Chapter 100: Alienated Clark

"What's wrong? Why aren't you happy after winning the game?"

In the stands, Peter walked over to Clark and sat down. The two sat together facing the direction of the playground.

"I don't know why dad left."

Clark said depressedly.

"There's something going on at your father's farm, so I'm going back first."

Peter gave Jonathan a reason, and then encouraged him: "You did a great job today, Clark."

"I actually know."

Clark said that he actually knew why his father left. "Dad was unhappy because I used my superpower to win the game, but my ability should be tightly bound to me. It is a part of me, unless I use my superpower to win the game." It deprives me of the distinction otherwise."

Clark, who was depressed, looked at his hands, "Now I feel that this talent is not only a mission, but more like a curse."

He looked up at Peter blankly and said, "Godfather, actually I also want to experience the life of ordinary people, unfettered and free."

Peter touched Clark's hair and said: "Everyone lives in chains, Clark, no one can achieve true freedom."

"Even if I give up my superpowers and don't do the great mission my father said in the future, will I still be able to be free?"

Peter was shocked when he heard Clark say he wanted to give up his superpowers.

Is this kid really not interested in his mission to save the world?

This was not a good start. He felt that he needed to correct this kid's decadent thoughts.

"No, even if you give up your abilities, you can't be truly free, Clark."

"Yeah?"

Clark lowered his head in frustration, then raised his head after a moment and asked him: "Godfather, what kind of person do you want me to be?"

"Hmm...this is a complicated question."

Peter thought for a moment and said, "The Godfather hopes that you will become a person who, even if you are bound by shackles, still has hope in your heart."

"hope?"

Clark repeated the word.

"Yes, hope, this is what you should have most."

Peter stared at the crowd in the playground and suddenly remembered a story from a certain DC parallel universe, "The Godfather is telling you a story, Clark, do you want to hear it?"

Clark nodded, "I want to hear it, Godfather."

Although he was past the stage of listening to bedtime stories, he still wanted to hear stories from the Godfather.

"It was a story about an alien planet where people were enslaved by a man called Mongo."

"Menggo uses the slave gladiatorial system to allow people to gain a higher status. The more they fight, the more people they can enslave."

Clark was gradually immersed in Peter's voice.

"Later, a hero joined the battle. He overthrew Mongo, freed these slaves, and completely destroyed this power game. More and more slaves began to raise their hands and wave the chains in their hands."

"Did he succeed? Godfather."

"No, then the hero was caught. Do you know why he failed? Clark."

Clark lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked Peter: "Is it because his power is not strong enough?"

"No, he was very powerful, the most powerful hero in the entire universe, but he still failed because his enemy was not a villain, but a concept - 'Slaves long for heroes to save them, but they hate them' hero'."

Clark asked doubtfully: "Why?"

Peter continued to Clark: "Because the slaves were used to the shackles, they indulged in this power game."

"A powerful king not only controls a person with physical shackles and violence, but also uses an oppressive atmosphere and constant lies to restrain people."

"Chains are both physical and mental. Chains are a tool and a concept. It is the feeling of helplessness and frustration that is the biggest enemy that a hero faces."

Peter stared at the setting sun in the west, paused for a moment and continued: "Slaves on the entire planet are in a kind of shackles. They are not free, but they hate to be free from this kind of freedom. Therefore, Clark, humans will be trapped in shackles. , whether passively or actively.”

Clark seemed to understand something when he listened to Peter's words.

He took a deep breath and said to Peter: "So, Godfather, what did the hero do in the end?"

Peter coughed and asked him: "What would you do if it were you?"

In fact, he is telling the story of a parallel world of Superman, in which the hero is Superman.

He wanted to see what Clark would make as the future Superman.

"I think, Godfather, I will give those slaves hope and courage."

Peter looked at him in surprise after hearing this.

This guy really has superhuman character.

"Good answer, Clark."

Peter rubbed Clark's head and said, "Later, a friend of the hero showed up and planned to help him escape from prison, but the hero refused."

Peter paused and continued: "His reason is: I am locked up here, so I can talk to the remaining gladiators.

