13. Western journalist Clark (below)
Early the next morning, wearing a light gray casual suit, carrying a handbag, and changing his hairstyle, Clark . Kent showed up at the door of the headquarters of the Daily Planet in New York.
The clothes on his body were kindly sponsored by Merlin, and the two were about the same height, but compared to Merlin's thin and slender body, Clark appeared to be more athletic.
Therefore, this magic suit, which can slightly change the appearance according to the user's body type, looks a little tight when worn on Clark, but it shows off Clark's perfect muscle lines.
He stood at the door of the newspaper office, like a bodybuilder, and attracted the attention of many girls.
There were also a few carnivorous women who even took the initiative to come over and talk to Clark, which made the innocent little brother a little scrambling. Seriously, Clark was a little nervous, after all, this was his first job other than being a farmer.
He reached out and pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose, which were glasses very similar to Merlin's Icarus, the frames were black, and they really added a touch of stability to the young Clark.
This seemingly ordinary pair of glasses is actually not ordinary, this is made by George, a superbrainer, in addition to changing Clark's pupils from black to gray-brown, and using the principle of light distortion, his face has changed a part.
This makes a slight difference between Clark before and after taking off his glasses.
If you are not an acquaintance, it is difficult to connect two people in the first place.
A few minutes later, Clark followed the newspaper staff into the headquarters of the Daily Planet, politely asked the front desk lady about the onboarding process, and then walked up to the third floor.
The onboarding process was smooth, and it was a little more than Clark could have imagined.
It was not known what Merlin had added to his resume or what kind of job seeker he had packaged him, which made Clark start to think crankily again.
He sat in the office chair he had been assigned, and as soon as he put his handbag on the table, he heard a nice woman's voice.
"You're Clark. Kent? That war correspondent who just returned from Afghanistan? ”
“???”
Clark looked up at the girl in front of him.
She had long, wavy black hair, a nonchalant but pretty face, a white shirt and a short black skirt, and a press card pinned to her chest. She crossed her arms and looked at Clark condescendingly, and a breath of a mature big sister came to her face.
However, the lady seems to be deliberately finding fault.
"Yes, I'm Clark."
Clark was also beating the drum in his heart, he could think that Merlin must have done something on his resume in order to get him hired, but he didn't expect that Merlin actually placed a "war correspondent" character for him.
No wonder onboarding went so smoothly...
"I've read your previous reports, and those who dare to go deep into the rebel base to interview must be very bold, and I personally admire such peers."
The lady stared at Clarke, as if to see Clark's heart from his calm face, and she said slowly:
"Speaking of which, 2 years ago, I also reported on the war in Afghanistan that continues to this day, but I don't seem to have heard your name..."
"Huh"
On the lenses of the glasses in front of Clark's eyes, a cloud of text suddenly appeared, including the identity information of the beautiful reporter in front of him, as well as some Afghan battlefield observations, this sudden assist made Clark's eyes narrow, he coughed lightly, looked at the words on the lenses, and replied calmly:
"Louise. Lane, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, New York's most famous female journalist, the true uncrowned king, I really have long admired the name, and I personally blame you for exposing a few years ago. That report on corruption and criminal behavior within M was appreciated. ”
"As for why you didn't hear of me on the battlefield in Afghanistan, it's because I used a pseudonym at the time... After all, we always have to protect ourselves and our loved ones at work. ”
"All you need to know, Miss Lynn, is that the report on the Ten Commandments leading the civil strife in Afghanistan contains some of the information I provided. As for why I left there ... You can understand me, I am tired of war, I have seen the cruelty of war, and I now want to do something easier. ”
Clark pushed his glasses, and as he took his notebook out of his handbag, he said:
"Besides, Miss Lien, if nothing else, I'm going to get to work..."
"Hmph."
Miss Lynn snorted, and she slapped a press card on the table in front of Clark's eyes, and the indifference on her face quickly turned into a gentle smile, and she said to Clark:
"Don't pay attention to my temptation, Mr. Clark, but I don't want an imposter on my news team."
"Your group?"
Clark looked at the document, he looked up, and said to reporter Louise:
"You mean, I'm a member of your group now?"
"Yes."
Miss Lynne brushed her hair, and she held out her hand toward Clarke, and said:
"Welcome to the best journalism group in all of New York, and I will be your interim leader during your onboarding observation period. Of course, I asked the editor-in-chief to transfer you to my group, not to do some pointless copywriting work for a good former war correspondent like you, now take the tools, follow me, and we'll go find the real big news! ”
"What's the big news?"
Clark lifted his handbag, and he followed the graceful Miss Lynn out of the office, who said to Clark mysteriously:
"As a good journalist, you have to keep your senses and judgments sharp, and the recent discussion about artificial intelligence and robots in society has been going too fast, and there must be other forces behind it, and finding those who are pushing for this is our task... It's big news, I'm already feeling it. ”
"Huh"
A line of words appeared on Clark's lens again, and it was a message from Merlin.
Moments later, Clark effortlessly picked up the camera and some other equipment, followed Lynn into the parking lot, and said to Lynn:
"Lian, I just thought about it, and I think you said a lot, and there are a lot of doubts in the discussion of artificial intelligence, but I don't think it would be useful for us to interview those scientists... I think we should get to the point. ”
"Oh?"
Reporter Lynn looked back at the former "war correspondent" Clark, and she said curiously:
"What do you think?"
"My idea is simple."
