39. Justice League. New Day
After the concept of transhumanism appeared, the debate about them never stopped.
Just as the contradictions between mutants and humans that have existed for a long time due to differences in culture, civilization and lifestyle, the relationship between transhumans and ordinary humans is not smooth sailing.
In the early years, when S.H.I.E.L.D. was still around, the official attitude towards superhumans was to control, screen, co-opt, and use them.
At that time, the life of the superhumans was not bad.
In Merlin and S. Under the control of L.D., there are official and non-governmental organizations that are constantly absorbing transhumans, forming them into groups and channeling their power to help and protect them.
Although there are also some self-depraved guys who use their superpowers to do some things that violate the discipline.
But because of the official support, the transhumans themselves will also draw a line with those guys, so humans generally don't have much ill feelings towards superhumans.
At that time, the slightly more famous superhumans would have a large number of fans, and everyone regarded them as heroes!
However, after the collapse of S.H.I.E.L.D., the new forces represented by the Sky Eye Club appeared.
There have been some slight changes in the status quo of superhuman existence.
The official attitude towards them has become repression, absorption, surveillance, and vigilance.
This is normal.
After all, the precedent of the Battle of New York was precedent, and the destruction of order by those controlled superhumans cannot be forgotten to this day.
In addition, due to the acceleration of the evolution of the stars, various situations have occurred frequently, and superhumans have begun to become a norm from rare.
In accordance with S.. L.D.'s ongoing statistics show that the number of superhumans worldwide has almost tripled in the past year.
This is a figure that does not take into account the superhumans created by mechanical modifications and various biological experiments.
When the forest is big, there are naturally all kinds of birds.
There are more and more superhumans who are inclined to do good.
But the number of people with bad personalities who like to do bad things is also rising, and in this muddy and sandy environment, it is normal for human society to change its senses of superhumans.
This change once disheartened many of their former protectors, but for true heroes, no matter how difficult the times are, they cannot extinguish the fire of justice in their hearts.
After all, they don't come to be heroes just to get praise.
"Bang"
Off the east coast, a large hole was blown out of the side of a large cruise ship in a violent explosion, and in the billowing black smoke, a group of masked thugs flew out of the hole with special flying machines.
They carried chests full of expensive gems that had been looted.
And the leaders of these thugs do not need flying machines, they can levitate in the air on their own, and it is clear that this is another supervillain crime.
There are more and more such cases, and ordinary police officers simply cannot deal with such incidents.
But now, something even more troublesome is that this group of bastards has destroyed the overall structure of the big ship in order to leave more conveniently.
Amid the sound of the steel frame crumbling inside, the boat, which was full of tourists, had begun to tilt rapidly.
Panicked people, running around with the screams and despair of men and women, some people have already jumped madly into the sea.
There were also flames rising from the direction of the explosion, and the terrifying fire spread rapidly in the inner cabin, and the disaster that came through the malicious call fell on these helpless people.
Just as the curtain of darkness opens, all the light that represents hope is obscured on this vast sea.
"Help us! Who's going to save us! ”
Desperate cries come and go, but there is no hope of help in this empty sea.
At this time, senior reporter Clark Murray, who was working on a press release in his Manhattan office, was working on a press release. Kent's ears moved.
He looked left and right, stood up, and reached out to untie the tie over his shirt as he walked to the bathroom in his office.
A few seconds later, Superman in a blue Kryptonian suit flew into the sky, and with the sound of a red cape hunting, he sped in the direction of the cruise ship.
However, when he flew into the sea, Clark realized that he was too late.
Someone is already helping.
Clark hovered high in the air, looking at the tilting cruise ship below, a cyborg with silver outer armor holding his hands up on the side of the ship that had collapsed.
He flew straight through the air, blue plasma flames on his legs, and single-handedly held up the entire fallen ship.
Moreover, the internal systems of the defunct ship seem to have been reactivated, and the service intelligence on board the ship has also taken the trapped people from all parts of the ship to the safe deck under unified commands.
A ray of light travels across the sea.
Yellow light.
Clark could see that it was a man wrapped in light.
