I, V, Gotham Legend

The USS South Boston was as noisy as a factory. Since lead was used in some of the materials, it was difficult for Superman to see the internal structure directly. He floated to the area closest to V's voice, and his eyes emitted heat vision, melting an entrance for himself.

At this time, Valerie was sitting in a rocking chair, and Louise and Helena were huddled in front of a square instrument, looking very leisurely.

Although Superman was surprised by the machine factory he saw at the entrance, he looked around but didn't feel that there was any decisive prop.

"You're looking for me?" Superman asked Valerie directly. Zod's plan has entered the countdown and his time is very precious.

"I can see you're in a hurry, so I'll make it short." Valerie took out a bank card from her pocket and said, "There's 40 million US dollars in this card."

Superman was a little confused when he saw the card handed to him.

"I want to buy your spaceship." Valerie stated her fundamental purpose.

NO76. Buy your spaceship

Superman didn't know how to respond for a moment. The only sound in the machinery factory was the rhythmic knocking of the assembly line, and the ping-pong sound was like the rhythm in a theater.

Looking at the card that Valerie handed to him, even Superman's super brain couldn't figure out what she was up to.

"If 40 million isn't enough, you can tell me the amount and I'll make up for it later." Valerie said confidently, "I know a rich guy who would be happy to spend a little more money to save the world."

These were all Valerie took with her when she went out. People in this era were not like in 2077 where they could complete a transaction with just a glance.

"What on earth are you saying at this time?" Superman felt like he was being fooled, and he was slightly annoyed.

Every minute and every second in the battle was very precious, and he left all the pressure to the Martian Hunter alone, taking time out to come here, but the result was Valerie's joking request.

"I understand your confusion, but I hope you can trust me." Valerie took out a stack of papers and said, "This is the transfer contract. As long as you sign it, we can turn the situation around."

Superman calmed down. He and Valerie had only met a few times, and he didn't know if she was the kind of person who would joke at a time like this.

He raised his head and looked at the robot factory behind Valerie. Superman had seen something similar before, in the laboratory on the top floor of the hotel.

These robots are constantly born on the assembly line and then pulled into the battlefield by octopus drones.

Superman remembered seeing those drones before, on his father's ship.

Today, Valerie is helping Earth's military in her own way.

No matter how eccentric his personality is, V shouldn't make meaningless jokes about this.

Coupled with the green alien's trusting attitude towards V, Superman decided to trust Valerie again.

But he couldn't help asking, "If I sell you the spaceship, what use will it have on the current situation?"

"I can use your spaceship and bring in a more reliable foreign aid." Valerie chuckled and handed the contract to Superman. "Sign your name. It doesn't matter which one you sign, as long as you can accept this contract from the bottom of your heart."

Superman had a feeling that Valerie was deliberately not saying it clearly in order to show off. If he continued to refuse, she would probably tell him honestly what she was going to do.

Although the war was serious, Superman chose not to spoil the fun and took the contract and pen.

The contract contained normal terms for the transfer and sale of the car, and Valerie's name had already been signed on it.

Superman picked up the pen and hesitated for a moment. Logically, it should be fine as long as he signed Clark's name.

But when he saw Louise behind Valerie looking at him with a complicated expression, he hesitated for a moment.

Seeing Superman's embarrassment, Valerie said, "Your name is Superman, right?"

This sentence implies that it is okay for Superman not to use his real name, since he will have to put his fingerprints on it later anyway.

Superman agreed, but just as he lowered his head to write again, Lois suddenly stepped forward.

The reporter's sudden action stunned several people present, including herself, who did not expect that she would come forward.

Because of her inexplicably bold behavior, Louise felt her mind go blank. She looked at Superman's familiar yet unfamiliar face and took a deep breath.

"Clark..." As if she had made up her mind, Louise whispered the name that had been buried in her heart.

Superman stopped writing and looked at Louise blankly: "No...I..."

As if due to lack of confidence, Superman's words were suppressed in his throat, and the two looked at each other across Valerie, as if they were conveying something to each other.

"Louise..." Clark's Adam's apple twitched.

The air became quiet again, with only the noise of machines running on the assembly line still heard.

Valerie couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to kiss each other right away?"

The two of them finally reacted and looked away in embarrassment.

