After the Krypton incident had been completely resolved, nearly a week had passed.
Dilos had been extremely busy during that time. Not only did he have to send the superpowered individuals he had detained, along with their related family members, back to Smallville, but he also had to alter the memories of those people and certain individuals connected to Smallville.
It was a meticulous task.
At the same time, because the commotion Dilos had caused in Smallville had been far too great, even though S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to suppress the news this time, it could not do so perfectly.
As a result, a huge crowd of news reporters and curious members of the public were currently gathered around the semicircular crater nearly a kilometer in diameter.
There were all sorts of theories about how the crater had formed. Some said it was an alien invasion, some claimed that some dangerous chemical substance had exploded there, while others said the government had been conducting secret experiments there...
Although quite a few of those guesses were correct, so what?
As long as the authorities released no definite information and flatly denied every claim, then no matter how much the public talked, it would be useless.
In the end, the frenzy would quickly fade with the passage of time.
"I never knew you were that fierce."
Inside a secure core chamber of LuthorCorp in Metropolis, Lex, who had returned from the underground base on Isla Sorna, looked at the newspaper report about Smallville's mysterious giant crater. He rubbed his head with a slight headache and asked Dilos beside him, "Dilos, tell me honestly. Are you really not an alien?"
"I'm certain I'm a native-born Earthling. That crater was merely the result of 'borrowing' someone else's technological achievement."
Dilos shrugged and said smugly, "Besides, I'm