When Rorschach woke up, he found himself lying on a narrow single bed in a small apartment.

He lifted the quilt and called out "Clark", and Clark came out of the kitchen immediately, naked to the waist, revealing strong and full muscles, and holding a glass of fresh chia lime juice in his hand.

He smiled slightly, walked up to Rorschach with the lime juice, gave Rorschach a sip of the juice, squatted down and said, "How about we go to Mexico to eat tacos later?"

"Okay, okay!" Rorschach regained his spirits, and clapped his hands, "Do you want to take me to Mexico?"

"Wait until you finish packing." Clark looked at him with a gentle smile on his face.

Rorschach immediately jumped off the bed in a hurry, put on the short-sleeved shirt and khaki pants that Clark had prepared for him, and after quickly washing up, he wagged his tail and looked at Clark eagerly.

Clark hugged him with a smile, and flew him out of the window.

In an instant, they arrived at the side of a road in Mexico, facing a shop with faded red and green lights.

"I heard that the taste of this store is good, and it is the best taco in the hearts of the locals." Clark said.

Before he could finish speaking, Rorschach rushed forward to open the door excitedly.

Clark ordered two tacos, some French fries, and two cups of local Oaxacan drinks for each of them. He also specifically told the waiter not to add hot sauce to Rorschach's taco.

They were sitting under a parasol by the side of the road, enjoying their brunch while admiring the vast and bright semi-desert plains of Mexico, and Clark was about to reach out to help Rorschach wipe off the dipping sauce that accidentally got on the corner of his mouth. But suddenly stopped.

He turned his head and looked at the end of the road, a bus full of passengers approaching the skyline.

... The engine of the bus is making some bad noises,? But the passengers and the driver didn't notice it at all.

The next second, the breeze blew by, and the chair in front of Luo Xia was already empty.

Inside the bus, passengers chatted in twos and threes.

They were discussing today's weather, the job they found, and the rain tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Although the bus bumped a few times on the concrete road from time to time, the passengers were used to such bumps and didn't take it to heart at all.

Until someone sniffed his nose lightly and talked with his companion: "Do you smell a strange smell?"

"What's the smell?" The companion asked strangely.

"It seems that something is burnt... Oh my god, look at the back of the car, this car is smoking!!"

His exclamation caused all the passengers in the car to look at the back of the car.

——Sure enough, all the people in the car saw the thick white smoke constantly coming out from the rear of the car, and the white smoke was rapidly turning black, instantly casting an ominous shadow over all the passengers in the car.

Someone yelled for the driver to stop, but the panicked driver still maintained some sense, knowing that in such a situation, he could not slam on the brakes, and began to hold the gear lever to lower the gear, and at the same time clicked the brakes, chanting prayers in his heart , Pray that nothing will happen and nothing will happen.

At this moment, a hole was suddenly torn open on the top of the bus, and a broad and powerful hand grabbed the edge of the crack.

In the crack, a red "S" letter that is very familiar to all people on Earth is exposed.

The chairman of the Justice League jumped out of the car, nodded to them, and said, "This car is about to explode. I have to move everyone to a relatively safe place before the engine explodes. Please be prepared."

A tall, thin, dark-skinned man said immediately, "What? Superman, we don't need—"

Before he finished speaking, he felt a buzzing in his eardrums, and the scene he quickly skipped was like a camera film that had been torn out by a handful. When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of a taco shop by the side of the road.

There were several passengers standing beside them, who also showed astonishment.

With a blink of his eyes, several passengers were brought here by Superman from the bus as if they appeared out of thin air.

In the blink of an eye, there were several more.

...In just a few seconds, Superman has transferred all the passengers in the car.

They looked at each other in dismay. After being moved at a high speed, it was inevitable that they felt some hallucinatory discomfort. Several passengers began to vomit while clutching their stomachs.

Soon, there was an explosion in the distance.

The engine of the bus exploded under the high temperature.The bang sounded like a bomb being dropped, and the thick black smoke engulfed most of the bus in an instant. If Superman hadn't rescued them just now, they would have been engulfed in flames at this moment.

Customers and clerks in the taco shop ran out one after another to watch what happened. Only Rorschach was still sitting calmly under the parasol, covering his forehead with his palm, watching Clark put out the fire on the bus in the distance.

