After collecting taxes from the two taxpayers, Lynn and Boss enthusiastically responded to their support with elbow strikes.
He had just walked out of the alley, ready to investigate Kara Danvers's home.
Rumble!!
A tremendous explosion suddenly sounded in the distance.
The deafening blast shook the earth.
The two men he had seen getting out of the car scrambled to grab their bags and hurried back inside.
"Fuck! Metropolis is a real mess. We just got here and already ran into a robbery and an explosion."
"Enough talking! Driver, get moving! I want to go back to Gotham. It's much safer than Metropolis!"
Lynn: ???
Gotham was safer than Metropolis? Were they living in a dream?
He turned toward the explosion and saw intense flames rising between the buildings. Thick black smoke billowed outward in every direction under the howling wind.
"Since something happened in downtown Metropolis, Superman or Supergirl should head over there, right?"
Lynn checked his Main Quest, immediately took out the Master Key, and picked up a wild, unwanted Mercedes-Benz from the roadside before driving toward the explosion.
"Baka! My car!!"
Ignoring the helpless island-country man behind him, Lynn floored the accelerator and headed straight toward the explosion.
Bang!!
The air exploded under tremendous speed, unleashing an enormous shock wave.
A red-and-white figure abruptly tore through the air, trailing a long afterimage as she broke through the sound barrier and slammed into the ground.
Boom!!
Her body smashed the hard asphalt inward, leaving a crater half a meter deep as gravel and dust flew everywhere.
Kara knelt on one knee at the bottom of the crater. Her once-neat bun had come loose, and several strands of blond hair clung to her sweat-covered cheeks.
"Cough, cough..."
She coughed violently, scarlet, bloody foam spilling uncontrollably from the corner of