Superman from the comics: Starting with the Black Robe

Chapter 122 Kryptonite Sword

Chapter 122 Kryptonite Sword

It is clear that after Joey was split in two, the fragments on his body were also split into two pieces.

One part is on him, and the other part can only be on his other half, Krypton.

The bad news is that his other half, the Kryptonian being, seems to have broken through containment and is wreaking havoc in Metropolis.

The official news broadcast arrived a step later than Joey's informant's report, pushing it to everyone's phone feed:

[Breaking News: Metropolis has been attacked by unidentified creatures, and most of the city has been destroyed. President Biden has declared a state of high alert for the federal government.]

More advanced news equipment has brought more on-site video footage and information from aerial photography.

The entire Queensland and New Troy Territory were razed to the ground, and Hellgate Island was transformed into a true hell on earth.

This massive concrete jungle, built by humanity over nearly a century, is as fragile as paper in the face of this Kryptonian creation.

The shockwave generated by a single high-speed movement is enough to tear up the ground for tens of kilometers around, and a single jump is enough to shatter the land for tens of miles beneath one's feet.

The military's fighter jets and bombers took turns attacking, while the machine guns equipped with depleted uranium rounds were like tickling the enemy.

The thermobaric and incendiary bombs dropped on the target only wiped out any potential survivors in the city, without causing the slightest harm to the terrifying creature.

Amidst the smoke and flames of the collapsing ruins, a high-altitude drone was fortunate enough to capture the image of someone walking out of the flames.

It was an enormous figure, with dark brown skin covered in pale white bone spurs, and its eyes glowing red as it swept across the sky, shooting down several fighter jets that couldn't dodge in time.

"hiss!"

After watching the news broadcast reveal the true identity of the vandals, Joey and Bruce both gasped in shock.

This is Doomsday, the most dangerous unnatural creation from Krypton's own planet, bar none.

Just as Batman and Superman realized, all the peaceful times will inevitably turn into collapse.

This night, which was so beautiful for some, hadn't even ended before the world began to teeter on the brink of destruction.

In Joey's memory, the fate of his other half, who was separated from him, should have been that of a crashed Kryptonian. How did it turn into a doomsday?

A Kryptonian who has been locked in a laboratory and has gone out of control might still have room for communication, but an out-of-control Kryptonian bio-weapon has no room for communication at all.

How long the military can hold off the enemy depends solely on when the enemy gets bored and prepares to move on to the next densely populated area for a new killing spree.

Did you see that?

Joey pointed to the center of the faintly visible video, where Doomsday's chest seemed to be emitting a golden light, though it was now covered by gradually growing bone spurs.

Batman nodded gravely: "The fragment is with him."

The current situation is very dire. If they want to restore everything to normal, they must retrieve the remaining fragments from Doomsday's chest.

Just as the two were observing Doomsday, it suddenly began to rush rapidly in one direction, bringing endless slaughter and destruction along the way.

The entire rectangular green space of Metropolitan Park was turned into mud by the wind pressure after the opponent jumped high into the air and landed again.

Then the other side demolished the entire Hobsnik Bridge, and the resulting giant waves swept across the entire Hobswick Harbor.

Doomsday is wandering straight south.

Batman frowned: "This is the direction of Gotham."

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Joey, who had never been to Metropolis, couldn't recognize the direction the other was heading, but that didn't mean Batman couldn't.

If they continue to move straight in this direction, they will probably reach Gotham in just a few hours.

Given Joey's special connection with the other party, this is unlikely to be a coincidence.

That's fucking doomed.

Batman and Superman had the same thought at the same time.

In this distorted reality, no one has the ability to handle such a situation.

Currently, only Wonder Woman has the potential to directly confront the Kryptonians.

Batman turned to Martha and asked:

Does the Wayne Group have advanced industrial manufacturing departments or research and development centers?

Batman asked this question because the old Batman had turned Wayne Enterprises into a chaotic casino.

It would be better if he existed—because if he didn't, the whole world would probably cease to exist as well.

"no."

Martha shook her head: "These businesses have never been Wayne Enterprises' main focus."

