American comics: You're asked to fish, but you catch a Superman template?

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Immediately afterwards, another member waved his hand, and the five gems on his left glove instantly flashed with dazzling light. Guided by the shattering green light, they seemed to merge into a distinct figure hovering on the crystal.

Kacha, Kacha.

Just as the figure became clear, the blue crystal in front of Kara-Sofin seemed unable to withstand the powerful force and began to crumble.

Boom! Boom! Boom

In the next instant, the entire blue crystal shattered into pieces, and the voice from the throne became inaudible again.

"Let's rewind time, Superstar..."

In the final moments before the figure disappeared, Kara Sofim seemed to hear instructions from the other side.

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"So this is one of the dimensions where a fragment of time exists?"

Kara-Sophie stared at the shattered crystal disappearing before her, her expression subtly shifting.

But then, a strange yet elegant voice rang in her mind.

Immediately afterwards, a tall, blue figure dressed in silver armor and a white cloak appeared before Kara-Sophie. Although the figure did not speak, her voice rang clearly in Kara-Sophie's mind.

Looking up at the dark universe beyond the moon, the superstar looked down at Carla Sofian standing in front of him.

"Tell me, how much do you know about all this?"

At the same time, Kara Sofín's elegant voice echoed in her mind again.

Upon seeing this figure, or rather, upon hearing the question from this superstar, Carla Sofim's expression still carried a hint of anxiety.

Clearly still somewhat confused about what was happening, the superstar in front of him had lost patience.

"Never mind, I'll just come and see for myself."

With these thoughts in mind, the superstar extended her slender finger and touched Carla Sofín's forehead. The next second, all sorts of tangled memories instantly surfaced.

Kara-Sophie's memories flowed like water, from her waiting for the power of the Moonstone, to her becoming a member of the Thunder Special Forces, and then stopping at the scene of her fighting Xu Fu in the secret prison.

"found it."

Pinching his fingers to Kara Sofian's forehead, the superstar opened his palm and used his mental power to project the image of her fighting Xu Fu into the air, a twisted smile on his blue face.

"Xu Fu."

"The fragment of the Time Stone must be on him."

...

Antimir, a frontline reporter.

"What's wrong, Kent?"

Ban Yurich noticed the difference in Xu Fu's expression and then asked in confusion.

"It's alright now."

Shaking his head and putting aside his inner objections, Xu Fu returned the topic to the interview.

Just then, an internal warning suddenly sounded, alerting Xu Fu that something was about to happen.

The warning was so subtle that for a moment he couldn't tell whether the premonition was telling him about some danger happening around him or what was about to happen to him.

He then took in the sounds of the entire city of New York, but Xu Fu did not detect any signs of danger.

Although he heard sounds of robbery or crime, these were everyday occurrences in New York City and nothing unusual.

So, what is the cause of this premonition?

With some doubts in his mind, Xu Fu put aside his thoughts and turned his attention back to the interview with Ben Ulrich that was placed in front of him.

This interview with Frontline was conceived after he received a Pulitzer Prize nomination.

However, Xu Fu hadn't expected the reporter interviewed to be Banuric himself. Since leaving *The Daily Bugle* to found *The Front*, Banuric had gradually changed his role as a journalist, returning to the ranks of interviewers. This externally demonstrated his importance to Xu Fu, namely, the Pulitzer Prize. The degree to which he valued it...

“We all know that fighting against government power is not an easy task, especially when you are fighting pressure from the New York government or the mayor. So what motivates you, Kent, to not report everything?”

"I think it was my calling as a journalist, my sense of mission that drove me to do all this, along with the support of my colleagues at the newspaper and the help of Mr. Jurich, the editor, who helped me to report the truth instead of letting it be drowned out by the power of others..."

"Could you elaborate on your experience as a journalist, or what difficulties you encountered during your investigation, Kent?"

...

"Disappeared under the moonlight?"

"Are you sure, Agent Natasha?"

"I'm sure it wasn't just me; the armed squad with us also witnessed the same thing..."

At an internal meeting of the Superhuman Behavior Control Committee.

The committee members attending the meeting questioned Natasha about Kara Sofin's mysterious disappearance during a previous manhunt.

