Superman's Ending Manual

Chapter 228: Obtaining A-level equipment, clues about the watchmaker

At dusk, somewhere in the city.

The setting sun slowly fell towards the horizon, and the afterglow fell on a towering iron mesh.

This iron fence separates the city from the abandoned city, and there is a sign with the words "no entry" posted above it.

Looking down, on the land covered with rough sand and stones, the puddles where the rain fell last night made ripples, reflecting the appearance of the two girls.

Bai Zini and You Minglu were silent and walked slowly beside the iron fence. From time to time, they looked through the gaps at the riverside and the grass-eating cattle on the opposite side of the iron fence.

After a while, the former stopped and leaned his back on the iron fence, and there was a soft "clang" sound.

The surroundings were desolate and silent, and "maybe some kid would regard this as a secret base" - vaguely revealing the atmosphere that would make people think this way.

Bai Zini raised her white right hand and gently grasped the gap in the iron net.

She lowered her head and asked softly: "So, what does my master want you to do?"

Hearing this, You Minglu put his hands behind his back, leaned against the iron fence, and said casually: "No, just talk to me and ask me if I want to come to New York."

"Then did she tell you to leave Huanjing temporarily during this period?"

Bai Zini said, lowering her eyes slightly, "Anyway, you don't have any reason to stay in Huanjing."

She knew that Little Red Riding Hood was a wandering orphan, free and unrestrained, unlike other magical girls in the city: they either lived in Huanjing and were trapped by their families, or went to school in Huanjing, or worked in Huanjing, and suddenly asked them to leave. This city must have many concerns and inconveniences.

"Teacher Xi Ziyue didn't say anything."

"oh."

"But she said the opposite."

"On the contrary?"

"She asked me to stay in Huanjing for the next period of time and not to leave."

When Bai Zini heard this, she was stunned for a while: "...Why?" She paused, "I don't understand. Isn't it dangerous for you to stay here?"

"Because I think, senior, when you say you want me to leave, you actually really want me to stay here."

"Is there any?"

"Yes, you are a person who can't hide secrets."

Halfway through, when Bai Zini opened her mouth, You Minglu quickly changed the topic: "Senior must be thinking at this time, 'A girl who grew up with garbage in her mouth deserves to understand a girl who grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth. I understand the idea, but please don’t say it so harshly that it will hurt the friendship between us.”

"You..."

As they spoke, the two people leaning against the iron net turned to look at each other, their cheeks shrouded in a golden afterglow.

They chuckled softly.

You Minglu withdrew his gaze, lowered his head slightly, and looked at the knee-high weeds on the ground for a while.

These unchecked weeds are growing wildly on this barren land, and are swaying gently in the heat wave that smells of rust.

"By the way, senior, don't you tell your brother about the witch?" she asked suddenly.

"I don't want him to worry," Bai Zini said.

"Why."

"I just don't want him to worry. Why else?"

"Is it because he is weak?"

"That's part of the reason." Bai Zini said slowly, "Even you can see it. Do you know what his strength is? Although he is good at talking, he is totally useless in a fight. I don't want to see him get hurt. "

You Minglu was silent for a while: "But even so, he will still come to save you."

"I know, he is such an idiot..." Bai Zini said softly, "He has no self-awareness at all." As she said that, she turned her cheek and looked up at the gurgling river water on the other side of the iron fence.

"I want to go back and rest. I'm very tired today." You Minglu said suddenly.

"Bye then."

"Goodbye, senior."

Not long after, the Bacon family home.

Ke Mingye opened his eyes and saw the yellowed ceiling. He was in a daze for a while, then he freed one of his arms behind his head and picked up the cell phone beside his pillow.

"Let's ask Cai Bing if he can find out the information about the eldest son of the Amamiya family. After all, it is related to the lunatic asylum plan in the next few days."

Ke Mingye thought so, opened the chat panel, and sent a message to Cai Bing.

[Failed Man: If you have time, please help me find out the details of Amamiya's eldest son. He is the brother of the Ji Feng samurai we killed before. 】

Soon, Cai Bing sent a message.

