msmithbooks Chapter 433 General Zod is a dog, a middle-aged balding old man
Chapter 433 General Zod is a dog, a middle-aged balding old man
Chapter 433 General Zod is a dog (answer), middle-aged balding white man and woman, servant's hand hurts.
Justice League headquarters.
The prison for people with superpowers.
After a brief period of temporary confinement in the Star Labs, General Zod was quickly transferred to the Superpower Prison at the headquarters of the Justice League.
General Zod shifted the position of his kryptonite-shackled arm on the sofa, sat up, and listened intently to Batman speaking to him through a walkie-talkie across the transparent, lift-up cell door.
Outside his transparent cell was a small interrogation room. When Batman pushed the door open and walked in a few minutes earlier, General Zod knew that the negotiations he had been waiting for had finally begun.
Then he heard Batman say:
"Let me state my conditions first: I will never allow you to create a Kryptonian army in our universe, whether it is in a galaxy very close to Earth or in another galaxy."
Batman's first words immediately chilled General Zod's expression. He threatened, "If you intend to do this, you'd better be prepared for Green Lantern Mogo to burn the entire Earth to the ground. Do I need to remind you? Green Lantern Mogo is the strongest Green Lantern. His green lantern beam is enough to melt the core of a planet. A planet like Earth simply cannot withstand that..."
"I know I'll endure this attack."
Chen Tao waved his hand and said:
"Furthermore, I also know that the Green Lantern Corps' most famous tactic is to have all its members line up in battle, luring the enemy into a direct confrontation. Then, when the distance is close enough, the Green Lantern Corps members suddenly scatter, and Mogo, hiding behind them, reveals the true forms of the Green Lantern Corps members. Then, a green lantern energy ray as thick as a planet directly annihilates the unsuspecting enemy or fleet." (Note: This is actually a move from the comics, which almost wiped out the Yellow Lantern Corps.)
General Zod: "..."
Batman seems unusually familiar with Mogo.
However, he quickly realized that Batman was bargaining, so he kept quiet and waited for Batman to continue.
Chen Tao shook his head.
He was no longer content with merely communicating with Zod through the cell's intercom, so he simply opened the cell door, strode in, and closed it again. Facing General Zod, he said:
"Think about it from the bottom of your heart, Zod."
General Zod looked at Batman and said sincerely:
"If you were a native inhabitant of Senagon, how would you feel if you heard that there was a civilization of millions of superhumans living next to your planet?"
(Note: This planet is the home of Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and it is rich in N metal.)
"Or perhaps you are a member of the Round Table Council and discover a group of members of a civilization with a dark history of colonization. They possess great power when exposed to sunlight, and their internal hierarchy is strict and class-based, resembling a war machine."
(Note: The Round Table Council is an organization that maintains peace in the universe, but its methods are not exactly honorable and are quite underhanded.)
"A civilization built by millions of superhumans is far too dangerous; it would be a devastating blow to other civilizations in the vicinity. For those who might panic because of your actions, what matters is not what you want to do, but what you are capable of doing."
"I think you've met Hal Jordan before, the guy next to me in the Green Lantern uniform. He's the current leader of the Green Lantern Corps, and I'm sure he won't stand idly by..."
"I promised you and Kal'el that I would not become the leader of this newly established Krypton," General Zod said. "And the remnants of Krypton have the right to rebuild their homeland!"
"Yes, that's right, I'm not denying that, but the question I raised is also true."
"Don't try to change the subject, Zod. Don't portray yourself as the only variable that could cause this newly established Krypton to fall into corruption. Both you and I know very well that Kryptonians are a group of living machines written in genetic code. Like you, they cannot defy the genetic code they wrote at the deepest level."
General Zod grinned, revealing three teeth. The gesture was less a wry smile and more like a beast about to leap up and bite Batman.
He knew that Batman knew almost everything about Krypton, and he had intended to use the information gap to mislead and reduce Batman's assessment of the potential harm that Krypton might cause after its establishment, but now it seemed that this idea had completely failed.
