The aroma of baking bread and beef stew wafted through the kitchen.
The night is getting darker.
But Kent Family's dinner didn't go pleasantly.
It's not that Ian's second brother Jordan·Kent is already implementing a plan that is even more shocking than the world, but Lois's anger tonight is definitely not just because of the suspicious Clark and his suspicious second son.
The main breaking point of family conflicts comes from Lois's father, the grandfather of Ian and Sam·General Lane, who holds certain rights in this country.
Warm yellow light shines on the wooden dining table.
Clark, Lois, Jonathan, Jordan, and Ian are sitting together, and at the head seat of the dining table, the gray-haired Sam Lane is welcoming the denunciation of his daughter.
"So, you have been studying him?" Lois's voice was very low, but as sharp as an ice pick, "Studying my husband? Like he is some kind of--an experiment?"
Such questions.
General Sam looked helpless. Clark sat next to him, his face calm, but his fingertips unconsciously rubbed the edge of the water glass, and a few tiny cracks appeared on the wall of the glass.
Didn't say.
But he obviously cares about it. After all, according to Superman's control ability, he can easily hold a live mosquito in his hand and play with it repeatedly without damaging a single hair of the live mosquito.
Seeing this, old Sam quickly moved the stool towards his daughter.
"Lucy, don't speculate on me like this, I'm not studying Clark." Sam Lane sighed, put down the knife, and folded his hands on the table.
His eyes were calm but with a kind of coldness unique to soldiers, "I did this entirely to protect you and your husband, and to protect your most special home on earth."
The words he spoke with sincerity and sincerity seemed a bit serious.
"Protection? What kind of protection is this?" Lois sneered, "Secretly collecting his DNA and analyzing his weaknesses? Do you know what that sounds like?"
"It seems like you are ready to kill my husband at any time! Maybe my sons too!" The voice of the hostess of the family was very annoyed, so the air on the dining table suddenly became tense.
See the situation.
Big brother Jonathan tried to adjust the atmosphere.
"So, I am the only one who is still shocked that my father is actually Superman?" He looked at Ian and Jordan, "It seems that I am the only one who is still in the dark before tonight!"
His words immediately attracted Jordan's response. Both of them wanted to ease the family atmosphere.
"Actually, I only found out today that my father is Superman. If I hadn't awakened my ability, I think they would have continued to hide it from me." Jordan showed a rather emotional expression.
"Believe me, Jonathan, knowing is scarier than not knowing, and I have begun to regret it now." Jordan recalled the problem that he suddenly realized when he was doing his routine.
If your father is Superman.
So all this time.
Doesn't Clark know everything that happens in this family?
Halfway through the routine, Super Brain, which was not fully developed, was activated in a special way. Jordan was literally breaking out in a cold sweat. It was very rare for someone to give up halfway.
"Hey, it's true. After all, I'm probably the only one in this family who is Son of Superman but is just an ordinary person. I feel like I'm going to be so angry that I can't sleep tonight."
Jonathan kept picking up the food with his fork but didn't eat it. He sighed with some worries. Clark saw this,
I want to comfort my eldest son but don't know how to speak.
His eyes looked a little worried.
After all, when he was a child, he had seen many classmates who had mental problems due to mental imbalance. This was the case with all his classmates. As the only ordinary person in the family, Jonathan was obviously more prone to mental imbalance.
"Maybe I should also see a psychiatrist?" Jonathan looked at his father's eyes, gave his father a reassuring look, and looked at Ian with a slightly humorous expression.
"How about introducing me to your psychiatrist?"
He seemed quite optimistic and joked about Ian.
"I don't think it's very good. Dr. Hannibal is indeed very professional, but if some of his mechanisms are triggered,
The medicine he prescribes for you may only be incense, lemongrass, cinnamon powder, and chopped parsley." Ian glanced at Clark secretly, but Clark just stared at the old grandpa from time to time.
There was no reaction to his words.
"..."
Ian was a little confused. Logically speaking, the matter of Hannibal should not be hidden from his father. He noticed something was wrong, but he did not activate Super Brain for a while.
"You also have a great sense of humor."
Jonathan thought that Ian was trying to adjust the atmosphere just like him, "I have to thank you for letting the news slip, otherwise I don't know when I would be able to become an insider of this matter."
