American Comics: Superman
Chapter 400

Red Sun, Within the Fortress

1,666 words•6 min read•0 views
1mo ago•
Next

"Dr. Wayne, actually you don't need to participate in... this rescue operation."

Barry lowered his voice, bent down, and walked into a dark sewer.

He originally planned to sneak into the military's secret base tonight with Luke to rescue Superman.

But Batman discovered their actions without any surprise.

According to the other party, it was when Flash said, "Oh, I worked so hard today, I'm going to go back to sleep."

Batman Through his artificial tone, guilty expression, and flashing eyes, it was easy to tell that this was a lie.

Then, he sat silently in the hall, waiting for Barry to put on his battle clothes, and Luke to come out, completing this wave of waiting.

The scene at that time was quite embarrassing.

Luke was very calm. He had never thought of deceiving Batman and avoided the other party's sight.

As long as we can reverse the Flashpoint world and successfully rewrite the present.

Thomas-Wayne doesn't have much of an opinion on anything else.

But Barry is still too young and thin-skinned.

After he was caught in the act, he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

His psychological activity is probably like that of a high school student sneaking out to attend a party late at night, only to be caught by his parents.

Mainly highlighting an embarrassment!

"Do you think taking me with you will drag you down or hinder you?"

Thomas-Wayne snorted coldly and asked a question.

"No. That, I mean, if Cyborg finds out about all this, it may affect your... friendship."

Barry stammered in explanation.

No matter which Batman he faces, he will always be at a disadvantage.

In fact, no one in Justice League except Superman likes to face Gotham and Dark Knight alone.

Because of the other party's hoarse voice and serious tone, it's hard not to think of someone interrogating a prisoner.

"You are thinking too much. My friendship with Cyborg is probably similar to that of Penguin."

Thomas-Wayne said so.

The corners of Barry's mouth twitched. If Cyborg heard these words, he would be so angry that he would curse.

Sure enough, no matter which time and space he is in, Cyborg is a tool man.

"Turn here and go to the second fork. There is a secret entrance there."

Thomas-Wayne has an expressionless face, which is how he treats most people.

After all, you can't expect a middle-aged man who has lost his son and whose wife has become a lunatic to be so warm and sunny in his treatment of people.

"How did you know?"

Barry, as usual, acted as a shocked passerby.

"In the name of searching for Metropolis super criminal, I asked Cyborg to retrieve the structural diagram of the sewer, and then downloaded the base map of 'Superman Project' while he was not paying attention."

Thomas-Wayne said in a calm tone the astonishing operation.

In fact, it is not easy to bypass the computer brain of Cyborg and complete the above behavior.

"By the way, Cyborg has been sent away by me to Australia to participate in the diplomatic peace talks between Paradise Island and Atlantis."

He went on to add.

Barry's expression was even more shocked.

By sending Cyborg away in advance, doesn't this mean that Batman has already predicted their rescue plan.

"It was so dark."

Flash thought silently.

But because of this, Justice League also trusts Batman. He can always give people a sense of security that "everything is within my plan."

"It's a multi-story facility that's underground and shows signs of renovation."

Luke walked behind, and his Super Vision could see the situation in the secret base.

Just when I glanced at some important places, I was blocked by lead walls.

A group of three people walked along the secret entrance and walked to a solid and thick alloy door.

"I think Dr. Wayne, you should have got the password, right?"

Luke looked at Batman. This alloy door has complex iris recognition and encrypted numbers.

If he were alone, one shot of Heat Vision would melt him directly.

Then just break into the secret base and push all the way through.

But now that he has Flash and Batman with him, he is too lazy to do it himself.

"Indeed, I not only got the password through Cyborg, but also 'borrowed' the iris disguise prop."

I saw Thomas-Wayne put something similar to contact lens solution on himself, and then entered the password for iris recognition.

Click!

The pneumatic valve opens.

The secret base located under Metropolis appeared in front of them.

"At such a late hour, only the minimum quota personnel should still be working. If Barry can dismantle the security cameras in the corridor and make the guards fall asleep, we can have unimpeded access."

Luke has done his homework in advance, and it is now half past three in the night.

In this base, in addition to the exploited social animals who continue to work overtime, all those high-level people have long since left.

"No problem, I'll take care of it."

Barry patted his chest, then turned into a red afterimage and disappeared.

When he came back, all the cameras in the corridor outside had been dismantled into parts, and the guards were tied up and thrown into the corner.

"Done."

In Batman's consciousness, only a moment passed.

