Chapter 614

In Metropolis, at the Luthor Manor, Pikachu put down the phone, then turned to Lex and said: "It's finished over there; we can make our move."

Lex leaned against the wall nearby; he stretched out an arm, and Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder along his arm; the two left the interior of the manor, passed through the courtyard outside, then got into a car and arrived at the entrance of Metropolis University.

Clark, carrying his schoolbag, had already been waiting there; he saw a luxury car slowly driving over, held the pet cage in his hands, stepped forward, and opened the car door; as soon as he sat in the car, he complained: "The car you're driving is too high-profile; my classmates will definitely gossip about me."

Lex looked down at his watch with an expressionless face, then said: "Being able to be friends with the Luthor family should be an honor for anyone."

Clark curled his lips; having spent so many days with Lex, he also knew that the other party just had this problem; the two things Lex liked to show off most were his intelligence and the wealth he possessed, and yet Clark couldn't refute him on either of these two things—Luthor is just very smart and very rich.

"Today, are we going to start investigating those locations?" Clark asked; he recalled these past few days, he had been using his X-ray vision above Metropolis to look underground, searching for the possible secret bases Lex spoke of.

Previously, because his dormitory was broken into, Clark found Lex, hoping he could go to the CIA to warn that group of agents, and later Lex found him and told him that the feedback he got from the CIA was that it wasn't the CIA that did it, and it wasn't even the KGB that did it.

Lex told Clark that there might be another mysterious force hiding underground in Metropolis, ready to invade the city at any time.

Once he heard it wasn't the agents who did it, Clark felt much more confident; after all, whether it's the CIA or the KGB, if you provoke them, you have to consider the problem of social death; going against these intelligence organizations might bring danger to your family.

However, if the opponent is a dark organization that is neither recognized by the law nor has a moral bottom line, isn't that exactly the target for him to uphold justice?

Moreover, Clark learned from Lex that not only him, but the CIA and the KGB all intended to deal with this mysterious organization, but this so-called mysterious dark organization might possess power beyond ordinary people, and as ordinary people, the agents couldn't very well discover and deal with them.

Once he heard this, Clark became even more enthusiastic; punishing evildoers that the law cannot punish, isn't that exactly what he wants to do? Just like that, he followed Lex's plan and had been patrolling above Metropolis these past few days, using his X-ray vision to lock onto several suspicious locations.

And today, they are going to investigate these locations on-site to find clues about that mysterious organization.

Just as Clark and Lex were heading to the first location, Kayla, the person in charge of the Metropolis CIA, returned to her apartment, then drove to a secret location, where she picked up the phone, called Alfred, and said:

"... Yes, among the five bases we locked onto, three are decoys, and there are two that our agents can't get into; if I'm not mistaken, that should be a kind of mysterious energy; our technicians have already sampled this kind of energy, but it will take a certain amount of time to crack it."

"... That's right, I think so too; if we can utilize the ability of that super-powered person named Clark, perhaps we can solve them faster."

"That heir to the Luthor family named Lex should have already passed on the situation I told him to Clark; Clark should already know about the existence of this mysterious organization; our agents have observed his flying figure several times within a few days; judging by his behavioral patterns, he should be looking for the base of that mysterious organization."

"Moreover, according to our investigation, this group of people seems to have come from Gotham, so I called just to ask you if you know their origins and weaknesses?"

Alfred, who hung up the phone, looked at Bruce, who was observing the readings in front of the analysis instrument.

That analysis instrument looked a bit strange, presenting a circular shape as a whole, with an energy storage module in the middle; at this moment, those energies from the dark owls were being placed in the module, input into the machine, and then the energy data was being read.

Looking at those data, Bruce frowned; this kind of energy was completely chaotic in the detection of scientific instruments, the values were constantly fluctuating, and there was no stable range value.

The plan to analyze some reliable data for experiments fell through; Bruce recalled Shiler's attitude at the time; Shiler seemed to have hinted to him that this kind of energy could be utilized by the Arc Reactor.

However, in Bruce's view, the Arc Reactor should be a generator; if this kind of special energy is used to provide energy for the Arc Reactor, then what should the final output energy act upon? And what effect can it achieve?

Fortunately, the raw materials for the experiment were sufficient, and Bruce could study it slowly; while the research was in progress, seeing Alfred put down the phone, Bruce paused, then said to Alfred: "Alfred, help me record the data; I'm going to go see Aisha."

After saying this, he left; all the research results were spread out on the experimental table like that, seemingly indicating some attitude to Alfred; Alfred looked at his departing back, smiled, but didn't walk to the experimental table, but instead picked up the phone again and said to the other end:

"Yes, Professor Shiler, they have already started to take action; I think you can also start preparing..."

