Chapter 4440: Dark Prelude (Part 32)

Clark raised this question to Diana. Diana had to break her self-protection mechanism again and start thinking carefully about the details of the previous events.

It is not difficult to see that the Serpent of Frigine artifact itself and the green gem are actually two lines. The Serpent of Frigine is mainly used to bring out the fact of the existence of aliens, while the green gem is aimed at Kryptonians.

This line of the green gem is also full of ups and downs: first in Luthor's hands, then in the hands of the military, and then Dr. Stone, Victor's father, took it to do desensitization experiments for Clark.

Thinking of this, Diana realized that there seemed to be someone who hadn't appeared for a long time, which didn't fit his style of wanting to have a hand in everything.

"I always feel that this matter has something to do with Luthor." Diana said. "Think about it, who could they know from that Kryptonite is really useful?"

Clark was also thinking about this question. The other party chose to refer to the myth and use Kryptonite to attack him even though they knew the artifact was fake, so they must have obtained some more definite news, knowing that this thing had indeed injured him before.

How many people knew that he was injured by Kryptonite?

First of all, of course, it was Luthor who injured him. Luthor had a very deep understanding of how useful Kryptonite was to Kryptonians, because it was his handiwork.

Moreover, it was at Luthor Group at the time; there was no telling how many cameras were in that office, and there wouldn't be few in the surrounding streets. Clark was in a very bad state at the time, and when he flew out swaying, he couldn't care about anything, so he must have been filmed.

And Luthor had the most professional research equipment there, which could provide various properties of Kryptonite. This mineral must have some characteristics that ordinary ores didn't have, which was the key to being able to cause damage to Kryptonians.

Only when the mastermind behind the scenes got these definite pieces of evidence would he use this thing to hit himself even though he knew the artifact was fake. And Luthor could definitely provide this kind of definite evidence.

And Luthor had been inexplicably targeting him from the beginning. Clark couldn't help but think, whoever is against Superman, Luthor helps.

Don't look at the fact that Luthor contributed a little when Steppenwolf came; that didn't mean he had turned over a new leaf. It might be because he thought he had rolled away forever when he wasn't on Earth at that time, and he was in a good mood, so he helped out.

As soon as he came back, he would definitely make trouble again. And a smart person like him knew a little about the inside story of the Martian invasion plan. But he had to pay such high taxes, so he must hate him even more. At this time, someone found him and invited him to deal with Superman together, he absolutely went happily.

The two sides compared notes, and naturally understood: Kryptonite is a sharp weapon to deal with Kryptonians, regardless of whether the artifact is true or false, because it had already had an effect. Luthor saw it with his own eyes, it couldn't be fake.

It's just that Luthor didn't know where to find more Kryptonite, so he stole the data from the second-floor archives of Metropolis, wanting to find more clues from it.

Don't care whether the artifact and mythological legend are true or not, at least the gem dug from it is useful, so there might be useful clues in the data.

It's just that they calculated everything but didn't calculate that the gem wasn't dug from the artifact at all. What they should have done most was to find the Kryptonite wholesaler Schiller, instead of looking for clues in the mythological legends he made up and the data of the artifacts he forged. It was completely putting the cart before the horse, buying the box and returning the pearl.

Clark sighed in his heart. Clearly, everything had something to do with Schiller, but he was perfectly invisible, playing everyone around with one artifact.

But in fact, Clark could also understand why this was the case. Because Luthor was full of anger toward him and had very extreme prejudices. He had been completely blinded by hatred and didn't think carefully about the process of him obtaining Kryptonite, nor did he realize what an important role Schiller played in it.

In fact, if he hadn't woken up and walked to this step today, he might not have realized it, still thinking that Schiller was just a swindler who saw the wind and steered the rudder.

But how to deal with Luthor, Clark had a headache again. On one hand, he was a big household, paying taxes obediently, and didn't make any small moves, so he couldn't hit him just because he wanted to. On the other hand, that Luthor was like a crazy Chihuahua, biting as soon as he saw him. Even if he went to ask a few questions about the assassination, it might stimulate him. He couldn't communicate with him properly at all. Killing him wouldn't work, talking wouldn't work, it was too hard to deal with.

"I'll come forward." Diana said on the other end of the phone. "The two of us can be considered victims of the same conspiracy. I'll go talk to him and see if I can make him change his mind."

"That's the only way." Clark said. "You have to be careful; he should think the assassination was successful now. Even if I didn't die, I must be seriously injured. He thinks his plan succeeded, so he might push his luck."

"You mean he might ambush axe men?" Diana frowned. "Whoever comes to negotiate will be taken down? It wouldn't be that bad, right? Isn't he afraid of angering Batman?"

"His act of assassinating me has already angered Batman; he doesn't care about offending him again. What's more, if he really cooperates with the mastermind behind the scenes, even if he is unwilling, the mastermind behind the scenes will definitely make him do so. This is a good opportunity to knock down both in one go."

