[Zhongyingmei] It's not a slime!

Regardless of not being able to leave the Fortress of Solitude, Ruby asks herself that Clark is really good to her and completely responsive.

So, only at the very beginning, Ruby was a little afraid of Clark's Kryptonian power, and she didn't dare to do things too much. Later, after finding out that Clark was actually a good talker, she became more and more stubborn. face off.

For example, on a happy weekend, Clark didn't have to go to work, so he came to accompany a small symbiont with a good mood.

"Clark, I want tiramisu!"

Clark hugged Ruby, who was parasitic on an alien sloth in his arms and was too lazy to grow mushrooms, and said, "Okay, you come down first, and I'll buy it for you."

"I want to eat what you made," Ruby said.

Her voice dragged on for a long time, and Clark waited for half a minute before listening to the six words she said.

Clark: "...Why don't you change the host first?"

Ruby: "No, I think this sloth is pretty good, and it's super edible."

It took another full minute for Clark to hear Ruby finish the above sentence: "..."

He decided not to continue this long conversation, stood up silently, added a refrigerator, an oven, and a pile of messy ingredients to the Fortress of Solitude, then sent an apron, and turned on the male mother mode.

The tiramisu was finished in no time. When the dessert with the sweet aroma of chocolate and coffee was brought to Ruby, Ruby was so excited that she stretched out her little paw to grab the little fork that Clark handed her .

Then Clark waited like this for a long time, while Ruby's little paw was still moving slowly in mid-air, completely missing the fork.

Clark's man of steel nearly cracked open.

In fact, after Ruby parasitized the sloth, the flow of time in the whole world seemed to slow down. She couldn't feel how slow her movements were at all. Instead, she felt that Clark was getting more and more irritable when he spoke. Just finish one sentence.

So Clark went into self-defeating mode. He simply hugged Ruby the sloth, sat on the sofa in the position of holding a baby, picked up tiramisu and a small spoon: "Let me feed you."

Ruby: "...?"

Is there such a good thing?

So Ruby lay lazily in Clark's arms, enjoying the Kryptonian's feeding.

Then Clark was on the verge of being driven mad by Ruby's slow eating.

Clark: ...why should I spend my time on such pointless things!

As soon as this idea came up, he thought that he had just told the small symbiont a week ago that nothing is meaningless, even if it is meaningless, they have enough time and lifespan, and they don't need to care about these tiny symbionts. waste.

Clark, who lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot: "..."

He really is not a person suitable for raising a baby!

But well...

Clark looked down at the little symbiote in his arms, who was eating very deliciously, and sighed helplessly.

Forget it, who made this cub so cute.

Anyway, she will be sensible when she grows up, poor old father Clark thought.

……

Sometimes, Ruby also felt that maybe she should do something to give back to Clark.

The system was stunned: You report a Kryptonian who locked you here and wouldn't let you go!What kind of Stockholm syndrome are you!

Ruby was also stunned: Is the threshold so low in Stockholm these days!How can I say that they are very kind to me, and they also sent so many delicious food...

She hasn't lived in the Fortress of Solitude for long, and she has eaten hundreds of energy.

No matter how you say this, I should thank you very much.

System: Stop talking.

Ruby:?

System: I am tired of saying that if you have milk, you are a mother, I am going to sleep.

Ruby: ...

She suddenly said a little shyly: "Oh, actually, I was also thinking, what if Clark thinks that I am a very obedient and kind alien and gives me parole in advance? Or, what if he agrees to my parasitism? "

System: ...Okay, don't talk about it, it's even worse.

So now the problem comes again.

In this ghost place of Fortress of Solitude, what can Ruby do to repay Clark?

Ruby looked at the calendar that Clark put next to his diary, and at all kinds of strange alien creatures in the greenhouse, and suddenly had a good idea.

She was parasitized on the little squirrel, snorted and climbed to the top of the alien apple tree, and said loudly with the alien translator: "Assemble, Animal Crossing Friends Club!"

The small symbiont is used to dominating these alien creatures on weekdays, which made these small animals and plants feel a little bit cowardly towards her. When they heard that she suddenly started calling, they all moved away slowly. come over.

