Superman's End Manual

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

“Qiu Xia…”

He murmured the name to himself, thinking that he seemed to have heard it somewhere before.

He quickly recalled that this was the real name of "Magical Girl Kaede," who had just debuted.

As a member of the Superhero Roundtable, he had near-maximum privileges, allowing him to freely log into the Magical Girl Alliance's official website and view the magical girl files submitted by the Alliance. He would glance at them whenever he had free time, which is why he remembered the name.

"Just let us have some fun, Dad. There's no danger. Second Brother can vouch for us. We used this helmet in the movie theater last time and nothing happened!"

Bai Zini puffed out her cheeks like a panda as she spoke, poking Ke Xiaomo's shoulder with her index finger.

"Don't poke me. If Dad won't allow it, there's nothing I can do. Whoever owns this should take it back."

Ke Xiaomo spoke expressionlessly, extending a hand to block Bai Zini's fingers.

"Fine, you guys have fun, I'm going to the bathroom."

With that, Ke Youqing moved into the bathroom, closed the door, and sat on the toilet seat. He turned on his phone, switched to the fingerprint unlock screen, and logged into a second WeChat account that he didn't usually use.

His gaze swept across the contact list and found Nishiko Tsuki, one of the three giants of the Magical Girl Alliance.

He opened the chat window, hesitated for two seconds, typed the text on the 9-key keyboard, pressed send.

[Blue Raven: Who did you give the brain imaging helmet that the Control Bureau gave you to?]

Xi Ziyue is an avid internet user who is basically glued to her phone 24/7, so she quickly replied to the message.

[Xi Ziyue: You've met those two kids from around Beijing, Magical Girl Rainbow and Maple. They said they wanted to check if there were any players in their homes, so I gave them the helmets.]

Ke Youqing stared at the message and sighed softly, thinking that Xi Ziyue was still as carefree as ever. Despite being the world's strongest magical girl, she did things without any regard for rules or regulations.

[Blue Raven: Where are they now?]

[Xi Ziyue: I already sent them back to the area around Beijing after the meeting this morning. What happened?]

[Blue Raven: Tell the two kids you're with not to lend their brain imaging helmets to friends, especially ordinary people. This is a very serious matter.]

[Xi Ziyue: Is that true?]

She paused for a moment, then continued sending messages.

[Xi Ziyue: Hmm... Maybe Xiao Feng and Xiao Hong are kind to everyone around them, and they might have made an exception to lend them the money because they were worried that someone in their friend's family might be replaced by a player.]

Ke Youqing looked at the message and pondered for a moment.

Just in case, he logged into the Superhero Association's official website and unlocked the information of the two new magical girls with the highest privileges, giving them a quick scan.

Then I glanced at the recent news about them. In the photos, Magical Girl Ash was taking the two of them out on a mission, and the three of them made an international "V" sign for the media.

Ke Youqing switched back to WeChat and continued sending messages to Xi Ziyue.

[Blue Raven: Magical Girl Ashes, what is her relationship with the two newcomers?]

[Xi Ziyue: She's practically a veteran now, so I had her mentor some newbies. Is that okay?]

[Blue Raven: Has Ash's identity still not been officially revealed?]

[Xi Ziyue: No, she's incredibly stubborn, just like you. She absolutely refuses to register her identity.]

[Blue Raven: What is her real name?]

[Xi Ziyue: Why are you asking this? So you like this type of girl?]

Ke Youqing fell silent, thinking to himself, "I'm practically half-buried, can't you at least show some respect when you speak? And yet you're a prominent figure in the Tongmenghui, you have absolutely no sense of propriety."

He then typed.

[Blue Crow: Answer me.]

[Xi Ziyue: This is private. I promised her I would keep it a secret. You can't tell even you, Comrade Qingya.]

[Blue Raven: Then I only have one question, how old is she?]

[Xi Ziyue: Our Ash is around 17 years old this year, a beautiful young woman, currently in high school. If you lay a hand on a minor, even a superhero would cause public outrage, let alone the infamous Mr. Raven. You might really be arrested and executed by the Bureau of Anomalies this time.]

[Blue Raven: Enough with the nonsense, what is this magical girl Ash doing right now?]

[Xi Ziyue: Accompanying me to eat, drink, and have fun at Le Bernardin restaurant in New York.]

After she finished typing that line, she sent a photo.

In the photo, a round table covered with white napkins is laden with a dazzling array of seafood dishes: tuna tartare, salmon tartare, grilled cod, pan-fried halibut, steamed Australian lobster, and French caviar. A waiter is bringing over the dishes that have been ordered, with crème brûlée and a series of chocolate desserts on the plate.

It has to be said that the lives of these top-tier magical girls are truly extravagant, especially Xi Ziyue, who controls the magic card "Time Train".

In an interview, she once said that her greatest pleasure was traveling around the world and tasting all kinds of food. The "Time Train" card was created to achieve this goal.

Why would someone like this become a once-in-three-thousand-years genius magical girl? Couldn't they have chosen someone more cautious and principled?

The crow had once reflected on this in his heart.

[Blue Raven: It's alright, you guys can play now.]

