Marvel: Son of Tomorrow

"Clark, are you okay?"

Outside the door, Richard took Matthew to the outside of the teaching building to wait for the ambulance, while Ben immediately walked forward, grabbed the handle and tried to open the toilet door.

The sound of the handle twisting frightened Clark, who was in fear. He immediately reached out and grabbed the handle tightly, preventing Ben from opening the toilet door.

It was obvious that Clark did not lock the toilet door at all. The reason why the teachers could not open the door was because Clark held the handle tightly with his own strength. With the teachers and these elementary school students, it was impossible for them to open the door without Clark's consent.

But Ben's voice did not calm Clark down, but made him more sensitive.

Because he suddenly realized that he was not a human being at all, he was completely a monster. He didn't want his beloved father to see himself as a monster, and he didn't want to lose this beautiful family.

But Clark was more unable to control his ability due to his excitement. His eyes shot out red rays, which shone on the metal door handle. In just a moment, the door handle was heated to over 100 degrees by the heat rays.

"Ah! This..."

Ben felt a piercing pain in his hand holding the door handle, and instinctively wanted to let go, but in the end, he relied on his willpower to hold on.

He knew that Clark must have undergone some abnormal changes again, which made Clark feel scared, so he didn't want to see him. And he couldn't let Clark's abilities be exposed to so many people.

So instead of letting go of the handle, he forced himself to hold it tighter, using his broad palm to block the handle that had been burned red.

"Everyone, Clark may be a little excited. Can you give us father and son some private space?"

"I understand."

The elementary school teacher nodded, called the students around her and left. Although she was also very curious about what happened to Clark, as a teacher, she had to respect the privacy of students and parents, not to mention that the person in front of her was a senior executive of Parker Biotechnology, someone he could not afford to offend.

Even after everyone around him had dispersed, Ben still didn't loosen his grip on the handle, allowing his skin to burn and the smell of burnt flesh to spread.

"Clark, I don't know what happened to you, but I love you..."

Ben pressed his head against the door and expressed his emotions in the most sincere words.

"I hope you can remember this, no matter what you look like, no matter what changes happen to your body, you will always be my son, my family, and the person I love most."

In the bathroom, listening to Ben's words, Clark was moved and gradually relaxed. The uncontrollable heat in his eyes began to slowly fade away, and even the strength of his hands that were tightly gripping the handles was gradually decreasing.

However, Ben couldn’t notice that Clark had stopped resisting, because after one blow to your burned palm, you couldn’t feel anything other than the pain.

But Ben didn't even utter a groan of pain.

"You will always be our child, we will always love you..."

It was not until Clark slowly opened the bathroom door that Ben took his right hand off the handle the moment he saw Clark. Even though his skin was torn off completely, he did not show any expression of pain.

Instead, he ignored the red light in Clark's eyes that had not completely disappeared and hugged his child.

"It's okay Clark, it's okay,"

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At the school gate, Richard brought Matthew here to wait for the ambulance.

He is a biologist, so naturally he has some understanding of wounds. He cannot be called a doctor, but he is sure that the injuries on the boy's arm are definitely not something that can be caused in school.

Even if someone rushed into the stove in the school cafeteria kitchen, a normal person wouldn't be injured like this.

This is because people can hide and move away quickly after being burned by flames. It is impossible for someone to be like Matthew, whose entire arm was burnt and cooked by the high temperature.

Unless someone used forceful means to press Matthew's arm under the flaming mountain to burn it, such a wound would never have appeared.

But Richard also knew that in the past two years, Clark had indeed become gradually arrogant and complacent because of his talent, but he was definitely not a person who enjoyed bullying the weak. Richard was very clear about this.

And since all possibilities have been ruled out, the only possibility, no matter how outrageous it is, is the correct answer.

That is, Clark probably awakened some abilities again. In addition to his physical fitness and developed brain, Clark must have other special features.

Thinking of this, Richard used the simplest way to get the answer.

That is to ask directly.

He is not a suspicious person. He is Clark's uncle. If you have any questions, just ask him directly.

"Student Matthew, may I ask what happened to cause you to be injured like this?"

Matthew remained silent because the matter was too outrageous. He also thought that he should not expose the truth of the matter, so he hesitated whether to give the answer.

Because Clark was his friend, his only friend, and it was Clark, who was younger than him but stronger than him, who saved him from the bullying situation of the North.

"Matthew, I am Clark's relative. I care about him very much and want to know what happened to him so that I can better help him. If you really know something, I hope you won't hide it. We are all for Clark's good."

Even though Ben became a multi-millionaire, he still played the role of an ordinary father in Clark's eyes. However, Richard, as the uncle, did more things in secret.

He investigated every friend around Clark, and therefore had some impression of Matthew.

His father's name is Jack Murdoch, an underground boxer. What he did was not glorious and even illegal, but he was a qualified father. Forced by life, he had no other choice, but he used all his efforts to ensure that Matthew could get the best education and thus change his life.

Therefore, Richard also recognized Matthew as Clark's friend, a child who came from a muddy but kind-hearted child. So he knew that as long as he said so, Matthew would definitely agree to his request.

Sure enough, after thinking for a moment, Matthew nodded and said.

"Clark and I were talking in the hallway about yesterday's football game in New York City. But today, Clark seemed to be still asleep and kept rubbing his eyes. He looked very uncomfortable, but we didn't pay much attention to it. But once, when Clark rubbed his eyes and opened them again, two red beams of light were released from Clark's eyes, so my arm..."

It was that simple. These strange changes were enough to scare Clark, who was only 8 years old. Not to mention that his sudden changes also hurt his friends. Richard also understood why Clark locked himself in the bathroom and didn't see anyone.

Because this is no longer just an amazing talent, it is impossible for humans to release rays from their eyes that are strong enough to instantly burn a tough arm.