As the bandit wearing the mask of "President Jefferson" fell, the metallic luster of his skin slowly receded and returned to his normal appearance.

Lana, riding on the red horse, looked at Clark in shock, as if she couldn't believe it.

The latter quickly withdrew his hand, acting helpless, as if he had been caught by a teacher for skipping school.

Generally speaking, the identity of a superhero is my biggest secret.

Once discovered, there is always something that can cause trouble.

Fortunately, people on the track turned on their backs, and the chaos was extreme.

No one else noticed but Lana.

Otherwise, Clark wouldn't know what to do.

"A kryptonite mutant."

Luke Shiran walked down from the stands, pursed the corners of his lips and said.

Through his super vision through his flesh and skin, he saw signs of aberrations in the cells in his body being exposed to kryptonite radiation.

Fortunately, it is not considered a long-term exposure, and it does not cause cancer.

This guy was beaten half-naked by his little cousin's lightning whip + Wang Ba's punch, and he may only be able to spend his next life in a wheelchair.

Speaking of which, why is Superman becoming more and more bat-like?

I don't want to kill, but I can maim you.

Before meeting Batman, he had already taken on his shape.

Tsk, it's a good friend of a quilt.

"Kryptonite?"

Clark looked confused.

He doesn't yet know what kryptonite is.

"Every time you approach Lana, do you feel weak, extremely weak, or even breathless?"

Luke looked at the empty arena where the crowd was scattered, and the smoke and dust rose and tumbled, gradually subsided.

The bank robber, who tried to take revenge on Clark, disrupted the equestrian game halfway.

The other party may not know where to receive the irradiation of kryptonite, and then gain the ability to mutate, and after over-inflating their self-confidence, they want to wait for an opportunity to retaliate......

Luke made a brief analysis, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

If you're like Lana and carry a small piece of kryptonite with you, it won't be affected.

Only those who have been exposed to large amounts of radiation for a long time, causing abnormal cell changes, will become short-lived superpowers.

Less than two weeks after the bank robbery, the "Jefferson President" was transformed into a Kryptonite mutant.

Such a rapid rate of infection means that the other party is likely to be hit by a large amount of radiation in a short period of time.

That is, he knew of a place with a lot of kryptonite.

"It's good that Clark didn't kill him, so I should have some useful information afterward."

Luke had used his super vision to scan the town, but had found no place where there were numerous kryptonite fragments buried.

"Yes, Chloe said I was 'crushed.'"

Hear Big Cousin's question? Clark scratched his head? I was a little embarrassed.

He and Lana have been neighbors since childhood, commuting to and from school together every day.

If you don't feel bad because you're close to each other? Maybe Clark has already succeeded in confessing? Take it down, where is the turn to get that damn quarterback boyfriend.

"That green meteorite on Lana's necklace? It's a shard of polished kryptonite. ”

Luke saw that the smoke was about to clear, and thought about delaying it any longer? The town's cops and Lex? And Clark's parents may be on the way.

He directly took his little cousin to the ground, flew into the air, and disappeared into the arena.

"Kryptonite is a mineral that comes from outside the Earth, and the radioactivity it produces? will make ...... Saiyans lose all abilities? Entering a state of weakness. ”

Luke explained.

"Then why aren't you affected?"

Clark's heart moved, no wonder the eldest cousin reminded himself before that he remembered to ask Lana to take off the necklace.

Then, he suddenly remembered.

Luke seems to have been in contact with Lana several times, but does not show a weak reaction.

"Because I'm a Super Saiyan."

Luke standing above the clouds? He replied with a strange face.

"So the radioactivity of kryptonite has no effect on me."

Super Saiyan ......

Clark listened a little confused.

Don't know what that means though? But it feels like it's amazing.

"How am I going to explain that later? Lana just saw how I defeated that mutant! ”

Clark remembered Lana's surprised look? There's something complicated inside.

Full of joy and panic? At the same time, I am overwhelmed......

The fact that you are superman? Even the adoptive parents don't know.

Clark lives a double life every day.

While enjoying the Met's various praises and reports for Superman;

On the other side is the unremarkable small-town boy.

Discovered by a crush on the secret identity of a superhero? This is actually very satisfying for young people who are keen to show off their personality traits in front of the opposite sex.

Of course, Clark wasn't that naïve.

Only at the very beginning, he had a hint of inexplicable joy.

When I calmed down, I was all in a panic.

What if Lana isn't willing to keep it a secret?

Clark was a little worried that his eldest cousin would think he had messed it all up and kicked him out of the Superman family in anger.

"Your internship is over."