"We'll talk about the kiss later. First, sign your name and put your handprints. I can't wait to start showing off!" Valerie emphasized to Superman.

Superman nodded, took the ink pad, pressed his fingerprint on the contract, and then returned the contract to Valerie.

After taking the contract, Valerie didn't even look at it, just nodded with satisfaction, put the papers back into her pocket, then walked past Superman and came to the entrance where Superman had melted.

"It's my turn." Valerie turned around and said to the people in the room with a smile, then she opened her arms, fell backwards, and fell out of the entrance.

When Superman saw the person falling into the sea, if he hadn't known it was Valerie, he might have instinctively flown out and brought the person back.

Through the cave entrance, you can see the flames outside, which look like a concert stage in the steaming mist.

A huge black object slowly rose from the bottom, and water flowed down from the pitch-black hull of the spacecraft and poured into the ocean like a rainstorm.

It was a familiar spaceship, obviously not large, but big enough to rival half an aircraft carrier.

Superman stared at the spaceship in a daze. He had imagined countless times in the past what the spaceship would look like when it flew back into the sky.

When did you get it?

The spaceship was hovering at the entrance of the cave, and Superman was staring at the bow, as if he was looking at Valerie in the spaceship.

Without doing anything else, the Kryptonian spaceship quickly rose and Valerie officially joined the battlefield.

Watching the spaceship go away, Lois and Clark were silent for a while, wondering if they were still in shock.

Until Helena came up behind them and asked, "Are you guys still going to kiss?"

"...Let's talk about it next time." Clark seemed to have realized what was happening and jumped out of the lava cave.

Lois looked at Superman's back as he left, and couldn't help but curl her lips: "What do you mean by next time..."

Helena walked over to Valerie's recliner, picked up the bank card left on it, and looked at Louise: "He didn't take the card...it doesn't look like he has time to take it. Are you keeping it for him?"

"I don't quite understand. Anyway, is this Clark's money now?" Lois deliberately asked using Superman's real name.

"Yes, I think he would be happy to keep it with you." Helena stuffed the bank card into Louise's pocket, then she returned to the operating table of the assembly line.

After a few days of psychological preparation and the thrill of crossing the alien battlefield, Helena has accepted the fact that it is difficult for her to be of any help on the front battlefield.

But even so, Helena was still ready to give everything, even if she could only provide help in the rear or in some corners.

NO77. Card bug

The fourth Kryptonian spaceship suddenly rose from the sea and joined the already pessimistic battlefield. This sudden situation made the already overwhelmed command room even more mentally devastated.

The spacecraft did not rise into the sky immediately, but sailed above the battlefield without affecting the navy's position.

Zod, who was still being harassed by the Martian Manhunter, was stunned for a moment when he saw the familiar standard spaceship suddenly joining the battlefield, and then he smiled triumphantly.

"Carl's spaceship. He finally couldn't help but fly it out."

Zod also wondered what Superman was doing when he suddenly left the battlefield. Although he didn't know the details, he thought that the sudden intrusion of this spaceship must be related to him.

Zod raised his hand to fly towards the spaceship, but the Martian Manhunter had already flashed in front of him and put his hands on Zod's shoulders, trying to push him back.

"You're so stupid." Zod laughed strangely, and he also reached out and grabbed the Martian Hunter's arms. His eyes glowed red and his heat vision shot out at his face.

The Martian Hunter leaned his upper body back as far as possible, and the heat rays rubbed his forehead. Zod lowered his head slightly, and the high-temperature rays directly burned the Martian Hunter's chin.

The high temperature made the Martian Hunter tremble inwardly, but it did not make him lose the courage to fight. He endured the pain, lowered his head and headbutted Zod, causing him to close his eyes. Then he held Zod's shoulders and spun in place.

He tried to shake Zod off, but this time Zod held on very tightly, and after recovering from the headbutt, he dropped the hand that was holding the Martian Manhunter and punched the greenskin in the temple.

At this moment, Fiora had already flown behind the Martian Hunter, and she was ready to kick and break the Martian Hunter's neck.

Although Martian Manhunter is slightly stronger than a single Kryptonian, it is still a bit difficult to face two enemies of the same level at the same time.

Just at this moment, a sound of breaking air was heard, and Superman in the red cloak finally came back. He rushed to Fiora's head and punched her into the sea.

