[Comprehensive Yingmi] It’s all the face that hurt me

It was already late at night when Clark returned to the hotel.

He was actually a little worried about the relationship between Atar and Chris, but Chris is already very powerful, unless he takes out kryptonite, few people can hurt him, so he shouldn't be so worried.

But why is Clark's heart beating non-stop, as if it is going to protrude from his chest...?

He wondered: Is something bad going to happen?

He quietly avoided the surveillance video, changed into the clumsy and old-fashioned clothes of the little reporter in an alley, and then walked into the hotel pretending to be drunk.

But when he successfully swiped his card and entered the room, he realized why he felt so terrified.

Clark felt a chill in his body, even though Kryptonians don't need lights at night, they can see everything in the room clearly.

But he was still lucky...

Maybe he was wrong?

He inserted the key card into the groove, and then the lights turned on, illuminating the three uninvited guests in the hall, successfully making Clark feel his scalp tingling, and he could no longer convince himself that he was wrong...

It's true, they're waiting for him!

And Clark threw himself into the trap.

If he could, Clark would leave the hotel at the speed of light if he wanted to turn around, or by flying. After all, it was better for Superman to be exposed than for these three people to appear in his room.

Cold sweat began to break out on his forehead, and he couldn't control his hands and feet, so he took a few steps back with his hands and feet.

"Sit down, Clark," said Bruce.

Clark felt a wave of despair, as if the end was coming.

...what could be scarier than the fact that Batman, Green Arrow, and Iron Man are all in his room at the same time?

Even if he is Superman, Clark almost left this beautiful world because of it.

But in the sight of his old partner Bruce, Clark didn't dare to make any small movements, so he sat back obediently, like a student about to be reprimanded by his instructor, his face was pale, his hands and feet were cold, his head was lowered, and he let out a cry don't say anything.

"Let me ask a question first, do you have wine in your room?" Tony said, he put his arms open on the sofa, sitting between Bruce and Oliver, with a standard hugging posture, which made Clark feel his scalp tingle .

"Let's just say it first, I'm...cough, the middleman, I'm just helping out, not participating in the struggle."

After speaking, Tony looked at Clark with that curious gaze. After all, as the superhero Iron Man of the Avengers, he still didn't have much chance to get in touch with the leader of the Justice League, especially when the other party was an ordinary person.

When Oliver heard this, he gave him a blank look: "I didn't come here to watch you drink, Dinah is still waiting for me to go back."

Tony snorted: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't affect you."

Bruce ignored the two of them and spoke again: "Where is he now?"

If Clarke didn't know his partner well enough, he would have been confused by his sudden endless questions, but he was Clark, so he immediately knew who Bruce was asking.

"I took him to Metropolis," Clark said, looking at Bruce sincerely. "My adopted son Chris is taking care of him, and he'll be fine."

Bruce pondered, this appearance made Clark feel terrified.

In fact, he is not afraid of Bruce, even if others think Batman is gloomy and cruel, but as his partner for many years, Clark knows that Bruce has a hidden soft heart, so Clark does not see Bruce like other people.

It's just... different this time.

He is really guilty.

Even though Clark knew he was an innocent from beginning to end, caught blankly in the storm wave, the thought of... Anyway, he panicked.

"That's what Lex did," Bruce said suddenly.

Clark once again extracted the real meaning from his short speech, and then, the next moment, Clark's eyes widened in disbelief—

If he understood correctly, it was Lex's doing.

As early as a few years ago, Clark knew that Lex had stolen his genes, but he didn't know what he used them for. He was very vigilant about it, but Lex didn't do anything for a long time, so he relaxed alert.

...But now it seems that Lex has never given up on starting from his Kryptonian genes.

He actually, actually, used his genes and Bruce's genes to create a clone?

Clark covered his face with his hands, feeling so powerless for the first time, he was really afraid of Lex's whimsy.

How can such a thing come true?He couldn't figure out why Lex, who was so smart, would waste his energy on fighting him, and even made a little Kryptonian just for it.

For a moment, all kinds of thoughts flooded into Clark's mind, he felt confused and annoyed, but more thoughts were——

How should he face Atar?The boy even called his father in the first meeting, how he should deal with this sudden relationship.

It was so strange, when Clark adopted Chris, he felt a bit at a loss, but now, Atal's appearance didn't even give him time to breathe.

Clark buried his face in his hands, caught in a tangled storm.

"He, he called my father..." Clark said sullenly, "What should I do..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole room seemed to be frozen, as if a needle could be heard falling on the ground.

Clark keenly felt that the atmosphere in the room had changed because of his words, he moved his hand away in some puzzlement, and looked up at the three people on the opposite side of the sofa.

……

Clark shuddered subconsciously at the sight of them.

"Did I say something wrong..." Clark asked confusedly, "I just..."

"Nothing." Oliver said sullenly, "Bruce, keep talking."

