Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 392

Chapter 392: Chapter 217: Tokyo, Braving the Magical Girl Alliance Building

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July 23rd, Huanjing Time, 9 o’clock in the morning, aboard the ghost train, in Carriage No. 7.

In the last compartment of the carriage, Ke Mingye sprawled languidly, leaning against the window frame.

Outside the window, it was sometimes daytime, sometimes deep night; sunlight and moonlight alternated, casting a shadow over his indifferent cheeks through the window pane.

Suddenly, his nose twitched. The cramped compartment was filled with the scent of cedarwood; the seat beneath him jolted and shook, and the rumbling noise of the engine echoed around his ears.

In silence, Ke Mingye gazed out the window at the rapidly passing scenery like a cascading waterfall.

It was the same as always.

Every time he took this train, the scenery he saw seemed like a shuttle through a microcosm of myriad things: sometimes the Black Forest of Denmark, sometimes the Empire State Building in New York, other times the Tokyo Skytree.

After a while, he suddenly thought of something.

He withdrew his gaze from the window, summoned his personal panel, lifted a finger, and allocated all the attribute points he’d gained from leveling up twice in the instance solely to physical fitness.

[Physical Fitness Attribute changes: 76 points – 78 points (|2 points)]

Now, with Spider Sense to compensate, boosting his neurological reaction speed was no longer a top priority for him.

Xiaohongmao had only recently become a Magical Girl, and enhancing spiritual power was equivalent to enhancing Magic Power. If her Magic Power grew too strong too quickly, it could easily arouse suspicion from other Magic Girls.

So after weighing his options, his primary focus for allocating points reverted back to “Physical Fitness.”

After going in circles, he finally realized that brute force was indeed king; the saying “one power beats all spells” wasn’t just for show.

After he finished allocating points on his personal panel, Ke Mingye opened his mouth, breaking the brief silence amidst the rumbling engine noise.

“So, the plan is to rescue Top Bull? How are we going about it?”

As he spoke, he looked up at Qing Meng, sitting directly across from him.

“Ask Fan Quan, the military advisor.”

Qing Meng, playing with her phone and not lifting her head, casually raised her index finger and pointed at Fan Quan.

“It’s Fan Quan, not Fan Gou (anti-dog).”

Saying so, Fan Quan adjusted his glasses, “The hacker girl has confirmed Top Bull’s location: he’s been taken to the Alliance building in Tokyo, on the 24th floor, by Magical Girl Kokuyo Sakura.”

Upon hearing this, Ke Mingye was startled for a few seconds, dumbfounded.

“Oh, so we have to rescue him from a bunch of Magic Girls.” Qing Meng said, “Luckily, most Magic Girls are high in offense but low in defense–hit them in the forehead with a bullet, and they’ll pipe down. Not like those mutants, tough as nails, bullets can’t even scratch them.”

“From what we can tell, the performance of most Magic Girls does indeed resemble ‘glass cannons,’ but they have a lot of ways to save themselves: like some magic cards, some Magic Wand abilities, so I suggest we don’t underestimate them,” Fan Quan said.

In the midst of their conversation, Ke Mingye couldn’t help but interject.

He said, “Boss, I’ve always wanted to ask how the hacker girl is so fierce: hacking into ordinary city surveillance networks is one thing, but even the Alliance building abroad–that level of ability seems a bit like a bug.”

Fan Quan, flipping through book pages, said, “Do you think there’s not a reason she’s getting close to your brother?”

Hearing this, it took Ke Mingye a while to catch on, but then his mouth almost formed a perfect “O.”

He had thought that Cai Bing’s motive for approaching his brother was simply lust and lovestruck folly, not realizing that this lady was actually totally dedicated to the cause of exterminating the Superhuman kind.

In disbelief, Ke Mingye said, “So, she really got the Management Bureau’s database key from my brother?”

“No,” Fan Quan shook her head, “If she had really done that, your brother would have definitely noticed. She just copied the data from your brother’s phone and figured out how to forge the credentials of a Management Bureau officer.”

Pausing, she continued, “That’s why she can now use the equivalent of a Management Bureau B-level officer’s credentials. Although it’s not a high rank, in her hands, it’s enough to let her easily enter some surveillance networks. The Alliance building in Tokyo doesn’t have very high confidentiality for their surveillance network, with her level of access, it’s more than enough to break in.”

“I get it,” Ke Mingye realized, “The Management Bureau is the highest organization below the official one, right? The Superhero Association, the Magical Girl Alliance, aren’t they all its underlings? B-level officer privileges are already this exaggerated, let alone higher-ups.”

“Indeed,”

Saying this, Fan Quan paused slightly, turning a page, “So the substantial power that your elder brother wields is much greater than what your father had, but with his age and temperament, to become an S-level enforcer for the Bureau at this point in time, it’s likely that there’s some high-level Bureau member backing him, using him as a dangerous double-edged sword, ready to cast him aside the moment problems arise.”

After speaking, he seemed concerned that Ke Mingye might not comprehend, so he switched to a more straightforward way of explaining.

“That is to say, I believe it’s likely that your brother will be taken out by someone from the Management Bureau itself,”

“Hard to say, I think with my brother’s skills, he might wipe out the Bureau people before they can stab him in the back,” Ke Mingye said calmly in response.

“So you really consider him your brother?”

“Without getting into character, you can’t be a good actor.”

Listening, Qing Meng was somewhat perplexed, and after a moment, she lifted her eyes to ask, “So, who is Spider Man’s big brother in the end?”

“Paranoid.”

“Paranoid.”

Fan Quan and Ke Mingye, without lifting their heads, answered in unison, then the two glanced at each other, silently averting their eyes, and bowed their heads back to their own business.

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