Just kidding, what if this nasty little symbiote cub hates her, and she commits a suicide attack, parasitizes her body and hits the wall!

Ruby flicked her big fluffy tail and said with a serious face: "I know that everyone is an extremely rare animal left over from their respective planets. Think about it, everyone, if Clark hadn't left you here, you might have died earlier." I was killed by those dangerous existences outside the earth, everyone said, right?"

This makes sense, Kryptonians are indeed philanthropists in the universe.

The members who were forcibly given the name of Animal Crossing Friends Club nodded in agreement.

The alien pig shook its big ass and shouted happily: "Ruby, yes!"

Ruby: "..."

She decided to ignore the fool.

"So, do you plan to do something to repay Clark?" Ruby finally expressed her core purpose.

Everyone in the Animal Crossing Friends Club fell into deep thought.

The alien apple tree stammered fiercely and stammered: "You, you say! Do, do, do what!"

Ruby showed a determined smile: "Let's prepare a surprise for Clark!"

……

However, on the same day, the laborer Clark worked overtime.

He suddenly received an urgent task from his boss and asked to finish the manuscript on the same day. In desperation, Clark had to stay at his desk and work overtime until almost [-] o'clock in the evening before barely finishing the manuscript.

He looked at the time displayed on the clock hanging on the wall, and suddenly his scalp felt a little numb, thinking that the small symbiont he had placed in the Fortress of Solitude was probably about to explode at this moment.

She would definitely pounce on his face the moment she appeared, and then ask him if he forgot her here, and she might even blow up into a little hairball with anger.

...It's over, why is there still some expectation?

So, when Clark walked into the Fortress of Solitude, he was actually a little guilty and a little bit looking forward to it.

After the door is opened, the house should be brightly lit. The small symbionts don't like the dark environment, so they will turn on every light on purpose, and they even confidently say that there is no electricity bill anyway.

But tonight, the lights were all off.

The entire Fortress of Solitude was dark and quiet, and Clark could only hear his own footsteps and breathing.

He felt a little strange and called softly, "Ruby?"

What about small symbionts?

No one answered him.

Clark was a little anxious now, he quickened his pace and walked into the interior of the Fortress of Solitude.

Although the lights inside were still not turned on, he could easily see the scene in the room with his Kryptonian eyesight, but before he could react, the room was suddenly brightly lit, and all the lights were turned on in an instant.

Then he saw the little symbiote attached to the squirrel, the silvery white soft body covered the skin of the little squirrel, turning into a fierce and cool looking symbiote squirrel, standing next to the alien pig. With a handsome pose on his head, he held a chopstick in his hand as a baton, and waved it lightly in the air.

At this moment, Clark heard all kinds of alien exotic animals and plants that he raised in the greenhouse shouted at this moment in the language of different species, different planets, and even different vocal cord systems:

"Welcome home! Clark!"

at the same time--

Two alien elephants sprayed colorful balls from their trunks, and they fell to the ground with a crash.

Clark: ...Is this their snot?

The vines wrapped around the ceiling hung down, and the two alien monkeys began to beat the gongs and drums, which were made of alien mushrooms.

Clark: ...I heard the alien mushroom screaming, stop it!

There are even winged alien birds drawing a few small hearts in the air with long ribbons.

Clark: ...why do these ribbons look so ripped from my clothes?

Ruby jumped up, threw herself on Clark's face, and said viciously and guiltyly: "Why did you come back now! We made you delicious candies, but you came back too late... ..."

The more she spoke, the more guilty she became, and finally her voice almost disappeared.

After a long while, she seemed to have suddenly found a reason, and she regained her spirits, pointing at the silly alien pig and said, "It all stole food!"

The alien pig didn't know what Ruby was talking about. It found that Ruby was looking at it, and said happily, "Okay! Ruby!"

Clark: ...

As soon as you came over, I could smell the sweetness of the candy in your mouth, okay, this pot is too rough!

But Clark couldn't help but hugged Ruby who threw herself on his face.

He suddenly felt warm in his heart, even a little moved.

He'd never thought of the Fortress of Solitude as his home, his tiny apartment in the Metropolis seemed more like it to him.