Clark was transporting a large piece of solid ice from the lake that had been frozen by Ice Breath, and then used heat rays to melt the ice into water, continuing to extinguish the raging fire.

He didn't return to the taco shop until he was sure that all the fire sources on the bus had been extinguished.

He flashed in the crowd, and the people automatically separated into a circle to make room for him.

"Is everyone okay? Is anyone injured?" Clark looked around and asked.

People looked at him nervously, shaking their heads hesitantly.

They faced Superman, and many people noticed that Superman's appearance and uniform were completely different from before. Until now, they felt how obvious the changes in Superman mentioned in the news and reports were.

—He really does seem to be different.

Whether it's momentum or expression, they are very different from the superman who was as bright as the sun in the impression of people in the past.

The current Superman always has an indescribable strength in every gesture, which makes people feel nervous and dare not approach easily.

Some people exchanged glances with their companions and thanked Superman with difficulty, but some looked at Superman and asked with resistance: "Superman, did you really order them to kill your opponents?"

Rorschach was startled.

He lowered his arms and looked straight at the man who was asking questions in the crowd.

The man had dark skin, a black mustache, and sharp eyes.

Clark turned his gaze to him and didn't speak for a long time.

There was no expression on the face of the god on earth, he seemed to be weighing something, and finally said: "... If you are referring to what happened in Manhattan yesterday, then I don't have it."

Another man plucked up his courage and said, "Meaning, have you ever had one?"

As soon as this little man's question came out, everyone was shocked.

... This is what they dare not say the most, and it is also what they most want to say deep down in their hearts.But in the face of such a powerful alien as Superman, who would dare to accuse him head-on?

The little man looked at the people around him, and then looked at Superman: "The news didn't just appear out of thin air, right? Even I had some terrible dreams... I saw you killing people on Earth..."

Clark was silent.

A woman asked the little man, "I've heard about the seminar. Is it true what they say?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's all true—" The little man shrugged.

"He just saved all of your lives."

Luo Xia didn't know when he walked into the crowd and said abruptly.

He stared straight at the little man, his hands shaking with anger.

"And you are questioning him about some untenable rumors?"

Several passengers flinched, the little man closed his mouth, turned his head away with an uneasy face, and retorted weakly: "This is the news that everyone is discussing recently..."

Luo Xia felt stuffy in his chest, and asked again: "Didn't it be you who regarded him as a human hero in the first place? Couldn't it be you who made him the protector of the earth? Back then you helped him to the altar, but now you just rely on him Just a few rumors accuse him, and even forget that he just saved all of you."

Clark looked down at the angry Rorschach, and stopped him: "It's okay, I don't care—"

"But I care," Luo Xia turned his head to look at him, and said to everyone, "How much has Superman paid for mankind in the past ten years? He has guarded the earth for a long time, but now you have to do it because he is not from the earth. And suspect his motives, and even set up that ridiculous organization to slander him!"

"So many people all over the world are reflecting the same dream, isn't it worthy of our vigilance?" said the tall, thin man with dark skin.

Everyone nodded tacitly. "Just because of a dream, so you have left behind everything he helped humans?" Rorschach asked back.

The tall and thin man smiled and said, "Who can guarantee that Superman won't come back and hurt us one day? Can you guarantee—"

"enough."

Clark said in a deep voice.

This superman with mottled white hair had an unusual aura. He just uttered a word, and it was like a mountain cast a shadow, making everyone speechless for a moment.

There was a moment of silence.

Clark looked at the crowd, comforted Rorschach with his eyes, and said with a solemn expression, "I will give you an account of Manhattan; I have sworn with my life that I will protect you every second I am alive. to hold this planet until the end of my life."

The crowd surrounded him, but left a large open space for him. He stood alone in the middle, like a god who survived Ragnarok until the world restarted.

The red cloak was heavy, hanging from his neck and behind his back.

His eyes finally fell on Rorschach: "...I will use every part of my life, every second, to make up for all of you."

Everyone still had doubts on their faces, but no one asked any more questions.

The local rescue team and the police rushed to the scene and picked up the passengers, while Superman flew to the clouds again under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Rorschach walked back to his seat silently among a group of customers and employees of the taco shop who were watching with their heads up. His good mood had long since disappeared.

