dhibooks Chapter 389
Chapter 389
Carl looked at Lex in disbelief.
But he didn't say anything.
He looked at Lex, and Lex looked at him, countless entangled emotions were conveyed to each other in silence, they were so in harmony, everything was self-evident.
"I hate this feeling." Carl said calmly—after all, it's not his style to make a scene or fight directly. He tends to reason, and he likes to solve problems peacefully. "Just like I know you, you You know me so well. You know where my limits are, what I need to do to keep my anger going, and you know who I am: I never give up hope."
So Lex never acts hopeless.
He causes problems, but those problems can always be solved by Superman.
He broke the law, but businessmen and politicians all over the United States broke the law, and he was not much more than others.
From time to time, he has made some contributions that cannot be ignored, conquering diseases, publishing patents, and spending a lot of money on charity, not for tax avoidance, but for practical relief.
When Karl thinks he is inhuman, he will find that he is not as bad as he imagined; when Karl has expectations, he will ruthlessly smash this illusion.
He is a benevolent enemy, he is a harsh lover, he is so straightforward and clear, but all the straightforward and clear desires are covered up and hidden by him with endless means.
"And you confuse me," Lex said.
"They shaped you into a god, but all the descriptions are empty. They don't know you at all. All news related to you is full of speculation."
"They don't know your nobility... well, how rude to boast without detail. Nothing could be more stupid."
Karl wanted to laugh, he was in so much pain, but he wanted to laugh anyway.He thought he was amused by Lex's tone of voice.
"You can laugh." Lex said, his voice was hoarse, and he finally gave others the illusion that he was already in pain. "Laugh, honey, I deserve to be laughed at."
Carl didn't smile or speak.
Lex didn't take his reaction to heart.
In other words, before coming here, he had already preset the scene he would face, and Karl's silence was just the most likely one of all possibilities.
"As you say, I know you too well, I know your nature, and you restrain yourself and never doubt. I considered knocking down the lead partitions in the office, but that would be too flattering to you, no Is it? Abnormal behavior will only increase suspicion." Lex said, "I have to make some other interesting attempts."
"Although I know you can hear everything, I don't hide anything in my voice. I tell all the plots that are going to happen, make sure every link is clear, I hope you hear-but you don't."
"I keep all my weapons under your eyes. My arsenal is open to you. I want you to see them. It's easy if you monitor my movements—but you don't."
"I don't trust the Internet, I believe in the most traditional way of recording, I write notes by hand: my research on you, all my plans to kill you. I keep the notebook in my office, in the drawer, you are within reach I wish you'd taken them and at least looked at them—but you didn't."
"Do you think that I am pure and innocent, that I am so obsessed with you that I can't extricate myself, even when I know that you are Superman... No, when I know that the person I am obsessed with is Superman, I have given up killing Superman?"
Lex smiled.
He looked at Carl with scrutiny, but that scrutiny was full of wonder and love, and he looked at Carl with such deep emotion in his eyes.
"Although I really want to believe this conjecture, even though your words and deeds seem to point to this conclusion, even though all the evidence shows that this is the fact-"After eliminating all the impossible, what remains is the truth even if it is unreasonable", I Love the idea of that statement—but in front of you, honey," Lex looked at Carl, as if to make sure that Carl was still listening to him, "in front of you, more than evidence , I prefer to trust my intuition."
"And all my intuitions about you are right. Intuition is always more reliable than evidence when it comes to you."
"...wow," Carl said.
He really didn't want to respond, but everything Lex said seemed to say something about their relationship.
Every move of Lex shows that he has given up killing Superman for Carl, but it is also intuition that makes Carl suspicious after witnessing Lex's openness: Lex.Luther was someone who could use his honesty as bait, and Carl knew that.
They all listened to their hearts.
They are all right.
The sense of humor cultivated by self-deprecating for a long time made Carl want to laugh, maybe he really laughed, did he really laugh?He doesn't know, every second of watching Lex hurts, he can't control his expression.
But he should be smiling.
Because Lex looked at him with tender eyes.
How tender?Like that day when he was walking at the intersection of the metropolis, the sun was shining, he was doing nothing in the traffic, Lex's car stopped in front of him, the window was rolled down, and his clear green eyes hit him.
