The king of solo row [Comprehensive British and American]

For a while, Arya got used to going back and forth between the metropolis and her small town.

For young people who grew up in a small town, a bustling city is always attractive, whether it is a dazzling array of shopping malls or a street scene full of tall buildings.

On the other hand, her once only family members who have passed away just chose to live in the countryside away from the hustle and bustle, which does not mean that they cannot afford the living expenses in big cities.

Therefore, Alia is quite familiar with this city, including the headquarters of Lex Group, which stands in the city center and extends in all directions in the surrounding blocks. By the window of the tram, looking at the shining glass buildings of the scientific research center.

Although she has no other desires for these, for example, like some classmates, with the dream of being hired by the Rex Group——

However, I still didn't expect that one day, I would be taken for a stroll by the boss here.

Alia was thinking wildly as she walked behind the chairman of the company. They walked through the spacious activity area on the ground floor of the building. The bright sunshine of the metropolis passed through the glass curtain wall and sprinkled on the floor of the basketball court. The employees who passed by were all saluting their bosses. , looking respectful but not overly awed.

The blond young man talked to the secretary in high spirits, and after a brief conversation, the latter left holding the tablet.

If Lex doesn't want to be too neurotic or make his speech and behavior full of villains, he can perfectly interpret a handsome and rich young entrepreneur and successful philanthropic person, except for the height difference of a few inches , It's like the male protagonist in some novels.

Arya spent the whole night in Limbo Prison last night, if she hadn't started swiping tasks on her phone again, she would really not want to come out for a while.

From a certain point of view, Limbo is much more fun than reality.

"Look, this is the reporter of the Daily Planet I'm talking about, Mr. Kent, and I agreed to his interview."

Arya: "..."

Where in life do not meet.

Mr. Reporter was still wearing black-framed plain glasses, and his shirt and suit looked refined. His blue eyes, which were as thin as the sky, reflected the sunlight, and he was a little shocked at this moment.

Clark certainly didn't expect that they would meet again after more than ten hours. However, considering that Lex died and Superman's heart would not die, there might be some agreement or transaction between the two, so he could only try to forget yesterday's battle in his mind. Finally, after all, that sword, or any weapon that Levatin transformed into, has always had an indescribable sense of threat to him, and it feels quite depressing to recall.

After the initial exclamation, Arya didn't have any more thoughts. She even felt that she was getting tired of the real world. Demons and fighting in Limbo seemed to bring more fun——

"You've seen it, haven't you?" Sure enough, Lex began to express interest in some seemingly insignificant things again, and talked about it with relish, "After all, Mr. Kent is also very interested in the Celestial Cult, and You took out a whole branch of them, I remember...his wife reported on the Cult's operations in New York, right? Have you seen the pictures she took?"

What he said seems to explain why Kent also ran to New York that night, but did he want to steal the news from his colleagues?Or, he and the exorcist are also interested in the Celestial Cult?After all, this guy is not an ordinary person...

"I was the one who made the scene, and I did every scar on the corpses of those cultists," Arya said casually, noticing that Clark seemed to frown slightly, as if he was not used to or approving of boasting about killing, But she wasn't bragging, after all, she had already killed countless demons in Lingbo Prison, and those insane believers were nothing compared to them, "I don't need to look at anything else."

Although Lex was talking to her, his eyes fell on the reporter's face, as if he was satisfied to see the slight emotion flashing in the latter's eyes, "So, Clark, I only have 15 minutes, and the rest of the time—"

He looked at the little girl next to him with a smile on his face, as if the unfinished part of the words had already been revealed.

Arya: "..."

In fact, the man said he still had a gift for himself, and it might take a while, not like he was acting so fanciful.

Arya has read the news of "Daily Planet". Compared with those irresponsible tabloids who love to make up rumors, their reports are actually not so distorted, especially Mr. Kent does not seem so unreliable Therefore, she is not too worried that the rumors about Lex and herself will spread throughout the United States tonight.

Moreover, the headlines of various news in the Metropolis are currently dominated by another supernatural event.

