When the Super British Ruled the Earth[British and American]

Three hours ago, in the interrogation room, Louise Lane sat behind the iron table, arranging her hair under the pale spotlight.

There was a heavy creaking sound, the iron door opened, and Louise turned her head, and she saw that strong, tall man coming in, with a white cloak swaying behind his broad shoulders, and the glare of the light seemed to cast a shadow on his figure. On a layer of hard gloss.

Louise's eyes followed Superman until he sat down across from her.

The white light was overhead between the two of them, and the shadow of the iron table stretched, as if cutting the world under their feet.

They look at each other.

"You want to see me." Superman said heavily, telling the truth.

Louise was still studying his face.It was the first time she looked at Bai Chao's face so positively, and he felt both familiar and strange to her.There is a sense of separation in his body. Louise clearly knows that Superman is Clark Kent, but now she can't find a familiar shadow on him.

This is the real him.

Louise finally looked away.

"17 years ago, during the events of Doomsday, you saved me, do you remember?" Louise said slowly, "Since then, I have suspected that you are Superman for a while."

At that time, the Justice League and Doomsday were fighting on a small island. In order to obtain first-hand information and live video, Louise took a helicopter to the island in the storm.In that almost earth-shattering war, Louise took many photos and videos, but was almost affected by the battle between the two sides. It was Superman who suddenly heard her voice during the battle and helped her block it in time. After a while, he sent her to a safe place on the edge of the island.

Back then, the newspaper Clark Kent was a bespectacled, silent, clumsy youth who didn't seem to bear any resemblance to Superman.

But when Superman appeared in front of her on that night of thunder and lightning, his bright, benevolent, compassionate, blue eyes that were as tolerant as the sky, in the rain and fire, could not be seen for several days and nights. appeared in her mind.

Those eyes made her feel familiar, until one day, Louise finally remembered where she had seen them before.On Clark Kent's body.

She couldn't connect the two immediately, but she planted the seeds of doubt in her heart... It's just a pity that Clark Kent resigned from the Daily Planet before she took any action, and they didn't work together until 15 years later. We met by chance on the street.

Feeling the woman's gaze, Clark raised his head, and he watched her calmly.

"I do not remember."

Superman's memory is good enough for him to remember almost every day in the past, let alone an event as big as Doomsday.He did remember that he saved Louise, but after so long, they stood on different positions, so what if he remembered?

The woman didn't seem surprised by the answer.She was still looking into his blue eyes.

After a while, she opened her lips lightly, "I liked you once, Superman."

The two stared at each other, with Superman looking unimpressed.

"That's why you want to see me?" he said.

"No, I just want to ask you a question." Louise said, "Tell me, Clark...the superman once brought hope and light to the earth, and people regard you as the god of light. But now, this company appeared Are you the one who can make civilians flee in fear, or the Superman who brought hope?"

Superman's eyes dimmed.

"I don't care what you think, Louise. But we can talk about some practical issues." He said slowly, "I can take away everything you have now, and let you pay for all the years of hard work." It's an easy job to do, but you're a good reporter... I don't think you'd want to let your career stop here, would you?"

These words finally broke the calmness on Louise's face.Her eyes were slightly opened, and the breathing from the tip of her nose trembled slightly.

She has been chasing Superman for 17 years, witnessing his transformation and the fusion of the world, but she still has illusions in her heart.It may be that the light and warmth on his body was too hot back then, which makes him appear so cold-blooded now.

In 17 years, she has changed from a young girl to a mature woman today. How many 17 years are there in a person's life?

Unexpectedly, at the end of the pursuit, she finally got her wish and caught Superman, but was stabbed severely and disappointed by him.

She knew that the Superman back then would never say such a thing.

He has changed.

"...How could I have been tempted by a demon like you?" Louise murmured softly.

Superman calmly faced her eyes of accusation and disbelief.

"Your life is up to you," he said. "You can walk out of here and pretend nothing happened and go on living your life as a director. Or you can ask for trouble and lose everything. The choice is yours."

Louise smiled bleakly, leaning over with her hands propped on the table, staring closely at Clark.

