Superman and Batman

The Mother of All Bombs was loaded with more than eight tons of H6 explosives, with a yield equivalent to 12 tons of TNT, making its explosive power extremely terrifying.

The massive explosion destroyed half of the central Forest area and knocked down the remaining half.

The white phosphorus Rocket fired by the armed helicopters scattered the inextinguishable white phosphorus flames throughout the central area of Forest, and then, with the shockwave of the explosions, they spread out and ignited the entire Forest.

However, the previous shelling was extremely loud, waking up the homeless people and residents sleeping in the Forest.

Those who were quick-witted ran away immediately, while the foolish ones also fled after seeing the fire caused by the white phosphorus incendiary bombs.

But ultimately, many people were concerned about their property and were reluctant to leave.

When the Mother of All Bombs exploded, the entire Forest was set ablaze, and they had no chance to escape.

A pitiful cry for help rang out, but amidst the deafening crackling and popping of the burning, the human cries were so insignificant that they were almost impossible to hear.

Unless it's a monster like Shazo who has opened up a "Mantra" to listen to the voices of all spirits, or a rich person like Batman whose helmet has a filter and sound collector installed in the cat ears.

Hearing the pitiful cries for help, Batman was filled with hatred for his own powerlessness, clenching his teeth so hard that his gums bled.

Hearing the cries for help as well, Shazo ignored them completely.

Over the past few days, Shazo has used the [Mantra] to investigate the inhabitants of his Forest. He has confirmed that none of the homeless or those with houses were the kind people who had helped him.

Moreover, Shazo marked those who deserved help, such as kind-hearted people and those who persevered with self-improvement.

Upon discovering the attack from the Court of Owls, he immediately roused them by following the markings, then drove them out of the Forest in fear.

Even those who were physically injured or old and unable to walk were cured by Shazo Zuo's treatment and were able to run as fast as rabbits.

After excluding those who successfully saved themselves, the remaining guys were the trash Shazo considered, so burning them to death would be fine.

But he was still disappointed, because there was one other person who heard their cries for help.

He is the undisputed strongest man on Earth, a morally perfect man, Krypton orphan, an intern reporter for the Daily Planet, the savior of Metropolis, Gods Superman walking among humans, Clark Kent.

Metropolis is Superman's territory, but his scope of assistance extends to the entire world (except for East University).

This Saint, whose kindness was beyond reproach, heard the screams and cries for help from Gotham City and rushed Gotham at near-sonic speed.

Faced with the raging fire, Superman puffed out his cheeks and blew with all his might, turning the entire Forest fire into an Ice Field wasteland in just 5 seconds.

This was only because Superman was taking care of the people inside the fire and deliberately slowed down the cooling process; otherwise, he could have finished everything in a second.

"Wow! This is Superman!" Shazo popped his head out of the hole and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Strong! Strong! He's really too strong! I'm no match for him at all."

Superman naturally heard Shazo's remark and turned around to say, "Mr. Shazo, although I don't approve of your current behavior, I won't stop you. You don't need to worry about it."

There were about a hundred meters between Superman and Shazo, but he knew Shazo could hear him.

Shazo Zuo laughed and said, "Haha, I knew you could see what I did and hear what I said, which is why I restrained my emotions and didn't dare to kill indiscriminately."

"You're so annoying! You make even someone as powerful as me afraid to act recklessly. I hate you so much."

Superman smiled gently and said, "It is my honor to stop Mr. Shazo from doing evil."

Shazo smacked his lips and asked curiously, "Superman, I have a huge question I can't understand: why did you save these people?"

"With the intelligence of your [super brain], you should understand that although you have saved them now, some of them will die from drug addiction within a month, a third of them will die of starvation within six months, and 80% of them will die a violent death within a year."

"What's the point of you saving them now?"

Superman looked slightly confused and replied, "This is a huge problem for me too."

Then he became determined again. "But I just can't let them die before my eyes. Maybe even if I save them, I still can't change their fate, but as long as they can live one more day, there's a little more hope."

