Superman Termination Manual

Chapter 456: Chapter 238: Dice Monster Takes the Stage, A Promise in the Corridor_3 Chapter 456: Chapter 238: Dice Monster Takes the Stage, A Promise in the Corridor_3 “What inside traitor?”

Ke Youqing asked, arms crossed.

Bai Zini was taken aback, her forefingers tapping each other as she hurriedly explained, “Xiao Ling is a fan of Blue Owl, and I’m sort of one too, so I said the primary students are the traitors.”

“Get lost, can’t one speak freely anymore.”

Just as they were getting into their discussion, suddenly a crow broke into the camera’s view.

Then, without any barrier, it flew over the audience and entered the arena, eventually landing at a spot that drew everyone’s attention: right in between Blue Owl and Octopus Man.

While the audience was still perplexed, the expression on Ke Youqing’s face behind the couch slowly grew solemn.

Because only he knew that he had not left any crows at the Superhero Association–his control over the birds didn’t reach that far; otherwise, why would he need to take the elevator to leave his apartment before taking action? If he just left a crow in various parts of the city in advance and then switched places with it using his superpower, he could arrive at the scene of an incident immediately.

What’s going on? he wondered, pressing hard on the back of the couch with his hands.

The next moment, amidst the “crack and creak” of bones grinding, the crow slowly transformed into a bat.

Then, the form of the bat was enveloped in a grey halo that slowly expanded, morphing into a grey humanoid figure.

This strangely featured grey humanoid figure was now displayed on the screens of audiences worldwide with a massively zoomed-in lens. Even those viewers who normally paid no attention to Huanjing’s events caught sight of this character. The barrage on major forums exploded, and even the official website of the Superhero Association was overwhelmed.

As Dice Monster made his flamboyant entrance, astonishment of varying degrees was evident on the faces of several people in front of the television.

In front of the TV, the most shocked was naturally Bai Zini, who stood abruptly from the couch;
Followed by Bai Qiuwu, who was slightly startled, slowly releasing her crossed arms, tilting her head with a puzzled expression;
Then there was Ke Yongzhu, a twitch at the corner of his eye, thinking to himself what a small fry this one was to be so arrogant, wondering if there was some “explode once a day” secret mission he hadn’t completed yet?

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Ke Yinzhi propped an elbow on the arm of the couch and supported his chin with his hand, yawning lackadaisically and commenting, “It’s this guy again… If he doesn’t show up now and then to maintain his presence, I’d almost forget about him. He must be worried we’d forget.”

The one with the most expressive face was Ke Youqing, who frowned and stared unblinkingly at the Dice Monster on the television.

It was as though he was eye-to-eye, through the screen, with the hollow gaze of the creature tens of thousands of miles away.

Suddenly, the live broadcast on the television was cut off, and a few seconds later, when the live feed returned, Dice Monster was already lying on the arena floor, his body having turned into a block of ice as if it had been in the Arctic for thousands of years.

Immediately afterward, the body sealed within the ice rapidly heated up, cracked open, and with a wave of eerie laughter, a fierce blaze erupted.

All fell silent.

The TV camera focused on Blue Owl’s face, who stood dumbfounded, swallowing hard as though still stunned.

…..

Half an hour later, at Old Jingmai Train Station.

Ke Mingye removed his mask on the deserted platform, hung his head low, and let out a soft sigh, then raised his hand and shoved his helmet forcefully into the locker.

With a “bang,” he closed the locker door.

In the quiet night, he walked towards the exit of the station, recollecting the recent events: with Dice Monster’s arrival, the match was forcibly stopped, then he received an antidote at the Superhero Association’s medical department, and once it took effect, Octopus Man’s neurotoxin had completely worn off.

Then he headed straight home without looking back.

After leaving the platform, Ke Mingye glanced at his phone in the moonlight, noting the time was still early, only seven in the evening.

After all, today was his younger sisters’ birthday, and he dared not be late, nor did he want to be late, so he smoothed his disheveled hair, put his hands in his pockets, and headed home.

In fact, he had allowed Dice Monster to wreak havoc at the match for two reasons:
First, he had not wanted to be badly hurt in this match; he still needed to go home for his sisters’ birthday party later. If he had fought Octopus Man to the death on the arena as it had been going, he probably wouldn’t have made it home but would have lain in the association building’s resting room, unable to get up…

To exaggerate a bit, he might not even have been able to go home and would have had to stay overnight in the association’s medical department;
Second, he did not want to humiliate Octopus Man too much since he knew in his heart that Octopus Man was a good person, just provoked by his brother and the death of his father who died saving others, which is why he so strongly disapproved of superheroes who clung to their positions but did nothing.

Since Octopus Man wanted popularity, Ke Mingye simply gave it to him in this peculiar way, providing him with what he wanted. In a sense, it was a win-win situation–not to mention, with the appearance of Dice Monster, the footage of tonight’s friendly match was bound to go viral, boosting the reputation of him, Octopus Man, and both their teams significantly.

Moreover, doing this prevented them from completely falling out, sparing Blue Owl from making another enemy at the Superhero Association.

Guarding against an external foe is easy, but guarding against an internal one is another story altogether.