He is Clark Kent, an ordinary citizen who lives in a small apartment in a metropolis, a laborer who works as a reporter for the Daily Planet, and a Kryptonian who lives on the earth and lives in the same way as human beings.

However, at this moment, he suddenly felt, perhaps, this lonely fortress located in the extreme north, this place where he never stayed, this secret base that only belonged to him, was also his other home.

What is the definition of home?

Home is where your loved ones and loved ones are.

He hugged Ruby who had turned back into a little squirrel, rubbed her soft fur, and said, "Did you do this with them?"

He knew that the intelligence quotients of these alien creatures were actually not very high. It must be the credit of the small symbionts to be so organized and disciplined.

"I'm amazing!" The little symbiont proudly asked for credit, "Are you very moved?"

Clark laughed.

When he smiled, he was really gentle, as if a ray of sunshine broke through the severe cold of the polar region, fell on the eternal ice and snow, thawed it into a gurgling stream, and flowed into the bottom of people's hearts.

Perhaps, he thought, he had found a new family.

A cute, ignorant, young but gentle child.

When he had decided to keep the little symbiote in the Fortress of Solitude, he had never imagined that Ruby would change his life so drastically.

And it's changing for the better.

Before her arrival, the Fortress of Solitude was just like its name, lonely and deserted, a lifeless fortress that stored technology, creatures and knowledge.He won't even stay here for too long, it's too cold here, whether it's the temperature or the atmosphere.

And after the small symbiont arrived, the place seemed to come alive suddenly, full of vitality, like a little yellow duck suddenly flew into the calm water, and its two little feet rattled the water so that the water splashed.

Like a black and white picture scroll, at this moment it finally has bright colors and life.

Clark thought he had found the reason why he liked the little symbiote so much.

While holding the little squirrel in his arms, he walked past the noisy performance venue of the Animal Crossing Friends Club, letting the colorful flying flowers fall on him.

He lowered his head, looked into the little squirrel's ruby-like eyes, and said softly:

"Thank you, Ruby."

I am very touched.

Really.

……

Before she knew it, Ruby had spent half a month in the Fortress of Solitude.

Sometimes she was really bored, so she asked Clark to add a game console to her, and used the little squirrel's body to dance on the fitness ring every day, which made Clark worry about whether the little squirrel would develop eight-pack abs.

But at the same time, Clark also began to reflect on himself, whether he was really about to suffocate the small symbiont.

The young symbiont must be the most playful age. How can she always lock the child at home? This is also very detrimental to her growth.

So Clark finally made a difficult decision.

"Ruby." On a beautiful weekend morning, Clark picked up Ruby who was sleeping on all fours from the bushes, and rubbed her awake, "Do you want to go out and play?"

Ruby heard Clark's voice in a half-dream and half-awake, thinking she had heard it wrong, she muttered, "What?"

"Do you want to go out and play?" Clark repeated patiently.

Ruby woke up instantly.

She came back to life with a single carp, and stood on Clark's palm, her ears pricked up in excitement: "You, are you willing to take me out to play?!"

This is so rare!

Ruby was already ready for a protracted battle, but Clark would let go so quickly!

Seeing the little symbiont happily about to fly, Clark couldn't help laughing, stretched out his finger and scratched the little squirrel's soft belly, making Ruby roll in his palm .

"That's right," Clark said, "I'll take you to my hometown."

"Okay!" Ruby was so happy, she wanted to throw herself on Clark's face and get into his body without saying a word, but was stopped by Clark's hand.

Ruby who swooped into Clark's palm: "..."

Seeing the little squirrel covering its bumped nose with tears in its eyes and slumping its face, Clark said apologetically, "No, you can't enter my body, it's too dangerous."

The power in his body is too strong, and the symbiote is too young. If the power is not well controlled, it will not be just the two of them who are unlucky.

Ruby was furious: "Hmph! If you don't go in, you don't go in!"

Is the body of this ghost Kryptonian studded with diamonds or something else, but he is precious, so don't let him down!

Clark rubbed the little squirrel's head again, and said, "You just go there with me like this. If there is nothing wrong, I will take you to more places to play next time."

