The Amazon Tribe Submits
Chapter 96: The Amazon Tribe Submits
Bang bang bang!
The deafening sound of gunshots.
In the sunlight, that figure's body seemed to be forged from steel. Bullets bounced off him, unable to even pierce his clothes.
The sounds echoed off the walls and ground, forming a clear picture in Clark's mind. He bared his white teeth and smiled, looking at the robbers.
"Gentlemen, I have a very good proposal.
Stop wasting bullets, put down your guns, and surrender.
That way, I can avoid you getting hurt."
The robbers, wearing animal masks, were stunned in place. They rubbed their eyes hard, wondering if they were hallucinating.
Otherwise, how could bullets that could dent concrete fail to penetrate clothes?
"What is this?
Am I seeing things?"
"Did we run into a ghost during the day?"
"Shut up.
Freak, you try this."
The monkey-faced leader turned and berated them angrily. Forcing himself to stay calm, he glared with fierce eyes, hefted an RPG, and fired at the monster-like figure.
Chiii!
The rocket-propelled grenade, trailing white exhaust, roared towards Clark.
Clark's ears twitched, and he dodged, his hand moving like lightning. He ignored the searing heat of the rocket.
The rocket, like a bird caught and unable to escape, continuously spewed fuel from its tail but couldn't break free.
Behind him, within missile range, was an office building. Clark twisted the rocket's direction, sending it soaring into the sky.
To prevent it from falling vertically and injuring citizens when it lost power, Clark shot his heat vision at it, detonating the rocket. He then turned back to the group of bandits.
"Monster!"
Someone's eyes shot out lasers. Several of the bandits were so stunned they couldn't speak, their faces pale with fear as they turned and fled.
Clark flashed forward, and the few fleeing bandits were taken down. The unconscious female police officer was rescued. He found some rope to tie up the captured robbers and confirmed the female officer was unharmed.
He let out a deep breath, a smile on his face.
Hiding his identity and being a vigilante fighting crime, using his strength to help those in need felt pretty good.
Turning to face the rising sun, Clark's eyes were determined as he leaped into the distance. He heard that others needed his help.
Click!
A shutter sound came from below the city street.
He instinctively looked in the direction of the shutter sound, but his eyes were now blind.
He could only discern that two people were standing together. One had a slightly stronger heartbeat and breathed abdominally, indicating a male. The other had a slightly slower heartbeat, a female.
Hmm, this woman seemed quite tall. Judging by the horizontal line of her breath, she was at least 1.7 meters.
Leaping between buildings as easily as a bird, Clark rushed towards the distance.
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"What is this, Lois?"
In the Planet editor-in-chief's office, the middle-aged editor, White, whose temples were streaked with gray, put down his coffee cup and stared at the photo in his hand, momentarily stunned.
A figure was leaping between tall buildings tens of meters apart. In the golden sunlight, it cast a tall shadow, a red cape fluttering behind it.
"This is my discovery and the follow-up report."
In front of the desk, dressed in work attire, stood a metropolitan beauty. She was pretty, confident, generous, and had a capable demeanor. A sharp, inquisitive aggression, typical of interviewers, lingered between her brows.
She was none other than the renowned reporter who had won multiple newcomer awards just a few years into her journalism career—Lois Lane.
"No matter what inside information you got.
There's nothing to dig into here. It's just a photoshopped picture."
Putting down the photo, Editor-in-chief White shook his head at the serious-looking female reporter.
"This photo was captured by Jimmy, and I was there at the time."
"Alright, maybe it's just some daring young man seeking thrills, using a springboard to jump between buildings. I think that's a matter for the community police, not you, my star reporter. Give me something explosive."
Picking up the photo and glancing at it a couple of times before putting it down, White was a bit dissatisfied. Lois Lane's previous submissions always managed to boost the Planet's weekly sales significantly.
"This isn't the first time, White."
Lois crossed her arms, shaking her head.
"There have been multiple sightings of a mysterious superpowered individual in the Midwest. I've decided to make it my next major investigative report."
"Those are just rumors without any solid evidence."
Editor-in-chief White wanted to remind Lois that the priority of journalism was truth, and that reports shouldn't be based on baseless speculation.
"Now there is."
She pulled out a stack of photos and placed them on the desk.
Bullet hole marks, dented shell casings, and fragments of rocket debris falling from the sky.
"According to more than one witness, this person was on top of the courthouse, facing several armed thugs, and stopped a kidnapping and even a murder. They have a body as strong as steel, can leap dozens of meters into the air with a single jump, and move as fast as the wind..."
A powerful metahuman, moving through Metropolis and fighting crime, and most importantly, not wearing a mask. Looking at the small half-profile on the first photo.
Excitement flashed in Lois's eyes. Her sharp reporter's instinct told her this would be huge news. This person would quickly become famous throughout the city, the most well-known person in Metropolis.
And she would soon find this masked vigilante and get her first-hand report.
...
"Lift your leg higher, yes, a little higher."
On Themyscira, in an ancient hall, elegant and melodious music played.
David sat in the hall, propping his chin with his hand, watching with great interest below him and in the plaza outside, which was originally used for military parades.
A group of valiant Amazonian warriors, dressed in ballet tutus, were stretching their bodies with all their might. Following the movements on a large screen projection, which shouldn't have been on this ancient island, they were trying to emulate the graceful movements of swans.
However, these swans, accustomed to wielding swords and bows, were undoubtedly a bit clumsy.
David seemed to ignore the gazes filled with extreme resentment cast his way. He only saw the "emotion points" flooding in like a waterfall.
When David and Diana returned to Themyscira.
Hippolyta had a bad premonition. When Diana said she had personally witnessed David kill Ares, God of War, the entire Amazon tribe was shocked and in an uproar.
"That outsider actually accomplished the feat of god-slaying.
Is this really true, Princess?"
Among the swans dressed in white tutus, a tall, beautiful figure stood out like a crane among chickens. It was Diana, chosen as the lead dancer by David, who had been made King of the Amazons.
Diana wore a look of awkwardness, dressed in embarrassing clothes, and was trying her best to perform unfamiliar elegant movements. Helplessness flashed in her eyes.
Since her return to Themyscira, she had heard such surprised questions countless times. Another tribeswoman approached her while practicing dance, asking about this.
"It's true."
Diana could only reply, looking at the man on the throne who had completed an incredible challenge.
No one in the Amazon tribe believed a mortal could kill a god, especially her mother, Hippolyta. She looked at David with suspicion and even proposed using the Lasso of Truth to verify if her daughter had been controlled.
But the result stunned everyone. What Diana said was true.
"Will the Amazon tribe, which has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, break its promise and be erased from the world by me?
Or will you obey the promise and crown me King?"
As David sat on the throne, his gaze deep, he looked down at everyone and gave the Amazon tribe their final choice.
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