Superman Termination Manual

Ke Xiaomo stood quietly at the front door, looking down at the yellowed ancient tome, his gaze flitting between the pages and the elevator indicator.

As if waiting for someone.

Soon, his peripheral vision was drawn to the elevator indicator as the digits climbed floor by floor to the twelfth. Accompanied by a low buzzing sound, the elevator doors opened to both sides.

Ke Yinzhi leaned crookedly against the elevator wall, the corners of his mouth curving slightly upward.

He toyed with his cellphone, calmly stepping out of the elevator. The cold-color tone lighting from the bulbs cast shadows on the collar of his brown coat.

"So slow," Ke Xiaomo said.

Ke Yinzhi pocketed his phone and lifted the shopping bag in his right hand, smiling as he said, "Got the drinks, this trick is really convenient. I don't usually need to deal with the kiddos back home; I should learn more from you."

Ke Xiaomo didn't beat around the bush, "Aren't you going to explain, what's the deal with that girl?"

Ke Yinzhi patted his shoulder and tilted his head, saying in an annoyed tone, "Buddy, the way you look at me, it's as if I owe her something. Do I look like that sort of person to you?"

"I'm waiting for your explanation."

"At the end of last year, I took on a task from the Management Bureau and went to Denmark. Due to the Bureau's requirements, I had no choice but to work with that Magic Girl for a while. Then, one time, I wasn't careful, and she saw me without my mask on, and it ended up like this..."

Ke Yinzhi, while taking off his shoes, succinctly recounted the events and looked at Ke Xiaomo amusedly, asking, "Does it sound absurd?"

Ke Xiaomo thought for a moment, "Is it possible that you're just too charming in certain groups?"

"Which groups?"

"Hard to say exactly, just those with a train of thought that's a little... you know, like yours."

As he spoke, Ke Xiaomo rubbed at his Tianming Acupoint, lamenting internally that the Magic Girl must be too deranged to do something like riding a Mechanical Castle to confess her feelings.

However, such behavior didn't feel out of place for someone like Ke Yinzhi. In his memory, Ke Xiaomo and Ke Yinzhi attended the same schools from childhood, and although Ke Yinzhi always seemed to be surrounded by bizarre rumors, preventing classmates from getting close, he never lacked for love letters...

It must be thanks to the stellar genes from our dad and mom, Ke Xiaomo thought.

"Does it?" Ke Yinzhi shrugged and tilted his head to look at him, "I think I'm quite normal."

"Here's a joke for you, mutants think they are perfectly normal."

"I'm talking personality-wise, don't change the subject, Xiao Mo."

Ke Xiaomo sighed, "To be honest, your personality is more problematic than your physical mutations."

Ke Yinzhi feigned innocence, "Please, being judged like this by my own brother... even I would be hurt... Anyway, that girl on the TV shouldn't come looking for me for a while, let's just pretend nothing happened."

He responded casually, walked into the house, and set the shopping bag on the living room table. Since the sofa was fully occupied, he had to pull up a chair and sit down.

At the moment, Bai Ziling and the others were engrossed in playing "Mario Party: Superstars" on the Switch in 2V2 mode—with Ke Yongzhu and Bai Ziling as a team, Bai Zini and Ke Mingye as the other. Bai Qiuwu, resting her chin on a pencil, quietly watched her textbook beside them.

The group didn't even notice Ke Yinzhi's entrance; they completely ignored him. However, Ke Mingye was the first to shift his gaze from the TV to the drinks on the table.

"Bro, didn't I ask for Coke?" Ke Mingye said, his words heavy with exasperation.

Ke Mingye thought bitterly about how, although he didn't get to see any drama after running over, at least he could have had a chat with the Black Judge. But just after arrival, he was swiftly 'killed on the spot.'

Yes, he was 'killed on the spot' and boxed up just like that.

Ke Mingye just couldn't understand how his brother had purposely posted his wanted poster on the official website not long ago. Such a grand misuse of resources that flattered him made him believe he was finally being acknowledged. He thought, the Black Judge must truly love me!

Yet, in a matter of days, Ke Yinzhi had completely 'forgotten' him, and the moment his Deception Puppet landed, it was time to collect the corpse as the Black Judge reacted as calmly as if he had accidentally kicked a stray dog to death by the road.

A true scumbag, changing faces so quickly. No wonder he would attract a Magic Girl knocking on his door seeking reparation for emotional debts.

Ke Mingye decided he wouldn't let his Deception Puppet anywhere near his brother for a while, lest it once again receive the 'chopped, blended, and corpse collected' three-in-one service.

"Ran into some things outside, forgot what drink you wanted, sorry," Ke Yinzhi answered offhandedly.

Damn it, I can't beat you outside home, can't I even win in my own house? Ke Mingye snarked, "Well, that certainly sounds important. Going downstairs to buy drinks takes over ten minutes, and you got all the drinks wrong."

"He ran into his ex-girlfriend on the way, cut him some slack," Ke Xiaomo interjected as he walked in and closed the door.

"Uh," Ke Yinzhi intended to argue but ended up just spreading his hands, "fine, let's just say she was an ex-girlfriend."

Upon hearing this, Ke Mingye turned his head and spoke to Bai Zini, who was intensely pressing the game controller, "Little sis, our brother bought us Wong Lo Kat instead of the drinks we wanted because he was busy chatting up his ex. Does that sound right to you?"

"Wong... Wong Lo Kat?" Bai Zini frowned, so upset she stopped playing the game, then turned to lambaste Ke Yinzhi, "Old... old brother, I wanted lemon tea, how did it turn into Wong Lo Kat?"

