novelraw Chapter 38 Metropolitan Night
Chapter 38 Metropolitan Night
Clark sighed softly, he had also encountered this problem when he was a child.Even, until now, he still thinks occasionally.
When he was a little boy running in the field in Kansas, his mother told him every day not to fight back in any conflict with his peers, because he couldn't control his own strength accurately, and a tight grip might break other people's bones.
And Clark is an obedient child.
At the same time, he is also a weird kid who is always on the verge of breaking down because he can hear too many voices.
A shy and weird kid like him is very likely to be the target of child bullying.
Neighborhood kids occasionally organized groups to bully him, but of course he never fought back.Physically, physically, he doesn't care, the fists or stones hit by those children are not even enough to tickle him.
In order to hide his abilities, he would pretend to cover his head to hide, and snickered in the grass, and even felt that these children who hated him for no reason were like crooked wolves who could never catch BB birds in animation.
What surprised him was that the always gentle mother rushed out and beat the children away with a broom. *
So he really didn't think Harley was at fault, she was just a child, and being able to protect herself was also a task in the process of growing up.
What she needs is not to be trapped in the narrow quagmire of using violence to control violence, and to bind her vision with hatred-she will have a wider world, and those mean people are not worth the effort.
"This is normal, Harley." Clark thought about his words. Every child is different. The four ex-Robins have very different personalities, let alone Harley, who is a girl?
Clark could feel that this was a more sensitive and delicate child who needed more care and respect.
"You will ask this question and reflect on your own thoughts at a certain moment, which just proves that you are not a bad person." Seeing that the girl is still not convinced, Clark continued, "When I am hurt, I will also have negative feelings." mood."
"You mean kryptonite? Everyone on Earth knows that kryptonite can hurt Superman," said Harley as she ate the last donut. Although she lost her appetite, she never had food left.
Clark shook his head, "They can hurt my family, and they can hurt my heart. For me, these are much more painful than physical injuries," he reached out to wipe the icing on the corner of the girl's mouth.
Thinking of an old thing, Clark's mouth twitched, "Even I can't do self-reflection like you, I really did something to take revenge on others, and at that time I was already your age more than double that."
"what have you done?"
"I rescued a female colleague who was harassed by a gangster in the bar where I worked. The gangster splashed water on my face and, of course, attacked me with insulting words. I didn't resist at the time, but I broke it to vent afterwards. His truck."*
"It's not to the extent of a punctured tire, but it's completely broken." Clark didn't think it was necessary to let Harry know that he pierced the truck with several concrete pillars to make a skewer.
"These doubts and exclusions don't just happen in my ordinary life. Even the identity of superman is not welcomed by everyone. In fact, a considerable number of people hate me and abuse me-hate my power can do I can't do it; I also hate what I can't do with my strength; I hate what I can do, but I can't do it for various reasons."
This passage is too ambiguous and too "philosophical", and the girl in front of me must not understand it.Clark thought he might be talking to himself.
"It's hard to define whether a person is a good person or a bad person. These two words alone are not enough to describe the complexity of human beings, and this complexity is what fascinates me the most."
He ended up with a question to Harry, "You already know that I fought Artemis out of impulse and wrecked other people's trucks, so do you think I'm a bad guy?"
Harry shook his head without hesitation.
"Then neither are you."
**************
After Harley had a heart-to-heart talk with Uncle Clark, she went back to school. Little Joe walked over to pick her up the first time she stepped into the classroom, and stared away any curious or provocative gazes.
In fact, Xiao Qiao doesn't have to worry at all. After hitting three times, Harley has established her position among her classmates-at least no one who is bold enough dares to provoke her now.
After school, Damian waited outside Harry and Joe's classroom, eye-knifeing every boy who came out.
"Which ones? Show me." This was the first sentence Damian said after seeing Harry.
"You don't need to stand up for me, I won." Harry shrugged, "Uncle Clark has also met the principal, and he is fine now."
"Did he train you?" Damian's eyes narrowed. With the character of a superhuman saint, Harry must apologize and admit his mistake!
Tsk, he can carry kryptonite with him. *
"No." Harry frowned, seeming a little confused, "Actually, he seemed to have praised me... He even forgot to promise the principal to ask me to apologize to those three boys."
"Hmph, that's about the same."
Damian pulled Harry, bid farewell to Little Joe, and was walking towards the tarmac, but was stopped by Clark who was rushing towards him.
"You two need to stay overnight at my house today," Clark ignored Damian's stare. The little Robin put on an angry expression almost every time he faced him. After a long time, he actually found it a little cute.
"Why!" protested Damian, "don't tell me it's because you're making apple pie tonight. I'm going to be pissed!"
It turns out that the reason why Damian and Harley couldn't go home was not the authentic apple pie in Kansas, but an unknown virus that Superman accidentally brought back from outer space.