Diana nodded cautiously and said, "I'll contact J'onn immediately, and it's best to bring Barry along. In case something happens, Barry will take me away, and J'onn will escape by himself."

Clark said with some surprise, "I thought you would fight them for three hundred rounds."

"That won't do." Diana denied it flatly. "The kind of sneak attack method used by resurrected people, the longer you fight, the more likely you are to be hit. But as long as you run fast enough, he can't hit you either."

"Okay. Be sure to be safe. If it really doesn't work, go find Batman."

"Rest assured. I'll notify you when I have news."

Diana hung up the phone, immediately found Barry, and then contacted J'onn. The three of them went to Luthor Tower together. On the way, they kept discussing how to run away if they really encountered an ambush.

In fact, among these three, the most dangerous one was Diana. She was simply without any power to fight back, but she had to go, because she was most familiar with Luthor, and her negotiation skills were relatively good, so maybe she could get some words out of him.

Diana thought about the rhetoric all the way and soon arrived at Luthor Tower. Lex was stunned when he saw the three people coming aggressively, and then said, "Why are you here?"

"Nothing happens without a reason." Diana hugged her arms and said, "You know what you have done in your heart."

A look of guilt flashed on Lex's face. J'onn also read some of his emotions; he gave Diana a wink, signaling that it was indeed so.

"Then are you here to stop me? To beat me up and stop my plan?"

"That's not it." Diana changed the subject, "Luthor, you are a smart person. You should know that now is not the time for infighting. Even if you kill Superman, that cunning mastermind behind the scenes might destroy the Earth and the entire universe. This is no good for you either, is it?"

Lex blinked. He heard that Diana's tone was a bit wrong, so he said, "Kill Superman? You don't think the Presidential assassination case was done by me, do you?"

"It wasn't done by you, but it has something to do with you."

"What kind of logic is this?" Lex said quite dissatisfied, "Just because I had a grudge with him before, so something happened to him, and you suspect me? Isn't this wronging people?"

"Do you dare to say it has nothing to do with you? Then why were you guilty just now?"

"Where was I guilty?"

J'onn narrowed his eyes. Lex glanced at him, pursed his lips and said, "I do have some plans, but it has nothing to do with Superman, uh... I can't say it has nothing to do with it, it has a little bit to do with it, but it is definitely not killing him."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"That's none of your business. Anyway, his assassination wasn't done by me; I'm not that stupid. I'm not a reckless person with nothing. Once the assassination of the President is involved, both I and Luthor Group will be finished. I finally got Luthor Group back, so I won't take this risk."

Although what he said made some sense, Diana still didn't quite believe it. She took out the Lasso of Truth and said, "We have a friend here who can read minds, but we feel that it is a bit impolite. So... Clark, why are you here?"

Lex looked back subconsciously, and with a "whoosh," the Lasso of Truth tied him up.

Lex widened his eyes, struggled a few times, found he couldn't struggle free, and looked at Diana fiercely.

Diana clapped her hands and said, "Does the Presidential assassination case have anything to do with you?"

"No." Lex said, "I only learned that he was assassinated from the news."

"You didn't provide any information about Kryptonite to anyone?"

"No." Lex said very firmly, "Although I have been studying that thing, I haven't given any experimental results or test reports to anyone else."

Diana frowned; she even started to suspect whether Lex had any way to deceive the Lasso of Truth, but felt that her kind of thinking was too biased. So she asked, "What was the plan you mentioned just now?"

"I want to get that Kryptonian spaceship." Lex said, "To be precise, I need the Kryptonian coordinates on it."

Diana took a light breath and said, "What do you want to do?!"

"Dr. Stone shared his research results with me, which is that Kryptonians only have extraordinary power under the shining of the yellow sun in the solar system. And in their old home, they are very likely ordinary people just like humans—I want to send Superman back to his old home."

Diana didn't know how to evaluate his plan. She could only say, "Clark has already been back. What is the point of this?"

"No, my plan is to forcibly send him back and then lock him up. After staying there for a long time, he won't have superpowers, and even if he runs out of prison, he can't fly back to Earth. I won't have to see him ever again."

"Hiss..." J'onn and Barry couldn't help but gasp. You really can't say, compared to trying to kill Clark on Earth, sending him back to Krypton and locking him up is obviously a method that is more operable and more likely to succeed.

Clark on Earth is really too strong. He is not even afraid of Kryptonite anymore, and he has magic power; no one can shake him. But if he goes back to Krypton for a period of time, it's hard to say.

And as Lex said, once he loses his superpowers on Krypton, he can't recover. Because without the power of the yellow sun, Superman will also become an ordinary person. Inability to recover means getting weaker day by day; by then, let alone leaving the planet, it might be difficult to leave the surface, so he will be trapped on that dying star forever. What a poisonous plan!

Barry rushed up and gave Lex a punch. Lex curled his lips and said, "We are all ordinary people on our own planets, why can he go to someone else's place and be a Superman? I'm just letting him go live the life he was supposed to live; he should thank me!"