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At Luthor Tower, Lex Luthor was giving a speech to his campaign supporters.
The young people standing in the office were all student representatives from Metropolis University.
They represented the "Lex Luthor University Support Group" and came to support Lex's campaign.
"I often asked my father, what would Metropolis look like in the future? What would the future of Kansas be like? I was so curious about the future that my father became annoyed with me. He told me that if I wanted to know what the city I lived in would become, I had to observe it myself."
Lex spoke passionately: "My father gave me a book for my fourteenth birthday. Although I wanted a bicycle at the time, he still gave me that book. I remember a sentence in it that left a deep impression on me."
"It said: The future is only a dream away from us. After you wake up, you will find that the whole world has changed in some way."
Lex's tone became a little low, and he said: "So, every time I wake up from a dream, I will find that our world has undergone some subtle changes. Sometimes I cannot capture these changes, and sometimes I can feel them very clearly."
"But you, you are the university students who give Metropolis infinite possibilities for the future. With your support, my dreams will be even more wonderful. So, for the future of Metropolis, I hope to get your full support!"
After Lex finished his speech, he received enthusiastic applause from the several student representatives in the room.
Especially a blonde university student standing in the front row.
The blonde girl, whose eyes showed admiration, walked up to Lex after applauding and asked him: "Mr. Lex, can I take a picture with you?"
Seeing his supporter wanting to take a picture with him, Lex naturally agreed.
The two stood relatively close, and Lex smiled at the camera.
"Wait, can we stand in front of that portrait?"
The blonde girl pointed to a portrait behind Lex and said.
Lex looked back at the bald portrait behind him in surprise and replied: "Of course."
"This is you, Lex, when you gave a speech at Kansas Central University. I remember it very clearly."
"That's right, thank you for remembering."
After taking the picture, Lex thanked her.
But his gaze inadvertently caught sight of the necklace she was wearing. The necklace was a gilded pattern made of several letters.
The letters spelled out his name—Lex.
"Very interesting, isn't it? This is specially made for you, Lex."
Seeing the university student representative in front of him supporting him so much, Lex should have been happy, but after seeing the necklace she was wearing, he immediately felt a headache coming on.
He generally wasn't very good at dealing with such fanatical supporters.
Before, at the manor in the small town, the servant's daughter was a fanatical admirer of his.
At that time, his girlfriend Victoria also lived in the manor, and as a result, due to jealousy between women, a lot of trouble arose.
He even almost lost his life at that time.
After taking a picture with the blonde university student, Lex came down and shook hands with everyone one by one.
After finishing all the procedures, he left the room with his bodyguards.
On the other side, Metropolis.
Jonathan's hair was combed into a successful businessman's style, and he was wearing an expensive suit, looking at the manuscript in his hand.
Eric, Clark, Martha, and Louise stood by.
In addition to them, there were also staff from the state government responsible for election work, and the person in charge of Jonathan's entire election campaign.
The person in charge said to Jonathan: "Our opponent is Lex Luthor, and his funds are ten times ours, so we must propose some eye-catching issues."
"Like building a wall before the US-Mexico border, or universal healthcare?"
Eric suddenly interrupted from the side.
"No, it won't be such an issue, but it's similar."
The person in charge was a bit stunned but continued: "Some issues that cannot be realized, but can make voters feel that they are possible and not far away."
"So, that's lying, or what's commonly known as drawing a big pie?"
Jonathan looked at the person in charge and asked.
"This is not deception, but a necessary political means."
Jonathan did not agree with the other party's words, "If it's just shouting empty slogans, then I wouldn't have run for this councilor position."
"You're fired, Mr. Chandler!"
Jonathan directly said words that stunned everyone present.
After Chandler left, Louise, who had come to help, shrugged, "Well, I know you want to be different from those politicians, Mr. Jonathan, but at the moment when the outcome is about to be decided, you fired the top strategist of your campaign team. I don't see any possibility of you winning now."
"Sorry, Louise, I'm very grateful for your help, but now, before there's any other way, can I ask you to be my campaign manager?"
Jonathan had already seen Louise's work ability, so he wanted to hire her to be his campaign manager.