"The right to choose? Since 15 years ago, since when did we have the right to choose?" Dance your hands to your will. Do you really feel like you are doing us a favor? Do you still feel like you have a sense of justice? No, Clark Kent, you are not like every dictator in history The difference is that you are better at whitewashing peace!"

bump--!There was a muffled sound, and the iron table between the two was deformed.Superman stared at Louise with dark eyes, but he withdrew his hand, but his expression remained indifferent.

"You can go," he said.

Louise's back was pressed against the back of the chair because of fright, but her eyes still stared at him without flinching.

"Humanity never needed a superman," she said.

After saying this, Louise stood up, picked up her bag and left the interrogation room angrily.

The bases of superheroes are almost as big as a maze. Outside the corridor, a skeletal robot is already waiting outside. It leads the way and leads Louise to the exit.Louise was in a depressed mood. She was despairing of the real Superman and the world, but she remembered the mysterious man's phone call... Did he let her understand this on purpose, but why?

The robot walked quickly, and Louise followed it into the elevator and came to the first floor.Louise originally wanted to leave directly, but she didn't expect to see a familiar figure in the rest area on the side of the hall from the corner of her eye.

Celia is leaning on the sofa to play games, one of her legs is still on the armrest, she is just like a little boy.Judging by her appearance, she is very young, no matter how you look at it, she is about twenty years old at most, much younger than Louise and Superman.

There was another young man sitting next to Celia, and the two of them were playing games enthusiastically, as if they were no different from those young children outside.But Louise knows that most of the young people who can play games in Justice League are teenagers.

And she knew that young man, he was the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four, and he was a very rough young superhero.Louise stared at Celia complicatedly, and after a few seconds, she turned and left the Justice League.

On this side, Thunderbolt and Xilia are immersed in the game, their fingers are flying, and the buttons are crackling.

"Why did that beautiful and mature lady look at you several times just now?" Pilihuo said without raising his head.

As Chaoying, their senses are too sharp, and they don't look up and feel the surroundings while playing games.

"Maybe she's in a bad mood." Celia said casually, "Why haven't you left yet?"

"I'm waiting for Bucky." Thunderbolt said, "He promised to treat me to a big meal today..."

"I guess he's not in the mood to eat with you recently."

At this moment, another voice sounded from behind them, Human Torch raised his head, and he saw Rumlow.

"why?"

"When something like this happened, how could he still have time to eat with you?" Rumlow couldn't help reaching out to snore Thunderbolt's inch head.

The more people who understand the past, the more they feel awe of the frozen man. Of course, there is also a complex feeling of reluctance to admit Captain America.So when he saw the young and young Human Torch who looked exactly like Steve Rogers, Rumlow couldn't help but like to bully him.

As they were talking, Bucky, who was wearing a black military uniform, came out. He greeted Celia with a smile, and then looked at Thunderbolt.

"Jonathan, go back to the headquarters of the Fantastic Four." He said, "I'll take you out after I've been busy for a while."

"Okay." Human Torch shrugged, he put away the game console, and left with Bucky.

Celia played on her own for a while longer, and Superman was long overdue.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," he said.

>>>

Superman leaves the Justice League with Celia.

They didn't go back to the apartment right away. After leaving the base, Clark hugged Celia, suspended high in the sky, and Celia felt his impatience.

"You're in a bad mood," Celia said.

Superman pursed his lips, staring at the ground beneath his feet.

"There is a video of the conversation between me and Louise just now, you can watch it at home." He said, "She is indeed a powerful woman, very dangerous."

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to look." Xilia leaned on his chest and said lazily, "I can guess it."

Clark fell silent again.

Celia raised her eyes and looked at him.

"Clark."

"Ok?"

"I want to know, is the earth more important to you, or your superhero friends?"

Superman looked down at her.

"Why do you ask this?" he said, "Both are very important to me, because my original intention at the beginning, in addition to quelling the war, was also to prevent superhumans from being unfairly treated."

"But if you continue to maintain the status quo, within five years at the latest, you will have to make a trade-off between the two." Xilia said.Her voice and demeanor were calm, neither didactic nor tendentious, she was just stating the facts.

Superman didn't speak right away.Just now Louise's blunt and offensive words were still in his ears. Her accusations were very sharp, which really affected his mood.

Now with the content of Xilia's statement, let him look down at her.

"What do you think?" Clark asked.

"I have no idea," Celia said.

"So, how did you come to this conclusion?"

