Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 242

Chapter 242: Chapter 165: A Deal with the Sect Master of the Ninja Sect

July 9, evening, Hongdeng Commercial District.

Beams of searchlights emitted from the top of the Superhero Tower were drifting across the night sky, slowly floating back and forth, resembling a gigantic lighthouse or like ghosts devouring the darkness.

Not far from the tower, the eerie gray humanoid figure appeared again on the rooftop.

This figure was quite mysterious, always elusive.

Sometimes it called itself Dice Monster, saying that was its formal name; other times it called itself ‘strange thing,’ stating that was its nickname, used only by those close to it.

Regardless, tonight.

The Dice Monster, as always, sat on the exhibit platform, swinging its slender legs, banging drums and gongs while picking up a megaphone and shouting loudly.

“Dice Monster is here for a terror attack, and if Mr. Ninja doesn’t show up, I’m not leaving–!”

Such an incomprehensible, childishly mischievous declaration was followed by the surrounding tourists on the rooftop, who had already mostly dispersed amidst screams.

Under normal circumstances, some of Dice Monster’s fanatic fans might have stayed at the base of the tower, cheering: “Lord Dice, what kind of show are you going to perform for us today!”

But today was different.

If you asked what was different, it was certainly the incident where Dice Monster had kidnapped the famous commander of the Superhero Association–“Che Zhengchen.”

This incident was creating a buzz, naturally catapulting Dice Monster to fame, so much so that the Superhero Association was considering upgrading its warrant level from C to B to ease their PR efforts in whitewashing through the media.

After all, daring to abduct someone in broad daylight from the Superhero Tower was akin to defecating on the Superhero Association’s head, as offensive as the time the Timekeeper had hanged the corpse of Grey Pigeon on a high-altitude platform years ago.

Even just considering the Timekeeper incident, the Superhero Association could explain that the Timekeeper possessed time-related skills: after all, no superhero can prevent a time-related superpower.

If you looked up the official records from that time, you would see that the Superhero Association even subtly shifted the blame for that heinous crime onto the “Time Management Bureau.”

Very humorous, like departments pushing responsibility onto each other in front of leaders after a corporate mishap.

The association’s upper echelons said, unless someone from the Time Management Bureau took action, capturing the Timekeeper, a criminal who had been at large for over twenty years, would definitely be a difficult battle.

Since the Timekeeper’s superpower involved time, why couldn’t the Time Management Bureau act, was a significant question.

The Time Management Bureau operated independently of the Anomaly Control Bureau and the Superdimensional Control Bureau, embodying a more mysterious character, with even higher secrecy.

If ranking the four in terms of international fame and public influence, naturally the Superhero Association would be above the “Anomaly Control Bureau,” the Management Bureau above the “Superdimensional Management Bureau,” and last would be the virtually ignored “Time Management Bureau.”

But in terms of official status, the Time Management Bureau was slightly higher than the Anomaly Control Bureau, with the Anomaly Control Bureau and Superdimensional Management Bureau on the same level, finally followed by the “Superhero Association.”

That is to say, the Superhero Association, although only fourth in the official hierarchy, had tremendous fame and had to shoulder all the public scrutiny when crises arose.

Consequently, they learned their lesson. Whenever they encountered insurmountable public relations issues, they subtly implied in the paperwork and shifted the blame to the three higher-ups.

Implying that these three brothers, though higher in official rank, were squatting on the pot without doing the deed, was that reasonable?

Following this method, the Superhero Association’s leaders tasted success and unanimously praised it, forming a consensus. Henceforth, whenever they faced unsolvable public relations issues, blaming the three Management Bureaus above became a classic resolution method.

They reasoned that everyone was working for the country. If trouble arose, you took some blame, I took some, and he took some, keeping things from collapsing was important.

Therefore, after such an intense narrative from the Superhero Association concerning the Time Management Bureau, leveraged by people’s intense detestation for the Timekeeper and their remembrance and affection for the new star, Grey Pigeon,

they almost shredded the Time Management Bureau online.

However, the three big brothers above the association were not pleased, thinking you, the youngest, usually take all the glory, reap all the benefits, while we three work earnestly and quietly like oxen, not seeking fame and tirelessly working. Yet, when problems arise, all the blame is thrown onto us, how is that fair?

Therefore, under immense pressure, the Time Management Bureau was finally forced to make a statement.

The senior management of the Time Management Bureau publicly stated that since its inception, it had a clear directive: they only handled one thing–to help restore the status quo when severe time-line shifts and temporal chaos occurred in the world and mend the time-lines back to their original state.

While the Time Management Bureau might have seemed silent, they had discreetly resolved no less than a hundred cases of time shift issues caused by powerful time ability users.

The abilities of these users either involved time travel or affected the future. The most trivial ability was even sending letters to one’s past self, but even such abilities could trigger a butterfly effect powerful enough to destroy the world.

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