He took his mobile phone, opened Twitter and Facebook for a while, the news about yesterday's Manhattan incident was overwhelming, and people everywhere were discussing the changes of Superman, all kinds of conspiracy theories were clamoring, and Superman was almost sentenced in the public opinion .

Luo Xia's face was dark, and the more he swiped, the more angry he was. Just when he couldn't help but grab a person who jumped the most in the real-time trend of Twitter to reply, a big hand covered his screen.

——Clark, who had changed back to his normal clothes and wore black-rimmed glasses, stood on his left, looking down at him.

Without even thinking about it, Luo Xia immediately turned off the screen of the phone subconsciously.

Clark took his movements into his eyes, didn't say anything, just squatted down and looked at Rorschach, and asked patiently: "Why don't you eat? Is it not to your appetite?"

"I don't want to eat," Luo Xia put his phone back into his pocket with a stinky expression on his face, "Let's go back."

Clark looked at him fixedly, his eyes darkened, "Okay."

……

1:45 a.m. Gotham.

Walking along this dirty and chaotic neighborhood, the alleys will become narrower and narrower. The low apartment buildings on both sides of the road are almost face to face, and the roadside is littered with crushed cans and faded plastic packaging. Bags and various needles of unknown significance.

Two figures, one tall and one short, walked along the alley to a rusty apartment entrance and exit door.

Luo Xia looked at the surrounding environment in surprise, and asked, "You actually live here? It should be easy for theft to happen here..."

The black-haired tall and strong young man in front of him snorted, held a plastic bag of instant food in his hand, and turned around: "The most dangerous place is the safest place."

Jason Todd lowered his brows and motioned for Rorschach to follow him up the narrow ladder that only one person can pass through, and led him to turn seven or eight turns in this old apartment before he took out the key and opened the door. An apartment door.

As the anti-theft door opened with a "squeak", a pencil lead broke softly and fell silently from the top of the anti-theft door.

Jason spread his five fingers, and without looking up to see where the pen lead fell, he accurately caught the two lead leads with his gloved palm.

This lead lead was put into the gap on the door before he went out.

—It means that no one had come in before they came back.

The safe house is still safe for the time being.

He threw the shopping bag away, turned on the light, and greeted Rorschach, "Find a place to sit by yourself."

As the lights came on, the true content of this small apartment completely appeared before Luo Xia's eyes—to his surprise, the room was quite tidy, and the left half of the room was neatly arranged with a small bed, coffee table, and a single chair And a large locker, half of the room on the right is full of all kinds of equipment and guns, as well as dazzling electronic parts, wires, assembly tools and so on.

Rorschach sat on the single chair, Jason pulled out his belt, and while sitting on the bed, he untied the tactical holster tied to his thigh, lowered his head and asked, "Why are you investigating that Star-Spangled Banner idiot?"

"Don't you think he's abnormal?" Luo Xia hugged his one-legged knee, "He seemed to appear out of thin air. He had never heard of any news before, but he was able to get the support of an entire brokerage company, as if... …like a commercial product built specifically by that company.”

Jason sneered, "So what? At least he's been recognized by most people now."

"That's the problem," Rorschach let go of his hand. "His current popularity ratings are already catching up with Superman. There is obviously a problem with this increase in popularity. He has been hyping him up in various places—especially on the Internet. The ability, claiming that he has the same superpowers as Superman, and also imitating Superman to take similar photos, he wants to replace Superman."

Jason raised his eyebrows: "Replace Superman? I have no problem at all."

Rorschach shot him a look and said, "Don't forget he ruined your motorcycle! Did you get it back from the Metropolitan Police?"

"..." Jason pinched his chin with his fingers after being poked by him.

He rubbed his chin, thinking of the motorcycle he was unfortunately captured, his teeth itched with hatred, "Not yet, but I will steal it back sooner or later—"

"Anyway, I think he's very problematic. Did you see the news about what happened in Manhattan? If the Avengers hadn't arrived, Superman would have almost killed the Homelander. I'm sure Superman wouldn't attack him for no reason, there must be a reason ..."

Jason sneered, "Then what does it matter to me?"

"The people from the motherland will start activities in Gotham in the near future. He wants to bribe the citizens of Gotham. You will definitely not want to see that day." Rorschach said.

The smile on Jason's face gradually disappeared.

"How do you know?" he asked.

