Chapter 111 Martha (Additional chapter 33 for the leader 'Panda Mountain Man')
Bruce walked out of the bookstore while arguing with Katoom.
"You still can't explain why Homelander and the Superman you mentioned have such similar abilities!"
Except one is from Earth and the other is an alien.
"This is called the convergent evolution of the universe!"
Katum also had a reason to say, "For example, bats and pterosaurs are two completely different creatures, but they have similar wings!"
"Whatever you say!"
Bruce didn't want to discuss this topic any further.
It doesn't matter whether Superman exists or not.
Even if it was fake, the character setting given by Katum was enough for Bruce to create an illusion.
"But I still think there's something wrong with the heroes in this world."
Bruce changed the subject, "A hero shouldn't be exposed in front of everyone--"
As he spoke, he and Katum just turned a corner.
He had just said half of his words when, caught off guard, a cloud of blood mist suddenly exploded in the distance. A person exploded under some high-speed impact.
Bruce just froze in place.
It happened too suddenly and he was totally unprepared.
Not only him, there was also a man standing there stupidly where the flesh and blood exploded.
He held a pair of hands that were still warm, they were his girlfriend's hands.
But there were only hands, nothing else.
The man's face was covered in blood and flesh, and he was at a loss.
His girlfriend was standing in front of him just now, but she was nowhere to be seen.
He turned his head blankly and looked at a black man not far away, carrying a backpack and covered in blood.
He was a superhero, one of the Seven, the locomotive.
It was him! He had just run at high speed and smashed the man's girlfriend into a pulp!
The locomotive took off his goggles in panic and said incoherently:
"I can't stop, I can't stop!"
He turned around and disappeared at the end of the street at lightning speed.
Is this an apology?
Bruce just stood at a distance and watched the whole process.
"Ah this——"
Katum was also somewhat speechless.
Although I knew there would be such a famous scene, who could have imagined that I would encounter it just after turning a corner!
Damn locomotive, the timing is so accurate!
Why are you running so fast? There's no farmer behind you whipping you!
Well now, a certain little bat might be getting stressed out.
It's not like Bruce hasn't seen bloody scenes before. When he was in the Dusk Wolf Universe, he saw everyone in a building being slaughtered.
But the nature of this time is completely different.
Sure enough, Bruce turned his head mechanically and looked at Katoom.
His eyes were cold as he asked word by word: "Is this the hero of this world?"
Bruce recognized that the person who had just committed the crime was clearly the locomotive of the seven.
He killed someone without stopping for a moment or apologizing.
He just ran away without looking back.
"That should be the case. He was too fast and I couldn't see clearly." Katum said.
Bruce suddenly raised his head and looked at the huge billboard in the distance.
That was a group photo of seven people.
The locomotive above smiled brightly, revealing two rows of white teeth.
Looks harmless to humans and animals.
But in the next second, Bruce blinked, and the locomotive on the billboard turned into the one covered in blood.
Combined with that hearty smile, it is particularly eye-catching.
If this is the case with a locomotive, what about the others?
Especially the fellow countryman standing in the middle, wearing the American flag!
"Are they all like this?" Bruce asked without turning his head, still staring at the billboard.
"Routine operation," Katum said.
"My feeling is indeed correct."
There was a hint of coldness in Bruce's voice, "This is the inevitable result of the coexistence of superhumans and ordinary people!"
Compared to ordinary people, superhumans are destined to be more powerful.
The best superhumans, with their extraordinary abilities, can kill an ordinary person with just a wave of their hands or a step.
Even though he had no intention of killing anyone.
After all, it is difficult to control the amount of force needed to step on an ant without killing it.
"Bruce, let's not talk about this for now."
Katum stretched out his wings and pointed in a direction. "If I'm not mistaken, that's a camera, right?"
Bruce looked in the direction he was looking and his heart sank.
As eyewitnesses, they were filmed!
……
At the Water Company Building, the locomotive, having cleaned up the blood on its body, returned here.
The rapid running just now made his breathing a little difficult.
Fortunately, it was not serious. The locomotive pretended nothing had happened and knocked on the door of an office.
"Please come in." A voice came from inside.
The locomotive opened the door and went in, revealing a plain-looking woman wearing glasses.
Her name is Ashley. She is the secretary and assistant of Madeline, the vice president of Vought, and is responsible for handling matters related to the Seven.
Seeing that the person coming was the locomotive, she immediately stood up and smiled warmly.
"Locomotive, how come you have time to come to my place today?"
She said, "You must be very busy with your announcements recently, right?"
The locomotive didn't want to be polite and said directly: "I just hit someone and killed him. Please do the public relations according to the old rules."
Ashley's expression remained unchanged, still smiling.
"Okay, okay, no problem."
She asked, "What exactly is going on?"
The locomotive then told him what had just happened.
"That woman was asking for trouble. She was standing next to the curb. Who can she blame if I hit her?"
The locomotive finally said in dissatisfaction, "Ashley, can you understand my feelings? Really, a good day is completely ruined."
"Of course I understand. It's okay. We will handle it."
Ashley sat back in front of her computer and said while typing on the keyboard -
“I have retrieved the surveillance footage from that time and deleted all other backups.
“The identities of the people who were present at the time have also been found, let me take a look.
"Oh, the woman who was hit and killed was called Luo Bin. She didn't have a good background. She had a boyfriend named Huey who worked in a video store. He was a minor character and easy to deal with.
