Supergirl

In an apartment in Gotham City's "Diamond" district.

Li Ang patted the shoulder of the Latina beauty beside him. "Um... Liz? Or Sally?"

"My name's Maggie, darling."

The Latina beauty, with her glossy black hair, lazily rolled over and looked at the young, vigorous Li Ang with a radiant smile. "Want more, darling?"

She didn't mind that Li Ang had gotten her name wrong. After all, they'd only just met and were still getting to know each other.

So far, she was satisfied in every way.

The Asian guy wasn't as boring as people said. In fact, he knew how to have fun.

In the cold city of Gotham, a little warmth was hard to come by.

Her curvy figure wriggled under the covers, growing hotter by the moment.

Li Ang glanced at the clock on the wall and immediately steeled himself. "As much as I'd like to, I should remind you that it's time for you to leave."

"Why?"

The Latina beauty froze. Her radiant smile turned awkward.

She'd thought she'd already charmed the young Asian guy, but it seemed he was keeping his head.

Li Ang stood up briskly, his clothes gradually covering his well-built body as he said, "My daughter's coming back."

"What?!"

Maggie scrambled up in a panic. Her sudden movement sent her bouncing in front of Li Ang. She'd only been looking for some fun—she hadn't signed up to be someone's stepmother!

She didn't bother with anything else. Since they'd already gotten to know each other so well, she quickly put on her underwear in front of Li Ang, then pulled on her skirt.

Watching her flee, Li Ang couldn't help laughing at her retreating figure. "Actually, she's my goddaughter."

He'd deliberately left that part out, just to see how she'd react.

As expected, she'd run for the hills.

Nobody wanted to be stuck raising another man's kid!

Not long afterward, someone knocked on the apartment door.

Li Ang had just tidied up the room. Hearing the knock, he hurriedly opened the window as wide as it would go, then went to answer the door.

A blonde girl, about five foot three, stood outside. Thirteen years old, she took one look at Li Ang and quipped, "Godfather, was that busty woman just now your new girlfriend? Your taste is getting more and more one-note. You only like women with good figures."

Though only thirteen, she looked mature for her age because of her race. A touch of toughness showed in her face, but it couldn't hide her sorrow.

Caught in the act by his goddaughter, Li Ang felt a little awkward. "Kara, you saw all that?"

"I have Super Vision. So next time you bring a woman home, at least make sure she cleans up after herself."

Kara Zor-El rolled her eyes.

The world was crystal clear to her: every speck of dust in the room, the creases in the bed, and all the other traces were plain to see.

And then there was the smell that hit her as soon as she walked in. Even though Li Ang had tried his best to air the place out, the Super Breath she'd recently acquired had given her senses an edge beyond ordinary people.

Li Ang fell silent for a moment, deciding he'd have to be more careful from now on. This wasn't good for a child's development...

"Kara, listen. You need to control your powers."

"I know."

Kara stepped inside. The apartment was small, with one living room and barely two bedrooms; the whole place was only a little over sixty square meters.

She flung her schoolbag onto the sofa and plopped down. The worn-out couch sank beneath her, seeming to swallow her petite frame.

"I don't want to see everyone as a pile of bones and flesh, either. And I don't want to smell sewers everywhere I go. The air in Gotham is awful!"

Hearing her complaints, Li Ang could only smile helplessly.

He sat beside Kara and stroked her blonde hair. "Just hang in there. Maybe after a while, you'll be able to control your powers."

Gotham was a city you could enter but never leave.

It was the City of Crime. Though only a bridge away from Metropolis, it might as well have been Heaven and Hell.

Kara said nothing. Even now, she didn't know why her body had changed like this.

Was it because she was a Kryptonian?

Li Ang knew the answer, but he couldn't explain it outright. Without proper research, there was no way to draw any conclusions.

Kara had arrived on Earth half a year ago.

At the time, Li Ang had arranged to go out with a white girl with a down-home charm. She'd stood him up, but then he'd seen a meteor streak across the sky.

Before he could even make a wish, he saw the meteor hurtling toward him. He was nearly scared out of his wits.

But when it landed, he realized it wasn't a meteor at all. It was a small spaceship.

The moment Li Ang saw that iconic "S" symbol, he understood.

After all, this was a world with Gotham in it.

He hadn't been in Gotham back then. When he'd crossed over, he'd been in some remote town in Ohio.

People who crossed into another world were bold by nature. And besides, he knew what was inside, so he'd gone over to welcome the little Superman.

Then he discovered that inside the ship, a blonde, blue-eyed girl of about ten was glaring at him warily.

The one in the spaceship wasn't Kal-El.

It was Kara Zor-El.

That was when Li Ang realized he still had a system.

[Godfather System].

So he'd done his best to coax Kara home and convince her to trust the first human she'd seen on Earth.

But their good fortune didn't last long. The Mysterious Department came looking for them.

Luckily, Li Ang was cautious enough to take Kara and run before they could capture her. The two of them had lived on the run, relying on each other, and he'd naturally taken on the role of her godfather.

If it weren't for this damn system, the not-quite-twenty-eight-year-old Li Ang would definitely have made Kara call him "onii-chan"!

After a long journey, they'd eventually arrived in Gotham.

Gotham was a chaotic place, full of illegal immigrants, undocumented people, and violent criminals. It had the highest crime rate in All of America, and the highest rate of mental illness in the world.

The whole city was also crawling with all kinds of gangs.

Penguin, Scarecrow, Joker, Bane, and others had carved up all of Gotham's territory between them.

The "Diamond" district where they were now, for instance, belonged to Penguin.

For all its faults, Gotham had one saving grace: in a city full of undocumented people, Li Ang and Kara were safe.

The gangs were parasites, but in a way, they also served as a shield.

They'd been in Gotham for two months, and Li Ang and Kara had settled in quickly.

He'd found a job, and Kara had even been enrolled at Gotham City High School, where she was receiving an education on Earth.

Coming back to himself, Li Ang asked, "Hungry? I'll make you some noodles."

"Noodles again? These days, whenever I look at my classmates and teachers, they look like giant noodles."

Kara grimaced.

Li Ang's mouth twitched. "Don't you see them as bones and flesh?"

Not long after she started soaking up sunlight, Kara began to show astonishing potential.

First came her strength. She could lift a car with ease, then throw it as if it were a shot put.

And that was after she'd only been exposed to the sun for a few days.

Then there was her body. It began to feel as hard as steel.

That reminded Li Ang of a phrase.

Body of Steel.