Superman's End Manual

Xi Ziyue lowered her eyes and said slowly, "No rush, we'll teach her how to make cards in a few days. Anyway, Little Red Riding Hood is just like you, she's already very good even without cards."

Little Red Riding Hood said, "No, I need to learn how to make cards."

She thought, "Why do you think I joined the Alliance? It's because I didn't know how to craft cards, and I was afraid that I would accidentally destroy the Trickster Doll while crafting it."

“I will teach you. So, have you thought about what I said before? Do you want to come to New York with me for a couple of days?” Xi Ziyue said, raising her eyes slightly to ask.

She tilted her head, her perfectly styled short hair cascading over her shoulders, and her light blue cheongsam exuding gentle elegance.

"No need," Little Red Riding Hood shook her head.

The trickster doll can only exist for a maximum of six hours, and it would have exploded by the time Xi Ziyue got there. Moreover, staying in front of the two magical giants, Lilai and Utina, for too long would greatly increase the chances of being exposed.

Therefore, it was only natural that he would not accept her invitation.

"Is that so? Goodbye then."

Xi Ziyue said calmly, put away the comic book, and waved her hand.

"Bye-bye, Senior Xiziyue."

Little Red Riding Hood waved to her.

Xi Ziyue stood up and walked lazily out of the classroom. Then, accompanied by the roar of an engine, she quickly boarded a dark green train and left the corridor amidst the blaring of its horn.

"What a casual person," Little Red Riding Hood remarked. "He treats S-rank cards like high-speed trains."

“Right? I already told you, my master is that kind of person.” Ash paused. “She quite likes you. The first time I met her, she invited someone she had just met to hang out with her.”

"Is there any?"

Little Red Riding Hood scratched her cheek, sweating profusely, and muttered to herself, "Could it be that I am a magical girl with an innate divine body?"

"Alright, let's go. Let's go check out the Alliance building," Ash said.

Little Red Riding Hood raised her wand. "You gave me a ride just now, so this time I'll give you a ride..." As she was speaking, Ash took her hand and led her to the window, opening an umbrella.

Ripples spread across the umbrella, and the two of them stepped onto the windowsill and flew upwards, passing through the rainbow in the rain, heading towards the Rainbow Commercial District in the center of Beijing.

The official building of the Magical Girls Alliance is located there.

Soon they arrived at the Rainbow Lights commercial district and, amidst the gasps of passersby, headed toward the Tongmenghui building.

Little Red Riding Hood looked up and saw that the Alliance Building didn't look much different from ordinary buildings, except that there was a sign with a "magical girl with her hands on her hips and holding a staff" at the entrance on the first floor.

Furthermore, compared to the Superhero Association Building, the Alliance Building is much smaller in size and volume, which also reflects the difference in funding between the two.

Looking up, you can see that the LED screen embedded on the surface of this building is ridiculously large, and it is playing a cosmetics advertisement co-starring Xizi Yue and Li Lai.

The advertisement features a beach in the background. Lily tosses her silver-white hair, looks down at Xi Ziyue in her arms, and raises her fair fingers to apply skin cream to her.

Xi Ziyue, meanwhile, was enjoying herself while lying in her arms, reading a comic book.

It has to be said that this British icon, Magical Girl Lyrae, really seems to be forced to perform.

As a world-class magical girl known as the "Ice Witch," she is not short of money at all. Besides, the situation of the British Alliance is not as bad as that in China, where Xi Ziyue needs to work hard to make ends meet.

Therefore, the only possibility for her appearing in cosmetics advertisements is that she was invited by Xi Ziyue.

So this hard-working member of the Chinese branch isn't content with shooting commercials alone, he has to drag his teammates along to suffer too, while also marketing the pairing of the three magical girl giants to stimulate fans' spending enthusiasm.

"What are you daydreaming about? Let's go."

Magical Girl Ash waved in front of Little Red Riding Hood as she spoke.

Behind them, passersby in the Rainbow Lights commercial district snapped photos with their phones, flashes going off constantly.

Among the crowd, a pair of girls who looked like they had just come from a comic convention and were still wearing magical girl cosplay outfits shouted things like "Ash is so cute", "Ash baby, I'm your fan", and "Ash wife, I'm your dog".

"She looks so much better in person than in the video!"

"That magical girl dressed like Santa Claus is so cute! I've never seen her before, is she a newcomer?"

"She's so good-looking, she's definitely going to be an idol. Maybe we'll see her on TV in a few days."

Passersby stopped on the Rainbow Lights Commercial Street and discussed it.

Magical Girl Ash sighed and said as she walked towards the building entrance, "Look at these people, aren't they incredibly annoying? This is the trouble of being a magical girl."

"What kind of person is Senior Lily?"

Little Red Riding Hood followed her and asked curiously.

Ash thought for a moment and said, "She's super cold and super rigid. If you do something wrong, she'll be so fierce it'll look like she wants to eat you up. The only humane thing about her is that she likes to play Dota."

