Superman's Ending Manual

July 20, 7 o'clock in the evening, on the No. 7 viaduct around Beijing.

Bai Qiuwu frowned slightly as he watched the red and black dice fall out of the strange thing's hand.

I wanted to raise the golden hoop to stop it, but I couldn't help but think about it.

"What is this weird thing doing again?"

Thinking this, the movements at hand slowed down slightly for a moment. So before she could raise her stick, the dice had already cut through the night and plummeted to the ground.

The next moment, a sudden explosion made her stunned for a second. She turned to the right side of her face and looked at the sky around Beijing through the empty eye sockets of the monkey mask.

In the blink of an eye, bright fireworks engulfed her vision.

Bang, bang!

The sound of fireworks bursting filled the night sky. You can vaguely hear people's exclamations and admiration mixed in. Suddenly far and suddenly near, lingering in the ears.

She raised her snow-white neck and stared silently at the night sky. As if he had forgotten to maintain those golden eyes and fiery eyes, the fire in his eyes slowly extinguished.

The red gold color that filled his pupils dimmed and seemed to be covered by fireworks.

The girl's deep eyes reflected the sky full of fireworks.

The evening wind blew from the horizon, passing through the starry sky, and quietly knocked off her hood. The hair on the back of the head hung down like a waterfall, swaying in the wind, gently tickling the back of the metal coat.

Bai Qiuwu was silent for a long time, and then turned his face sideways.

She raised her clear eyes from behind the mask, stared at this strange man whose thoughts were incomprehensible for a few times, then opened her mouth slightly, but closed it again.

"Uh...you seemed to have something to say just now?" the strange thing asked.

Bai Qiuwu hesitated for two seconds and asked slowly: "You seem to have said that you can't control the outcome of the dice?"

"Oh, you actually remember it so clearly?"

The strange thing said, turning around and meeting her eyes, "Yes, I can't control this dice very well."

"What else?" Bai Qiuwu said, "You also said that it was a gift carefully prepared for me, but then it was exposed." She paused and whispered, "It's just the result of a casual vote. ”

Hearing this, the strange thing first raised his right hand and gently rubbed his chin, then tilted his head and asked in a confused tone: "That's really weird...did I ever say the word 'meticulous'?"

Bai Qiuwu was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth slightly, lowered his eyes and thought carefully for two seconds. Then he turned his face sideways and said coldly, "Oh, I'm sorry. I'm just being sentimental."

"You know what? I actually want to summon a band to dance for you. Michael Jackson, The Beatles, whatever you like."

"Are you serious?"

Bai Qiuwu hugged his shoulders, tilted his head, and the monkey mask on his face swayed.

"Okay. I also think that it doesn't suit your personality. You should like music with a calmer atmosphere."

"No." Bai Qiuwu said, "I don't like listening to music. I wish my ears could be quieter."

"Is it because the monkey in your head keeps making noises?"

"I tried wearing headphones before and turned the sound up to the highest level, but I still couldn't cover up its sound." Bai Qiuwu said softly, "It's already noisy enough, and the music makes it even noisier."

"So, on your birthday, someone invited a celebrity band to celebrate this important day." The weird thing said, "Are you really not going to be happy?"

"It sounds like...you know me very well."

Bai Qiuwu said softly, sitting on the bridge railing and looking down at the city. On the prosperous streets, children shouted excitedly at the sudden fireworks.

The strange thing shrugged its shoulders, walked slowly to her side, and sat down on the bridge railing.

It said: "I do know you very well...a girl who is too serious and likes to keep everything in her heart. Facing the erosion of divinity all day long, she is obviously helpless and lonely, but she still cannot muster the courage. I didn’t even dare to say ‘Help me’ to the people around me, so I could only hide all the distress signals in my heart, like a swamp, holding on to them and sinking deeper and deeper.”

As he said that, the strange thing spread his hands and said, "You know, most of those martyrs and ascetics are men. This is the first time I've seen a woman with these labels on her head. She's not even a woman, just a 17-year-old girl. …”

It sighed: "People are like goldfish: no matter how good they are at swimming in water, they still need to come up to the surface to take a breath occasionally, otherwise they will drown in the water."

"Here we go again, saying these god-like words." Bai Qiuwu sighed and whispered.

"So you don't like it?"

"According to my observation of you, you can definitely behave normally." Bai Qiuwu paused, "It's just that you don't want to."

