novelinnhs Chapter 100 Secret Exchange
Chapter 100 Secret Exchange
Chapter 100 Secret Exchange
As Joey walked past the outer perimeter of the prison cell in Zone 3E and entered the Hall of Justice in the watchtower, he came face to face with Starfire, who was wandering around the hall.
Their eyes met, but both looked away guiltily for a moment.
Joey felt guilty because he was considering whether he should make peace with Krypton for the safety of Earth, and he felt that even as a temporary measure, cooperating with Krypton would be a very reasonable choice.
This would mean a complete shift in Joey's stance, making it impossible for Spark to achieve her deep-seated hatred by working with Joey.
Furthermore, it's possible that Joey might even follow the Kryptonian path in the future.
The Kryptonian Expedition is not just an empty term; it will be a bloody and deadly period of chaos.
Conquering the entire universe isn't something that can be achieved with just words.
In his past life, Joey played a space strategy game with an age rating of only PEGI7 to pass the time. This game taught Joey a very simple truth: wiping out all life on an entire planet or even half a universe may seem simple, but it is actually not difficult at all.
Especially when you possess absolute power.
They have almost no choice now, they can only choose between Krypton and Earth, and Starfire is now the only one that has been completely abandoned.
Joey didn't even dare to imagine what Xinghuo's attitude would be after she told him about it.
He would probably try to kill himself right away, wouldn't he?
This is why Joey doesn't dare to look Starfire in the eye right now. So here's the question: Starfire acted the same way he did just now.
What is Xinghuo feeling guilty about?
It seems that both of them are harboring something that may be of paramount importance to them.
The two stood there in the Hall of Justice until Joey finally broke the silence:
"Shall we talk somewhere else?"
The damage inside the watchtower caused by the previous fighting had just been mostly repaired by Cyborg. If another fight broke out here, all of Cyborg's robots would probably have to continue renovating the space station for the next few days.
Xinghuo nodded: "Okay."
The Arctic, a lonely fortress.
The systems inside this fortress, forged from Kryptonian crystals, have all entered a temporary dormant state due to the departure of its master.
Sensing Joey's arrival, all system functions except for the external communication system were reactivated.
The central AI processor projected a countdown to the arrival of the Kryptonian fleet.
Only 3 days and 22 hours left.
Joey, watching the projection, sighed again without realizing it.
Almost every Superman in the multiverse would name this last Kryptonian legacy "Fortress of Solitude" because they are all among the last orphans of Krypton.
At this moment, Joey felt that he was no longer worthy of this "Fortress of Loneliness". He was not lonely at all in the universe. Soon, tens of thousands of fully armed Kryptonian compatriots would come to Earth to "reminisce" with him.
Even Starfire, standing next to Joey, is more deserving of this fortress than he is, because she will soon be all alone.
Joey's long sighs caught Starfire's attention. She examined the projected Kryptonian script but couldn't decipher a single word. Perhaps this was because Krypton had once lived far from the universe, its skies closed off, in seclusion for tens of thousands of years.
After such a long period of iteration, even the Green Lantern Ring, which can translate most languages in the universe, could not translate such a short passage of Kryptonian script.
Spark was very concerned about the projected text because it made Joey seem even more preoccupied: "What does this text mean?"
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"It's nothing, just a..."
Before Joey could finish speaking, Spark, who was standing next to him, chose to find the answer himself.
She reached out and hooked her arm around Joey's neck, then kissed him unexpectedly.
"Hmm~"
Their lips touched, and the soft touch caught Joey, who was about to confess to Xinghuo, off guard—what was going on now?
Joey, her breath catching in her throat, almost instinctively tried to push Starfire away, but Starfire's kiss was both gentle and forceful, giving Joey no chance to break free.
Her long, orange-red hair began to burn fiercely like flames, a sign that the Tamaran was about to unleash her full power.
Joey had no choice but to give up resisting and obediently let Starfire push him to the ground.
His hands also wrapped around Xinghuo's bare shoulders, naturally responding to her kiss.
