Superman Termination Manual - Chapter 448

Chapter 448: Chapter 236: The Battle of Octopus Man X Birthday Party (Part 2) Chapter 448: Chapter 236: The Battle of Octopus Man X Birthday Party (Part 2) August 15th, night, at the Bai Ke residence.

Ke Youqing felt somewhat puzzled, standing alone with one hand on his hip in the shadow of the entrance.

Honestly, he had imagined coming home to find the house decorated with a birthday atmosphere by the kids, the whole family seated around the cake on the table in the dark room.

What he hadn’t anticipated was taking a special leave only to come home and see the children neatly sitting on the couch, watching a friendly match between Blue Owl and Octopus Man.

This scene was truly baffling.

He slightly furrowed his brows, glanced sideways at the five children on the sofa, hung his head in thought for a while, then deeply inhaled his cigarette and moved towards the living room.

Ke Youqing remained silent, just standing behind the sofa quietly smoking.

With his eyes on the TV where Blue Owl had just entered the arena, he hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked,
“What are you all watching?”

“Dad, you’re back,” Bai Zini replied without turning her head, “We’re watching this guy who looks like an owl compete.”

“What’s so interesting about that?” Ke Youqing asked in a deep voice.

Bai Qiuwu took a bite of the parfait ice cream she had just taken from the fridge, looked up with the plastic fork in her mouth, and said indifferently, “Our elementary schooler idolizes him.”

Hearing this, Bai Zini quickly added, “That’s right, the elementary schooler idolizes Blue Owl. Ah, spit! He’s actually a fan.”

As she spoke, she poked Ke Yongzhu’s shoulder, “I was just watching a movie and he kept nagging to watch the match between Blue Owl and Octopus Man. Who made me weaker than him, so he snatched the remote control in no time.”

“Bullshit, ” Ke Yongzhu, supporting his chin, looked down at his phone, “You saying I came to watch this blonde bombshell commentate the match, I find that more convincing.”

Bai Qiuwu was shocked, “Hey hey, what do you mean by ‘blonde something woman’? You, this elementary schooler, shouldn’t just pick up on the bad stuff.”

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Seeing this, Ke Youqing sighed and turning to Ke Yinzhi, who was smilingly reading a book, asked, “Yin Zhi, who actually put this match on? It’s rare to celebrate a birthday, what’s so good about watching this?”

“I don’t know, old man, wasn’t paying attention, ” Ke Yinzhi flipped a page of his book, answering offhandedly.

Just as Ke Youqing wanted to ask further, suddenly someone said,
“Actually, I wanted to watch it.”

Bai Ziling, looking at the TV, said carelessly, her voice as faint as snow melting in one’s palm.

Ke Youqing turned to look at her, seeing her crouching on the couch with knees bent, hugging the newly bought ‘Blue Owl-themed red-blue owl cushion’, very convincingly.

“Do you like him a lot?”

Ke Youqing rubbed his forehead, extinguished his cigarette, placed one hand on his hip, was silent for a while, then asked.

“I do.”

“This…”

Ke Youqing was about to speak when Bai Qiuwu interrupted him from the side.

“Dad, can we not overthink things?” Bai Qiuwu said while looking at Ke Youqing, speaking calmly, “It’s not like the old days, those famous idols have all vanished. Isn’t it normal for middle schoolers to like superheroes, Magic Girls?”

“But isn’t it Xiao Ni and Xiao Ling’s birthday tonight? Why is everyone watching TV instead of preparing?”

Bai Zini sighed, saying impatiently, “It is indeed our birthday, but we are all waiting for big brother to come back.”

“Mingye?”

As Ke Youqing spoke, he realized that besides Ke Xiaomo, who had already gone to Xi’an, only Mingye wasn’t in the living room.

“Yeah, everyone is waiting for him.” Ke Yinzhi smiled, “You also know, since we were young, whenever there’s a birthday party, he always arrives late.”

At this moment, on the TV in the living room,
As Blue Owl entered the arena, the arena used for the match didn’t become noisy and rowdy as outsiders might expect; the spectator seats ascending in a ring on both sides were somewhat quiet.

After all, those who deserve to sit in these seats are superheroes within the association.

They’ve gone through the association’s training, possess a certain professional decorum, dignified and restrained, not behaving noisily like regular spectators at a sports match.

However, from the spectator seats, bursts of whispered discussions occasionally emerged; naturally, these heroes discussed the most about the conflict between Blue Owl and Octopus Man.

Whoever came had seen the video of the two arguing on Luo Dehua Commercial Street, although there was a heavy downpour at the time, some passing journalists still managed to record their dialogue with professional equipment.

Some said Octopus Man was arrogant, arbitrarily labeling others;
others believed what he said was true, that Blue Owl was just a “traffic hero” with fame but lacking strength, and moreover, he became famous through imitating Qing Ya, the most despised yet symbolic hero of Huanjing.

However, many were simply curious to see what this reckless hero really looked like. After all, everyone knew about Timekeeper’s live dissection of the grey pigeon and also why in recent years no heroes imitating Qing Ya had appeared.

Thinking of this, those who disliked Blue Owl felt less animosity.

They just waited gleefully for Blue Owl to appear in Timekeeper’s live broadcast room, bound to the chair like a cooked pigeon.

When that happens, his powerless expression, watching as he was dissected, would certainly be memorable, and the contrast to his current arrogant demeanor would make it even more laughable.

At that moment, under the spotlight, a foreign woman with blonde hair and blue eyes wearing red glasses stood on a specially arranged floating commentator’s booth.

She was Mikaxi, a special guest prepared by the association for this friendly match.