"For example, how do you define normal?" The weird thing sarcastically said, "Those who care too much about other people's eyes, suppress their own hearts, and live cautiously in this society like animals are 'normal'; And if I can’t express my thoughts so frankly and others don’t understand me, am I considered ‘abnormal’?”

It paused: "Then do you think that it is this society that is actually sick?"

Bai Qiuwu shook his head.

"I said it was normal. I just asked you not to speak in such a strange way." She said, "You are still very normal sometimes."

"For example, when?"

Bai Qiuwu thought for a while and said: "For example, that day under the viaduct, you said, 'There are two voices talking in your head.' Although I forget what you said at that time, your tone of voice was very normal. He’s not so nervous, he seems to be speaking his mind.”

"Really?" The weird thing heard the words and thought thoughtfully, "Maybe it was just because my acting skills exploded at that time, which covered up my weirdness. How credible is what a person like me says?"

"It can't be believed."

She was silent for a moment and whispered: "But you know, I will die soon. So... I don't care so much."

"Yes, you will die." The strange thing shrugged and said calmly, "Soon, you will lose your mind due to the backlash of the divine path, and become a puppet in name only. Self-destruction prompted by divinity In the tendency, you will kill yourself, or...someone else will kill you if you lose control."

It paused and said, "This is really a tragic story, but do you know what is even more touching?"

"What?"

The strange thing said slowly: "What's even more touching is that you clearly know that you will reach the same ending no matter what, but you still have to maintain this cautious lifestyle, for fear that everything you own will collapse in an instant."

"Otherwise..." Bai Qiuwu lowered his eyes and asked softly, "What do you think I should do?"

"I think you should be a girl with more personality, instead of spending time in textbooks every day to cater to your parents' expectations, or wearing ugly clothes to protect those who have nothing to do with you. He ran into the city wearing his uniform and stained his clean hands with blood."

"I chose this."

"You don't have to choose this way." The strange thing said, "Everyone has the right to choose, let alone a girl who only has a short life left."

"No, this is enough for me."

Bai Qiuwu said, shaking his head slightly, "Actually, when I met you, I occasionally thought that there was a time when I could take off my disguise... facing my family at home, and facing those criminals, heroes, and police outside. , I seem to be wearing a mask in front of everyone, and even if I feel that I am dying and about to be broken, I don’t know who I have to say it to, and who I can say it to... So, I can only talk to you. Only then can I take a breath.”

She paused and said softly:

"Weird thing, you're my only friend."

Hearing this, the strange thing was silent for a while.

It said: "Okay, I admit I'm honored to hear you say that. But please don't get me wrong...even though I may be the only person in the world who understands you and did such a touching act of setting off fireworks to celebrate your birthday. , but I still hope you won’t base your psychological support on a super villain of unknown origin.”

As he spoke, the strange thing paused for a moment, and then continued talking.

"Maybe I am secretly recording your words with a voice recorder at this time, and I will post the recording to the dark web at some point later. I will write 'Black Wukong's Little Secret' in the title, and the introduction will say ' Look at this hypocritical guy, she actually calls herself 'Black Wukong'? It turns out that her heart is so fragile, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, and she believes my words so easily. She is so stupid. , It feels so wonderful to have the emotions of a superhero in the palm of your hand, what do you think?”

"If you do such a despicable thing, are you considered a super villain?"

Bai Qiuwu disagreed and asked angrily.

"Doesn't it count?" The strange thing raised a finger and said seriously, "By the way, I attacked your brother's superhero team a few days ago and killed a rampaging superhuman race. He killed many Man, I am doing harm to the people.”

"I forgot...I wanted to ask you when I came here, why did you do that?"

Bai Qiuwu was startled for a moment, then turned to look at him, and his tone became colder.

The strange thing explained unhurriedly: "There are many reasons: I want your brother to find his way back; I want him to recognize his own strength; I want him to give up his identity as a superhero as soon as possible."

It sighed, "Anyway, I didn't do anything to him, and I didn't do anything to his teammates, well... I guess. But judging from the current appearance, that kid seems to be getting more and more energetic, a little bit. You have no idea of ​​giving up your identity as a hero. Are you members of the Bake family so intolerant of others?"

Bai Qiuwu was silent for a moment and said softly: "He has always been like this. He seems to not care about anything. But when it comes to things he believes in, he is always as stubborn as a cow and will not listen to anyone's words."

