Chapter 829 Return! Clark's Sorrow, the New Father's Sorrow

after one day.

Peter, Raven and Loki have returned to the farm.

Gwen also returned to Padrick's farm with A-Zu, Bakugo and others.

Wayne Manor.

Nightwing is talking to Huntress Helena.

Stephanie, who had witnessed the fight between Loki and Horus, also appeared at the scene.

Damian, whose injuries had recovered a lot, appeared in Wayne Manor in good health.

Helena exhaled and said to Nightwing, "Now I know why I saw the Batman who looked like a sacred tree in my dream. It turns out that Batman was Raven's father."

"Yes, Mr. Padraic, let the image of Batman reappear in Gotham."

Nightwing glanced at Damian, Stephanie and Tim, and said slowly: "I will make sure that the image of Batman continues to appear in Gotham and become an image that criminals fear."

In the Batcave, a holographic image of Batman appears in the air.

Dick stares at Bruce's holographic image in the Batcave and says to the image, "You always said Batman could be anyone. Now, it's time to make it me."

As he said this, he picked up the Batman mask on the table and put it on his face.

He has now decided that he wants to be Batman.

Before, Dick always positioned himself as "Bruce's partner" rather than "successor."

As the first Robin, he escaped from Batman's shadow and became an independent Nightwing, but Bruce's "death", Raven's battle with Loki, and Peter's Batman image are all things he experienced during this time.

These experiences force him to confront a paradox: he must become the person he had tried so hard to escape from.

During the battle, he witnessed Jason's madness, Tim's persistence, Loki's pursuit of other brothers and sisters using the Gotham underworld, and Gotham's loss of control, and finally realized: "Nightwing can protect a city, but only Batman can save it."

Helena was slightly stunned when she saw Nightwing choose to become Batman.

Then he asked him, "Why did you change your mind? Did Riven change your mind?"

"It's complicated."

Dick shook his head and said to the others, "My initial reasons for rejecting the cape were full of contradictions - I was afraid that I could not reach Bruce's level, and I wanted to maintain my independence. But when Jason used tyrannical means to "play" Batman, I realized that if he did not take over, the symbol of Batman would be completely distorted. My choice was not to imitate Bruce, but to defend the essence of Batman, which is the coexistence of fear and hope."

"Raven told me that she thinks the essence of Batman is fear and hope, and now I think she makes a lot of sense."

"I asked Raven before, what if Batman doesn't come back? Raven said that if she were really me, she would prove that Batman's beliefs are more eternal than flesh and blood. If she were me, she would become Batman and make Bruce truly 'immortal'. Unfortunately, she is Raven, and she can only make her beloved father, Mr. Peter, immortal."

When Dick talked about Riven who had once imprisoned him, his expression became a little complicated.

Although he was kidnapped by the other party, Riven also had a profound influence on him.

This girl from another world had a different view on his understanding of Batman.

"Well, Dick, even though you said that, as Batman's biological son, I think I have the hope of inheriting everything from him."

As Dick was talking, Damian came out and spoke in disbelief.

"is it?"

Dick glanced at him and said, "Why don't we talk about that time you drove the Batmobile around picking up girls?"

Damian stopped talking immediately when he heard Dick mention his experience of picking up girls.

He glanced at Dick with some indignation.

You've been captured and imprisoned by Raven, so can't I just go out and drive the Batmobile to pick up some girls?

Damian expressed his disdain for Dick and secretly gave him a middle finger.

Although he was very unconvinced, he was afraid that Dick would punish him, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

Smallwell.

Kent Farm.

The golden morning light pierced through the gaps between the corn leaves, and Clark's rubber boots sank into the soft soil.

Lifting his head, he looked out at the fields.

The weather was nice today. He could hear the creaking of the rusty weather vane on the barn roof a few hundred meters away, and see the spectrum of light reflected by the dewdrops on the leaf hairs.

Jonathan Kent was behind the wheel of the tractor, and as he drove over, his eyes swept over the weed roots that were scattered around under his son's feet.

The cowgrass that should have been dug up with its roots was now torn into pieces as if it had been torn apart by a hurricane.

"Uh-huh, is this your unique way of weeding, Clark?"

My father turned off the rumbling engine, got out of the car, and crushed a piece of dirt that had rolled to the side of the track with the sole of his boot.

"Sorry, Dad, I was just thinking about something and my mind wandered a little."

Clark apologized sheepishly.

He thought of his godfather and A-Zu who had not returned yet.

He looked up and saw his mother, Martha Kent, pushing open the door.

“Try the freshly baked apple pie.”

