The next day.
Louise and Chloe were at a coffee shop in Riverside City, enjoying their coffee.
"I always thought you'd put all your energy into your great career, but I didn't expect you'd be busy with school papers," Louise said to Chloe, putting down her coffee cup.
"My current profession is still a student, although I don't think being a student will play any important role in my life."
Chloe shrugged at her cousin and said, "But in society, you need that diploma."
"You're quite clear about your life plans," Louise casually said to her cousin, opening her bag, ready to continue researching news topics.
"We've put a lot of information on the streets and online media, so Clark should find us soon," she said confidently.
"I didn't expect you two to have such leisure," a familiar voice came from behind them.
Chloe turned around in surprise and saw that it was indeed Clark standing behind her.
"Hey, Clark!" Chloe immediately walked over in surprise, and the two shared a close hug.
"Louise kept saying you'd definitely be here, and I was quite skeptical. It seems she can be accurate in her investigations sometimes," Chloe said to Clark with a smile.
"If I were drunk right now, Chloe, I might give you an over-the-shoulder throw! The good news is, you haven't quit drinking yet," Louise said coolly.
"Oh, really? Do you remember when he was at the newspaper and gave that guy who sexually harassed him a solid over-the-shoulder throw, right?" Chloe said with a smile at the corner of her mouth, "So whether he's drunk or not, he can't do that."
"Who knows! He's your homegrown cousin after all."
"Hey! What do you mean 'homegrown'?!" Eric immediately retorted.
After some bickering, the two finally got down to business.
Looking at Clark across from her, Louise complicatedly recounted what had recently happened in the metropolis.
She focused on Chloe throwing Atlantis from the bottom of the sea onto the desert.
"It seems I'm becoming more and more unscrupulous, going further and further down the path of dictatorship," Louise said to the frowning Clark, stirring the coffee in her cup.
"I am his brother, and certainly no one can stop him from falling into the abyss, only you can do it. Don't tell me you want to be an anonymous special person now!" Louise said unhappily, putting down the spoon she was stirring coffee with.
"If you do that in my heart, you're a complete coward."
"No, I don't want to escape."
Clark adjusted his white-rimmed glasses and said, "I just want to be quiet, so I came here."
"Very good," Louise revealed her "chauvinistic" style and said, "Then come with me to the metropolis."
Clark shook his head, "No, at least not now!"
"Why?"
"I..." Clark hesitated for a moment and said, "My abilities have declined a lot now. If I encounter Chloe, I'm afraid I'm not his opponent."
"What?" Louise and Eric both showed surprised expressions on their faces.
"Cough, cough... A part of my ability has been separated," Clark said somewhat guiltily.
He felt that his impression in the two women's minds might have become somewhat bad.
After listening to Clark's experience, Louise sighed.
"Okay, I shouldn't have expected too much from you in the first place. But even so, you still have to go back to the metropolis and bring that boy."
Louise grabbed Clark's arm, "Only you know his weakness. The previous you were too kind and had too many scruples, unwilling to be ruthless to Chloe. But I don't have that scruple. If you want to defeat him, you must become more unscrupulous. I will help you, Eric and I will both help you."
Louise's tone became more and more hesitant: "Only you can stop him from leading this world into an increasingly dangerous zone."
"Is this world becoming more dangerous?"
Metropolis, a prison for super-powered individuals.
Chloe stood in the warden's office, looking at the entire prison below, and said to Mera behind her, "If it's from one person's will, it is indeed a bit dangerous. But from some aspects, I am omniscient and omnipotent. I will impose my will on every corner of the world, and it will become safer."
"You are not a god!" Mera smiled slightly, walked behind Chloe, and said, "Gods are omniscient and omnipotent, and it's impossible for them to have human emotions, because once they have human emotions, then they cannot make fair judgments."
"However..." She smiled slyly, "I don't have any thoughts on so-called dictatorship and democracy. After all, it's all your human affairs, and I'm not interested in participating. I prefer to watch you kill each other, and maybe you'll all be destroyed together."
"Why are you staying here today?" Mera asked Chloe.
"Because some of the super-powered individuals here are not very obedient."
Chloe opened the room door and walked into the corridor.
After passing through several corridors, they quickly arrived at the area where prisoners were held.
The two walked to a bright silver door, and Chloe used her fingerprint to unlock and open the small door.
"Drip!" After the corridor door opened, a metal sign with "Superhuman Detention Area" written on it came into view.
On both sides of the corridor were large rooms enclosed by bulletproof glass, where some prisoners were held.
The transparent glass allowed for a clear view of the inside from the outside.
Mera followed Chloe, curiously walking forward.
In the leftmost room, a strong white man was imprisoned.
He was holding a Rubik's Cube in his hand, concentrating on operating it.
As he operated it, the blocks in his hand changed into various different colors—orange, red, green.
"Why do you keep them?" Mera asked Chloe.
"Do you think I'm the kind of guy who kills indiscriminately?" Chloe asked her.
"Hehe." Mera answered Chloe's question with a laugh.
Chloe ignored her, and the two walked to the last room.
In the room, a tall, blonde woman was locked inside.
Seeing the woman locked in the small room, Mera wondered if this woman was Chloe's lover.
Otherwise, why would the other party be locked in the innermost room?
She didn't believe that this woman had any special abilities.
Perhaps sensing someone in the corridor, even though she couldn't see the scene inside (the bulletproof glass only allowed viewing from the inside to the outside), the blonde woman still stood up, walked to the glass, and slowly raised her middle finger towards the outside.
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