"I forgot," Ke Yinzhi said with an innocent tone.

Bai Ziling, hearing the commotion, also turned her head. She first glanced at the Wong Lo Kat on the table, then lifted her red eyes and stared pointedly at Ke Yinzhi.

"Bro, where is my Sprite?" she asked, pausing between each word.

"Forgot that too," Ke Yinzhi tilted his head again.

As Bai Ziling turned around, Ke Yongzhu paused the game with his controller, freezing the screen in place.

He calmly drank from his own Coke, grateful for his foresight in buying his own drinks. Letting Ke Yinzhi handle the purchase would have been a death sentence!

To think he chose Wong Lo Kat of all things—a drink abandoned by time. Truly hopeless.

"How could you forget that? I'm sentencing you to another day of running errands tomorrow as punishment," Bai Zini puffed up her cheeks, unable to hide her irritation.

"Alright, alright, I'll listen to you," Ke Yinzhi laughed.

"Not even a dog would drink Wong Lo Kat."

While Ke Mingye was sipping on Wong Lo Kat, he fanned the flames with his words.

"Mine... " Bai Qiuwu lowered her head to look at the workbook. She initially wanted to give Ke Yinzhi a hard time like the other kids but then thought better of it. "Alright, Wong Lo Kat then."

"Perfect, that's exactly what I wanted."

As Ke Xiaomo spoke, she picked up a bottle of Wong Lo Kat from the table and with a 'pop', unscrewed the cap.

"No choice, you're the only one I remember wanting anything," Ke Yinzhi muttered. "Why do I feel so defeated? Come back from saving the world only to be lectured by the kids at home."

"You call that saving the world? Are you sure it wasn't just settling romantic debts?" Ke Xiaomo said sarcastically.

"Say whatever you want, but I'm innocent..."

Ke Yinzhi said, feeling rather downcast, twisting the bottle cap open and guzzling a mouthful of chilled Wong Lo Kat, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

"Besides," Ke Xiaomo continued, "the reason I used going to buy drinks as an excuse is that I can remember. With your terrible memory, I bet you've even forgotten how many people you've killed, haven't you?"

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"Now that's going too far, I still remember the somewhat formidable ones."

Ke Yinzhi rose from the table and sat down on the sofa, resting an arm along the back of it, "What time are we heading to bed tonight? It's about time to re-read the 'Dune' trilogy."

"Then I might as well just go to sleep."

Ke Xiaomo started to feel sleepy and yawned behind her hand.

"Ah..."

Ke Yinzhi leaned his head against the back of the sofa and sighed heavily towards the ceiling.

"Is it really necessary to be so disheartened?" Ke Xiaomo said slowly, her shoulders hunched. "Why don't you consider Qing Ya's treatment? He's busy saving the world every day, still bashed by netizens; at his age, he might even have to take care of a baby when he gets home, scolded by his wife. Compared to him, don't you think you have it much better?"

"That's true, there's always 'a mountain beyond a mountain'." Ke Yinzhi joked.

As they spoke, the sound of the door opening reached their ears. Looking towards the entrance, they saw Ke Youqing returning home with a cigarette in his mouth.

The great father took off his shoes, glanced at the chaotic scene at home, and sighed deeply.

He removed the cigarette from his mouth, pulled out a chilled beer from the fridge, then headed to the living room to advise, "Go to bed early," before carrying his briefcase upstairs, closing the door, and immediately going to sleep.

"Oh yeah, I have one more daily task that I haven't finished. Almost forgot," Ke Mingye murmured, passing the controller to Ke Yinzhi to play.

With it not yet being midnight, he hurriedly opened the daily task panel. The content of the second task was "Purchase one item from the mall."

"This is quite the challenge for a poor soul like me."

Ke Mingye entered the mall and went to the equipment and item specialty page, which he seldom visited. Scanning the offerings, most were a bunch of messy, low-cost-effectiveness cold weapons.

Filtering through, the only cost-effective item he could afford was the [Rebirth Medical Bottle].

This thing could restore a player's health by a percentage value. If one chugged the entire bottle, it would restore 30% of their health.

Furthermore, once the medical fluid inside the bottle was used, it would refill itself after waiting for six hours.

[Congratulations, you have spent 1200 Mall Coins and purchased an E-grade item "Rebirth Medical Bottle".]

[Your current balance of Mall Coins: 1400.]

[Daily Task 2: Purchase one item from the mall (Completed)]

Ke Mingye silently clicked on the task in the bar, and a prompt popped up.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

[You have received the reward for Daily Task 2: A 50% discount shopping card (applicable to B-grade and below items, equipment, and skills).]

Just then, a notification bubble popped up in the top right corner of his view.

Ke Mingye tapped the bubble, bringing up a message panel.

[Fan Quan: Tomorrow at 2 PM, the Hongge Amusement Park instance. If we can't beat it, at least it'll be good practice, seeing as we have two newbies.]

[Failed Man: Okay, I'll be there on time tomorrow afternoon.]

[Cai Bing: Deal.]

[Paranoia: Finally, is it time to display the might of a god to you all?]

[Failed Man: Creepy guy, shut it.]

[Good Ju Zipi: Save, save, save me, I'm being stalked by a rich lady. I'm off work, but she won't leave the club's front.]

[Failed Man: Geez, you sure are a vigorous Cowherd, about to become the top host before long.]

[Fan Quan: Keep it up.]