[Cai Bing: His name is Amamiya Taka, and he is 19 years old now based on his birth date. 】

[Caibing: I can only find information from four years ago. Since four years ago, he has disappeared from the world and has not appeared in any media footage. The Amamiya family has also tried their best to suppress the leakage of information about him. 】

[Failed Man: I just got information from a magical girl, saying that Amamiya Taka was driven crazy by his family and was imprisoned in the Bedlam Lunatic Asylum. 】

[Cai Bing: Oh, no wonder he disappeared from the world. It turned out that he was crazy and was sent to that ghost place. 】

[Cai Bing: If this is true, then when you and Anti-Dog go to the lunatic asylum to look for someone in the next few days, maybe you can meet the former heir to the Amamiya family? 】

[Failed Man: It's possible. 】

[Cai Bing: If there’s nothing else to do, I’ll leave first. I’m still busy. 】

[Failed Man: By the way, I want you to help me look up the superhero "Octopus Man". 】

[Cai Bing: Why? Are you so petty that you want me to help you find out his "exclusive news" just because he provoked you in front of the camera? ]

[Cai Bing: But it makes sense. You guys are going to fight on the 15th of next month. If you expose some black material like "Octopus Man is actually a gay, and he has a crush on Blue Owl and wants to attract his attention, so he made this scene", or "Octopus Man is actually a domestic violence man, who often abuses his wife at home", it will help to stir up the heat and will not harm your heroic career. ]

[Failed Man: No, buddy, I'm not that shameless. I'm just curious about what he has experienced, otherwise why is his personality so weird. ]

[Cai Bing: Okay, wait for me for a while. He is a superhero after all, and his information is protected by the association. It's not that easy to find out. ]

[Failed Man: Okay. ]

After sending the message, Ke Mingye got up from the bed, turned the doorknob and walked out of the room, just in time to run into a primary school student playing with his phone in the corridor.

"Disney."

Ke Yongzhu said faintly. "Go away, what if you eat Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in Disneyland?"

Ke Yongzhu raised his middle finger to him, and then walked into the room without looking back.

Seeing this, Ke Mingye slowly walked to the corner of the corridor, grabbed Yuriko who was sleeping on the carpet, stretched out his hand to scratch its fur, woke it up and activated the E-level skill - [Animal Communication].

"Hey, hey, hey, I want to discuss something with you."

Ke Mingye squatted down and whispered.

"Don't disturb me when I take a nap." Yuriko said.

"Hey, it's almost time for dinner, and I'm still taking a nap. How happy I would be if I could exchange lives with you." Ke Mingye sighed, "Let me show you this thing."

As he said, he opened the drawing software on his mobile phone and moved the screen in front of Yuriko.

Yuriko squinted her eyes and looked at it.

In the picture, there is a set of "battle suits" specially designed for cats and dogs.

The overall color scheme is red and blue, and the size fits Yuriko's body. Even the metal tail shell is ready to fit a cat's tail.

But its headgear is designed to look like a dog, silly and cute. And like the Blue Owl uniform, there are two lenses embedded in the eye sockets.

Imagine: if Yuriko wears this uniform, her body will be wrapped tightly, with only her nose exposed for ventilation, and even her eyes are covered by lenses.

So, it looks exactly like a red and blue puppy.

"What is this?"

Yuriko squinted and asked vigilantly.

"Your uniform, you know what a superhero looks like?" Ke Mingye said, "You can wear it when you have time, and go on patrol with me. We can become famous together."

"But why is it designed like a dog?"

"Isn't it nice to experience being a dog, Blue Owl and his red and blue puppy."

"Get lost, how can a noble species like me be associated with a lowly dog, let alone dress up as a dog."

"One can."

"Get out of here."

"Two cans."

"...If you design this suit to look like a cat, I'll be willing to wear it."

"Three."

"Not impossible, but it's a bit of a stretch to dress up as a dog."

"Five cans."

"Woof woof woof--!"

Yuriko suddenly raised her head and barked loudly.

Then, with a "click-click" sound of unlocking, the doors of the rooms on the second floor that were tightly closed opened at the same time.

"Why is there a dog barking at home?" Bai Qiuwu opened the door with a slightly surprised tone.

"Damn, when did we get a dog at home?" Ke Yongzhu opened the door and asked with narrowed eyes.

"..." Bai Ziling opened the door and remained silent.

She tilted her head slightly, and her red eyes stared at Ke Mingye squatting on the ground.

Seeing this, Ke Mingye was stunned.