"Oh, this is such a close relationship between brother and sister. I'm very touched to see you caring so much about your brother."

The strange thing shrugged and said sarcastically.

Bai Qiuwu stared at the prosperous city in the distance, raised his hand, took off the monkey mask on his face, and placed it on the bridge railing.

She looked up at the night sky.

It was a fish-scale sky, with wavy cloud patterns everywhere, and the waves filled the dark blue night sky.

A ray of moon shadow appears and disappears in the clouds.

The girl's clear face was shrouded in the moonlight, and her beautiful hair was fluttering in the evening breeze.

She said: "When I die, I want to ask you to do me a favor."

"Tell me, what is your last wish?"

"First of all, protect my sister for me, Bai Zini."

"Miss Ashes?"

"Well, she is not like me, a very reckless girl. You just need to help me protect her until one year later... After one year, when the comet comes, she will no longer be a magical girl, and will no longer be involved in danger."

"Of course, do you have any other wishes?"

Bai Qiuwu rested her hands on the bridge railing, lowered her head and thought for a while, and continued: "And my brother, Mingye."

She paused: "I never thought he would become a superhero. I hope... after I leave, you can help me take care of him, at least remind him more and don't let him fall into danger."

"Uh... Excuse me, what if I say no?" The strange thing asked seriously.

Bai Qiuwu was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect to be rejected, and his eyes were rolling.

The strange thing smacked his lips, shook his head, and sighed: "Okay, actually I will help you, who makes me hate to see girls sad the most."

Bai Qiuwu slowly raised his head and stared at it.

"Really?"

"Really."

The strange thing met her gaze while speaking, and suddenly changed the subject.

It said: "By the way, you know... Actually I have never liked your fiery eyes. I prefer your original color, which is much better than the fierce red eyes."

Bai Qiuwu's face turned slightly red. She frowned slightly, turned her face away, and her eyes wandered towards the city.

The two were silent for a while, sharing the quiet air on the viaduct.

"By the way... How long have you not tried to yell?" The strange thing suddenly asked.

Bai Qiuwu thought for a while and said, "It's been a long time... a long time. It's better to say that I feel like I haven't yelled at anyone since I was a child, let alone trying to yell at a place where no one is."

"Then let's do what you call stupid things, how about yelling at the city?"

"No."

"You rejected it so straightforwardly, I'm hurt." The weird thing lowered its head and held its chest, "Since today is your birthday, it's not bad to do something extraordinary occasionally."

"This is too weird."

"What's weird? Can I be weirder than you?" The weird thing said.

Bai Qiuwu heard this and raised the corner of her mouth slightly, "That's right, there may be no one weirder than you in the world." As she said that, she lowered her head and thought for a moment.

After a while, he slowly raised his head and asked, "What are you shouting?"

"Shout what you think."

"Will you demonstrate it first?"

"No problem at all."

Weird Thing spread his hands and shook his head, saying lightly, then turned his head and looked at the Super Hero Building with the S.H.A logo in the distance, and shouted, "I really want to be regarded as a super villain! You damn superheroes, one day I will let you see the power of the super villain Weird Thing."

Bai Qiuwu was stunned for two seconds, then her cheeks bulged slightly, and she couldn't help raising her hands and mouth, and chuckled twice.

Weird Thing shouted out of breath, raised his hand to cover his chest, "Then it's your turn next, Miss Bai Qiuwu."

Bai Qiuwu hesitated for a while after hearing this, then closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

After a moment, she suddenly opened her mouth and shouted at the brightly lit city: "I don't want to..."

Halfway through, her voice seemed to be choked in her throat. After two seconds, she opened her mouth and said in a voice so soft that it was hard to hear: "Forget it, I still can't do it."

"You can be louder."

"I don't want to..."

Bai Qiuwu raised her voice slightly.

"You can be a little louder. There is no one else here except me..." The strange thing said, and suddenly covered his ears, "If you don't want me to hear, I can cover my ears."

As soon as the voice fell, in the dead silence in its eyes, Bai Qiuwu suddenly held her breath, raised her right hand wrapped in a hand guard as a trumpet, opened her mouth and shouted something in a low voice.

The girl's shout echoed on the empty viaduct, but it was covered by the whistling wind in just a few seconds.

The strange thing covered its ears and didn't hear anything clearly.

After a while, it let go of its hand and asked curiously: "What did you say?"