#河上恐怖: Superman's new enemy? #

#Shock!The skills and special effects of these villains are the most gorgeous, and the last one can defeat Superman#

Yes, the scene of her fighting Superman was filmed again, and it was circulated on major platforms and on the front pages of the news.

Alia really doesn't know what's going on with the people now. In fact, that video was taken by someone on another small yacht, and it was taken with a mobile phone. When the camera is zoomed in, it's blurred——

I can only vaguely see Superman standing under the night, the red leather wind billowing and flying, the whole body is covered with misty light mist, the lingering light threads are cruising and surging, and the golden light feathers are blooming, just like in a fantasy movie. The magic of the little fairy is warm and bright, but no one knows what kind of fierce sword, light and sword is hidden in it.

With such a broken video, they can actually make up hundreds of thousands of words about the unknown villain and Superman falling in love and killing each other. They only need to write a story, which is also very professional.

At the same time, the two people in front have already started asking and answering, most of them are Lex talking endlessly, this person really likes quoting scriptures, and his ramblings are very jumpy, she thought silently, but Mr. Reporter seems to have read a lot of philosophy books, and their communication doesn't sound so awkward.

Soon the topic returned to the scientific research achievements of Lex Group.

Across the glass wall of the laboratory, the young entrepreneur is eloquently introducing the pictures projected behind the wall. The fluorescent marks outlined by the green markers guarantee that the traceable memories are marked. Those viruses are used to bind memories. The special lighting on the subject's skull can awaken certain parts of the memory—

"Our goal is to manipulate memory to alleviate corresponding symptoms, such as mental trauma," the blond young man spoke extremely fast, but paused deliberately, "Do you remember the feeling of losing an important person? Do you have Do you have painful memories that you want to forget?"

The two men in front looked directly at each other, and the atmosphere became quite strange for a while, and Lex definitely meant something.

Arya continues to be a quiet spectator, and she feels that Clark's mood is not good. Of course, it is pure feeling, because the latter does not express any obvious displeasure.

"How are you going to overcome ethical difficulties, Mr. Luthor," the reporter calmly recorded the other party's words, "If this changes people's perception of themselves and the world, who should be responsible?"

"How do you know that your memory must be true? The shape of a single memory in the neural tissue is originally a splash distribution. When it is created, it contains all sensory input, and time, time will re-interpret and code them, Maybe humans can't clearly feel this yet, because our lives are short," he said meaningfully, "if you have eternal life, maybe, one day you haven't realized what happened, but the past in your memory has already It's not real anymore."

……Again.

At the end of the interview, Clark seemed to have received a call from the editor-in-chief, and Alia even heard the questioning in the earphones. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper seemed dissatisfied with his subordinates' focus on scientific research results, saying that this opportunity was once in a lifetime, but the informant told him that Lake Beside Si, there was a girl who seemed to be having an affair with him and who was so beautiful that she could kill a bunch of celebrities in an instant, and she yelled for Clark to dig some serious information on this matter.

... She was going to take back her thoughts on the "Daily Planet".

However, Kent should not be the kind of reporter who relishes gossip, and will probably pretend not to hear——

Clark really changed the subject, "So, Mr. Luthor, are you and Miss Black in a relationship?"

"Now?" The super rich didn't seem surprised at all, and didn't feel offended by such a question, "Of course not."

Arya listened to them talking for more than ten minutes, and finally said the first sentence: "...Do you have to say that?"

The reporter looked at them with the tablet, and nodded for a while, "Okay, I will write it down, but, Miss Black, can we talk? I mean, about the Tenjin religion."

In fact, from that meeting in New York late at night, Arya felt that he had something to say, and she didn't know why he couldn't speak for a long time. She didn't mind talking, as long as it wasn't about whether she was a superhero or not , or use similar moral standards to talk about whether what she has done conforms.

Arya glanced at Lex, "Would you mind waiting a while?"

The latter replied irrelevantly, "What kind of car do you like?"

"……Reventon?"

Lex nodded and walked away easily, saying to wait for her in the car.

Arya turned her head: "How much do you know about Tenjinism?"

Clark didn't expect her to ask the question, and got straight to the point, "Not many, except for their believers, no one else can understand everything."

