Lex and Bruce both gathered around the boy, but they did not go up to help him, but were observing his condition. After all, the timing and method of his appearance were a bit too weird.
"Sorry, can you help me? I'm a little uncomfortable." The boy coughed twice and then said.
Bruce made no move, just stood there and asked him: "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
"My name is Clark, Clark Kent. As I said, I am a student at Metropolis. When I saw the house smoking in my dormitory, I wanted to put out the fire."
The young man named Clark sighed, and then continued: "I just entered college this year. My student ID is in my pocket. You can take it out and see. I'm not lying."
Bruce walked over and fumbled in the pockets of his clothes, and sure enough he found a student ID card, which said "First-year student at Metropolitan University, Clark Kent, majoring in journalism and communication."
He put his student ID card in his pocket, then stepped forward and helped Clark up. He helped Clark leave the messy reception room and go to a nearby guest room.
Clark lay on the bed. After resting for a while, he seemed to feel better. He took off the gas mask on his face, revealing a face that was as handsome as Bruce's.
He took a few deep breaths, then touched his chest and said, "Damn it, how could I..."
At this moment, there was a knock on the guest room door. Lex, who was standing by the door, opened the door and found Schiller standing outside the door.
Bruce began to look down at the patterns on the sheets again, and Lex also immersed himself in studying the structure of the door handle. When Schiller walked in and saw another person lying on the bed, he was stunned for a moment, looked at Bruce and said: "...this
It’s not your helicopter engine, is it?”
Clark, who had regained some strength, sat up from the bed and said, "Hi, I'm Clark, thank you for saving me."
Schiller narrowed his eyes, then looked Clark up and down, and said, "Are you in high school or college?"
"I just started college this year, at Metropolitan University, not far from here, so when I saw the smoke coming from here, I rushed over immediately."
"How did you get here?" Schiller asked.
Bruce also turned to look at Clark, obviously also very curious about this issue. Schiller glanced at the sky outside the window, and then said: "If my guess is not wrong, the thickness of the snow is now far beyond what vehicles can pass."
range."
"I came here on foot."
"I once taught at Metropolitan University. Although Metropolitan University is close to here, it takes at least 20 minutes to walk, and the time from the fire to the smoke did not exceed three minutes..."
"I am a fast runner. I am the long-distance running champion of our department this year." Clark explained hard.
Obviously, the three people in the room except Clark did not believe his words at all. Just when Bruce wanted to ask more questions, Schiller said: "You look a little bad, what's the matter?"
"I just... suddenly felt a little uncomfortable." Clark frowned and said, "Maybe I ran too fast just now."
As if he suddenly reacted, he looked at Schiller and said: "Are you a professor at Metropolitan University? Well, I..."
"The situation is urgent, right?" Schiller continued what he said, and Clark showed a relieved expression. He said: "Thank you for your understanding. I know the school asked us not to go out..."
"No matter how you got here, it's clear that you're just as trapped as we are."
"Or..." Schiller looked into Clark's eyes and said, "You can show us how to run from the mayor's mansion to the Metropolitan University in three minutes."
Clark shook his head like a wavy drum and said, "No, I'm a little tired."
Schiller turned to look at Lex and Bruce and said, "I want to talk to him about the current situation at Metropolitan University. If you are okay, go back and rest."
Lex seemed to have something to say, but Schiller turned around and went back. He hesitated and left the room. Bruce followed him out and walked in the dim corridor. Bruce turned to him and said
: "You should know something, right?"
"What do you mean?" Lex did not answer his question directly.
"The so-called treasure, your father, the conspiracy two years ago, and the professor..."
"Oh, you are here." Selena appeared at the top of the stairs. She went back upstairs and took a look at the messy reception room opposite, then shook her head and said, "You two are really good at blowing up this place.
Already."
After saying that, she looked Lex up and down again and said, "Are you really a citizen of Metropolis? Your destructive power is rare in Gotham."
Lex seemed to not want to talk to Selina at all. He stopped, looked at Bruce and said, "I admit that you are also a genius, but you are far behind me. Your so-called perfect helicopter engine is nothing more than that.
…”
"I can tell you that I do know a lot of information." Lex crossed his arms and looked into Bruce's eyes and said, "My father has been looking for a treasure. In the past two years, he has not found nothing."
"Today's banquet was originally his conspiracy. He invited all the celebrities from the East Coast here. On the one hand, he wanted to take the opportunity to kill those who hindered him. On the other hand, he also wanted to cause trouble, muddy the water, and fish in troubled waters.
"
Bruce narrowed his eyes, looked directly at Lex and said, "You mean, the treasure is here?"
"That's right." Lex gave an affirmative answer, and then he began to pace in front of Bruce, saying as he walked:
"The Mayor's Mansion is the oldest manor in the metropolis. The people who built this manor were the first European immigrants to come here. But later, after the immigrants left the city, it became the residence and office of successive mayors.
place."
"Everyone knows that unlike Gotham, Metropolis is a city with a strong mayor system. The mayor has great power here. The two mayors before White had high hopes, and Metropolis was under his leadership.
It prospered day by day under its governance.”
"Some people said that he might be a strong candidate for the presidency, but after he stepped down as mayor, he mysteriously disappeared. However, the mayor still left many rumors, including what my father heard.
that."
"He heard that the mayor has been conducting some secret radiation experiments. He has found a way to improve the human body and brain, making humans strong, long-lived, and intelligent mutants."
Lex glanced at Bruce's expression and said: "I know, this sounds really like a fool's conjecture, but he did find some evidence that the mayor was conducting secret operations underground in the mayor's mansion.
experiment."
"He wanted to acquire extraordinary wisdom all the time, so he kept investigating this matter until he bought all the buildings around the mayor's mansion, and then planned this incident, hoping to take the opportunity to investigate the secrets underground of the mayor's mansion...
…”
Lex stopped, looked at Bruce and said: "Metropolitan affairs should be managed by the people of Metropolis. No matter what the mayor is doing underground, it has nothing to do with you. Go back to your Gotham."
"You know what I'm really interested in? What happened to the conspiracy two years ago? And, that professor..."
"At that time, I was indeed in the mayor's mansion, but I never left the room the whole time. I don't know what happened in the manor."
"So……"
"I won't say anything about that professor."
Lex crossed his fingers and made a cross in front of his mouth. After putting down his hands, he turned and left, showing a slightly evil smile before leaving.
After he left, Selina leaned forward and walked side by side with Bruce. After the two of them returned to the room, Bruce sat on the bed and leaned against the headboard, with a tired expression on his face. He rarely went out.
Selena seems to be used to this kind of expression in front of others.
"It seems that you are a little unhappy?" Selina sat next to him, then turned to look at his face and said, "Do you really want to know that professor's story?"
Bruce pursed his lips and replied: "If I can't figure out where he comes from, I can't turn a blind eye to his dangerous abilities."
"You don't trust him? But it seems to me that he trusts you quite a bit."
"Where did you see it?"
"Didn't you notice? The moment Lex wanted to attack you, he chose to side with you."
Bruce shook his head and said: "I just don't trust those dangerous abilities. If these abilities get out of control one day, I need to have a countermeasure..."
"Okay, let's talk about the treasure. I like finding treasures, what about you?" Selina said to Bruce with a smile.
"Lex told me that there are secrets underground in the mayor's mansion, maybe just so that I can explore the way for him."
"Yeah, but..."
Selina deliberately made a long note, causing Bruce to turn his head to look at her. Then, Bruce saw Selina stretch out a hand, pick her index finger, and a key appeared on her fingertips.