The little cousin was nervous, and his mind echoed the classic lines of those unscrupulous bosses firing their subordinate employees in the movie.

"I'm sure with your relationship with Lana, she'll keep it a secret for you."

Luke didn't guess about Clark's mental activity, and replied casually.

Compared to Lana's learning of Superman's identity, he is more concerned about Lex's follow-up.

That clever godson, who has always been observant, may be able to detect some clues.

After the last bank robbery, Lex took a special interest in Clark.

Although it is said that the two of them practice fencing together every day and establish a deep friendship.

But considering Lex's personality and the city, Luke doesn't rule out the idea that he has the idea of getting close to Clark to investigate the truth behind it.

"My relationship with Lana ...... We are just ordinary classmates. ”

The little cousin's voice exuded a sense of depression.

"Clark, you have to know that very few girls can resist the temptation to become a superhero girlfriend."

Luke doesn't take Superman's identity very seriously.

According to his plan, this is information that will have to be made public sooner or later.

Only when Clark Kent, the son of a farmer in Kansas, overshadows Superman, Kryptonian orphan, can the little cousin be more accepted and recognized.

Behind the seemingly powerful title of "God of the World", there is often a certain vigilance and distance.

"Is that so?"

Clark scratched his head, he was indeed popular when he put on the Superman uniform and hovered high in the sky.

Rescue innocent people from a fire or prevent a car accident at a time...... Those people were so elated that they rushed up to take a group photo and ask for autographs.

The most exaggerated thing is that not long ago, he managed to land a wrecked passenger plane smoothly.

One of the beautiful flight attendants who survived the catastrophe behaved with unusual enthusiasm, even unbuttoning her blouse and letting Clark leave an autograph on her chest.

Superman, who is still underage, has never seen such a battle.

Looking at the purple lace and white flowery skin, Clark couldn't help but blush, and then fled in fright.

is as innocent as he is, and he hasn't even seen a restricted-level film.

Not to mention, look directly at a woman's body.

"Of course."

Luke nodded, responding to his little cousin.

"The premise is that she hasn't experienced her boyfriend mysteriously disappearing every night, and is often kidnapped and kidnapped by villains......"

Clark: "......"

……

……

Smart people are always different, and they can often discover the essence or law of how the world works from a small thing.

For example, the most famous apple in the world is said to be the reason why Newton later proposed the law of universal gravitation.

Or Archimedes, in the bath, solved the king's "mystery of the golden crown" and came up with the law of buoyancy.

The veracity of these stories may be debatable.

But there is no doubt that being observant is one of the good habits of accumulating wisdom.

When Lex returns to the mansion, he is startled by the shooting that took place at the racetrack during the day.

Although there is a saying that "free America, guns sound every day".

Kelax grew up in a wealthy area with outstanding security, and went to a private aristocratic school, where he was picked up by bodyguards and drivers.

I don't know much about the chaotic, dirty slums.

He was sitting in the stands, waiting for his good friend Clark to show off his skills and make a show.

Who knew that the starter shot at the audience, wounded an innocent man, and later killed the godfather's thoroughbred.

By the time the submachine guns fired into the sky, everyone had already dispersed.

Carried by the panicked crowd, Lex shouted Clark's name, but no one responded.

When he returned to the ring, the man wearing the "President Jefferson" mask had just been carried onto a stretcher.

And Clark was very honest and recorded a confession with the police.

According to his answer, it was Superman who saved him.

"Superman ...... again"

Lex furrowed his eyebrows, he always felt that something was not right, and Clark seemed to have some secrets hidden from him.

He had been staring at Lana just now...... of the chest. ”

Although they haven't known each other for a long time, Lex knows a lot about Clark.

He is not very good at lying, and it is impossible for him to stare at the chest of his crush like a pervert.

Normally, this guy would be nervous even to make eye contact with Lana, how could he suddenly act so boldly?

A vague instinct reminded Lex that Clark must be hiding something.

This inference made his eyes light up slightly, as if he had discovered some kind of interesting activity.

"Detective Lex Luthor is coming out."

Lex said smugly.

He saw it as a pastime.

It's like being too bored after breakfast and passing the time with a crossword puzzle in the newspaper.

"First find a way to get the bandit's confession, and then ...... It's Lana, there's something strange about her, that's why Clark is so unusually concerned. ”

Lex snapped his fingers, his execution was always off the charts, and without the slightest hesitation, he began to make plans.

"Caves, meteorite ......"

A few days later, using the "lawyer" bargaining chip, Lex got a lot of useful information from the bank gangster who was lying in a hospital bed, paralyzed in the lower half of his body.

