"You... actually... agreed to let him... study Kryptonite?" Lex Luthor gritted his teeth and asked in halting bursts. His incredulous question, however, was beyond Robet's expectations.
In Lex Luthor's view, even if Robet was not Kryptonian, both Robet's brother Clark and his girlfriend Kara were Kryptonians. Even Robet's future son would have Kryptonian blood, and might well be affected by Kryptonite too. No matter what, Robet should never have agreed to let Tony Stark study Kryptonite. Wasn't that just inviting trouble for his own family?
Especially for someone like Robet, who originally had no real weaknesses—wasn't this equivalent to adding a weakness to himself, making it easier for his enemies to target him?
Even if Robet had absolute confidence in Tony Stark and believed Tony Stark would never make a move against Kara or Robet's future son, how could Robet guarantee that the technology Tony Stark developed would never be leaked? Just like the out-of-control Ultron—once something went wrong, it would inevitably create a massive crisis!
"What's wrong with that?" Robet looked in surprise at Lex Luthor, whose face showed true shock for the first time, then seemed to realize something and smiled mockingly. "I thought you knew a lot about Kryptonians, but now it seems you're nothing special after all!"
"It's only that Clark never encountered Kryptonite before. Otherwise, with Clark's strength at the time, he would have adapted to Kryptonite after a while. Of course, the Kryptonians you created are too weak. They can't reach that level at all."
Were the Kryptonians attacking now very weak? Not really. Even though they could not compare to Kara and Clark, they were not much weaker than General Zod when he had first obtained his power.
But were these Kryptonians very powerful? Not really. The Avengers Base of today was no