In Metropolis, the combination of Lex and Clark had already headed to the third base to check; of the first two suspicious locations, one was a decoy, and the other had been completely abandoned, with no traces of recent activity.

The third location was located underground in a sawmill; as soon as the car drove here, Clark frowned; he stopped Lex, who was about to get out of the car, stood in front of him, and said: "Something is not right; I saw... a statue in that room underground, a... what is that? An owl? There is energy interference, I can't see it very clearly..."

Lex walked out of the car; Clark opened the door of his pet cage, letting the Bat-Cat jump onto his shoulder, while Lex had Pikachu on his shoulder; this combination of two people, one cat, and one mouse could be called perfect.

Lex and the Bat-Cat are responsible for the intelligence part, while Pikachu and Clark are responsible for the combat part; although Pikachu can also be classified as a member of the intelligence team, its discharge skill is very useful in many situations.

And in this combination, Pikachu's main job is to be responsible for protecting the safety of the intelligence team members; Clark has to charge at the front, responsible for scouting the way; Lex and the Bat-Cat behind him also need protection.

At this time, Pikachu's combat power is just enough; more importantly, it is a long-range mage; once it discovers something is wrong, it immediately discharges, which can very well eliminate danger in its infancy.

Arriving at the sawmill, there were still workers here; in order not to be discovered by these people, Clark directly dug a hole downward at a place relatively far from the workshop, and then was the first to walk in.

Digging all the way, walking forward all the way, he finally approached the secret room Clark saw with his X-ray vision; before he could even approach that room, Clark blinked his eyes hard and said: "It should be here; that kind of mysterious energy is interfering with my X-ray vision; I can't see clearly."

"What did you say you saw just now? An owl statue?" the Bat-Cat asked.

"That's right, I'm very sure; I can see it now too; judging by the outline, it's an owl... but why do I feel this statue looks a bit familiar?" Clark stared hard at it.

Suddenly, he said: "I remember! Isn't this the giant owl I saw before in that city full of cats? The shape of this sculpture is exactly the same as that owl; I won't remember it wrong."

The Bat-Cat narrowed his eyes; the team continued to move forward, and then they were blocked by a large door carved with strange patterns; the heat vision Clark's eyes emitted was useless against this large door; the energy would be blocked by a black protective shield, and Clark didn't dare to use brute force, fearing it would affect the workers working on the ground.

"Can you describe the posture of the owl you saw?" Lex turned his head to look at Clark and asked.

"It's a circular room with something like an altar in the middle; I heard some screams coming from there, but I couldn't hear clearly what it was. In the very center of the altar is placed a huge owl sculpture, head facing up, but the head is a bit hard to see clearly, especially the eye part; as long as I focus on looking there, I will feel my vision shaking."

"The eyes can't be seen clearly, is it because the energy there is exceptionally rich?" Lex continued to ask.

"Perhaps so; the only thing that can interfere with my vision is this kind of energy." Clark replied.

"Dig a hole; we'll go around to the back." After Lex and the Bat-Cat discussed in a low voice, they proposed this plan.

Clark did as he was told; digging a hole is not a difficult task for him, even going around this room is very fast.

"Small Bookstore"

Before long, they arrived at the back of the large door, but there was still a solid wall there; Clark's heat vision still couldn't open it.

Lex stomped his feet on the ground, then said: "No, it should be further down, to the very back of the eyes."

Clark didn't ask too much and continued to dig, and then they dug to the bottom of this room.

There were still walls underneath, but when Clark used heat vision to attack that wall, he discovered that the wall was no longer in that indestructible state, but instead began to shed debris.

"The energy core of this protective shield should be in the owl's head, and the position we are in is the point furthest from this head; the protection here should be the weakest; attack this point with all your might." Lex pointed his finger at one of the wall bricks and said.

Clark had absolutely no concept of this in his mind; seeing that Lex and the Bat-Cat were both very certain, he also gave up thinking and just did as he was told.

His control over the heat vision of his eyes was more stable than his control over strength, so the light beam emitted from his eyes was thicker, but it didn't cause a bigger commotion.

Ensuring that no one in the factory on the surface discovered anything unusual, Clark continued to increase the output; before long, with a "boom," that wall was opened, and the few of them walked upward along the slope pushed out by the dirt, and as soon as they arrived in that room, they saw a scene that was somewhat suffocating.

The most prominent thing in the entire room was the owl sculpture in the center of the altar, and around the sculpture, it was densely packed with iron cages.

Inside the iron cages, they were all cats.