"Clark, did you come here directly through that portal?" Coulson, seeing Clark open a portal, immediately pictured him arriving here through one.
To be honest, Coulson felt a bit disappointed with his own guess. After all, if Clark really did come here via a portal, it would mean that his method couldn't be utilized by S.H.I.E.L.D.
The reason was simple: no one inside S.H.I.E.L.D. could open such a portal.
"No." Hearing Coulson's question, Clark shook his head and continued, "I just heard you say the entrance here was open now, so I thought I'd try opening a portal—and I didn't expect it to actually work."
"It works now? So it didn't work before?"
"It didn't work before. It feels like the space here was sealed, so it was impossible to open a portal to the outside from here, or to open a portal to here from outside." Clark gave a simple explanation to Coulson's question.
Hearing that Clark hadn't entered through a portal, Coulson then asked, "If you didn't use a portal, how did you get in? Is there another passage?"
As he spoke, Coulson remembered what Nick Fury had said earlier—something about the bottom of the island being hollow. Had Clark and Diana come from underground? If so, where was the other end of that passage?
"I don't know if there are other passages, because Diana and I didn't come through any."
"Then how did you get here?" Although it sounded like a question, as soon as Coulson said it, a guess suddenly formed in his mind.
"We just went straight in through the outer fog." Clark's answer confirmed Coulson's guess—he had simply forced his way in.
"..." For a moment, Coulson's team could only fall silent at Clark's answer. Of course—Clark was Superman. They were human. One word: difference.
"By the way, do you want to explore the island?" Seeing their silence, Clark spoke first.
"Pretty much, yes. We need to get some basic intel on the island first, and later other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents will come to take over. What about you? Want to join us?"
As he thought about the mission, Coulson figured that having Clark with them would make things much better. After all, on such a dangerous island, having Superman around would make it much safer.
"No, I have other things to do next. How about letting Diana go with you? With her around, you'll be much safer." Clark shook his head, turning down Coulson's invitation. He still had things to take care of.
"Where are you going?" Hearing this, Diana knew he probably had something else in mind.
"I'm planning to check out the underside of the island—see what it's like down there. If possible, I intend to clear out the monsters beneath it."
Clark hadn't yet told Diana he wanted to claim this island as his future home, but that was just a matter of time. As for S.H.I.E.L.D., once the island closed again, they'd be out of the picture. By the time it opened again, the island would basically have the surname Kent.
"Wait, Clark—have you encountered those monsters before?" Coulson's tone made it sound like Clark had already fought them.
"I ran into them earlier. They came up from below, so I'm going down to see what's going on. As for you, with Diana around, you'll be safe enough here. Going topside shouldn't be too dangerous."
After saying this, Clark smiled at Diana, then took to the air, heading in the direction of his battle with Kong.
"Coulson, the way Clark's flying—it's toward that monster!" Simmons suddenly realized, moments after Clark left.
"Monster?" Hearing Simmons, Diana suddenly remembered the earthquake that shook the island after Clark left. Thinking about it now, it was very likely connected to Clark and the monster.
"Simmons, I saw that monster injured earlier. If I'm not mistaken, those wounds were probably Clark's doing," Ward added.
"The monster was injured?"
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After Clark left, Kong simply lay down. This was the worst injury he'd suffered in decades. Although his wounds had healed, the fight with Clark had left him exhausted, and he wanted a good rest—right at the entrance to the cavern where the Skullcrawler had just emerged. But before he could relax, he saw Clark return.
"Hey—!"
Seeing Clark rush back, Kong didn't know what he was up to, but figured a roar couldn't hurt.
"I'm going down to take a look." Pointing at the huge hole beneath him, Clark addressed Kong. Without waiting to see if Kong understood, he dove straight down.
With a splash, Clark's body disappeared beneath the lake.
The lake was strange—there was a large hole beneath it, and water continuously flowed down into it. But the water level on the surface didn't drop at all. Although there was a waterfall feeding into it from above, the water never overflowed, which was puzzling.
Clark guessed it might be part of Skull Island's circulation system—water from upstream flowed downward into the underground space, then, under pressure, was forced back up through upstream springs.
The lake wasn't deep, but not shallow either—about five meters. Once he entered, Clark didn't bother with the lake's scenery and went straight through the hole where the Skullcrawler had emerged, entering the underground world.
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