Superman Termination Manual

After Captain Gliva’s death, the immense pirate ship continued to hover in the dark cyan sky, drifting through the clouds.

The five people stood by the railing on the side of the ship, silently checking their individual instance rewards.

[You will leave the instance in one minute. Instance rewards have been sent to each player’s pack. Please confirm receipt...]

[You have received the standard clearance reward for Instance No. 10: 1. 8000 Mall Coins; 2. 5000 Experience Points; 3. D-grade Equipment—Enhanced Pirate Musket, or D-grade Equipment—Enhanced Pirate Cutlass (choose one).] Enjoy more content from empire

"The musket," Ke Mingye decided without hesitation.

[D-grade Equipment "Enhanced Pirate Musket" has been added to your pack.]

[Your level has been increased to Lv.8, and as a reward, you’ve received one freely distributable attribute point.]

[Current level progress—Lv.8: (4500 points/5000 points).]

[Current number of Mall Coins owned: 9400.]

[Daily Task 2 completed: "Challenge any instance once." Reward received: 1 freely distributable attribute point.]

Ke Mingye allocated both attribute points to "neurological reaction." It was like cramming last-minute for an exam, because come July 4th, his family would face assassination from the Ninja Sect.

Ninjas excelled in the art of assassination, sure to employ techniques that were hard to react to, just like Ke Xiaomo’s shadow merging—if one’s reaction attribute wasn’t high enough, they’d be sitting ducks.

Therefore, it was crucial to stack up the "neurological reaction" attribute as quickly as possible; that way, if it really came to a fight, they wouldn’t be so passive and might even have a chance to retaliate.

[Congratulations, your "neurological reaction" attribute has changed: 14 points → 16 points.]

"Can I ask you a question?" Paranoid suddenly turned his head and asked Ke Mingye beside him.

"It doesn’t look too promising."

Ke Mingye yawned as he responded immediately, wondering what kind of odd question he was about to ask.

"But this question has to be asked."

"Then ask."

"What’s your Magical Girl code name?" Paranoid whispered conspiratorially.

Ke Mingye was silent for two seconds, then sighed, "Buddy, I already said it was a one-time use item. It was gone after one use, why would I need a code name?"

Fan Quan said slowly, "You two brothers could start an online betting pool: ’In a group of three men and two women, there are two Magic Girls. What are the genders of these two Magic Girls?’"

"Male," Cai Bing answered.

"Male," Qing Meng answered.

Fan Quan adjusted his glasses, "That doesn’t count. It’s cheating if you two answer."

Paranoid chuckled lowly, head bowed, scoffing disdainfully, "Hmph, you simply don’t understand the great Paranoid. Most historical greats possessed hermaphroditic souls."

Ke Mingye nearly choked out a mouthful of blood, "Stop with the memes, alright? Can we not equate me to the trickster guy?"

"Why care about the views of commoners? You are betraying the bonds between us Magical Girls," stated Paranoid gravely, his eyes suddenly sharp.

"Tone down the trickster act," sighed Ke Mingye. "Is there a voice mute function for players? Can I mute him?"

Cai Bing turned to look at Ke Mingye and teased lightly, "Speaking of which, bro, you’ve turned into a Magic Girl yourself, and you still call him ’trickster guy’ all the time. Isn’t that a bit much?"

"It’s my business," said Ke Mingye.

"No worries, from now on we’ll call him Trickster Spider Man," Fan Quan suggested.

"I don’t mind," Qing Meng turned toward Ke Mingye. "I was so focused on the Boss I missed the scene of Spider Man transforming. Such a pity. Could you show us that again, you know... that Magic Girl transformation?"

"I told you it was a one-time item, I can’t transform anymore," Ke Mingye said contemptuously.

"Heh heh... Looks like it’s up to the great Paranoid to make a move."

As he said that, Paranoid chuckled darkly and pulled out that blood-red dagger from his sleeve, about to lick it, when the blade was caught by a web and pulled into Ke Mingye’s hand.

"Do you believe I can throw you off the ship?" Ke Mingye asked.

"But you’ve got to give back my knife, right?" Paranoid countered.

"Okay."

Ke Mingye handed back the knife, sticky with web, but kept the web itself in his hand.

"Heh heh, you’ve been had, Magic Girl. Transform—"

Before he could finish his sentence, a web shot out and stuck to Paranoid’s mouth. He struggled to pull it off, but the last word was left unspoken.

Ke Mingye tugged on the web casually, reclaiming the blood-red dagger once more. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"I’ll give it back after we leave the instance," he said offhandedly.

Paranoid failed to pull the web off his mouth and had to give up. He turned and leaned on the railing, hanging his head low, looking deeply at that decaying amusement park.

His gaze seemed to say, "Betrayed by a fellow Magical Girl, what a river of sorrow..."

"By the way, cultured man," Ke Mingye called out to Fan Quan.

"What is it?" Fan Quan asked.

"Let’s chat privately."

"Okay."

With that, the two walked past the collapsed mast and crow’s nest to the side of the forecastle deck.

"How’s my suit of armor coming along?" Ke Mingye asked, cutting straight to the matter.

"July 3rd, I can have it ready for you in nine days."

