thought you were still going to wait for the people's sanction as usual—the people, ha! Who can judge me now that I stand on the highest point in this country?"

"what have you done?"

"You do not know?"

Luther's mocking expression was just too annoying.Before the brain reacted, Superman had already lifted his collar and said in an unprecedented threatening tone: "You want to start a war with nuclear bombs."

"It's once and for all." The green-eyed bald man remained calm when he grabbed his vitals, "They don't see the beauty of my plan, they would rather fight endlessly with superhumans, turn a blind eye to the future risks, and naively think The Justice League will guard Earth forever - it was the people's mistake, and I am righting it."

"And you murdered The Flash!"

"That's right!" Luthor said loudly, "So Superman! Are you standing here to face me for your dead comrades! Or is it law, justice, and the will of the people? Admit it, Superman, you don't care about my crimes at all, I can see that you don't have those rules in your eyes now."

Before he finished speaking, he kicked open the drawer and hung his thumb on a threatening red button: "Would you like to try it?"

"Don't move, I have many ways to stop you."

"You will, Superman." Luthor tilted his head with a smile, "but either way will cause casualties. Now, put me down. You should know in your heart that you need me-there is no evil in this world hero?"

Superman's fingertips tightened suddenly.

Several voices came from behind him at the same time: "Don't! Clark/Superman!"

At the critical moment, Krypton AI startled everyone by uttering a voice, with a secret treachery in its cadenced tone: "You have found the real culprit who killed the Flash, and his unrepentant attitude made you angry." Burn, you are getting tired of continuing to entangle with this intelligent man who has no moral bottom line-as Lex Luthor said, why can't you choose once and for all? Why can't you build a world where innocent people will never die again? Why do you have to put up with these struggles and unreasonable speculation? Who represents the people? Who decides justice? Your peers may not understand your transformation, but you are sure to correct their thinking. Those people are you Trustworthy friends, they will always stand by you and walk with you, and you will not be alone. Thinking of this, you feel that you are about to convince yourself, Kal-El, you look at the former Mr. President in front of you, and finally do Make a decision: kill him/let him go again."

Almost before his companion outside the game exclaimed, Superman was already planning to let go of his palm—Luthor really owed a lesson, but he didn't want to kill him yet.However, after the AI ​​spoke, he found that time was frozen and he couldn't retract his arm before making a choice.

"What kind of option is this?" He almost laughed angrily, restraining the intense grief and hatred in his body, "I don't want to kill him, so choose the second option."

"..."

This should have been an option that could not be entangled, but Batman, who has been in charge of coordinating decisions outside the game, did not move.

After a while, he said, "The narration of the game is very interesting."

Superman took a deep breath. "Bruce, your focus should be in the right place. Remember? It was you who told me it was all fake."

"You're right. But I also remember that we have to get through all the endings to pass the level—I think this is the first key point. Luthor's life and death will lead to different endings." The alliance consultant unexpectedly stopped at this moment. He stopped, as if he had something hard to say, and continued after a while, "You will face the first option sooner or later, Clark."

If this is the conspiracy of ordinary villains, they can stop here and contact foreign aid to find other solutions.

But this is a loophole in the universe, and behind the Kryptonian AI is the will of the universe.

"Don't worry about it. We're going to save you from the game, and it's the 'player' not the 'character' who makes the choice."

"What do you think will happen after this? After I do it? 'Your companions may not understand your transformation, but you are sure to correct their minds.'" Superman stood quietly and kept going. Luther raised the gesture, "I can kill Luther, but what if the person I'm holding is you? Or is it any of you? My friends manipulated my hands to kill them in another world You, tell me again that this is to save me?"

"Kal-El! You think too much!"

Who is the person who often thinks pessimistically?

"No...don't call that name." The young man with a steel body shuddered as if feeling cold, his sky-like eyes drooped down, revealing a little bit of obvious pleading, "Let's choose the second one first." one, okay?"