He ran back and forth between the sea and the shore, each time bringing two trapped people from the burning boat to the safety of the shore.
It was a long distance, but for the beating light, it was a distance that could be crossed in the blink of an eye.
In just a dozen seconds, hundreds of people were sent out of the danger zone, and under the control of the cyborg who held the ship, the part of the ship that caught fire was quickly extinguished by the intelligent machines.
"They're working well together, aren't they?"
Merlin's voice rang out behind Superman hanging high in the sky, hovering in the air in a projection, his hands behind his back as before.
"I haven't seen either of them, at least not on the East Coast."
Clark looked back at Merlin and said:
"Are they the new heroes?"
"Hmm."
Merlin nodded, and as he looked at the calamity that was being quelled below, he said:
"One is my nephew, and the other is the young man I picked up, they are all very talented, promising, and they are both young and enthusiastic, but they lack experience and guidance."
At this point, Merlin paused.
He looked at Clark and said:
"Do me a favor, Clark, and let them join the Justice League, with you as their mentor, okay?"
"You shouldn't have told me this."
Clark shrugged his shoulders and said:
"Naxin's job is in charge of Bruce, he is very strict, it's been so long, and there are still only 3 of us in the Justice League... Well, but I heard he was scouting a newcomer lately. ”
"Who?"
Merlin asked curiously:
"Who has the privilege of being looked the other way by Bruce?"
"A mysterious man in a cloak, walking back and forth through the city, playing with bows and arrows."
Superman pointed in the direction of Gotham City, and he:
"In Star City, not far from Gotham, that guy fights with his brain, just like Bruce, but in terms of strength."
"Okay."
The Raven Lord nodded.
He stretched out his fingers, as if he were reaching into the void, and grabbed them casually.
In the next moment, several looter thugs who had escaped hundreds of kilometers away and single-handedly caused the explosion of the cruise ship, and the supervillain led by him were captured back to the scene by the power of the Maharaja.
They were still dazed, but with the Maharaja's indifferent gaze, the guys clenched their fists in the control of the puppet manipulation and knocked each other unconscious.
The same goes for that supervillain.
After knocking all his companions unconscious, he clenched his fist and slammed it on his head, then rolled his eyes and fell unconscious.
They are gravitationally held up high in the air, like puppets levitating up and down.
"Back to that question, Clark, I'm going to be Barry and Victor's introducer."
Merlin pointed to himself, and he said:
"You go to Bruce, I think he will give me a face, let these two young people join your harmonious, warm and bright circle, receive guidance, and then become righteous partners like you."
"Why does it have to be us?"
Superman looked at the trapped people on the sea, the empty cruise ship that was being repaired, and the two young men, and said:
"There are a lot of hero organizations in this country, and I've heard that the New York Hero Association, which has been disbanded, seems to have reappeared under a different name."
"Cage and Jessica were both your subordinates and experienced seniors in the superhero industry, so I guess it's okay to hand over these two young men to them?"
"Yes, yes."
Merlin patiently explained:
"But the background and ability of these two young people are not simple, and they are also involved in some very troublesome things, and once something goes wrong, Cage's honest man can't handle it."
"And, anyway, they're not necessarily reliable..."
"In short, I chose you because no matter what problems arise between the two of them, the three of you can handle it, and I don't need to be distracted from them. I'm busy, you know that. ”
"Really?"
Clark watched Barry and Victor carefully, and after a moment, he said:
"That cyborg looks very powerful, and as for your nephew Barry. Allen, he doesn't seem to be able to control his speed well, he is fast, but his physical fitness is not as good as that of a robot, he is an out-and-out rookie. ”
Superman turned back to Merlin and said:
"It's not that I don't want to help, Merlin, Louise is pregnant, and I can't find time to teach them recently, Diana went to Paradise Island, and it is estimated that she won't be able to come back in a short time, and we don't have much time."
"Oh?"
Merlin blinked, and he said:
"Is my little nephew about to be born? That's great, congratulations. ”
"Besides, you're wrong, compared to Cyborg, Barry is the more troublesome one, his ability is not just fast, you'll know later."