"At least most people know that they are summoning a...well, evil god," the girl tilted her head thoughtfully, "I think this is very interesting."

He couldn't understand: "You think their behavior is funny?"

"I mean," the girl organized her words, "human beings define the existence of gods and use their own standards to measure them. If a non-human creature has no goodwill towards humans, it becomes an evil god. You find Is there something strange about this?"

Clark looked at the little girl who seemed to be really thinking about the problem seriously, "You can understand that whether it is evil or not is also targeted."

"I know," she said casually, "I was the one who fought Superman in the sky last night."

Clark: "..."

I also know.

"Well, how should I put it? According to general standards, he must be a good person, but he wants to prevent me from doing one thing. For me, he seems to be a bad person, but, no," Arya said After a pause, "I don't like to use good or bad to judge others, because different perspectives lead to different conclusions. If I want to do something, I won't change my behavior because of similar scruples. What do you think?"

Clark knew it in his heart. After going around in such a circle, the little girl actually only wanted to express one meaning——

Stop trying to figure out who I am, it doesn't fucking matter, or if you think I'm a bad person, then I am.

...she's actually pretty funny.

However, as soon as he arrived at the base last night, the mage was completely dead. The damage caused by the neurotoxin in the spinal cord was irreversible. Talk to the man in hell, but as said before, this mage won't talk to them at all.

Thinking of this, I can't laugh at all.

"What do you think they're after?"

"Those believers?" Arya thought for a while, "In this case, the most common ones are strength and eternal life. After all, wealth and power can be obtained through hard work. Although, sometimes there may be knowledge beyond one's understanding The kind of knowledge of the scope, the search for the essence of life or more truths... Isn’t it all written in novels, many people want to see the truth, but in the end they can only be destroyed.”

"—Are you talking about the collective madness of the cult ten years ago?"

"Actually, I'm talking about a novel," Arya shrugged. Although she knew about it, it was news in the Metropolis after all. "At least, the objects they worship are different."

Clark also knew what happened ten years ago. At that time, he had just graduated and came to Metropolis. He had never encountered such a shocking thing. Crazy, no one can communicate with them at all, "... why did you fight Superman?"

Arya sighed, "I'm going to kill someone, and he's going to take that person away, it's as simple as that."

"Can I ask you a question, Estelia," he continued when he saw the young girl nodding, "You resent being a superhero, or you don't like being treated that way because you don't want to be treated like that." Identity constraints?"

"No, just because I think I'm not, it's as simple as that."

The reporter shook his head, not surprised by her frankness. The photographer had already gone to rest, and had never moved the camera to Alia's face before. After all, the latter stood far away. Anyway, this passage was not recorded. .

Clark put away the tablet and smiled at her, "I don't think I should disturb your date with Luther."

"No?" Arya spread her hands, "Actually, he said that someone hired a very powerful killer to kill him, that's why I've been here, and, he also said he had a gift for me, I I hope this gift will not be as 'surprise' as before, you may not know, the mage I want to kill is the second gift, the first is a pair of kryptonite earrings."

Clark: "..."

His gaze subconsciously swept across the platinum earrings that were looming in the other's hair, "It looks like you didn't take it?"

"I thought it was imperial green jadeite, or at least some other kind of glass," the little girl said without hiding her disgust, "it's not worth much at all, so I threw it into the water."

"I don't know much about jadeite, but," the genuine Kryptonian pondered for a while, and said with mixed feelings, "There are many people on the black market who can't buy kryptonite even after spending a lot of money."

Arya blinked, "Are you kidding me? What's the use of buying that?"

Clark looked at her helplessly, "What do you think it is useful for?"

——Do you think everyone is you, throwing kryptonite into the river, flying up to the sky with a sword in your face to fight Superman?

"I know, I'm just wondering if I'm going to get it back?"

Arya said very seriously that her water skills are already quite good, not to mention that with the blessing of the game, the protagonist in Odyssey often plays underwater treasure digging, and her breath holding time is much longer than ordinary people.

"..." Clark immediately changed the subject, "You said someone was going to assassinate Luther? Then you're okay here?"

