Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 391 Superman and Batman

The Mother of All Bombs was loaded with more than eight tons of H6 explosives, with a yield equivalent to 12 tons of TNT, making its explosive power extremely terrifying.

The massive explosion destroyed half of the central forest area and knocked down the remaining half.

Meanwhile, the white phosphorus rockets fired by the armed helicopters scattered the inextinguishable white phosphorus flames throughout the central area of ​​the forest. At this moment, the shockwave from the explosions spread outwards, igniting the entire forest.

However, the previous shelling was extremely loud, waking up the homeless people and residents sleeping in the forest.

Those who were quick-witted ran away immediately, while the foolish ones also fled after seeing the fire caused by the white phosphorus incendiary bombs.

But many people were still concerned about their property and were reluctant to leave.

When the Mother of All Bombs exploded, the entire forest was set ablaze, and they had no chance to escape.

A pitiful cry for help rang out, but amidst the deafening crackling and popping of the burning, the human cries were so insignificant that they were almost impossible to hear.

Unless it's a monster like Xia Zuo who has opened up a "mind network" to listen to the voices of all spirits, or a rich person like Batman whose helmet has a filter and sound collector installed in the cat ears.

Hearing the pitiful cries for help, Batman was filled with hatred for his own powerlessness, and he clenched his teeth so hard that his gums bled.

Hearing the cries for help as well, Xia Zuo paid no attention and ignored them completely.

Over the past few days, Xia Zuo has used the [Heart Network] to investigate the inhabitants of his forest. He has confirmed that none of the homeless people or those living in houses were the kind people who had helped him before.

Moreover, those who deserve help, such as kind-hearted people and those who persevere with self-improvement, have all been marked by Xia Zuo.

Upon discovering the attack from the Court of Owls, he immediately roused them by following the markings, then drove them out of the forest in fear.

Even those who were physically injured or old and unable to walk were cured by Xia Zuo's treatment and could run as fast as rabbits.

After excluding those who successfully saved themselves, the remaining guys were the trash Xia Zuo considered, so burning them to death would be fine.

But he was still disappointed, because there was one other person who heard their cries for help.

He is the undisputed strongest man on Earth, a morally perfect man, a Kryptonian orphan, an intern reporter for the Daily Planet, the savior of Metropolis, a god-like superman walking among humans, Clark Kent.

Metropolis is Superman's territory, but his scope of assistance extends to the entire world (except for Tokyo University).

This saint, whose kindness was impeccable, heard the screams and cries for help from Gotham City and rushed to Gotham at near-sonic speed.

Faced with the raging fire, Superman puffed out his cheeks and blew with all his might, turning the entire forest fire into an icy wasteland in just 5 seconds.

This was only because Superman was taking care of the people inside the fire and deliberately slowed down the cooling process; otherwise, he could have finished everything in a second.

"Wow! This is Superman!" Xia Zuo popped his head out of the hole and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Strong! Strong! He's really too strong! I'm no match for him at all."

Superman naturally heard Xia Zuo's sigh and turned around to say, "Mr. Xia Zuo, although I don't approve of your current behavior, I won't stop you. You don't need to worry about it."

There were about 100 meters between Superman and Shaza, but he knew that Shaza could hear him.

Xia Zuo laughed and said, "Haha, I knew you could see what I did and hear what I said, which is why I restrained my emotions and didn't dare to kill indiscriminately."

"You're such an annoying guy, making even a powerful being like me afraid to act recklessly. I hate you so much."

Superman smiled gently and said, "It is my honor to be able to stop Mr. Xia Zuo from doing evil."

Xia Zuo smacked his lips and asked curiously, "Superman, I have a huge question I can't understand: why did you save these people?"

"With the intelligence of your 'super brain,' you should understand that although you have saved them now, some of them will die from drug addiction within a month, a third of them will die from hunger within six months, and 6% of them will die a violent death within a year."

"What's the point of you saving them now?"

Superman looked slightly confused and replied, "This is a huge problem for me too."

Then he became determined again: "But I just can't let them die before my eyes. Maybe even if I save them, I still can't change their fate, but as long as they can live one more day, there is a little more hope."

