Superman Termination Manual

Chapter 124 Blue Owl: No One Understands Qing Ya Better Than Me

July 4, night, downtown Huanjing, at the intersection of Hongdeng Commercial District.

As the gray humanoid appeared above the fashion billboard, some of the crowd gathered around the edge of the intersection evacuated in fear, some screamed loudly, others calmly filmed with their phones.

Even more, some excitedly shouted the name "Dice Monster," as if they were its avid fans, drawing surprised glances from those around them.

It was well known, these days, that any slightly distinctive villain would have a group of fans, with Qing Ya being the only one condemned as politically correct and thus universally targeted.

At that moment, the strange thing casually sat on the billboard, one arm resting on the edge of it.

It looked down with its hollow eyes, made eye contact with Blue Owl for two seconds, then turned away, waving to the crowd on the street while scrutinizing them.

It seemed to be signaling friendliness.

But the next second, the strange thing raised a gray middle finger.

Not only that, it rotated the finger 360 degrees so everyone could clearly see it.

At the same time, it sarcastically remarked, "You know, if you saw yourselves from my perspective, you'd really look like... a pile of garbage."

This unexpected gesture caused many of the pedestrians about to leave to stop in their tracks and look up at it.

Murmurs buzzed through the dense crowd like the hum of bees.

"Damn... the Dice Monster, is it that villain who was trending online before?"

"Yeah, the first time he appeared, he defeated Ghost Horseman, and we all thought he was a superhero until Qing Ya came over and strangled him on the spot."

"But he didn't actually hurt people, right? His only crime is damaging public property."

"Yeah, super mysterious, it has a certain vibe, doesn't it? He might be ugly, but his personality is cute."

"Whoa, you're calling that cute? You really have unusual tastes, sister. Eat something decent."

"Disgusting, his appearance gives me nightmares, and the last time I felt this scared was because of Qing Ya."

"Speaking of... have you heard? Some people say he's a phoenix."

"A phoenix? Are you kidding? Didn't the phoenix disappear years ago?"

"Do you even surf? Some people swear they saw Qing Ya kill the Dice Monster, but just a few days later the Dice Monster was bouncing around again. They suspect he has the same immortal abilities as the Divine Communicator Phoenix. So, they think the Dice Monster might be the phoenix in disguise!"

"Classic! You just believe everything you hear. I might as well say I'm Magical Girl Ash!"

"Puh-leeze, no matter how you transform, you'll never be as pretty as my Ash Baby."

Against such a backdrop, the self-media creator mikaxi was ecstatic, standing as if at the center of the world.

She adjusted her red glasses, her blue eyes gleaming beneath her golden hair. Quickly, she turned on the live streaming function on TikTok and YouTube, raised her phone, and focused the lens on Blue Owl and Dice Monster, capturing them both in the same frame.

In that second, mikaxi even thought up tonight's video title— "Meeting between the new generation superhero and the new generation villain, will they become the next phenomenal characters?!"

If this video didn't blow up, there would be no justice. With her follower base, it was expected to reach millions of views at minimum, and she planned to stream simultaneously on TikTok and YouTube.

Notably, she was one of the few who had interviewed a member of the Round Table Council — the Superhero Association, to prevent negative press, typically forbade high-profile heroes from giving interviews, preferring to have agency representatives handle necessary public engagements.

But mikaxi was different, having interviewed Divine Communicator Zeus "Firando Gomez" in person, which after the interview skyrocketed her fame on the internet, formally launching her career in the superhero content domain.

Since then, she had become a notable figure in self-media, with a keen sense of topic-worthy material, which allowed her career to thrive, each time uncovering potential phenomenal figures.

For instance, she had interviewed the just-debuted Magical Girl Ash years before, although Ash had shown her disdain by blasting her phone with a Cinderella shot.

Fortunately, the video was synced to the cloud, and by the next day, it had sparked thousands of views online, taking the top spot on Weibo's trending searches and remaining high on international video platform rankings.

Seeing the Dice Monster in the trending videos on Weibo a few days earlier, she had a premonition that this "Dice Monster" would become the next phenomenal character.

Today, witnessing it firsthand, Blue Owl—though his outfit looked cheap and crude, with garish and ostentatious colors more suited to a low-budget effects series—moved with sharp, precise actions during combat, impressively shooting scenes with a stunning red and blue color scheme that were extremely eye-catching.

Among today's brooding, cautious superheroes dressed in cooler tones to avoid negative press, Blue Owl's debut was like a burst of bright, vibrant color, piercing through the dull, somber sea.