According to "President Jefferson", in order to avoid being pursued by the police, he did not flee along the road, but abandoned his car and hid in the dense forest more than ten kilometers away from the town.

Then he accidentally fell into an uninhabited cave, and the rock walls inside were covered with various shiny green ores, like clusters of growing plants.

The other party stayed cautiously for about a week, and found that his body had changed dramatically.

The skin is metalized and hard as steel.

After repeated tests and confirmation of invulnerability, the "President Jefferson" decided to return to the town, slaughter the bad boy, and by the way, ransack the bank's vaults.

That's the plan that came up with his stupid brain stuffed with muscles.

The conversation had only gone on at this point, and Lex's visitation time was over.

He couldn't go any further and ask who Superman really was and what he looked like.

"Ore ...... that gives you superpowers"

Lex's cheeks twitched twice, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart.

But his clenched hands had already revealed that he was not in a calm mood.

"Do you want to tell the godfather?"

Almost immediately, Lex thought of Luke.

But he immediately dismissed the idea, which might just be a lie made up by the bank bandits.

I haven't confirmed it, so I rushed to ask for credit, I'm afraid it will provoke ridicule.

Lex was silent, and he thought of what the bank bandits had said about a piece of ore that was hidden in the trunk of a jeep.

……

……

"Lex? Lex! ”

That afternoon, Clark went to Lex's house as usual.

Although the equestrian competition was forced to be suspended and ended, fencing could continue.

Besides, Clark prefers to get along with his friends than with his big cousin, at least there won't be any pressure.

Luke is sometimes not very serious, and likes to say strange things that people don't understand.

But perhaps because of the keen intuition of the Kryptonian, he always felt that when he stood in front of the other party, his heart felt like a stone had been crushed.

Maybe this is the Super Saiyan, the sense of oppression that the lower fighters have?

"Isn't the door closed......?"

Clark rang the doorbell a few times, but there was no response.

He reached out and pushed the door, and with a "squeak", the thick mahogany copper-clad door revealed a gap.

"Lex!"

Clark called twice, still unanswered.

So he walked in, and went up the stairs to the second floor, to the study where Lex usually spends his most time.

"Why don't you talk at home?"

Seeing Lex sitting in front of the desk with his head down, Clark couldn't help but complain.

"I, no, listen, here."

Lex seemed to have a cold, his voice was a little hoarse, and he spoke word by word.

His eyes were fixed on a tin box on the table, not at his friends.

"You're a little weird, are you sick?"

Feeling something wasn't quite right, Clark approached.

"Nope. I, very, well. ”

Lex looked up slowly, pulling out a stiff smile.

His eyes were full of fierce light, like a wild beast, exuding a violent aura.

Seeing this, Clark involuntarily stepped back.

Lex, who is usually funny and humorous, and tries to show a gentle side, is like a different person.

He jerked to his feet, grabbed the slender steel sword that lay on the side shelf, and stabbed it directly at Clark.

"Lex, what are you doing here?"

Clark was careless, did not dodge, and was directly hit by the opponent's blow.

The sharp steel sword stabbed into the chest, bending in an astonishing arc that didn't even break Superman's skin.

With Clark's generous nature, there is no way he could have killed Lex.

So they can only shout while trying to wake each other up; While constantly retreating, dodging attacks.

Boom!

Clark slammed into the table, and the tin box shook, and the contents rolled out and fell onto the carpet.

He couldn't help but look over and saw that it was a dark and irregular spar.

The light on the surface seemed to reflect off, causing Clark's eyes to narrow slightly.

He tried to look away and continue to wake up the crazy Lex, but a different voice seemed to appear in his head.

The roar roared and reverberated -

"Kill this unlearned and unskilled gentleman! Crush his bones and let him die slowly in a wail of pain! ”

"A hard kick in his face is a punishment for his usual flaunting of his little cleverness!"

"Clark Kent, you're the most powerful person in the world, why do you have to follow the rules!"

"You can do whatever you want!"

“……”

Clark clasped his head in his hands, trying to shake the hateful voice out.

"That voice is you, Clark, and you're going to learn to accept him."

Lex's pupils constricted in pitch black, and a wicked smile appeared on his lips.

"Get rid of those shackles and make yourself better, right?"

Clarke's forehead was full of anger.

He looked at the chattering Lex, strode forward, snapped the steel sword that stabbed him in the chest again, and raised his hand to knock the other man flying.

Boom!

Lex's body slammed into the wall and passed out.

"You're so noisy!"

Clark said in a gritty tone that didn't fit his character.