"You said it yourself, even if 80% of the people will still die a year later, 20% will still survive, right? That's my achievement."

Xia Zuo opened his mouth, but dared not continue speaking.

Yes, Superman was corrupted by his mother and became a pure, saintly Superman, which sometimes makes people feel sorry for him.

That's why it's so satisfying when a bankrupt version of Homelander appears, allowing him to do whatever he wants.

But Shazor himself is on Earth in DC and is undoubtedly one of the beneficiaries of Superman's goodwill. He has absolutely no right to change Superman's frustrated state of mind.

Damn, if Superman gets his emotional baggage cleared up by him, and even becomes Homelander, will Shazo still have a good life?

Now that he's being watched by Superman, he's at most restrained and can't bring himself to kill those innocent people.

But he can also wreak havoc on the most heinous criminals; the weeping of the wicked can also make him feel good.

But if Homelander is watching him from behind, Xia Zuo may be able to kill without restraint, but his own personal safety and even dignity will be at risk.

So, for your own sake, which superhero, Superman or the Mother Superman, is more reassuring to be around?

Thinking of this, Xia Zuo immediately vowed in his heart that if those bastards dared to frame Superman in the future, he would go and kill them.

If Batman dares to scheme against Superman, then he'll beat him up for Superman and flatten him to a pulp.

In short, for the safety of the world and for Xia Zuo's own safety, we must not let Superman suffer any injustice, and we must not give him even the slightest possibility of turning evil.

I, Xia Zuo, will protect the superheroes of this world!

Superman cannot sense the inner workings of Shaza's mind, but his all-seeing eyes can clearly see the madness in Shaza's eyes.

Especially when he realized that Xia Zuo's determination was related to him, even Superman was terrified.

He quickly completed the rescue work, and in the next instant, he soared into the sky, flying away towards the metropolis.

Shazo jumped out of the cave, hopping and skipping as he waved to the departing Superman, shouting, "Superman, welcome back to Gotham!"

Then, the very next second, Xia Zuo put Superman out of his mind and began to observe his surroundings, shaking his head and saying, "So modern weapons aren't as powerful as I thought."

"No, that's not the right way of thinking. My forest is a Wood Release forest."

"Although the Wood Release chakra was weakened to only one-tenth of its power, the trunk is still as strong as reinforced concrete."

"With just 24 shells, four missiles, some white phosphorus incendiary bombs, and finally a Mother of All Bombs, the forest created by Wood Release can be destroyed and set ablaze. Such firepower is by no means weak."

"It's all because of my fear of insufficient firepower that I've come to look down on this level of modern firepower."

Batman also crawled out of the cave. Looking at the frozen forest, his innate wariness and suspicion surged into his mind, and he couldn't help but start to think about how to defeat such a powerful superman.

[Yes, let's start by gathering intelligence. Every human being has weaknesses.]

I'm confident I can find Superman's weakness and prepare to stop him from harming the Earth.

[And Xia Zuo, his intelligence is far from enough, we need to continue gathering information—]

With a loud "smack," Xia Zuo reached out and slapped Batman's helmet hard, smashing the expensive helmet to pieces.

While fighting, Xia Zuo cursed, "Bastards, the Court of Owls attacked me, ignoring human lives and creating a huge disaster."

Superman traveled all that way to save people, and you, a useless piece of trash incapable of doing so, instead of thinking about how to deal with the Court of Owls, are only focused on scheming against Superman and me, the one who saved your life. How can you be so shameless?

Batman: [Huh? How did Xia Zuo know what I was thinking?]

Xia Zuo slapped him again: "Idiot, I work with electromagnetism. The human brain emits electromagnetic waves when it thinks. How could I not sense your thoughts when you're so focused on them right in front of me?"

*Slap*, another slap.

"What makes you think you can scheme against Superman? Just because he's kind and powerful and won't retaliate against you?"

Snapped!

"And what makes you think you can scheme against me? Just because I saved you, does that mean I won't kill you?"

Snapped! !

"Why are you so kind?"

