National City, Friday.
The load-bearing shaft of a crane mounted on the top of a building under construction was broken, and a bundle of three pieces of steel fell on the street with a heavy whistle. The workers in the crane cockpit exclaimed that they were pulled from the slanted window by gravity. It came out, and it sounded like National City's daily life again.
Carla was listening to Ms. Grant's daily whining in her boss's office when the sound of panicked footsteps on the street and the screams of the worker who had fallen from the height of the twenty-story building reached her ears. When she realized the movement outside, she made an excuse of going to the toilet that she had used in front of Ms. Grant several times without thinking, and quickly left the office without waiting for a reply.
There was a little relief in her heart, to be honest, because the malfunctioning crane provided her anyway with a valid reason to escape from Ms. Grant's nagging. Just when she was planning to take off her glasses and get dressed for battle, out of the corner of her eyes, she noticed a red and blue whirlwind swept through the window and flew towards the accident scene one step ahead of her.
Kara raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Jay!?"
The worker who was screaming in the air suddenly froze when he fell to less than ten meters above the ground. His heart was beating wildly for a while, he raised his head tremblingly, and was surprised to find that the young man's new superman was in the middle of a single. He wrapped his body in his arms and asked with a smile, "Hey, how are you?"
For a moment, his brain seemed to be blank, and his lips might be conditioned to answer: "No...it's fine, I'm fine."
Jay was about to put him down when he heard a crunch of metal breaking overhead. When he looked up, he saw that the half-broken load-bearing shaft was finally overwhelmed. The crane half-hanging on the edge of the construction building broke off the base and fell down. The metal hook flew into the air and smashed it heavily on the edge of the building. Huge gap.
"Hold on, buddy," Jay said to the terrified worker in his arms, who was already flying up again against the crane. "We gotta catch that."
Jay flew to the bottom of the crane, shoved his free right hand on the falling shell to straighten him, then went around to the top of the crane and grabbed the metal tab on the top of the cabin with one hand. The heavy crane began to decelerate significantly under the pull of his arm strength. Most of its kinetic energy was consumed in just two seconds, and it was about to stop.
However, things did not unfold so smoothly.
When Jay heard the low hum of the pull ring he was holding in his hand, he had vaguely realized something was wrong. And as if to confirm his hunch, the next second, the ring made a muffled sound, and he was pulled down from the top of the crane. Jay held the exclaimed worker and rolled back twice under the influence of inertia, and the crane, like a beast that broke free again, suddenly accelerated and launched another charge towards the street below.
Citizens on the street scattered like birds and beasts. In the chaos, a young mother and the baby carriage she was pushing were knocked over by some terrified citizen who fled. The car slid towards the dangerous area by inertia. The mother screamed in shock Called, but couldn't squeeze past the chaotic crowd at the first time.
She pushed aside the crowd desperately, came to her son, and protected him tightly with her body. The baby still had a naive smile on his face, as if completely unaware that death was coming.
Three seconds left.
Jay saw this scene clearly in his eyes, and his body suddenly accelerated. The red and blue afterimage, like a gust of wind, instantly surpassed the crane and fell to the ground first. He placed the worker in his arm lightly beside the mother and son, stood up straight and looked up at the steel beast that was close at hand.
"boom!"
extreme operation. What a thrill, Jay, you could have done better. he said to himself.
The citizens of Zhou Qi were in shock, and they all looked towards the center. The flying dust gradually fell, and the huge outline of the crane gradually appeared in everyone's field of vision. The new Superman was like a flagpole stuck in the ground, and the pavement on the edge of the red boots shattered under the weight. His hands holding the crane sank deep into the deformed and sunken metal shell, and the huge machine lay obediently in his hands like a tamed beast.
The stunned people remained silent for a while, until Jay gently put the giant machine aside, and they burst into cheers. Jay smiled and waved to everyone, and patted the excited giggling baby on the forehead, before floating lightly and flying off the scene amid applause and cheers.
He has begun to become more and more comfortable with these.
With such an episode already, it was no surprise when Kara found Jay in the lobby on the first floor of Kateco Media when it was off-hours. She happily greeted her and asked, "Hey, why did you come to Nashino?"
"I'm sorry to always ask the lady to come to me, and you gave me a surprise last week, I think I should be polite." Jay said, and helplessly spread his hands, "I wanted to surprise you too. Yes, but I just happened to hear the worker calling for help in the street..."
Speaking of this, he said a little embarrassedly: "Well, I know I'm not very good at handling it. I'm still a rookie in this business, and if it was you, I would definitely do better."
"What are you talking about, you just looked so handsome," Cara encouraged. "You've done a good job, and I can't do better."
"Really? Are you sure this isn't just an encouragement for a rookie superhero who's just starting out?"
"Of course not," Carla said, pulling Jay over, kissing him lightly on the cheek, and smiling brightly, "Look, this is the reward you deserve."
"Wow, I feel more motivated all of a sudden. Seriously, is there anything else I can do? I can't wait to save another plane or train or something."
"Think beautifully," Carla stuck out her tongue. "Only once a day."
The two had walked out of Kateco's hall, and Kara asked, "So, do you have any plans for this week?"
"This is your home court," Jay smiled lightly, translating what she had just said at the Met a week ago, "You're the master, so I'll listen to you."
"Okay, it turns out that you came here to find me because of this idea."
"Heaven and earth conscience! Ah, no, it should be Rao! I have absolutely no such thoughts!"
"..."
The two were still laughing and sparring, and a loud SMS alert sound suddenly broke their frolic. Jay took his phone out of his trouser pocket and saw that the number was unknown on the screen, but there was a bat-shaped sticker attached to the content preview.
Jay was surprised: "Is this... wait, why didn't I remember giving him my number?"
"Are you kidding me?" Carla rolled her eyes. "Are you asking why Batman has your phone number?"
Jay thought, yes, that's a stupid question. But what is it worth Batman texting him?
The two Kryptonians stared at the small screen with their heads together, Jay clicked on the message, and both of them couldn't help but be amazed after reading it.