Flash looked at him with a standard sunny smile as if he had never moved.

"If superheroes in your time and space all have such... strange and powerful abilities, then how did Bruce join in?"

Thomas-Wayne expressed doubts.

Could it be said that his son is actually not an ordinary person?

"Well, this is complicated to say."

Barry I didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Because Batman is indeed the only normal human being among Justice League.

Superman is Kryptonian, Wonder Woman is a demigod, Flash has Speed Force, Green Lantern has Emotional Spectrum, Aquaman is a Atlantis hybrid...

Only Batman relies on his mind and... technology?

"Your son has the ability to make money, Dr. Wayne. This is thanks to the family industry you left behind."

Luke replied with a smile.

Batman uses his own actions to tell everyone that there is no enemy that cannot be defeated with krypton gold. If there is, it must be because there is not enough krypton.

Compared with Iron Man's useless plan against anyone, Bruce-Wayne is much more capable of execution.

With Kryptonite and Hellbat Armor, he can deal with formidable enemies like Superman and Darkseid.

"That's really... pleasant."

Thinking of Bruce swinging Wayne Family banknotes and being a superhero fighting criminals, Thomas-Wayne showed a happy smile on his face.

This is the real people's rich man!

A group of three people walked through the corridor and went deep into the secret base.

If you encounter any guards along the way, Flash can quickly deal with them.

Although Barry can't kill or fight, his binding art is pretty good.

"This is Experimental Subject No. 2."

Batman walked into a huge room where the things carried on the ship Kryptonian Spaceship were displayed.

Among them was a skeleton that looked like a canine creature, labeled "Experimental Subject No. 2."

There are also some bizarre biological skeletons soaked in formalin, which are probably defective products made using the blood of Superman.

"Probably Superman's pet dog."

Luke's eyes flashed, Superman had a dog named "Krypto" - although I don't know why Krypton also had such a dog, it fell to the earth together with Clark-Kent.

The most outrageous thing is that because of the radiation of the yellow sun, this Kryptonian Dog has gained similar abilities to Superman.

Flight, strength, speed and Heat Vision, they all have it.

If you use it as a standard for combat effectiveness, then without any equipment, Batman probably can't even beat a dog.

Going further, Luke saw the Kryptonian Spaceship carrying Superman to the earth.

The metal casing has been dismantled, and various huge parts are hung on the steel frame.

Most of the cutting-edge technologies appearing in this secret base must have come from the military's decipherment of Krypton technology.

"Is this the 'meteorite'?"

Thomas-Wayne glanced at it lightly. He was deeply impressed by the spacecraft.

It fell on Metropolis, killing more than 30,000 people and making headlines instantly.

The official explanation was first that a meteorite fell, and later it was changed to an explosion attack by a terrorist organization.

"Yes, it should have fallen on the farm of Kansas, or the collective farm of Soviet Union."

Luke played a red Superman joke, but others didn't understand it. Their attention was all on the Kryptonian Spaceship.

After looking at it for a while, they continued to move forward and finally arrived at the entrance of the huge fortress.

A rough estimate is that the gate alone is hundreds of centimeters thick, making it difficult to break through even with artillery bombing.

Batman entered the password again and opened the heavy metal door.

"Is this what you call the most powerful creature on the planet?"

The interior of the fortress is empty, with red radiating light spreading across every corner, as if simulating some kind of ecological environment.

And in the innermost corner, there was a figure as thin as dry wood curled up.

"How could this happen?"

Witnessing this scene, Barry's voice trembled a little.

He didn't expect Clark's situation to be so miserable.

"Looking at how pale his skin is, he probably has never seen the sun."

Luke walked over, stretched out his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, everything is fine, Carl-Al."

The other person's eyes were full of fear, like a cub in a cage.

He has no name, only the nickname Experiment No. 1.

"We came to save you. We are your friends."

Luke pulled Superman up from the corner. This guy couldn't even stand up.

Judging from the dense pinholes on his arms, he was probably used as a guinea pig by the military to draw blood every day.

Living in the simulated Red Sun radiation environment, the other party is no different from ordinary people.

"Friends?"

Bony Superman hesitated to say the word.

Growing up, the only people he faced were doctors, scientists and generals.

Friends is a very unfamiliar word.

"Yes, he is your friend, he is your friend's father, and I -"

Luke smiled, showing an honest and trustworthy smile.

"It's your long-lost cousin."

ps: There's more~

End of Chapter
Prev
NovelSummaries
Next

Explore the wiki

Comments