As soon as he landed on the watchtower, it triggered an automatic blockade of the system, including the ground transmission device.Bruce, Barry and Oliver were thus locked in space.According to Bruce's research, the virus has been eliminated in time, but the watchtower's ground-to-ground system will not be turned on again until after a 40-day quarantine period according to the procedure.
This date was set by Bruce. Of course he was extremely frustrated, but he also admitted that the space virus is not a joke. Maybe a patient No. 0 can wipe out all human beings.
Clark, who can fly directly back to Earth through space, is not bothered by restrictions.He hasn't been home for a long time, and he doesn't want to wait for the end of the quarantine. Barry and Oliver unceremoniously hand over the task of guarding their city to Superman, who told him to bring the virus in.
In the future, Superman will go back to the watchtower from space, and go to the sun for a while to kill and kill viruses - this is Bruce's order.
With the assistance of Dick, Tim, and Alfred himself, Bruce doesn't need Superman to help watch over Gotham.
But handed over the task of taking care of Harley to Superman, "Damian may not be happy, so let him go to Titan Tower when Afu is too busy."
Clark really wanted to ask Bruce, which one is the real one, Harry or Damian...
After listening to Superman's narration, Damian snorted, despising his carelessness in process operation, which almost brought the virus into the earth.But the stubborn boy acquiesced to the arrangement of spending the night at Kent's house, so Clark silently swallowed the suggestion of "going back to Titan Tower".
*************
The Kents' residence in the Metropolis is a modest but cozy apartment.As a pair of award-winning journalists who both work in the mainstream media, Clark and Louise's small family is not comparable to Bruce, who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, in terms of disposable property, but the salary to maintain middle-class status is naturally there. of.
Even if Clark could pinch diamonds with his bare hands, he wouldn't exchange his unearned income for a big apartment. The family is very satisfied with the current status quo.
But that wasn't enough for Damian.Although the apple pie that Louise made for dinner was really good...
"I won't let her sleep alone, the security of your home is too poor!"
Damian is very unhappy with the bedtime arrangement.
Harry wanted to interrupt, and wanted to say that he slept alone in the Wayne house, but Damian stared back at him as soon as he made a sound.
The three members of the Kent family did not need much accommodation space, so there was only one guest room, which was given to Harry.Jo would share the master bedroom with Aunt Louise, Jo's room was given over to Damian, and Uncle Clark crowded the couch.
Louise was very helpless, and wanted to say that there were two Supermen, one big and one small, in the house, so the security was not good enough?
This is almost the most secure house in the United States.
"I just took one look, and I can think of 12 ways to break in." Damian pointed at the windows and doors, insisting. "Give me more time and tools, and I can think of 120 ways."
What happened to Superman, he still has kryptonite. *
Clark and Louise looked at each other helplessly.
"Then let Harry and Joe sleep in his room, and you sleep in the guest room? Joe can be a guard all night."
Joe nodded, indicating that he could take on this important task.
Regarding this suggestion, Damian just looked at Clark silently, and the following sentence was clearly written in his eyes - the mistake you made was too stupid, I plan to give you time to reflect on yourself.
Big Superman is not a threat, let alone a small one!It's better to just open the door!
"Halley and I sleep in the guest room, and your family can sleep in whichever room you should sleep in." Why can't these people understand such an obvious solution?
"The bed in the guest room is single, the two of you can't squeeze in," Louise reminded.
"This is a matter for you to consider," Damian said without looking up, handing Harry a glass of milk.
In the end it was Clark who came up with a solution, a solution that only Superman could do - he flew to Japan, where it was daylight and the mall was open, and hurried back to buy a bunk bed. (It can't be too cheap, or the kid Damian will not be satisfied.) After returning to the apartment in the United States, it will be assembled at super speed.
From start to assembly, it takes less than 5 minutes.
Damian finally gave a perfunctory affirmation to the arrangement.
In the dead of night, at bedtime, the Kent couple stood at the door of the finally settled guest room and said good night to Damian and Harry.
"I didn't expect Damian to have such a cute side." After closing the door, Louise bent her mouth and leaned on Clark's shoulder, "I kind of want to have another daughter. Her bed is ready, what do you think?"
As soon as Louise finished speaking, Clark stretched out his hand and hugged her horizontally. He looked down at his wife with a smile in his eyes and a deep voice.
"Of course I'm always ready."
The author has something to say:
*This 40-day quarantine period is the longest one selected after checking the quarantine period of common infectious diseases 233333_(:з」∠)_
*The details of Martha’s mother holding a broom and beating away the bad children are from the comics, I forgot the details in which publication... I will check it after the retest, and come back to make up
*Memories of wrecking a truck, from the movie Man of Steel
*In the Justice League vs. Teen Titans, Mr. Mi carried kryptonite with him. Hehe, when the giants of the Justice League were under control, Damian single-handedly used the Superman dungeon.