"Xu, come look at this!"
After taking Xia Xu around his Warehouse Base, Pan Long finally led him over to a whiteboard as though showing off a treasure.
Many sheets of paper were held to the whiteboard with round magnets. Some contained text, while others were printed photographs, screenshots, and so on.
"This is..."
Xia Xu gave it a cursory glance, and his expression turned rather odd.
"This is the intel I've collected on other superheroes and superpowered people."
Pleased with himself and excited, Pan Long said, "Look at this one. This is Batman, right next door to us in De City. I bet he's definitely a superpowered person like me. A lot of news about him came out a while ago."
The items he pointed out one by one were none other than news clippings and photographs relating to Yao Fu.
"In a sense, you're more or less alike, but there's a lot more science behind him than you."
The corner of Xia Xu's mouth twitched. "Still, you two probably would have plenty to talk about. I'll introduce you sometime."
"Really? Xu, you know Batman?"
Pan Long's eyes instantly lit up, his expression excited.
He looked exactly like someone who had unexpectedly learned that his friend knew a celebrity-and that celebrity happened to be someone he admired.
"I do."
Xia Xu nodded.
He did far more than just know him. They could hardly have been more familiar with each other.
In a sense, he had single-handedly cultivated this "Batman" from behind the scenes, stacking the dead-parents buff on him and arranging for him to save a damsel in distress. He had really worried himself sick over it.
"That's great! Remember, Xu, you have to introduce us when you get the chance."
Receiving another definite answer from Xia Xu, Pan