Chapter 612: Owls Are in Trouble Again (Part 1) (Patreon)

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In the midst of Metropolis, within Luthor Manor, Pikachu set the telephone down and turned to Lex. "We're all set over there. We can proceed now."

Lex leaned against the nearby wall, extending his arm for Pikachu to hop onto his shoulder. Together, they left the interior of the Manor, crossed the courtyard outside, and hopped into a car, arriving at the entrance of Metropolis University.

Clark, with a backpack slung over his shoulders, had been waiting there for a while. As he saw a luxury car approaching, he opened the car door while holding a pet carrier and complained, "You're driving a car that's way too flashy. My classmates are definitely going to grill me about it at the meeting."

Lex, with an expressionless face, glanced at his wristwatch and replied, "Being friends with the Luthor family should be an honor for anyone."

Clark pursed his lips. After spending so many days with Lex, he knew that Lex had this habit. Lex loved showing off two things the most: his intelligence and his wealth, and unfortunately for Clark, he couldn't refute either of those. Luthor was undeniably brilliant and extraordinarily wealthy.

"Today, are we going to start investigating those locations?" Clark asked. He recalled that over the past few days, he had been using his X-ray vision to peer underground in Metropolis, searching for the potential secret base Lex had mentioned.

Initially, Clark had sought out Lex after his dormitory was invaded, hoping that Lex would contact the CIA to warn the agents. However, Lex had informed him that the CIA had provided feedback stating that it wasn't their doing, nor was it the work of the KGB.

Lex had told Clark that there might be another mysterious power lurking beneath Metropolis, ready to invade the city at any moment.

Knowing it wasn't the agents who had targeted him gave Clark more confidence. After all, whether it was the CIA or the KGB, crossing them meant considering the risk of societal consequences. Confronting these agent organizations might endanger his family.

However, if they were up against a dark organization that neither the law acknowledged nor had any moral boundaries, wasn't that precisely the kind of injustice he wanted to address?

Furthermore, from Lex's information, Clark understood that it wasn't just him; both the CIA and the KGB were planning to deal with this mysterious organization. The catch was that this so-called mysterious dark organization might possess powers beyond those of ordinary people, making it difficult for regular agents to detect and combat them.

Upon hearing this, Clark felt even more determined. Punishing wrongdoers whom the law couldn't touch was exactly what he wanted to do. So, he followed Lex's plan and spent these past few days patrolling the skies of Metropolis, using his X-ray vision to identify several suspicious locations.

Today, they were going to investigate these locations in person and uncover the traces of this mysterious organization's spider web.

Meanwhile, as Clark and Lex headed to their first location, Kayla, the head of Metropolis CIA, returned to her apartment and then drove to a secret location. There, she picked up the telephone and called Alfred, saying:

"...Yes, among the five bases we've identified, three of them are decoys, and two of them are inaccessible to our agents. If I'm not mistaken, it's due to some kind of mysterious energy. Our technicians have taken samples of this energy, but it will take some time to decrypt."

"...Correct, that's what I was thinking too. If we could leverage the abilities of that superpowered individual named Clark, we might be able to deal with them more quickly."

"I believe Lex, the heir of the Luthor family, has already informed Clark about the situation I told him. Clark should be aware of the existence of this mysterious organization. Our agents have observed his flying figure multiple times over the past few days, and based on his behavior, he seems to be searching for the base of this mysterious organization."

"Moreover, our investigation indicates that these people seem to have come from Gotham. So, I called you to ask if you know anything about their origins and weaknesses."

Alfred, after hanging up the telephone, looked at Bruce, who was observing the readings on the analytical instrument.

The instrument had an unusual appearance, with a circular design and a central module storing energy. Currently, the energy from the Owls of the Dark was being placed in the module, input into the machine, and then read for energy data.

As Bruce looked at the data, he furrowed his brow. This kind of energy was utterly chaotic in scientific instrument readings, with the values fluctuating unpredictably and no stable range.

Trying to analyze reliable data for experimentation was proving to be futile. Bruce then remembered Schiller's attitude at the time. Schiller had suggested that this energy could be utilized by the Ark Reactor.

However, in Bruce's perspective, the Ark Reactor should be a generator. It would provide power to the Ark Reactor using this special energy, but what would the final output of this energy affect? What kind of effect could it achieve?

Fortunately, he had plenty of experimental materials to work with, so Bruce could slowly conduct his research. During the breaks in his research, he saw Alfred put down the telephone and paused for a moment before saying to Alfred, "Alfred, please record the data for me. I'm going to check on Aisha."

