No doubt some people will still remember, previously, Bruce went to Metropolis to investigate a series of murders, and Clark took his place to maintain the security of Gotham.
Clark found the intricate and convoluted relationships of the mobs overwhelming, but he was incredibly adept at dealing with the super villains.
Gang fights often stem from conflicts of interest, and it's hard to say who's right or wrong, territories are seized in order to make money, and money is earned to live better lives. To sever this chain, Clark would have to rebuild Gotham from scratch, which he certainly didn't have the ability to do.
However, most super-villains just want to see the world burn, with no concern for survival or profit. In such cases, it was easy for Clark to judge who was in the wrong. All he needed to do was to give them a good beating.
During the time Clark maintained order, practically all the super-villains got a good thrashing. The Joker caused a bit of chaos, but after finding Clark a very dull companion, he voluntarily checked into Arkham Asylum. Scarecrow Jonathan, who previously escaped from Arkham Asylum, tried to regain his presence but is still resting in the hospital now.
During his stint in Gotham, he grew close to Batman's two children, especially Aisha. Clark liked this delightful little girl very much.
Perhaps Kryptonians' aesthetic sensibilities are inherently different from humans, but Clark saw nothing wrong with Aisha and easily bought into Alfred's explanation about heterochromia.
Moreover, he was much better with children than Bruce was, whether it was playing ball with Dick or taking Aisha on flights, he was fantastic at it. Both Aisha and Dick liked him very much.
After Batman came back, Clark naturally no longer had to maintain security. However, after Bruce came to the deserted island in consternation over issues with the Batplane, Aisha kept insisting on finding her dad.
When Clark heard her calls and saw the encouraging look from Alfred, and the ready Bat Helicopter, he simply carried the helicopter and arrived at the deserted island.
Holding Aisha, Bruce looked at Clark with suspicion and asked, "How did you find this island?"
"It's simple. I flew around the Earth a few more times."
"You flew around a few more times?"
"Yes, I flew along each latitude line once, saw you on this island, flew back to Gotham, brought the aircraft and Aisha, and then came here." Clark shrugged his shoulders, completely oblivious to the gravity of what he was saying.
Hal covered his eyes in shock. So, Clark simply used the process of elimination, but in a way, it was even more astonishing.
With Clark's arrival, Shiller's wilderness survival trip was completely disrupted. It's hard to teach a Kryptonian survival skills, as it's nearly impossible to put them in a difficult situation.
Clark can easily fell a large tree with a kick, then cut the tree into orderly stacked planks with his heat vision. He'd wave his hand and the logs would assemble themselves, before performing a jaunty dance to their designated spot.
Bruce pointed at a rock face, and Clark's eyes lit up. After his heat vision passed over it, the rock face immediately became a chunk of iron without any smelting required. Bruce drew up the blueprints, and Clark picked up the iron, squeezing it into the finished product with a precision that rivaled a lathe.
All the parts assembled themselves, and soon enough, a rudimentary car was created. By the time Arthur had caught a bucket full of fish, the boat parts Shiller needed were already assembled.
When the boat finally hit the water, Arthur and Oliver were completely taken aback. They decided that the world must have gone mad, allowing them to witness a magical creature who could fly, had super strength, and eyes that shot beams.
After the boat was built, the group split into two. Shiller still had some vacation time left, so he didn't plan to go directly back to Gotham. He decided to sail north, then after reaching California State, he would have a look around the West Coast before heading to the East Coast.
Clark needed to return to school, thus he needed to return to Metropolis quickly. Batman, knowing he likely couldn't handle Aisha's abundant energy alone, was eager to get back to Gotham and seek help from Catwoman and Alfred.
These two took off in the Batplane, hurrying back to the East Coast. The remaining people took the boat they'd assembled and headed for California State via the sea route.
Unsurprisingly, Shiller got seasick again. Hal and Arthur were fishing on the deck. Hal looked back at the direction of the guest rooms and shook his head. "I don't know what he was thinking. He knew he gets seasick, but he still decided to take a boat ride back."
"There's a lot of people like that, nothing unusual." Arthur replied nonchalantly, rod in hand. "Their vacation time is too precious; they want to try every recreational activity, even if they start throwing up the moment they step onto a fishing boat, they still grit their teeth and complete the activity."
"Fishing is just a job for me, but to them, it's a novelty. If you ask me to work in an office, I might find that interesting too." Arthur shrugged.
"You've uttered the essence of travel. What we're yearning for and envious of is just the everyday life of someone else, they might actually be tired of what they do." As Hal was pulling up the fishing rod, he saw the line elongate, indicating a big catch.
Arthur looked back at the cabin and said, "He should be fine, right? He looks like…"
"Don't worry, even if something happened, the worst-case scenario is that he'll have to fly back himself. By the way, where's Oliver? Is he still resting?" Hal asked.
