Nobody can stop me from drawing cards in Gotham!

Chapter 33 Steel Body: Is This Even an Entrance?

With Gotham's trending tweets almost all gone, Jaeger suddenly remembered a question.

That is, since he came into this world, it seems he hasn't paid attention to any cities other than Gotham...

At least in the world before the time travel, there was no city like Gotham—so there are likely many more places here that Jaeger has never heard of.

So he opened the regional hotspot and tried to switch his current region. Sure enough, he saw many places he had never heard of before.

Metropolis, Seaside City, Central City, Star City...

Jaeger looked around and decided to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

After all, geographically speaking, this city called Metropolis is just a bridge away from Gotham.

But to Jaeger's surprise, although Metropolis and Gotham were only a short distance apart, the two cities were worlds apart in style.

Gotham is gloomy, rainy, and dark.

The metropolis, however, is a sunny and hopeful place.

Even the styles of trending tweets are quite different...

Man of Steel Returns! Superman Saves a Crashed Plane!

"Daily Superman Watch 1/1: Superman rescued a cat from a tree again! Anyone interested in adopting it?"

"A rational discussion: Is Superman's costume really that ugly? I'll go first—who else would dare wear primary colors in public besides him?!"

Superman...Superman?

Is this a hero of Metropolis, just like Batman is in Gotham?

Jaeger clicked into the post and found that, unlike Batman, who could never be photographed clearly and was so much so that many Gotham residents insisted he was a fabricated urban legend, Superman had a considerable number of clear photos.

To be precise, it should be said that the hero from the neighboring city himself was not stingy in taking photos with the people he saved.

Jaeger scrutinized the man in the photo: black hair, blue eyes, and a striking tuft of curly hair on his forehead; by American standards, he was quite handsome, but that uniform…

It's a bit hard to explain.

—That tweet is right. Unless you have a face that's handsome enough to be considered extremely handsome, who would wear the three primary colors out in public?

The Superman costume is a bit too difficult to model.

Jaeger couldn't help but think of Batman's all-black suit—which probably had little to do with aesthetics, but was more likely to make it easier for Batman to sneak around in Gotham's night.

Pulling back from his wild imagination, Jaeger clicked on the most popular tweet at the moment, about Superman saving a crashed plane.

This is actually a news report reprinted from the official account of a long-established metropolitan media outlet called Planet Daily, so a clear video was attached.

In the video, a figure in red and blue single-handedly lifted a commercial airliner full of passengers and gently placed it on the Metropolitan Football Stadium, which was empty at the time because there was no game. The plane then flew away gracefully amidst the cheers of the rescued passengers.

Wow.

Forgive me, but the only superhero I know is Batman, so I was quite surprised to see a completely different superhero from the neighboring city... lifting an airplane single-handedly? Does this Mr. Superman have super strength in addition to flying? Is this the origin of the "Super" in his code name?

After a moment's thought, Jaeger forwarded the video to [bat] and added a comment.

【Great!】: Although, even though they're all superheroes, can you lift an airplane?

【bat】：?

--provocative?

Bruce, who was playing on his phone during the board meeting under Lucius's murderous glare, thought to himself as he looked at the message.

But who is he? As the resourceful Batman, he certainly won't let the other party sway his emotions.

Bruce then replied:

【bat】: First, I can't be considered a hero.

【bat】: Second, don't compare me to that guy next door who's dressed like a red and blue hot air balloon.

[bat]: Third, not all heroes have special abilities; I prefer to solve problems in a human way.

As for Bruce's very meticulous point-by-point answer, Jaeger's reply was...

【Great】: Am I just imagining things? Why do I feel like you're gritting your teeth when you send these messages?

Bruce sneered.

【bat】：Heh.

[bat]: Your misconception :)

[Great!]: ...

[Great!]: Wait, I've got the key point! Didn't you just say "human way"? Isn't Superman human?

【Great】: I thought he was just a guy who awakened superpowers, like someone whose genes mutated due to an experimental accident or something.

【bat】: You should pay more attention to the news.

【bat】：About a year ago, this guy codenamed Superman started appearing in Metropolis, wearing a silly red and blue uniform and flying around the city, doing things including but not limited to picking up cats from trees, rescuing people from fires, or saving crashed planes.

[bat]: As for the code name Superman, it was given to him by a reporter who kept following Superman. That reporter later got the right to interview Superman because of his persistence, and people learned his true identity from that interview.

[bat]: According to Superman, he is not human, but an alien who came to Earth after his home planet was destroyed.

[Wow!]: So aliens really do exist!

[bat]: ...

Could you have focused on this point in an even more unique way?

【Yay】: Sorry, I just went off-topic.

[Great!]: So Superman is an alien, and his powers come from that?

【bat】: That's right. As far as I know, Superman's current abilities include super strength, super speed, super brain, heat vision, ice breathing... and these may not be all of them; Superman could easily keep some secrets during the interview.

【bat】: However, personally, I do not trust an alien with too much power. It is very dangerous for the people of Metropolis to be too dependent on a completely uncontrollable guy.

【bat】: After all, who can guarantee that a non-human being will always be kind to people?

Bruce wasn't one of those extremists who believed "Earth should belong to Earthlings and aliens should get out"—but since he had never been in contact with Superman and the other was so powerful, it was always good to be cautious.

Jaeger remained silent for a long time, so long that Bruce thought he was seriously considering his reply.

A minute later, the other party sent a message:

[Great!]: So you mean that Superman's super brain designed this uniform?

【Great!】: They really are aliens; their aesthetic sense is indeed a bit different from that of Earthlings.

[bat]: ...

【bat】: Is this all you use your brain for?