He looked at his old mother with faint eyes.
"Don't blame your mother, she also considered that you are now in a critical period of preparing for the competition." For the sake of family harmony, Clark hurried out to help Lois smooth things over.
Even Sam's research on himself was temporarily forgotten.
"Don't worry, dad, my mentality is not that fragile." Jonathan didn't really have any idea of blaming anyone. Instead, he chuckled and said in a very open-minded way, "I am an ordinary person. This at least lets me know that I am really talented in rugby, and it is not based on the super gene you inherited?"
I have to say.
Jonathan's self-regulation ability may be really good.
"It's great that you think so, dear." Lois quickly praised Jonathan, but because she was still angry, she quickly changed her face and looked at Ian.
"He'd better just let it slip!" Lois knew her youngest son very well, so she glared at Ian, but Ian pretended not to notice.
How to say it.
In fact, his outstanding family wisdom is not something that no one can understand.
"Ian He is a truly smart person, Lucy. Concealing is not protecting, that is hurting." Old Sam, the cheap grandpa, gave Ian a thumbs up praise.
People become better with age.
He does know how to avoid real family conflicts.
"Shut up! I haven't settled the score with you yet! Do you know what protection is? Don't study my husband and children! This is the real protection of my family!"
Lois Because Sam opened his mouth to speak, the words became fierce again. The topic returned to the original topic, and Jonathan felt powerless that he had sacrificed himself in vain.
"Grandpa really did something wrong."
Jordan doesn't know whether he is trying to add insult to injury or trying to stop a fight.
Ian continues to work.
Silent.
"My dear grandson, you can't learn from your mother's immaturity. She should think carefully about it. Even if I don't participate, won't the national agency want to study Superman?"
"Any country, any organization, any institution, as long as they have the opportunity, will want to control the power your father has. No one can refuse the temptation of such power."
"That is a power as great as God. Whoever controls this power is qualified to unify the world - even without me, the military and the country will spare no effort to conduct research in this area."
Old General Sam seemed to be speaking to Jordan, but in fact he was speaking to Clark and Lois, "Because of this, I have to put myself in it."
"Only in this way can I protect you. I can know the progress of similar research and what direction it will take. I can even intervene to a certain extent."
"This is much more beneficial to your special family than your mother's idea of pretending that everything is always fine and nothing will happen."
Old Sam spoke earnestly.
Jordan seems to understand, but this is not mainly meant for the three little ones at home. It doesn't matter whether he understands or not. The most important thing is that Clark's frowned brows have relaxed a little.
"Who knows if what you said is true? What if you have ulterior motives?" Lois's tone also softened a lot, but she still didn't trust her politician father.
"I do not deny that I am a profit-seeking person, and I have always hated alien species. However, this does not mean that I will harm my daughter and her family."
Old Sam seemed very magnanimous. He looked around at everyone at the table, even Ian, because the story he knew was about Ian, who was born a year after Lois and Clark went on a trip. The information given by Bruce·Wayne was so perfect that even the general could not find any loopholes.
"Really? I don't believe it?"
Lois is extremely wary of her old father. After all, she grew up with him, which is why she and Clark wanted to create the perfect message for Ian.
"Lucy, when you reach my age, you will understand that the greatest benefit in this world is family inheritance and bloodline continuation - from all angles."
"Just because I hate aliens doesn't mean I hate the aliens that will allow my descendants to stand in the sky." Old Sam explained the ambivalence of those with vested interests from another angle.
"Grandpa, are you really not going to arrest us for research?"
Jordan also has this concern.
"Not as long as I'm here."
Old Sam responded seriously.
"I hope you remember your promise, Sam."
Clark At this time, he also spoke after some ideological struggle. After all, he was the research subject being targeted. Naturally, only he could finally characterize this matter.
"Don't betray the children's trust."
His words can be regarded as an announcement that he will not pursue too many investigations. Clark also knows that it is not just American officials who are secretly studying Kryptonian's genes.
That year.
However, many Kryptonian corpses have mysteriously disappeared.
"Don't worry. In fact, if this little guy hadn't discovered it, I really wouldn't have let you know about this official research. We do want to artificially create warriors comparable to you."
"But-" Sam saw that the atmosphere had eased and he was finally able to change the subject. He took out an iron box.
