Marvel: Son of Tomorrow

"Clark!"

Clark, who was flying in the air to maintain order, heard a familiar voice behind him. He turned around and found that it was little Jonathan who came up to him.

"What's wrong?"

Clark's performance was very indifferent, but it was precisely because of this indifference that little Jonathan felt a strange feeling.

After spending these few days together, he also realized that Clark, like him and his father, had a superhuman heart, and their styles of doing things were roughly the same, but why did Clark suddenly do such a violent thing now?

"You shouldn't do that. We have no right to punish others. Just destroy the phone."

“If we don’t have rights, then who does?”

Clark asked back, and little Jonathan answered subconsciously.

"Of course it is the country and the law that will judge them..."

Halfway through his speech, little Jonathan realized the problem and suddenly couldn't continue.

"You have also realized that the country, the government, and the law have all collapsed. The world today is no longer the society you lived in before."

Clark stopped, and little Jonathan also floated beside him. Although in terms of age and strength, little Jonathan was more powerful than Clark now, but for some reason, little Jonathan at this moment seemed to be inferior to Clark.

"The government and laws that can judge the wicked no longer exist. The reason why humanity can still survive is because of the continuous efforts of the remaining heroes. At this time, heroes cannot just save people, they also need to manage, reward, and punish. In fact, many heroes understand this truth."

Clark burned the man's retina without any cover, and grew up in the light, doing so in front of all the survivors and heroes around him.

If Talia didn't stop Clark because she didn't care about the lives of strangers, then what about other heroes? What about other heroes who continued to fight criminals when society hadn't collapsed? Why didn't they speak out to stop Clark? Even after the incident, except for little Jonathan, no one came to persuade him.

"Why...if everyone agrees with your approach, why are you the only one who does this?"

Jonathan asked this question, and the attitudes of the heroes around him made him waver. But if Clark's appropriate punishment was the right thing to do, why didn't any hero take the lead? Instead, he had to wait until Clark took the initiative to implement it.

"Isn't the answer in you and me?"

"You and I?"

Little Jonathan was puzzled. Although he was a Kryptonian, he didn't think he had such a great influence.

"To be precise, it is in the blood of us Kryptonians."

Clark looked in one direction. It was another port where Superman and Lois were directing the survivors to board the ship.

"Superman gives everyone hope. This is his charm and his most powerful superpower. However, this hope makes people numb. The heroes know that there are better ways to deal with the situation, but they instinctively rely on Superman because of the hope he gives them. As long as Superman is around, they will never despair. This idea has become deeply rooted."

To be honest, Clark also envisioned himself when he grew up. He also hoped that he could become such a great hero, not to enjoy the admiration of others, but after knowing his own extraordinaryness, Clark wanted to use his power to help more people.

But it is precisely because he knows that he is Superman, and there is no difference between them except age, so he is closer to Superman. Therefore, he can maintain his own thinking under this kind of admiration and reliance.

Just like Luthor, Luthor has never considered Superman as his own to this day, so he can maintain the ability to think rationally with the hope brought by Superman.

By the same token, with his own wisdom, Luthor can be said to be the human being closest to Superman at present. Therefore, he can see the flaws in the hope brought by this individual.

"So... it's Dad's presence that makes everyone choose silence?"

Little Jonathan was silent. He didn't dare to believe this theory, but as he also possessed a Kryptonian super brain, after careful thinking, he had to admit that what Clark said made no sense.

Just like the argument between Talia and Superman in the Fortress of Solitude, was Talia wrong? There was nothing wrong with eliminating the infected and protecting the survivors to the greatest extent possible, but when both parties were not wrong, why did everyone choose to carry out the mission according to Superman's idea?

"You can understand it this way, but you don't have to worry too much. The hope that Superman brings to people has indeed blinded too many people's eyes, but at the same time, Superman also has enough power to support hope. As long as Superman remains Superman, we can continue like this. What I did just now can only be regarded as my own private actions after I couldn't stand it anymore."

Clark continued his work of maintaining order, while little Jonathan stayed where he was for a while, until Supergirl flew over and patted him on the shoulder. Only then did he belatedly start to maintain order, but Clark's words kept ringing in his mind.

He still trusted his father, but at this point, he could also see the dangers inherent in Superman's plans.

If Superman is always there, then there is no need to worry about these dangers, but what if... Superman is also infected?

Once he had this guess in mind, little Jonathan found that he could no longer ignore this threat.

Clark maintained order and used his relatively violent methods to oppress all the disobedient survivors. Although there were almost no other people in this world who dared to use mobile phones like the uncle Zhiqiang, conflicts were inevitable when there were too many people. In extraordinary times, the best way to resolve such conflicts was never verbal persuasion, but direct violence.

Clark will not use his thermal vision to penetrate everyone, but when the thermal vision shines on the other person's feet, no matter how much of a troublemaker that person is, he will temporarily quiet down.

Under Clark's influence, many heroes chose to use threats to forcibly appease the survivors.

Such a change naturally could not be hidden from Superman, who used his super hearing to cover the entire place, but he did not say much.

It's true that he is kind, but he also knows that not everyone is a superman, and for ordinary heroes, only appropriate displays of violence can get the job done.