Superman Termination Manual

"Zi Ni, where did you get this helmet from?"

Ke Youqing paused for a moment, lifted his eyes to Bai Zini, and asked.

At that moment, Bai Zini was explaining the usage of the brain imaging helmet to Bai Qiuwu. While multitasking, she casually answered her father's question.

"A classmate lent it to me."

"What's the name of this classmate?"

"Qiu Xia, she's in the same grade as me but in class two, right next to mine."

"Do you have her WeChat?" Ke Youqing continued, "If you do, send it to me. I want to ask her about this helmet, see if it's safe."

Bai Zini turned her head annoyingly and frowned heavily at him, saying irritably:

"So annoying! Dad, why do you care so much? Is this helmet going to explode or fry my brain or something, you stick in the mud!"

Ke Youqing ignored her and simply held his arms with a serious expression, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Qiu Xia..."

He silently repeated the name, thinking he had heard it somewhere before.

Soon, he remembered that this was the real name of the recently debuted "Magical Girl Feng."

As a member of the Superhero Round Table, he had almost the highest level of access and could freely log into the Magical Girl Alliance's official website, and look through the Magic Girl profiles submitted by the Alliance, which he usually skimmed whenever he had time, so he had remembered this name.

"Just let us play, Dad, it's not dangerous, big brother can vouch for us. We used this helmet at the movie theater last time and nothing happened!"

Bai Zini, puffing her cheeks like a panda, said while poking Ke Xiaomo's shoulder with her index finger.

"Stop poking me, if Dad says no, then there's nothing I can do. This thing belongs to someone else and should be returned," Ke Xiaomo said expressionlessly, blocking Bai Zini's finger with one hand.

"Fine, you guys play then, I'm going to the bathroom."

Saying this, Ke Youqing moved to the restroom, closed the door behind him, and sat on the toilet lid. He unlocked his phone using his fingerprint, logged into his second WeChat account that he seldom used.

He glanced through the contact list and found Xizi Yue, one of the three heads of the Magical Girl Alliance.

He opened the chat window, hesitated for two seconds, typed a message on the keyboard, and pressed send.

[Qing Ya: The brain imaging helmet from the Management Bureau, who have you given it to?]

Xizi Yue was a surfing enthusiast who always had her phone with her 24/7, so she quickly replied to the message.

[Xizi Yue: Two kids from around Huanjing, Magical Girl Rainbow, and Feng, you've met them before. They said they wanted to check if there were any players in their families, so I just let them have the helmets.]

Ke Youqing stared at the message and sighed softly, thinking how Xizi Yue was still as casual as ever. Even though she was the world's strongest magic girl, her approach to important matters was utterly disregardful of protocol.

[Qing Ya: Where are they now?]

[Xizi Yue: After the meeting this morning, I already sent them back to Huanjing, what's up?]

[Qing Ya: Tell those two kids you escorted not to casually lend the brain imaging helmet to friends, especially not to ordinary people. This is a serious matter.]

[Xizi Yue: Is that so?]

She paused, then continued to send messages.

[Xizi Yue: Hmm... probably it's because Xiao Feng and Xiao Hong are quite kind to the people around them. They might be worried that a friend's family member has been replaced by a player, so they made an exception and lent it to them.]

Ke Youqing stared at the message, pondering for a moment.

Just to be safe, he logged into the Superhero Association's official website with the account that had the highest authority and unlocked the information of those two newcomer magic girls, quickly scanning it again.

He then checked the latest news about them. In the photos, Magical Girl Ash was shown with them on a mission, and the three were giving a "'yea" sign to the media.

Ke Youqing switched back to WeChat and continued to send messages to Xizi Yue.

[Qing Ya: What's the relationship between Magical Girl Ash and the two newcomers?]

[Xizi Yue: She's kind of an old cadre now, I asked her to take the new ones under her wing, no issues there, right?]

[Qing Ya: Has Ash's identity still not been officially disclosed?]

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[Xizi Yue: No, she's stubborn, just like you, absolutely refuses to register her identity.]

[Qing Ya: What's her real name?]

[Xizi Yue: Why do you ask, do you like that type of girl?]

Ke Youqing suddenly fell silent, thinking, I'm practically half in the grave, could you please show some respect when you speak, especially since you're still a face of the Alliance, totally lacking any sense of propriety.

He then typed a reply.

[Qing Ya: Just answer me.]n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

[Xizi Yue: That's private, I promised her I'd keep it secret, even from you, Comrade Qing Ya.]

[Qing Ya: Just one question then, how old is she?]

[Xizi Yue: Our little Ash is about 17 years old this year, a young high school student. If you were to act inappropriately towards a minor, even a superhero would provoke public outrage, not to mention that you are the notorious Mr. Qing Ya, it might just land you execution by the Anomaly Control Bureau this time.]

[Qing Ya: Cut the nonsense, what is the Magical Girl Ash doing now?]

[Xizi Yue: Hanging out with me at Le Bernardin in New York, having fun and dining.]

After typing the message, she sent a photo.