American comics: The off-the-charts random transformation

Moreover, Superman intends to pursue Lois Lane as Clark Kent; at this moment, Superman is simply Superman.

Superman asked directly:

"You knew I was coming? Who are you? And how much do you know?"

Superman, with his ingrained thinking, assumed that this talking penguin was just a puppet used as a scapegoat, and that someone was definitely controlling it.

The penguin pulled out a bow from somewhere, put it around its neck, and introduced itself: "Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Kowalski, and I'm the smartest penguin in the universe! And the mastermind behind all this!"

"Did I guess wrong?" Superman's expression was strange. He scanned the penguin again with his X-ray vision. Apart from a strange thing on the penguin's back, it was indeed a living being, and there were no mechanical modifications to its brain.

"...Okay, Kovacs, so can you tell me, you were the one who created that smear campaign website?"

“That’s right!” the penguin nodded.

"why?"

"Because of love, cough, I misspoke, it's to help you grow!"

Louise's eyes began to look strange, as if the first two words had piqued her curiosity.

He interrupted, "...Growth? What growth?"

Kowalski the penguin took a few steps back, pulled a blackboard from under the bed, and began to draw, explaining as he drew:

"Emmm, my original plan was to let Superman see the true dark side of humanity."

Before Superman could say anything, the penguin patted the blackboard and said:

"I just want to put you, Superman, in a choice: After witnessing the darkness of humanity, will you continue to help humanity, or will you give up your superhero status and find a place to retire?"

Superman suddenly sounds familiar; it's like someone's asked this question before:

"You really want Superman to disappear? Like Lex Luthor?"

The penguin's beak was slightly upturned.

"Of course—no! I will not let Superman retire. Superman's retirement would throw the world into chaos."

So, I have a follow-up plan. Once you give up your Superman identity, I will act as your mentor and give you some guidance.

The penguin pulled out a piece of paper from somewhere, with a simple drawing on it: a penguin patting Superman on the shoulder.jpg

Lois understood; in short, it was a lesson in philosophy for Superman, but she still had one question:

"So... what's going on now? Who's that person trying to whitewash Superman online?"

When asked about this, Kowaski the penguin's face showed an angry expression:

"Who else could it be? It's Bald Lex, of course!"

Oh, Superman, you might not know this, but he's a huge fan of yours!

All the smear websites I created were taken down by him. That damn bald guy, he's such a waste of my precious writing time.

Superman: "..."

Upon hearing that it was Lex Luthor who had secretly intervened, Superman's feelings were complex: five parts bewilderment, two parts disbelief, two parts incredulity, and one part heartwarming.

He never expected Luther to help him, even though he was making things worse.

"Why would he help me? It can't be because I often ruin his plans."

The penguin's face showed disdain, a look of disgust at seeing something dirty:

"Why else? He doesn't want me to interfere in your 'training' game."

My actions will terrify him! He's terrified of seeing a mature and composed Superman.

The air suddenly became quiet, and an awkward silence fell.

Superman has a kind of feel to him being seen as a stupid kid by Lex Luthor.

Louise hadn't heard enough, and seeing the atmosphere was about to become awkward, she eased the tension by saying, "Wow~, that's really interesting. Lex Luthor, who's always been against Superman, is afraid of Superman? Hahahaha, I'll definitely write that in tomorrow."

The penguin laughed too:

“Oh, he must be terrified, Ms. Louise.”

If Superman lost his moral compass, he would become like Homelander in my book, someone the whole world would fear and dread! He would become a Damocles' sword hanging over everyone's heads!

"No, I will never become a Homelander! Wait, you wrote that book!"

Superman initially rejected Penguin Kowalski's claim, then suddenly realized that the book that had almost broken him was written by this penguin!

Good heavens, so it was you who did it!

His fist clenched so tightly that it even produced a sonic boom.

As if oblivious, Kowalski nimbly approached Superman and whispered in his ear:

"Yes, that's right, I wrote it. Judging from your expression, you must have read it. How about it? Pretty amazing, huh? Want to try out the techniques in the book? How about shooting at the moon?"

"No!" Superman loosened his fist. Provoked by the penguin, his resolve suddenly hardened, and the bio-force field he emitted became even stronger.

“I will demonstrate my determination to protect people with my actions. I will never be like the Homelander, who disregarded life.”

