Chapter 9: Korrick

"Clark?"

"Oh, Louis sorry"

Looking at the female colleague who suddenly approached, Clarke. Kent instinctively took a step back.

"You didn't get in my way, why apologize?"

Louis looked strangely at the Kansas boy who was obviously not quite normal today. Today's small town boy has been absent-minded since the morning, even if he is scolded by Perry, he just nods his head woodenly, and the error rate is high, not like him at all, is something going on?

"If you're not feeling well, take a leave of absence from Perry"

Louis kindly suggested, and it doesn't look like the Kansas boys are going to be productive today.

“... That one...... It's okay, it's almost time to get off work."

Clark smiled wryly and rejected Louis's offer.

“... Okay, but please put away your decadent expression because of the broken love, okay? It's all affecting everyone's work."

Louis's head shook from side to side, and Clark realized that he had become the center of attention in the office for some unknown time. Clarke. It's not for nothing that Kent is always called a Kansas boy by Louis, and the subtle contrast between his straightforward and gentle personality and his tall, muscular appearance makes him very popular in this office, and everyone shows concern for the big man in their own way, including Perry, who is so angry with Clark that he loses his temper by Clark's endless mistakes.

"Hah, I'm fine, really"

Clark hurriedly raised his hand to signal that he was fine, stopping the concerned glances around him.

“... Is it really okay? ”

"Really, don't worry, just a little bit of a problem"

Louis is a very good journalist, and her instincts allow her to see through the boy's forced smile mask, but out of respect for her colleagues, she does not pick it out but only kindly suggests:

"Just a crush can't solve any problems.,If you really want to chase it.,Then you have to say it."

Louis patted Clark on the shoulder like a bosom sister and went back to work, she still had a lot of work to attend to.

Looking at Louis's busy figure, Clark showed a wry smile:

"It would be nice if it was just such a small thing as a crush"

Clarke, of course, wasn't emotionally distressed, but what upset him was that Bruce's heartbeat wasn't right today.

He was sure that Bruce didn't have a genetic heart attack, but Bruce's heart was beating faster than usual. This phenomenon occurs when humans eat or consume a large amount of sugar in a short period of time, but it usually only occurs for a period of time, and Bruce's abnormal heartbeat has been going on for a day since the early hours of the morning....

“... Let's take a look after work."

After Jason's death, Clark rarely ran to Gotham, although he knew that Dick's words were just anger, but what he said did make sense, he and Bruce were together at the time, as long as Bruce asked him to help Jason would not die, in order to avoid touching Bruce's wound, Clark has been trying to avoid going to Gotham recently.

Although he thinks so, what can he do when he comes?

Clark floated in the air and looked at the city below, which was completely different from the metropolis, and didn't know what to do next. He did make it to Gotham again, but he didn't have the courage to fly to that familiar cave. The sound of his heartbeat showed that the man he was looking for was in his secret base at the moment, and it was no surprise that he should be soaking in front of the computer to search for this information.

"Materials?"

The thought popped through Clark's mind and gave him a hint. Bruce must have found some very important clue, which is why the heartbeat is so abnormal.

So to go or not to go? Clark was a little worried and a little curious, what was the information that could make that man's heart rate go out of control? But if I thought that if I ran to see the man for this reason, I am afraid that the answer would be:

"I'm not that weak"

Clark imitated Bruce's voice and laughed at himself, the man's self-esteem was terrifyingly strong, Jason's death was a big blow to the man, but the Gotham babies that appeared in any public media were exactly as flawless as before. After a few circles in the air, Clark flew towards someone else who might know something......

Gordon sat in his office and went about his mist-spewing business, completely oblivious to the extent that the smoke in his room had already caused people outside to worry about whether the fire alarm would be triggered.

There was a sudden knock on the closed window, and Gordon stopped his "work" and walked to the window, pushing open the window to find that the visitor was not the familiar black figure, but it meant that he knew it:

"What wind is blowing you from the Metropolis here?"

Superman has helped a lot, and Gordon has a pretty good impression of this alien.

"Sorry Sheriff Gordon is bothering me at this time"

Superman flew through the window into the office and landed gently on the floor.

"Not really, I'm working overtime anyway, but what's the matter with you?"

Gordon was a little curious, Batman and Superman seemed to have a good relationship, and he had come to help many times, but this was the first time he had skipped Batman and came to the Gotham Police Station alone to find him.

"I'd like to ask if there's any special information for Batman lately?"

Superman's words made Gordon stunned for a moment, and Superman's problems were also the source of his troubles.

He had a very bad feeling last night, ah, no, it was early this morning when he handed over that information to Batman. The man's expression at that time, yes, he could see it on the face that only leaked out of the mouth, and the expression made him start to regret it a little.

"The whereabouts of the Joker?"

Superman was shocked by the contents of that document, and the Joker had been completely lost since that incident, and it wasn't just Bruce who was looking for him, he was looking for him.

"Yes, the Joker is still hiding in the Middle East and is currently in Kreck. The clown has been put on an international arrest warrant by us, and the police there will return the information when they see him."

"Isn't there a more precise location?"

"I'm sorry, but the border police saw him and didn't find anything else"

Clark was lost in thought, he finally knew why Bruce's heartbeat had been in an abnormal state of excitement all day today, it turned out that he had found the Joker. Then, on this day, according to what he knew about the man, he must have nested in the bat cave and used the satellite to conduct a thorough carpet search of the country called Kreck.

"This sucks..."

Clark didn't know if his hunch was correct, but he couldn't let that 1% of what could happen happen.

"Thank you for the information, I'm leaving"

The heartbeat that had been listening to suddenly changed, and Clark knew that he must have found the Joker's location, and the next step was to catch the guy, but what about after he was caught??

"Wait a minute!"

Gordon spoke out in time to stop the man who was about to leave at super speed.

"Well, you're friends with him."

Batman is always alone and brings Robin at most, but this man will sometimes come to help, Batman seems to have a good relationship with him, and Superman is also a trustworthy guy who may be able to tell him about his concerns.

"Ah..... I think.. Isn't it?"

Clark himself wasn't sure, Bruce never said they were friends, but he thought they should be.

"Do you know about Robin?"

That's Gordon's guess, but Batman hasn't seen the boy in a long time, so his guess is likely to be true.

"You mean?"

"Robin died in that incident, too."

Gordon asked in a low voice, he knew the man could hear it.

When Superman heard this, he was silent for a moment and then replied:

"Yes"

"Ahh I know, you have no idea how outrageous Batman has been lately."

In the past few days, when Gordon received a signal from Batman to rush to detain those hooligans, he was almost scared to death. While violence has always been a part of Batman, ... That scene can only be said to have nothing else to say except for the beating to death.

His fears became true, and now he got the worst confirmation from Superman's mouth.

“.... Will he be able to come out? ”

Gordon asked worriedly, he didn't want to be ordered to arrest Batman one day.

“... I don't know...."