âYou know, thatâs another thing that Red Hood did which royally pissed me off... stealing all my goddamn Kryptonite!â Roman spat in anger. Did that no-good punk have any idea how tough it had been getting ahold of all those pretty rocks? Almost certainly. In fact it had been one of his most expensive purchases to date, moreso than any other cargo consisting of military-grade weaponry and drugs. Pure Kryptonite was worth more than itâs weight in gold, despite being utterly useless outside of dealing with one specific person.
âSo what if itâs not my usual modus operandi to be smuggling alien minerals? When thereâs something out there thatâs capable of doing all sorts of things no ordinary human being is capable of, you damn well want an ace up your sleeve in case he decides to go off his rocker someday and comes after you! Have you seen what Superman can do? He can fly, shoot lasers out of his eyes even! Donât even get me started on him grabbing planes out of the sky! Howâs a guy supposed to stand up against that? Iâll tell you how - with the one thing you know the bastardâs weak against, thatâs how.â
It hadnât been easy on his wallet getting ahold of the fabled minerals, but Roman Sionis knew better than to wait and see. Even though he wasnât native to Metropolis, Superman was one of the worldâs most well-known superheroes for a damn good reason. The Man of Steel was powerful, sickeningly sweet and saccharine as he was. He much rather preferred dealing with the bat, dour though he was in a case of better the devil you know than the devil you donât.
Batman was, for the most part, just as human as he or anybody else. Superman on the other hand was a monster, or at least dangerous enough to become one if he ever decided heâd had enough of playing superhero someday.
"I donât plan on going to Metropolis anytime soon but I like to make sure my bases are covered. Failing that, Iâd have had the largest stock of Kryptonite on the planet with more than enough to go around... until that shithead stole it all, anyway! Well, maybe not all of it. Iâve still got enough to make a special round of bullets just for Superfreak...â
Everything had a weakness, Roman had learned. Even the mythical werewolf could be slain with something as humble as a silver bullet but for Superman, all he needed was a glowing green chunk of rock.