"I don't know, but the enhanced soldiers have already covered the entire city.
No matter who the mastermind behind this is, I will dig him out!"
A cold glint flashed in Eric's eyes.
Robin Girl Amy, seeing Clark return safely, immediately rushed over and excitedly helped him up.
At this moment, Clark had no strength left in his body and was about to get up from the ground.
If Amy hadn't come to support him, he would have even fallen to the ground.
"Why, why, Eric?"
Clark asked Eric, gasping for breath.
He didn't understand why Eric would save him.
He knew that even if Eric did nothing, he would be buried in the ruins of this building filled with kryptonite dust.
"What I want is to kill you with my own power, not to let you die by the trickery of some schemer."
Eric turned around, facing Clark, and said in an emotionless tone, "You only need to understand one thing, as long as I want to, Clark, I can end your life at any time!"
"Go! Don't let me see you again.
Leave here to lick your wounds, leave those teammates who couldn't show up when you needed them most, choose to go back to being the ordinary person you always liked, and treat yourself as an outsider.
Consider it my pity for you."
Eric issued an expulsion order to Clark.
After saying this, Eric turned away, not looking at Clark's expression.
Clark was stunned, not expecting Eric to say such a thing.
A moment later, an expression of guilt appeared on his face.
He hadn't expected Eric to save his life again during their battle.
At this moment, he didn't know what to say to Eric, only feeling that whatever he said would seem pale and powerless.
"Sorry, Eric, I… I…"
Clark mumbled a few words, but in the end, said nothing.
"Next time you won't be so lucky.
Go before I change my mind!"
Eric had no intention of continuing to entangle with him and motioned for him to leave directly.
Clark lowered his head, glanced at Eric, and left the scene with Amy's support.
At this moment, he felt a little lost and suddenly doubted his own actions.
Eric was still the same Eric who was unforgiving with his words but still cared about him.
And had he really changed?
Wonder Woman held the Vulcan Sword, watching Clark leave.
"What? Do you think I let the tiger return to the mountain?"
After Clark left, Eric asked the thoughtful Wonder Woman.
"No, if you had killed Clark, that would have surprised me."
Wonder Woman smiled slightly, turned around, and said to Eric, "Others might not see it, but how could I not?
Although you always had the upper hand, you didn't use all your strength.
You were constantly bickering with Clark during the battle, which doesn't fit your style at all.
If you wanted Clark to die! You definitely wouldn't fight in this way."
"At least, if you had directly used kryptonite, Clark would have had no power to fight back."
Eric shook his head in denial, "You overestimate me."
"It's not overestimation, it's because I understand you very well.
Do you know?
When I was very young, I met a person, and that was the first time I met such a special human being."
Diana looked directly into Eric's eyes and said, "He made my heart flutter, not in the way you think, sensory attraction or emotional connection.
I mean, it's more than that.
What I saw in his eyes shocked me."
"Part of it was curiosity, part of it was disguise.
From his eyes, I saw his willingness to try new things like a child.
I also saw his fear of trying, he would disguise himself, pretending to be indifferent and unconcerned.
This is the complex nature of humans.
However, it is precisely because of him that I fell in love with humanity.
This is why I fight for you, why I love you."
Diana said to Eric, "I understand you, and I understand your feelings for Clark, so if you didn't do this, I would actually be confused."
After hearing Wonder Woman's almost confessional words, Eric was silent for a long time.
"It seems you've learned some rhetorical skills from Rachel."
Eric stated that Wonder Woman was speaking more and more like Rachel now.
He shook his head and said to Wonder Woman, "Although I really want to admit it, I am not that great.
Clark can die, but not now."
"Why?"
"Because I have never considered Clark my biggest enemy, and he might not even be my enemy now.
He will always be that farm boy, who gets lost, hesitates, struggles, and suffers.
I understand him."
Eric glanced at Gotham City Hall, which had been reduced to ruins.
"And the biggest enemy, it seems, is still this city."
Eric walked towards the collapsed ruins as he spoke, bending down at the edge to pick up a piece of green crystal rubble from the ground.
These were fragments of green kryptonite that burst out when the hidden bombs in the building exploded.
"And he has already declared war on me!"
The next day, Metropolis.
Diana, who had returned home, had a dream.