Raven Lord whispered:
"This kid belongs to the kind of person who only needs one mistake to destroy the world, I don't feel at ease with anyone who gives him to, if I can, I would prefer him to stay by my side."
"Barry's heart is a little tangled right now, and he needs a mature and reliable big brother to take him out of his sadness and embrace life and hope again."
"Leave it to Bruce about combat experience or something, and he'll teach Barry and Cyborg."
Merlin looked at Clark and said:
"That should be fine, right?"
"Okay, I'll go talk to Bruce about it."
Superman nodded, and he said:
"But you know Bruce's temper, and he's going to have to look at Barry and Victor in some way. Oh, by the way, you asked me about it last time! ”
Clark pulled out a small bottle from the hidden pocket of his combat uniform.
He gave the bottle to Merlin, and he said:
"I went to the Sun Core the other day..."
Superman pursed his lips and said:
"There's a secret in there, really... Very amazing. ”
"If it were that simple, would I still ask you to do it?"
Merlin made a joke as he took the bottle from Clark's hand and looked at it in front of his eyes.
Inside the bottle was a small specimen of flesh and blood, like a conglomeration of some kind of energy, and in the sunlight, the thing shone brilliantly.
At first glance, it is not ordinary.
"Although I have always been at ease with you, I still have to ask."
Merlin put away the precious specimen, he looked at Clarke, and asked:
"You didn't wake him up, did you?"
"Nope."
Superman pointed to the sun and said:
"He slept soundly, like an oversized baby."
"This is not taken from him, some of the body tissues around him are falling off, and they are constantly melting in the core of the sun."
"He's not just drawing on the sun's energy, he's already in perfect symbiosis with the stars, and the shedding tissues will provide the sun with firewood to continue burning."
Clarkmore's chin rubbed his chin and he said with emotion:
"It is worthy of the origin of life in the universe, just in the infant state, there is such a powerful behavior pattern."
"Maybe they're the origin of your Kryptonians."
Merlin Says:
"If we're lucky, we'll be able to find the 'infinite formula' that belongs to the Kryptonians, and by that time, it's not just a fantasy that you'll want to resurrect your race."
"That's for later, who knows what will happen in the future?"
Clark smiled, he closed his eyes, and said to Merlin:
"Come on, erase that memory, you're right, it's a secret that shouldn't be known to the world."
Merlin held out his fingers, and white light shone on them.
He tapped Clark on his forehead, and a second later, Clark opened his eyes, and the memories of the trip to the sun and the infinite formula were no longer in his mind.
"Then, Barry and Victor, I'll leave it to you."
Merlin reached out and opened a door to the wasteland, and he said:
"I'll be very busy for the next few days, but if something really happens, let me know as soon as possible."
With that, he glanced back at Barry and Cyborg, and then stepped back into his wasteland.
Clark watched Merlin disappear, took a deep breath, and quickly descended from the sky, hovering over the soon-to-be-repaired cruise ship in a gesture with his arms crossed.
His arrival immediately attracted the attention of Barry, who was running at the speed of light, and Victor, who was manipulating the intelligent machine to repair the damage.
The two young men looked up, and a hint of surprise flashed across Barry's face as he said:
"Superman!"
"Yes, it's me."
Clark wasn't surprised by Barry's surprise.
As a powerful protector, he has many avid fans all over the world.
Those fans even formed various support groups, which also caused some trouble, which made Clark a little embarrassed and helpless.
He said to Barry and Victor:
"The Justice League family welcomes you, Barry, and Victor, I personally would love to accept you, but rules are rules, and I will take you to meet Batman..."
"Batman!"
Barry let out a scream of surprise, like a fanatical star-chaser, which made Superman shake his head, he suspended in the sky, and continued:
"He might give you some tests, but I'm sure you can..."
Clarke's words weren't finished.
The three men on the deck raised their heads at the same time and looked at the sky.
There, a green light was sliding down at such a rapid speed that almost in the blink of an eye, it landed beneath the sky beyond.
"Well, this is your first mission to join the Justice League."
Clark waved his hand and said to the two young men:
"Come with me, let's see what that thing is."