Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 1

Chapter 1 – 001: Sons and Daughters

Chapter 1: Chapter 001: Sons and Daughters
“Lately, there have been many Superhuman crime incidents, so be extra careful on your way to and from school and keep in touch with your siblings more often. Also, don’t linger on the streets after school; head straight home,”

the middle-aged man sitting across the dining table picked up a pair of chopsticks, advising unhurriedly.

Upon hearing this, Ke Mingye lifted his gaze from his phone screen and gave the man a helpless look, “I got it, old man, you’ve said it so many times,” he drawled.

The moment his eyes landed on the middle-aged man, he saw a panel appear above the man’s head.

[Name: Ke Youqing]

[Age: 45]

[Gender: Male]

[Strength: A+ level (possesses top-tier combat power far surpassing 90% of the Superhumans in the world)]

[Hidden Identity: Justice Knight Azure Crow (Ranked NO.7 within the Superhero Association, one of the five giants of the Superhero Round Table)]

[Annotation: Only in China, people would refer to officially employed extraordinary characters as “Justice Knights”; in other countries like the “United States” and “England”, they are commonly known as— “Superheroes”.]

“Are your elder and second brothers on university break yet?”

Ke Youqing said, accepting a bowl of rice passed by his wife and looked up at Ke Mingye.

“They’re both off, the eldest brother texted saying he’ll take the high-speed train back in a couple of days, the second brother said the same.”

Ke Mingye picked up a piece of braised pork with his chopsticks and sent it to his mouth, vaguely answering while chewing.

Ke Youqing fell silent for a while, “Since they are on break, let them come back early. It’s not very peaceful outside recently, it’s safer at home.” After saying that, he picked up a piece of spicy tofu, mixed it with rice, and put it in his mouth.

“Okay.”

Ke Mingye casually responded, then lowered his head to continue playing with his phone.

“Old Qing, you are just too neurotic, can’t you stop scaring the kids,”

the voice came from in front of the kitchen sink where a woman, wearing gloves and a kitchen apron tied around her waist, was washing dishes and sighed reproachfully.

Ke Mingye glanced at her. That was his mother, or more precisely, the mother of this body. Just like his old man, a panel also slowly appeared above her head at this time.

[Name: Bai Wenna]

[Age: 43]

[Gender: Unknown (Non-human species, does not have fixed sexual characteristics)]

[Strength: Unknown (suspected to have exceeds the limits of Earth’s species)]

[Hidden Identity: An extraterrestrial spy from “Fangong Tower Star”, disguised as human and has long infiltrated Earth, providing basic data required for Fangong Tower Star people’s Earth invasion.]

[Based on your environment, a very important emergency side mission has been formulated— “Approach Bai Wenna in disguise to hide your identity and try to delay the ‘Off-world Colonizers’ attack on Earth”.]

(The difficulty of this side mission is initially estimated to be— SSS level)]

[Warning: The completion of this mission will seriously impact future developments, please proceed cautiously.]

“Damn terrifying, indeed, never mess with a woman…”

Ke Mingye mused silently with chopsticks in his mouth, not daring even to glance out of the corner of his eye at Bai Wenna, who was washing dishes.

Ke Youqing turned his head and said to Bai Wenna, “Don’t just nag at me, you should come eat too. Otherwise, the dishes will get cold, and you can leave the cleaning to the kids.”

Bai Wenna snorted coldly, “Huh, I wonder who said they would do the dishes yesterday, and when I stepped out, I found the dirty dishes piled up in the sink.”

“That was an accident,” Ke Youqing paused, “I’m getting older, not so good with memory.”

Listening to their conversation, Ke Mingye shrugged. He knew it wasn’t an accident. The central district of Huanjing had suddenly experienced a Superhuman crime incident the previous night. At that time, Ke Youqing was in the kitchen washing dishes, and upon hearing the news, he immediately put down the dish, wiped his hands, and went out without saying a word.

No one knew what he went to do; his sister “Bai Zini” even sneered, saying the old man must have craved a smoke, leaving the dishes halfway to go down to the supermarket for cigarettes, which was not normal at all.

Anyway, Ke Mingye only knew that last night’s incident was resolved by a timely arriving “Justice Knight.” No casualties, all involved Superhumans were sent to prison.

Ke Youqing still thought he was well-concealed; he came back holding a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes, with one hanging from his mouth, provoking his sister to exclaim, “See, I told you the old man definitely went for cigarettes.”

But in Ke Mingye’s eyes, the identity of every family member was completely transparent to him, so such cover-up tactics were meaningless.

“Okay, okay, an accident, an accident.” Bai Wenna washed her hands, took off her apron, picked up a pair of chopsticks, walked over to the dining table, and sat down to the right of Mingye, saying to him, “Go call your sister down to eat.”

“You can’t call her down, she’s playing with her phone. She’ll come down when she’s hungry.”

Ke Mingye picked up another piece of meat into his bowl, responding listlessly.

“You have to call her even if you can’t.” Bai Wenna became more irritated and turned her head to shout at Ke Youqing, “Look at you, being a father. This is the result of spoiling them, all spoilt beyond recognition. Come mealtime, not a single one is to be seen, they only come down when the food is cold!”

Ke Youqing sighed and placed his chopsticks on the table, “Alright, I’ll call them.” He said slowly rising from his chair and walking towards the staircase.

Bai Wenna “hmmphed” and supported her chin with one hand, the other hand picking up a piece of ribs with the chopsticks and putting it into her bowl.

Something’s not right. Should I give a heads-up to the upstairs sisters…

Ke Mingye glimpsed Ke Youqing’s departing figure, thinking this to himself.