hotmtlnovel Chapter 20: What the hell is a surprise?
Chapter 20: What the hell is a surprise?
"Also, Lucas, I received a call from your teacher today."
Almost all of them told me that I wasn't very enthusiastic about studying, and that I would always find various excuses to skip class...
Can you tell Mom what happened? Did someone bully you?
Martha looked at Lucas with gentle eyes and asked with concern.
Upon hearing this, Clark's mouth twitched as if he wanted to answer on behalf of his half-brother.
"Don't worry, Mom, no one is bullying me."
Lucas spoke first.
"I'm just really interested in rugby. You know, I've loved working out since I was a kid, and all those academic classes are so boring. I assure you, I won't fall behind in my studies."
Martha glanced at Jonathan.
Jonathan understood immediately and quickly signed his name on the permission form.
"Lucas, remember what you said. Also, never use any illegal drugs that anyone introduces to you; it will ruin you."
Upon seeing his older brother being allowed to join the football team, Clark immediately became excited and pulled out a permit as well.
However, the treatment they received was vastly different.
Before Martha could speak, Jonathan shook his head.
"Clark, you're not suited for this sport. To be precise, all highly competitive and intense sports are not suited for you."
"Why can you agree to Lucas joining the football team, but not me?"
Clark looked immediately annoyed.
"I've already answered that question; the situations you two face are different."
Jonathan looked serious.
"I don't understand, what's the difference between us?" Clark looked somewhat desperate.
When he got out of school today, he learned by chance that the light in his heart had successfully joined the school's rugby cheerleading team.
If he could join the school's rugby team, he would have much more time to spend with Lana every day, which would make him so happy he'd faint.
But things didn't go as planned...
"Lucas couldn't possibly lift a multi-ton farm tractor with his bare hands; that's the biggest difference between you two!"
"But I've already mastered controlling my power."
Clark argued that he had not lost control since graduating from elementary school.
Jonathan sighed and said earnestly:
I know you've been working really hard.
But things can change in an instant on the court. Once you lose control of your power, the consequences can be far more serious than simply destroying something.
Listen to me, child, this isn't the path for you. You should set your sights on something much bigger...
Your talent is not a privilege, but a responsibility.
"But I feel this is more like a shackle!"
Clark shouted dejectedly and stormed back to his room.
"Clark..."
Martha couldn't bear to see Clark so dejected.
But she also knew that she couldn't change Jonathan's mind either.
Caught between her children and her husband, she felt torn between two difficult choices.
"Lucas, you're the older brother, you should communicate with your younger brother more often."
Ms. Martha could only place her hopes on her sensible eldest son.
"It's okay, Mom. Clark is just going through a rebellious phase. He'll figure it out on his own."
Lucas doesn't have the habit of playing peacemaker.
What's more, the other party is Da Chao, who is in the "springtime of romantic feelings".
I said goodnight to my parents.
Lucas returned to his room to work out.
The room was filled with all sorts of fitness equipment.
The original crib has been replaced with a bunk bed.
Clark was sitting in a chair, staring out the window with a look of utter despair.
He had originally thought that his older brother would come over and comfort him.
But he's clearly overthinking it.
Clark only got up and went to bed awkwardly when he heard Lucas's even breathing.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for a Kryptonian experiencing puberty.
...
...
The next day, early in the morning.
Today is destined to be wonderful.
Since it's Saturday, there's no need to attend classes or go to school.
Lucas doesn't have the habit of sleeping in late; he gets up on time to exercise as soon as his biological clock kicks in.
First, there were hundreds of sets of anaerobic exercise in a short period of time, followed by aerobic exercise of running all the way to town along the path and then back and forth.
As soon as they arrived in town, Lucas's expression changed.
With the help of his [Super Hearing], he heard the sound of a propeller spinning rapidly in the distant sky.
Furthermore, with the help of divine insight, the words "USARMY" were clearly visible on the surfaces of two aircraft, which were 5,000 meters apart in the air.
A standard transport-type armed helicopter.
After circling in the sky for more than 20 minutes, the two helicopters finally landed on an open space next to the Smallville town hospital.
The cabin door slid open slowly.
A group of fully armed tactical personnel filed down the mountain, under heavy guard.
They surrounded and tightly protected the man and woman at the very center.
More than a dozen specially made hospital beds had already been prepared in front of the hospital.
Neatly laid out on top were sealed black body bags, bound tightly with pure silver chains.
...
Compared to last time, the number of armed men around the town hospital has nearly doubled this time.
Everyone entering the hospital is subjected to rigorous and thorough questioning.
This quickly drew the ire of the town's residents.
Early that morning, Lucas witnessed a group of residents, filled with anger, storming into the mayor's office.
Finally, after pulling out a few strands of the mayor's hair to make his Mediterranean hairstyle even more stylish, the crowd suddenly dispersed.
Unlike in the American TV series, the vampire virus that broke out in downtown New York City did not spread widely due to the intervention of certain mysterious figures.
In addition, due to the authorities' deliberate cover-up, it remains in secrecy, just like the Chernobyl incident three days earlier.
It's only mentioned occasionally in newspapers, but it's just a routine report and not many people know about it.
However, it was precisely because the townspeople banded together in panic that Lucas once again found an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Because the townspeople practiced the principle of equal distribution of resources, they turned their anger towards the armed personnel stationed at the hospital.
This is their hospital, why should outsiders occupy it!
Taking advantage of the commotion, Lucas once again successfully infiltrated the hospital.
Discoveries were made very quickly.
Apart from the dozen or so ordinary vampires who were already in a state of malfunction,
They also spotted a middle-aged man dressed in a suit and tie.
The other person was dressed in a dark gray bespoke suit, with a clean and crisp cut, without a single wrinkle, and his hair was combed meticulously, making him look like a social elite.
Apart from having paler skin, men are almost indistinguishable from humans.
Sensing someone approaching, the middle-aged man suddenly opened his eyes.
"Ever... I told you, you..."
"Huh? Who are you?"
Upon seeing the completely unfamiliar, youthful face that appeared, the middle-aged man was taken aback.
Just as he was about to speak again, his head was instantly pierced by an extra-long and thick screwdriver...