[Western Crossover] The Villain's Son Is Outworking the Superheroes

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These days, the superhero scene is fiercely competitive. From billionaire tycoons to ordinary folks, aliens and mutants all want in on the action. It has even spawned both superheroes and anti-superheroes.

Now, even villains' sons are getting involved.

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Eli, a villain's son, hits his rebellious phase at eighteen and runs away in a rage because he can't stand his father Lex's need to control him.

He decides to make a big, public declaration of war against Lex, so he heads to Gotham, becomes a model, and gets himself a gorgeous boyfriend.

His boyfriend is perfect in every way, except for that fierce, shadowy secret identity.

To match his boyfriend's secret identity, Eli takes on one of his own.

They chase each other around, falling in love as they go.

Before long, Gotham has both Gotham's Prince X the Elven Boy and the Dark Knight X the Rose Knight.

The shipping scene is all aflame.

As a villain's son, Eli makes a decision that goes against everything his ancestors stood for.

He doesn't inherit the villainous careers of his four fathers, and instead becomes a superhero.

He wants to be a Knight of Light, which sounds like a perfect match for the Dark Knight.

Though a misunderstanding eventually turns him into the Rose Knight, that's fine. He can still confess his love in front of everyone.

And so his four fathers can only watch as their precious little cabbage is carried off by an old bat.

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Eli has five biological fathers. Four of them are notorious villains whose life's mission is to cause trouble, then cause more trouble.

Then, through one moment of carelessness, their son gets whisked away to become a superhero.

That would be bad enough, but the boy even ends up giving himself away, too.

Yes, you, you dark and shadowy bat monster.

The fathers are furious.

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Clark has the world's best dating partner.

Bruce is rich and smart.

Sure, he has to put up with Bruce's glares and his constant refrain of, "The collateral damage is over budget."

But not having to handle League business, having someone else shoulder the financial risk, and having a reliable teammate is pure bliss.

Until one day, karma finally catches up with him.

Luthor: You have a son.

Clark: I'm so happy!

Mutant: Your son got kidnapped.

Clark: No! I'm going to get him back!

Osborn: The Bat took him.

Clark: Sad!

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Pairing: A dark and shadowy bat monster.

Note: Early on, since the protagonist is a villain's son, his sense of morality and right and wrong is rather weak. In short, he's wild as can be, until he falls head over heels for the dark and shadowy one.

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Blurb: Julius is a Hilichurl wandering around Teyvat.

He has two unusual traits: he likes taking off his mask, and he thinks he's smarter than other Hilichurls.

While resisting an Abyss Mage's control once again, he gets hit by a video game System.

The System takes him back to his old world, where Hilichurl Julius becomes Julius Wayne, son of Gotham's richest man.

To repay the System for bringing him home, Julius agrees to take part in the game.

He has to collect every monster in the game's archive and complete every world quest before he turns twenty. And so Julius begins his journey to build a monster base in Gotham.

But he has one small problem: his dear, frail billionaire dad is always running into danger.

Julius frets over how to protect his fragile, death-seeking father without revealing his identity.

Bruce Wayne picks up his biological son along the way. His son's name is Julius, and he's a smart, well-behaved good kid.

Though his dear, frail, adorable son hasn't inherited his abilities, that's all right. As his father, Bruce will protect him.

But Bruce has a small problem lately. Is his son just too sweet and adorable? There always seem to be villains harassing him.

Bruce frets over how to protect his sweet, adorable son without revealing his identity.

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No one knows when it started, but a bunch of strange creatures suddenly appeared in Gotham.

Water bubbles as big as hills, a second-tier magic cube that flings tornadoes, a mechanical snake that keeps burrowing underground, a tree that goes ka-chak and breathes fire, mushroom creatures that can run and jump...

In short, all kinds of bizarre things.

These strange creatures play by no rules at all.

Today, they steal kids' snacks. Tomorrow, they hijack a big shot's weapons shipment.

They chase birds by day and go clubbing at night.

They fight Batman on Monday, then battle the Arkham talent squad on Sunday.

They've successfully become the bane of every villain and superhero.

As for the mastermind Julius, all he wants to say is: Waaaah, why does the pot explode every time I cook?

Alfred smiles wearily. "It's hereditary."

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(Sweet Romance Version)

When Clark first meets Julius, Clark looks like an unkempt drifter, while Julius looks like a bedraggled drowned rat.

The second time Clark meets Julius, Clark still looks like a scruffy drifter, but Julius has become the son of Gotham's richest man, as precious and pretty as a little prince.

The third time Clark meets Julius, he's wearing his suit and has become Superman, while Julius nearly dies in the disaster he brought with him.

The last time Clark meets Julius, he's wearing soft pajamas, and Julius is lying in his arms.

From then on... (Ha, wrong! It wasn't the last time at all. He brought the Bat's son home.)

AKA Batman: Stare... (His hand holding the kryptonite twitches.)

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Pairing with Superman. Romance begins when they're adults.

The timeline is chaotic for plot reasons. Don't overthink it.

The protagonist is a Batkid.

The game's System mainly borrows the daily commission, world quest, and gacha mechanics from Genshin Impact, but the characters are all monsters.

The monsters don't include Hilichurls, the Abyss Order, Treasure Hoarders, and so on. They are mainly monsters, and the protagonist is the only Hilichurl.

Theme: With great power comes great responsibility.