"You said it yourself, even if 80% of the people will still die a year later, 20% will still survive, right? That's my achievement."

Shazo opened his mouth, but dared not continue speaking.

Yes, Superman was corrupted by his mother, becoming a pure, saintly Superman, which sometimes makes people feel sorry for him.

That's why the feeling of being able to do whatever you want when a bankrupt version of Superman, Homelander, appears is so exhilarating.

But Shazo himself is on Earth in DC, and is undoubtedly one of the beneficiaries of Superman's goodwill. He has absolutely no right to change Superman's frustrated state of mind.

Damn, if Superman gets his emotional baggage cleared up by him, and even becomes Homelander, will Shazo still have a good life?

Now that he's being watched by Superman, he's at most restrained and can't bring himself to kill those innocent people.

But he can also wreak havoc on the most heinous criminals; the weeping of the wicked can also make him feel good.

But if Homelander is watching him from behind, Shazo might be able to kill without restraint, but his own personal safety and even dignity would be at risk.

So, for my own sake, which is more reassuring: Superman or the Mother Superman?

Thinking of this, Shazo immediately vowed in his heart that if those bastards dared to frame Superman in the future, he would go and kill them.

If Batman dares to scheme against Superman, then he'll beat him up for Superman and flatten him to a pulp.

In short, for the safety of the world and for Shazo's own safety, Superman must not be wronged, and he must not be given even the slightest possibility of turning evil.

I, Shazo, will protect the Superman of this world!!

Superman cannot sense the inner turmoil of Shazo's mind, but his all-seeing eyes can clearly see the madness in Shazo's gaze.

Especially when he realized that Shazo's determination was related to him, even Superman was terrified.

He quickly completed the rescue work, and in the next instant, he soared into the sky, flying away towards the Metropolis.

Shazo jumped out of the cave, skipping and waving to the departing Superman, shouting, "Superman, welcome back to Gotham!"

Then, the very next second, Shazo completely forgot about Superman and began to observe his surroundings, shaking his head and saying, "So modern weapons aren't as powerful as I thought."

"No, that's not the right way of thinking. My Forest is Wood Release Forest."

"Although the Wood Release Chakra was weakened to only one-tenth of its power, the tree trunk was still comparable to the strength of reinforced concrete."

"Just 24 shells, four missiles, some white phosphorus incendiary bombs, and finally a Mother of All Bombs, were enough to destroy and ignite the Forest created by Wood Release. Such firepower—how could it be weak?"

"It's all because of my fear of insufficient firepower that I've come to look down on this level of modern firepower."

Batman also crawled out of the cave, looking at the frozen Forest. His innate wariness and suspicion surged into his heart, and he couldn't help but start to think about how to defeat such a powerful Superman.

[Yes, let's start by gathering intelligence. Every human being has weaknesses.]

I'm sure I'll find Superman's weakness and be prepared to stop him from harming the Earth.

[And Shazo, his intelligence is far from enough, we need to continue gathering it----]

With a loud "smack," Shazo reached out and slapped Batman's helmet hard, smashing the expensive helmet to pieces.

While fighting, Shazo cursed, "Bastards, the Court of Owls attacked me, ignoring human lives and creating a huge disaster."

Superman traveled all the way to save people, and you, a useless piece of trash who can't even save anyone, don't think about how to deal with the Court of Owls, but instead are single-mindedly plotting against Superman and me, the one who saved your life. How can you be so shameless?

Batman: [Huh? How did Shazo know what I was thinking?]

Shazo slapped him again. "Idiot, I play with Electromagnetic Force. The human brain emits electromagnetic waves when it thinks. How could I not sense your thoughts when you're so focused on them right in front of me?"

Slap, another slap.

"What gives you the right to scheme against Superman? Just because he's kind and powerful and won't retaliate against you?"

Snap!

"And what right do you have to scheme against me? Just because I saved you in a moment of trouble, does that mean I won't kill you?"

Snap!!

"How can you be so kind?"

With each sentence Shazo uttered, he slapped Batman, making his head buzz.

