bookbashuk Chapter 196 Superman Returns
Chapter 196 Superman Returns
Chapter 196 Superman Returns
Darkseid emerged from the booming tunnel, and the Justice League and the Lords of Justice were instantly thrown into a frenzy.
They, who had just been fighting to the death, immediately joined hands and rushed over, surrounding Darkseid.
"We meet again, Karl El—?"
Darkseid got up from the ground and looked at the two Supermen whose capes were being grabbed by Connors, saying:
"I recognize Karl in the red cloak, but where did this one in the white cloak come from?"
"You don't need to know."
Lord Superman said coldly, while his right hand inconspicuously reached behind him and tugged at his cloak.
"Could you let us go first?" Superman turned his head and looked helplessly at Connors's hand that was gripping his cape.
"Lord of Justice, let's go!"
Lord Superman was about to kill Darkseid at the slightest provocation, but Superman immediately stopped him:
"Wait a minute, what are you doing?"
"He is the biggest threat to the future, and we need to eliminate him." Lord Superman remained expressionless.
"In your world, you've even crossed your own bottom line?" Superman looked at the other person with some shock.
"No, I can defeat him, cut out his brain lobe, and put him in brain death," Lord Superman said matter-of-factly.
"Why don't you hear me out first, and then you can argue about it?"
Darkseid, who had been left standing aside, finally spoke up.
"Let's see what he's up to first," Superman said to Lord Superman. Seeing that the other didn't insist on taking action immediately, he nodded to Darkseid, "You tell me."
"Although I am very reluctant, I need your help now." Darkseid's words immediately made everyone present frown.
"Help you deal with 'Heavenly Father'?" Connors asked.
Darkseid invaded Earth zero-one times before, before Connors even arrived and had no idea who this guy in the Gotham trench coat and black smoke cape was.
"No, although the new gods led by the Heavenly Father have greatly weakened me, my purpose in seeking help is not to fight against him, but for another guy."
"An artificial intelligence named 'Friel Dax' arrived on my 'Apokolips' and absorbed technology and memories there."
"If you don't help me stop him, he will grow into a being capable of destroying the entire world, and hundreds of millions of living beings on Earth will perish because of him."
After Darkseid finished speaking, he opened the Explosion Channel and disappeared from the spot, leaving behind a blank-faced Lord Superman and a Superman with a furrowed brow.
"This is a trap," Lord Superman said.
Superman nodded, agreeing that Darkseid's words were a trap, and that cooperating with him was like an ordinary person trying to get something from a tiger.
"I know. Even if it's a trap, we have to cooperate with Darkseid at least once, even if it means my death—"
"I have to give it a try."
Superman's words left "Lord Superman" stunned.
"Superman, you might not know this, but the Lord of Justice is teaming up with 'Mr. Fantastic.' We see Darkseid as the biggest threat in the world, and you're actually going to help him?"
"Lord Green Lantern" couldn't help but speak up, unable to understand why, instead of taking advantage of Darkseid's misfortune and kicking him while he was down, he actually believed the other's lies and went to help him.
"Superman" signaled to the other person that they didn't need to say anything more:
"I know, but we can't gamble. Once that artificial intelligence called 'Friel Dax' truly absorbs all of Apokolips's technology and memories, Earth will have no chance."
"You can't just lead other people to their deaths like this!" Lord Wonder Woman looked somewhat angry.
"No, I will go to Apokolips alone." Superman's gaze gradually hardened.
"How could that be? Dude, we're the Justice League! How could we just stand by and watch you go to Apokolips alone?"
Earth Zero's "Flash" and another "Flash" spoke with their arms around each other's shoulders.
"This isn't Darkseid's conspiracy," Batman said. "He wouldn't go to such lengths to come to Earth and deceive us."
"We must take action to deal with that artificial intelligence, 'Frida Dax'."
"You?" Lord Martian Hunter asked in confusion.
"That's right, we're going to Apokolips with Superman to fight Darkx, or Darkseid," Martian Manhunter said.
Lord Superman was getting impatient. He had learned, through the devices created by Mister Fantastic and Lord Batman, just how powerful Darkseid was, capable of fighting the Anti-Monitor.
Therefore, he could not understand the Justice League's foolish actions:
"You have no idea how cunning Darkseid is. He will brainwash you, humiliate you, treat you like slaves, and turn you against the Earth!"
"Even knowing it's likely a trap, even knowing you might perish on Apokolips, you still went?"
"Yes," Superman said, "but we know how dangerous Darkseid is, so we're prepared for a one-way trip."
"And what about Earth?"
"I entrust this to you. I believe that no matter what you have been through before, you will be able to find your true self and become the real Clark Kent again."
"You actually trust an opponent you've barely met, someone you were just fighting to the death with?"
"No, I don't trust my opponent. You and I are the same person. I choose to believe in myself."
The news that the Justice League was heading to Apokolips spread throughout the world. After preparing for a one-way trip, Cyborg opened the Explosion Portal.
Watching these foolish guys disappear from the earth, "Lord Superman" rubbed his forehead in frustration.
He couldn't understand why he should help Darkseid, nor could he understand why the Justice League would trust them and entrust the Earth to their protection.
The other members of "Lord of Justice" also frowned, watching their other selves resolutely step into the Explosion Passage.
According to "Batman," the selection of personnel for this mission is more important than the number of people involved, so only seven people who had been to Earth-3 participated in this operation.
If they are unable to return, Earth will be completely entrusted to the protection of the "Lords of Justice".
"They just handed over the Earth like that, without any concern that the world would become the kind of place they don't want?"
Lord Greenlight snorted, but he did not immediately take action to turn this world into an "absolutely peaceful" world like Earth 3.
"Do you know why?" Connors asked "Lord Superman" as he watched Cyborg shut down the blast channel.
"Why?" Lord Superman asked instinctively.
By using the skills "Magnify" and "Dream Relics" simultaneously, Connors unearthed the deeply buried memories of "Lord Superman".
Two years ago, on the rooftop of the Wayne Enterprises building, Connors looked at the fledgling "Superman," who was misunderstood by the world and desperately trying to hide his identity.
"...Don't you need me to take action?"
"No need for that, thank you for your trouble."
"...You know I'm an alien, not like you, so why aren't you afraid?"
Memory and reality overlap, and Connors' voice echoes in "Lord Superman's" ears:
"Because you are a hero."
"Lord Superman" bent over in pain, covering his face as his mind alternated between his newly-became "superhero" self and his dictatorial world-ruling self.
A moment later, "Lord Superman" raised his head, two lines of tears streaming down his face:
"I will protect this world for them."
"We will protect you to the death."
Superman is back.