American comics: Starting with replicating Superman's talent

Chapter 38 Clark's Kidnapping

Early in the morning.

A deck chair was set up on the huge lawn.

Gino, shirtless and wearing floral shorts, leaned back in a recliner with his eyes closed.

The gentle sunlight shone on him, as if gilding the boy with a layer of gold dust.

Gino loves sunbathing; whenever the sunlight shines on him, he experiences the joy of becoming stronger.

"I've been sunbathing for thirteen years now."

Shouldn't other abilities awaken by now? If all else fails, go to the desert and endure a month of scorching sun.

Gino looked brooding and extended his right hand. Soon, a maid placed milk in Gino's hand.

I took a small sip of milk.

Gino turned to look at the little maid and chuckled, "Thank you."

"Buzz~"

A brief stinging sensation struck, and the scene before me gradually blurred and distorted, as if everything around me had turned into a dark, cinematic tone.

"You're welcome."

The maid took the cup, and in Gino's line of sight, he could easily see through the maid's delicate and innocent face the human skeleton that seemed to be moving as if it had been X-rayed, and the heart that was constantly beating inside the skeleton.

Everything was so clear—the flowing blood, the throbbing nerves—there were no secrets hidden beneath those eyes.

"Young Master?"

The maid looked at Gino, who was staring intently at her, with a hint of shyness.

"It's nothing." Gino snapped out of his daze, his expression calm as he closed his eyes again.

But the slight smile at the corners of his mouth showed that Gino was in a good mood.

"It's finally here, the X-ray vision."

Gino opened his eyes again and turned to look at the maid's inner clothing.

The black maid dress was paired with lace mesh lingerie, making her look eye-catching and sexy.

Gino silently assessed himself: "Hmm, not bad ability."

At the very least, this skill can be used to observe the clothing style of the opposite sex and thus infer their inner personality.

Just as Gino was admiring the maids mowing the lawn not far away, the old butler silently appeared behind Gino.

"What's wrong?" Gino asked without turning his head.

"Young master, two things. Your classmate Lana has woken up. She has already eaten breakfast and is looking for you."

Gino nodded: "Bring her over."

Because Lana's house was destroyed in the fire last night, and given the potential danger of Gray's escape, Gino had no choice but to bring the woman to his castle for the night.

"Also, Mr. Jonathan Kent is looking for you outside the manor."

"Jonathan?" Gino frowned. Clark's father was looking for him?

Is it because he beat up Clark that Jonathan is planning to give him a loving education?

"Let him come over too."

Gino was curious about Jonathan's purpose in coming to the castle, after all, the other party had always regarded the Luther family as a scourge.

Gino closed his eyes again and lay back in the chair, pretending to sleep. Not long after, it seemed that the sunlight in front of him dimmed. Gino opened his eyes and saw Lana standing in front of him with a smile on her face and her hands behind her back.

"You're blocking my sunbathing," Gino said bluntly, pushing Lana aside.

The girl was speechless; she could sense that Gino didn't like her.

But the necessary gratitude was essential. Lana stood beside Gino, following his gaze as they looked towards the distant meadow: "Thank you for your help yesterday."

"Of course, Clark is my friend." Gino shook his head, looking at Lana, and said, "He's a good boy."

At the very least, he's better than Lana's ex-boyfriend who played football.

"Yes." Lana stared at Gino and sighed softly.

The atmosphere fell silent for a moment until the butler led Jonathan, who looked serious and walked hurriedly, into the manor.

"Mr. Jonathan." Gino stood up from the recliner, maintaining a respectful demeanor towards Clark's adoptive father.

"Gino." Jonathan looked at Gino with a complicated expression, pursed his lips, and said, "Is Clark at your house?"

"Clark?" Gino frowned. "Shouldn't he have gone home last night?"

Although Clark had said last night that he would take charge of investigating Gray's matter, Gino obviously took Clark's words as youthful impulsiveness. But he didn't expect that Clark would not come home all night.

This is completely out of character for Clark. Although he often argues with his adoptive father, Clark loves his adoptive mother Martha very much. If Clark really didn't plan to go home, he would at least leave a message for Martha.

and so…

After eliminating all the impossible possibilities, the answer remains: Clark may have met with an accident.

"Could they have been captured by Gray?"

Others may not know, but Gino knows that Gray's changes come from Kryptonite.

Therefore, if Gray encounters Clark while carrying Kryptonite, the latter will be the one who suffers.

Jonathan left with a belly full of questions.

"Clark is missing?"

Lana asked with concern.

"He's missing." Gino's expression was grim. Without Clark, who was he going to use to rack up negative points? That stupid woman Talia?

"We must find Gray."

Gino, his expression somber, turned to the butler and instructed, "Butler, go and fetch the town map."

The butler nodded and quickly instructed the maids to bring the map.

"Splash!"

A map of the town was unfolded and placed before Gino.

Gino glanced at the map, silently analyzing Gray's possible hiding places.

First, the mummified corpse found in Gray's house proves that the other party had been active in the vicinity of his home.

Given the town's dense population, it's unlikely that Gray would be hiding in the town center.

Gino used the process of elimination to rule out some less likely options.

As the number of targets gradually decreased, Gino eventually focused his attention on an abandoned factory not far from Grey's house.

"Could it be here?" Gino stretched out his finger and tapped the map to himself.

The boy slowly stood up and looked towards the distant northwest.

There, a steel "behemoth" looms in the morning sunlight.

Abandoned factory.

The dusty, abandoned machine had been scrapped for a long time.

The rusty supports testify to the factory's long history.

On a thick iron pole, Clark, shirtless, had a kryptonite with a green glow hanging from his chest.

Countless spider webs covered the entire factory. Gray, like a humanoid spider, hung upside down on the web, his legs clasped together on the silk, his eyes fixed on Clark's chest.

A cold smile crept across Gray's lips:

"Do you think you can use yourself as bait to lure your rich friend over here?"

Clark looked pained, and large beads of sweat rolled down his face, hitting the steel with a "drip-drip" sound.

"You, you won't succeed." Clark struggled to lift his head, opened his misty eyes, and said weakly, "Gino is smart, he will never let you, you devil, go."

As he spoke, Clark looked at the several dried corpses on the ground with a guilty expression.

These innocent people were all kidnapped by Gray at night, and then eaten in front of him.

"Heh, I'm not afraid." Hearing Clark's words, Gray sneered and pulled out a few kryptonites from his pocket. He shook the kryptonites in his hand, and they made a crisp sound as they collided with each other.

"Once I catch that guy, I'm going to eat you all up." A fanatical glint flashed in Gray's eyes as he coveted Gino's godlike power.

(End of this chapter)