Superman Termination Manual

Chapter 414: Chapter 224: The Witch and the Comet, Xizi Yue and Ke Mingye_3

“…Alright.”

“Wow…”

“Wow, what?”

“Nothing, just marveling at how easy you are to fool.” Ke Mingye was stunned.

“You gave me food, how can you be fooling me? Those who are willing to give me food are all good people.”

“Please, how on earth did you live before?”

“My parents went off to work, and I stayed at home alone waiting for them to come back. I was hungry for a long time, then I went out looking for them, didn’t find them, and got hungry again for a very long time, until the police found me and brought me here.”

“The nurse said you have autism, is that true or false?”

“What is that?”

“Alright, I don’t really understand either.” Ke Mingye scratched his head, “What about your parents… did they ever come back for you?”

“I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Then let’s not talk about it.”

“Thank you for giving me the food.”

“No worries, we’re friends.”

After that, they got along in the orphanage for two months. Ke Mingye would always save the little snacks he got from the nurse for her, and the two often sat together in the cafeteria to eat. The girl had a big appetite, so even if Ke Mingye had enough, he would stay with her until the end. They also frequently sat on the lawn and chatted, watching other kids play, watching the ball fly back and forth on the grass, and as twilight sky slowly darkened, birds skimmed across the sky crisscrossed with wires.

Then, two months later, a group of mysterious women took Xizi Yue away from the orphanage.

After that, Ke Mingye never saw her again.

Every time he was eating in the cafeteria, he would subconsciously stay till the end, waiting until the place was nearly empty before looking up from his metal bowl, turning his head around to look for that girl who always liked to stay in the cafeteria until the very last second, with an appetite so big it was outlandish.

But he never saw her figure again, often snapping back to reality to find himself alone in the cafeteria.

Not long afterward, he was adopted by Bai Wenna, and after entering Bai Ke’s home, he slowly began to

It wasn’t until Xiaohongmao dug through this memory did he realize: given Xizi Yue’s age, she should have starved long ago without food, but now he knew… it was the fragments of Qiyamate Comet lingering in her body, the constitution of a Magic Girl that had allowed her to survive those early years.

“Stubborn, always smiling, full of lies, always forsaking one’s own feelings to please others…”

Xizi Yue paused, “But he’s not a bad kid. Since I left that orphanage, I didn’t go back for a long time. By the time I returned, the boy had already left, and I had forgotten his name and face. I only remember his voice and expression… When I first saw you, your eyes reminded me of her.”

Upon hearing this, Xiaohongmao swallowed almost imperceptibly.

At that moment, she even doubted that Xizi Yue had known all along her true identity was Ke Mingye. Otherwise, why would she say something like that?

Speaking of which, while she played Xiaohongmao, was her original image unconsciously resembling a younger Ke Mingye? Not just Xizi Yue, Bai Zini had also said the same: you resemble my brother, not the brother I have now but when he had just left the orphanage and came to our house.

“Sorry. I went off on a tangent there, which may seem a bit odd to you.”

Xizi Yue slipped a tea leaf bookmark into the page and closed the comic book.

“So, let’s end this conversation here,” she said lightly yawning, her demeanor as languid as ever, “I’m going to go home and sleep next. As usual, if you feel like accompanying me to other cities to have some fun, don’t hesitate.”

“No need, thank you for the offer, Teacher Xizi Yue,” Xiaohongmao declined.

“Is that so? What a pity.”

Xizi Yue spoke slowly.

“I’ve also wandered for a few days in the past, and I know you must have been through some unpleasant experiences, but don’t lose the ability to trust others; there are still good people in this world.”

“Is it that boy who made you think this way?” Xiaohongmao suddenly asked.

“Who knows…”

Xizi Yue said indifferently, summoning the Magic Book and taking out the Magic Card of the Space-Time Train.

Amidst the roaring engine noise, the dark green Space-Time Train clanged through the time-space rift. Only the locomotive squeezed through the crack, while the rest of the body remained inside, like a python that had swallowed half of its body. The two pumpkin lanterns on top of the train spread a warm orange glow, which shrouded the girl’s profile.

“Goodbye.”

After saying this, Xizi Yue opened the train’s door, boarded the driver’s cabin without looking back, and then rode away on the train.

As the time-space rift closed, Xiaohongmao also came back to her senses.

She took a deep breath, organized the information she had just received in her mind, and then reverted from her transformed state.

The cocoon of light shattered, revealing You Minglu’s form as she stepped out of the classroom and proceeded down the empty school building, walking towards the school’s exit under the scorching summer sun.

Before long, she reached the school gates and suddenly saw two figures leaning against the iron fence, seemingly waiting for her.

Seeing this, You Minglu paused slightly and looked up: one person had a refined and ethereal quality, with long black hair, wearing a Japanese JK skirt coupled with black stockings and a pair of expensive-looking leather shoes;

The other person was slightly shorter, with an extremely indifferent expression, wearing a bob haircut, dressed in summer casuals, a floral skirt paired with sandals.

You Minglu wasn’t entirely sure of the other’s identities, so she glanced at the panels above their heads and subsequently raised an eyebrow.

According to the identity prompts on the panels, these two were Amemiya Sakura and Kawamoto Ryuhana, which is to say, the real appearances of Magical Girl Kokonoe Sakura and Magical Girl Liu Huazi.

“Weren’t these two supposed to be out for lunch?”

You Minglu thought and suddenly felt a pang in her heart, looking around but unable to find Bai Zini’s figure.

So she sighed to herself, thinking my little sister left too early; these two couldn’t be here to seek revenge from me, could they? After all, I killed one’s brother and the other’s father; I am indeed guilty of terrible crimes… I hope they haven’t grabbed some clues and are purposely waiting here to trap me in conversation.

“Hey, Xiaohongmao, right? I’ve been waiting for you,” Amemiya Sakura said with a smile as she saw You Minglu approaching, her lovely face brimming with kindness.

“In such hot weather, if you’re waiting for someone you should at least wait in a shady spot, young lady…”

Liu Huazi lightly lifted her hand, fanning her face.

“What if she had run away?” Amemiya Sakura asked, turning her face.

“Then we’ll just look for her next time,” Liu Huazi said softly.

You Minglu breathed a sigh of relief, stepped closer to them, and asked expressionlessly, “Miss Kokonoe Sakura, weren’t you supposed to be having lunch with Miss Liu Huazi?”

At that moment, Amemiya Sakura, who had reverted from being Kokonoe Sakura back to an ordinary girl, replied, “That’s why I said… I’ve been waiting for you, waiting for so long. Having a meal with us isn’t too much to ask, right?”

You Minglu stared into Amemiya Sakura’s eyes, and after a moment, asked, “You’re buying?”

“Deal.”

Under the summer sky, Amemiya Sakura’s lips curled into a smile.

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