Superman Termination Manual

Chapter 153 The Black Judge's Latest Mission

July 8th, 11:05 AM, Yandai Commercial Street, in a damp and cramped corner.

The crowd on the street suddenly erupted, like a wave of corpses surging in through the narrow entrance, inching closer step by step to the back of the Dice Monster.

However, the strange thing paid no regard to the ghastly scene behind it, focusing all its attention on Gastella, who stood directly in front.

"Have you thought it through?"

It tilted its head, asking casually.

Gastella replied deliberately, "Instead of being so eager to have me do your bidding, how about you first tell me, who exactly are you?"

The strange thing slowly said, "A villain, motivated by interest." Stay tuned to My Virtual Library Empire

As it spoke, the brainwashed crowd behind it was about to grab onto its back, nearly touching it.

"That's utterly nonsensical," Gastella remarked.

"I'll reiterate one last time," the strange thing lowered its face, speaking slowly, "Just bring me the head of the blue owl, and I'll tell you... who the player you're looking for is."

As its words fell, its body gradually heated up and cracked open. From its orange-yellow body surface, now tinted red by the firelight, thousands of fine cracks emerged and spread to every organ.

"How childish, to take a life just because someone ignores you?"

Gastella stared at it, speaking calmly and mockingly.

"Likewise, if you ignore me, I'll find someone else to eliminate you. After all, Mr. Strange Thing knows everything, so I know who you really are and where you're hiding."

The strange thing dropped its last words, and its figure suddenly burst open into a raging blaze, rising from the alleyway amidst jostling. An eerie laughter then echoed, reverberating through the alley.

"Truly, a strange thing indeed..."

Gastella sighed.

If this strange thing was a player, she could understand. But with a superhuman panel atop this strange thing's head, she was a bit bewildered.

Could it be that this person is a Superpower User, whose superpower is omniscience and omnipotence?

Or maybe... it's collaborating with a player, and on considering this, it's very likely that the collaborating player is Spider Man.

Next time I see him, I'll ask Spider Man about this Dice Monster to see if I can extract some information.

Anyway, killing a mere super hero is quite simple, setting a trap will do the job... when it's done, I'll kill the blue owl too, then see what the Dice Monster has to say?

Gastella pondered, her chin propped up, then ordered the puppets in the alley to retreat. Following this, she activated the bugs inside He Jiali's body, allowing her to regain control over her body.

He Jiali stood bewildered in the alley, her legs gave out, and she collapsed onto the dirty ground.

"What... exactly happened to me?" she murmured softly.

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Meanwhile, across from Yandai Cinema City in an open-air cafe.

Ke Mingye sat on a chair, sipping on matcha milk. Looking up, he could no longer see Ke Yinzhi and Cai Bing; they had left after finishing their coffee.

"The most critical thing now is to find out Gastella's true form, and also, how strong those Blood Clan Hunters around her really are."

"They came for Bai Ziling, which could easily disrupt my plans and completely mess up the situation I've worked so hard to achieve. Perhaps... my identity might even be exposed to my family, after all, Gastella won't care about my life or death."

"I must figure out the background of these Blood Clan Hunters first and then stop them."

"Moreover... Gastella doesn't trust me, she thinks I might betray the players because of my family, so there's no need for me to collaborate with her."

As Ke Mingye contemplated, the spare cell phone in the Deception Puppet's hand suddenly rang. He raised an eyebrow, manipulating the puppet to look down, it was an unfamiliar number.

So he answered the phone, placing it to his ear: "Who is it?"

"Gastella." A vigorous and robust male voice came through the phone, making one imagine a sweaty athlete.

Ke Mingye shrugged, "Let me guess, you're using another new puppet to call me."

Gastella joked, "Of course. I'm using a male puppet this time, is it too unfamiliar for you?"

"I'm not even clear if you are a man or a woman, what's there to be unaccustomed to?" Ke Mingye retorted.

"I just encountered that Dice Monster, the big name of your city."

"Haha... we've all been harassed by that thing, you can ask Fan Quan and Cai Bing, basically every player in this city has been harassed by the Dice Monster."

"Wow, I'm really curious, what exactly is it?" Gastella asked.

"Not sure."

"Can I assume that you're working with it then since it knew my intentions?"

"No no no, it also knew my intentions." Ke Mingye said expressionlessly, "Based on the rumors I found online, the Dice Monster's ability seems to be reading others' minds."

Ke Mingye knew he could no longer hide this from the other players, so he sent a message to Fan Quan.

[Failed Man: Help send a message to Qing Meng and Ju Zipi, and Paranoid, they should all know the Dice Monster is me by now, especially since I used a web shooter in public videos.]

[Fan Quan: I've already told Ju Zipi and Qing Meng, they're not that dumb, they're essentially helping you keep your identity; as for Paranoid, I don't get along with him, you'll have to find Cai Bing.]