July 3rd, just in time for the day before the Ninja Sect’s attack, huh? Mingye thought to himself, but since dad and mom were out traveling, it wouldn’t matter if it was a bit late.

He said, "That quick?"

Fan Quan replied, "Because the design of the battle suit is very simple and doesn’t involve much technology, we can have it ready for you soon. Don’t get your hopes up though, it’s just a tight suit with a voice changer."

"No worries, the efficiency is quite high—I thought it would take a month."

"In fact, it could have been even faster, but the people we’ve commissioned are in another city. Once they finish the battle suit, it’ll take some time to ship it here."

"Okay, then I’ll see you then."

After finishing the conversation, Mingye and Fan Quan walked back to the side of the vessel, the hot noon wind blowing against his forehead. Looking up, the huge sun played hide and seek among the clouds.

Clouds shaped like steeds galloping and whales tumbling stretched across the amusement park’s sky, unable to hide the dazzling sunlight.

Paranoia approached him with a cellphone in hand, lifting the screen. On top of the browser’s search engine box was a line of text: "I command you to release Lord Paranoia’s mouth."

"The webbing will dissolve on its own, and we’re exiting the instance in 30 seconds anyway, so no issue."

Patting his shoulder, Mingye passed by Paranoia and whispered to Cai Bing, "Hacker girl, I might need your help with something later. Let’s meet on July 3rd and add each other as friends, shall we?"

"Can’t we add each other here?"

Cai Bing hesitated for a moment and then said in a low voice, "Oh, I forgot you’re not actually here, so we can’t add you."

"Since when did you two get along so well?" Qing Meng asked while dismantling the magazine from her submachine gun.

Repeatedly assembling and disassembling firearms had been meaningful—over the past few days, her general skill "Firearms Mastery" had advanced to rank D, offering a slight increase in bullet power.

"Who doesn’t like Magic Girls? We’re all sisters; what’s wrong with fostering some camaraderie?" Cai Bing kept her eyes lowered while playing Minesweeper on her phone and responded.

Fan Quan came over, adjusting his glasses, "Two girls on the ship, two Magic Girls—people who don’t know better might think I’m throwing some weird party on a pirate ship."

"Is that meme ever going to die?"

Leaning against the railing and facing up to bask in the sunlight, Mingye heaved a deep sigh.

"So, what do you need my help with?" Cai Bing asked him.

"I’ll talk about it when the time comes," Mingye replied.

Since he wanted to enter the Superhero Association as himself, he no longer needed Cai Bing to construct fake resident information for him;

but if he wanted to enter the Magical Girl Alliance as Magical Girl Xiaohongmao, then he would still need falsified resident information.

Xizi Yue was not vigilant enough, but the Magical Girl Alliance’s one of the three giants, the "Ice Witch" Lilai, was not so laid-back. If she happens to check Xiaohongmao’s data and finds there is no such person, it would be game over.

Mingye had thought it over—the best background for Xiaohongmao was that of an idle orphan from the slums who didn’t attend school.

Then, find a marginal figure with a similar identity to replace her data, and that would be okay.

And the only one who could do that was Cai Bing.

"July 3rd, right?" Cai Bing confirmed with him.

Mingye nodded and said in a low voice, "Fan Quan will meet up with me that day for the battle suit; you can just come with him."

"Okay."

[You will leave the instance in 5 seconds; please prepare, players.]

Mingye closed his eyes and when he came to his senses, he found himself standing in an alley on Hong Ge Food Street, with an old-fashioned tavern directly in front.

He slid his hands into the pockets of his jumpsuit, undressed his equipment from the journey, and casually found a sewer entrance. He lifted the manhole cover, jumped down, and self-destructed.

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Meanwhile, back at the Ke Bai residence on the second floor.

Mingye slowly opened his eyes from the bed, ending his enjoyable "nap."

Glancing at the clock, it was already three-thirty in the afternoon. The hand-operated fan was placed bedside, with its blades lazily rotating, blowing cool air onto his face to dispel the heat.

"Ahhh... Choo!"

After sneezing, he rubbed his nose bridge and turned off the fan. He then opened up the specialty skills page. After a quick scan, only two or three skills caught his eye.

[①: Phase Transfer (E-rank Skill, price: 5200 Mall Coins) (Choose a target within an eight-meter range and instantly swap positions with them.)]

[⑨: Meditation Recovery (D-rank Skill, price: 9250 Mall Coins) (Recover health and stamina slowly through meditation; restores 5% stamina and 3% health every five minutes.)]

[⑩: Portrait Concealment Skill (E-rank Skill, price: 5100 Mall Coins)]

"They all look good," he thought, "but this one’s the winner. It offers offense and defense and an element of surprise—a real all-rounder miracle skill."

Thinking this, Mingye reached out and tapped on skill ①.

Following that, he confirmed the purchase on the anti-misoperation interface that popped up.

[Congratulations, you have successfully purchased the E-rank Skill "Phase Transfer." The skill has been equipped to your 6th skill slot, and you have 4 skill slots remaining.]

"Looks like I can relax for a while now."

Lying back on the bed with his arms behind his head, Mingye murmured to himself.

"July third, huh... I really wonder what kind of wacky suit they’ll come up with for me."