With many thoughts swirling in his mind, he walked out of the room with Rika.
They happened to run into General Sam Lane, Louise Lane's father.
Ever since Eric seized power from the President, General Lane had been forced to side with Eric.
Although he wanted to serve in the exiled government and continue to serve his country, the exiled government no longer trusted him, so General Lane could only side with Eric.
"General Lane," Eric said, looking at General Lane approaching him, "Is there something you need?"
"There are some documents that require your signature," General Lane handed some documents to Eric. "All command over state government armies needs to be centralized. Regarding some adjustments to the military structure, especially the issue of some mid-level commanders, I think we need to address that now."
General Lane expressed his concern, "Implementing this might cause some temporary chaos, which is an urgent problem we need to solve now."
"Is that so? Aren't Department of Defense officials responsible for handling that?" Eric asked, frowning at him.
"Yes, they are handling it, but I think you should be aware, after all, you are our nominal supreme commander now, aren't you?" General Lane indicated that Eric should be informed of relevant information.
Seeing Eric and General Lane discussing official matters, Rika said goodbye and left directly.
"Supreme Commander, huh?" Eric looked at the general with greying hair, silent for a moment, then said, "General Lane, I hope your 'Supreme Commander' is not just a title, but a substantive existence. I know you've been in contact with those restless officers. It seems you are not entirely on my side."
Eric looked at the general, whose forehead was beaded with sweat, his expression becoming a bit more serious. "Louise Lane often meets with you, which is also something I know. I know her intentions, and I know what she plans to do. If weak beings forget how weak they are, forget how to remain humble, I think the fate of those people will be very tragic."
Listening to Eric's warning, General Lane did not speak.
Eric also said nothing more and left directly.
He knew the other party was somewhat dishonest, but he didn't punish him.
The reason was that he needed the other party at this time.
"Wait." General Lane called out to Eric.
"What?"
"My conversations with Louise do not involve any political matters," General Lane said to Eric seriously. "She talks to me as a friend to you and Clark."
"A friend?" Eric's frown deepened. "I don't remember my relationship with her being that close."
"Yes, but you can't deny that in the past, your relationship wasn't as bad as it is now," General Lane said to Eric. "What she told me wasn't to oppose you, but to worry about you, Eric. We all know the rules of this society. Although sometimes they are annoying, we must learn to adapt. You cannot destroy it."
"No! You are wrong!" Eric faced General Lane's accusation. "I am not destroying; I am merely allowing everything to be reborn. Since I detest these rules, isn't it natural for me, an 'alien' in your eyes, to change the rules?"
Without waiting for a reply, Eric said directly, "Also, remember your current identity. You are not my elder, so don't give me your seemingly foolish ideas."
After speaking to the somewhat displeased General Lane, Eric turned and left.
Ignoring General Lane's grim expression, he left the corridor directly.
General Lane, standing in the corridor, wanted to say something, but looking at Eric's back, he ultimately said nothing, only standing there with a furrowed brow.
Eric left the Metropolis City Hall building and walked down the dark street.
He was going to visit the farm in Smallville.
Having not been to the farm for a long time, he missed it more and more.
Unexpectedly, as he just walked onto a street, he saw several bikers robbing a pedestrian's handbag.
The walking woman didn't expect her handbag to be snatched. Caught off guard, she fell heavily to the ground.
After successfully snatching the bag, the bikers immediately sped away on their motorcycles, completely unconcerned about the woman lying on the ground.
"Hey!" Just as the bikers thought their robbery was successful, a voice came from in front of their speeding motorcycles.
They looked up and saw a person wearing red and gold clothing, with a lightning bolt symbol on their chest, appear before them.
Their mouths, agape in astonishment, hadn't even closed when the suddenly appearing fellow raised his fist and struck them fiercely.
With a bang, the driver of the lead motorcycle was hit in the chest by the strange, suddenly appearing fellow, and with a thud, he fell off his motorcycle, landing heavily on the ground.
"You guys are pretty unlucky to run into me here." The superhero who suddenly appeared and knocked the biker off his bike was Shazam!
Having just arrived in Metropolis, he encountered such a robbery. As someone overflowing with a sense of justice, he naturally wouldn't stand by, so he couldn't help but strike down all these bikers.
After dealing with the bikers, Shazam handed the handbag to the woman who had fallen to the ground, then prepared to leave.
But the moment he left, he suddenly saw a figure standing on the road not far away, quietly watching him.
He initially thought it was a stranger, but after a glance, he suddenly found the person strangely familiar.
After a moment's thought, Shazam recognized the person as Homelander.
Immediately stopping his departure, Shazam turned his gaze to Eric, his eyes flashing with both excitement and eagerness.
"Hey, Homelander! You're Homelander, right?" Shazam was the first to walk up and greet Eric.
"You're Shazam?!" Eric looked at the superhero who appeared before him, asking him uncertainly.
"You know me?!" Shazam immediately exclaimed in surprise.
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