"It seems that you have already met with her." Martian Manhunter is not as embarrassed as he looks, and he still has the leisure to talk to Superman.

"She brought my spaceship here, and I don't know how she did it." Superman briefly summarized what he had experienced.

"Leave the sky to her." Martian Hunter had inexplicable trust in Valerie.

Superman nodded, and then he rushed towards Fiora in the sea again.

"Do you think there are only two of us?" Zod, who was still in a stalemate with Martian Hunter, suddenly laughed out loud.

"You also have a scientist, right?" Martian Manhunter accurately said what Zod was thinking.

Then, ignoring Zod's frozen expression, he kicked the Kryptonian away.

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In the low-flying spacecraft, Valerie sat in the cockpit, staring intently at the footage on the monitor.

The shadow of Jor-El appeared beside Valerie, sitting at the console, at a loss.

"This spaceship should be out of fuel." Looking at the ample stock in the fuel depot, Joe said somewhat dryly.

"So it's me, I'm the God of Cyber." Valerie put her hands on her hips, looking so awesome.

"Where is this place? It looks very different from where I slept before." Joe sensed the environment through the spacecraft radar and said, "It seems like there is a war going on?"

"That's right. To put it simply, your filial son sold you to me, and I have a superpower that allows me to take my things anywhere." Valerie explained, "Now, you are my property."

Joe was surprised and found it hard to digest for a moment. After all, he was just a program.

"Now, I might need your help." Valerie pointed to the analysis on the monitor.

It was a scanned digital model of a spherical area on the seabed with the sea water revolving around it.

"Is it a wormhole connecting the dark space? Who did this? Why did it appear on Earth?" Joe's shadow frowned.

"We have a bunch of guests from Krypton, and this thing is still blasting away, how are we going to shut it down?" Valerie asked directly the question she was most concerned about.

"From Krypton..." Joe caught the key words and didn't reply for a while, until Valerie looked a little impatient, he spoke, "This spaceship doesn't have the device to shut down the dark world, I can't do anything for now."

"If it's not on board, then it's there. Hand it over." Valerie directly stretched out her hand to Joe, "I knew you must have hidden something when you gave me the scientific and technological information."

"It's too early for the Earth to come into contact with the dark world now. It symbolizes a very dangerous world. If it falls into the hands of greedy people, the consequences will be disastrous." Joe said with pursed lips.

"If you don't give it to me, the Earth will be finished today, and so will your precious son. Although I don't know why, he is also being hunted by those Kryptonians." Valerie opened her palms, a little impatient.

Joe was convinced, and he sent the design drawings of the dark world instrument to Valerie with ease.

"How do I find these materials?" Valerie looked at the materials on the drawing, feeling a little puzzled.

Normal weapons or equipment can be made by hand using materials taken from other items, but things like this that require exclusive alien materials are not that simple.

Otherwise, Valerie would have made a Kryptonian spaceship herself long ago, so why would she spend money to buy one from Superman?

Just as Valerie was thinking about whether to send the blueprint to Batman to see if that clever guy could find substitute materials, a robot that looked like a camera stand limped in front of Valerie.

Valerie raised her head and looked at Joe in surprise.

"This is a security robot. Let's dismantle it. Maybe we can fill some material gaps." Joe said.

Valerie had a new idea: "Let's raise the spacecraft first."

It is quite convenient to have an AI controlling the spaceship. Joe, who didn't understand what was going on, obediently lifted the spaceship to a high altitude.

Valerie calculated the distance to the sea level and felt that it was about right, so she walked to the door of the cabin and reached out to break off a large piece of it.

Then, with Joe's even more confused look, he jumped out of the door.

Joe looked at the white clouds outside, not understanding what Valerie was up to. While he was still confused in mid-air, he suddenly noticed that the spaceship had returned to the sea.

The spaceship slowly rose again, and Valerie climbed in from the outer cabin of the spaceship. In her hand, she still held a half piece of the spaceship door that she had broken off earlier. "How do you feel? I'm back."

"What are you doing?" Joe asked directly at Valerie's confusing behavior.

"Sure enough..." Valerie looked towards the place where she jumped before.

Joe looked in that direction and found that the place was as bright, clean and tidy as before, with no sign of having been damaged at all.

"What's going on?" Joe was still surprised.

"The materials have been found." Valerie smiled with great satisfaction.