“It’s the same as before, just say you were fighting a super criminal and accidentally hurt her.
"We will arrange for you to explain on TV, and then give the relevant personnel a humanitarian compensation check, and the matter will be over."
The locomotive had no objection to this arrangement, as it had been handled in the past. He didn't even need to prepare an apology, as the company would naturally arrange everything.
After making the arrangements, Ashley casually tapped on the keyboard a few times and then found the place that had been overlooked just now.
"wrong!"
She said, "There was another witness who appeared to be a child."
Ashley retrieved the relevant information, and Bruce's personal information in this world was immediately displayed in front of her.
“Bruce Wayne, an orphan, grew up in the Vought Orphanage?
"So, he is also a failure.
"Hmm? I was recently found by my biological family and inherited a large inheritance. How can I have so many zeros?"
Ashley couldn't help but count the number of zeros after Bruce's assets.
Then she exclaimed: "10 billion!?"
"How many?!"
The locomotive suddenly couldn't sit still.
He came behind Ashley at high speed and saw the numbers on the computer screen.
For a moment, the locomotive's brain was buzzing.
Ten billion worth of assets are actually completely controlled by a child?
This amount of money could buy Water Company, right?
Everyone in the family died, leaving only one person?
And he just came out of an orphanage and has no foundation?
This, this, this, how can this be possible!
Isn't this challenging the weak spot of his locomotive?
"Ten billion..."
The locomotive murmured to himself. Only now did he realize that he had such a bottom line. He hesitated for a full second before making a decision.
He memorized the name on the computer.
Bruce Wayne, right?
This is too much money for you to handle.
Let the locomotive uncle come!
……
At a motel, Bruce was checking all the things he had just purchased.
Very good, not one less!
"We have to hide first."
Bruce said, “If I was filmed as an eyewitness, my information would be noticed.
“If an orphan inherited a 10 billion inheritance, even God would be moved.
"In this world, the name Bruce Wayne cannot be used!
"Katum, we have to disguise ourselves!"
Bruce is willing to believe in the kindness in people's hearts, but he is just willing.
His criteria for believing or not believing have always been flexible, depending on the world he lives in.
Like in this world, you can’t believe it!
Since your identity is not safe, change it.
Bruce thought about it and quickly gave himself a new name.
"From today on, my name is Clark Kent!"
"Okay!" Katum nodded, "Then I'll be called Barbatos from now on!"
Bruce packed up his things, then looked at Katum and suddenly hesitated.
"Katum," he said, "don't you think I'm a little too conspicuous with an owl around?"
Hearing this, Katum suddenly became excited.
"Hahaha, I had anticipated this situation! I had already prepared a disguise!"
After that, he took out a black mask from the feathers and put it on his head.
This mask is the most common bank robber mask, but it is changed to the size of an owl.
After Katum put it on, only two eyes and a mouth were exposed.
"How about this disguise? Can you still recognize me?" he asked.
"Who are you?" Bruce said expressionlessly, "Where is Katoom?"
The owl immediately clenched its wings, used its feathers as thumbs, and raised them high towards Bruce.
"Great cooperation!"
Katum laughed and said, "Don't worry, this mask is enchanted. As long as I put it on, others will ignore my existence."
……
Late at night, alley.
Huey was drunk and threw the bottle to the ground.
He is Luo Bin's boyfriend. He watched helplessly as his lover was hit and killed by a train in front of him.
The news of Luo Bin's death has spread.
The locomotive held a press conference, in front of the camera he explained everything.
"To be honest, I really didn't expect that there would be a woman in the middle of the road."
He said, "I was concentrating on catching the criminal and didn't notice her at all, which led to this tragedy. I didn't want to see this happen.
"But let's be honest, she really shouldn't be standing in the middle of the road!"
fart!
When Hughie heard these words, he wanted to smash the TV on the spot!
Luo Bin was clearly standing on the side of the road, not at all like what the locomotive said!
He created something out of nothing, fabricated it out of thin air!
Huey's anger had reached its peak at that time, but as an ordinary person, he had to suppress it.
What can he do?
Nothing can be done!
The locomotive is a superhuman, and behind it is the huge Vought Corporation. There is no way for me to fight against it.
Even if he wanted to numb himself with alcohol, the spokesperson on the bottle was still a locomotive.
It took Huey a long time to find the wine endorsed by other heroes so that he had a chance to get drunk.
"Locomotive! Vought Company!"
He screamed in agony in the alley, "I will kill you, kill you all, kill you all!!!"
As an ordinary person, he could only express his anger helplessly.
There is no hope of revenge.
But at this moment, something strange happened in the alley.
A passage that tore through space suddenly opened, and a figure walked out from it.
"Whee!"
The man laughed creepily, "I just heard someone say they wanted to kill someone?"
Hearing this laughter, Huey suddenly sobered up a bit.
The man was getting closer and closer to him, and Huey stepped back tremblingly.
"Who are you? Don't come over here!"
"who am I?"
The man walked out of the shadows, revealing his true face.
Pale face, green hair, and face covered with oil paint, forming an exaggerated smile.
Not only that, Hughie then discovered that this person was actually a woman!
"You can call me Joker."
The strange woman said, "Or you can call me by my original name -
"Martha."
(End of this chapter)