After sending the message, Ke Youqing turned off his phone.

“Is it just a coincidence…” He lowered his head, thinking, “Xiao Ni’s classmate is a magical girl. She and Xiao Ni are close, so she secretly lent her the brain imaging helmet.”

What about the "brain imaging helmet" the kids mentioned experiencing at the movie theater? It sounds like it was the work of the Bureau of Anomalies Control, but the Bureau of Anomalies Control shouldn't know that I am the Blue Raven...

Even if someone knew my identity, they still dared to harm my child behind my back; they were incredibly audacious.

Ke Youqing's pupils gleamed with a cold light, like a wild beast ready to devour its prey.

"I'll find the 'Black Judge' another day and ask him a few questions. Right now, let me check if any of the kids in my family have really gotten into trouble..."

At the same time, on the other side of the house.

Ke Yinzhi turned on her phone in the shadows at the stairwell, opened an encrypted control bureau hotline app, and authenticated her identity using both fingerprint and facial recognition.

"Welcome to the 'Black Judge' app, the exclusive app for executive officers of the Control Bureau."

A gentle yet distant female voice came from the phone, as if carrying the smell of disinfectant.

Ke Yinzhi manipulated his phone and sent a message to the information department of the Anomaly Control Bureau: "Qiu Xia, help me find out the origin of this name."

Soon, the other party replied mechanically and methodically: "On February 1, 2028, which is 131 days ago, the comet fragment in her body awakened, thus becoming a magical girl. A week later, Qiu Xia was found by Xi Ziyue, the president of the Alliance, and joined the Alliance with the code name 'Maple'."

Ke Yinzhi gently stroked the philtrum with his right hand.

Hearing this message, he pondered for two seconds and said, "Help me convey the message to the three leaders of the Alliance, and ask them to confirm who has handled the brain imaging helmets that the Control Bureau sent to the Alliance today, and then report the list to me... The situation is urgent, and you must give me a reply within ten minutes."

After speaking, Ke Yinzhi sat quietly on the handrail at the top of the stairs, his eyes obscured by shadows, his index finger slowly and rhythmically tapping the old mahogany handrail.

In less than a minute, the other party had already sent a voice message.

"Xi Ziyue, the president of the Chinese branch of the Alliance, claimed that the helmet has only been in the hands of the two new magical girls around Beijing, Magical Girl Feng and Rainbow, and there are no other records of its movement."

Upon hearing this, Ke Yinzhi breathed a sigh of relief and turned off her phone without expression.

"So Xiao Ni's friend is a magical girl..." he thought to himself, "Should I give her a private warning and tell her to stay away from Xiao Ni?"

"Forget it, let's do this for now."

A moment later, Ke Yinzhi shook his head and slowly walked out of the shadows at the stairwell.

At this moment, the living room was in complete chaos because of Bai Zini. Ke Xiaomo, who was sitting on the sofa, was so annoyed that she was forced to put on the brain imaging helmet.

A few seconds later, he took off his helmet.

Bai Zini came closer and glanced at the image displayed on the screen on the back of the helmet. She breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was good that her second brother wasn't a player.

She suddenly raised her head, staring at Ke Yinzhi and Bai Qiuwu like a little lion seeing its prey, and continued to pester them: "Then only you two haven't had a turn yet, big brother and big sister, come over and let me experience it!"

Ke Xiaomo sighed, put the helmet on the sofa, stood up, and walked closer to Ke Yinzhi.

"How is it?" he asked in a low voice.

Ke Yinzhi chuckled softly: "Xiao Ni's friend is a magical girl. That magical girl just took the brain imaging helmet from the Alliance and lent it to her."

Ke Xiaomo was deeply shocked.

"Are all the members of the Tongmenghui so casual?" he asked.

"You should take a look at who the president of the Chinese branch is. It's because of the atmosphere she set that it's no wonder people are so careless."

"Xi Ziyue?"

“That’s right.” Ke Yinzhi shrugged. “Almost everyone in the Control Bureau has heard of her. If it weren’t for her outstanding talent, given her work ethic, she would probably have been dragged down from her position as president by the Alliance’s higher-ups long ago.”

As the two were talking, Ke Youqing, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, came out of the restroom and asked Bai Zini, "How was the fun? Did you have any brain problems?"

Bai Zini rolled her eyes at him: "Dad, do you really want to see your helmet explode and your good daughter die?"

"That's great. With you being less of a troublemaker, I can have some peace of mind."

As he spoke, Ke Youqing took a deep drag on his cigarette, exhaling a cloud of smoke. He shifted his gaze; it was now Bai Qiuwu's turn to put on the brain imaging helmet.

"Xiao Ni, is it really as amazing as you say?"

Bai Qiuwu held the helmet, but hesitated to put it on, and asked softly.

She tilted her head slightly, wondering where Xiao Ni got this... Did she get it from the Alliance as the magical girl Ash?

"Yes, ask Third Brother. He tried it out in the movie theater."

After saying that, Bai Zini wrapped her arms around Ke Mingye's neck on the back of the sofa, her eyes filled with anger, and whispered in his ear, word by word: