American comics farmer: start by adopting the villain savior.

Chapter 36 Birthday, but drowning, and... biofield, turn around and get on my good side!
The setting sun dyed the school bus orange-red, and Dior stepped onto the steps with one hand in his pocket.

Clark followed closely behind, holding a paper bag filled with his craft work.

"Gentlemen of Kent!"

Mrs. Green, the homeroom teacher, suddenly poked her head out from the car door and said in a mysterious, low voice, "Happy birthday~"

Clark's blue eyes lit up instantly:
"Teacher, how do you know?"

"fool."

Without even turning his head, Dio asked, "Is the student record just for show?"

"What's more, our birthdays are on the same day."

Clark nodded in sudden realization, "So what gift do you think Uncle Locke will prepare this year?"

"Astronomical telescope." Dio interrupted him and pushed Clark into the window seat. "It's custom-made by the Royal Academy of Sciences."

"Eh?!"

Clark nearly jumped out of his seat, "How did you-?!"

"Dad has made seven overseas calls in the past two months." Dio rolled his eyes. "To someone on vacation abroad."

"Every time I say—"

"Brother Anthony, my two children, this year they..."

The boy imitated Locke's tone perfectly.

"It's hard for me to pretend I don't know."

"Dio, you are so evil to tell me in advance."

"Who asked?"

"Oh"

Clark's shoulders slumped visibly, like a popped krypton balloon, and he twisted his fingers in confusion:

"That. Dio"

"Don't even think about it." Dio flipped through his notes without looking up. "I won't use the 'world' to make you lose your memory."

"Even the world's fists hurt, asshole!"

Hearing this, Clark was about to protest, but the school bus suddenly shook violently!

He subconsciously grabbed the handrail, and the metal rod accidentally twisted and deformed in his palm.

But what's even scarier is.
"Oh no, kids!"

The driver, Old Tom, suddenly yelled, spinning the steering wheel wildly in his hands, "Everyone, open the windows--!"

Amidst the screeching sound of brakes.

“Boom—Crack!!”

With the groan of breaking metal, the bridge in front of the school bus collapsed in front of everyone.

Then it plunged headfirst into the raging river, and the windshield exploded into a spider web shape the moment it hit the water.

Old Tom was the first to be knocked unconscious.

"what--!!"

Screams filled the carriage.

The icy river water poured in from the cracks like countless silver snakes, reaching their knees.

Clark's super senses were infinitely magnified at this moment——

He saw Mrs. Green, the teacher, faint in the front row;
He smelled the acrid odor of diesel mixed with river water;
He heard his classmates' heartbeats so violent that they were almost bursting;

even
Tasted the salty taste of some child's fearful tears mixed in the water.

"This is.?"

The boy froze in place, his blue pupils constricted into dots.

But before he could think about it, the water had already flooded over the front row and reached his chest.

The school bus was still sinking slowly.

"boom!"

Glass shattered.

An invisible big hand suddenly grabbed the back of his collar!

"Crack-!"

Clark's eyes blurred, and when he came to his senses.

He had been forcibly pulled out of the water. Beside him stood Dio in the shallows, his golden bangs wetly stuck to his pale face. On the other side of him, the frightened Mrs. Green was being lifted up by invisible giant hands and floating on the water.

"Dio! Everyone—"

"Shut up, idiot."

Dio gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words, veins bulging in his temples.

Excessive use of his Stand caused him to go blind, but he still commanded the "world" to drag the unconscious teacher ashore.

As for the rest
Sorry
This is not like saving one person from a meteorite. There are twenty or thirty students in the school bus!

Unless you lift the school bus directly out of the water, there is no hope of saving anyone.

So this time Dior
Powerless.

but.
Clark took a deep breath and looked back at the river.

——Only half of the school bus was exposed outside the water, and bubbles were bubbling up.

Without hesitation, he dived back into the water and headed towards the school bus.

"Clark!!"

Dio's roar was isolated by the water and turned into a vague vibration.

The underwater world is eerily quiet.

Eyes wide open, Clark could see a dozen children like insects trapped in amber, struggling against the slowly rising water in the carriage.

Their hair, textbooks, and backpack straps were all floating strangely in the water.

At the deepest point, a girl's red hairband is gradually being swallowed by the river.
The lack of oxygen...

Many children fainted.

"boom!"

The Kryptonian boy's fist shattered the glass.

In the whirlpool formed by the water, he grabbed the two people closest to him.

They felt cool and soft, like the litter of bunnies he and Dio had rescued last winter.

Pushing them to the surface, Clark turned around and went to rescue the third, fourth, and fifth people.
Until
He overestimated himself.

Oxygen was being consumed rapidly, and a burning sensation came from the lungs.

