Bruce shook his head and stood up, "Alfred, please arrange my itinerary.
I'm going to Metropolis, under the guise of visiting the Wayne Enterprises branch."
"But you have a dinner with the mayor today; are you sure?"
Alfred asked him with some difficulty.
"Postpone it for now."
Bruce walked towards the underground entrance, putting on his coat.
"The mayor's dinner should happen again, but I don't know if this trip to Metropolis will have a next time."
"Alright, Master, I'll call the mayor's office now."
Smallville.
Clark stood on the windmill in the field, with the afterglow of the sunset in full view.
As the twenty-four-hour deadline drew closer, Clark's heart was still wavering.
The blades of the windmill slowly turned with the force of the wind.
The shadows of the setting sun were cut into several pieces by the rotating windmill, falling onto the ground.
This was the windmill tower where he and Eric learned to fly on Christmas Eve.
Although he had already learned to fly, he still liked to come here to enjoy the scenery.
"You seem to like it here, Clark."
Eric's voice sounded behind him.
Turning around, he saw Eric standing behind him.
"Yes, I like to come here to watch the sunset and the forest covered by pine trees."
Clark said to Eric, "It helps calm my mind."
"So, you're feeling very unsettled right now."
"Somewhat."
Clark looked into Eric's eyes, "I'm wondering if surrendering would prevent Earth from suffering a catastrophe?"
"You haven't even considered resisting, Clark."
Eric's gaze met Clark's directly.
"Jor-El said no one could destroy that spaceship."
Clark turned to look at the sunset on the horizon, "If sacrificing myself could bring peace to the entire Earth, I think that's not an unacceptable thing.
But the key is that Zod cannot be trusted, and I also don't know if the people on Earth are worth my trust."
Eric listened to Clark's words and was silent for a long while.
"This is a choice, Clark, you are always making choices, but this time, I'm afraid you won't be able to choose."
"What?"
Clark cast a surprised look at Eric, and saw Eric, facing him, slowly open a lead box in front of him.
The light from the kryptonite meteorite in the lead box shone directly on Clark.
"Ugh!"
A feeling of weakness and powerlessness swept over him.
Clark immediately fell to the ground, all his strength vanishing, unable to exert any force, a feeling of weakness and pain eroding his entire body.
Eric, in close proximity to the green kryptonite, also felt uncomfortable due to the subconsciously implanted allergy to green kryptonite.
Throwing the kryptonite in his hand towards Clark, Eric endured the discomfort in his body and took two steps back.
"Gasp! Gasp!"
Clark, breathing heavily, clutched his chest, sweat seeping from his forehead.
Looking at his younger brother with an expression of disbelief, Clark gasped and asked Eric, "Why… why, Eric?!"
He couldn't understand why his younger brother would use green kryptonite on him at this moment.
And at the risk of being harmed by the kryptonite himself!
"It's simple, to stop you from surrendering!"
Eric moved away from the area affected by the green kryptonite and said coldly to him.
"You're right, Zod cannot be trusted, and the people on Earth cannot be trusted either.
So, to spare you from hesitation and struggle, lying here is the best way."
Eric said expressionlessly.
"No! Eric!"
Clark reached out to grab Eric, but the feeling of weakness continuously assaulted his body, making him unable to move at all.
He even lost the strength to speak.
After a final glance at Clark, Eric activated his flying ability and instantly soared into the sky.
His flying speed instantly exceeded the speed of sound, emitting a loud sonic boom.
Breaking through the clouds and soaring straight into the sky, Eric continued to fly towards Washington with an expressionless face.
Since the Kryptonian spaceship's defenses could not be breached from the outside, the best way was naturally to breach it from the inside.
And the best way to breach it from the inside was to enter openly and directly.
He had already figured out how to enter General Zod's spaceship.
Therefore, he controlled Clark using green kryptonite, his purpose being to prevent the other party from obstructing him.
"Wheeze! Wheeze!"
Clark lay on top of the windmill, struggling against the weakness and pain that enveloped his entire body, desperately extending his arm, wanting to push the green kryptonite off the windmill tower.
But the closer his fingers got to the green kryptonite, the more he felt an uncontrollable pain sweep over his entire body.
After repeated attempts, drenched in sweat, he had no choice but to give up, lying on the ground, gasping for breath.
"No!"
Thinking of Eric's eyes as he left, Clark felt a pang in his heart.
He had a bad feeling!
Desperately suppressing the pain in his body, he tried to reach out and touch the green kryptonite.
Finally, after expending a great deal of effort, his fingers touched the kryptonite.
"Ah ah ah ah!"
While roaring, he used all his strength to push the green kryptonite, which his fingers had touched, down from the windmill tower.
The palm-sized green kryptonite felt as heavy as a thousand-pound boulder in his hand.
Using all his strength, Clark finally pushed the green kryptonite off the windmill tower before sunset.
After recovering from his state of weakness, Clark immediately rushed to the farm.
The farm, enveloped by the night, was quiet, with no one in sight.
Clark looked around, activating his Super Vision, but still couldn't find Eric's figure.
Entering the living room, he saw that the TV in the room was still on.
Taking a breath, Clark looked at the TV.
A live broadcast was currently being shown on the TV.
Seeing Eric, draped in a black cape and slowly descending from the sky on the TV screen, Clark was stunned!
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