Celia didn't speak immediately.She's making a trade-off, and if Superman is leaning toward taking over Earth, she's saying it's fine.If he leans toward friends, there are some truths that seem to affect their friendship.Moreover, to be honest, Celia thinks these superheroes are pretty good. If she is partial, she does not want Clark to tear face with them a little bit.

Superman knew her so well, how could he not know what she was thinking.She just didn't want to influence his thoughts, that's why she was like this.

"Tell me, Celia." He reached out and gently stroked the top of her head, as if it would make him feel more calm, "What did you find?"

"Bruce and Bucky had a private chat just now." Celia said, "I don't know what they talked about, but I can see that they are not so disgusted with the newly emerged resistance organization, and they have other plans."

She didn't say it directly, but she made it very clear.The ideas between Bruce, Bucky and him seem to be changing quietly. Clark understands what she means. If everyone disagrees with his ideas in the end, it will be as Celia said, five years at the latest After that, he's about to make a clean break with the rest of the superheroes.

Superman wasn't offended by this, he seemed to have expected it.But his heart was still a little sad because of Bruce.If Bruce thinks his idea is wrong, why not point it out to him face to face, but discuss it with Bucky behind his back without telling him?They've known each other for so many years, isn't that enough to earn Bruce's trust in their friendship?

"I still want to know what you think." Superman lowered his head, he said softly.

Celia sighed softly.

"I don't care how you choose. I now understand that my thinking is different from yours, so my thinking really can't be used as a reference." She said.

Because it seemed to her that there was nothing unacceptable about Superman's half-brother ruling Earth in denial.However, as soon as Celia finished speaking, Clark's expression darkened.At that moment, he was like a Tibetan mastiff who was a bit lost, retracting his indifferent claws.It seems that friendship is still very important to him.

Seeing his expression, Celia couldn't bear it.

"No matter how you choose, you have to distinguish your sincerity." After thinking for a while, Xilia said, "If you still hold on to your original aspirations, then you should listen to other people's suggestions. relationship, then if one day you find that everyone is against you, it may mean that you are really wrong. If you want to act with your own will and are willing to pay all the price, then don’t regret it later, that’s enough.”

Perhaps, it is the worst outcome to benefit oneself in the name of being good for everyone.

Superman was silent.

"Sometimes, there are always two voices in my heart." After a while, he said, "I can't let go of the earth, but at the same time I want to be with you, to be an ordinary person, and not to care about so many right and wrong."

"You know this is impossible." Celia raised her head and looked at him from his arms. "Tell me, Karl. Are you really worried about the peace of the earth because you are so obsessed with it? Because you can't give up the last connection between yourself and humans?"

Superman doesn't know.

Perhaps, what people on earth should be most grateful for is not that the earth had a superman back then, but that the Kent couple picked up a superman.He learned about human beings from them, fell in love with human beings, and had a rift with human beings because of their departure.

As a human being, Clark Kent seems to lose the importance of existence after the death of his adoptive parents.When Celia appeared, the existence of the human Clark Kent seemed to shrink a lot.But he still has friends, with Bruce Wayne and the Justice League.But now, the relationship between him and them seems to be broken again.

Clark recalled Louise's questioning of him in the interrogation room.

She said that human beings are just puppets in his hands, she said that he is no different from those politicians and dictators in the past... She said that human beings don't need superman.

Clark had known for a long time that humans would not appreciate Superman, and that they would not need him again until war and danger arose.But they can't really accept him... It's really a hopeless cycle.

If even Bruce starts to mistrust his humanity, is there Clark Kent in him?

Superman really doesn't know the answer to Celia's question.

Superman even thought, if one day he suddenly disappeared, what would the earth look like, and would humans panic?

It seemed like a ridiculous question, and even he himself seemed to know what the answer was.

Is his anger in the face of today's various changes for the sake of human beings, or for himself?

He didn't know, or in other words, he subconsciously didn't want to think about this issue until Louise expressed her doubts and thoughts bluntly today.

Clark felt down and tired.

At this moment, a slightly cold touch touched his cheek, Clark's eyelashes moved slightly, and his blue eyes met ice blue eyes.

Instead of stroking his face, she slid her fingers up to Superman's hair.

His hair was softer than his hard muscles.