Deep within the palace on Themyscira, in a room filled with candles.
Young Diana stood in the center of the room, quietly watching her mother work with the earth.
Applying the damp, warm mud to little Diana's arms, Queen Hippolyta smiled and said to Diana, "The core of this earth, is the most powerful thing bestowed by this broken world.
It has transformed into the substance that created you as you are now, and from the shell of that mud—"
The Queen brought her lips to little Diana's confused ear, "I breathed life into you, my daughter."
Little Diana's long hair danced with the breeze blowing into the palace.
"I chose this place, deep within the earth's crust, to shape you even stronger, so strong that no one can harm you."
The Queen looked at little Diana with affection.
"And one day, the rulers of this world will come to an end, they will lose their grip on the earth, and all power and glory will become like smoke.
But my daughter, you will be the last Guardian, guarding the last spark of this earth, you will live forever!"
Little Diana looked at her mud-covered arms, her eyebrows furrowing slightly.
She didn't understand her mother's words and felt a bit uncomfortable with her muddy arms.
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"Knock, knock, knock!"
Diana's room was knocked on.
Her thoughts about the dream were interrupted, and Diana said, "Come in."
Eric walked in.
"How is it? Any results from the investigation into the bombing of Gotham City Hall?"
The slightly tired Wonder Woman asked Eric.
"I've already sent Amanda to investigate in Gotham, and I believe there will be results soon.
However, I already have some clues about this."
Eric replied to Wonder Woman.
"You seem a bit tired."
Looking at Wonder Woman's face, Eric asked her, "Did something happen?"
"No, just had some dreams."
Wonder Woman sighed softly and said, "After waking up from the dream, I felt like I had more responsibilities on my shoulders."
"That battle, your battle with Clark, made me think a lot.
It's not just Gotham City Hall, if the battle spreads deeper and further, perhaps this world will struggle to bear it."
"Are you worried I'll destroy the Earth?"
Eric shook his head at Wonder Woman and said, "This is my home, Diana, I'm not entirely a destroyer.
And…"
"There are some mysterious forces in this world that I cannot control; they protect the Earth."
Wonder Woman stood up, wearing only a casual nightgown, revealing her long legs and enviable curves.
"I'm not worried about that, never mind…"
Wonder Woman originally wanted to say that she was worried whether she was living up to her mother's expectations.
After all, she seemed to have dragged this world into some kind of vortex.
This thought had surfaced in her mind when she witnessed Eric and Clark's world-destroying battle.
Just as she was about to speak, Eric's phone suddenly rang.
Wonder Woman had no choice but to swallow the words she wanted to say.
Eric picked up his phone and saw it was a call from Amanda.
"What's wrong?"
"Mr. President, we've found some clues regarding the Joker and the Joker Gang."
Amanda said to Eric on the other end of the phone.
"The Joker?"
Hearing that name, Eric pondered for a moment.
Is it really that guy?
"Don't alert them, I'll be right there."
Eric instructed her.
"Understood."
After hanging up the phone, Eric stood up and said to Wonder Woman, "If you're not feeling well, it's best to go out and clear your head.
Do you want to come with me to Gotham?"
"No, thanks."
Wonder Woman shook her head, "I don't want to deal with that lunatic you mentioned.
I'd rather stay in Metropolis right now.
Didn't you say those Guardians and Green Lantern might come looking for trouble at any time?"
"Just let Hal handle it.
Never mind, you should stay here and rest well."
Seeing that Wonder Woman seemed to be in a bad mood, Eric didn't insist and turned to leave directly.
Gotham.
Amanda was at Cherry Hill Ice Rink, leading her team in investigating the scene.
Besides her, there was another familiar face at the scene—Harley Quinn.
"Some bad people do good deeds, but good deeds come at a price."
Harley Quinn wiped away tears nearby, "I heard you took Deadshot out of prison, put a bomb in his head, and sent him on a mission.
But he didn't want to be captured alive by the enemy, so he shot himself in the heart."
"He stole the Super Serum for those anti-government organizations.
Mr. President didn't kill him directly but allowed him to atone for his crimes, which was his honor."
Amanda said to Harley Quinn with a serious expression.
"On the contrary, why are you back again?
Don't forget, you're still a member of Task Force X.
I can still arrest you now!"
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