Clark pushed his black-rimmed glasses and said:
"Let's go find the real news breaking point... Let's go to Tony. Stark, that playboy also released his opinion on the development of artificial intelligence the other day. ”
He doesn't seem to share the current mainstream view of the scientific community, and most importantly, Tony . Stark is a man who carries scandals with him and often can't keep his mouth shut, and interviewing him is easier and more useful than interviewing old-fashioned scientists. ”
"Hmm..."
Miss Lynn opened the door, she frowned and thought for several minutes, and finally she nodded to Clark:
"You have a point, but we don't have time to go to California."
"Nope."
Clark shook his head, and he said:
"Tony isn't in California right now, he's in New York."
“???”
Lynn looked back at Clark in surprise, and said:
"How do you know?"
Clark smiled confidently and said:
"As a good former war correspondent, I have my own source of information, in short, just follow me."
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Clark, a Western journalist, was soon over, and at 8 p.m. he was in a cab to Hell's Kitchen and to Merlin's house.
"Huh?"
It was the green-haired girl Lorna who opened the door to Clark, she looked at Clark in front of her, she quickly recognized Clark's suit, she said in surprise:
"Who are you? Why are you wearing your brother's clothes? ”
"Uh, I'm Clark. Kent, I'm a friend of Merlin. ”
Clark crouched down and said to Lorna:
"You're Merlin's sister, I guess, your name is Raven?"
"No, my name is Lona."
Lorna looked at Clark in front of her vigilantly, at her feet, the silly dog Frank was also baring his teeth at Clark, unlike Lorna, the alien dog Frank could easily feel Clark's power.
"Meow"
Coo, who was napping on the stairs, also jumped down from the second floor and jumped onto Lorna's shoulder with quick movements, staring at Clarke, licking its paws and wagging its tail.
Those who are familiar with Goo Gu know that this is a precursor to Goo Goo's preparation to pounce.
"Huh? Clark, did you get off work so late? ”
Merlin's voice came from the house, and he walked briskly to the door, picked up Gollum, and then patted Lorna on the head, and said to her:
"Let's go play with Raven, this is my friend, you can call him brother, or just call Clark, he works in New York, and he will be a frequent guest in the future."
"Okay."
Lorna looked at Clark again, then waved at him, and ran back to the basement with Frank, where Raven had some potions and Lorna couldn't wait to make trouble.
"Your home... It's really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. ”
Clark looked at Gollum who was being held in Merlin's arms, his Kryptonian senses made him feel like a pinprick when he approached Gollum.
"Don't care."
Merlin waved his hand, and he said:
"I have children at home, and I have to prepare a little more, speaking of which, how does it feel on the first day of work?"
"Not bad."
Clark put his handbag on the couch, he took the beer from Merlin, and said:
"Miss Lynne is a man of action, and I followed her all over New York. It's a shame that Mr. Stark staggered his itinerary. ”
"It's okay."
Merlin Says:
"You have a lot of opportunities to interview him in the future, as long as that chick doesn't doubt you anymore, speaking of which, Miss Lynn is also a very good girl, she has many suitors, aren't you tempted?"
"Tempted? No. ”
Clark chatted with Merlin, and he complained:
"If I take a little bit of seriousness, I can see the coarse pores on Miss Lynn's skin, I can smell her body odor, I can hear her stomach and intestines squirming... Of course, I don't hate her, it's just..."
The young Kryptonian sighed a little helplessly, and he said:
"Merlin, I didn't find a girlfriend in fact, there are also factors in this regard, no matter how beautiful a girl is, it is full of shortcomings in my eyes, I am not a person who pursues perfection, but I am..."
"I understand."
Merlin put the coo in his arms on the ground, and then leaned against the refrigerator, and he said empathetically:
"When I was younger, I used to look at those pretty skins with admiration, but as my senses became more and more acute, those beautiful looks were hard to attract me anymore."
"As you say, what is perfect in the eyes of ordinary people is full of flaws in our eyes... But once in a while you have to let go of those prejudices and look directly at the soul beneath the skin, and that's what I did. ”
Merlin shrugged his shoulders, and he said to Clark with a slight hint of concern:
"But I'm luckier than you, my ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend are the kind of women who have a hard time finding flaws."
"Well, I don't want to talk about it."
Clark pursed his lips, he felt Merlin was showing off.
Kryptonians' super perception, no matter how beautiful an ordinary woman is placed in front of them, the perfect body is also full of shortcomings, in layman's terms, even when the two get along, Clark has to restrain his strength, as long as he uses a little force, it is enough to tear apart the body of his partner next to him.
In other words, it's no fun for him to maintain this restraint even when he is engaged in some intimate acts.
To put it in a way that is not very good, it is not durable.
He rolled back his sleeve and looked at his watch, which Merlin had given him, and which had the same positioning and vital signal monitoring devices as the watches of other Avengers members.
"Didn't you say you started training tonight?"
Clark says:
"It's almost half past eight, and you still have to wait?"
"Yes, one more person to wait."
Merlin Says:
"But we can go over first... Xuanlan should have prepared the training ground, let's go, let's go warm up first. ”
As he walked to the bathroom and inserted the key to the mystery house into the lock, he said to Clark:
"I hope you're ready to be beaten..."
"Hush."
Clark snorted disdainfully, reached out and took off his black-rimmed glasses, and said to Merlin:
"Don't be so confident, Merlin, my friend, I've been training privately this year, maybe you're the one who gets beaten."