Rorschach glanced at him and said, "I have a friend who also lives in Gotham... He is very good at hacking, and helped me intercept an email sent by Water Company to the people of the motherland. They are planning to go to Gotham Hold a recruiting event."

"In Gotham, recruiting?" Jason asked uncertainly.

Rorschach nodded and said: "Yes, this is their publicity plan, I downloaded it, and they will announce the news on the official website in seven days, recruiting people with special abilities for the whole Gotham to carry out superhero training. reserve cultivation."

He took out a typed document from his bag and handed it to Jason.

Jason took the document, flipped through a few pages, and his face became more and more ugly: "They regard Gotham as a talent market? Want to recruit superhero backup force from Gotham? Am I crazy or are they crazy?"

"Any normal person would not choose to do such a thing," Rorschach settled down, and said, "This is unreasonable in the first place, just as unreasonable as the appearance of people from the motherland. My friend from Walter Company even helped me to check This is a new company that was only registered this year—it’s so strange, I guess, their real purpose must not be that simple.”

Jason said darkly, "If they dare to do something small in Gotham, I'll let them know the price of doing so."

Rorschach narrowed his eyes and smiled as if triumphant, then took out a few more pieces of paper and shook them.

"I bought their registration form from the black market, do you want to go and have a look?"

He winked at Jason.

"Oh, so you're waiting for me here," Jason raised his eyebrows, picked up a can of sparkling juice from the side, hooked his finger into the ring, "Go, of course, I have to see what they're up to .”

So, the two of them finalized the plan to go to the recruitment site of Water Company to find out.

In the next week, they scratched their heads and discussed for several days, and finally finalized the information filled in their respective registration forms.

Rorschach's pseudonym was "Joseph Ross," a Kansan native who could move objects with his mind—Jason helped him modify the magnetic field device on the bracelet Tony made for him, and he could use this trick to pretend he had superpowers.

Jason, on the other hand, was aliased as Arkham Knight, and he also wore a set of special armor that fully covered the surface of his body, so that the people of Walter Company could not recognize his true identity.

When the two came to the scene on the recruitment day, the thirteenth floor of the office building was already full of people.

The floor was crowded with people, and the buzzing voice was noisier than a whole swarm of bees.Don't expect the citizens of Gotham to have the patience to line up - all the people in this room are crowded at the door of the conference room, and Rorschach and Jason almost failed to squeeze into the crowd.

Fortunately, Batman's deterrence in Gotham still exists. The Arkham Knight armor worn by Jason is exactly like Batman. After Jason knocked out the teeth of a man who was staring at them, he was very alert to the danger. The citizens of Gotham avoided them, allowing them to step forward.

They found a less crowded area to settle down, and many people around secretly cast their eyes on them, estimating their strength.

These people are of different ages, almost all of them have strange shapes, and several of them don't even look like people on Earth—Rorschach and Jason glanced at each other and whispered: "I didn't know there were so many people in Gotham." Wants to be a superhero. Looks like Gotham isn't a hopeless city."

Jason let out a sigh, and was about to speak when someone preempted him and replied, "That's because the salary after being selected is [-] dollars a week. It's not that we all want to be superheroes, but that they give too much." .”

Hearing this, Rorschach looked towards the source of the voice.

It was a brown-skinned Indian youth with a heavy accent, but his eyes were bright and clear, and his curly black hair was half-length and tucked behind his ears.

The young man was very talkative. He grinned at Rorschach, showing two rows of dazzling white teeth, and stretched out his right hand to Rorschach: "Hi, just call me Ash."

Rorschach shook hands with him, "I'm Joseph, and this is Arkham Knight."

"Wow, your name is so cool!" Ash looked at Jason with admiration.

Jason nodded slightly, Arkham Knight was very cold.

"So, what special abilities do you all have?" Ash asked curiously, not paying attention to Jason's aloofness.

Rorschach said mysteriously: "I can move objects with my mind!"

"Wow, that's pretty cool too!" Ash said in amazement.

Luo Xia said modestly: "It's nothing, what about you, what superpower do you have?"

"I can be like this—" Ash smiled shyly, spread his palms, and stretched his arms directly behind his neck until he had turned the whole arm around and passed his right hand under the armpit of his left arm , fold the ribs, and tie a knot with the left hand.

