pertwk Chapter 380 Superpower's hair turned green, and his IQ also dropped.
Chapter 380 Superpower's hair turned green, and his IQ also dropped.
Chapter 380 Superpower's hair turned green, his IQ dropped, and General Zod returned.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Every time Superb lifted or lowered his foot, it was like a blow to the heart of Death Storm, making him weak all over.
Time seemed to slow down, but the Death Storm couldn't move its body.
Superman is bound to appear eventually. When Batman visits the Crime Syndicate, Superman, as the leader of the Crime Syndicate, will inevitably be there.
Deathstorm was simply the first person to encounter Batman in their temporary base.
"Hmm... it's Batman." Superpower strutted around, looking radiant after consuming a large amount of Kryptonite.
After some time apart, his face had begun to glow faintly with a green light, as if it had been coated with fluorescent paint.
Especially the top of his head, which was completely green. His hair had turned green from the roots because it had absorbed too much free kryptonite. Only a small tuft of hair at the top was still black, which kept Superpower from turning into a completely green turtle.
Chen Tao bowed slightly:
"Good day, Mr. Superb."
When dealing with a dictator like Superba who is self-centered, it's best to be polite in daily interactions and make him feel respected.
Then he deliberately looked around and asked, "I wonder about Night Owl and Super Queen..."
Let's change the subject and distract Superpower from Deathstorm's lifelike expression of terror on his skull face.
As Superba walked towards Chen Tao, Chen Tao was constantly manipulating the heavy metals attached to his blood to migrate to his central nervous system. However, it would take some time to completely reduce Superba's intelligence.
After all, the Super Power isn't some kind of vibrator that can change the vibration mode with a single press of a remote control, or instantly change the intelligence level. Any method takes time to take effect.
But seriously, he's clearly just a skeleton, so why does Deathstorm's expression of terror look so lifelike?
Well… but it’s somewhat understandable. If Dr. Martin Stein had flesh and blood, he would at most look a bit stiff, but with a skull-like face, the jaw retraction is quite noticeable when he makes expressions.
"Night Owl and Super Queen." Superpower frowned when he mentioned the two adulterers.
During this time, he has been absorbing large chunks of artificial kryptonite, turning himself green, and has not had the energy to pay attention to what Night Owl and Super Queen are doing for a while.
He hadn't originally planned to answer Batman's question. After all, the other man had been so direct in asking about the inner workings of the Crime Syndicate. If he answered directly, it would seem a bit too honest. He…
Ok……
Then Superba's mind suddenly went blank for a moment.
Huh? But then I thought, it's not that important. Since Batman wants to know, I might as well tell him. There's no problem anyway.
"Night Owl is carrying out his own plans, preparing to fight against the counter-surveillance agents."
Then Superb honestly said:
"Queen Super is taking good care of herself during her pregnancy. She's been pregnant for a while now, well... it's been quite a long time. And she's carrying my child, haha."
Superb said, "But she's a demigod, and I'm a Kryptonian, so it's normal for our child to be born a little later."
Then he saw Batman's incredibly surprised expression: "Wow, this child is truly extraordinary! Born from the union of the strongest man and the strongest woman..."
Death Storm, watching Batman shower Superpower with endless compliments, making him beam with joy, almost questioned his own existence.
what?
Is Superba such an easy person to talk to?
Is it enough to just flatter him?
Is it really that simple?
Wait, why did you tell Batman all the information about our Crime Syndicate?
I thought I was the traitor within the crime syndicate.
"Oh, right, Death Storm is here, where's Johnny Quick?"
Upon hearing Batman's question, Deathstorm composed himself and answered on behalf of Superman: "...His leg was broken by Superman."
Chen Tao was somewhat surprised. Normally, Johnny Quick should have recovered long ago after Superpower broke his leg. While a speedster's healing factor wasn't as exaggerated as limb regeneration, it certainly wasn't...
"Not the last time I broke my leg, but this latest one." Deathstorm explained, sensing Batman's question.
"Johnny Quick has disobeyed Superpower's orders again. He tries to leave the crime syndicate's base with his girlfriend and go to the surrounding cities to have some fun, but Superpower demands that everyone focus on training their strength and sever all worldly desires in order to..."
"Take back our Earth 3 from the Anti-Monitors," Superpower said.
Then, he actually struck a classic bodybuilder pose on the spot: "I feel like I'm bursting with power! My whole body is brimming with incredible strength!"
"Now, I can even defeat the Anti-Monitor! As long as I absorb more Kryptonite..."
The Death Storm beside him was already numb. Why did Superman always look like this whenever Batman appeared? Was this still the cruel and tyrannical Superman he knew?
"...That's incredible, so powerful... Oh, look at those biceps... They're so well-developed, so incredibly well-built..."
Batman showered him with compliments again, and in this atmosphere, Death Storm breathed a slight sigh of relief. Then, he heard Batman ask:
"By the way, I came here to give Deathstorm and Johnny Quick the enhancement packages."
Chen Tao said, and then he briefly mentioned to Death Storm the enhancement plan proposed by Luther, which was to fuse the Parasitic Demon Cell version of Ronnie and Martin clones. He then took out some experimental data to show Death Storm.
"this……"
Deathstorm took it and turned two pages.
His IQ hadn't dropped; he frowned slightly when he first heard the plan, and now it seemed that the plan was just as dangerous as his initial impression.
First of all, based on his academic level, he immediately felt that the plan was indeed feasible; Luther's level of expertise is beyond doubt.
But other problems are much bigger.
Clones, lacking independent thought? Dr. Markstein immediately sensed something fishy about this. Moreover, those parasitic demons were monsters that devoured energy. What would actually happen if these energy-hungry monsters were stuffed into one's own body was completely unpredictable.
