Superman Termination Manual

Chapter 652: Chapter 299: Major Family Events III: Night of the Witch (Part 14)_2

Black Judge lifted his gaze and saw his swallow-tailed coat fluttering in the wind pressure from above.

“What’s… going on?” Kokonoe Sakura was taken aback.

“Miss, have they initiated the Witch’s Night?” Liu Huazi leaned next to Kokonoe Sakura.

“Did those paper men suddenly mutate?” Qili looked up at the sky through the brim of her cowboy hat, dazed.

“It seems… the legend is true.”

Watching this scene, Xizi Yue’s eyes widened slightly as she murmured to herself.

Lilai stared blankly at the sky, at the pupa held high by the giants, and asked in a low voice, “Are you saying… once the Witch’s Night is destroyed, the ‘Revenge Witch’ sealed within will be released?”

“Indeed, according to the rumors, the ‘Redemption Witch’ and ‘Revenge Witch’ were the mightiest witches in history–the left and right hands of the ‘Envious Witch’. However, they had a grudge against each other.” Xizi Yue slowly stated, “The ‘Envious Witch’ created the Witch’s Night as her own grave, and it’s for this very reason that her statue stands at the center of the Witch’s Night.”

She paused, “After the Envious Witch died, Revenge Witch and Redemption Witch, no longer suppressed, their conflict erupted immediately. In the end, the Redemption Witch defeated the Revenge Witch, using a magic array to seal the Revenge Witch above the Witch’s Night. That array…”

“Is that array the paper men surrounding the edge of the Witch’s Night?”

Lilai interrupted Xizi Yue, softly speculating.

Xizi Yue nodded, her expression impassive as she said, “It seems that due to the significant destruction of the Witch’s Night, the efficacy of the paper men magic array has also diminished. Seizing this opportunity, the Revenge Witch has corrupted the subordinates of the Redemption Witch, which are those paper men. Because of this… she is about to break free from this seal that has lasted for over a thousand years.”

Lilai was slightly startled, no wonder those paper men earlier were holding hands and shouting “Erlosung” (Redemption), but now they were swelled countless times over, their papery bodies suddenly changing from white to black, and the words they shouted had turned into– “Rache” (Revenge).

This also corresponded to the identities of the two witches.

“Then what do we…”

Udina said while holding her injured arm tightly and clutching the hilt of her magic sword.

Xizi Yue lowered her eyelids, interrupting her, “We’ve just lent our magic power to Red Hat, and it will be difficult for us to return to a state capable of handling this battle any time soon.”

“If it’s as you say, would breaking the pupa that houses the Revenge Witch’s body prevent her from breaking out of the seal?”

The Black Judge spoke while gazing up at the pitch-black pupa that had transformed from the Witch’s Night.

“It’s possible.” Xizi Yue nodded.

“Then let me stop her. You all watch over the Ember Witch and Lan Ou, it’s uncertain when they might act…” Black Judge turned to look at the Wind Cross in the eye of the storm, pondered for a moment, then stepped onto a staircase made of dark matter, approaching the group of pitch-black paper giants.

Yuffie opened her mouth, wanting to call out to him.

But with her remaining magic power, she couldn’t summon the Mechanical Castle a second time. Realizing this, she fell silent.

Just at this moment, suddenly from behind the train came an eerily chilling voice–though the tone was such, the voice was immature, so it sounded almost like a high-handed junior high girl coldly calling out to someone.

“Heeheehee, don’t rush, Black Judge, this city still has us…”

Following the source of the voice, Black Judge saw a red-haired girl dressed in a dark red magical gown, holding a scythe and treading the void, flying past with a blood-red arc.

Magical Girl Hongyue raised her hand to her chin, slightly curling her lips, her eyes eerily chilling.

And behind her, a giant dragon enveloped in pitch-black metal, and a figure riding on the Somersault Cloud, dressed in red and black battle attire, followed.

…..

Meanwhile, in the eye of the storm.

Ke Mingye leaned forward, gently embracing the girl on the cross. Ke Mingye pressed his cheek against her cool one and whispered something in her ear, after which his consciousness gradually became hazy, and his vision eventually closed.

As if sinking into the deep ocean.

Falling.

Continuing to fall.

When coming back to his senses, Ke Mingye lifted his heavy eyelids and slowly raised his head, his expression slightly vacant.

Looking around, he found himself sitting in a classroom at Rong’s Orphanage.

“I’m not dead, am I…”

Thinking this, he turned his head to look around. The time in his mental space was still fixed at dusk, and the wooden desks and chairs were bathed in a warm layer of soft yellow twilight.

Looking out the window, the sun was setting, leaving a bloody red sky.

But at this moment, all the odd creatures, Lan Ou, the Dice Monster, Nezha, were nowhere to be seen. The classroom was as abnormal as ever, empty. In their place, a shadow in red and black quietly sat on the podium, its figure slender like a maiden in her prime, with her blood-red lips curved up high.

Seeing the shadow on the podium, Ke Mingye was slightly stunned.

Of course, he had seen this shadow before because previously Bai Zini had used this shadow that extended from behind her to “eat” the War Witch and then copied the War Witch’s traits, creating the most bloody and violent scene he had ever witnessed.

At this moment, this maiden-like shadow was unusually calm, as if a regular visitor of the orphanage.

“You are…” Ke Mingye spoke.

Hearing this, the maiden shadow lifted her long fingers and pointed out the window.

Ke Mingye looked where indicated and saw the personas in his mind gathered on the orphanage playground kicking a football around, with the odd creature blowing a whistle as the referee. Among them, Lan Ou and Nezha were having the most fun, each playing as forwards for two teams.