American comics farmer: start by adopting the villain savior

Dio felt dizzy in his head, and he complained with heavy breathing, but he controlled the world and held Clark's arm tighter.

"boom!"

"Uncle Locke"

Clark raised his head weakly, his blue eyes full of self-blame, "I'm sorry for being a burden."

"Relax, Clark," Locke interrupted without looking back. "This isn't any of our fault."

As he said this, he caught a glimpse of Clark's fingertips starting to turn an abnormal bluish-gray color.

The radiation from the Kryptonite is rapidly eroding the vitality of this Kryptonian teenager.

Damn it

"Om-!"

Accompanied by a buzzing sound, the metal monster suddenly stopped.

It tilted its head and seemed to be looking at the three people from a distance with its green eyes.

This action inexplicably carried a bit of human curiosity, but it made the atmosphere even more creepy.

"It's observing us?" Dio's voice trembled.

Locke didn't answer.

His mind raced, recalling Giorno's warning before he left.

Is this what you mean? But why now? Why in

"boom--!"

A blinding flash of lightning tore through the night sky, and the pale light instantly illuminated the entire farm.

"Om-!"

The lightning struck the monster, but apparently did not harm him.

It even just trembled a little, and then continued to move forward neatly.

However, with the help of this fleeting lightning, Locke finally saw the mark below the kryptonite on the monster's chest through the eyes of Star Platinum -

A vague X-shaped mark.

Locke's pupils suddenly contracted and his heart almost skipped a beat!

Weapon X!

The Reaper-9 that should have been shattered to pieces by himself was actually resurrected by the radiation energy of kryptonite?!

"Damn."

Locke clenched his teeth and clenched his fingers unconsciously.

The battle a month ago is still vivid in my mind——

The silver liquid that seeped into the soil after the metal giant was shattered, and the wreckage that strangely squirmed and disappeared in the rain.

The two men in suits and ties left without any success.

He thought everything was over, but he didn't expect that they were just dormant, waiting for a more powerful energy source to reorganize themselves.

And now, they have found—

Kryptonite!

"Dad, Dad?" Dio's voice came from behind, with a rare uneasiness. "Look at the direction that thing is heading?"

Nodding, Locke's eyes were fixed on the monster.

Dio was right. The monster was actually slowly changing direction. Its metal joints made a teeth-grinding friction sound, and its huge body rolled over the wheat field, heading towards—

and many more? !

Locke's breathing suddenly stopped.

"Jonathan Martha"

His voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

Giorno's words before he left flashed through my mind:

"Watch out for our barn."

"Today is a critical moment. The professor said that in this rainstorm, my Grandma Martha and Grandpa Jonathan, whom I have never met, they..."

That's it!

The monster's target was not them at all, but the Kents!

Maybe he was afraid of Locke who had killed him, or maybe he was a target set by someone in advance!

In short

The WXR9 is now undoubtedly just a cold killing machine.

"Dio."

Locke's voice was urgent. "Remember what I taught you? When you encounter an enemy you can't defeat..."

"First, ensure safety, then find an opportunity to counterattack." Dio replied subconsciously, a flash of understanding flashing in his red eyes, "But now..."

He didn't finish his sentence.

The metal monster suddenly let out a sharp metallic hiss, and the kryptonite green light in its chest became brighter.

Clark immediately curled up in pain, his blue eyes half closed, his breathing rapid and weak. It was obvious that the kryptonite radiation was rapidly eroding the vitality of this Kryptonian cub who grew up under the yellow sun.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the raindrops as big as beans hit the three people, but they could not extinguish the gradually spreading despair.

Dio's blond hair was wet and stuck to his forehead. Clark's breathing became weaker and weaker, while Locke...

Locke suddenly laughed.

"Dio," he said without turning around, "remember the 'critical point' Giorno mentioned?"

Dio was stunned: "You mean..."

“History has changed.”

Locke slowly stood up, the Platinum Star appeared behind him, and the purple body emitted a faint glow in the rainy night.

"But some things are destined to be resolved by the Kent family."