After saying this, he left, leaving all his research results spread out on the lab table, as if conveying some attitude to Alfred. Alfred watched his departing figure and smiled briefly but didn't approach the lab table. Instead, he picked up the telephone again and said:

"Yes, Professor Shiller, they've already started moving. I think you can start preparing as well..."

In the midst of Metropolis, Lex and Clark's team had already moved on to the third base. The first two suspicious locations turned out to be a decoy and an abandoned site with no recent activity.

The third location was underground in a sawmill. As their car approached, Clark furrowed his brow and stopped Lex, who was about to get out of the car. Clark stood in front of him and said, "Something doesn't seem right. I saw something peculiar in that underground room. It's like... an Owls. There's some energy interference, and I can't see it clearly."

Lex stepped out of the car, and Clark opened the door of his pet carrier, allowing Bat Cat to jump onto his shoulder. Pikachu rested on Lex's shoulder. This combination of two humans, a cat, and a mouse seemed perfect.

Lex and Bat Cat handled the intellectual aspects, while Pikachu and Clark took charge of the physical strength. Although Pikachu could also be considered part of the intellectual team, its electrical abilities were handy in many situations.

Within this group, Pikachu's primary role was to protect the safety of the intellectual team members. Clark took the lead, exploring, with Lex and Bat Cat following closely, providing protection.

At this moment, Pikachu's combat abilities were just right, and most importantly, it was a long-range sorcerer. If they encountered anything unusual, Pikachu could immediately use its electrical powers to eliminate the threat at its infancy.

Arriving at the sawmill, there were still workers present. To avoid being noticed by them, Clark dug a hole in a remote area away from the workshop and proceeded inside.

As they continued to dig forward, they finally approached the secret room that Clark had seen through his X-ray vision. Even before reaching the room, Clark blinked hard and said, "This should be it. The mysterious energy is interfering with my X-ray vision, and I can't see clearly."

"Did you say you saw an Owls figure?" Bat Cat asked.

"Yes, I'm quite certain. I can see it now too. From the outline, it's an Owls... But why does this figure look somewhat familiar?" Clark squinted his eyes as he continued to gaze at it.

Suddenly, he said, "I remember! Isn't this the same gigantic Owls figure I saw in that city full of cats? The shape of this figure and that Owls are identical. I can't be mistaken."

Bat Cat narrowed its eyes, and the team proceeded forward, only to be stopped by a door with strange patterns. Clark's heat vision couldn't open the door; the energy was being blocked by a black protective shield. Clark also refrained from using brute force, as it might affect the workers on the surface.

"Can you describe the posture of the Owls figure you saw?" Lex asked, turning to Clark.

"It's in a circular room, with something like an altar in the middle. I heard some screams from there, but I couldn't make out what they were. In the center of the altar, there's a gigantic Owls figure. Its head is facing upward, but the head, especially the eyes, is unclear. Whenever I try to focus on it, it feels like the gaze is swaying," Clark explained.

"The unclear eyes are possibly due to the unusually dense energy in that area?" Lex continued to inquire.

"Perhaps, yes. This energy is the only thing capable of disrupting my gaze," Clark replied.

"Let's dig a hole and circle around to the back," Lex suggested after quietly consulting with Bat Cat.

Clark complied, and digging a hole was a simple task for him. Even if they circled the room once, it was done quickly.

In no time, they arrived at the opposite side of the door, but there was still a solid wall there. Clark's heat vision couldn't penetrate it.

Lex tapped his foot on the ground and said, "No, we should go down further, towards the back of the eyes."

Without asking too many questions, Clark continued to dig. They eventually reached the bottom of the room.

There were still walls below, but when Clark used his heat vision to attack the wall, he noticed that it was no longer indestructible. Instead, it started to crumble.

"The energy core of this protective shield should be in the head of the Owls, and our current location is the farthest point from that head. Here, the protection should be weakest. Attack this point with all your might," Lex pointed to one of the wall bricks.

Clark had no prior concept of this, but seeing Lex and Bat Cat so confident, he stopped thinking and followed their lead.

He had better control over his heat vision than his physical strength, so the beam of light from his eyes was thicker, yet it didn't create much noise.

To ensure that no one on the surface noticed anything unusual, Clark increased the output. After a while, with a thunderous sound, the wall was blasted open. The team climbed up the dirt mound and entered the room, only to witness a somewhat suffocating scene.

The most prominent feature of the entire room was the Owls figure at the center of the altar. Surrounding the figure were numerous iron cages.

Inside those cages were all cats.

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