One of the key reasons Martin Stein was able to fully control this body was because Ronnie, with whom he was fused, was a real corpse. This allowed him to become a half-dead monster, and even encounter the power of the decaying black.
But now, in addition to him, more living things will join his body. They will participate in the body's organic biological internal cycle. Dr. Martinstein of Death Storm is vehemently opposed to this ridiculous enhancement plan!
Even if this solution makes it stronger, what's the point if the price is losing his sole control over his body?
Deathstorm was even a little angry. This report completely treated him as an idiot who didn't understand science. He wasn't like Johnny Quick, who was an illiterate with low education, started as a thug after graduating from high school, got involved in crimes, and finally gained superpowers by chance.
His superpowers came from his experiments and his tireless efforts day and night. Even though he conducted human experiments and caused the deaths of innocent people, he was still a scientist, perhaps a little crazy.
He would never be fooled...
stare……
Then he looked up and met Batman's gaze. Although the man didn't say a word, Deathstorm still heard his words explode in his ears:
Mr. Deathstorm, you don't want Superpower to know about your betrayals with Night Owl, do you?
So, in return, shouldn't you...?
I don't want your enhancement plan at all!
Death Storm forced a smile. While cursing inwardly, he succumbed to reality and reluctantly offered praise:
"Very good, very good! I think this enhancement plan is excellent, hehehe, hehehe... Yes!"
"Is that so? Dr. Stan, you know your own abilities, so I won't ask any further questions about this matter."
Hurry up and ask more questions, you jerk! You don't ask things you shouldn't ask, but you don't ask the questions you should ask?
The storm of death cursed inwardly. Who will save me?
But it doesn't matter. Once Batman leaves, am I really going to be stupid enough to keep strengthening myself and let him control me? I need to figure out how to fool Batman and thwart his plans...
As Deathstorm was thinking this, he heard Batman say, "There's one more thing. I've been wanting to borrow Deathstorm recently, to use him in something I'm doing..."
"No problem, I'll lend it to you." Superpower waved his hand, acting like a generous spendthrift: "Make Deathstorm do whatever you want, after all, we're allies."
Death Storm stared at him wide-eyed. "I've just been sold out like this? Why aren't you this generous when you're with your comrades?"
His plan to outwardly comply but inwardly defy the plan failed within seconds.
Deathstorm despairingly thought that Batman would definitely supervise him in carrying out his own enhancement program, and that he was no longer able to escape Batman's clutches.
Deathstorm harbored resentment. He looked at Superman, who was still chatting happily with Batman, and felt like a minotaur's wife watching her victim and the blond man drinking and laughing together, and could only swallow her bitterness.
Another round of flattery ensued, leaving Deathstorm no chance to get a word in edgewise. He tried to voice his objections, but was met with another glare from Batman.
……
Oh well, being controlled is better than being completely destroyed.
But just as Deathstorm was about to resign himself to his fate, he heard Batman ask again.
"But I have another question. Deathstorm was chatting with me earlier and said he often visits Night Owl. I wonder what Night Owl is actually doing these days?"
Deathstorm abruptly turned to look at Batman.
Oh no! Why did you suggest I visit Night Owl?!
As is well known, Superpowers abhors the internal cliques formed by other members of the criminal syndicate, even regarding them as a harbinger of betrayal, and thus cracks down on them severely.
Therefore, Deathstorm always met with Night Owl secretly, never daring to let Superpower know.
Chen Tao was taken aback by Death Storm's reaction. He had just made it up on the spot and used Death Storm as a pretext to ask about Night Owl, but it seemed to have hit the nail on the head.
He had assumed that Deathstorm had made contact with the Yellow Lantern Legion on his own, but he hadn't expected that Night Owl was also in contact with Deathstorm.
Could the connection between Deathstorm and the Yellow Lantern Legion, a force seemingly unrelated to each other, be related to Night Owl?
"What? You're connected to Night Owl?"
Superpower frowned, turned to Death Storm and asked, Death Storm immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
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Phantom Zone.
In a boundless space somewhere.
A giant green planet is floating in mid-air.
This is the Green Lantern Corps trapped in the Phantom Zone by Sinestro. They used the living planet Green Lantern Mogo as a spaceship, intending to go to Kovad to capture the Green Lantern, but they fell into Sinestro's well-prepared trap and were directly teleported to this Phantom Zone, where they have been unable to escape to this day.
Although Mogok is a living planet and is fully capable of self-sufficiency, capable of supporting not only a few thousand Green Lanterns but also hundreds of millions of lives, the problem is not that simple. The Green Lantern Corps has no intention of spending their lives in the Phantom Zone!
Therefore, at this moment...
"What's your name...?"
Hal Jordan, the Green Lantern, waved his hand, stopping a large group of Green Lanterns, led by Green Lantern Corps instructor Kirowog, from attempting to attack.
He looked suspiciously at the S-shaped logo on the man's chest.
The icon looked very similar to Superman's, and the abilities the other person displayed were indeed exactly the same as those of the Iron Son he knew. However, the other person had a full beard and looked much older than Superman.
"My name is Zod, that's right, I am General Zod."
General Zod spoke first, then pointed to the other two members beside him:
"These are my adjutant Fiora and my adjutant Ek."
General Zod smiled at the Earthling named Hal Jordan: "We are of the same race as Superman Clark Kent!"
"We are friends!"
"stop."
Then General Zod heard Green Lantern Hal Jordan say, "We've confirmed this is the Phantom District, but I've always heard that the Phantom District houses some extremely dangerous and vicious individuals."
“There are always exceptions,” General Zod replied. “You’re here now too. Are you some kind of vicious criminal?”
"Most importantly... I have a way to get you out of the Phantom Zone!"
(End of this chapter)