The biggest difference between him and Homelander is that Superman doesn't care about fame, he won't kill for fame, and he won't do whatever he wants.

The penguin flapped its flippers:

"Very good, congratulations Superman, your inner strength has grown another step forward. That's great. The stronger you are, the safer the Earth will be."

However, I'm about to go and cause trouble for Lex Luthor, so please don't stop me!

"No, wait!"

Superman wants to capture the penguin Kowalski, but Lex Luthor won't be as easy to talk to. A talking penguin, if it falls into Lex Luthor's hands, will definitely become a test subject.

However, Kowaski the penguin suddenly burst forth with a powerful electric current that covered its entire body, instantly turning its black and white appearance into gold.

"Yay~, awesome! 500,000 volts of lightning armor! I would call this form: Penguin VIP."

Superman's biological stance was most sensitive to this change, and he felt that the creature in front of him had suddenly broken through the protective barrier of his stance.

He could originally sense the penguin's shape, but now, the golden penguin was enveloped by an oval-shaped force field.

It used that to deflect the bio-force field.

"Ahahaha, hiccup! Suboman."

With a push from its two claws, the golden penguin glides swiftly along the ground.

As it approached Superman, it turned from the ground to the wall in a way that was completely unscientific in Superman's eyes, adhered to the wall, and slid away from it.

"Is it because of that force field?"

As soon as Superman turned his head to look, it jumped off the balcony.

"Oh no, will it fall to its death?!"

Superman flew out of the window and looked down to see a golden afterimage gliding rapidly along the hotel's exterior wall.

Moreover, when encountering obstacles, it can adjust its gliding direction and skillfully avoid them.

"Oh my god, is that really a penguin? This doesn't make sense!!"

He chased after it, and Superman's flight was faster than the penguin's gliding forward. He caught up with it instantly and waited for it at the bottom of the building.

"Oh, don't stop me, Superman!"

Seeing that the road was blocked, the golden penguin seized the opportunity and used the curved sculpture on the hotel floor to help it take off, cross the road, and rush into the shopping mall across the street.

"Make way, make way! Getting shocked by my electric shock will be a disaster!"

"Oh! Shit!"...

"penguin!"……

"Watch out for penguins!"...

"A generous gift of crabs!"

The golden penguin charged wildly ahead, with Superman flying after it.

It always runs towards crowded places, making Superman feel somewhat constrained. Faced with so many people, Superman's super speed and super brain seem to shut down, and he can't use them at all.

As it glided along, Kowaski suddenly slid to the courtyard, where it clung to a stone pillar with its flippers and slid down in circles.

"Wuhu... Hahahaha, Lex Luthor dreams of outmaneuvering Superman like this."

The courtyard was spacious enough, but the appearance of the penguin scared away the people on the first floor. Superman was faster than it and was the first to wait for it on the first floor.

"Seriously, Superman never learns his lesson. Don't underestimate penguins, you idiot!"

In a surprising move, the golden penguin, in Superman's blind spot, kicked off the pillar with its two claws and rushed towards the door.

When Superman saw the penguin suddenly disappear, he activated his X-ray vision and saw the penguin fleeing directly in front of his line of sight.

"It's really flexible."

With super speed activated, everything around slowed down, and Superman flew towards the penguin, easily catching up with it.

Just as I was about to reach out to grab it, I suddenly felt something prick my hand, and it felt numb, but not much.

"This current is quite strong. An ordinary person would probably be electrocuted if they touched it. You're in quite danger!"

Just as Superman was about to succeed, he... slipped...

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Superman reached for the penguin again, but when his hand touched the golden penguin, the golden electric current on its body repelled it according to his biological force, and the penguin was actually pushed away by his biological force.

"How is this possible?" Superman could hardly believe it; his biofield had been exploited by his opponent for the first time.

If he loses focus, Superman loses his super speed.

"Hahaha, I knew you were coming, Superman! My super brain won this time!"

The golden penguin slid out of the gate with a sly grin, crawled into the first manhole cover in front of the gate, and used its dragon tooth to enter the 'Tomb of the Living Dead' as it fell in.

Superman used his X-ray vision when the penguin entered the sewer, and then the penguin suddenly disappeared in a way that he couldn't understand.

He flew to the manhole cover, opened it, and examined it closely. "It's really gone!"

The dried, cracked mud at the bottom of the well showed no signs of being stepped on.

Space technology? Or superpowers?