The two of them still did not drive. Pride was running low on gas, and the gardening Shop was not far from the subway station, so they took a bus first, then the subway to the gardening Shop.
They had assumed it would be a small Shop on a commercial street, but it was actually an exhibition at a suburban farm. Since it was the Halloween holiday, quite a few people had gathered there to pick out gardening supplies and all kinds of seeds.
"What are you planning to plant next year?" Greed asked.
"I don't know. I'll plant whatever Pamela gives me."
"You really aren't afraid of plants beating you up."
"I guarantee that any plant grown from a seed you buy here has a chance of jumping up and beating you up."
"How would Brainiac allow that?"
"He doesn't. But he can't control Pamela. Look on the bright side: even if it's just so the plants can hit people, he'll make sure they grow strong instead of becoming too weak or dying from disease. Compared to a good harvest, hitting people is nothing."
"You people are insane."
"And Brainiac has taken measures too. Bruce has been developing a brand-new plant harvester that can handle plants attacking people."
"That is the most ridiculous research motivation I've ever heard."
"But it really has created a lot of jobs. The Kent family farm had to hire six bodyguards to keep Clark's father from getting his ribs broken by cabbages during the busy season."
"Krypton should have left more people behind."
They wandered among the various stalls. Everything was sold here, but the most eye-catching items were the huge pumpkins. Pamela's seeds had clearly spread far and wide. In this magical city, nearly everyone could subdue pumpkins that attacked people, so the