"Perhaps you had this in mind from the beginning, Mr. Kent."
Louise glanced at Eric and Clark and said, "It seems there's no other way. I'm not someone who gives up halfway, so I can only agree."
After Louise became Jonathan's new campaign manager, she immediately became busy with great energy.
The first thing was to go to Metropolis University to post campaign slogans.
The university walls were covered with Lex's campaign portraits, and Louise immediately unceremoniously covered Lex's portraits with Jonathan's.
After posting, she immediately left for the next location.
Lex's supporter, the blonde girl, saw Lex's portrait being covered and immediately rushed over angrily, preparing to tear off Jonathan's portrait.
As a result, she was blocked by a group of people brought by Hanna.
Now Hanna's task was to canvass votes for Eric's father, so of course, she wouldn't allow the campaign portrait to be torn off.
The two sides immediately engaged in a brawl.
Evening.
After a conflict, the blonde girl returned to the activity room, covering her bleeding mouth, and fiercely said to the several boys in the activity room: "We must help Lex, help him win this election, no matter what means we use, we must ensure Lex's victory!"
"Now that Kent refuses to withdraw from the competition, we will use our means to prevent him from participating in this election!"
"Brona, what... what do you want to do?"
A boy standing next to her asked.
"It's simple, kidnap him, so he can't attend the campaign speech the day after tomorrow, and if necessary, make him unable to speak!"
Brona's face showed a fierce expression.
"But…"
Someone raised a different opinion, "We are just campaigning for Mr. Lex, there's no need to hurt anyone!"
"Sometimes, you have to use unusual methods, because that's the only possible solution to the problem. Didn't Lex often say that?"
Brona looked coldly at the hesitant, tall students.
"I... I won't do that. The previous threatening calls were already too much. Now we're going to kidnap someone, this is a complete illegal act!"
A taller boy shook his head, turned around, and walked out of the activity room.
"You must be crazy, I'm going to call the police immediately!"
Before he could finish his words, a gunshot rang out.
The boy who threatened to call the police, shot in the chest, immediately fell down.
Brona, whose eyes showed a fierce look, pulled out a pistol from her bag, glanced at the dead body on the ground, raised the muzzle, and said to the other boys whose faces were filled with fear: "If anyone has a different opinion, they will end up like him!"
The several boys, frightened by the pistol in Brona's hand, immediately became silent, not daring to breathe.
"Don't think about calling the police. Jack isn't dead yet. Each of you go up and stab him once, so we're all murderers, and no one can escape."
Seeing through the others' thoughts, Brona aimed the gun at the boys, telling them to pick up the daggers she had prepared, and each of them to stab Jack, who was lying on the ground, once.
Late at night, Kent Farm.
Martha put Rachel to bed and then went to sleep herself. Jonathan was still under the desk lamp, preparing campaign materials for the day after tomorrow.
Long hours of staying up late had caused some problems with his body.
Feeling some discomfort in his heart, he took a sip of water, rested for a while, then picked up his pen and continued to write furiously.
Suddenly, he heard a sound from the barn not far away.
After hearing the sound, Jonathan immediately put down his pen, picked up the baseball bat in the room, opened the door, and walked towards the barn.
He thought it was an Owl or other animals that had broken into the barn and was preparing to drive them out.
Pushing open the barn door, the flashlight's light shone in.
Jonathan walked step by step into the depths of the barn.
"Crack!"
He accidentally stepped on something, bent down, shone the flashlight, and found it was dried grain ears.
Grain ears were usually piled in the deepest corner of the barn, so it was absolutely impossible for anyone to bring them here.
Jonathan, a hint of vigilance in his eyes, raised the baseball bat in his hand and walked inside.
In the quiet night, only his heavy breathing could be heard.
After walking two steps, he suddenly saw a figure appear in front of the shelves.
The flashlight's light flashed and disappeared in an instant, and the figure also vanished from his sight.
"Who's there!"
Jonathan shouted and immediately chased forward.
The figure ran very fast, disappearing at the end of the shelves in an instant.
Jonathan immediately sped up, holding the baseball bat, and pursued the direction where the other party disappeared.
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