Even Bruce's face was a little ugly, but only a little, because his emotions never showed on his face, and it was always elusive, but Clark could clearly feel Bruce's emotional changes, and he had never been able to hide it from his eyes .

Clark thought, what did he say wrong?

... Could it be that address, father?

"...It's also related to the League of Assassins," Bruce said in a slightly low voice. "It's the genes that the League of Assassins asked Lex to hand over. He was threatened to join forces with them. Therefore, Atal was born."

Clark subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. Since this is the case, then... it's not as scary as he thought, right?

"We're dealing with the League of Assassins?" Clark asked.

"Not counting," Bruce said calmly, "There is also an ancient creature, and they are also around Atal."

Clark felt his heart twitch.

"Also, Lex combined his genes with yours to create another Kryptonian," Oliver said.

Clark: "??!!!"

He almost took his own life on the spot.

"—What did you say? Green Arrow?" Clark asked incredulously, his heart seemed to be pinched by a big hand, and even tore. If possible, he wanted to fly into the sun to melt it quickly, "are you joking?"

He cast his eyes on Bruce for help, but the latter just nodded, confirming Oliver's statement.

Clark desperately felt himself suffocating, as if a ton of kryptonite had been stuffed into his stomach, causing his thoughts to sink slowly, and his brain went blank again.

No, it's impossible, right? ...

Tony's voice sounded: "...What did I say? I said he needed a glass of wine, but you just didn't listen to me."

He spread his hands to signal, his big caramel-colored eyes were full of innocence.

"I never said I needed wine, I just thought he needed it," Tony blinked at Superman understandingly, but the latter was completely stunned, as if he had become a petrified sculpture, but Tony didn't mind too much , "We should give him a little hint at the beginning."

Oliver snorted, but still didn't say anything.

The next moment, Clark's body moved, he looked somewhere suddenly, and asked vigilantly, "Who is there?"

Just now, he noticed another person's breath, and he was listening quietly outside this room, so Clark didn't notice it at first.

And Bruce stood up, and he walked towards the direction Clark was looking at, then drew the curtains and opened the window.

A few seconds later, a figure wearing a leather jacket flew out, and he landed lightly on the ground, complaining in his mouth: "...It's really hard to get rid of Papa Lex, but I'm still here."

The eyes of everyone in the room involuntarily followed, and then stopped, staring at this young man with an overly rebellious temperament.

The other party didn't show any timidity under such gaze at all, as if he was born to live under the spotlight.

His black hair has become disheveled in the night wind of Star City, but what cannot be concealed is the blue eyes and the profile of his face that is exactly the same as Superman.

He has a frivolous temperament that is blown away by the cool wind, but it is not inconsistent with his exquisite appearance, and even reveals a bit of natural arrogance.

——There is no doubt that this is a young man who is proud of his own ability.

The teenager who suddenly appeared in the room ignored the adults present. He looked at Bruce with a relaxed posture and said, "Hello, Batman. I left you a message. My name is Lionel Luthor."

His piercing blue eyes scanned the room, resting on Clark for a few seconds.

Just when Clark thought he was going to say something, Lionel quickly looked away, as if the few seconds of staring were hallucinations, he crossed his arms and looked at Bruce with his head tilted.

"I'm here because I have the information you want about Attar," Lionel said. "They can restore some of what happened to him."

"What do you want?" Bruce asked.

Needless to say, this information is very important.

For Lionel, it is also an important stepping stone.

"In exchange, I want..." Lionel turned his attention to Superman again, just when Clark's body tensed up and was about to speak, his voice paused, and he continued, "...I want to join Young Justice League, partnering with Red Robin Tim Drake."

This request surprised everyone present, because they subconsciously thought that Lionel would use this to get closer to Superman, but he didn't.

What they didn't know was that Lionel had also witnessed Atar's fall, so he temporarily changed his mind.

Superman doesn't have the energy to do more things right now...

He had more things to settle, all ahead of him, and Lionel couldn't afford to trouble them by betraying Lex at this time.

...Let them concentrate on one thing, he thought, there may be chances in the future.

Lionel gave Attar the opportunity to join Superman, hoping that Superman would help him wholeheartedly.

Instead of letting Superman get distracted by his business.

He hopes that the other party can get rid of the shackles of the past as soon as possible, live a good life, and have a sincere smile on his face, which is very good.

He is not a fool, Lionel is very sensitive to people's emotional changes, he can feel that Atal is rarely happy, but sadness always shows up when he doesn't expect it.

So he ended up going the other way, partnering with Tim instead of coming to Superman.

That way Lex wouldn't be offended too much, and Lionel wouldn't have a chance to break free from whatever was holding him back.

"Okay." Bruce nodded.

"...Thank you." Lionel said, deliberately avoiding Clark's surprised gaze, "...here is the information."

But he felt a burst of relief and never regretted his decision at the moment