Shazo grew angrier and angrier, and couldn't help but burst into a tirade. "You're all meek and subservient to bad guys. At most, you'll break one of their legs, or send them to Arkham Asylum. Ignoring that asylum won't be able to hold these super criminals."

"Do you know that every time you lock them up, they escape? Every time, guards, nurses, and doctors are injured, and innocent civilians die tragically."

"I can't help but suspect that you're using a criminal to kill, exploiting a super-criminal to satisfy your indiscriminate killing urges, while keeping your own hands clean and free from human bloodshed—a twisted obsession with cleanliness."

Batman finally broke down under the barrage of insults, screaming, "I didn't! I didn't!"

"I can't kill because I know that people's hearts can change!"

"I know better than anyone what kind of monster I am, and how much power I wield!"

"If I can't stick to my principles, sooner or later I'll become a supervillain ten times more vicious than the Joker."

"By then, the number of deaths and injuries I cause will be ten times, a hundred times, more than those who are dying now."

"Therefore, I absolutely cannot kill anyone!"

Shazo scoffed, "Good heavens, you're even willing to take the blame for the deaths of innocent people, so why don't you build your own the Jail and lock up those super criminals until they die?"

Batman's tone immediately softened. "I think we should trust the law—"

"The law?" Shazo burst into laughter. "You actually believe in a cowardly and incompetent law? You believe in powerless the Jail and mental asylums?"

"Fart!!!"

"If you believed in the law, would you wear such terrifying armor and use illegal means to beat criminals?"

"If you believed in the law, would you walk in the dark, using the most lawless and disorderly method of spreading fear to try to stop crime?"

"You clearly know that the law is unreliable, that the courts won't severely punish criminals, and that the Jail and mental hospitals can't hold them, yet you use the absurd reason of believing in the law to deliberately prevent things from being done satisfactorily—"

"You still say you didn't intentionally kill him?"

Shazo's question struck Batman like Inazuma, shattering his worldview.

But he brought it on himself.

They use seemingly reasonable but illegal means to beat and arrest people, and then insist on trying and punishing them in a legal but utterly unreasonable way, allowing these criminals to escape from prison and commit murder.

Isn't this just like harboring a thief to enhance one's own prestige?

Throughout the history of the East University, there have been many such people, and each of them held high positions of power.

A little thought reveals that the fact that supervillains never die and frequently escape from prison causes huge losses for almost everyone in Gotham City, with Batman being the only one to benefit.

Who knows if he unconsciously followed the choice that was most advantageous to him, and then deceived himself with a sincere lie.

Shazo glanced at Batman, who was slumped on the snow, and snorted coldly.

He had made up his mind that if his words today couldn't change Batman, and if Batman continued to insist on the no-kill principle while irresponsibly handing over captured supervillains to the justice system, then he would destroy Batman.

Don't think Batman is invincible. If Bane can do it, there's no reason why Shazo can't.

After all, the tactics that Bain came up with were nothing short of amateurish compared to Shazo's.

Don't think that Shazo is heartless. It's because of Batman's irresponsibility in allowing supervillains to escape from prison that the biggest losers are ordinary citizens who honestly pay their taxes.

They were victimized by supervillains, suffering death, injury, or disability, and their property losses were also extremely severe.

Batman captures supervillains and imprisons them in specially reinforced, heavily guarded the Jail —all of which cost money, and that money comes from the taxes paid by the injured citizens.

In other words, the victim is paying to support the person who harmed them—what an ironic situation!

Then the supervillain escaped from prison, and the citizens became the biggest victims, forcing them to spend even more money to repair the Jail and strengthen security.

This cycle continues endlessly.

Shazo's goal is to redeem Gotham City and protect the kind citizens who sheltered and rescued him in his childhood—the biggest victims of Batman's irresponsibility.

Just then, the sound of Black Hawk helicopter rotors echoed through the night sky; the Death Cross Squad had arrived to check on their results.

Shazo revealed a benevolent smile, "Good timing, let me have some fun."