She paused for a moment: "You know Dota, right?"

Little Red Riding Hood shook her head: "Never heard of it. I don't have money to play computer games, do you mean games?"

"Yeah, want to play together next time? I'll take you to an internet cafe. Wait, we're not adults yet." Magical Girl Ash rested her chin on her hand and muttered to herself, "It's okay, I'll use a magic card to turn the shopkeeper into a pig."

Little Red Riding Hood smiled faintly.

They entered the building.

Magical Girl Ash approached the counter, said something to the staff, and then the staff took out an ID card from the drawer and handed it to her.

Ash turned around and handed the ID card to Little Red Riding Hood: "Here, this is your ID card. You'll need to swipe it to enter and exit the Alliance building, as well as to use the elevators and rooms inside the building."

"The ID card was prepared for me in advance?"

Little Red Riding Hood took the card, glanced at it, and saw her identity information on the front and the Alliance logo on the back.

"I already told you, Teacher Xi Ziyue has been waiting for you for a long time. She said that the first time she saw you, she felt that you were very talented, just like Teacher Lilai." Ash said calmly, "With the ID card, you can even find a room to sleep in the building, and you won't have to sleep in those cold and dirty places anymore."

"No, I prefer to be alone."

Little Red Riding Hood shook her head, thinking to herself, "Are you kidding me? What if I blow up the room while I'm sleeping?"

"Are you stupid? No one will bother you here."

"It's okay, I'm more used to being away from home."

"Forget it. I don't care about you."

Magical Girl Ash sighed, led her into the elevator, swiped her ID card in the elevator's card slot, and all the buttons on the car's control panel lit up.

She pressed the "15th floor" button, and the elevator doors closed and slowly ascended with a hum. The two people, one with their arms around each other's shoulders and the other with their hands behind their backs, waited quietly for the elevator doors to open.

Then, I entered the fifteenth floor of the building and walked along the corridor to the end. There, I saw a dark gold door that exuded a luxurious atmosphere, with a card slot in the center.

"Swipe your ID card. You can collect a card once a week. I've already used my privileges."

Little Red Riding Hood nodded, then inserted her ID card into the card slot and slowly swiped it down.

As the card slot glowed blue, the door suddenly swung open.

Little Red Riding Hood slightly opened her mouth and looked up. What came into view was a space that resembled a library. Cards were sealed in special frames and stored on the shelves in a manner similar to books.

Each bookshelf is marked with a category sign; for example, “E-level cards” are placed separately on the first shelf, “D-level cards” on the second shelf, and “C-level cards” on the third shelf.

On the same bookshelf, cards are divided into categories such as "Environment Cards," "Damage Cards," and "Amplification Cards," with cards of the same type arranged together.

The deck manager will only replenish the deck once the number of cards is exhausted.

The magic cards are stored in a completely transparent special material frame, the surface of which has a card slot—an ID card must be inserted into the slot to confirm whether one has the right to obtain the card.

Magical Girl Ash crossed her arms and began to introduce herself.

"You can only get low-level cards now. You can only get high-level cards by completing important achievements, such as capturing or killing a high-level wanted criminal. You will get the card of the corresponding level."

Little Red Riding Hood nodded, silently approached the bookshelf, and looked up at the various cards and the description plates embedded in the storage boxes, which listed the card names and effects.

She walked to the bookshelf labeled "Weekly Supply Cards".

This bookshelf stands out from the others, making it very conspicuous. The cards on top vary in quality: some are E-grade, some are D-grade, and some are C-grade.

However, there are no cards above grade C.

"How many cards can I get?" Little Red Riding Hood asked, thinking to herself that she could get seven cards for free every week, which was a huge bonus.

Magical Girl Ash replied, "You can take seven cards a week, and choose whichever you like, but the storage locker will automatically lock after you've taken seven. If you try to take another one, that card will be burned."

"Is it so exaggerated?"

“There are thieves in magical girls too, and the punishment for being caught is severe—back then, it wasn’t just expulsion, but even jail time.”

“I understand,” Little Red Riding Hood said. “Then do I have a chance to obtain Senior Xi Ziyue’s ‘Time Train’?”

"what?"

Ash was stunned, and said irritably, "Are you out of your mind? That's a unique card created by the master craftsman, there's only one in the whole world."

"So I can create my own cards too?"

"There might be a chance."

"Teach me."

"Next time, let my master teach you. I'm exhausted. I'll just take you for a quick tour of the card room and then go home, otherwise my family will suspect me."

As Little Red Riding Hood looked at the weekly supply cards, she said, "Can I come to your house as a guest? I know who you are, after all."

Her tone was nonchalant, and her face was expressionless.

Magical Girl Ash paused for two or three seconds, then crossed her arms and tapped her arms lightly with her fingers.

This was the first time she had revealed her identity to a magical girl other than her three masters, and she was somewhat unaccustomed to communicating in this way.