Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

Chapter 238 Identity Crisis
New York, Grand Central Station.

Ke Lin walked through the turbulent flow of people with his suitcase.

After nearly a week of cleaning, the train finally reopened, and Colin bought a train ticket to San Francisco immediately.

Perhaps because of the long-term outage, there were a lot of people in the train station.

However, a large part of them still didn't buy the tickets. They handed the tickets to the stewardess and walked into the compartment. Looking through the glass window of the train, they could see the dense figures standing on the freight train.

Train wandering has become a common problem plaguing railway transportation. Since the Great Depression, many unemployed people have used it as a means of making a living. They climbed on the train and got off every time they arrived at a new location. Work, or simply continue to wander or even steal.

The huge sandstorm that appeared in New York trapped them here for a long time, and many homeless people can't wait to go to the next city to find opportunities to make a living.

Under Ke Lin's gaze, a few homeless men climbed onto the truck with skillful movements, and then pulled others up.

In just a few minutes, more than a dozen climbed onto the freight car box, and this was just what happened on a train box opposite.

If you look along the roof, you will see huddled figures everywhere on the train.

There are even more people on the top of the train than in the train.

Although this is not the first time I have seen such a scene, every time I meet Colin I am quite shocked.

Looking away from the numb expressions on the faces of these homeless men, Colin came to his compartment and sat down.

Accompanied by the steward's sharp whistle, the train started slowly.

Departing from a train station in New York, the train galloped on the railway for a while but then stopped suddenly. The steward told them that there was a herd of bison ahead and they needed to stop and wait.

Through the car window, I can vaguely see the herds of bison in the wilderness, crossing the railway in mighty way.

Even Colin on the train could feel the vibrations from the railway.

Looks like it's going to be a while.

Looking at the black herd of buffalo that seemed to have no end in sight, Colin sighed silently.

It's going to be a long journey from New York to San Francisco.

Fortunately, he was not unprepared.

For ordinary people, in this era of underdeveloped entertainment, traveling by train is a time-consuming and labor-intensive torment.

But for Colin, this is not the case.

At least, he can travel back to the anti-world to breathe fresh air, without having to trap himself in the cramped seat of the train compartment for a long time.

【Faith (87980/100000)】

However, before closing his eyes, Colin glanced at the beating value of [Faith] in the text and paused for a moment.

Just as he was taking the train to San Francisco, the new issue of the Daily Courier had been successfully published.

The serialization of "Superman" happened to be the second half of Superman and Batman.

The beginning of the story follows the story of Louise trapped by the fire in the previous issue.

Clark: "Louise?!"

Bruce Wayne: "Oops!"

The situation outside made the two superheroes in the ship very anxious, but they didn't dare to reveal too many flaws on the surface.

Bruce Wayne: "It's getting late, why don't we take a rest first?"

Clark: "Exactly, I'm tired too."

At this time, Bruce Wayans had a quick wit and suggested that the two of them turn off the lights and go to sleep, wanting to change clothes while it was dark, and Clark, who was anxious in his heart, also agreed.

Bruce Wayne: "You're Superman!"

Clark: "So you're Batman?"

Unexpectedly, after turning off the lights, the flames outside will undoubtedly reveal the identities of the two after changing clothes, and now the two know the identity of each other's superheroes.

Bruce Wayne: "I don't have time to deal with this. Let's deal with the problem first. I'll save people."

Superman: "Then leave the tanker to me."

However, as superheroes, the two knew their priorities and didn't get entangled in each other's problems, so they put this problem aside and rushed to the scene.

At the same time, the two have a clear division of labor, Superman solves the oil tanker, and Batman rescues Louise.

Rushing into the raging fire, Superman lifted the oil tanker into the air, blocked the bullet hole with his fingers and put out the fire, then opened his mouth and took a deep breath, sucking a large amount of water vapor in the cloud.

At the same time, Batman also launched his own actions.

Louise: "Batman, why are you here?"

On the ground, Lois was surprised that it wasn't Superman who came to save her, but Batman.

