Clark Pent's Burden

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It was a rather dreary November evening as our HERO Clark Pent patrolled the streets of Got-Him City in his 2.5 million tax dollar expended super crime fighting LaFerrari (explosive shell equipped). As he drove the streets past the filth ridden people he would never give any of his hard earned money to, he noticed a elderly woman Jaywalking. He quickly made a U-turn knocking over a street vendors cart (SEVERELY INJURING HIM).  All 12 cylinders in his Super Crime Fighting LaFerrari ignited in a fury that could only be compared to the growl of a wild animal. Clark turned on his Super Tracking Computer and aimed it's radioactive X-ray directly into at the elderly woman's brain. All citizens of Got-Him City were required to get a chip implanted into their brains to better help Clark Pent identity them while he's was on his "Crime fighting Sprees". He opened her identification file and began to read through her record. The elderly woman had be cited twice before in the past, once for littering when she was 16 and another for public intoxication when she was 24. It was an easy decision for Clark. He quickly flipped one of hundreds of switches on his jewel embedded dashboard, this switch was specifically for releasing chlorine gas (this was one of Clark's favorites). The elderly woman gasped in pain that he had never seen before. As the last breaths of the woman escaped her now lifeless body and the gas dissipated Clark exited the Super Crime Fighting LaFerrari. He reached in the trunk and pulled out his Incineration Gun and began to cremate her body on the sidewalk leaving a human shaped scorch mark that smelt of burnt flesh and hair. A crowd started to gather around Clark and the body. Many civilians were deeply confused and in great fear. Clark stood over the charred remains and began to give a speech explaining the importance of being law abiding citizens. As Clark wrapped up his self righteous rhetoric the street vendor he had previously hit with his car crawled to his feet and explained to Clark that he had no health insurance (Health insurance rates are incredibly high in Got-Him City much like the price of rent and other essential needs).  Just as soon as the man had finished explaining his food cart was the only source of income for his whole family Clark quick and sternly asked him to see his vendors permit. The man responded in a painful grunt "I do not have a permit" as he knew that lying to Clark would almost certainly be a death sentence. Clark quickly grabbed the man by his throat and scanned his brain with his Super Tracking Computer causing a small tumor to instantly develop in his frontal lobe. The computer read that the man had previously been convicted of rape in his early 20's but was acquitted after the real rapist was found and brutally murdered by Clark a few years prior. Clark dropped the vendor and proclaimed to him "You got lucky this time" He then began to go into another speech about how he has reduced rape cases across Got-Him City by 0.5% in the last decade.  He used the vendors story as an example of his crusade to cleanse Got-Him City of its filth and crime. The crowd was now becoming nauseous from the fumes of the elderly woman's remains and started to disperse. After 15 minutes of self inflicted back patting Clark noticed the entire crowd had left to which he hopped back into his Super Crime Fighting LaFerrari as he had no time to spare if his ego wasn't being stroked.

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