"With me here, don't be afraid."
Hearing this sentence, Caitlin suddenly felt reassured for some reason.
She remembered that in the past, every time she "sleepwalked" and arrived in a strange place, she would always feel frightened and uneasy.
But now, the presence of the man beside her, his words, made her no longer feel afraid.
It seemed that as long as she stayed by his side, nothing could hurt her.
'Yes, although Mr. John is just a plumber, he knows many things. He must be someone who has seen and experienced a lot. With him here, there should be nothing to worry about.'
Perhaps because she had relaxed, Caitlin felt the noisy sounds gradually fading away. At the same time, she felt Mr. John's warm and strong hand gently supporting her waist, letting her lean against his broad chest, hearing the powerful heartbeat in that chest, beating like a war drum.
Caitlin's face turned red and her ears burned. After a while, she softly asked, "Mr. John, can we go now?"
"Wait a little longer."
About five minutes later, Caitlin felt that Mr. John had let go of his hand, and then he said, "Alright, put your hand on my shoulder. Let's go."
Hearing this, Caitlin felt a little disappointed, and a thought popped into her mind.
'If I could lean on him like this all night, that actually won't be bad, right?'
'Hmm?'
'Something's wrong!'
'Caitlin, something's wrong with you!'
'How can you have such thoughts!'
At this moment, Caitlin's face was so red it was as if imaginary steam was rising from the top of her head.
But Alex didn't notice any of this. After he had used his "heat vision" to cut the truck that crashed toward them into two halves, he discovered that the two of them had arrived on a street.
On both sides of this street were rows of shops and tall buildings. It was very prosperous.
And it looked almost the same as New York.
When people around them had already begun taking photos and recording videos with their phones, Alex quietly held Caitlin tightly, covered her with his bio-force field, and flew up into the sky at a speed that wouldn't startle the girl.
Once in the sky, he could see more clearly. This really was a modern city similar to New York.
Many scenes were the same as New York, but there were also some differences.
For example, in one square there was a statue of Superman.
This made Alex certain that they had arrived in the DC universe.
The last time Caitlin came here, it was when the Kryptonian general had just visited Earth.
But this time, Alex didn't yet know what point in time they were currently in.
After thinking briefly, he decided to first take Caitlin away from the city, and then make plans afterward.
Now, they had arrived at a small town in the DC universe.
The town was far less prosperous than the city, but it was quiet, and they wouldn't be disturbed by people.
At least, not for the time being.
Alex brought Caitlin into a motel.
Inside the motel lobby, a middle-aged auntie was smoking. Hearing the sound of the door opening, she stood up and said warmly, "Welcome."
"Are the two of you staying overnight?"
"Do you want a single room or a double room?"
"My suggestion is to take a couple's room. The couple's rooms in our motel are decorated very interestingly."
Alex smiled and said, "Two single rooms."
It was obvious the auntie felt a little disappointed, but she still said, "No problem. Please show your ID."
"Mm, our nightly rate is…"
While the auntie talked endlessly, Alex noticed that the television in the lobby was broadcasting the news.
["Where has Superman gone?"]
["This question remains unknown."]
["All we know is that after the explosion incident during the hearing, he disappeared."] [T/N: Henry Cavill superman, I guess.]
["Has he vanished just like that?"]
["Perhaps only God knows the answer to that question."]
Seeing Alex watching the television, the auntie sighed.
"I don't think Superman is a bad guy. What do you think, sir?"
Alex smiled slightly and didn't answer. He simply took out his credit card.
The auntie took the credit card. After swiping it, she raised her head.
"Sir, your credit card cannot be used."
Alex's smile stiffened, 'Now this is bad.'
He didn't have the habit of carrying cash. He only carried one credit card.
Although the DC universe and The Boys universe were very similar, it was obvious that a credit card from The Boys universe didn't work here.
"I have cash," Caitlin took out several US dollar bills from her pocket and placed them on the counter. She softly said to Alex, "It's okay, Mr. John."
"The first time I 'sleepwalked' it was the same, but later I found that cash is the safest. It can basically be used anywhere."
———
While Alex and Caitlin were checking in, inside the Pentagon of the DC universe, a general covered his mouth and looked at a large screen in front of him.
On the screen, a white man wearing a baseball cap and a plaid shirt, looking like a plumber, shot golden beams from his eyes and split a truck into two.
Then he picked up the Asian woman beside him and rose into the sky at a steady speed, disappearing into the night.
The general picked up the remote control beside him and rewound the footage. Finally he stopped it, freezing the image at the moment when the man shot the beams.
"Is this Superman?"
The general turned his head and looked at the officials behind him.
One of them quickly typed on a computer, then shook his head.
"I just compared facial features, but in the clip currently spreading online, that man is not Superman."
The general shouted loudly, "Then can someone tell me who this is?"
"Another Kryptonian?"
"How many caped guys flying all over the world are there above our heads?"
A woman pushed up her glasses and said, "But all the Kryptonians should be dead. Even that general only left behind a corpse."
"That corpse is still in the hands of LexCorp. Unless he resurrected."
"But obviously that one isn't the Kryptonian general either."
The general covered his face.
"Can we track their current location?"
A man in a suit with glasses raised his hand.
"They're in a small town in the eastern region."
"Let the military units closest to that town move out. First place traffic control on the roads entering and leaving the town. After we finish deployment, we'll take action," the general said quickly.
The woman from earlier reminded him, "But General, if they are also a Kryptonian, with the methods we currently know, we cannot subdue him."
The general said in a low voice, "Even so, we can't just let this bastard do whatever he wants!"
"You should know that he just split a truck open on the street."
"If we don't do something, those damn aliens will only think we're afraid of him."
"Some battles, even at the cost of death, still have to be fought!"
———
Hoo~ Hoo~ Hoo~
The cold wind howled.
On the peak of a snowy mountain, someone had lit a fire in a sheltered spot from the wind, boiling water.
This man kept his gaze fixed on a pile of stones in the distance.
He exhaled a breath of white mist and softly said, "Dad, the nightmare won't stop."
"Never."
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