The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 972 Harpy's Funeral

In the end, after Connor's careful consideration, Harpy's body was buried on the island where the mutants lived.

"I want him to rest in peace in a place where there is no war," Connor said.

Finally, under Connor's decision, Harpy's body will be transported to the island by the Justice League's transport plane the next day. Everything will be kept simple. In addition to the members of the Young Justice League, only some heroes of the league will attend the funeral.

A funeral is a very solemn occasion, and unimportant people will not take the initiative to attend, but even so, there were twenty or thirty people who came to Habbit's funeral.

In addition to people related to the Young Justice League, such as Batman and Black Canary, there were three or five other people who voluntarily attended the funeral because they admired the Harpy's personality.

Except for the mutants on the island, all the other participants are superheroes, not a single outsider.

Connor, who had become a little more cheerful after chatting with Superman, became a little depressed again. It would be better to say that no one present could be happy, after all, this was a funeral.

In a normal funeral, unless the deceased has left behind some significant works during his lifetime, the atmosphere must be solemn. After all, no one wants to disrespect the deceased.

This is what Habbit’s funeral looked like at this time, except for one person, that was Yang Le.

As the only person present who knew the situation, Yang Le didn't want to attend the funeral. After all, he was afraid that he would lose control and reveal some flaws.

But since Diana wanted to attend the funeral, she had to.

Helplessly, Yang Le could only turn into a Martian before the funeral and give himself a psychological hint, asking him to act as sad as possible, but not too extreme.

After all, on the surface, he and the mutant harpy are not very familiar with each other, and it would be bad if he overplayed it.

But even so, Yang Le still found it difficult to hold back. Two days ago, he kept his promise and went to play with Cassandra, but when he came back, he heard the news that his clone had died.

He understood at that time that the clone must have found an opportunity to fake his death and escape, so he took action immediately. However, this sudden attack without any notice still caught Yang Le off guard.

After learning how his clone died, Yang Le felt that his choice was a bit too rough, but considering that he at least knew to leave behind a corpse prepared in advance, he could only judge him to be neither meritorious nor faulty.

That’s right, the corpse now placed in the coffin was prepared in advance by Yang Le, and it was usually placed in the magic dimension of the Supreme Heaven and handed over to the other party to take care of.

There is a reason for doing this, because Omnitrix's clones are generated by the bug of Popo, so after the clone dies, no residue will be left, and it will dissipate into the air like Popo.

Doing this has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that Yang Le doesn't have to worry about logistical issues or someone using his body to cause trouble. After all, this is the American comic universe, where superhuman DNA can be used in a variety of ways.

The disadvantage is just as mentioned this time, it is a bit troublesome to finish off a stealth operation like Harpy.

Fortunately, Yang Le had made preparations in advance. After becoming a little warrior, he relied on the information in the Cadmus Institute to clone a body without any thoughts as a substitute.

Yang Le and his clone had even planned the specific operations in advance. When he needed to fake his death to escape, the clone would use his mind control ability to directly take over the mindless substitute and then send the substitute to his death.

Because the clone possesses abilities like invisibility, this plan was easy to implement. The most important thing was to avoid being noticed due to poor acting skills. However, based on Yang Le's observations at the funeral, his clone performed the task perfectly. At least the witnesses at the scene, the children of the Young Justice League, were very attentive.

Looking away, Yang Le was not yet so heartless that he would still feel sad when seeing the child's crying face.

In order to prevent himself from feeling uncomfortable, Yang Le decided to increase his intensity, so he went to talk to Batman.

In order to attend the funeral, the heroes present were all dressed in formal attire, but they still wore masks on their faces to conceal their true identities, so it was very easy for Yang Le to find the person he wanted.

"Speak now, Bat." Yang Le said, using the name he had learned from Green Arrow. "How long do you plan to ground these kids this time?"

Because his conscience was hurt, Yang Le decided to help these children, but what he didn't expect was that Batman's answer was completely different from what he expected.

"No grounding this time," Batman said in his deep voice. "They've already suffered the harshest punishment in the world. If this doesn't teach them a lesson, then it's time to strip them of their heroic status."

"Instead of thinking about how to punish them, we should think about how to help the children get out of the shadow of this incident."

"I never thought you'd say that," Yang Le joked. "I thought it was the Flash wearing your mask."

"Who called me?" The Flash, who was chatting with Green Lantern, heard someone calling his name, so he turned around and asked.

"It's okay." Yang Le waved his hand, then turned around and started chatting with Batman.

"This matter mainly depends on the children themselves. After all, their companions died in front of them. This incident will definitely become a shadow on them, and may even follow them for the rest of their lives."

Superman came over at some point and joined the conversation between the two.

"The only thing we adults can do is provide guidance, and honestly, this is when I feel the most powerless."

"Be more confident, my friend." Yang Le patted Superman on the shoulder. "You're the most famous superhero in the world. Many people look up to you as a guiding light. You're doing much better than this country in that regard."

Yang Le's lighthouse joke successfully made the people who were eavesdropping around him unable to hold their breath. If it wasn't a funeral, they would probably laugh without hesitation.

"I hope so." Superman smiled wryly, then turned his gaze to Connor beside him. "I'm just an ordinary small town boy. If I had accepted his words sooner, I wonder if this would have happened differently today."

"We've all made mistakes, Clark," Batman suddenly interjected. "Like you always say, this is a good thing. It proves you're not the god on earth you hate the most. After all, gods don't make mistakes."

Superman's eyes turned into small dots, and he finally sighed helplessly and said, "Sometimes I really feel like you are scolding me in a roundabout way."

"Don't doubt it, I might really be scolding you." Batman said.

(End of this chapter)