Super Seven

Bruce discovered that Du Mu really had not been lying.

Although Clark's abilities were powerful, he was an honest, down-to-earth man with an absurdly good temper.

Bruce's methods of probing him grew increasingly excessive. In the end, he was practically rubbing it in Clark's face. Even Bruce himself felt that he was being somewhat inhumane, yet Clark did not show the slightest hint of anger throughout.

As a master in the field of psychology, Bruce could tell at a glance whether someone was genuinely kindhearted or merely putting on an act of magnanimity.

Yet he could find no trace of pretense in Clark. He truly was a bona fide nice guy.

That instead took Bruce somewhat by surprise.

For any strong person, being repeatedly provoked by someone far weaker than themselves—even if they did not lash out—their expression would certainly not look pleasant.

A temperament as good as Clark's was rare even among ordinary people, let alone for a powerful Kryptonian.

After that round of testing, Bruce lowered Clark's rating in his mind by a bit.

It had originally been a perfect score of 999. Now, it was probably only 998.

Oh, right.

This was not a rating of his strength, but a threat assessment.

After learning that Clark was such an honest man, Bruce could not bear to keep bullying him...

Yeah, right!

Bruce became even more unscrupulous.

Under the pretense of investigating Kryptonian intelligence, he subjected Clark to a carpet-bombing interrogation. He wanted nothing more than to squeeze out every scrap of information from Clark's birth until now, using it to flesh out his anti-Kryptonian plans.

Clark was honest too, and truly answered every question.

In his view, Bruce was a veteran superhero who had spent years fighting criminals and protecting an entire city. He had to be