Superman Termination Manual

[Failed Man: Right, let's keep everything about Gastella a secret from them.]

[Fan Quan: Understood, we all have doubts about this new player and won't trust him easily.]

[Failed Man: I can confirm now, her skill is to create a kind of bug that burrows into other people's bodies to enslave them.]

After typing this line, Ke Mingye sent a photo taken with the player's built-in eyeball camera. It showed the scene where three bugs were burrowing into the mouths of three ordinary people in that alley.

[Fan Quan: Really appetizing.]

[Failed Man: I don't know what she's really up to, but she can't coexist with me, that's for sure. If she wants to get my sister's heart, it's highly likely to indirectly expose my identity.]

[Fan Quan: Let's take it one step at a time. Don't do anything rash for now, wait for me to come back.]

Ke Mingye sighed, thinking to himself that it was inconvenient for their brainy strategist to be absent, having been dragged into his father's smuggling business.

He opened the chat panel with Cai Bing and went into a long explanation about Gastella's bug skill, along with sending her a photo that was nightmare fuel.

[Cai Bing: That's nasty, isn't it?]
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[Cai Bing: Seriously, dude, I'm on a date. Can you not send such gross pictures? Nearly threw up on your bro's face.]

[Failed Man: It's fine, throw up on my brother's face a bit more, just say you've got a bad stomach and let me mock him when he gets home.]

[Failed Man: Wait, you're still on a date? I'm nearly keeling over here, can't you be of any use? Can you dig up Gastella's real identity and that Hunter organization from the Blood Clan for me?]

[Cai Bing: I'll have to wait until I get home for that, what's the rush?]

[Failed Man: Anyway, quickly check the identity and information of this face, and then help me look at the surveillance to see when she was controlled by those bugs.]

After typing this, Ke Mingye sent a photo of the face of "He Jiali," the ordinary person Gastella had controlled for their meeting.

[Cai Bing: Got it, I'll check the cameras when I get back to see when she fell under Gastella's control.]

[Failed Man: It shouldn't be too hard to find, Gastella's bugs were probably spreading from her at first, and only later did she use puppet-controlled bugs to spread them. Just keep tracking back the investigations, and eventually, we should find Gastella herself.]

[Cai Bing: Easier said than done, I'm the one who has to do it.]

[Cai Bing: Anyway, no more chatting for now, your brother's hurrying me to get popcorn. Is he missing a few brain cells? Usually, it's the guy who gets these, right?]

Ke Mingye held his forehead and sighed deeply, wondering why his teammates were so unreliable.

...

...

Half an hour later, Yandai Cinema City, Screening Room 5.

Compared to the fully packed screenings in other rooms, Number 5 was practically empty, with only two figures present. They had specifically chosen a screening that wouldn't be disturbed, watching a re-released old movie "A Brighter Summer Day."

Ke Yinzhi was drinking cola through a straw, his clear eyes reflecting the images on the big screen, looking quite absorbed;

Cai Bing rested her hand on her chin, casually tossing popcorn into her mouth as she watched the movie, her slightly curled short hair draping over her shoulders.

"By the way, how old are you?" she broke the silence of the theater.

"21."

"A year younger than me." Cai Bing mused for a moment, then said indifferently, "That's not too bad though, I can live with a younger boyfriend."

As she said this, she turned to glance at Ke Yinzhi's profile, "What about you?"

"Hmm... When it comes to people I'm interested in, I only care about their character and actions, age doesn't really matter whether it's older or younger."

Ke Yinzhi paused then thought of the higher-ups of the Management Bureau, and he said mockingly, "Some useless people stay useless no matter how old they get."

He already moderated his tone, but in reality, his resentment toward those old heads at the Bureau was much stronger than the words he'd spoken.

"Is that so..." Cai Bing glanced at the big screen, her voice casual, "That's good to know."

Just as Ke Yinzhi was about to say more, the pendant on his ear trembled slightly, emitting a faint electromagnetic sound, which made him halt his words.

So, he shrugged helplessly and whispered to Cai Bing, "Miss Song, I need to use the bathroom."

"Okay."

Cai Bing didn't lift his head as he replied, his calm gaze fixed on the cinema's massive screen.

