American comics: Starting with gaining Spider-Man's abilities

Chapter 157 Cousins

The arrival of this person did not cause a strong wind. Relying on his own bio-field to seal off all influences on the outside world, he suddenly entered the burning building. Only Li Buying and Kara could clearly see that figure.

Superman is here.

When Kara saw the strong man, she unconsciously tightened her grip on the door handle, which was deformed under the weight. Li Buying reached out and gently patted her shoulder, signaling her to calm down and that there would be a chance to find him later.

He entered and exited nearly a hundred times in a minute, rescuing all the people trapped in the burning building. When he carried the last person out, people couldn't help but surround him, instinctively reaching out to him who had saved them and their families.

Some people even knelt down and prayed to him. At this moment, Superman was revered by ordinary people like a god among men.

"snort……"

The Kryptonian girl snorted coldly. As Superman took off, she immediately opened the door, which had been restored to its original state, and chased after him. Li Buying told Ai Yi to wait there, while she activated her invisibility mode and followed closely behind.

Superman, flying through the air, quickly sensed something chasing him from behind. When he turned around, his eyes showed a series of emotions, including astonishment, solemnity, doubt, and joy.

"Who are you……"

Clark Kent, looking at the still somewhat unfamiliar Kara Zoe flying through the air, inquired about her identity. Kara, naturally, gave him a cold shoulder, instantly unleashing heat rays from her eyes at Superman and shouting:

"Does killing your fellow humans and becoming a god to Earth excite you, Superman!?" (Kryptonian language)

Faced with the direct heat rays, Clark realized that his guess was correct; the person in front of him was definitely a Kryptonian who had just arrived on Earth.

He shifted through the air, raising his hand and saying, "Hey kid, I don't want to fight you. I have my reasons—" (Kryptonian language)

"What hardship could make you kill your own people!?" (Kryptonian language)

Kara roared, the sadness that had been building up inside her turning into rage, and was about to rush forward to fight Superman when Li Buying's voice rang in her ear, sounding very gentle: "Kara, please, I'm begging you, stop for a moment, okay?"

The pleading in her words made the Kryptonian girl hesitate; she almost bit her lip until it bled. Finally, she glared coldly at Superman and temporarily put aside her desire to attack.

Clark breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at what was behind Kara, and his eyes narrowed slightly as he saw Li Buying, who had gone into stealth mode. Li Buying then deactivated her stealth mode, looked at Superman generously, and raised her hand in invitation.

"Superman, can you talk to us about Kara?"

"certainly."

Without the slightest hesitation, Clark nodded in agreement, also wanting to know the relationship between the boy flying in the air and his compatriots.

After descending from the sky, Ai drove to the wilderness in no time. The three of them got into the car. Kara refused to sit in the same row as Clark and sat in the front with Ai with a cold face. Superman and Li Buying sat in the back.

Li Buying recounted his slightly altered identity according to the original plan: he and his sister were superpowered individuals who could use magic, while his encounter with Kara remained unchanged, explaining everything in detail.

"That's how it is, which is why we brought Kara here to find you, so that Kara can learn to control her power."

"I see, thank you so much."

Clark took a deep breath and thanked Li Buying and Ai Yi. Kara frowned and scoffed, "What do you need to thank them for? Shouldn't you be regretting that I didn't just die or get dragged into the lab for research?" (Kryptonian language)

Filled with guilt, Superman tentatively revealed his Kryptonian name: "My Kryptonian name is Kal-El. I don't know if you recognize the name, Kara Zo-El."

Kara, still furious with Superman, suddenly froze, exclaiming incredulously, "Cousin!?" (Kryptonian language)

what?

Superman's eyes widened. For some reason, Li Buying felt as if he had a bucket of chicken wings in his hand, allowing him to savor this good show.

……

After recognizing Clark as her cousin, Kara's anger lessened but her resentment deepened. She couldn't help but yell, "Why did you do this? Don't you know there are only so many Kryptonians left? Oh right, now it's just the two of us!!" (Kryptonian language)

"I'm sorry," Clark shook his head sadly, but his expression remained firm, showing no remorse for his actions. "I cannot allow Zod to harm the people of Earth."

"You!!" (Kryptonian language)

Kara always spoke Kryptonian, while Superman usually spoke English. Although they were related by blood, there was really no familial bond between them.

"Kara, why don't you two go have a fight first, or maybe Superman can punch you a few times to vent your emotions?"

Seeing that Kara was showing signs of going berserk, and fearing that the girl might turn into a villain, Li Buying suggested, to which Clark surprisingly nodded in agreement: "If you want to vent, you can do it to me—"

"Don't think I won't hit you!" (Kryptonian language)

Enraged, Kara slammed her hand over the car seat and punched Clark in the chest. Although she subconsciously tried to hold back, she still managed to smash Clark out of the car, creating a large hole. She then proceeded to beat Superman mercilessly, even though Superman only defended and didn't retaliate.

After repairing the car with the "Restore to Original" ability, Li Buying got out of the car to watch the two fight. She did not choose to use any other abilities; Kara simply punched Superman repeatedly.

The Kryptonian girl angrily cursed Clark in Kryptonian language. As she cursed, she started to cry, her hand movements slowed down, and then she pushed her cousin away, turned around and flew to Li Buying, hugged him and cried bitterly.

Clark raised his eyebrows and looked at the Asian boy with his innocent-looking hands raised, then at his cousin, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old after subtracting the time she had been asleep. He suppressed the urge to call 911 and mouthed the words, hoping that Li Buying could comfort her.

Li Buying naturally agreed. Ai Yi in the car showed her tablet and explained the three's current address. Clark nodded and flew away after seeing the address, wanting to ask his father, Kara Zo El, if she was really his cousin.

A cousin who is more than ten years younger than him after his cryogenically frozen age... that's still too strange.

The Kryptonian girl, noticing Clark's departure, looked up to call out to him, but Li Buying held her tightly in his arms. Kara, afraid of hurting him, didn't move, and heard the boy's gentle voice:

"Don't worry, Kara, I left him my home address. He'll find his way here himself. Ai and I think you need to get some rest."

Looking up at the boy's concerned expression, Kara, having vented her emotions, finally calmed down somewhat. She sobbed and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, looking incredibly endearing, completely unlike a supergirl who could handle most threats on Earth.

Li Buying went to drive, and Kara, who was sitting in the back seat, lay on Ai Yi's lap and quickly fell asleep, her eyes tightly closed as if she were having a nightmare. Ai Yi, with the habit of humanoid creatures, raised her hand and gently patted her, and Kara's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.

That's a basic introduction to Superman. Now all we have to do is wait for Superman and Batman to start their big battle.

Upon entering the tidied villa, Li Buying reached out to pick up the sleeping Kara and placed her on the bed. She casually brushed away the strands of golden hair that clung to Kara's face before leaving the room and closing the door behind her.

……

On the second night, there was a knock on the door. Li Buying could sense from the force field fluctuations that it was Superman. He opened the door and gestured for Superman, who was dressed in a superhero suit, to come in. It seemed that he did not want to reveal his identity at the moment.

"Mr. Li Buying, where is Kara?"

"Oh, she doesn't really want to see you, so she's hiding in her room."

Clark was poured a cup of green tea. He thanked her, took a sip, pursed his lips as if he wasn't used to the taste, but quickly sipped again before revealing his purpose: "Carla is indeed my cousin."

From the copy left by his father on the spaceship, he learned that Kara was the daughter of his uncle Zor El, and that she had supposedly held him once, but unfortunately, the two sides fell apart after Krypton was destroyed.

"I came here mainly to ask my cousin if she wants to come live with me; my mother can adopt her..."

"roll!"

Kara's room door opened a crack, and her very rude voice came from inside. Clark scratched his head helplessly and placed the booklet containing the secrets to controlling power, which he had memorized overnight, on the table: "Hopefully, this will help my cousin."

"Don't worry, I'll teach her once she's calmed down a bit."

Li Buying took the book of tips and tricks and nodded seriously, while Clark stared at him and couldn't help but smile. He thanked him again, feeling from the bottom of his heart that he was a good person.

Aside from his mother, Louise, and his deceased father, it was because there were good people like Li Buying on Earth that he chose to help humanity. The kindness Kara received strengthened his resolve.

After Superman left, Kara cautiously peeked out of the room, walked down the stairs, and briefly asked Li Buying for the booklet: "Give it to me."

Li Buying, who saw through Kara's intentions at a glance, had already hidden the booklet: "You want to burn it, right? That won't do. I asked Superman for it, not Superman gave it to you. I have to make sure you have the ability to control your powers."

"I don't want his help."

The Kryptonian girl shook her head in a huff. Li Buying, with deep eyes, took Kara's hand and said, "But you need my help, and I need yours too. There's something I hope you can help me with, Kara."

He asked the girl to sit down and told her that he had the ability to foresee danger, hoping that Kara could help him avoid danger. Upon hearing this, the girl's eyes lit up and she nodded vigorously.

Perhaps because she finally felt she was no longer just causing trouble, but could actually help Li Buying, Kara seemed very happy and asked, word by word, "What kind of help?"

Li Buying looked up at the universe, said something to Ai Yi, then grabbed Kara's hand and took off. Pointing to the dazzling sun in space, she spoke to the Kryptonian girl who was basking in its sunlight with her eyes closed:

"I hope you can get close to the sun and absorb energy to prepare for the great danger that will come later."

Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, himself, The Flash...

There are probably only five superheroes who can get there quickly enough. Excluding Batman, who provides the Kryptonite spear but is otherwise useless, Li Buying still plans to have Kara join the battle as a precaution, so that she can wear a combat suit to conceal her identity.

"it is good."

Kara nodded vigorously, then flew toward the sun, feeling increasingly comfortable, as if she were being embraced by her mother again.

Looking at Kara, who was radiating light, Li Buying did not leave. Instead, she waited in space for Kara to absorb solar energy, planning to come for about half a day every day to check on her condition.

Days passed by normally, everything was as usual, except that there was another mouth to eat in the house. Although Kara did not actually need to eat to replenish her energy, she still had various desires.

After idly studying the Mind Scepter and the Aether Particles within his body for about a month, Ai finally came to deliver an important message.

That day, Li Buying was trying to create air using ether particles so that he could breathe on his own when the mechanical girl opened the door and calmly said, "Superman and Batman have already started fighting."

"Let's go, let's rescue Superman's mother, Martha, first."

……

Meanwhile, on the other side, Superman also flew over Gotham City, searching for Batman, his eyes filled with anger and panic.

Not long ago, capitalist Lex Luthor kidnapped his girlfriend Louise to force him to show himself. Just as he rescued Louise and was about to take action against Luthor, he learned something shocking: his mother, far away in Smallville, Kansas, had been arrested.

To maintain a normal life, Superman's super senses weren't always on, so he didn't hear his mother's cries for help and didn't know where she had been taken.

Having confirmed that this was true, Clark had no choice but to temporarily obey Luthor's threats and come to Gotham. Along the way, he used his superhuman senses to search for his mother, Martha, but unfortunately, he couldn't find her even after searching the entire America.

Could it be that they were taken to another continent?

With a somber expression, he approached the Bat-Signal. As the sky mirrored his mood, a torrential downpour began. Batman emerged from the darkness, and Clark descended from the sky, speaking to him, "Batman, this is Luthor's scheme. We—"

Clark didn't want to fight, but Batman, who didn't trust anyone, thought differently and immediately activated the trap he had set.

A powerful sonic wave was released from the pre-programmed sonic weapon. Clark, whose senses were heightened to perceive his mother's location, groaned and was immediately subjected to severe interference. His hearing was momentarily impaired, and he roared at Batman:

"Listen to me, Batman!"

Before Clark could finish a sentence, he saw a bullet flying towards him. He instinctively reached out to catch it and throw it to the ground, which was exactly what Batman wanted.

Having studied Superman's fighting techniques, he naturally didn't use ordinary bullets. When he saw Superman catch the bullets steadily, he decisively pressed the button, and green smoke instantly burst out!

(End of this chapter)