Ruby pouted angrily, but then she thought about it, it was already an incredible concession for Clark to take her out of this ghostly place, she couldn't hope that he would become a fat man in one go.

So Ruby quickly stretched out her little paws and rubbed her face, and then changed into a cute look again: "Okay, Clark, when are we going to leave?"

Clark: "..."

Unexpectedly, this small symbiont turned out to be the heir of Sichuan opera face-changing skills.

……

So, taking advantage of the sunny and sunny weather, Clark returned to his hometown in the Kansas countryside with a super cute and well-behaved little squirrel in his pocket.

At this time, although the countryside of Kansas is still infested by the cold winter wind, the sun still shines its blessings on this land without hesitation. Even if there was a little snow last night, it has basically melted away at this time. There are only snow marks left in twos and threes, like white early spring flowers blooming on the ground, reflecting the dazzling snow-bright light under the sunlight.

Clark opened the door to keep the cold air out, and shouted into the house, "Martha? I'm back."

In the pocket of his jacket, the little squirrel poked out a small head surreptitiously, looking around curiously.

"Is this your house, Clark?" Ruby asked.

"That's right." Clark put the coat on the coat rack by the door.

"It's so warm..." Ruby narrowed her eyes lazily, and all the hair that had blown out due to the cold slowly shrank back, and stretched out in Clark's jacket pocket.

At this time, Martha, who was busy in the kitchen, heard Clark's voice, and hurried out, and said with a surprised face: "Clark? I didn't expect you to come back suddenly today. Work recently...huh?"

She noticed the little squirrel stretching in the pocket of Clark's jacket.

"Oh, my God..." She sighed softly, and immediately ignored her son standing at the door, and all her attention was attracted by the fluffy one, "Is this a squirrel?"

"Yes." Clark took out Ruby from his pocket and introduced, "Her name is Ruby, Ruby, this is Martha."

Ruby flicked her big fluffy tail and bowed politely at Martha.

Martha covered her mouth excitedly: "My God, she can still bow! She's so good!"

Clark rubbed Ruby's head with his fingers and said, "Yeah, she's smart."

Ruby: Just kidding, is there a squirrel smarter than me in this world?cannot.

System: ...so why do you compare yourself with squirrels?

"Where did you find such a cute little animal?" Martha's attention was completely attracted by the little symbiont. She stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to touch the little squirrel, but she was afraid of scaring her.

Ruby: "...Am I that scary?"

So she simply jumped into Martha's hand, looking straight at her with a pair of jewel-like bright and clear eyes.

Martha: ... so cute!

"I can't believe it, she's so cute, the squirrel is the most beautiful animal in the world!" Martha was so happy.

Clark: ...

Who was the last time that the squirrel scratched the bag in the granary and scattered the millet all over the ground, and said in disgust that "the squirrel is simply the most blood-pumping little animal in the world"?

Could it be said that the essence of human beings is really fragrant?

"Are you hungry? Mommy is going to cook something delicious for you," Martha said.

"Fortunately, before I came..." Clark was about to tell Martha not to be too busy and take a rest, but he saw Martha walking briskly into the kitchen with the little squirrel in her arms.

While entering the kitchen, he said to the little squirrel, "Ruby, do you like apple pie? Mom will make it for you."

Clark, who suddenly had a sister: ... mixed feelings.

He looked at Martha who was busy in the kitchen and Ruby who was helping Martha hold the small sugar bowl and steal food with a small spoon, and unconsciously showed a warm smile.

Soon, Martha's apple pie is ready.

However, when Martha brought out the apple pie, Clark saw that a corner of the apple pie was missing.

Clark: ...

He raised his eyes and looked at Ruby, who was curled up on Martha's shoulders with a bulging stomach, and couldn't help but shook his head, showing a helpless smile.

Ruby ate so much that she was a little unsteady, and when Martha was walking, she almost fell off her shoulders.

Ruby: "...Hold on! Watch me hang upside down!"

So she turned over gracefully, grabbed Martha's clothes with her little claws, and hung them on her body.

Martha was startled, and quickly put the apple pie in her hand aside, and reached out to support the little squirrel: "Oh, my little baby, don't fall..."