"I said..." Bai Qiuwu lowered her head, took a deep breath, and then shouted at the brightly lit city, "I don't want to die--!"

Her hair fluttered in the wind, and her hoarse voice spread far away in the night sky.

The strange thing was stunned for a long time, scratching its ears with its fingers.

Bai Qiuwu seemed to be unsatisfied, took a few breaths, and continued to shout at the city.

Although no one responded to her words.

After a while, she was silent for a long time, whispering to herself: "It feels good to shout..."

"You did a good job unexpectedly. Miss Bai Qiuwu, are you really the type who is very surprising after liberating your nature?" The strange thing narrowed its eyes and looked at her.

Bai Qiuwu whispered: "It always feels strange to hear you call me by my name."

"Then, Miss Qiuwu?"

"Isn't it the same?"

"Miss Sun Wukong?"

"Well, I'm more used to it."

"Oh, you know, in fact, 'Miss Bai Qiuwu' and 'Miss Qiuwu' are holiday limited editions." The strange thing said seriously, "Today is your birthday, so I call you that. You won't hear me talking to you like this in the future. Don't you think it's a pity that you insist on me calling you 'Miss Sun Wukong'?"

Bai Qiuwu pondered for two seconds, and then said: "Okay. But after my birthday, you have to call me normally."

"Okay, Miss Qiuwu," the strange thing said.

"You said you would help me protect them." Bai Qiuwu paused, "But don't you hate Akeno very much?"

"I hate him very much because he looks disgusting, arrogant, arrogant, unruly, and always uses his sense of humor in inappropriate situations."

Bai Qiuwu asked: "Just like you?"

The strange thing was stunned for a moment, rubbed his chin with his hand, and lowered his head in thought for a while.

"Yes, just like me," it said. "That's why I hate him. But I don't really hate him that much."

Both of them were silent for a moment, and Bai Qiuwu smiled softly, as if he was relieved.

Seeing that she didn't speak, the strange thing raised a finger and said, "Okay, although you may be sad to say this, in fact, celebrating your birthday is just by the way."

As he said that, he sat on the bridge railing and said, "Actually, the main purpose of asking you to come here is to talk to you about something."

"What's up?"

The strange thing said: "Remember to keep an eye on the two people in your family during this time, the cute white-haired sister, and the little guy who likes to dress up as an owl and go out to fight criminals."

Bai Qiuwu was stunned for a moment: "Why?"

"They will be in danger." The strange thing said, "Especially the white-haired girl. It's best to keep an eye on her and don't let her get out of the house."

It paused: "It's almost time for me to leave. I advise you to go home early. Something very important and serious will happen at your home tonight."

"Serious matter?" Bai Qiuwu was stunned for a moment, then frowned, "Don't scare me."

"You'll know when you get back."

The strange thing said quietly, stood up from the bridge railing, and fell towards the building immersed in neon light. Its body gradually cracked and heated up, and finally fire burst out from thousands of fine cracks, turning into a burst of eerie laughter and disappearing into the air.

Seeing this, Bai Qiuwu was stunned for a long time, her heart beating very fast.

Something happened at home? How could it be?

With this thought in mind, she quickly put on a mask to cover her face, then gathered her long black hair together and covered her head with a silver and black hood.

Immediately afterwards, a rolling and surging cloud slowly emerged from the soles of his feet. Then in a burst of noisy noise, she fled into the night on the clouds and disappeared without a trace.

Ten minutes later, the corridor on the 12th floor of a duplex apartment building in Lao Jingmai Street.

Bai Qiuwu walked out of the brightly lit car, her head slightly lowered, looking thoughtful.

"Important thing? What on earth is the weird thing talking about?"

Bai Qiuwu thought about it, quickly entered the password of the electronic lock with a nervous heart, and put his hand on the door handle.

He turned the door handle and pushed the door open with a force that was so weak that it could hardly be counted.

Then, through the crack in the door that was opened, she glimpsed the scene inside the house.

I saw that the entire entrance hall, and even the living room connected to the end of the entrance hall, were dark, and I couldn't see my fingers.

"It's only seven o'clock and there's no one at home?"

Seeing that the room was completely dark and there was no movement at all, I then thought of the words of the strange thing. Bai Qiuwu couldn't help being startled, his heart beating faster.

"What happened?"

Beads of sweat broke out on her forehead. Thinking this, she leaned over and opened the door.