Arya doesn't know if Luthor is talking nonsense again, but just in case, the eagle has been hovering in the sky anyway, and after she sees Lex's position with her eagle eyes, she can use her own eyes to keep observing the other party's state .

"It's okay." She glanced again, she was still alive, sitting in the car playing with her mobile phone, "Then let's talk next time."

The two of them ended a conversation that seemed to have no central idea.

A Lamborghini painted in black but not low-key was parked outside the company. The richest man in the metropolis was waiting for her in the car. Aaliyah got in and didn't rush to ask him what the gift was. She just opened Steam and wandered around——

Before meeting Lex, she installed a new game.

Recently, it is in the period of steam winter sale, games with [-]% off and [-]% off are everywhere, and the discount is much stronger than the usual weekend sales, it is really hard to refuse.

Moreover, for the current Arya, the single-digit cost is completely acceptable, but it is difficult for her to determine what is going on with the game through a few promotional videos, although the comment area is indeed very happy, and it can be called a good review Ru Chao, this caused her to want to buy it and try it——

However, there will always be people who send bad reviews due to reasons such as archive disappearance/level clearing/blood point loss, etc., which does not have much reference for her.

Only, Arya wasn't quite sure what it meant to buy yet another game with a multiplayer tag.

The sports car drove into a slightly quiet neighborhood, the hustle and bustle gradually disappeared behind the car, the buildings around the street changed from shops to private residences, and the hillside covered with withered grass in the park seemed to be vaguely seen in front of it, with a few tall evergreen trees It is as slim as a cover, because the suddenly gloomy sky has become a little dark.

"How do you like it?"

Alia is still looking at the comment section. There are a lot of Chinese comments on this game. Because one of the guardians is an immigrant, her Chinese speaking and reading have no obstacles. Many comments are quite interesting. She endured a lot of hard work to keep from laughing , suddenly heard Lex talking, and closed the platform first.

The little girl tilted her head and stared at the wealthy residential area outside the car window, "...do you want to give me a villa?"

"...here," Lex turned her around by pressing her shoulder, motioning for the latter to look out the other car window, "McMillan Manor, I bought it after I first met you. "

A small manor, although the forest area only covers a few acres, it is within the city limits, and the housing prices in the metropolis are not low at all. Many working-class people can rent apartments here for more than ten years——

Even if they are among the top five super-rich people in the United States and on the Forbes list, such a lavish move will still make people surprised, mainly because the relationship between the two seems not so close.

Arya always felt that something was not quite right.

After parking the car, she looked at the stone tablet with the name of the manor engraved on it. The year on it was a long time ago. It is said that this place once belonged to a wealthy family. Later, some accidents happened, and the last father and son died one after another. Geely, but for someone who runs around fighting demons all day, she certainly doesn't care about that, the point is...

"why……"

Arya looked at the electric doors that slowly opened to both sides. The two doors looked thick and heavy, with a few pieces of shiny metal nailed in all directions. The manor was surrounded by walls that seemed to extend endlessly and sharp and twisted railings.

The manor under the gloomy sky presents an indescribable tranquility and silence.

As far as the eye can see, there are sparse trees and overgrown weeds, and there are even some ruins with broken walls. Those incomplete walls stand in the grass, and some walls simply have a neat square gap in the middle, and cross over There are weeds and strange walls all over the ground, and a dilapidated house with air leaks on all sides stands mockingly in the distance, and there seems to be an abandoned mining tower beside it.

Arya: "..."

She turned around to say something, but found that Lex's expression was also shocked.

To be honest, this was the first time I saw him lose his composure like this, or in other words, he didn't show the attitude that everything was under control. It was obvious that something happened that completely exceeded his expectations.

Arya followed the gaze of the blond youth——

A generator with a strange shape was hidden in the corner between the two walls, making a messy rattling sound, and a row of huge round buttons on the top were beating fiercely!

Lex: "..."

He turned his head and looked not far away. There was a two-person-high metal pillar nailed to the ground, with a huge and terrifying iron hook hanging from the front end. The thick hook was stained with blood. The solidified black reminds people what kind of tragedy happened here.

Lex: "..."

"So, you bought this place the first time you saw me?" The black-haired girl looked at him strangely, "...Do you really hate me?"