Through the twisting water flow, Clark saw more children with pale faces being swallowed by the water in the carriage.

One girl even closed her eyes tightly, her lips moving unconsciously, and judging by her lip shape, she was shouting—

Mom? Yes, I have a mom too.

Clark regretted it. He regretted playing the hero.

Death
Like a shadow.

Dark spots began to appear at the edges of my vision, like a broken television screen.

Today is my and Dio's birthday, but it seems that I have messed it up again. Mom and Dad will cry, and Uncle Locke and Dio will be sad.

This is.
Wrong choice? Uncle Locke.

The pressure of the river water made his eardrums buzz, and Clark vaguely heard a voice passing through his memory:
"It's a necessary step to growing up, Clark."

“When you make a decision, it means you are ready to take responsibility.”

“There’s a price to pay, but there’s also a reward.”

"But remember it."

"Just keep trying to grow, and nature's miracles will give birth to new life!"

Darkness surged like a tide, and consciousness was about to dissipate...

moment--!
The boy suddenly opened his eyes.

He reached the bottom of the water and put his hands against the front of the car.

"boom!"

The sound is so subtle, almost imperceptible!
But that's the sun!
Those are Clark's cells!

They burst out with brilliance like the sun in desperate situations!
New energy fluctuations burst out from the boy's fingertips, and the invisible force field spread like ripples!

"Om-!"

The metal frame groaned under the weight.

The river water began to tremble, the fish fled in panic, and the pebbles on the entire riverbed were jumping slightly!
"Give me."

The muscle fibers broke and reorganized under the overload, and countless bubbles escaped from between the teeth, rising to the surface of the water with blood.

"Get up!!!"

"boom!"

The whole river became quiet.

A circle of dazzling shock waves then shook the riverbed!
And at this moment on the river bank.

Clark.
Clark!
Watching the water surface where no one was floating up, Dio struggled to get out of the water, but...
At first, the side effects of the time stop that lasted for who knows how many seconds were so severe that Dio couldn't even think.

He even had to help Clark pull the children out of the water.

He now
Even the world cannot be summoned!

Dio pounded the ground and shouted, "Clark, you are a bastard!"

"You've ruined my day, bastard."

"boom--!"

Dio was interrupted, his face was stunned. He forced himself to look towards the river, only to see...
There was a huge water bag there!

The huge metal object that had sunk into the water with only a little bit left was now being lifted up by an invisible giant hand and breaking through the water!

Thousands of rainbows are reflected in the setting sun.

Countless water droplets are suspended in the air, motionless as if time has stopped!
Isn't this just the story of Moses parting the sea in mythology?!

Staring in astonishment at the separated water flow, Dio looked in disbelief at the transformed school bus being lifted back to the shore.

Are there really gods in this world?

It's the river god who's exerting his power...

?
"boom!"

The front of the car hit the shallows
The wet, blue-eyed boy climbed out from behind the car.

Let Dio transform into a materialistic warrior again.

Clark's face was as pale as silver, but he still managed a weak smile towards Dio:

"Hey Dio, I didn't mess up this time, did I?"

"Idiot! Who asked you to be a hero?!"

"because."

"Dio, if you had the ability, I think you would do the same, just like you think you can save the person under the meteorite."

Before he could finish his words, Clark fell forward like a puppet with its strings cut.

In his last consciousness, he heard Dio's curse coming from far away:

"Clark, you bastard."
-
In the wheat field, the setting sun dyed the stubble golden red.

After a tiring day, Logan lay sprawled on the haystack, his steel claws poking at the straw stalks intermittently, muttering to himself:
"Locke, where's the birthday party? I'm hungry, I'm hungry, I'm hungry."

Hearing this, Locke couldn't help but smile.

He stood up and said, "Calculating the time, they should be back soon."

"Logan, thank you for your claws. You might still have time to prepare your Canadian honey cake now."

Logan rested his head on his arm and said unhappily, "It's maple syrup cake, you tasteless peasant."

His voice stopped abruptly.

Because Locke's expression suddenly froze.

The farmer slowly sat up, his eyes fixed on a certain point in the void.

Logan followed his gaze and looked—

There was nothing but waving ears of wheat.

"Uh Locke?"

Wolverine swallowed his saliva, and his steel claws retracted unconsciously. "It's honey, so be it. If you want to eat it, I can actually make it too."

But Locke seemed not to hear.

In his pupils were reflected words that only he could see—

【Dio Kent, nine years old】

[Stand-in: World]

[Ability Improvement → World Time Pause 1s]

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[Stand: Star Platinum]

[Ability Improvement → Star Platinum·World·Time Stop·5s]

　Chapter 35 is unblocked and can be read now

　　Oh my, I was really scared.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)