It was bloody heart-pounding.
His life was over from then on, it wasn't the first time they met, but that moment was when his life was completely over, he had seen Lex countless times in the past, but it was an unknown companionship , He has always felt that it is a kind of resonance of the observer, "If you look too deeply, you will lose your heart", and there is still a distance of [-] miles from love, so there is no need to worry about it.
But when Lex stopped, the feeling of being answered was so clear, the feeling of being loved and appreciated was so good, and the eyes staring at him were full of undisguised fascination.
He smelled the aroma of the hormone secreted by Joy in Lex's body, he saw the other's anxious fingers and brows, all the details were in slow motion, all the slow motions were signs, and all the signs were the ending.
Lex's voice was very steady:
"You're not a god at all, Carl. God is arbitrary and you aren't; God is high and you aren't; God is arrogant and you aren't."
"I spend all my time and energy testing your bottom line, studying your psychology, setting traps for you, and testing your humanity—human nature cannot withstand testing, I know very well."
He always felt bitter hatred in front of Superman.
He has always insisted that his hatred is out of rejection and questioning of the existence of Superman himself, because Superman has taken everything from him, the glory, cheers and metropolis that should belong to him, out of Superman's noble The dark side that must exist beneath the surface.He tried his best to kill Superman, and even tried his best to make Superman reveal his true colors.
"Every moment I hope you disappoint me."
Let him down, then what?If Carl really disappointed him, could he justify unifying all his feelings into hate?
The answer is bound to be unknown.
"But you..." Lex paused.
For a moment, Karl saw in his face a kind of embarrassment called poor words.
This is the truth that makes him most difficult to let go, and this is the truth that makes him most painful.All the belittling, all the cursing and all the tricks are worthless, and when he berates loudly, only he knows what is going on in his mind.
When that unreachable figure landed in front of him and stretched out his hand, everything he had in the past was eclipsed——
This is what he hates the most.
All the cheers that belong to Superman, all the believers who worship Superman as a god, Superman has it all, and he really deserves it.
"...but you never disappoint me," Lex said.
And you disappoint me, Carl thought.
He didn't say the words, but he wasn't sure if he was showing emotion in his expression.
It didn't matter if he spilled his emotions or not, because both he and Lex knew what he wasn't saying.Silence is already his biggest concession.
It's disgusting, Carl thought, knowing that Lex's "rehabilitation" was just a candy to lure him, but he just—couldn't say no to it.
He always hopes that everyone can get better, this mood is not only for Lex, but especially for Lex;
"It's so unfair that people are crudely stuffing you into the 'God' box."
"You're just you," Lex said sweetly, "God shouldn't be allowed to share the glory that belongs only to you."
— as good at flattering him as ever, Karl thought.
Those fans should take a good look at Lex's eloquence, he can brag about a person to the fullest without giving the audience goosebumps.
But Karl fell silent again, because he had nothing to say.
Lex remained calm in his silence... This guy will not feel guilty, and he doesn't feel that he has made a mistake until now. When he came to Carl, it was like a murderer showing off in front of the victim s method--
He is so shameless and arrogant that he has a wonderful persuasive power.
Of course, this can only convince those who are not firm and vacillating, not Karl.
But it wouldn't be right to say Karl was angry about it.
Because, how should I put it, Lex's metamorphosis is not something that happens every day or two. He is born with an evil nature, and the oppression from the outside world is just a catalyst for this evil.
He is paranoid, fierce, narcissistic and inferior. He feels that his existence has been denied and oppressed by Superman. This kind of self-awareness pain cannot be resolved.
Even if it can be resolved, it is definitely not something that can be resolved by Superman.
Just like the pain that Carl is now spreading from every blood vessel cannot be resolved.
Carl sat upright, his eyes never wandering from Lex's face for a moment.
He still doesn't speak.
Lex also fell silent. He and Carl looked at each other for a while, and suddenly said, "PTSD?"
He looked in disbelief, but he turned the question into an affirmative.
Carl looked at him.Calm, but not gentle.
Lex's eyes widened.
He backed away, until now he showed the shock that things were completely beyond his expectations, he backed up so fast that he even staggered a bit, he looked a little funny and ridiculous now.