Martha placed the blue and white checkered porcelain plate on the oak stump. The sweet aroma of honey rose with the hot steam. "We use apples from Old Johnson's orchard. You must try the flavor."

"It smells delicious, I must try it."

Peter's voice suddenly sounded from outside. Clark heard the voice and turned around in surprise, and saw that it was indeed Peter and A Zu!"Godfather? A-Zu?"

Clark wasn't expecting Peter and Zu to come over.

He hadn't seen the two of them for several days.

"You've got a bit of a tan, Clark."

Peter said as he came over and hugged Jonathan and Martha.

A Zu greeted Clark, "Clark, I haven't seen you for a few days. I heard that you have been doing well recently."

"what?"

Clark was a little confused as to what A-Zu meant.

"I heard from Chloe that Louise spent the night at your house and was caught by Lana when she tried to sneak away early in the morning."

A-Zu showed a gossipy expression.

"What were you thinking at the time? I mean, did you feel like you wanted to crawl into the ground?"

Clark: “.”

A little embarrassed, he quickly explained: "No, of course I didn't. Louise just stayed at my place for one night. We didn't do anything. As for being caught by Lana, it was just a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding? Really?"

A-Zu looked at me with a look that said, "Don't lie to me."

Clark was instantly deflated. "Okay, I admit, I screwed up. I shouldn't have let Lana see me. I wanted to ask the Godfather to deal with it, but you were not here. I didn't even have anyone to talk to."

Clark felt a little aggrieved.

What game are you playing? Why didn’t you call me?Is there still friendship between us?If you had called me, Lana wouldn't have seen me and Louise.

Now it seems even more impossible for me and Lana to be together.

Seeing Clark's frustrated expression, A-Zu patted his shoulder to comfort him: "Don't worry, we all know that Lois Lane is Superman's ultimate partner."

"That's a parallel world."

Clark retorted: "There is no Godfather in the parallel world yet!"

Zu narrowed his eyes, "We all know that Lana loves Daddy, and you can't give her what she wants."

Clark was surprised and asked, "Do you know what she wants?"

"Of course I know. Lana has 'meteorite syndrome'. She is deeply traumatized by the death of her parents in a meteorite disaster. This psychological shadow makes her desire security and pursue independence. What she wants most is to seek stable shelter. As for being attracted to Dad, it is because she is attracted to his mysterious qualities and wants to take risks. Dad can also provide this kind of shelter."

A-Zu looked like he understood women very well.

"You two are really not suitable. On the other hand, this kind of woman is very delicate. Her delicate perception of emotions is both a charm and a burden. She needs constant emotional confirmation, and you can't meet this need."

"Because of your absolute loyalty to duty, you are destined to put collective interests above personal feelings. I wonder if you will be willing to give up your heroic identity and live an ordinary life when Lana asks you to do so?"

"But Louise is different."

Azu patted Clark on the shoulder. "When Lois showed up, her interaction with you was in stark contrast: she teased your secrets but never forced you to confess, and she echoed her heroic mission with her journalistic ideals. This equal and relaxed relationship highlighted the unsustainability of the tense relationship between you and Lana."

"Brother, give up, you are not suitable."

Clark: “.”

This was the first time that A-Zu called him brother in person.

Although he felt a little uncomfortable, Clark still stared at Zu suspiciously and asked him, "Where did you go?"

He suspected that A-Zu had gone to another world and had a love affair with someone.

"Could it be that you went to the Black Robe World and fell in love with the Firecracker Girl?"

A-Zu: Are you polite?Clark was staring at Azu suspiciously, wanting to ask him what he had experienced, when Lana, riding "Tyson", happened to pass by Kent Farm.

When she saw Peter appear, she immediately got off the horse, greeted Azu and Clark, and ran towards Peter.

Clark felt even more depressed as he watched Lana run straight towards Peter.

Although what A-Zu said is true, Lana, you just slap yourself in the face. It's so uncomfortable!

On the other side, Peter spoke to Lana who came up excitedly to say hello.

"Long time no see, Lana, I heard about you and Clark and Lois."

Lana felt a little embarrassed when she saw Peter's ears pricked up and his gossipy expression.

"It was just a misunderstanding. It has nothing to do with me, sir. It's Clark and Lois' business. I don't care."

Lana immediately came forward to distance herself from the matter, saying it had nothing to do with her.

Seeing that Lana looked embarrassed, Peter stopped teasing her and started talking about other things.

He looked down at his watch.

The hands of the watch are now almost pointing to the end.

After returning from the world of the Cape War, the clock has sped up a lot.

Is the next father-sadist coming? !

(End of this chapter)