The Price of Salvation (10,000-Word Mega Chapter-Please Subscribe)

Without a doubt, the base full of mangled corpses was a clue Raymond had deliberately left behind.

And when he left, he had used short-range teleportation. Kara had also flown all the way to where the Kryptonian ship was located, so tracking them down was not particularly difficult.

Before long, the elderly Bruce Wayne discovered the flight path through the intelligence-gathering network he had built.

By connecting the dots representing each unidentified flying object, he eventually confirmed the Kryptonian ship's location. Piloting the Batwing, he flew directly to the snow-covered Arctic and found the Kryptonian ship floating above the ice with almost no effort.

To be precise, Raymond had never intended to hide from the beginning. Even the entrance door had been left wide open, while he stood outside feeding large chunks of fish to polar bears.

Not only did these apex predators show no aggression whatsoever, they even let humans pet their heads. Even the most aggressive mother bears with cubs were no exception.

A few particularly lively cubs even bounced around, seemingly trying to catch the feeder's attention so they could play with him.

The sight immediately made the young Barry Allen look deeply interested. In a somewhat uncertain tone, he asked, "He doesn't seem all that dangerous, does he? What do you think?"

"Not dangerous?

Then how do you explain the bloody hellscape inside that base?

Don't let appearances fool you.

Before I retired, I encountered plenty of real lunatics.

They often shared one trait: the contrast between their behavior before and after was enormous, enough to create a sense of dissonance beyond words.

So stay sharp. Don't let your guard down."

The elderly Bruce Wayne gave the inexperienced young man behind him a solemn warning in an extremely serious tone.

As someone who had spent his