Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 400

Chapter 400: Chapter 220 Dimensional Martial Arts Association

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After the battle at Yandai Commercial Street had ended, Ke Mingye parted ways with Bai Yi and then, at the train station in the Old Jingmai District, he took off his battle attire and changed into ordinary clothes to head home.

On the way home, the rain had almost stopped, leaving only sporadic droplets pattering on his disheveled hair, but he still casually opened the umbrella Bai Zini had given him while playing with his phone, hastily making a cover-up.

Taking the elevator, he arrived on the 12th floor of the duplex apartment building, leaned against the shoe cabinet to change into slippers, and then pushed open the front door.

Looking down at his phone, with the “thump thump” of footsteps through the dim entryway, the sound of a news broadcast followed immediately after.

“We’ve just received an urgent notice, a superhuman crime has taken place in Yandai Commercial Street. Class-C wanted mutant ‘Ghost Shark’ launched an attack in the district, targeting Class-D superhero squad ‘Dark Descendant Squad’. According to the information we currently hold, all members of the ‘Dark Descendant Squad’ have unfortunately perished… We express our profound sorrow for their sacrifice and extend our deepest respect to them.”

“After the incident, superheroes ‘Red Giant’, ‘Octopus Man’, ‘Blue Owl’, and ‘Bai Yi’ quickly arrived at the scene to provide support and jointly penalized the mutant ‘Ghost Shark’, successfully halting his further criminal actions.”

“Here’s a fragment of the footage sent back from the scene, let’s pay close attention to the details of the incident.”

Hearing the news report, Ke Mingye smacked his lips and thought to himself which of the family members lacked foresight so much as to play news about comrade Blue Owl on the living room TV.

…Isn’t this just a public execution?

What’s the difference between this and a public execution?

No, this is a public execution, isn’t it?!

It must be Bai Zini, right? To get back at me for deceiving her, she staged this whole thing in the living room.

Fine, fine, keep it up, then I’ll switch to Xiaohongmao’s persona tomorrow to torment you, or project Magic Girl Ash’s fan-edited videos onto the TV for us all to enjoy together, repaying you in kind.

Thinking thus, Ke Mingye indignantly stomped into the living room, and turned his head to look.

At this moment, apart from mom and dad, and his second brother, the siblings were all neatly seated on the couch, engrossed in watching the news about comrade Blue Owl, more focused than they ever were during a movie, not blinking an eye, fixedly staring at the TV screen.

Seeing this, Ke Mingye feigned composure and walked toward the fridge, thinking to himself that they wouldn’t break his defense by doing this, ah they thought too simply… With the thickness of my skin, even if you played a video of Blue Owl being stepped on by villains and forced to drink urine in front of me, I wouldn’t feel even the slightest emotional ripple.

In the past, Han Xin endured the humiliation of crawling between someone’s legs; now Blue Owl kneels and begs for mercy, those who achieve great things are adept at forbearance…

Comforting himself thus, he opened the fridge door and took out a bottle of chilled cola.

The cool vapor burst forth, soothing his anxious mood a bit.

Just then, as the focused viewers heard the noise behind them, they cast meaningful glances at him one after another, and then quietly turned their heads back to the TV.

Ke Mingye, unimpressed, snorted derisively, unscrewed the cap, and took a deep swallow of cola, then, with his head bowed, he held his chest and took a deep breath to prepare for the sarcasm from the crowd on the couch.

He was aware that aside from his parents, practically the whole family knew about his superhero identity by now, so they were watching the news on TV while fully aware that he was Blue Owl, which was about as awkward as when you become a ballet dancer and your younger siblings all gather around the TV to watch you tiptoe in circles onstage.

Damn, this is really embarrassing…

With his mental preparations squared away, Ke Mingye summoned the courage to shift his gaze from the cola bottle to the TV on the other end.

On the TV screen was the scene where Bai Yi and Blue Owl were hand in hand putting an end to Ghost Shark.

Bai Yi had been attacked by Ghost Shark and taken as a hostage. Just then, he and Blue Owl exchanged a tacit glance, and Blue Owl unexpectedly uttered a line brimming with bromance: “Shut up, dumb bird.”

“Pfft–!”

Bai Zini spit out the drink she was having.

“Cough…”

Ke Yongzhu covered her mouth with her hand, tears welling up in her eyes, barely stopping herself from falling to the floor in a bout of hysterical laughter.

“Ha…”

Bai Qiuwu’s cheeks puffed out, she crossed her arms and bowed her head slightly, her shoulders trembling lightly.

“Hmm…”

Bai Ziling, barefoot, squatted on the couch like a little cat quietly painting on her drawing board, but upon seeing this scene, she still couldn’t help but slightly turn away her face.

“Heh…”

Ke Yinzhi rested his left arm on the back of the sofa with his other hand dangling a book by his side. Upon witnessing the scene, he too couldn’t help but slightly lower his head, pressing his fist against his mouth.

Ke Mingye covered his face with his hand; he had a meltdown. Although he only saw the backs of these five people, he truly melted down… Normally, he was the one mocking them quietly, but now, after revealing his identity, the tables had completely turned.

It felt like having been a slave master for 100 years and then suddenly experiencing what it was like to be a slave. His mood was hard to bear, like a boomerang smacking his own face, thinking why did he ever create such an alter ego in the first place.

“Damn it, you guys act like humans…really, if even one of you acted human, you wouldn’t be laughing like this. Although I can’t live up to dad and big brother withstanding a nuclear blast, I’ve been fighting crime for the people, right?”

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