"Dad, let me go with you."

Dio invites you to team up.

"No." Locke refused decisively and said simply, "Now, you drive the tractor and take Clark to find Jonathan and Martha before the monster does."

"But--"

"No buts!" Locke's voice was unquestionable. "Remember what I said!"

These words hit Dio's heart like a heavy hammer.

He looked down at Clark, who was dying in his arms, and then at the giant metal figure stumbling forward in the distance.

Choice.

Dio's lips trembled, and he stood there, watching his father face the behemoth alone.

In the rain, Locke's back was incredibly tall, his cowboy hat had long disappeared, and his brown curly hair was wet by the rain, but his calmness was not diminished at all.

Chapter 23: It makes sense for a farmer to bring some blasting tools, right?

Hearing the loud noise echoing throughout the farm, Dio didn't dare to look back.

He finally understood his father's courage.

It's not a reckless charge, but choosing to stand in front of the one you love even when you know the danger is there.

Gritting his teeth, Dio lifted Clark's arm:

"Hold on, big idiot. Let's go!"

Nodding weakly, Clark allowed the unknown being to help him move towards the tractor.

His fingertips were an abnormal bluish-gray color, and every step he took seemed to exhaust all his strength.

The metal monster seemed to have noticed their intentions, and suddenly let out another piercing metallic hiss, and the kryptonite green light in its chest became brighter!

"Om-!"

A visible green energy wave spread out, and Clark groaned suddenly, his knees weakened, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Clark!"

Dio exclaimed, stumbling towards the tractor with Sekai desperately trying to hold on to him.

In the rain, the green light continued to grow stronger, illuminating the entire farm with flickering lights.

"Om-!"

"Euler!!!"

The monster let out a metallic twisting sound that was almost a scream, and taking advantage of this gap, Dio finally dragged Clark onto the tractor. He turned the key tremblingly, making the old engine emit a hoarse roar.

The tractor started, and the roar of the engine covered up the monster's roar.

Dio couldn't help but look back.

Star Platinum leaped high and smashed his fist on the monster's head with tremendous force.

Behind it, Locke had blood at the corners of his mouth, but he was still smiling.

That smile seemed to say: Don't worry, son.

Your dad is always your dad.

"Hold on, hold on." Looking at Locke's back standing alone in the rain, Dio almost crushed the steering wheel, "I'll be back soon, Dad."

Roaring into the rain, and behind the tractor—

The roar of the metal monster and the battle cry of Star Platinum intertwined, and the purple fist shadow and green radiation collided fiercely in the dark night!

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

"You are really haunted."

Staring at the monster in front of him that seemed to be "looking at" him, Locke paused, a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth:

"Star Platinum! The World!"

Time stands still.

The raindrops hovered in mid-air, and the light of lightning solidified into a pale crack.

In this still world, only Star Platinum turned into a purple afterimage and rushed towards the monster at a speed beyond its limit!

0.5 seconds!

The purple fist drew a dazzling trajectory in the rain, and with a sound of breaking through the air, it slammed hard into the kryptonite in the monster's chest!

Locke is not a fool. Time has stopped. Why not attack the weak point if he can?

“Ola!!!”

With this roar, time began to flow.

Spider-web-like cracks spread rapidly across the monster's body.

Many metal fragments began to disintegrate and fell to the ground like rain, and in an instant the monster's size shrank from more than three or four meters in height to about 2 meters!

"Om-!"

With a metallic twisting sound that bordered on a scream, the monster stumbled back several steps and crashed into the barn's outer wall, causing the wooden structure to collapse instantly. The flying wood chips drew white tracks in the rain, and a few pieces grazed Locke's cheek, leaving tiny traces of blood.

But he didn't move at all, his eyes fixed on the struggling, screaming and roaring figure!

"Roar--!"

With a deafening roar, the kryptonite in WXR9's chest burst into a dazzling green light!

Those scattered metal fragments gathered together rapidly as if attracted by a magnet, and instantly condensed into dozens of sharp metal tentacles in front of it, shooting towards Locke like a poisonous snake!