That was a very familiar iron box from Ian.
"Our experiment has not made any progress at all, and no finished product will be leaked to the outside." With that said, Sam opened the iron box, revealing the empty interior space.
"Ah?"
Ian is a little different.
Clark's expression was also slightly surprised.
"What do you mean?"
He touched the box that Ian had abandoned at the site where the pirates were binding it, and asked, "Ian said he heard it with his own ears, and that group of people said they were members of the military."
As soon as these words came out.
Before anyone else could react, Ian had already stared at Clark with wide eyes. He caught Clark lying again. He had never said such a thing to Clark!
So, who heard it with his own ears?
"That's the problem - someone is pretending to be the military and trying to sell this drug to all parts of the world. However, it is not the research result of our military."
Sam hesitated for a moment, but still leaked the information, "In fact, even the group of people you captured don't even know that they were not serving the military."
As soon as these words came out.
Ian is also a little confused.
Clark frowned even more.
"Lex·Luthor."
He suddenly spoke, his eyes deep.
Perhaps it was his special intuition that made the old father guess right. Sam nodded slowly, "After I conducted an in-depth investigation, I did find that this batch of goods is related to Lex·Luthor."
"Judging from the several batches of reagents we subsequently inspected, there were quite a few blood products from Kryptonian in those reagents. We are currently unable to determine whether they came from you."
Sam spoke in a deep voice.
Let Ian be even more surprised.
He still remembers those [Simulated Superman Serum] marked with 100% Kryptonian-Gene-Free.
Damn!
At this time, Ian's mind was also spinning rapidly. He finally realized why the second place Hellcat took him to was a factory in the suburbs of Luthor.
Because the same is true for the first assault site!
"Luthor did collect some of my blood, but did you say that each bottle contains a lot?" Clark glanced at Ian and then frowned at Sam.
"Yes."
Sam nodded.
"The person who took it didn't die?"
Clark eyes flashed.
"Now I can still have a leisurely meal with you here, of course because those potions were not successful - the potions we seized can only be said to be failures without exception."
"Everyone who takes it will die instantly. It's obviously not a successful product, so I think Lex·
Luthor hopes to cast a wide net to find a suitable candidate for the medicine."
Sam is not hiding anything.
The official investigation results were stated.
"Perhaps the half-sized Kryptonian can still be alive and kicking after drinking those twelve potions?" As he said that, Sam turned to look at Ian, Clark and Lois also looked at them with weird expressions.
Jonathan and Jordan didn't know why, but in order to join the group, they immediately chose to follow the crowd. Suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on Ian.
"Obviously there are only ten!"
Ian was stunned at first.
Then he took a breath of cold air. He suspected that his grandfather had been in the military for too many years and old habits were hard to change, so all the kickbacks he had used were passed on to his younger generation.
"Twelve, those people have already confessed. Don't worry, I won't ask you to vomit it out. This matter is in your stomach." Sam is very sure of his source of information.
"But I really only drank ten bottles."
Ian I feel aggrieved.
Neither he nor the people around him noticed,
A kitten that tried to find food in the dining room secretly retreated back into the living room.
He also found a dark corner to hide.
"Did Ian drink those terrible potions that can kill people suddenly?" Only then did Jordan and Jonathan realize what had happened. They were not very good at studying. They only thought that Ian was simply audacious.
Everyone gathered around to see if Ian had mutated.
"Ian will be okay?"
Lois is also very worried about the irreversible consequences of Ian's pica.
"This--"
Clark just wanted to say something.
At this time, the real Super Brain on the earth suddenly came into play, and the inspiration from the Big Bang to the proliferation of civilization on the earth suddenly appeared in his mind at this time.
Super Intelligence!
Started!
"It's hard to say."
Clark, with a deep voice, came silently behind Ian.
"However, I think this is the reason why he awakened Krypton's ability so quickly." The old father said with a serious tone.
Staring at his wife who had some doubts about him tonight.
His hands were currently pressing on Ian's shoulders, and he emphasized the word "Krypton's ability", as if he was hinting at some information about Lois.
Lois was stunned at first.
Immediately.
A sudden realization.
"...""
Ian didn't dare to speak.
The old father's hands were big and very warm.
He could feel it.
There is also a strong hint of warning oneself to shut up.