Even if we win today, we won't be able to rescue them. It depends on whether the people here really want to escape, otherwise nothing will change. What I want to do is give them hope of freedom. "

"Hope?"

Clark, who was somewhat fascinated by what he heard, repeated the word again.

"Yes, hope. Godfather hopes that even if you are bound by shackles, you will become a person of hope, giving hope to yourself and others."

He stretched out his hand and drew an "S" on Clark's chest.

"Let's go, it's too late, we have to go back."

Peter stood up, clapped his hands, and shouted to Star-Lord who was playing on the playground in the distance: "Star-Lord, come up, we have to go home."

Hearing his father calling him, Star-Lord immediately ran to the stands as fast as he could.

Clark followed Peter out of the playground. When he walked to the door, he looked at the setting sun and then looked down at his chest.

It seemed that he really saw a huge "S" shining on his chest.

The next day, early in the morning.

Clark and A-Zu rushed to school from the farm.

At this time, Smallwell School was selling prom rings.

Although junior students are not allowed to attend the senior prom, the prom rings will be sold, which is also a tradition of Smallwell.

"It is said that the prom rings this time are made of precious rubies, and the origin of this ruby ​​is a very precious meteorite."

A Zu told the information he knew.

As the two talked, they went to the place where the rings were sold.

Looking at the long queue in the corridor, Clark couldn't help but take a breath, "So everyone likes prom rings?"

A Zu nodded, "Yes, I want to buy one too."

Clark looked at him in surprise, "Are you serious? This kind of ring is 35 dollars, which is not cheap."

"Will the godfather agree?"

"I think so. This money is my pocket money earned on the farm. Dad said I have the right to control it."

A Zu took out thirty-five dollars and lined up behind the line, "I want to buy one for my dad as a gift."

"Okay."

Clark thought about it, touched his pocket, and stood behind A Zu.

A-Zu looked at him in surprise, "You want to buy one too?"

"Yes, I want to buy one too, and give it to my godfather. It would be nice if I could engrave an 'S' on it."

A-Zu asked in confusion, "Why engrave an 'S'?"

"I don't know much about this, but it probably means hope. My godfather told me."

Clark took out his wallet as he spoke.

"You actually have money too?"

A-Zu was even more surprised, "How did you save it?"

"I also earn pocket money on the farm, and I borrowed money from my godfather."

Hearing the other party talking about borrowing money, A-Zu said a little unhappy, "You should have borrowed from your father Jonathan, not from my father."

"Anyway, I will pay it back."

Clark walked up to the person in charge of registration and asked the person in charge if he could engrave a letter.

After getting a positive answer, Clark excitedly asked the other party to help him engrave an "S" on the ring.

After a busy time, the two put the rings they bought on their hands.

Clark observed the ruby ​​on the ring curiously and asked A Zu: "Is this a real gem?"

"I don't know, but it shouldn't be valuable, otherwise it wouldn't be so cheap. I guess this meteorite ruby ​​is not worth much."

Clark, who thought it made sense, shrugged his shoulders and put the ruby ​​ring on his hand.

The moment the ring was put on, Clark suddenly felt an inexplicable chill invade his body.

The blood-red spider silk-like existence was produced on the back of the hand, and then passed through the blood vessels to the whole body.

Feeling the unspeakable changes in the body, Clark looked at the ring on his finger, and the next second his eyes instantly turned red like a ruby.

At the same time, Whitney was leading a group of friends to line up behind to buy rings.

Seeing Clark standing in front and not leaving, someone shouted at him impatiently: "Hey! Don't block the way, get out of the way!"

Clark, who heard the voice, not only did not walk away, but walked straight to Whitney and others.

Standing in front of a tall and strong guy, Clark, with a bad look in his eyes, asked him, "What did you say just now?"

"I said: Get out of here!"

The student, who knew Clark's introverted and "cowardly" personality, stared at Clark and repeated what he had just said.

"Bang!"

The next second, Clark stretched out his hand and pushed the other person.

The tall and strong student who was pushed in the chest immediately fell to the ground uncontrollably and slid backwards along the ground.

Finally, with a "bang", he hit the metal locker heavily, making a dull sound.

The crowd exclaimed when they saw the scene happening suddenly!