Ke Yinzhi rose from his seat, walked slowly out of the auditorium, and stopped at a blind spot in the audience passage where the cameras couldn't see.

He raised his hand and lightly pressed a glossy black metal earring, prompting a holographic panel to pop up in front of him.

[Welcome to the exclusive communication device for the Abnormal Regulation Bureau S-Level Enforcer, "Black Judge," sir.]

[You have received an investigation mission from the Management Bureau's high level (code name "GE3"). The following is an introductory video for the mission.]

As the scarlet text faded, a video began to play on the projection panel: the sun-kissed Huanjing East Coast, where a woman lay on the beach, basking in the sun.

Suddenly, a man in a swimsuit approached and opened his mouth to expel a dark worm. The worm wriggled and moved at high speed across the sand, then burrowed into the woman's mouth.

Immediately, the woman rose blank-eyed and followed the man away from the beach, joining a marching troupe.

They walked towards Hongge Commercial Street like zombies, chanting enigmatic slogans.

With that, the video ended, and the projection screen went dark.

"Isn't this the news from yesterday morning?"

Ke Yinzhi raised an eyebrow slightly, running his index finger over his philtrum as he thought.

He had seen the news on TV yesterday morning; over a hundred brainwashed people caused havoc in Hongge Commercial Street, damaging public buildings and topping the day's trending topics on Weibo.

He had thought the case would fall on Qing Ya's shoulders, not his own... But in the end, the Management Bureau pushed this troublesome matter to him.

"Those old timers at the top still don't trust Qing Ya enough, to have me step in..."

Ke Yinzhi leaned against the wall of the audience passage, tilting his head slightly and quietly complaining to himself.

Next moment, with a "pat pat" sound, scarlet text began to emerge on the projection panel.

[Video analysis: The suspect behind the Hongge Commercial Street riot incident is the small parasite seen in the video. Its origin remains unclear; it's suspected to be the work of a superpower user, gamer, or mad scientist.]

[The detailed content of the mission is to: Find the creator of the parasite, and the hidden mastermind who spread the parasite, capture them alive, and bring them back to the Management Bureau.]

[The mission difficulty has been initially determined as: B-level]

"Getting a day off doesn't come easy, and now it's Ninjas and Dragons, and whatnot with these parasites. Maybe the heavens don't want me taking any breaks..."

Ke Yinzhi muttered to himself, then something occurred to him, and his brow lifted.

"Oh right, why not leave this matter to Xiao Mo... It's a good chance for him to repay his big brother for the help I gave while he still hasn't returned to tend to the Ninja Sect."

With that thought, he pressed the earring, shutting down the projection panel, then pulled out his phone from his coat pocket.

He opened WeChat and sent Ke Xiaomo a few messages briefly outlining the details of the mission.

[Ke Xiaomo: Perhaps I can help you.]

[Ke Yinzhi: How so?]

[Ke Xiaomo: Find that Dice Monster. I'll see if it can spill the beans about the mastermind behind this incident.]

[Ke Yinzhi: Oh, the noble Sect Master of the Ninja Sect is going to work with such a thing?]

[Ke Xiaomo: Didn't I tell you last night? My goal is just to follow the trail to understand the identity of the Dice Monster. There's no harm in making contact.]

[Ke Yinzhi: Sure, although I believe you're capable enough on your own, I won't object if you can get something out of him.]

[Ke Xiaomo: And you? You usually can't wait for anomalies to knock on your door every day. Why the sudden wilt today?]

[Ke Yinzhi: Just felt like you had a point. I should occasionally embrace life as a regular person, lest our younger brother and sister accuse me of being too 'insensitive' or 'neurotic'.]

[Ke Xiaomo: Huh, so you're stripping me of my normal life, huh?]

[Ke Yinzhi: Please, you are the Sect Master of the Ninja Sect. You'll be busy enough in the future, not missing out on anything by helping with this.]

[Ke Xiaomo: Fine, fine, I'll take it on and see if I can dig something up.]

[Ke Yinzhi: Thanks a lot.]

After sending the last message, Ke Yinzhi closed his phone and slipped it back into his pocket. With a slight smirk forming on his lips, he stepped back towards Auditorium 5.