Batman: "Superman is on more important matters, so let me save you."

As Batman's voice fell, Superman held the oil tanker down from the sky, spit out the water vapor and put out the fire.

Louise: "Why, Superman and Batman appear here at the same time?!"

Looking at the two superheroes who appeared together, Louise showed a surprised expression on her face.

Rescuing Louise did not extinguish the fire caused by the tanker. Superman and Batman went to the scene to check, but only one fireproof suit was found at the scene. Seeing this, Batman made a guess.

Batman: "That man will definitely sneak into the cruise ship pretending to be a passenger to escape."

After taking care of the tanker, Superman and Batman discuss each other's secret identities.

Superman: "It never occurred to me that Bruce Wayne, the rich man in Gotham City, would be Batman."

Batman: "I didn't expect that Superman's real identity is actually a newspaper reporter."

Batman: "Superman, we must protect our secret identity. This is the key to the superhero's activities. Once this is revealed, it will cause great trouble for the operation against criminals."

Superman: "I agree with that, maybe we should catch the guy who started the tanker together."

The two promised to keep each other's secret identities a secret, while discussing how to catch the culprit.

The final duo decides to board the ship as Batman and Superman.

After boarding the ship and telling the captain of his intentions, the captain generously gave up his room for the two to live in.

Superman: "Louis, why are you here?!"

When the two were wandering around on the boat, they accidentally discovered that Louise was also on the boat. Louise explained that she had asked for leave and wanted to take this boat for vacation.

Superman: "Isn't this ship full, where are you going to live?"

Louise: "Just right, the fire that happened before scared a tourist who was going to take the boat, so I stayed in. By the way, Clark also happened to be on the boat because of vacation. I want to put Superman and Batman on the boat. Tell him about it."

Superman: "It suddenly occurred to me that there are still things that have not been dealt with."

Batman: "Let me help you."

Hearing what Louise said, the two quickly found a reason to rush back to the cabin, and Superman couldn't help complaining on the way.

Superman: "I didn't expect Louise to come to the boat, and the situation became more complicated."

Batman: "Don't you think she is cute and brave? Ordinary people will not recover so quickly when they encounter such a thing, and continue to come to the ship."

Superman: "Sometimes, I wish she wasn't so brave."

Batman: "That's not something you can decide."

Superman: "You know, to cover up my identity as Superman, I..."

In the cabin, when Superman was about to complain to Batman about the trouble Louise brought, Louise came.

Louise: "Clark, are you there?"

Hearing the movement from outside the door, Clark quickly lay down on the bed and pretended to be seasick, while Bruce, who was re-changing his clothes, also pretended to be looking after him.

Louise: "Unexpectedly, you would actually get seasick Clark, do you know what you missed, Superman and Batman are both on the boat."

Seeing this scene, Louise couldn't help complaining, and let Clark take a good rest before leaving the cabin.

After Louise left, the two were lucky to have escaped, and then discussed how to handle the case with Louise.

Superman told Batman on the deck to let him lie to Louise that he was in love with her, and then Louise would be distracted so that he could dismiss her, but unfortunately, this was heard by Louise , So Louise wanted to teach Superman a lesson.

Louise: "Batman, I have something I want to talk to you about, Superman, can you deal with the waves outside, don't let the boat keep shaking, Clark is seasick because of this problem."

Superman: "Give it to me."

Seeing that Lois is interested in Batman, Superman feels that this is a good plan to continue their plan, so he lifts the boat over the waves while using super clairvoyance to observe what Lois mentioned Where are the diamonds placed in the ship.

Superman looks through the entire ship and finds no diamonds, but finds a man with a pistol, and returns to tell Batman what he found.

Batman: "Now Louise is in your hands, don't let her find out the problem, I'll go see the guy with the gun."

Seeing Batman leaving and Superman staying here, Louise also started her own actions.

Louise: "Superman, you didn't see the appearance of Batman at that time. He didn't look scared at all in the fire, and he rescued me easily. This is what a superhero should look like."