Damn Jor-El, damn Kal-El! This father and son, one dared to stuff Kryptonian history into their spaceship, and the other dared to proclaim Kryptonian history to others—inherently inferior Kryptonian traitors, I will personally deal with you…
General Zod forced himself not to focus his thoughts on the father and son, but this did nothing but incompetent rage and did nothing to help the current situation.
"So what?" he said. "Stop talking nonsense. What exactly do you want me to do for Karl El to give me the Codex of Life?"
He suppressed his anger; he was fed up with Batman teasing him like a fool, but he knew he didn't have the right to retaliate.
Let's not even talk about whether Green Lantern Mogo could actually turn the Earth into a giant firework with one shot. Even if he could, General Zod wouldn't do it.
Just as a kidnapper wouldn't kill the last hostage he has, unlike Chen Tao, General Zod is genetically incapable of using the "opportunity to rebuild Krypton" as a bargaining chip.
This has nothing to do with his personal charisma; it's purely a side effect of Krypton creating Kryptonians by "writing DNA code."
As a general of Krypton, he must protect Krypton, so now he must find a way to rebuild Krypton in order to protect it.
But if he ordered Mogo to unleash a green light energy attack that pierced through Earth, Superman would definitely fight him to the death, and the chance to rebuild Krypton would be gone, which is something General Zod cannot accept.
Therefore, Chen Tao knew that although General Zod seemed to have the power to make Green Lantern Mogo destroy the Earth, he actually had nothing and nothing at all.
Therefore, no matter what Chen Tao does to him, as long as there is even a glimmer of hope, he can continue, and his level of patience is far higher than ordinary people can imagine.
and so……
"Speak, Batman. You said you wanted to be open and honest, so state your demands."
"dog."
"What?" General Zod nearly bit his tongue. He turned his head, thinking he had misheard.
"Please be my dog."
My name is Chen Tao, and I'm a male lecturer who understands human nature. I only used one sentence to make General Zod furious—
As Chen Tao awkwardly performed a side somersault, scrambling to avoid the intense gaze emanating from General Zod's eyes, he was mentally considering what tone and attitude to use to threaten General Zod.
His previous statement was clearly a bit too much. He wanted to test General Zod's tolerance and bottom line, but the other party's temper was far more explosive than he had imagined. This had absolutely nothing to do with genes; it was entirely due to General Zod's personal character.
He quickly backed away, opened the cell door, and then retreated back to the interrogation room in front of the cell's transparent door, before closing the cell's transparent door again with a mechanical sound.
He wasn't incapable of fighting General Zod, but given the current situation, it was best for him to remain calm.
General Zod leaped from the sofa and lunged at Batman with such force that the kryptonite chains, one end wrapped around him and the other pinned to the wall, rattled loudly.
"You bastard! Get Kal-El here, and as for you, Batman, I'll tear you to shreds..."
"Owner?"
General Zod's voice abruptly stopped.
Chen Tao turned his head and saw the ventriloquist Arnold push open the door to the interrogation room behind him.
The middle-aged, balding white man was still wearing that eye-catching maid outfit. Chen Tao knew he was mentally ill, so he never bothered with him.
He hesitated and stretched out a hand that was obviously many times larger than his other hand: "Waaah, help me, meow, it hurts so much, meow."
What the hell is this verbal tic? I can't hold it in anymore.
Chen Tao covered his head. He hadn't paid attention to his male and female servants for a while, and the guy had evolved into something increasingly perverted. Heaven knows what strange things that bat baby on his wrist had said to him. This was definitely not a problem with Batman, but rather Arnold's own mental illness controlling him.
So his transformation has absolutely nothing to do with that old bat. Yes, that's right.
As Chen Tao thought this, he ignored the ventriloquist's repeated use of "zān miao" (a vulgar expression), and then briefly examined his palm.