"I can extend my limbs at will, like a piece of rubber, and this-"

He twisted his arms again, resting his chin on both palms, and slowly turned his head behind his back.

"How, haven't you seen it?"

Ash talks about his special abilities.

Looking at his deformed and distorted limbs, Rorschach felt a dull pain in his neck. He swallowed, and said dryly: "Oh, it's really, really rare. Do you feel pain?"

"It doesn't hurt at all!" Ash let go of his hand, twisted his head back, and put it on his waist with a smile, "This should be one of mine, um... a talent?"

Even Jason's stomach was rolling when he was watching. He looked away and said in a cold voice, "Not bad performance."

Ash was even happier, and he opened his eyes wide: "How do you know! I immigrated here to raise travel expenses by acting! Gotham is a land full of opportunities, and I will definitely be admitted this time. I can earn money to support my seven younger brothers and sisters!"

"Seven?" Rorschach raised his voice.

"I'm fourth, with two older sisters and an older brother," Ash said. "I'm the only one in my family who can find a job. I have to earn a living for the whole family."

Luo Xia was stunned for a moment, then mentally calculated how many children there were in their family, and couldn't help feeling a sense of awe: "It's really not easy for you."

Ash smiled: "When I am admitted by Water Company, our family's life will be much easier."

Luo Xia nodded: "Then... I wish you success."

"I wish you success too!" Ash said optimistically.

At this time, the door of the meeting room was opened, and a brown-haired lady in a suit and short skirt came out with a folder, and read a batch of names according to the folder, and asked all those whose names were read to follow her in.

There happened to be the aliases of Rorschach and Jason in it, so they could only say goodbye to Ash, and walked into the conference room.

The interview process is very simple. You only need to show your skills to several interviewers in turn. Rorschach and Jason respectively showed them the ability to move objects through space and use armor to precisely design. The interviewer gave them a blank expression. After scoring, they discussed for a long time and asked them to go outside to wait for the result.

Rorschach and Jason secretly exchanged glances, and obediently returned to the meeting room.

After a while, the brown-haired lady came out again to announce the results of the interview, and they were not selected.

Luo Xia pretended to sigh helplessly, and patted Jason's arm: "Oh, it seems that the job of two thousand dollars is not for us, let's go, buddy, let's go to other places to find if there is any job."

The two turned around and walked outside the waiting area. Rorschach held Jason's arm tightly, and quietly looked up at Jason as he walked through the glass door.

Jason lowered his voice: "Got? it."

He stuffed a hard, rectangular object into Rorschach's hand.

——It was the USB flash drive that he just walked away from the brown-haired lady.

Rorschach raised an eyebrow at him.

But before they got on the elevator.

A cheer sounded behind them.

——Ash, who had spoken to them for a few words, unexpectedly passed the interview beyond everyone's expectations.

Ash was ecstatic, clenched his fists and cheered loudly, looked around again, and rushed towards them with big strides: "I passed! I passed! I actually passed!"

He held Luo Xia's shoulder and shook it violently. Luo Xia was dizzy from the shaking, and his voice was fluttering: "Congratulations, congratulations!"

Ash laughed, let go of Rorschach, and scratched his head: "What about you?"

Luo Xia pretended to sigh and said, "Of course we didn't pass, I really envy you!"

He thought of something, and said again: "Ash, can you leave me a contact information, I want to learn from you, and strive to be admitted like you next time!"

"Of course! This is my phone number..."

Rorschach took down Ash's cell phone number, said goodbye to him, and walked out of the office building with Jason calmly.

Jason walked ahead without saying a word, and he followed Jason into the alley. After Jason took off his armor, the two jumped onto a bus that had just arrived.

It wasn't until they sat on the bus seat that Jason said, "Why do you keep that person's phone number?"

The young man's thick black eyebrows were slightly frowned, and his blue eyes looked at Rorschach.

Luo Xia smiled slightly: "I guess he will be able to help us soon."

He played with the USB flash drive that was wet with sweat in his palm, and turned his head to look at the news of people from the motherland saving lives played on the bus screen, "We have to find some trouble for this Star-Spangled Banner idiot."

The author has something to say: In the next chapter, the people of the motherland will go away

===============

感谢在2021-07-23?23:58:12~2021-07-27?00:16:43期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: ZERO? 1;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like