Superman's End Manual

Chapter 58 Who Isn't a Magical Girl?

"Would my second brother possibly turn against our family for the sake of the Ninja Clan... And what would my eldest brother and father think if they found out that Yongzhu is the Dragon of Calamity? Would they really protect a dragon?"

Ke Mingye stood on the street corner, playing with his phone while scanning the text on the screen with his eyes, thinking.

He quickly dismissed the thought, deciding to take it one step at a time, since the Ninja Clan wouldn't start their operation until July 4th anyway.

Not long after, Ke Xiaomo emerged from the depths of the alley. He asked, "I'm ready. Shall we go to a nearby breakfast shop?"

"No way, I'm exhausted after my run. Why don't you go buy it yourself, Second Brother, and pack some for Ling and the others while you're at it?"

Ke Mingye breathed a sigh of relief, scratched his reddened nose, and said dejectedly.

As he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something: dragons and vampires probably have a hard time digesting human food, and might even feel nauseous.

So how did Bai Ziling and Ke Yongzhu manage to keep up the act for so many years? Even though they didn't eat much at the dinner table, at least they actually ate something, right?

"Have they gotten used to it?" he wondered.

"Okay, you look so tired, why don't you go home first?"

After finishing her sentence, Ke Xiaomo turned and walked towards the breakfast shop.

Ke Mingye didn't linger. He pretended to rest for a while, then walked home.

Inside the elevator, he opened his personal panel amidst the humming upward motion of the car and added 9 idle attribute points to "Physical Qualities".

Your "Physical Fitness" attribute has been increased to 45 points (from 36 to 45).

Immediately afterwards, he opened the task panel and claimed the reward for the first daily task, "Running 2,000 meters"—one chance to use the reward wheel.

"Start the turntable."

As the command was given, a circular turntable unfolded, dividing it into six sections by intersecting red lines. Each section was labeled with text and icons.

[I. 1500 Mall Coins;]

[II. One Basic General Skill Proficiency Card (can be used to increase proficiency in general skills such as "Cooking" and "Firearms Handling");]

[III. Rank E Skill Card - Low-Level Healing Technique;]

[IV. Fragments of "Titan Godzilla" (50 Godzilla fragments are required to synthesize one summon card);]

[5. Grade C Equipment - Paralysis Watch;]

VI. Thank you for your participation.

"Godzilla fragments?"

Upon seeing the reward from the fourth roulette wheel, Ke Mingye's brain went blank for a second. He thought to himself, "Wouldn't some player actually manage to create Godzilla later on?"

Now there's hope for the extinction of superhumans! Godzilla can't even handle a nuclear bomb, so what superheroes are they anyway?

He stretched out his finger and pressed the "Start Turntable" button below the turntable.

Then the dial began to spin like a windmill, while the upward pointer remained stationary. Finally, the area above the pointer was displayed as "Area One".

Congratulations! You have won the prize in Zone 1: 1500 Mall Coins. Current balance: 5860.

"Not bad, enough to buy another E-level skill."

Ke Mingye directly opened the skill sales page and bought the "Personality Tear" skill that he had locked in yesterday.

Although this skill is not very useful at present, when encountering a strong enemy in the future, by combining "Deception Puppet" and "Personality Tear" to achieve a two-against-one combat mode, it may be able to turn the tables on the opponent.

It's a pretty good trump card.

Thank you for your patronage. 5100 Mall Coins have been deducted, leaving you with a balance of 760 Mall Coins.

The skill "Personality Tear" is now loaded into your fourth skill slot.

"I'll give it a try sometime," Ke Mingye thought.

With a rumbling sound, the elevator doors had just opened when Ke Mingye saw Bai Zini running out, clutching a denim jacket. She had originally intended to take the stairs, but seeing the elevator doors open, she ran back lightly.

"Brother, you're up this early even on summer vacation?"

Bai Zini looked up and met Ke Mingye's gaze. She hid the folding umbrella she was holding in her right hand behind her back, and asked curiously as she put on the denim jacket.

"Where do you want to go instead of this?" Ke Mingye asked.

"Meeting." Bai Zini said subconsciously, brushing past him and entering the elevator, then shook her head and corrected herself, "No, I misspoke, it was a morning run."

Meeting?

"Then take me with you," Ke Mingye said.

"No, no, no, I like running alone." Bai Zini wrinkled her nose and said quickly, then reached out her left hand and pushed him out of the elevator. "Brother, get out of here. I'll go with you next time, I'll go with you next time."

Why are you in such a hurry?

Ke Mingye was pushed out of the elevator car. He turned his head and saw that the elevator doors had already closed. Bai Zini was still waving to him through the gap that was about to close.

In fact, he already had a feeling that Bai Zini was probably going to have a meeting with the three leaders of the Magical Girl Alliance.

Ke Mingye took off his shoes, walked into the house, and casually closed the bedroom door. He glanced at the living room; Bai Ziling and Ke Yongzhu were already awake, leaning against the TV watching the morning cartoon.