"I don't like your confused look." Xilia said, "Whether you want to harden your heart and be a real villain, or you want to let go of the earth, no matter what you want to choose, I can accept it. Just don't be confused. , don't get entangled... You obviously have such a strong strength, why do you have to make yourself uncomfortable?"

Clark smiled helplessly.

For Xilia's world view, she likes people with strong strength and will. I am afraid that she must hate iron and steel now, right?

"Do you think I'm getting weak?" he said.

But it was she who brought ordinary humanity to him again.Without Celia, I'm afraid he would be even colder than he is now.

Celia shook her head, leaning her face sideways on Clark's arms, as if she was thinking.

"I always thought you were a big villain, and a very successful one," she said, "but now I understand that you are still a good person at the end of the day. Only good people get hurt, and they always think about it." Be considerate of everyone's feelings."

"I may not be as good as you think." Clark said helplessly, "Of course, compared to your background, I may be better."

Celia stretched out her hand, and she wrapped her arms around Superman's neck, and put her ear on his chest, listening to the steady beating of his heart.The two of them stared at the floating clouds and the earth under their feet from high in the sky.

"Actually, I still hope that you can maintain friendship with other people." After a long time, Xi Liya finally said what was in her heart, "You people on Earth have a natural sense of trust in feelings and relationships, then Although it does not match my growth experience, I think it is good to have the ability to love. If you have decided to leave the earth in the future, maybe this is paving the way for your plan."

Anyone who said this passage would not be more acceptable to him than Xilia.Because to this day, Superman has understood that even Bruce, who has a life-long friendship with him, is not 100% in line with his ideas.

Only Celia, he knew that she had no selfishness and absolutely no bias.Even if he makes any choice, she will stand by his side.This made Clark feel at ease, and he was also very happy that Celia could tell him her thoughts, which showed that the relationship between them was getting closer.

Clark couldn't help reaching out and kneading the flesh on her neck and cheeks.Only when he was in a bad mood would he receive such special care and would not be slapped away.

"Let's go home first." He said softly in a low voice.

At the same time, the US Hydra base.

Bucky walked into the communication room with a grim expression.In this specially made room, the security system has reached the highest level.

The man named V made an internet call - as for how the other party's internet call is encrypted, that's his business.

"Hello, Bucky," the man said, "I've heard of you for a long time."

This sentence is like farting.As the top leader of Hydra, Bucky never showed his face in public, and he called him by his nickname... It was enough to see that this man knew him very well.

Bucky leaned back in his chair, his feet up.

"Since you are so bold and dare to hack Hydra's system directly, and you know who I am, call me." Bucky said, "Then why don't we directly video?"

Standing aside, Rumlow and Ward looked at each other.At this moment, Bucky's aura and attitude made them very familiar... It was a kind of soldier's feeling that can only appear in veterans with rich actual combat experience.Bucky is usually very gentle with everyone, and they almost forget that he was also a soldier who went to the battlefield.

The other party was silent for a while, and then laughed lowly.

"Of course, Bucky." V ​​said, "I really like you, so let's make a video."

Bucky expected that even with the video, the other party would not be so stupid as to really expose his true colors to him.But when he saw the man in the video wearing a black robe and a smiling mask, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Are you in a play?" he said. "Do you really think of yourself as the protagonist of that movie?"

"This is just a temporary strategy." V ​​said, "I also want you to know who I am, Bucky. But not now... Believe me, when we become allies, I will definitely treat you personally and apologize to you."

Bucky frowned.

"You are a very arrogant person," he said. "The positions between the two of us are opposing, and you are now challenging my authority."

"I don't think so." V said slowly, "I understand you, Bucky. You are not a person who seeks power and status, you just want to protect the people, don't you? But your protection strategy is gradually hurting them .I guess you're aware of that too...otherwise, why did you choose to talk to me instead of telling Superman right away?"

"After our two videos, I will pack everything and send it to the Justice League."

V smiled slightly.

"You have beautiful green eyes, Bucky," he said. "It's just a pity that your eyes have lost their soul since 15 years ago."

Beside, Rumlow, who was listening to all this, couldn't help frowning, "Are you a pervert?"

"What are you trying to do?" Bucky asked quietly.

v watched him.Through the mask, Bucky meets his gaze.

"I want you to release Steve Rogers," V said. "You and I, and the world, need him."