Batman suddenly felt his vision go black, but that was perfectly reasonable.

After all, Wayne Enterprises' rapid development in cutting-edge industries only occurred after Bruce himself took control of the group.

The initial motivation was simply to upgrade Batman's equipment.

The real-life Bruce Wayne is a freeloader who lives off his parents until his thirties. With both parents alive and living a dissolute life, what would have driven him to become Batman?

Without Batman, there would be no Wayne Industries, whose main business is high-tech manufacturing.

"wrong."

Bruce suddenly remembered what Alfred had told him before:

"Martha, what was that meeting you just attended about?"

"The board of directors jointly evaluates any acquisitions of nearby companies."

Martha was attending a meeting about Wayne Enterprises' acquisition of other companies when she received news that Wayne Manor had been broken into by armed thugs, which prompted her to interrupt the meeting and rush back.

"I need you to go back and attend the meeting to confirm whether they have similar industrial production lines."

If Batman remembers correctly, Martha is going to acquire Quinn Corporation and Lex Industries.

"We need to hurry, especially Lex Industries. Their headquarters should be almost completely destroyed by that Kryptonian by now. If we wait any longer, we might lose all contact with them."

Quinn Corporation is a long-established manufacturing group in Star City, and that hasn't changed even if Oliver Quinn hadn't become Green Arrow.

And Lextech goes without saying; Batman in the past would never have known they would pull out some strange devices targeting the Justice League.

Bruce needed to "borrow" the other party's experimental and production equipment for a short period of time.

After reminding Martha to be careful, Bruce, having seen Martha off, turned to look thoughtfully at Joey, whose bandages had been finished, and Wonder Woman behind him.

Joey's gaze also turned towards them at the same time.

The two exchanged a glance, realizing they might have thought of the same solution:

"Kryptonite?"

They now need a laboratory to produce kryptonite, which can then be converted into weapons; this is almost their only chance to fight Doomsday.

Batman only needs some readily available equipment to accomplish this, as he already knows the formula for synthesizing artificial kryptonite by heart.

After the kryptonite weapons are created, someone is needed to take them and fight against Doomsday, and currently there is only one person who can do that job.

Wonder Woman Diana regained her powers.

"No!"

Joey shook his head like a rattle-drum:

"Doing this is sending Diana to her death in vain."

"We can only assume for now that Doomsday is still afraid of Kryptonite."

Bruce was currently calculating in his mind how to create the most lethal kryptonite weapon; he only had this one option left:

"Otherwise, we can only watch helplessly as he kills all life on the planet, including us."

"Let's begin!"

Upon hearing this, Diana accepted this life-threatening task without hesitation:

"I need a kryptonite sword."

"No, Diana!"

Joey knew perfectly well that kryptonite had never been an effective solution against Kryptonian creatures:

"This is no joke, you'll die!"

When Joey encountered another Superman before, he discovered that both of them showed a certain degree of resistance to Kryptonite.

The only difference is that Joey has higher resistance.

As the most peculiar Kryptonian creature, Doomsday might fear Kryptonite, but it's also unlikely that Doomsday would actually fear Kryptonite.

"Diana, you have no idea how terrifying this thing is. It's immortal, literally immortal!"

At this moment, Joey's mind was a complete blank. He vaguely felt that he had grasped a key point, but Diana's reckless behavior prevented him from sorting out this idea:

"Wait, don't do that. You can't win. Let me think... there must be another way..."

"Joey, I know you don't like me that much."

Diana looked at her hands, her tone now incredibly serious:

"I understand that I have committed an unforgivable mistake and that my hands are stained with the blood of tens of thousands of innocent people."

Perhaps Diana wouldn't have been so introspective before.

It wasn't until she attended the funeral of another version of herself that she truly heard about the other's heroic deeds.

That otherworldly version of Wonder Woman was so perfect that Diana felt jealous.

For Diana, the best time to change herself and become a hero was before she chose to fight Aquaman, and the second best time is now.

Does she want to be a villain, or a true hero?

That monster undoubtedly came looking for Joey based on some unseen premonition.

The only thing Diana can do right now is to buy Joey some time.

"Batman One—Prepare my sword."