Clark stared blankly at the screen. He scratched his head and said, "How did those two... I mean, how did they suddenly get superpowers? Or were they just pretending before?"
He did not even believe his own last guess. Leaving aside the fact that the two of them had nearly been captured by humans—they could not have been pushed that far without revealing themselves—the key was their expressions. They had clearly been unaware as well. There were no outsiders on that ship, so there was no need for them to keep acting. They had not known they possessed superpowers.
Then Clark remembered what Bruce had said: every Kryptonian had this talent. The only difference was whether they had found the key.
Of course, he also remembered how these two differed from the other Kryptonians: they had come to Earth, been beaten up by humans, and come into contact with that green powder that made people weak.
That emerald powder was the key???
Could that gemstone powder make them suffer at first, only to make them stronger afterward? Then why had he not become stronger?
The only explanation Clark could think of was that they had merely inhaled some of it, while he had been injected with it. The dose had to be stronger, so the weakened period would last longer. Maybe once it ended, he would become stronger too.
Clark began rubbing his forehead again, because things had become far too complicated—if that gemstone powder, which seemed to weaken people, could actually strengthen aliens, how would things develop from here?
Wait. Right now, word of "The Serpent of Phryne" had spread across the entire Web. Lois had fully achieved the publicity effect she wanted. Those Kryptonians used the Internet too. They would definitely know about this.
And once they realized