Metropolis National Bank.
Gunmen wearing Halloween Joker masks, carrying pistols and submachine guns, stormed into the bank and sprayed bullets at the ceiling.
"Nobody move! Everyone get on the ground!"
After spraying the ceiling with bullets, the gunmen ordered everyone standing outside the counter to put their hands behind their backs and lie on the ground.
Then they aimed their guns at the staff behind the counter.
"Open the vaults! Nobody make any sudden moves, or we'll shoot you dead!"
Facing the already demonstrated power of the firearms, no one dared to resist. The bank staff immediately obediently opened the money vaults and safes.
The gunmen quickly stuffed money into their bags.
The gunmen responsible for guarding kept a close eye on those lying on the ground, preventing any resistance.
Some bank security personnel, who were about to make a move, were discovered by the gunmen.
The criminals aimed at the resisting security guard and pulled the trigger. "Thump, thump, thump" gunshots rang out, and blood immediately splattered everywhere.
Boom!
As the gunmen were enthusiastically carrying out their grand robbery, the bank's glass was suddenly shattered.
A motorcycle sped through, breaking the glass, and crashed into the bank lobby amidst a shower of shattered glass.
One of the armed criminals, unable to dodge in time, was hit directly in the chest by the motorcycle. With a loud crash, he was sent flying, his body slamming into a glass counter, making a huge impact sound.
Under the gaze of numerous robbers, a guy wearing a leather jacket and a black stocking over his head, revealing only his mouth and nose, looking even more like a bank robber than them, got off the motorcycle, kicked the kickstand, and propped up the motorcycle.
The guy with the black stocking over his head, who appeared at the critical moment, was naturally Clark, who had planned to rob the bank earlier.
"Shoot that bastard!"
The leading gunman, seeing what appeared to be a colleague enter, immediately signaled his companions to shoot at Clark.
"Bang, bang, bang" sounds rang out. Facing the high-speed bullets, Clark, wearing his mask, easily caught all the bullets.
And instantly moved behind the armed criminal who was shooting, patting him on the shoulder.
The highly nervous armed criminal turned his head with his gun raised, and Clark grabbed the barrel of his gun, casually showing him the bullets he had caught in his hand.
"Your shooting accuracy is a bit off. Maybe you could try shooting some animal balloons."
Clark mocked him while grabbing the other person's collar and directly throwing him out.
With a thud, the guy he threw hit the wall and then flopped onto the ground.
The remaining guys, seeing Clark's abnormal and arrogant behavior, immediately opened fire on him.
"Shoot this guy dead!"
The criminals shouted wildly at Clark while shooting.
Braving a storm of bullets, Clark walked towards the nearest gunman.
The bullets hitting his body seemed to have no effect on him.
The bank staff, seeing Clark's heroic performance, thought they were saved, but the next second, they immediately fell from heaven to hell.
Clark, enduring the pistol fire, walked up to the other person, grabbed the gunman's clothes with one hand, and held his pistol with the other.
"Sorry, Jokers, I saw this bank first. All the money here belongs to me."
Saying this, he lifted the gunman wearing the Joker mask and threw him to the ground.
After dealing with all the gunmen, Clark picked up the bag they had dropped on the ground, glanced at the trembling bank staff, and turned to walk out of the bank.
By this time, the area outside the bank was already surrounded by police. The fully armed police had just set up when they saw a masked person swaggering out.
The police chief, hiding behind a police car, shouted into a megaphone at Clark: "Don't make any sudden moves! Hands up and walk out! Drop the bag in your hand! Don't resist! This is the final warning!"
Facing the fully armed police, Clark did not raise his hands. He simply ignored them and walked forward.
"Fire!"
Seeing Clark still resisting stubbornly, the police chief gave the order to fire.
In an instant, bullets formed a dense barrage, sweeping towards Clark.
The dense bullet fire hit his body, making a "ping-pong" sound.
Clark walked forward, staring at the bullets, and Heat Vision shot from his eyes, igniting a police car.
With a loud explosion, the burning police car exploded!
The burning air blast rushed outwards, accompanied by rolling heat, and all the nearby armed police were knocked to the ground.
Having completed his feat, Clark swaggered away with the bag.
Leaving behind the frustrated police and the shocked onlookers.
...
Night, Kent Farm.
Eric had just hung up the phone with Catwoman when Chloe walked in with a newspaper.
"Today's Daily Planet. There was a shooting near the Metropolis National Bank on Fifth Avenue."