Ke Youqing sat at the dining table with his legs crossed, calmly reading this morning's "Superhero Newspaper".

Ke Mingye glanced at the newspaper out of the corner of his eye; the headline read, "Look what our superhero 'Blue Raven' has done this time!"

In his memory, his father would watch the "Superhero Newspaper" almost every week without fail. Of course, every week the newspaper was filled with smears and complaints from citizens about him.

Ke Mingye couldn't help but admire his father's strong mental fortitude. He regularly checked how others were criticizing him every week, but he hadn't reacted to being attacked online for years, so a little more stimulation wouldn't hurt.

Ke Yinzhi was in the kitchen, brewing coffee with a coffee grinder, wearing a kitchen apron. He saw Ke Mingye walk in and, without turning his head, asked, "Want a cup?"

Whenever his older brother is home, he usually makes breakfast. Although everyone dislikes his eccentric personality, they all acknowledge his culinary skills, which are at least much better than Bai Wenna's.

"Sure, then make me a cup while you're at it," Ke Mingye replied.

Want some candy?

"Yes, and it would be best to add a little milk as well, because I can't drink anything too bitter."

"They have quite a few requirements. I'll come down and get them later."

Ke Yinzhi smiled slightly, lowered his head, and gently stirred a pot of coffee with a spoon.

Ke Mingye moved back to his room on the second floor, closed the door, opened the window and looked out, preparing to release the trick puppet.

Twenty minutes earlier, just as the trickster doll was about to be swallowed by the shadow, Ke Mingye detonated it in time to prevent Ke Xiaomo from trapping it in the shadow space for research.

After all, he had no idea whether the trickster puppet would still be under his control after being swallowed by that shadow.

Since these are dolls that are actively destroyed, the cooldown time is only 10 minutes, at which point the dolls can be released again.

He made the trickster appear outside the window, grabbed the windowsill with both hands, pushed off the wall, and fell like a deflated balloon to the rooftop of a nearby residential building.

Seeing this, Ke Mingye breathed a sigh of relief, mentally prepared himself, and used one of the items from his bag on it.

[A "one-time magical girl transformation trial card" has been used on the trick doll.]

The system notification popped up, and the doll's body was gradually enveloped in a psychedelic cocoon of light, like a colorful mummy.

"What's going on?"

Ke Mingye pondered this in confusion, then suddenly remembered that a magical girl must make a symbolic gesture to complete her transformation.

So he ordered the doll to imitate the pose of the magical girl Ash, lifting up hair that didn't exist on her forehead and slowly raising that eerie face.

The next moment, the cocoon of light shattered with a snap.

The trickster puppet slowly raised its empty eyes.

At the same time, it changed into a Santa Claus-like outfit—a red dress, a red pointed hat, and a fluffy red cape draped over its shoulders, the cape trimmed with white fur. In its hand, it held a magic wand inlaid with rubies; the overall color scheme was red and white, and its touch was as cool as snow.

"It's truly unbearable to look at..."

Ke Mingye sighed and quickly changed the doll's appearance. The next second, it transformed into a beautiful 15-year-old girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, fair skin, and looked much more pleasing to the eye.

[The Magical Girl Trial Card is valid for one day. Within that day, the user can freely transform into a magical girl and gain access to magic books.]

[This wand's inherent ability: to manipulate snowflakes, allowing the user to fly or freeze enemies.]

"I have the ability, but shouldn't I also choose a code name?" Ke Mingye closed the window, thinking to himself, "Hmm... how about 'Little Red Riding Hood'?"

Soon after, Bai Zini emerged from the bottom floor of the duplex apartment building and came into the doll's view.

Because she was followed by a trick puppet at the last meeting and lost face in front of her three masters, Bai Zini was even more vigilant before setting off this time.

Soon, she discovered the "magical girl" observing her from the rooftop, and the girl in the red fur robe turned and ran away as if she had done something wrong.

"Wait a minute, is that a magical girl?"

Bai Zini was stunned. She saw the girl raise her magic wand on the rooftop, summoning layers of snowflakes that danced at her feet, and her figure rose into the sky.

A magical girl who controls snow? Why is she spying on me? And I don't think I've ever seen this kind of magical girl around Beijing.

Without a moment to think, Bai Zini frowned and quickly walked into a nearby alley, raising her folding umbrella. Her figure was immediately enveloped in a hazy gray cocoon light.

The next moment, time seemed to stand still. Intricate flowers grew dramatically on the umbrella, and in the blink of an eye, they were linked together by a ring of thorns. At the same time, the folding umbrella was completely transformed into the magical umbrella "Cinderella".

Magical Girl Ash also changed into an elegant gothic pleated skirt. With a cold expression, she pulled her gloves, opened her umbrella, and the gray ripples spreading from the umbrella instantly lifted her into the sky.

With her skirt fluttering, the girl holding the umbrella shot across the sky like a dark, gray cloud, and soon her silhouette against the backdrop of the red-hatted girl could be seen in the sky above Beijing.