The next second, Bai Qiuwu suddenly noticed someone clinging to the wall of the entrance hall, approaching her quickly from the darkness.

Bai Qiuwu felt the aura coming from the figure. He was stunned for a moment, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"So that's what happened."

Just as she was thinking about it, a "pop" sound suddenly came from her ears.

Immediately afterwards, silver colored flowers fell on Bai Qiuwu's head. Someone pressed the button on the wall, and the light in the entrance hall was turned on, and the warm orange light enveloped the side of her face.

Bai Qiuwu pretended to be shocked, opened his eyes wide, and stood up slowly after a long while.

"Happy birthday, sis."

Ke Mingye held the cake and muttered unhappily, "Why do you ask me to carry the cake every time? Do you have no hands?"

"Happy birthday."

Bai Ziling put his hands behind his back and tilted his head, his snow-white hair swaying gently.

"Happy birthday, sister, we love you!"

As Bai Zini spoke, she took back the salute and hid it behind her back.

"Happy birthday."

Ke Yongzhu took a sip of Wong Lo Kat, looked away, and spoke lightly.

"Happy birthday, our classmate Qiu Wu finally ushered in the day of adulthood."

As he said that, Ke Yinzhi leaned his tall and thin body against the door frame, held up a bottle of beer in his hand, raised his lips at her and said, "You will be eighteen years old after tonight. It's time to accompany you and me." Second brother is having a drink, so don’t run away from the battle.”

Ke Xiaomo sighed and pushed Ke Yinzhi away and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense, I don't drink." He paused, "Don't drink either, don't follow his bad example."

"It's so boring, classmate Xiao Mo." Ke Yinzhi looked at him sideways.

"Boring. Don't lead your sister astray." Ke Xiaomo's face was expressionless.

"Hey, you naughty kids, what if you insist on doing something like this and scare your eldest sister into having a heart attack?"

Bavanna turned on the light in the living room, walked over from the living room, and said with one eye closed.

Bai Qiuwu covered his chest and took a deep breath, "Yeah, I was almost scared to death, I thought there was a thief in the house..."

Then he raised his hand and put it on Ke Mingye's shoulder: "But I forgive you, thank you for preparing so much for me, and thank you for celebrating my birthday."

"You're welcome." Ke Mingye said, "It's all this guy's trick." As he said that, he looked at Bai Zini with contempt.

Bai Zini put her face on his shoulder and said angrily: "Brother, how can you say that? We celebrated my second brother's birthday like this last time."

"Don't do it next time." Ke Xiaomo recalled the scene of that day, hugged his shoulders and said, "I really have no appetite when I see the birthday cake after going to the toilet."

"I said it?" Ke Mingye said sarcastically while carrying the cake into the living room.

"Second brother, you clearly said 'I am very touched' at that time! You guys just bully me together."

Bai Zini glared at Ke Xiaomo, then followed Ke Mingye to the living room.

Ke Xiaomo shook his head and sighed.

"Oh, I haven't asked you yet, how does it feel to celebrate your birthday at the door of the toilet?" Ke Yinzhi couldn't help but tease Ke Xiaomo after hearing what the two said.

"It's hard to describe in one word." Ke Xiaomo said deeply.

Bai Qiuwu patted his shoulder sympathetically and said, "I'll make it up to you next birthday."

"It's your birthday now, don't worry about me." Ke Xiaomo said.

"By the way, actually it contains orange juice." Ke Yinzhi shook the beer bottle in his hand and teased, "Shh... Don't tell the elementary school student that he stole the beer in the refrigerator last time and really thought the beer was orange flavored."

"Wow, you guys are so mean."

Bai Qiuwu commented.

"This is to prevent minors from drinking secretly. Yongzhu likes to put anything in the refrigerator into his mouth." Ke Xiaomo said lightly, turned and walked into the house, "Okay, don't chat at the door, we'll wait for you in the living room."

Ke Yinzhi glanced at Ke Yongzhu and whispered, "Don't tell the elementary school students what you just said." As he said that, he smiled slightly, turned around and followed the others back to the living room.

"Well, I'll change my shoes and come."

Looking at the backs of the few people, Bai Qiuwu said while gently curling the corners of her mouth.

She stopped at the door, recalled the faint tone of the strange thing, and thought, "So the 'very important, very serious matter' that guy said... is this the case?"

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