Superman: "I've saved you no less than 100 times, why haven't you praised me so much?"

While replying to Louise's words, Superman wondered if Louise really liked Batman.

On the other hand, Batman went to meet the suspect, and after a brief conversation, he knew that the man was lying.When I came back to see Superman, I told him that the man was a criminal, but without the evidence of diamonds, there was no way to start. Superman also revealed that he could not find the trace of diamonds.At this point Louise intervened, inviting Batman to a dance on the ship that night.

Batman: "No problem."

A colleague who agreed to Louise's invitation, but wondered why she didn't invite Superman.

At the ball, Batman showed his superb acrobatic skills, which attracted Superman and Louise's praise, and then Superman told Louise that he would also show his skills to the audience, but Louise's performance was quite indifferent.

On the stage, Superman easily lifted several icebergs and tossed them in his hands. Bat praised him again and again, but Louise found it boring.

Louise: "That trick again, I've seen too much, I'm going back to nail polish."

At the end of the performance, Superman said to Batman with a disappointed expression.

Superman: "I have already heard what Louise said. It seems that you have won, and she has fallen in love with you."

Batman: "But I don't have any thoughts about her, and I don't have any interest in her except to keep her from interfering with the investigation of the case."

In this regard, Batman showed a calm face and revealed his thoughts. Then the two talked about the difficult situation of the case. Because they could not find the diamond, they were still unable to arrest each other.

Superman: "As long as the boat doesn't dock, he can't escape."

Backfired, the suspect on the other side had arranged for a helicopter to pick him up. At the same time, in order to prevent Superman from getting away, he actually planned to do some more sabotage, and for insurance, he also planned to take a hostage to threaten Superman and Batman.

Soon, Superman found Batman and told him about the failure of the turbine, and he had already seen that a heavy rain was coming. Batman thought there was something tricky in it and wanted to check it with Superman.

At the same time, on the deck, the prisoner tricked Louise out and threatened to let her leave by helicopter with him.

The storm is coming soon, but Superman's expression doesn't show much panic.

Superman: "Don't be nervous, even if a storm does occur, I can lift the ship ashore."

But at this time, someone came to tell Superman that the suspect had kidnapped Louise and was leaving by helicopter.

In this dilemma, Superman thought of a way.

Superman: "Batman, I need your help."

Batman: "You want me to do this?"

Signaling Batman to come over, Superman threw him into the helicopter with one stroke, and Batman complained while flying in mid-air, like an acrobat.

Standing outside the helicopter, Batman entered the helicopter skillfully. Seeing this scene, the robbers on the helicopter wanted to shoot, but were stopped.Seeing this scene, Batman took advantage of the opportunity to subdue the two, rescued Louise and arrested the prisoner, and Batman controlled the helicopter back to the ship.

Superman: "Although the prisoner has been caught, the diamond has not been found yet."

Batman: "The diamonds have been found, they're hidden in the gun."

This is Batman, sensed by the fact that the prisoner had the opportunity but didn't shoot.

After handing over the prisoner to the police, the two said goodbye to Louise and pretended to leave.

Later, on the way back from the cruise ship, Louise met Clark and Bruce who had regained their identities.

Louise: "Clark, why did your seasickness heal so quickly, and when Superman and Batman appeared before, why didn't I see you all the time, where were you at that time?"

Bruce Wayne: "It seems that Louise has discovered something, and our identities may be exposed!"

Clark: "Don't worry, I have a way to deal with it, but my problem is a little troublesome."

That night, Superman brings Batman back to Gotham for a show, making it look like Batman is still in Gotham, and then brings him back to the ship.

Early the next morning, Louise said that Batman appeared in Gotham on the radio broadcast last night, and the suspicion of Bruce Wayne was cleared. Clark whispered that his identity might not be preserved, but Bruce Wayne also whispered Do it for him yourself, as long as he changes into a Superman suit when the cruise ship is docked.

The ship docked, and Lois and Clark met Superman played by Bruce Wayne at the port.

So far, the identity crisis of the two has passed smoothly.

(End of this chapter)