Clark: "..."

Not only can she not fall, she can even show you a white crane spreading its wings after landing...

He was still complaining in his heart, so Martha turned to him and said, "Clark, what are you doing sitting here, why don't you hurry up and help, Ruby is hungry!"

Clark only felt that the period that popped up in his head today could circle the earth.

Look at this little squirrel with a bulging belly, she doesn't look like she's hungry!If this overeating continues, the pet hospital will welcome the first obese squirrel, okay?

However, Martha really likes Ruby.

Being ordered around by Martha, Clark, who does all kinds of odd jobs, still couldn't help smiling when he was busy.

It's really rare to see Martha so happy, and it's rare to see Ruby so happy.

Nice, he thought.

……

Right now, on the other side.

Konstantin was sitting in the dim room with his slender legs crossed, smoking a cigarette. The dim light shone through the old glass lampshade and fell on the worn parchment in front of him.

However, the dim light made it impossible to see what was on the parchment. The only use it could do was to attract some gray and white moths, which rushed over desperately and hit the glass lampshade. There was a slight noise, which disturbed the light and shadow even more.

One sound, another sound.

Constantine seemed to be unable to see these moths at all. He lowered his eyes and held a pen engraved with strange symbols in his hand. The tip of the pen was like the sharpest blade, cutting on the parchment.

The strange thing is that it was obviously just a piece of dried paper, but a scarlet blood-like red liquid flowed out from the cutting of the tip of the pen that was not filled with ink.

At the same time, a gust of wind suddenly blew up in the closed room, causing the glass lampshade hanging in the air to shake violently.

A cold dampness permeated the air.

Constantine's face was expressionless, and there was even a little impatience in his tired eyes, as if this weird phenomenon seemed to him to be so commonplace that it was a bit annoying.

After a while, he finally finished the work.

On the piece of parchment that was hacked into pieces by the tip of the pen, the blood had condensed into countless weird symbols at this time, and just looking at it would make people feel almost crazy negative emotions.

——an ancient, evil and powerful black magic curse, which can induce the negative emotions of the target through any form of soul link, and can easily drive the cursed person crazy.

This form of soul link includes any contract, any form of communication at the soul level, and even possession.The curse is even contagious. In ancient times, such a vicious black magic could easily make people in a city kill each other until the city was slaughtered.However, after a long time of inheritance, the power of this curse is not as good as before.

Without raising his head, Constantine threw the pen in his hand and accurately hit the dim lamp above his head.

The glass lampshade was shattered, and the wick inside fell out, landing unmistakably on the parchment.

"call--"

The parchment burned, and the dancing flames illuminated the whole room like daylight.

Konstantin narrowed his eyes, leaned back on the chair, and took a deep breath with the cigarette in his right hand.

The beating firelight shone on his face, and that pale and handsome face seemed to have some warmth and blood.

The parchment burned for a long, long time before it finally went out.

Constantine stood up, opened the window, and looked to the far north.

"You're welcome." He shook the ash lightly and said in a low voice.

……

at the same time.

Almost at the same time, the alien creatures in the Fortress of Solitude who were once possessed by Ruby had scarlet lights in their eyes of different shapes and colors.

Violence, madness, and fury appeared on their faces almost at the same time, and negative emotions swallowed their reason almost instantly.

However, this situation only appeared for a few seconds, and the scarlet light receded like a tide, and soon disappeared, as if it had never appeared before.

……

In the warm room in Kansas, Ruby suddenly felt the imprint of the contract imprinted on her soul heat up.

She squeaked loudly when she was hot, and Martha was so frightened that she thought the food was too hot, so she quickly blew it for her.

But the hot feeling only lasted for a short moment before disappearing.

Ruby touched her little head suspiciously, not wanting to understand what happened.

She asked: System, what happened to Constantine?

Why did the imprint suddenly produce such a reaction?Could it be that Constantine died?

System: I don't know...but the imprint hasn't disappeared, so it must be alive?

Ruby: ... Gan, what use are you!

The system that is disliked every day: ...

It is a high-end system composed of codes, no matter how you say it belongs to the technology side, how can you understand the things that drop sans on their magic side!