"Don't even mention it, he's seasick too. He should be resting in the next room." Arthur answered.
Both sighed and shook their heads, but at the same time, they were secretly glad because of their completely seasick-free constitution.
Shiller knew he would get seasick yet chose to return by boat. Of course, he was not doing this for self-punishment, but to understand why he got seasick in the first place.
This could not be a mere coincidence, with the presence of the symbiont, any disease that could potentially affect the body was less than likely to occur, as the symbiont could perfectly control every cell of its host.
Two possibilities arise in this situation; first, the symbiont might be out of alignment and an organ might not be under control, thus causing adverse reactions. The second possibility is that this feeling might not be physical.
Shiller lay flat on his cabin bed, closed his eyes, and allowed the gray mist to adjust his physical condition to test which organ was causing his seasickness.
The gray mist experimented for a long time but found no abnormality. Shiller's body was very healthy. The organs responsible for body balance were under his control and functioning normally, causing no discomfort to Shiller.
Shiller also realized that although the gray mist had a habit of heavy drinking and liked to study, they occasionally became startled. However, when it came to serious matters, it was trustworthy. If it said that there was no problem with the body's organs, then there should be no problem.
That is to say, only one possibility remains: this feeling is not physiological, but psychological.
But even though he couldn't enter his Thought Palace, with his professional knowledge, Shiller could eliminate most negative psychological states. At least in a short time, he could make himself mentally calm and normal without producing negative states like thalassophobia, acrophobia or claustrophobia.
Shiller, lying flat, adjusted his breathing and began self-hypnosis. He was very skilled at all this, but the feeling of dizziness did not subside.
Realizing this might not work, Shiller changed his approach. He disassembled into the gray mist, then found that even in this state, he still got seasick.
Then, the disassembled gray mist flying Shiller went to the bottom of the ship and started forcefully dragging this ship, causing the ship's movement to completely disappear.
Generally speaking, seasickness is due to the movement of the ship. Even if Shiller's organs do not feel uncomfortable due to the movement, psychological suggestion can still take effect, but if the ship sailed in the sea like it ran on ice, completely without any movement, this psychological suggestion should be completely gone.
Then Shiller found out that this was completely ineffective, he still got seasick.
This made him start to think, is this really seasickness? Is it really some kind of physiological reaction that humans can understand?
At this time, the ship passed by several islands, which were visible in the line of sight and not far from the fishing boat, so Shiller could directly float over as the gray mist.
When he floated to the beach of the island, that is, from the moment he left the seawater, the abnormal reaction disappeared immediately.
Even if Shiller was not a professional surgeon, he knew that the abnormal reactions produced by the human body and mind could not disappear instantly; they generally have a slow healing process. Seasickness is no exception.
Seasick passengers couldn't instantly feel rejuvenated the moment they set foot on the dock once the ship arrived. At least they would be uncomfortable for several hours and might need to lie in a hotel for a whole day before getting better.
But Shiller repeatedly confirmed that as long as he was at sea, he would feel dizzy. Once he set foot on land, this feeling would immediately disappear.
While pondering, Shiller returned to the ship. Seeing his figure, Arthur and Hal, who were eating, waved at him. After Shiller sat down at the deck table, he seemed a bit distracted.
He was just considering what was going on, but Hal and Arthur thought he was uncomfortable because of seasickness. So Arthur took the initiative to suggest, "Let's do this, I'll sail in a calm current and use the propulsion of the water to go faster so that we can reach our destination sooner."
Although Hal said not to worry about Shiller, seeing Shiller's distracted appearance, he still frowned and asked, "Are you sure you're okay? I have never seen you in such a terrible state."
"I'm just wondering why I get seasick," said Shiller, picking up a sandwich from the table and taking a bite.
"There's no reason for it, some people get seasick because they dislike the smell of seawater, some get seasick because they can't stand swinging, and some people don't have a reason, they're just born with seasickness," Arthur said, taking a bite of his tuna sandwich.
"I blocked my sense of smell and sight, stopped the boat from swaying so much, and even carried out repeated psychological suggestions, but I can't get rid of this feeling. I think it may not be about physical, but about the soul," Shiller pointed to his temples and said.
"Seasickness is associated with the soul?" Hal picked a leaf from the salad, chewed after putting it in his mouth, and then said, "I think you have been with Constantine for too long, always linking everything to the soul."
Mentioning Constantine, Shiller had some thoughts. He stroked his chin and then said to Arthur, "Where's our first stop? Seashore City?"
"Correct, according to the route we set before, we need to go to Seashore City, Star City, then cross Kansas State, head to Rushing City and Central City, and then back to Gotham..."
"No, change the route, let's go to Los Angeles."