"Here, I found it. Take it somewhere safe, quickly."
Amid the ruins, Superman lifted a collapsed wall and found a teddy bear beneath it. He handed it to the little girl beside him with a smile, telling her to leave the area at once.
Metropolis had not suffered too much damage during God's previous divine punishment, but that did not mean everyone had come through safely. Some people had still been unlucky.
Compared to other cities in North America, this place had fared fairly well, but there was still some aftermath to clean up.
None of it was a major problem. Superman had only returned to deal with these small matters after finishing emergency rescue and disaster relief efforts elsewhere on Earth—things like rescuing cats from trees or helping disaster victims search the rubble for their belongings.
Honestly, X-ray Vision was incredibly convenient for finding things.
"Thank you, Kal-El!" The little girl smiled sweetly. Hugging her teddy bear, she skipped away, leaving behind a string of cheerful laughter and her tiny receding figure.
Superman tilted his head. He vaguely felt that something was off, but he could not put his finger on it, so he could only chalk it up to overthinking.
He climbed out of the rubble and set down the wall he had been holding. As dust billowed around him, he brushed the dirt from his hands and took a brief breather.
Ever since the disaster began, he had been helping people without stopping for even a moment. At last, he was nearly done.
Hmm, he was going to find some water. He was a little thirsty.
Superman did not know that if Batwoman, Deathstroke, or even Green Arrow had been there, any one of them would have told him what was wrong.
First, most children only knew