“I’m sorry, Agent Natasha, it’s not that we don’t believe your explanation, it’s just that all of this is too unusual.”

“I can understand that.”

Nodding, Natasha glanced around at the virtual projections of the committee members and then replied calmly.

Now that she has reported everything, she is naturally prepared to be questioned.

"So, what was Kara-Sophie's purpose, and how did she manage to do it—I mean, turn into moonlight and disappear?"

As members of the Superhuman Behavior Control Committee, they could not ignore the power of superhumans.

"...The specifics are still unknown. We have begun to learn from the Germans that the Moonstone was the first to obtain his power, but the Germans also do not know this. They believe that his power comes from the moon, but they cannot explain why Kara-Sofen can still use his power after losing it."

"Or perhaps it's not that they don't know, but that they don't want to tell us."

There were clear disagreements within the committee on how to deal with Germany. After all, no one likes someone who is above them, and in the United States, a country that has been defeated for nearly seventy years, there were already various voices of discontent, which were suppressed by pro-German factions.

"In any case, we must find out Kara-Sophin's purpose. Before she disappeared, she mentioned the satellite barrier plan. We all know the reason for this plan: to ensure the safety of our planet."

"Is that really the case? Why do I feel like Germany is restricting our aviation development, thereby monopolizing the entire universe...?"

"If you knew the truth about the universe, you wouldn't say that."

"The truth about the universe, you..."

Under his watchful eye, the committee's discussion grew louder and louder, until the committee chairman, Alexander Pierce, spoke and brought the debate to a halt.

"Alright, gentlemen, don't forget, this is not the purpose of our meeting."

The heated debate that had begun in the conference ceased as Alexander Pierce spoke.

"What's so special about the truth of the universe?"

Natasha stood in front of the virtual screen, gazing thoughtfully at what lay below.

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"The disappearance of Kara-Sofin clearly has an underlying purpose, especially the power of the moonstone. Although the German side has revealed very little information, we all know that the energy of the moonstone is highly correlated with the moon...."

Alexander Pierce did not continue speaking until the attendees fell silent.

"In fact, as can be seen from past reports, Kara-Sofen has proposed a plan to go to the moon more than once, but it has never been accepted by the Superhuman Oversight Committee. Now she has obviously found a new way, and she has succeeded."

Kara Sophie has been under intense scrutiny in the Superhuman Behavior Oversight Committee's investigative reports, not only because of her powerful abilities, but also because of her extreme thirst for or obsession with power.

According to the Thunder agents' psychological investigation report, Kara Sofin's obsession with the power of the Moonstone is almost insane, which is extremely different from any previous Moonstone owner. This includes appropriating the power of the Moonstone for herself and even absorbing it into her own body, which is also an extremely rare occurrence.

At least, this wasn't the case with Lloyd Bloch, the former owner of the Moonstone.

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It was precisely because of Kara-Sophie's obsession with the power of the Moonstone that the Superhuman Behavior Surveillance Committee had maintained a high level of vigilance towards her. Some of Natasha's past missions, including as a member of the Thunder agents, involved the surveillance of superhumans, including Kara-Sophie.

This shows that the Superhuman Oversight Committee does not fully trust the members of the Thunder Shepherds.

For the committee, the Thunder were more like a weapon for exercising their power, and all they had to do was make sure that the blade of that weapon never turned in their favor.

"So what do we do?"

Alexander Pierce's words caused those gathered on the committee to frown.

Since the establishment of the "Satellite Barrier Project," the entire world has been confined to Earth, and the moon or the universe has been a completely foreign concept to them.

Apart from Germany, which has a manned rocket program, most countries know very little about things beyond space.

Naturally, this also applies to the United States, which is backed by a committee that monitors superhuman behavior.

"I sent a request to the German command in the United States, hoping to obtain the signal information collected by the satellite barrier during the period when Kara Sofín was missing."

At this point, even Alexander Pierce, who served as the chairman of the review committee, couldn't help but frown.

Their status as a defeated nation imposed significant limitations on them.

Even the satellite barrier over New York City is not entirely within the jurisdiction of the United States.

Instead, the intelligence information could only be indirectly provided to the federal government after the German forces stationed in the United States had collected and filtered it in the first instance.

"..."

Alexander Pierce's words silenced everyone for a moment.