To be honest, even he was shocked. He didn't expect that the dog barking was so realistic. He really suspected that it didn't come from Yuriko's throat, but from his own throat.

Oh, mutant cats are different. He thought to himself.

"Uh... do you have to make such a fuss?"

Facing the strange eyes of the three people, he explained intermittently, "I was barking just now. I was pretending to be a dog to scare our classmate Yuriko."

As he said that, he picked up Yuriko as a shield.

If it weren't for seeing that the training was so smooth, Ke Mingye would not have wronged himself to tell such a lie.

Yuriko's two meaty paws were hung up.

It narrowed its eyes in mid-air, staring disdainfully at the three people standing at the door of their respective rooms, just like the emperor sitting on the throne looking down at his servants.

"Oh, don't really think of yourself as a dog." Bai Qiuwu hugged his shoulders, leaned against the door frame, and said with a smile, "I'll continue to review, you keep your voice down."

"I thought... it turned out to be a dog barking."

Ke Yongzhu said expressionlessly and closed the door.

Only Bai Ziling stayed for Ke Mingye for a second.

"Brother has changed his career to become a dog superhero?" Bai Ziling paused, "'Blue Dog'?"

Ke Mingye smacked his lips: "No, Blue Owl is more elegant, although the code name 'Lazy Dog' does suit me."

"Oh."

After saying that, she seemed to think of something, so she also quietly closed the door. There were subtle noises coming from several rooms, elementary school students playing mobile games, Bai Ziling drawing, and Bai Qiuwu reviewing English materials.

Several people continued to do their own things, while Ke Mingye breathed a sigh of relief, put down Yuriko, and went back to his room after relieving himself.

Since he had reached a consensus with Yuriko, he could ask the intellectuals to help him make this dog battle suit.

"I haven't shopped for a long time, and I just happened to have two shopping coupons that I didn't use."

Ke Mingye was lying on the bed thinking, opening the mall panel, and scanning the skills sales page refreshed today. Soon, seeing that none of the 10 skills were to his liking, he turned to open the daily consumables sales page.

On this page, he quickly saw a piece of equipment flashing with golden light.

Ke Mingye was stunned. He knew the meaning of this light, which meant... This was a legendary equipment - that is, the fucking "A-level equipment".

"This, this, this, this... is this awesome?"

Ke Mingye was dumbfounded and quickly glanced at the data at the top of the exclusive sales page.

[The current player level is 19, and the refresh probability of the equipment and props exclusive sales page is 60% for E-level items; 22.5% for D-level items; 10% for C-level items; 7% for B-level items; 0.5% for A-level items; 0% for S-level items].

He blinked and confirmed that he was not mistaken: the refresh probability of A-level equipment is only 0.5%. With such a small probability, he really ran into it.

Ke Mingye clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and muttered: "Oh my god, oh my god, A-level equipment has been refreshed for me with such a small probability, it seems that I am the real emperor of luck."

Then he looked at the icon of the equipment, which was a black glove decorated with crow feathers.

[Equipment Name: Gambler's Gloves]

[Equipment Level: Grade A]

[Equipment Skills: 1. At the cost of 1,000 mall coins, in a short period of time, the random factor of a "random skill" or "random equipment ability" you release will be changed to a self-selected factor (currently in the player's skill column and equipment column, the conditions are: Disaster Dice, Spinning Arm Rock-paper-scissors). ]

[Cooling Time: 1 Day]

[Equipment Description: The legendary gambling king of the parallel world, the gambler "Urushihara Ritsu", left this glove. He said that this is a weapon tailor-made for real gamblers. In the hands of others, it will only be mediocre or even useless. ]

[Price: 40,000 mall coins]

After reading the description, Ke Mingye opened his mouth even wider.

He was still wondering if this thing would be unsuitable for him to use. Now it seems that he was completely overthinking it - this thing is prepared for gamblers like him, and it may be useless in the hands of other players.

"Forty thousand mall coins, my current deposit is 38,100, but I still have two shopping coupons... one is 30% off, and the other is 20% off."

Ke Mingye murmured, and used the "30% off shopping coupon" in his bag without thinking.

[The "30% off shopping coupon" has been used, and the price of the next item purchased in the mall will become 70% of the original price. ]

Ke Mingye took a deep breath, and without much hesitation, he directly clicked the purchase option.

