"Disappeared!" From afar, Clark and Robert had been keeping an eye on the hell dimension's power. When they saw it vanish, their eyes lit up, feeling that now Rachael had finally lost the support of the hell dimension's power, which meant he no longer possessed his immortal body.
"Should we let him out to check? Would that be troublesome?" Clark looked at the floating rice cooker beside Robert and asked. Don't ask why Robert didn't hold the rice cooker in his hands; his arms were already full as Kara was clinging to him without letting go.
This indeed made Clark feel a bit awkward. Previously, he could focus on the power of the hell dimension, but now watching Kara and Robert together, and without getting any juicy details himself, Clark felt somewhat uncomfortable.
"It's not troublesome. Even if he escapes, resealing him won't be hard. As long as you blast him apart, I can easily seal him again..." Robert patted Kara's back, signaling her to step down. Kara, dissatisfied, glared at Clark. Since that day, Robert had been recuperating, and during that time, Kara had only kissed Robert a few times, which was far from satisfying.
So now that she finally had the chance, Kara definitely wanted to get closer to Robert. But Clark had to interrupt, and Kara wouldn't admit that her dissatisfaction stemmed from remembering the times Clark had kept secrets from her!
"Get ready, I'm going to let him out now!" Robert looked at Clark and nodded. After receiving a confirming look from Clark, Robert mentally opened the rice cooker's lid.
With a "click," the lid of the rice cooker opened, which made Clark question his life a bit. If it weren't for the fact that the power of the hell dimension had truly receded, Clark would have doubted the reliability of Robert's sealing.
"Hmm? Am I free? Wait, where's the power of the hell dimension? Why can't I feel it?" Rachael, who was inside the rice cooker and thought he'd be forever sealed, was startled because he noticed that he was no longer in darkness and restraint; he had regained his freedom, which initially thrilled him. But almost immediately, Rachael noticed something amiss.
Previously, Rachael had successfully contacted the hell dimension through his fall, ready to be branded and become a member of the hell dimension, a process during which he would continuously receive transforming power from the hell dimension until it was cut off by the seal...
Now, even though the seal was broken, Rachael still couldn't sense the power of the hell dimension. He remained a fallen angel but lost the possibility of becoming a member of the hell dimension.
If there were no formidable enemies around, Rachael would gladly accept this change. After all, his fall was just to survive, not genuinely to serve the hell dimension. Now, unmodified and unbranded by the hell dimension, being free was quite nice. With his strength, he could definitely thrive in the universe.
But sensing that Clark and Robert were still around him, if he couldn't receive the power of the hell dimension, then death might be the only path left for him.
Therefore, Rachael quickly regained his senses and started controlling the power of the fallen angel within him, trying to reconnect with the hell dimension.
Just like how Clark had been blown apart repeatedly before, Rachael now preferred to be sealed repeatedly rather than truly die.
It can be said that angels are indeed different from humans. Robert had once deterred several resolute tough guys with life-and-death tactics, but the angel, having wandered between life and death so many times, still wasn't willing to give up on life, showing a very strong will to live!
"Ah? He's being cautious, not coming out directly?" Robert's voice carried a hint of surprise. He had thought Rachael would come straight out when he heard his words, but unexpectedly, Rachael just hid inside the rice cooker, even trying to contact the power of the hell dimension again.
Is he that smart? Couldn't he just come out and then try to contact the power of the hell dimension? Doesn't he know that if he doesn't leave the rice cooker, I can just close the lid again, and he'd be sealed once more?
Thoughts flashed through Robert's mind, thinking that Rachael, the angel, was smart and cherished his life, but that probably wouldn't change anything...
With a "click!" Feeling Rachael's power growing stronger, Robert moved his mind, and the rice cooker's lid was closed again.
"???" Inside the rice cooker, now resealed, Rachael's eyes flashed with confusion. He didn't understand what had happened, why his power had disappeared again, why the connection he'd just established with the hell dimension had vanished again.
By the time he came to his senses, Rachael realized he had been sealed again. He now knew that this kind of sealing, which he had never seen before, could actually be activated and deactivated in a short time. Is there really such a flexible seal in the world? Is this really a seal?
"It's sealed again?" Clark watched this somewhat comedic scene, blinked a few times, and said in a low voice, "Is it really that easy?"
"The sealing process is a bit troublesome, and it's easy for him to be let out, but as long as there are no accidents, controlling him is not a problem!" Robert smiled and nodded at Clark, saying, "You saw, after opening the seal, he'll try to contact the hell dimension again, so we can only kill him while he's trying to make that connection..."
"Well, it looks like the rice cooker won't survive!" Clark didn't know if other people's sealing techniques were as hasty as Robert's, but he wasn't familiar with seals, so he finally turned his gaze to the rice cooker, saying truthfully, exchanging a rice cooker for the death of a celestial-tier angel is a deal 99% of people would agree to.
The remaining few might just be those who can't bear to part with a rice cooker, like Kara's mom Martha. Of course, since the rice cooker was newly bought by Kara, Martha probably wouldn't mind, especially since she didn't know about it.
"Hum!" Robert gave Kara a look, and she obediently moved back, while Robert's hands began to gather energy for a Turtle School Kamehameha.