Not far away, General Zod stared blankly at the ventriloquist Arnold, who was in such a state, as if he had been frozen in place.
what?
To be frank, Kryptonians and Earthlings have different customs regarding clothing, but Kryptonians are ultimately not a sexually reproducing race.
Arnold's current appearance and verbal tics are quite shocking, even to Kryptonians.
The visual impact caused General Zod to momentarily lose his angry expression and successfully disrupted his mind, leaving him unsure how to process the situation.
"Some side effects of the ring..." Chen Tao checked for a while, then transformed back into Green Lantern Batman, fired two shots at the ring with his own ring, and then materialized a syringe to inject some Green Lantern energy into the ventriloquist's hand.
Soon, the veins on his swollen hand subsided slightly, and the little old man, Arnold the ventriloquist, immediately filled his small eyes behind his glasses with tears.
"Woohoo! I feel much better! Thank you, Master!"
"This is indeed quite serious; I can only offer temporary relief."
Chen Tao was almost stunned by the ventriloquist's explosive remarks again. He tried his best to maintain his expression and continued to get down to business:
"This ring is channeling a massive amount of green light energy into your palm through the point of contact with your skin. This abnormal infusion has caused your palm to swell abnormally. It likely also contains some magical power, making it different from regular green light energy."
"The problem with your hand is indeed quite serious. I'll take care of what's at hand first, and then I might ask Lucius, Luther, and Hal to take a look."
But there was something Chen Tao didn't say:
Normally, although the Ring of Power is an early creation of the First Lantern and therefore has significant side effects, it is still a powerful weapon that combines magic and the energy of the green emotional spectrum, and should not have placed such a burden on the user.
In the original comics, during "Eternal Evil," the previous host of the ring died, and the ring found a new host, Jesse. Jesse didn't experience such severe side effects when using the ring.
There must be something fishy about Arnold's swollen hand now. It's very likely that it was the work of the first Lantern Man, since Chen Tao couldn't think of anyone else who could control this ring besides him.
This is a problem that deserves attention, but Chen Tao needs to postpone it for now.
"You go ahead, I still have some things to do here."
After giving the ventriloquist a quick, temporary treatment, Chen Tao sent him away.
"Yes, Master. Thank you, Master, meow."
Chen Tao: "..."
General Zod: "..."
After seeing off the ventriloquist who had been making everyone lose their composure, Chen Tao turned around and returned to the transparent cage.
He deactivated his Green Lantern Batman transformation, and silvery particles wiped him from head to toe before he reverted to his dark and evil appearance.
General Zod always felt like he had fallen into some evil lair and into the hands of a perverted PUA psychopath.
At this moment, memories of the past and the future flooded back to Zod, and the shadow cast by his superhuman mother, who had poured her heart out to him, once again engulfed his mind and body.
There's also the spitting tactic that Superman somehow learned. General Zod had always been puzzled by it, wondering where all those bizarre and insane tactics and ways of thinking on Earth came from. Now he's finally found the culprit.
He initially thought Batman was just a cheerful, big-hearted boy, but now it seems...
This...this person seems quite ill.
Remembering how that little old man had been whining and whining all the time, and how Batman had acted as if nothing had happened while carefully treating his hand, General Zod gasped in shock.
Chen Tao was completely oblivious to the change in General Zod's gaze towards him. He continued, "..."
"So now, do you agree to cooperate with me? As you can see, I'm offering my terms: I'm willing to help you build Krypton in some parallel universe. But let me make it clear, it's definitely not the universe we live in now."
General Zuo Zuo wanted to say something more, but Chen Tao waved his hand to stop him: "I advise you to think it over before you speak. This is my bottom line, and it is also the bottom line of most intelligent life in the universe: a dangerous civilization like Krypton cannot coexist with other intelligent civilizations."
"……All right."
"General Zod said."
He felt somewhat humiliated, so he turned his head slightly away.
(End of this chapter)