The Ruler Of Light And Shadows!

Since Clark decided to come to the light, Adrian didn't want to fall too far behind and searched the whole of New York for potential accidents or assaults. His power level may be more than overkill for common crooks, but who said he needs to show them what he can achieve. And it's not like he has not been dealing with criminals before. Unless Adrian used magic, he always picked up cries for help thanks to his planet-wide superhearing. And it is really-REALLY hard to ignore them. In fact, the only reason Clark never tried to rush out was that there was no way he would be able to hide or run away fast.

Adrian had those points covered with magic, so he occasionally dealt with crime in Smallville, though it wasn't much at all, just some occasional fires or accidents. He did deal with anything major he picked up, like giving out a tip for possible terrorists he picked up talking or human trafficking. Adrian started interfering himself when he reached New York, though it usually counted occasional jinxes or cursing them with bad luck. This made it seems like the said crime was avoided because of bad luck or something.

Adrian changed form and transformed into a tall man with black hair and shining red eyes, whit a completely black assassin coat, and the hood covered most of his face, leaving his shining red eyes and his smile the only thing visible.

Adjusting his neck, Adrian checked out his enhanced form in the mirror and nodded to himself. By now, there was actually no difference between strength in his normal and transformed form, but he always felt calm and collected as Adrian Kent, while he almost craved for some action in this form.

Pinpointing a location in New York, Adrian transported to a roof near it. Adrian watched the area and immediately recognized it as Hell's Kitchen. Even in this universe, Hell's Kitchen was actually a chaotic place. Adrian focused an activated X-ray on the garage in front of him. Looking in, he spotted a few men making some sort of deal, while another batch was aiming guns at a group of people who looked malnourished and had shackles over their hands and feet.

Adrian's gaze turned cold seeing this and the guards present in the warehouse felt even the temperature of the room drop down, sending a chill up their spine. They looked around and found no one, so calmed down a bit, and focused back on moving 'goods' they were about to sell, only to be scared out of their life when they saw a figure covered in shadows with glowing red eyes and a smile which sent shivers up their spine, and got swallowed by darkness.

Inside the room, the two seated men were talking, " Well, glad to business like always, though do inform me of your 'formula'. I would love to have a few men with that stuff. It would help in expanding the scope of our mutual business too" A man with multiple tattoos over his face.

"We are still experimenting, and this is supposed to be illegal, so don't go ranting now will ya? I can't afford the higher-ups to know how we are obtaining data for research and performing tests. Plus, the knew of Avalon moving into medical science is very bad for our company." The other man gritted his teeth and said.

"Well, if it was someone else, I might have taken an assassination job, but those who have tried targeting him or his family have said to have paid dearly. Though, I did hear about a guy. Says he never filed even once. Just give him the name, and the job is done. The only problem is the fees." The gang leader said.

"No, I don't think that would work, or there are many who can afford to do exactly that." The 'customer' said and shook his head. 'Though if it is possible, this could make me get into the board of directors.' He thought.

"Man, this is quite a lot," They heard a man say beside them. They both turned to look and saw a man in a black outfit reading some papers, "Mr. Crowen, chief scientist of medication branch of Lex Corp, guilty for the illegal testing of medications, involved in illegal organ selling and murders. While Mr. Gunther, leader of BlackBlood, is responsible for rape, murders, arson, human trafficking, kidnapping, and the list goes on and on."

The two heard him talk while the other four men pointed guns at the man, but none felt at ease. No, their conscience was screaming to run away, as if he was a monster.

"Oh, I assure you, I'm not the monster here, definitely not compared to you two," The man said throwing the papers, which showed multiple images of the doctor doing some sort of experiments while other showed the said gang leader in question. And the man's voice has gotten even colder at the end of his sentence.

"You know, when I thought of starting the hero gig, I thought fighting here and there, while busting a few drug cases and stuffing them in jail, stuff like that. But for scum like you, you don't deserve getting simply locked, no you deserve... more," At that cue, the four men unloaded their guns at him. The room was filled with the sounds of gunshots until the ammo ran out, but what they saw completely shut down their thought process.

All the bullets seemed to be floating in front of a thin light curtain, and the man's eyes looked at them as if judging their soul.

"Wh-what?" The leader said in disbelief. None of them knew what they were seeing.

The man in front of them took a step forwards, and the six subconsciously took a step back. This continued for two more steps until their legs gave out because of the fear and they collapsed. By now, the man appeared to be surrounded by moving shadows and the only thing visible against the moving shadows was the glowing red eyes.

"wh...at are y-y-you?"

"Your worst nightmare" That was the last thing they heard when the shadows engulfed them like a wave.

After a while, a squad of officers of NYPD swarmed the area and busted into the place, only to find pale, knocked-out gangsters with a man from Lex Corp with multiple files scattered around. They took them into custody, though all of them seemed to be sleeping, no, having nightmares, as they constantly mumbled for forgiveness, possibly for the homeless they found shackled in that building. They first contacted Lex Corp for information about their worker, but soon took them into custody after realizing what the man had done from the documents.

They were also able to get a search warrant after informing the mayor about it, who at first tried to bury it as it involved Lex Corp, but somehow the media got the news and he had no choice but to agree with it. Lex Corp also agreed with everything as they strictly declined any involvement on their side, while also promising to help those who were affected.

But what was still the question was the fact was who or what stopped him, and the other crimes. That's right other crimes, like multiple assaults and drug trafficking. But the most amazing part was that the sites usually contained witnesses or proof about the men involved. And all they got from the criminals was the fact that it was a monster or a demon, which could control shadows and light barriers, as he once stopped some officers from getting shot by the gangsters surrounding them.

This also made it the first time the NYPD got some idea about him. A man with blood-red eyes and a dark hood, who terrified criminals, yet the police could feel no malice directed towards them from his gaze, though they weren't sure how they felt it.

The media also got much information from their inside sources, and these incidents were posted in multiple news articles, discussing who was this vigilante, until one article asked the same question by the New York News Express with a title that caught everyone's attention.

"WHO IS THE EQUINOX??"