Carl hovered calmly in midair, the dark fabric of his black battle suit billowing behind him.
Twin beams of searing red energy blazed from his eyes.
Wherever they landed,
The terrorists simply ceased to exist.
Like dust erased from the world.
Tony Stark stood frozen in place, utterly stunned.
That light, it came from his eyes.
Red beams from the eyes?
That was Superman's heat vision.
There was no other explanation.
Superman, America's first superhero and a global pop culture icon, was right in front of him.
Tony had read the comics. Watched the movies. He knew the powers, the legend.
At first, he'd assumed this guy was just some poor sap captured by the Ten Rings.
A delusional cosplayer in an off-brand suit.
He was really starting to believe it.
Because seeing was believing.
And Tony Stark had just seen the impossible.
『Carl』: "What are you staring at? Don't you want to leave?"
Tony blinked, shaking off the shock.
『Tony Stark』: "Oh, uh, yeah. Of course I do…"
He answered instinctively, but then,
『Tony Stark』: "Wait… are you actually Superman?"
『Carl』: "Something like that."
『Tony Stark』: "Man, that's insane…" he glanced him up and down. "Never thought Superman would be Asian."
He couldn't help but quip.
『Tony Stark』: "Still… gotta say, you wear the look well."
『Carl』: "Tony. Yinsen. Where do you want to go? I'll take you."
Tony raised an eyebrow, clearly still trying to process everything.
『Tony Stark』: "Can't believe Superman knows our names."
He gestured at himself.
『Tony Stark』: "Well, I'm kinda famous, sure. But Yinsen…"
Carl looked at him, voice calm and certain.
『Carl』: "Of course I know. I've met you before."
『Tony Stark』: "Superman's met me?"
Tony took off his helmet, eyebrows raised.
『Tony Stark』: "Now that you mention it… you do seem familiar."
Thinking Carl might take it the wrong way, he quickly added: The rightful source is n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net
『Tony Stark』: "This isn't some lame pick-up line. I'm serious."
『Carl』: "I know," he said casually, "We've met. At the Stark Industries gala. Annual shareholder banquet."
Tony's eyes lit up with realization.
He pointed upward, mouth slowly opening.
『Tony Stark』: "You're… Carl Smith?"
『Carl』: "That's right."
『Tony Stark』: "No way… It's actually you…"
Tony was dumbfounded.
They'd seen each other a few times before.
Carl wasn't some exec or scientist, just a major shareholder.
He rarely showed up for meetings, but he was often at company events.
Tony had heard of him.
One of the youngest high-value shareholders in Stark Industries.
No wonder he looked familiar.
『Tony Stark』: "Unbelievable… our youngest major shareholder… is Superman."
Now that everything clicked, it all made sense.
Yinsen survived, because Carl intervened.
Tony might've escaped on his own.
Tony turned to Carl, voice sincere:
『Tony Stark』: "Thank you, for saving us."
『Carl』: "No need for thanks. I had my reasons."
『Tony Stark』: "Oh?" Tony smirked "And what might those be?"
『Carl』: "I felt like it."
Then burst out laughing.
『Tony Stark』: "Honestly? That's a great reason."
『Carl』: "Anyway, let's get out of here. Where do you want to go?"
『Tony Stark』: "Mind taking us to my Malibu estate? The address is…"
Carl gave a nod and looked to Yinsen.
The older man hesitated.
『Yinsen』: "I… don't really have anywhere to go."
There was no home to return to.
Tony stepped forward immediately.
『Tony Stark』: "Then come with me. Stay at my place. At least for now."
『Yinsen』: "…Alright."
『Tony Stark』: "Good."
Carl stepped between them and grabbed them both by the arms.
BOOM, they shot into the sky like a rocket.
『Carl』: "We're here."
『Tony Stark』: "…What?"
Just now, they were in the middle of a desert in the Middle East.
They were standing on a cliffside overlooking the Pacific.
Tropical plants swayed gently in the breeze.
The sun shimmered off the glass walls of a luxurious seaside villa.
『Tony Stark』: "…We actually made it?"
He looked around in disbelief.
Everything was just as he remembered.
No illusion. No mistake.
From the Middle East to California, normally over ten hours by plane.
But Carl had done it in two seconds.
『Tony Stark』: "Did you… teleport us? Wormhole? Space jump?"
Yinsen looked equally stunned.
Carl answered plainly:
『Carl』: "Neither. Just flight."
『Tony Stark』: "Flight…?"
Both men stared at him like he'd just said he could turn water into wine.
Flight alone couldn't explain that kind of speed.
Not unless you could break the laws of physics.
Carl turned slightly, his tone calm:
『Carl』: "I've got other things to take care of. I'll be going now."
『Carl』: "You two probably have your own matters to handle as well."
No sound. No warning.
Just disappeared into the wind.
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