[Comprehensive British and American] Superhero Manual

In the afternoon of that day, Carl made all the preparations. He only had to choose a time before he could leave here and go to the place where Eric will be in the future.

At the end of the dinner, he told Bruce and Dick the news, and explained the limitation of this device: "This device can allow me to stay in the future for up to two days, and if it is longer, I will be forced to teleport back."

"Will this be dangerous?" Hearing these words, Dick quickly asked about its danger, with a worried look on his face.

"Don't worry, it's fine." Carl reassured the boy, he paused, and continued to explain his thoughts: "I plan to modify the future space-time device within this limited time, and then let Eric use it, It’s like we can both get back here.”

Such an idea is feasible in theory, but it is not simple at all in practice.But Karl is very confident in his ability. After these days of research, he is confident that he can do this.

Dick half-understood. He only knew that Karl would go to the future to bring back his godfather. He sighed in a low voice, "I feel like my brother is so amazing!"

Carl smiled shyly, a thin blush flying across his cheeks.

"When are you going to leave?" When Carl was speaking, Bruce looked contemplative, and when Dick finished speaking, he asked such a question.

"If there are no accidents, it will be fine tomorrow morning." Carl looked at Bruce and replied like this.

Bruce nodded, and that was the end of the topic.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Dick went to wash and sleep first, while Carl entered the Batcave again to confirm the safety of the space-time device.

Bruce also came to help. After the two of them checked the accuracy of the various data and the specific model, there was only some finishing work left.

In silence, Carl lowered his head, and suddenly said: "The place I'm going to should be the future of the current timeline, that is to say, I will meet you in 20 years."

"Are you wondering what your future self will look like?" he said.

If everything goes as smoothly as Carl said before, when he returns from the future, he will bring relevant information about the future.If Bruce wanted to know something, Carl would tell him the answer.

"No." As soon as Carl finished speaking, Bruce answered without thinking.He was still processing the things in his hand, as if he could see Carl's doubts, Bruce asked him a question:

"Do you like being spoiled when you watch a movie?"

Carl was stunned for a moment, then said: "I don't mind this, spoilers or not have no effect on me."

A smirk twitched on Bruce's lips, but it was fleeting and quickly gone."That's the difference between me and you," he said. "I hate spoiled movies as much as I hate predicted futures."

"My future was never fixed," he said.

During the conversation, they had packed up everything here. Carl didn't say any more, but he was faintly touched by Bruce's words.

Early the next morning, Karl turned on the time-space device, adjusted his state, and said goodbye to the two people next to him: "Goodbye, I will be back as soon as possible!"

Dick waved him and said loudly, "Goodbye! I'll miss you, brother."

Bruce didn't speak, he just stood beside Dick, looking at Carl silently.

Carl looked at him too, his blue eyes unblinking.Finally, Bruce gave him a slight nod and said, "Goodbye."

Carl smiled brightly. He pressed the start button under his hand, and the suction came from all directions, as if to tear him into pieces.

The distorted sense of space surged, and in the next second, Karl disappeared in place.

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Twenty years later, Wayne Mansion.

Eric was still sitting on the sofa. It had been more than an hour since he met the owner and learned about Carl.

Bruce left for a while to deal with league matters, then came back.

The two had just talked briefly for a while before they fell silent, and no one tried to start a new topic.

Eric's attention was all on the time on the clock. If what Bruce said was true, Carl would be here in ten minutes or so.

After a while, Dick, who had left earlier, opened the door and came in. He seemed to know that Karl was coming, and he found a place to sit down after entering the door, without saying anything.

Time passed so quickly and slowly, and soon reached the time point mentioned by Bruce before, Eric was still silent, but his whole body tensed up, for fear of accidents.

Tick, tick, tick, tick - the hour hand is turning slowly.

The air seemed to be frozen, just waiting for something to break it suddenly.

In the next second, a twisted vortex appeared in the center of the room, and with a flash of light, a familiar teenager appeared there.

This is Karl who came here to find someone using the space-time device.

Having experienced so many time and space travels, this dizzy discomfort will soon recover for Karl.

He stabilized his figure first, and then looked at the surrounding environment. ——Eh, it seems a little familiar?

Karl blinked his eyes, and the three familiar people sat in front of him, their eyes all falling on him.

"Hmm... how are you?" Carl greeted cautiously.

He unconsciously looked at Eric who was sitting in the middle, with a sense of admiration that he didn't realize.

