Kapitel 23: Hello? - end.

- Should I go and say hello to my "son"? - A woman with long, voluminous black hair and blue eyes commented with a smile on her face as she read some news on random blogs. - I wonder how Themyscira would react to that? - Diana smiled, imagining the amusing scene of some Amazons going out to hunt him down, not that that would work considering what she had seen recently.

(A/N: I looked up several versions of Wonder Woman, but they vary a lot so I took advantage of the fact that the two worlds influence each other drastically and decided to just alter her personality to be more like the one in the movie, and I took the opportunity to make her more playful just to be a bit more unique instead of a copy, like I did with Kara).

- Actually... - Diana's smile turned a little mischievous when she remembered one of her sisters who had been annoying her lately. - Maybe I can get Artemis to go after the boy? - After saying that, she involuntarily put her hand on her stomach. - Knowing her, even if it's a boy, if I say it's mine will she try to "rescue" him from his father? Knowing her, she'll actually do it, especially if she considers her power useful to Themyscira... - Diana continued to think about how to get rid of her unwelcome guest and take advantage of her to get information about her "son", after all, even though she had become much more relaxed since leaving her homeland she was still the Amazon princess and an extremely powerful demigoddess and from a human perspective she was also very "old", so it's obvious that even though she liked to fight and had become a bit of a joker she could still understand the need to gather information from a being like Eduard, just as she had gathered information from most of the special beings on earth so far, at least what she could with her skills of course. - Now what do I have to do to get Artemis to investigate this for me and give me a few days without annoying me as I have done in recent years? - Diana pondered for a moment and knowing that her friend is only slightly less intelligent than her it would be practically impossible to fool her, of course, that was when she was still in Themyscira, after living in modern society for so long, especially with her identity, acting ended up becoming second nature to her so it's not really a problem contacting her to play a long game. - A month! One month is enough! - Diana nodded to herself and looked carefully at Eduard's photo.

While Diana was planning how to put a superhuman stalker behind Eduard, he was floating in the clouds wearing the outfit that Kara had lent him, but this outfit was simply black with the El house symbol in gold and no cape, he still doesn't understand Kara's fixation on keeping the symbol, but as he doesn't really care he just left it like that, but made a point of taking off everything that was unnecessary.

'Anything interesting going on, Cortana?'

[No, nothing special... Of course, there are still crimes in the world, but nothing that requires intervention at the moment, unless you want to become some kind of guardian or something...]

'Forget it!'

Become a guardian? Eduard couldn't do that, unfortunately or fortunately he was a normal person to a certain extent, so he didn't actively seek out activities that required his direct action, after all, what was the point? Even someone with his abilities couldn't save everyone, and even if he could he wasn't willing to give up his own life for it, just as he wasn't willing to become someone like Peter who would throw his life away to be the neighborhood friend, he only did small acts that helped him feel good about himself, like stopping terrorist attacks that unbelievably occurred with some frequency, fighting Superhumans, donating part of his wealth to charity, and on rare occasions stopping some crimes.

'I'm bored...'

[That's normal, considering how excited you are to visit another world it's normal to be restless].

'I know, but even knowing that I'll still be bored'.

[Could you go out with Kara, maybe explore the nearby planets?]

'I could try, but I don't think she's very interested in the uninhabited planets around us, she barely cares about earth...'

Eduard wasn't exaggerating when he claimed this, he knew it was true, and honestly it was quite understandable given the first contact with natives, but the worst problem and the one that really gives him a headache is the fact that she's teaching Clark, from the start this time, he even wondered if Clark would protect the earth this time.

[You don't have to worry about that, just keep getting stronger and you can solve any problem].

'Right!'

Eduard simply ignored his current worries and continued to watch the sun as it rose above the clouds, he also enjoyed the sensation of sunbathing which as a Kryptonian was simply unique; time passed slowly as he enjoyed the sun without caring about the world around him before Cortana alerted him.

[Ed, I think there's something you might be interested in].

What?

[Alexander Joseph Luthor Jr. has prepared a team to capture you dead or alive, they have already prepared the location and will pose as terrorists to lure you in].

'Capture me? How exactly? After all, the few people who might be a threat to me wouldn't work for Lex now, in fact they wouldn't work for anyone... And I'm not Clark, even if he had found Kryptonite it would still be useless...'

