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Chapter 122: Clever Ideas About Superheroes

Chapter 123: Clever Ideas About Superheroes

Let's rewind to the moment when Langdon Parrels was thrown from the car and fell off the overpass.

Ten minutes ago, in mid-air.

Jaeger had not anticipated Wonder Woman's sudden appearance in his original plan.

His original plan was to take advantage of this opportunity to fall off the car, which would give him a reason to take the Escaliber Trophy with him.

This would let the people behind the scenes who have been keeping a close eye on the situation know that the trophy is now in his hands.

By having Clark pretend to be anxious and jump down as well, he can successfully escape Louise's sight and avoid exposing his secret identity.

Then, Clark can quickly transform into Superman at super speed and save him and Lois.

However, before rescuing Louise, Jaeger originally planned to have Clark leave him somewhere safe before going back to rescue Louise.

In this way, Jaeger can leave with the trophy and see if the attention of those behind the scenes will shift to him.

However, as it turns out, plans can never keep up with changes.

Jaeger's plan to use the opportunity to test the reaction of those behind the scenes to the Escaliber Trophy crashed at the very first step.

—Because before Clark returned as Superman, a woman who appeared out of nowhere suddenly appeared in the night sky, flew straight over, and caught Jaeger as he fell!

Jaeger: ? ? ?

He stared in shock at the woman who had caught him, and it took him a beat to realize that she seemed to be someone who also worked with Batman.

I've learned about superheroes like Superman while surfing the internet in this world.

Wonder Woman!

But unlike other superheroes, Wonder Woman's identity is somewhat special.

It is said that on the eve of World War II in the last century, Wonder Woman, in her capacity as a peace ambassador from the legendary Paradise Island, escorted a U.S. Air Force pilot who had crashed his plane back to the human world.

This became the basis for the world's knowledge of Paradise Island's existence.

After that, she was active as Wonder Woman for a period of time, and seemed to have personally experienced what appeared to be a divine intervention.

The World War II was instigated behind the scenes.

However, due to the passage of time and the fact that this history was sealed by the government, its authenticity and specific details are unknown.

After the war, Wonder Woman's story seemed to be buried in history, and she herself never appeared in public again.

Only a few scattered eyewitness reports from across the United States prove that Wonder Woman is still active from time to time, while fulfilling her duties as a superhero.

However, due to the limitations of media dissemination speed, these sporadic and widely sourced reports about Wonder Woman did not reach the point of being known to everyone.

So for a long time, people almost forgot about this Amazonian who seemed to be living in anonymity.

However, this situation was eventually broken by the rapidly developing streaming media technology since the beginning of the 21st century.

Today Wonder Woman saves people in the Hawaiian tsunami, and tomorrow the news could reach Alaska, the northernmost part of the United States.

The increasingly clear shooting technology, coupled with messages spontaneously posted online, has gradually made the public realize one thing—

Wonder Woman has never left; she has always been with people.

Due to her long history and unique background, Wonder Woman has become one of the most special superheroes.

But the problem now is—

Jaeger had mixed feelings about Wonder Woman who had saved him.

I should definitely express my gratitude, since it saved my life.

Strictly speaking, even with the toxic fog present, Jaeger certainly wouldn't have died from the fall.

At most, it might let the mastermind know that the chairman of the Parelers Group is not a simple character.

The problem is, with Wonder Woman's intervention, Jaeger's original plan to "slip away with the Escalius Trophy" had to be abandoned—

Okay, we'll just have to think of other methods later.

However, more than his plans falling through, Jaeger only realized the inexplicable embarrassment of his current situation when Clark, disguised as Superman, returned and happened to run into Wonder Woman who had saved him.

Of course, this is not Wonder Woman's fault.

After all, based on what Jaeger learned from surfing the internet, superheroes, for some reason, all seem to choose to hug people around the waist when rescuing them—

Perhaps it's because this kind of image is more pleasing to the eye.

After all, if the superheroes adopted a rescue posture like carrying sacks, one in each hand, the rescue scene might turn into a bizarre sight of a chicken in one hand and a duck in the other.

Otherwise, they become like a construction worker carrying a bag of cement, carrying a person on one shoulder.

Well, thinking about it that way, the way superheroes choose to hug each other around the waist is actually quite clever.

With that thought, Jaeger instantly felt relieved about the strange posture.

So Wonder Woman sent him back to the flat ground where Lois and Superman were, and after saying in a fit of grief and anger, "I want to get down," he finally landed on his feet after a long time, almost bursting into tears.

After setting Jaeger down, Wonder Woman turned to Lois and said, "I'm sorry, Ms. Lane, I have no comment on your question."

"And besides, compared to my identity—" Wonder Woman crossed her arms, "What on earth just happened that you two fell off an overpass like that?"

Upon hearing this, Louise had no choice but to recount everything that had happened since the Escalius Award dinner, including the "you" she had received.

He also told Wonder Woman the message, "Win, you die."

After all, according to legend, Wonder Woman is blessed by the goddess of wisdom, Athena, and is not only very wise herself, but also has the ability to see through the truth.

With Superman's super brain on the side, perhaps this bizarre assassination attempt, which has been going on for so long, can be solved with the combined efforts of the two superheroes.

Seeing this, Jaeger's gaze naturally fell on the Escaliber Trophy in his hand, his expression somewhat complicated.

He was torn between asking Wonder Woman and Superman if they could spot anything wrong with the Escaliber Award trophy.

After all, he hadn't discovered anything wrong with the trophy before, which is why he wanted to use the reactions of the people behind the scenes to determine the importance of the trophy.

But if Wonder Woman and her team can immediately see the anomaly in the trophy, then even if their previous plans fall through, it won't matter.

After all, the ultimate goal has been achieved in a roundabout way.

However, he didn't want to reveal the source of the information at the poker table, so he either had to come up with a story to suggest that the trophy was rigged, or find an opportunity to make Wonder Woman and Superman themselves suspicious of the trophy.

Just then, a voice suddenly interrupted Jaeger's thoughts: "The thing in your hand—"

Jaeger instinctively looked up at the sound and found that Wonder Woman's gaze had somehow fallen on the Escaliber Trophy in his hand.