Superman Termination Manual

She yawned and stood up, "Let's call it a day... Let's go home."

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On the other end, in Bai Ke's residence.

With Red Hat safely escaping and self-destructing the Doll in an uninhabited area, Lan Ou reverted from the Personality Split, returning the control of his body to Ke Mingye.

After dinner, Ke Mingye received a notification from Che Zhengchen, changed into his Lan Ou battle suit, and reported the general situation of the "Space Monster" incident to the Alliance.

He mentioned that within that Japanese izakaya, Magical Girl Kokuyo Sakura assisted him in resolving the incident. Che Zhengchen was slightly surprised; he seemed unaware that Kokuyo Sakura had come to this city.

Lan Ou asked, "I've heard things, is it because of the witch issue?"

"Probably." Che Zhengchen folded his hands and placed them under his chin, "The confidentiality level of this matter is pretty high, probably only the Magical Girl Alliance and the senior ranks of the Alliance are privy to it."

"I see."

"Then you can head off, by tomorrow the Alliance will credit the points from this mission into your account."

"Alright, then I'll take my leave."

Having said that, Lan Ou walked out of the office and proceeded to the 10th floor of the Alliance.

Within this month, not many notable crimes had occurred in Huanjing, hence he had only accumulated a total of 700 points.

Using 500 points, he exchanged for a low-level genetic enhancer at the front desk.

Then, he entered the bathroom, sat down on the toilet in a stall, and closed the door.

He took out the genetic enhancer from the password box and looked down to check it.

[Item Name: Low-level Genetic Enhancer]

[Note: The human body will develop immunity to enhancers, so the effectiveness of each level of genetic enhancer will diminish with subsequent injections, specifics as follows.]

[Low-level Genetic Enhancer can be effective up to 4 times (number of injections), Medium-level Genetic Enhancer up to 3 times, High-level Genetic Enhancer up to 2 times.]

"The real deal."

As the system alert popped up, Lan Ou confirmed there was nothing wrong with the item and didn't hesitate much, pressing the button of the syringe which extended a cold needle tip.

He took off his metal gloves, rolled up the sleeve of his battle suit, and injected the liquid into his right wrist.

The needle pierced the skin, but there was no sign of blood.

Seeing this, Lan Ou injected all the liquid contents into his body in one go.

Immediately after, his head started to heat up, and his consciousness became somewhat hazy. He sat on the toilet lid, leaning his head against the wall of the stall, listening to the dripping water in the toilet.

Before long, he opened his eyes while still seated on the toilet lid.

[Your "Physical Fitness" attribute has changed: 140 points → 143 points (↑3 points)]

[Your "Neurological Reaction" attribute has changed: 55 points → 58 points (↑3 points)]

Lan Ou thought to himself: "The effect has indeed diminished due to immunity, the previous injection of the enhancer gave me a 4-point increase for both attributes, this time it's only 3. It seems it will go just as the system says: after two more injections it'll be useless, then I'll have to switch to higher-grade injections."

He casually pressed the flush button, walked out of the stall, and headed towards the corridor.

Just as he stepped out of the bathroom, he saw a figure standing on the silver-white passage ahead. The figure was leaning against the wall, playing Snake on his phone with his head down.

"Octopus Man, is there something up?"

Octopus Man didn't speak. His eyes, ringed with thick dark circles, fixated on the screen where the little green snake wriggled around eating fruits.

"Is it because yesterday's game with Dice Monster was interrupted and you're still itching for a rematch, so you're looking to schedule a new game with me?"

Lan Ou tilted his head slightly as if he was peering directly at him with his slanted bird's beak.

"No, I came to apologize," Octopus Man closed his phone and spoke slowly, "I admit, my previous opinions about you were too extreme."

"Uh, if it's because you were chastised by your Commander or threatened, just blink."

"Although I'm not inclined to admit it, you performed much better than I expected yesterday," Octopus Man said, looking up into his eyes, "I can't believe that someone can improve so much in a month, so I can reasonably assume that your previous performance was just playing dumb, right?"

Lan Ou was taken aback for a moment and stuttered: "Yes, kid, you could say that."

"Is that so, I take back my comments about you being frivolous," Octopus Man paused for a moment, "Commander Che talked to me last night. He said you're the kind of person who uses a frivolous facade to cover your true nature, and indeed, your real character is not like what it seems. I have to say, this tactic was effective, it certainly fooled me."

Lan Ou sighed and repeated what he had just said: "Yes, kid, you could say that."

He paused, "Looking forward to working with you in the future, I actually want to help you find your brother, after all, I'm curious about Timekeeper's situation as well."

Octopus Man looked down, silent for a moment, then spoke.

"If I need help, I'll ask you."

"Alright."

"Then I'm leaving." Octopus Man hesitated, "But if you still want to fight, I'm willing to take you on. After all, I was the one who made the bold statement and now I'm taking it back unilaterally, it makes me seem too self-righteous."

"No no, really, no more fighting. Besides, the current outcome is beneficial for both of us, isn't it?"

With that said, Lan Ou spread his hands, "Moreover, it spares me from that gloomy-looking dog creature causing more trouble; my heart can't take his antics."

Octopus Man pondered for a moment and asked, "He seems to enjoy pestering you; I'm curious why that is."

"Perhaps it's because of love," Lan Ou nodded earnestly.