Eduard continued to ponder the reason for an ambush and couldn't come up with anything concrete, he didn't know Lex from this world and didn't know if he was affected due to the Marvel universe, but even if he was affected, he shouldn't be so impulsive, right? After all, even if he wants to test him by spending some money, shouldn't that be done after measuring his abilities a bit?

[You don't understand how much pressure someone like you puts on people Ed, imagine how paranoid Lex would be in the story if Superman decided to act like you and eliminate people, even if they were mostly "monsters"? He'd freak out, especially considering that he's also a criminal who could end up like the Court of Owls].

Eduard thought for only a few moments before agreeing, someone like Lex who is naturally suspicious and likes to maintain control in general couldn't let a variable like him off the hook, the pressure of being hit by someone like that with no way of defending himself isn't something he can bear in silence. Looking at it from this perspective, he was able to understand a little of what was going on and couldn't help but smile.

'It looks like my boredom will end for a while, after all even after the failure I doubt he will give up'.

[You're absolutely right Ed! I was looking in his database and he already has numerous approaches to -]

'Stop!'

[?]

'I don't want to know his plans, I already know too much about the future of this world, so I hope to have at least a few surprises, so it doesn't get too tedious.

Eduard said this with total sincerity, after all, he knows most of the main events of the future and he knows that for him it would be simple to solve, there wouldn't be many challenges as long as beings on the level of Thanos, gods and celestials didn't get involved, of course there were exceptions, but they were few and isolated from each other so he really didn't have anything to avoid the "boredom" between significant events, since that was the case why worry about someone of Lex's level now? Wouldn't it be more interesting to let him jump around a bit? Maybe making that armor he used to face Clark in some stories would make things more interesting and could show Kara a bit of the dangers of the world?

[Ed, I know I was going to be bored, but Luthor is a really dangerous man]

'I know Cortana, and that's why I expect you to monitor everything he does at all times, you can even start spending some money to plant specialized personnel on his side, but I expect that no matter what you find out I won't be warned, except in cases where my family and friends are in danger or he miraculously manages to find a way that could cause me serious problems.'

[As you wish...]

'Don't you agree with my approach?'

[Putting yourself in danger just to get out of boredom is a foolish action.]

'You're absolutely right about that!

[...]

[If you agree with my point of view, then why not get rid of it once and for all? If you want to have fun, there are safer ways].

'Cortana, this isn't just a pastime for my boredom, I'm letting Lex do some research for me, after all, I have infinite potential, be it magical, physical or with celestial energy and all I need is more time to practice and even alone I'll end up getting stronger and stronger, but the same isn't true for the people around me... Even Kara doesn't have a potential like mine, even sleeping in the sun I'll still be stronger in the end...'

Eduard paused and looked at the sun for a few moments before continuing.

'Since they have so many limitations, I was really happy to visit other worlds and try to find in those worlds ways to evolve, and even if it's not useful for me it will be useful for those around me; now tell me, apart from pursuing the mystical arts what do you think can help increase strength and survivability in this world?'

[Technology!]

Cortana didn't have to think long to answer, since apart from magic and the mystical arts, the best way would undoubtedly be technology, since even artifacts or gems of power can only be used efficiently through technology, so much so that Thanos had to create his gauntlets and couldn't use them directly.

'Exactly! Right as always, my dear Cortana!'

[(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞]

Eduard smiled at Cortana's reaction before continuing.

'Lex can't do anything to me, he's just too pitiful, but we both know that he can't accept that, even if reaching me is impossible since I'm constantly getting stronger, he doesn't know that.

A provocative smile adorned Eduard's face as he thought about how foolish Lex's behavior was at the moment, at least in his view.

'Of course, I still intend to put on a show from time to time so that he doesn't lose hope, after all, it's not easy to find such a committed private investigator who will do work for free, right?~'

[...]

Cortana was speechless at this and after some consideration she ended up feeling a little sorry for Lex, after all, with her here everything he did would be monitored and copied, so he really was Eduard's free personal weapons developer.

Noticing that Cortana was silent, Eduard just smiled again and stretched a little.

- Let's say hello to the friends Luthor has hired? ~ - Eduard murmured cheerfully and flew at hypersonic speed towards the place Cortana had discovered his "ambush" was supposed to take place.

(A/N: For now there are 5 extra chapters on patreon, I will try to increase this weekly; I will also be publishing another story in the next few weeks in advance)

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