After greeting Jonathan and Martha, Chloe anxiously handed the newspaper to them.
"The criminals robbed the bank and escaped unscathed from a storm of police bullets. Some suspect the robbers wore bulletproof vests, but I don't believe any bulletproof vest could withstand the simultaneous firing of a dozen police officers."
Chloe told them.
After putting down the phone, Eric walked next to them and glanced at the newspaper.
"Although he was wearing a mask and different clothes, judging by his physique, the alleged bank robbery suspect should be Clark."
Eric told his parents.
"Phew!"
Exhaling, Jonathan put down the newspaper and said to Eric, "Eric, you go start the car, I'll go put on my jacket."
Seeing her husband's actions, Martha gave Eric and Chloe an apologetic look and followed her husband's footsteps.
"Jonathan, where are you going?"
"To find him and bring him back."
Jonathan put on his clothes and said with a serious expression, "Eric has eyes that can see things dozens of miles away and can keep up with Clark's speed. Even if we can't find Clark right away, as long as Eric and I drive around the streets together, we'll eventually find a chance to find him."
Martha disagreed with her husband's decision, "Clark knows the effect of the red kryptonite ring on him, but he hasn't taken it off, which means he doesn't want to see us right now. We need to give him some time."
"We don't have time. I can't just sit here and do nothing."
"Jonathan."
Martha raised her voice slightly to her husband, "What happens if Eric finds Clark? Just like their conflict at the abandoned factory last time, I don't want to see either of them hurt, whether it's our older son or our younger son."
Facing her husband's contemplation, her voice softened again, "Clark doesn't want us to find him. When he's ready, he'll come home. Give him some more time, we need to have faith in him, he's our son, isn't he?"
"Alright."
Facing Martha's persuasion, Jonathan calmed down and sighed.
Meanwhile, Eric, standing with Chloe, fell into contemplation.
Robbing a bank?
He clearly has faster and more covert ways to make money, yet he chooses the stupidest and most easily discovered method. Should I say it's fixed thinking, subconsciously thinking of getting money by going to a bank, or is he naturally incapable of thinking outside the box?
Getting money from gangs or casinos would be better than this self-exposing method!
Eric inwardly complained about Clark's broad daylight bank robbery.
"Eric, I'm going to Metropolis to look for Clark."
Chloe looked at Eric with hope, "Would you... would you be willing to go to Metropolis with me?"
After learning that Clark had started robbing banks in Metropolis, Chloe became increasingly worried about Clark.
Especially since he was wearing that red ring, which would subtly affect Clark's mind.
Now Clark was already robbing banks, and she didn't know what he would do tomorrow.
So she hoped to go to Metropolis to see. It would be best if she could find Clark, but even if she couldn't persuade him to come back, knowing his whereabouts would allow her to inform the Kent family.
"Sorry, I have no plans to go to Metropolis right now."
Eric directly refused her, "He's been hiding from me. Even if I go, most of the time will be spent playing hide-and-seek with him, and I'm not interested in that kind of behavior. However..."
Chloe's face showed disappointment when she heard Eric wasn't going to Metropolis, but her spirits quickly lifted when she heard Eric change his tone.
"I will always look for Clark, whether it's on the farm or in Metropolis, it's the same for me. What my eyes see in Metropolis, I can also see here."
Eric said calmly.
After hearing this, Chloe was surprised by Eric's incredible ability, and her anxious and uneasy emotions relaxed a bit.
After taking a deep breath, she smiled at Eric, "But I'm not going to Metropolis entirely for Clark. Mr. Lionel got me an internship opportunity at the Daily Planet, and I can take this opportunity to experience the atmosphere there beforehand."
"The Daily Planet?"
Hearing that she was going to the Daily Planet, Eric suddenly thought of something and asked Chloe, "Do you know a woman named Louise Lane? I remember she works at the Daily Planet."
Eric had always been very interested in Superman's official girlfriend, Louise Lane, his future sister-in-law.
He only remembered that she worked at the Daily Planet newspaper, but he didn't have many memories of when she appeared.
"You know my cousin?"
Chloe showed a surprised expression.
"Louise Lane is your cousin?"
"Yes, she's my cousin, but she's not working at the Daily Planet now. I generally consider myself someone with a lot of journalistic zeal, but compared to my cousin, my zeal is worthless."
Chloe said with a wry smile, then asked Eric, "Eric, how do you know my cousin?"
"I..."
Eric put down the newspaper and said calmly, "I've heard of her. I heard she's an enhanced version of you."
Chloe: "?"
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