[Under the effect of the 30% off shopping coupon, the price of "Gambler's Gloves" changed from the original 40,000 mall coins to 28,000 mall coins. ]

[Do you want to buy it? ]

"Buy."

[Purchase successful, the A-level equipment "Gambler's Gloves" has been added to your bag. ]

[Your current mall coin balance is: 10,100]

After getting an A-level equipment, Ke Mingye did not give up, and quickly took a look at the other equipment in the exclusive sales page to ensure that there were no fish with a very high gender ratio that slipped through the net.

Soon, he saw an equally eye-catching piece of equipment in the corner.

[Equipment name: Animal Transformation Belt]

[Equipment level: C-level]

[Equipment ability: Allows you to temporarily transform into a harmless small animal (choose one among bats, squirrels, and cats), transformation duration: up to 5 minutes, during which you can transform back to your original state at any time. ]

[Cooling time: 1 day]

[Price: 10,000 mall coins]

Ke Mingye was very fond of this equipment.

Seeing that the price was still within his affordability, he did not use the remaining 20% ​​discount coupon in his bag and directly bought the equipment with full payment.

[Purchase successful, C-level equipment "Animal Transformation Belt" has been added to your bag]

[Current mall coin balance: 100]

Ke Mingye stared at this pathetic number and understood the feeling of being penniless.

At this moment, before he could feel sorry for his mall coins, the message sent by Cai Bing diverted his attention.

Ke Mingye popped the bubble and looked at the text on the panel.

[Cai Bing: Octopus Man, real name: Yu Wen, age: 20 years old, his mother died of dystocia when giving birth to his second child, his younger brother, and his father drowned in the lake ten years ago while trying to save someone. ]

Ke Mingye was slightly stunned and typed a question.

[Failed Man: What about his younger brother? ]

[Cai Bing: I just wanted to mention this to you. I haven't found any information about Octopus Man's younger brother. The confidentiality level is very high. If I insist on checking, something might go wrong. ]

[Failed Man: Huh? Who is his younger brother? ]

[Cai Bing: According to some relevant clues I found, his brother is very likely to be a criminal with supernatural powers, also commonly known as a "super villain", but it is only possible. You have to ask him for the specific details. 】

[Cao Bing: There is one more important thing: in the database of the Super League Association, the confidentiality mark on Octopus Man’s brother’s file is as follows. 】

[Cutting ice: (picture)]

Ke Mingye raised his eyebrows and clicked on the picture to view it. This logo was drawn by Cai Bing using a mind sketch, and it shows a broken clock.

[Failed Man: What do you mean? 】

[Cai Bing: In the database of the Super League Association, the meaning of this logo is..."related to watchmakers". 】

Seeing those last few words, Ke Mingye's eyes narrowed slightly and he froze on the spot.

He thought to himself: "The Octopus Man's brother is a criminal with supernatural powers, and is he also related to the Clockworker?"

[Failed Man: Then has his brother been tortured to death by the clockmaker? 】

[Cai Bing: Of course he’s not dead yet, otherwise I would have told you. 】

[Cai Bing: I'm also curious about who can survive after coming into contact with the Clockworker, but I can't find out. At most, I can only help you here. 】

After being stunned for a few seconds, Ke Mingye picked up his spare phone, clicked on the official APP of the Super League Association, and then opened the hero list.

Using keyword search, I found Octopus Man's account.

His fingers paused slightly, and after hesitating for a while, he pressed the red button on the screen and sent a friend request to "Octopus Man".

Soon, a "ding" sound came, which disturbed Ke Mingye's thoughts while he was reading.

[Tip: The C-class superhero "Octopus Man" has approved your friend application. 】

[The other party sent you a message. 】

[Octopus Man: What do you mean? 】

Ke Mingye glanced at the message, lowered his head and typed, replying quickly.

[Blue Owl: I have something to talk to you about. Let’s meet tomorrow. 】

[Octopus Man: Did you regret not playing that game? Ha, I knew it. 】

[Blue Owl: No, it’s something else. We’ll see you at the Premier League. 】

After sending this message, Ke Mingye breathed a sigh of relief, put down his phone, and his eyes flickered slightly.

"The clues to the Clockworker are right in front of me..." he thought to himself, "I can't let go of this opportunity. Maybe I can find out something from the Octopus Man's brother."

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