indianbanksassociation Chapter 427 General Zod: Batman, stop hitting him!
Chapter 427 General Zod: Batman, stop hitting him!
Chapter 427 General Zod: Batman, stop hitting him!
"I beg you, Karl El. I beg you to have mercy."
General Zod knelt down.
His adjutant Ek and female adjutant Fiora, who were standing behind him, both cried out in surprise almost simultaneously. Their leader's act of kneeling happened so quickly and suddenly; he had just been threatening them, and suddenly he knelt down, so that neither of the two adjutants had time to react.
They tried to grab Zod from both sides, and the general's arms dragged him off the ground, but General Zod quickly stopped them.
The two of them exchanged a glance, and then knelt down on the ground right behind General Zod.
"Zod..."
Clark was stunned, looking helplessly at the Kryptonian general who had suddenly knelt before him.
He heard the other person say:
"I kneel before you not out of fear, Kal'El, but for the sake of all of Krypton."
"For the planet I love most, I can give up everything: my friends, my status, my fame, my loyalty, or even..."
He paused, then said, "My dignity."
He lowered his head: "I beg you from the bottom of my heart, Karl, although one of the important reasons I did this is that I found all my allies had failed, and with Batman's return, it was no longer possible for me to forcibly take the Life Codex from you, so I had no other choice."
He sincerely explained why he had become this way, and then said, "In exchange, I can cure your current situation... Don't doubt it, Clark, Jor-El (Superman's biological father) wouldn't leave information about a dangerous weapon like Doomsday on his precious son's spaceship, in the eyes of his... traditional scientist..."
When General Zod uttered the word "pedantic," he noticed a dangerous glint in Clark's eyes, so he immediately swallowed the word back.
"Your father certainly wouldn't have left much information about how to make Doomsday in your spaceship, which is why you were completely clueless when you were infected by Doomsday's cellular spores."
General Zod said, "But we are different. We are the Kryptonian army. We possess all the Kryptonians' understanding of war and murder accumulated over millions of years. Doomsday itself is a monster created by the Kryptonians for war. To prevent its spores from infecting ordinary Kryptonians and creating infectious diseases, the Kryptonians naturally invented methods to eradicate it. As long as you hand over the Life Codex, why would I be stingy?"
Seeing that Superman seemed somewhat hesitant, General Zod pressed his advantage, saying, "Think about it, we can find an uninhabited planet and transform it into a suitable place for Kryptonians to live, a beautiful home."
He said, "And this insignificant price is simply that you give up the Codex of Life that your father left in you, and you can regain a home, a home other than Earth."
"The gates of Krypton will always be open for you, Kal'el. In the new Krypton we build, you will be..." After sensing that Kal'el didn't particularly like the idea of power, General Zod changed his tune again: "You will be recorded in history as a hero who saves the Kryptonian civilization!"
What's there to hesitate about?
But before he could finish speaking, he and Superman Clark turned their heads away together.
They saw a sonic boom tunnel open right in front of them, followed by Batman, who was armed with high-speed bullets and dressed in blue, rushing straight at them.
General Zod instinctively assumed a defiant stance. He was a warrior genetically engineered, with certain traits etched into his DNA.
He was perfectly capable of predicting the trajectory of Batman's attack. Although Owl had told him about Batman's amazing feats, for General Zod, the battles he had personally experienced were the only standard by which he judged others.
Take Batman for example. He's likely lost his composure due to rage. If Batman simply shifts his body slightly, Batman can...
However, things did not go as General Zod had planned.
"What do you want to do to Clark?"
He heard Batman yelling and charging towards him—yes, in that exact pose.
General Zod pondered. He was already devising a plan in his mind on how to persuade Batman. Their last meeting had not been pleasant, and General Zod himself was well aware that there were many suspicious points about him that Clark had not considered, or rather, had not used his super brain. But Batman would definitely have some doubts.
He needed to think carefully about how to craft a story that could temporarily convince Batman while simultaneously covering up his deal with Night Owl and...
However, General Zod saw red lightning flash across Batman's body for a fleeting moment. Then, before General Zod could react, he felt Batman suddenly straddle him, the immense impact slamming him to the ground.
General Zod hadn't even had time to savor this familiar feeling: "Calm down, Batman! You—"
Before General Zod could finish speaking, he was grabbed and slammed into the air by the enraged Batman. The two of them disappeared into the sky like comets, then crashed heavily into the fields, throwing crops into the air like weeds.
"Who gave you the audacity to lay a hand on Superman Clark Kent? Who gave you the guts to plot against my friend who has lost his superpowers?"
Chen Tao broke out in a cold sweat. Superman Clark was practically a fragile porcelain doll. If he came back and saw Superman dead there, he would go crazy. Anything could happen in the Dark Multiverse, but if something like this happened, he would definitely have a heart attack.
Chen Tao grabbed General Zod's head and pressed him to the ground, burying him deep into the soil like a plowshare.
Ok……
As Chen Tao was hurtling at high speed, he turned his head and saw out of the corner of his eye that Clark Kent was standing there looking completely bewildered, with his even more bewildered adjutant Ek and female adjutant Fiora standing next to him.
In short, after a brief moment of anger, he now clearly saw that Superman Clark Kent was unharmed, but he rushed out and pinned the unsuspecting General Zod to the ground and beat him.
If he were to pretend nothing had happened, help the other person up from the ground, and then ask them what it meant to kneel before Superman Clark Kent, it would seem a bit awkward, so he simply continued down the wrong path.
So he straddled General Zod and punched him repeatedly, each punch creating a horrifying crater beneath them, sending dirt flying high into the sky and blotting out the sun.
"How dare you—"
"To me—"
"Superman—take action—"
General Zod: ...