The moment he saw Carl appear, Eric quickly stood up from his seat, walked over quickly, and hugged Carl.

"It's fine." A lot of things to say came to his lips, and only these few words remained. Eric's expression didn't change much, but his slightly trembling hands let him see his current mood at a glance.

"Yeah!" Carl raised a smile and hugged Eric back.

He secretly thought in his heart, how lucky he was to meet the godfather as soon as he arrived!

After talking with the godfather, Karl turned his attention to the remaining two familiar people.

It is not accurate to say that they are familiar. After all, 20 years have passed, and they have changed a lot.

Especially Dick, one second Karl said goodbye to him as a teenager, and the next moment he saw the adult version of him, it was really uncomfortable.

But Bruce hasn't changed much. Rather, as Kryptonians, after a certain age, their appearance no longer changes.

Now, Bruce is in his 50s, but he still looks like he was in his 30s, his black hair is still black and thick, without any gray.

And no matter how long it takes after that, he will maintain this appearance and will not change.

Facing them, Karl didn't know what to say.Obviously they said goodbye not long ago, but the person they meet now has been separated from him by 20 years.

"Come sit down and talk." Seeing Carl's bewilderment, Dick spoke first, asking Carl and Eric to sit down.

Carl seemed to have found the steps, heaved a sigh of relief, and followed Eric to find a place to sit down.

Speaking of chatting, in fact, only Carl talked a lot. He mainly told Eric about his experience during this period, of course, it was a simplified version.

After Carl finished speaking, he looked at Eric expectantly, the meaning in his eyes was very obvious.

However, Eric has only been in this world for more than two hours, and he has not experienced anything at all, so he finished his situation in only two sentences.

"Hey, the flow of time on both sides is completely different." Carl muttered, and then focused on other things.

"Bruce, is that space-time device still here?" Carl asked, "I want to transform it."

He was a little unsure whether Bruce here still remembered what he said at the beginning, after all, 20 years is still a long time.

"It's still in its original position." Bruce said, "But you shouldn't have to spend any more time remodeling it."

"Why?" Carl asked, startled.

"That's because this is the first time we've met since you left." Dick on the side took the words and said.

Carl looked over in surprise, and was reaffirmed by the other party: "We haven't seen each other for 20 years."

Carl suddenly remembered that before he left, he vowed to go back soon, and said "goodbye" several times.He even thought about bringing the future information back to Bruce, although he was firmly rejected by the other party.

However, the meaning of what Dick said was very clear. He failed to fulfill his promise and went back two days after the promise, which abruptly turned into 20 years.

"...I'm sorry." Carl looked at Dick and said softly after a long time.He didn't know what to say, he just apologized for his missed appointment.

As for the reason for missing the appointment, he has already guessed eight or nine.

His ability, the mutant ability to travel through time and space, will take him away from here, and it won't even last two days.

"No need to apologize!" Dick quickly waved his hand and said, "I'm not blaming you when I say this, but to state the facts."

"I know, you must have a reason." He said with a smile.

Karl felt even more guilty. Although there was indeed a reason, but the reason was caused by his own ability, Karl felt guilty for a while.

He chatted with Dick about other topics. For example, now Dick has become Batman, while Bruce is focused on being Superman, but he will occasionally continue to put on the Bat suit and continue to soar in Gotham. In the dark night.

They chatted, and occasionally Dick would talk to Labrus, and the atmosphere was very harmonious for a while.

Eric watched Carl chatting with them silently, without speaking.

He had been in a tense state before, and he was heaving a sigh of relief in his heart. Before he confirmed Karl's safety with his own eyes, he was determined not to be relieved.

Before long, Carl will be full, and his child, before he knows it, has grown into such a fine person.

Eric remembered the hug before, Carl was already taller than Charles, and maybe he would be surpassed soon.

The intention of this trip to another world was for him to protect Karl, but now it seems that Karl protected him, and he did nothing.

Eric felt a little frustrated, but also a subtle sense of pride.It's the feeling that the parents feel proud that their children are so good.

No one knew what was going on in Eric's mind. His face was always expressionless, which was his subconscious behavior in a strange place.

However, without further ado, Carl noticed that Eric was in a bad mood. He pursed his lips and asked, "Godfather, do you want to go out for a stroll?"

Eric raised his eyebrows and said, "No."

Saying this, he had a smile on his face. He looked at Carl and said gently, "Just do what you want."

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