Since the moment he was born, his mind had been under constant high tension, and now he finally had this moment of relaxation.
Temporarily put aside all kinds of distress and pressure.
He quelled the war between Amazon and Atlantis, calmed an earthquake powerful enough to destroy most of Eurasia, and dealt with a mad Kryptonian and a Kryptonian scout in succession.
The threat from Apokolips looms in the shadows, while the Kryptonian army's advance is imminent. Why is it so tiring to be an Earth hero?
After an unknown amount of time, their lips finally parted reluctantly.
But Xinghuo's arms around Joey's neck showed no sign of letting go. Her face was pressed against Joey's, her emerald eyes staring unabashedly into his slightly evasive gaze.
"Maybe I like you a little, Joey."
She wanted to take it a step further.
Joey wanted to push things forward, but he knew that this wasn't a good option in this situation.
When you're hungry, you shouldn't go to the supermarket, because driven by hunger, you'll definitely buy a lot of food that you don't actually need.
Similarly, if a person chooses to pursue love when they are lonely, they are also likely to meet the wrong person.
That's how it is now. She's the last one on her planet. The Green Lantern Corps avoids fighting the Kryptonians, surrendering all the places illuminated by bright stars.
Her heart was probably filled with loneliness and despair, which made her try to grasp anything she could.
For example, Joey was his lifeline.
But straw is just straw.
"That's enough, Corianda. What you're feeling right now isn't liking or love, it's just loneliness."
Yang Yi spoke up to stop the situation from escalating further, but he was surprised to find himself speaking a language he shouldn't have learned—the language of Xinghuo's mother tribe, the Tamaran:
"What's going on?"
Starfire, who was almost nose-to-nose with Joey, now spoke fluently in Joey's language, Kryptonian:
"This is the ability of the Tamaran royal family. I can assimilate the languages of both sides through this contact—now I can understand the text on the screen; it's a countdown."
Mentioning the countdown, Joey's brows, which had relaxed somewhat because of the kiss, furrowed again:
"That's the countdown to the arrival of the Kryptonians."
The mere mention of Kryptonians dampened the spirits of Starfire, who had been so enthusiastic, and the two of them calmed down.
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At this moment, both of them finally remembered the purpose of their visit, and they both had things they were too embarrassed to talk about and no longer wanted to hide them from each other.
"Corianda..." / "Joey..."
The two sides, still pressed close together, started talking at the same time, and then simultaneously blocked each other out:
"I'll go first!"
Joey reached out and covered Starfire's lips: "Let me go first."
He is the sole heir of Jor-El, the most dangerous Kryptonian military leader in the entire universe, and he can defect to Krypton in exchange for immunity from Krypton's conquest of Earth.
This way, there will be no transfer of power, no army takeover, no military suppression, and no tragedy like the one that happened to Xinghuo's home planet.
No one will suffer losses in this decision, except for one person.
spark.
Xinghuo was still embracing Joey, but Joey felt that Xinghuo might tighten her arms at any moment and try to strangle her.
Fortunately, Xinghuo did not do that.
She just sighed:
"My father, the King of Tamaran, used to often say one thing—'Tamaran is above all else.'"
For Joey, at this moment, it was clear that "the earth is above all else."
How could she possibly blame the other person?
Spark was already very pleased that Joey could show even a hint of guilt towards her because of this.
The Tamaran's inner emotions are rich and varied. Starfire can wield the Green Lantern Ring, which requires pure willpower to control, simply because her heart has never given up on revenge.
This intense desire for revenge is the main driving force behind her wielding the Green Light Ring.
She was willing to risk her life for revenge, but she couldn't let the blood of innocent people flow on her path of vengeance.
Moreover, there was something she had been keeping from Joey.
This matter is of great importance to Earth and to the entire universe.
"I also have a secret I haven't told you yet. Do you want to know?"
At this moment, Xinghuo tightened her arms around him, her hair and skin burning like flames, not giving Joey in her arms a chance to escape easily:
"If you want to know, you have to come and explore it yourself."