I don't know why... Kent Farm, someone riding on him, swinging their fists at him.
Someone standing not far away watching them.
This scene felt surprisingly familiar.
"Stop hitting me, Batman!" General Zod wasn't without a chance to fight back. He knelt down without hesitation when facing Superman Clark Kent because the latter held the key to controlling the future of Krypton. But what gives you, Batman, the right?
The entire Justice League is being humiliated by Green Lantern Mogo single-handedly. Do you think I'm afraid of Batman?
Then General Zod...
He threw a punch at Batman, his eyes flashing with heat vision. To be fair, he was slightly stronger than when he last visited Earth. Kryptonians are, after all, a race that grows stronger by absorbing the yellow sun's light; their innate strength increases over time.
After General Zod became accustomed to the yellow sunlight, his warrior instincts were able to be controlled, causing him to actively absorb the yellow sunlight to become stronger, which greatly enhanced his strength.
But what the hell are these things he's facing?
With a single punch, Batman simultaneously struck the Destroyer the instant his fist touched General Zod's body. General Zod felt as if he had hit a steel plate, his fist bleeding profusely from the bone spurs.
Chen Tao has now mastered this trick. Although he doesn't have the ability to synchronize with an SS-level Batman for an extended period without anyone helping him share the burden, he can synchronize for a brief moment.
Against terrifying opponents like Darkseid or Superman Supreme, such a split second is essentially useless; being torn apart a moment earlier or a moment later makes little difference. But it's a different story when dealing with someone like General Zod.
General Zod blinked, almost thinking he was seeing things. Then, the next second, Chen Tao, who was synchronized with the high-speed bullets, punched him right in the eye socket.
"Ouch!"
He cried out in pain, and then, in a fit of rage, he continued to swing his fist at Chen Tao.
We're all Kryptonians, could it be...?
Then he was slashed across the arm by the Red Death's supersonic hand chop. The synchronization of the high-speed bullets also put a great strain on Chen Tao, causing blood to flow from his nose, but General Zod fared even worse.
He ultimately lost the will to fight. After desperately breaking free from Batman's grasp, General Zod flew somewhat disheveled into the sky, attempting to land beside Superman, and then...
Then, Batman, relentlessly grabbing his foot, slammed it to the ground like he was swinging a hoe, and then swung his fist.
"Enough, really stop fighting!" If General Zod had any fighting spirit, he might have been able to keep up with Batman, but he had no intention of fighting at all, so he was already at a disadvantage in terms of momentum.
He finally got close to Clark Kent, then shrank back, hiding behind the even more imposing Superman Clark Kent.
Immediately afterward, through Clark Kent's protection, he extended the Buddha's Palm towards Chen Tao:
"Stop, stop hitting, Batman, listen to me first."
Ten minutes later.
Chen Tao touched his chin.
Chen Tao knew very well that General Zod's current polite demeanor was a ruse, a prelude to his actual actions. The fact that he was willing to kneel down to save Krypton was enough to demonstrate just how ruthless General Zod was in this matter.
Should we ask Chen Tao for his opinion?
Is that even a question?
Chen Tao's gaze toward General Zod turned somewhat dangerous.
He certainly wanted to refuse outright! Creating a large number of Kryptonians might not seem like a big deal in the short term, but a crisis later on was almost inevitable. Chen Tao had no intention of creating trouble for himself; he already had enough trouble to his name.
The original comic book, The New Krypton, has already shown us just how many warlike traits are hidden in the genes of Kryptonians. Unless absolutely necessary, Chen Tao does not intend to replicate the New Krypton storyline.
Even if he were to make the New Krypton storyline a reality, he wouldn't feel comfortable letting General Zod, such a warmonger, lead the New Krypton that he was about to create. In the original comics, New Krypton under Zoel's rule was already in such a mess that it even went to war with Earth. Now that General Zod is in charge, wouldn't that be outrageous?
Yes, Chen Tao does need to deal with the counter-surveillance agents. The massive defeat of the criminal syndicate led by Superpower has indeed proven just how formidable the counter-surveillance agents are.
But Chen Tao can't solve one problem only to create a new one for himself; otherwise, he'll eventually exhaust himself and never be able to escape.
Of course, if he finds that he cannot defeat the Anti-Monitors, he may consider General Zod's proposal, but he would never allow the other party to take control of the new Krypton he created.
What was that saying again? "Leave the mother, keep the child..."
Well, although this analogy isn't quite accurate, that's basically the gist of it.
So Chen Tao was almost ready to make a move, but he turned his head and looked at Clark Kent.
He couldn't ignore the other person's opinion on this matter. He had to consider Clark Kent's feelings, if the other person intended to...
"Okay, Zod, I promise you."
Click.
Chen Tao could almost hear himself turn to stone.
He maintained his bat-like, cold expression and remained silent.
"But there are conditions. This Krypton will not be under your control, Zod, and I am also fully aware of the warlike nature inherent in the Kryptonians..."
Superman Clark Kent's words offered Chen Tao some comfort, but he still couldn't suppress his murderous intent towards General Zod.
Clark was ultimately too naive. He thought that once he made an agreement with General Zod, the other party would obediently fulfill their agreement and maintain it, preventing any interference with the new Kryptonian order they had created. But that was something that was impossible even for a fool.
Only after killing General Zod can we talk about the new Krypton. Chen Tao thought to himself, then he remembered something else.
"Wait, Zod. Are you controlling Mogo now?"
He said, "Perfect timing, there's a patient who needs your help right now. His name is Kara."
He reopened the blast channel, and a few tens of minutes later, the erratic Kara appeared at the core of Green Lantern Mogo's planet.
Never mind, let's just get General Zod for free first.
(End of this chapter)