The effects of the Turtle School Kamehameha and the Chi Kung Cannon are not the same. Generally, the Chi Kung Cannon is more powerful, but it also requires more spirit and energy, even the new version consumes more than the Turtle School Kamehameha.
Therefore, considering his injuries had not fully healed and that he had already used the Chi Kung Cannon before, Robert thought it better to continue charging the Turtle School Kamehameha. Moreover, this time it wasn't just Robert dealing with Rachael; Clark was also ready to act. Robert's action was merely a precaution, as Clark's power alone was enough!
With a "click!" a moment later, when Clark and Robert were both poised and ready, the rice cooker's lid opened again, to prevent the rice cooker and the sealing symbols of the Demon Sealing Wave from inadvertently aiding Rachael, Robert decided to break the seal and finish Rachael off swiftly.
"Hmm? I'm free again? I need to be
quick!" Rachael felt his body and power return and shivered inside, a foreboding feeling making him instinctively try to connect with the hell dimension's power right away.
"Boom!" But just then, heat vision and the Turtle School Kamehameha struck the rice cooker and Rachael simultaneously, sending a terrifying explosion.
Even though they were high above the Earth, the blast still stirred the atmosphere, shaking the whole sky. Kara swiftly moved, directing the airflow around to stabilize the surroundings, to prevent the terrifying aerial explosion from causing severe weather changes like the flapping of a butterfly's wings.
In the explosion, Rachael's consciousness remained forever at the moment he tried to connect with the hell dimension. He didn't find a way to turn the tables, and despite repeatedly breaking his own limits and even forsaking his angelic identity, Rachael still couldn't survive.
Perhaps, it was precisely because he wanted to live so much that Rachael couldn't survive...
"What terrifying power, what a bizarre sealing technique!" The Pope finally noticed Clark and Robert's actions against Rachael. After all, Clark's return to Earth had not been quiet, and since the Pope had been monitoring outer space events, he was able to notice Clark right away.
Watching Robert play with Rachael using his bizarre sealing technique, the Pope felt perplexed. Having witnessed countless extraordinary powers, the Pope couldn't help but question life itself because it was just too childish!
The Pope didn't understand, what dimension's power was that sealing symbol from, so powerful that it could even block the power of the hell dimension, and the seal was just a rice cooker. Is it the rice cooker dimension? How would other dimensions view this if they knew?
But ultimately, the Pope didn't truly complain because he felt it better to stay away from those two peculiar guys, Clark and Robert, to avoid being misunderstood as an accomplice of the angels...
What? Hadn't the Pope secretly helped Clark against the angels before?
Could he say that? Would anyone believe it if he did?
Go out and ask a hundred people, even if they're not followers of God, they'd think the Pope and the angels were in cahoots. As for the Pope scheming against the angels, that's just preposterous, absolutely impossible!
What does it mean to be the ultimate double-dealer? This is it!
"Resolved!" On the other side, as the power of the explosion gradually dissipated, Kara, clearing the aftermath of the battle, joyfully rushed into Robert's arms and said.
"By the way, how did you two get together exactly? You didn't even tell me, your brother... er, your younger brother... um..." Clark saw Kara hugging Robert again and smiled helplessly, wanting to learn a bit about their story from Kara. After all, he had given up getting any leads from Robert because Robert had something on him, but as he spoke, Clark seemed to realize something was off.
Even though Clark was reluctant to call Kara his cousin, from a Kryptonian perspective, Kara was indeed his older sister, even if she was younger than him now.
Clark hadn't considered the issue of how to address Kara after she got together with Robert, but now that it was before him, he hesitated.
Clark couldn't accept Robert calling him younger brother, but he also felt awkward asking Kara to call him brother, so he stopped speaking midway.
"It's okay, I've thought it through. From now on, we'll each have our own say. You call me brother-in-law, and I'll call you brother; no one loses out!" Robert's words confirmed for Clark that the grown-up, mature Robert was more annoying than ever. If it weren't for Robert having something on him, Clark would have punched him right then!
"Let's not talk about the titles for now, I have some accounts to settle with you, Clark!" As the thought of hitting Robert hadn't yet dissipated from his mind, Kara let go of Robert's neck, turned around, put her hands on her hips, and glared at Clark.
"Settling accounts with me? Are you sure you've got the right person?" Clark looked at Kara, a bit baffled. He realized what Kara wanted to settle with him, but wasn't the real culprit the man standing behind her? Why was it falling on him?
Clark had anticipated that Kara would be angry after learning the truth, but she shouldn't be directing her anger at him!
"I didn't get the wrong person!" Kara glared at Clark and said, "First explain why you kept helping Robert hide her existence time and again? Wasn't Robert clueless back then? Weren't you clueless too? If not for you, I might have lost Robert forever!"
"The one who wanted to marry Diana was him, not me. I was worried you two would fight, so I just hid it a bit..." Clark opened his mouth, deciding to throw Robert under the bus right there, but he didn't know that Robert had already laid all his cards on the table. Clark's revelations did nothing to shift Kara's focus.
"You dare mention her name in front of me?! I see, you had ulterior motives! Were you waiting for the day it all came out to enjoy the show?" Hearing Clark mention Diana's name, Robert covered his head, while Kara became even angrier, her eyes narrowing as she stared at Clark and spoke in a low voice.