Superman Termination Manual

"Who are you?" Xiaohongmao looked up at her, gripping her Magic Wand a bit tighter, and asked with an expressionless face. "Good question, who, am, I, indeed?" The Sloth Witch elongated her tone, speaking slowly with her hands on her cheeks. Her pale face suddenly flushed with excitement. "A witch?" "Correct, a witch." In the next instant, she lifted her whip-like Magic Wand and smacked it against the ground, creating a noise. Near Xiaohongmao, rows of Ghost Light Tentacles shimmering with a ghastly white light appeared. In the darkness, the eerie glow was particularly frightening. Almost instantly, those tentacles reached out towards Xiaohongmao's body, trying to bind her tightly. Armed with intel from Kobe, Xiaohongmao was well aware of Shi Neian's measure and even more so familiar with her witchified moves: if touched by these Ghost Light Tentacles, her Magic Power would be suppressed to nearly zero in a flash, perhaps even drained completely by the tentacles—meaning, in such a state, she would be unable to use any magic cards, trapped like a turtle in a jar, utterly helpless with nothing to do but await death. Thus, despite the suddenness, the prepared Xiaohongmao reacted promptly. Xiaohongmao was quick and managed to retrieve a "Random Flash" card from the magic book's slot, pressing her red-gloved fingertip to shatter the card. In the bursting fluorescence, her golden hair tips swayed slightly, and her body turned into a breeze disappearing from the spot. The six or seven Ghost Light Tentacles missed and were left in confusion. "Cards, huh?" The Sloth Witch muttered, "Such a quick reaction?" She mumbled, then lifted her gaze to the alley's sky, only to see Xiaohongmao already hovering midair, her skirt fluttering, with a light layer of ice and snow shrouding her. From a distance, she looked like a girl encased in an ice cocoon. Xiaohongmao's blue eyes lowered. The two looked at each other, one above and one below. Xiaohongmao's expression was as if memorizing her appearance. The Sloth Witch tilted her head slightly upwards, with maroon flames flickering wildly in her smoke-tainted eyeholes. "Will you play with me, please?" She spoke in a childlike voice, her tone lazy. "I'm sorry, but you are a witch, and I am Magical Girl. If you're looking for someone to play with, you've certainly got the wrong person," Xiaohongmao said from her higher vantage point. "Then I'll just have to force you." With that, the Sloth Witch infused her Magic Wand with Magic Power. She flicked the whip towards the ground, and dark tentacles rose from the walls, enveloping her and lifting her body step by step towards the sky like a queen surrounded by her servants. Seeing this, Xiaohongmao turned and ran, speeding away towards the brightly lit streets under the escort of ice and snow. The biggest advantage of living in a society populated with a mix of Superhumans is this: you might think the street is filled with ordinary people, but any one of them might be a Superhero or a Magical Girl hiding among them, or perhaps someone like a Sweeping Monk. So when something happens, don't think too much, just run where there are more people. While the Sloth Witch reached a rooftop and was using her Magic Power to float, chasing after Xiaohongmao at an exaggeratedly fast speed. Suddenly, a round, black creature sprang up from her shoulder. "What are you doing, Ms. Shi Neian?" Possessed Kobe's eyes were hollow as he spoke hauntingly. "I thought you were asleep. How did you even notice?" "So, what are you doing?" "Training Magical Girls," the Sloth Witch yawned, "Let go, or she will get away." "Ms. Xiaohongmao is mine," Kobe said. The Sloth Witch pursed her lips: "My witch powers allow me to draw from those tentacles when I'm pleased. To train a Magical Girl, it has to be someone I like, right?" "That does make sense." Kobe, with his wings upright, said, "But Ms. Shi Neian, haste makes waste. Let's start with something simple, like Magical Girl Rainbow, or Magical Girl Feng." "Why do you sound weird today?" "Weird how?" The Sloth Witch thought for a moment and made an analogy: "If you're usually like a stupid fool with an undeveloped brain, now you're like a pretentious, sleazy man." Hearing this, the entity within Kobe raged. The foolishly cute owl lowered its hollow eyes, which twitched slightly, "Sleazy man? You dare describe Lord Kobe like that?" "Weird... what lord?" The witch asked confusedly. Kobe blinked, cleared his throat, raised a wing to elbow-bump the Sloth Witch's shoulder: "It's Lord Kobe, I misspoke just now. Anyway, let's let Xiaohongmao go." "No way." The Sloth Witch lightly tilted her head, "Now that we're here, it's only right to do something worthy of a witch's name, isn't it?" Having said that, she was about to continue the chase when Kobe suddenly slid ten meters on his knees and collapsed next to her leg, hugging her calf, with little pearls rolling in his eyes. He said, "Don't make me beg you." The Sloth Witch sighed, lifting her eyes burning with maroon flames. Reflected in her profound pupils was the image of Xiaohongmao growing further away. Watching the Christmas dress girl fly into a brightly lit district and disappear into the crowd under the embrace of neon lights and billboards, she gave up the notion of pursuing. Soon, she reverted from her witchified form, her body slowly returning to its original shape. Shi Neian crouched down and picked up the weeping Kobe.