With each sentence Xia Zuo uttered, he slapped Batman, making Batman's head buzz.

Xia Zuo grew angrier and angrier, and couldn't help but burst into curses: "You're all meek and submissive to bad guys. At most, you can break one of their legs and send them to Arkham Asylum. Ignoring that asylum won't be able to hold these super criminals."

"Do you know that every time you lock them up, they escape? Every time, guards, nurses, and doctors get injured, and innocent civilians die tragically?"

"I can't help but suspect that you are using a criminal to kill, using a super criminal to satisfy your desire to kill indiscriminately, while keeping your own hands clean and free from human bloodshed—a perverted obsession with cleanliness."

Batman finally broke down under the barrage of insults, screaming, "I didn't! I didn't!"

"I can't kill because I know that people's hearts can change!"

"I know better than anyone what kind of monster I am, and how much power I wield!"

"If I can't stick to my principles, I'll become a supervillain ten times more vicious than the Joker sooner or later."

"By then, the number of deaths and injuries I cause will be ten or a hundred times greater than those who are dying now."

"Therefore, I absolutely cannot kill anyone!"

Xia Zuo scoffed, "Good heavens, you're even willing to take the blame for the deaths of innocent people, so why don't you build your own prison and lock up those super criminals until they die?"

Batman's tone immediately softened: "I think we should trust the law—"

"The law?" Xia Zuo burst into laughter. "You actually believe in a cowardly and incompetent law? You believe in powerless prisons and mental asylums?"

"fart!!!"

"If you believed in the law, would you wear such terrifying armor and use illegal methods to beat criminals?"

"If you believed in the law, would you walk in the dark, using the most disruptive method of spreading fear—the kind that undermines law and order—to try and stop crime?"

"You clearly know that the law is unreliable, that the courts will not severely punish criminals, and that prisons and mental hospitals cannot hold them, yet you use the absurd reason of believing in the law to deliberately prevent things from being done satisfactorily—"

"You still say you didn't intentionally kill him?"

Xia Zuo's question struck Batman like lightning, shattering his worldview.

But he brought it on himself.

They beat and arrested people using seemingly reasonable but illegal means, and then stubbornly tried and punished them in a legal but utterly unreasonable way, allowing these criminals to escape from prison and commit murder.

Isn't this just like harboring a thief to enhance one's own prestige?

Throughout the history of the University of Tokyo, there have been many such people, and each of them held high positions of power.

A little thought reveals that the fact that supervillains never die and break out of prison from time to time causes huge losses to almost everyone in Gotham City, with Batman being the only one who benefits.

Who knows if he unconsciously followed the choice that was most advantageous to him, and then deceived himself with a sincere lie.

Xia Zuo glanced at Batman, who was slumped on the snow, and snorted coldly.

He had made up his mind that if his words today could not change Batman's mind, and if Batman continued to insist on the no-kill principle while irresponsibly handing over captured supervillains to the justice system, then he would destroy Batman.

Don't think Batman is invincible. If Bane can do it, there's no reason why Shazor can't.

After all, the tactics that Bain came up with were nothing compared to what Xia Zuo had come up with.

Don't think that Shaza is heartless. It's because of Batman's irresponsibility in allowing supervillains to escape from prison that the biggest losers are ordinary citizens who honestly pay their taxes.

They were victimized by supervillains, suffering death, injury, or disability, and their property losses were also extremely severe.

Batman captures supervillains and imprisons them in specially reinforced, heavily staffed prisons, all of which cost money, and that money comes from the taxes paid by the injured citizens.

In other words, the victim is paying to support the person who harmed them—what an ironic situation!

Then the supervillains escaped from prison, and the citizens became the biggest victims, forcing them to spend even more money to repair the prison and strengthen security.

This cycle continues endlessly.

Shazor's goal is to redeem Gotham City and protect the kind citizens who sheltered and rescued him in his childhood—the biggest victims of Batman's irresponsibility.

Just then, the sound of Black Hawk helicopter rotors came from the night sky; the Death Cross Squad had come to check on the results of their battle.

Xia Zuo revealed a benevolent smile: "Good day, let me have some fun."

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