Superman Termination Manual

At the abandoned train station, Platform No. 7.

In the leisurely night, puddles by the rails shimmered crystal clear, reflecting the full moon cradled by layers of fish-scale clouds, occasionally hidden, then revealed.

It had rained not long ago. Large drops of water fell from the eaves of the platform roof, drawing crisp arcs in the air and pattering down upon the tracks.

Overlapping with the bustling voices from a phone call.

Ke Mingye sat on the wooden bench on the platform, his gaze lowered.

After saying, "I will join the Superhero Association, but on the condition that I keep my own identity secret," through a voice changer, there was a short silence from Che Zhengchen on the other end of the line.

"If that's not okay, then forget it..." Ke Mingye sighed calmly and continued, "It doesn't matter to me one way or the other. I'll give you ten seconds to respond, or I'm hanging up."

After he finished speaking, he began to count down unilaterally: "Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

Two seconds before the end of the countdown, Che Zhengchen broke the silence.

"Are you free to meet tomorrow afternoon? At the Superhero Association building. After you come in, report my name to the staff, and then follow them to the office on the forty-fifth floor. That's where you'll find me."

"Is it a one-on-one meeting?"

Ke Mingye raised an eyebrow slightly and continued, "Or do you want me to interact with the upper echelons of the Superhero Association? I'm not particularly good at handling those kinds of situations."

He was definitely not worried about encountering any danger from meeting Che Zhengchen alone. Enjoy new chapters from My Virtual Library Empire

After all, though Che Zhengchen's body harbored Gastella's insects, he still maintained control over his body most of the time.

Furthermore, their meeting place was at the Superhero Association, and Gastella wouldn't be foolish enough to attack there—it would be equal to giving up the valuable asset that was Che Zhengchen.

And even if Gastella decided to take control of Che Zhengchen to attack him or had arranged a group of people within the Association's building, complete with traps to subdue Blue Owl on the spot...

Then Ke Mingye could simply let the puppet self-destruct in the Superhero Association to erase all traces.

The consequences of such an action were not severe; it merely equated to abandoning the identity of "Blue Owl."

If needed, he could just adopt a different alias and re-debut after some time. After all, very few people at home were certain that he was Blue Owl.

"Yes, a one-on-one meeting. I want to have a good talk with you about some things," Che Zhengchen said, a warm tone in his voice.

"What's the matter? Why not just tell me on the phone?"

"About why I took an interest in you," Che Zhengchen chuckled, "Oh, and by the way, White Wings and the others have a good first impression of you. If you decide to join the Association, it's very likely that I'll assign you to the same team as them. Do you have any objections?"

"No."

"I hope you can take on the role of team leader."

"Isn't it a bit too soon to talk about this, Sir? We haven't even met yet," Ke Mingye sighed.

Upon hearing this, Che Zhengchen let out a chuckle from the other end of the phone, pausing for a moment before saying, "That's why I'm looking forward to our meeting. Although I don't understand why you want to hide your identity from me, after we meet tomorrow, I'll determine if you're someone I can trust. You can also see for yourself what kind of person I am."

As he spoke, he coughed twice: "If we get along well, and you eventually let down your guard and reveal your identity to me, it won't be too late."

"You trust me that much?"

"My instincts are rarely wrong. The people I've taken an interest in usually end up being well-known, top-tier heroes," Che Zhengchen said confidently.

After finishing, he added, "By the way, I've worked with Qing Ya for a while, but as his position in the Association grew, he no longer needed a Commander to direct his actions, which is why he does as he pleases."

Ke Mingye realized the person on the other end of the phone was very clever, deliberately mentioning Qing Ya to curry favor with him.

After all, Blue Owl's public persona was that of a newcomer vigilante imitating Qing Ya. Now that the other party brought up Qing Ya, it would be hard for him not to lower his guard.

Of course, a persona is just a persona.

Ke Mingye could hardly develop affection for someone he spent day and night with. Not to mention lowering his guard simply because someone mentioned Qing Ya.

After all, in the memories of more than a decade in his head, there were numerous scenes of his "whipped" husband Ke Youqing making blunders at home, and it was hard not to think he was taking out his domestic frustrations on the criminals.

An anime character once said, idealization is the farthest feeling from understanding, and that is probably what it meant.

"Judging by your voice, you seem much younger than Qing Ya. You actually led him?"

Ke Mingye tried to squeeze a bit of surprise into his voice.

"Yes, it took me a lot of effort to convince him to join the Superhero Association. He is very stubborn and insisted many times that he only wanted to be a vigilante—said that without external constraints, he could do everything best."

Che Zhengchen paused for a while, his tone nostalgic, "But eventually, he still joined the Association."

"Why?" Ke Mingye was puzzled.

Honestly, he couldn't understand why his father, who had been a lone ranger for so many years, suddenly wanted to join the official ranks.

Che Zhengchen replied, "Because Qing Ya knew that as long as a vigilante like himself kept showing up around Huanjing, cleaning up most of the crime, then the existence of the Superhero Association would appear meaningless."

"And then, people would become disappointed in the authorities and start questioning those superheroes who dedicate their lives to the Association, putting their reputation and status at risk."