Chapter 189 Bai Zini: What? My brother is a superhero (Part )

July 7, in the afternoon after the meeting with Gastello.

Ke Mingye sat cross-legged on the bed in the bedroom, playing with his phone with his eyes downcast. On the wooden table beside the bed, a handheld fan facing his face was turning slowly. The weather was so hot that it seemed to be able to burn to death the cicadas chirping in the trees.

In the email he just sent to his second brother, he said that he didn't know Gastro's intention of disguising the puppet as himself.

But in fact, he actually knew that Gastello did this for the following two purposes:

One is to test whether the player already knows her true identity;

Secondly, if other players already know her true appearance, then by dressing the puppet to look like herself, she might be able to lure out other players who are lying in ambush nearby, and then let the three vampire hunters catch all of them in one fell swoop, and find out the player who has a vampire hidden in his house.

But Ke Mingye couldn't tell this to his second brother.

After all, if news of internal fighting among players gets out, it will more or less bring trouble.

It has to be said that it is already a fantasy that only a hundred players can exterminate the superhuman race, and internal fighting at this time would make the situation even worse.

At this moment, he exited his email and was about to turn off his backup phone when two messages suddenly popped up on the lock screen.

Ke Mingye raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at the contents of the two messages.

The top one is a QQ message.

[Not Ashes: Hong said she wanted to see you. If you have time, come to the elementary school. If you don't have time, forget it. It shouldn't be an important matter.]

The one at the bottom is a text message.

[Che Zhengchen: Are you free today? Come to the Chaoying Building and show your face. Everyone is worried about you. Don’t let someone throw a funeral for you right after your debut.]

"Come on, why am I so busy?"

Ke Mingye muttered and scratched his hair.

He felt like he had a limited-time experience of being treated like an internet scumbag, but one of these two people was his sister and the other was his boss.

"It seems that we can't miss any of them, otherwise we might miss some important information." He thought, "Let's find a time to release the two dolls."

Thinking of this, he got out of bed, put on his slippers and walked out of the room.

At this moment, at the door of the Bo Ke family’s residence.

Ke Xiaomo leaned against the door behind him, his eyes drooping and covered by his hair, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly. After taking a breath, he slowly raised his right hand and gently placed it on the door handle.

To be honest, he was annoyed.

He clearly didn't want to cooperate with the Dice Monster, but he had to pretend to be nice.

His ultimate goal in cooperating with the Dice Monster is only one: relying on the clues provided by the Dice Monster, he can gradually uncover its true identity, and then make it kneel at his feet and taste the consequences of its attack on his family.

Especially last night, after seeing the wounds on Mingye's body, Ke Xiaomo almost couldn't suppress his anger.

At that moment, if the dice monster was right in front of him, no matter whether the other party was a fake or real, he would probably not be able to help but cut him into pieces...

"Be calm, be patient, and don't forget how you got here."

Ke Xiaomo thought about this, took a long breath, and tried his best to restrain the violence and anger in his heart. The blue veins on the back of his hand slowly became blurred.

Just then, the door handle was turned.

Ke Xiaomo released his hands from above, moved his back away from the door, and turned to look at the person who walked out of the house.

Ke Mingye looked up from his phone and looked at him in confusion: "What are you doing standing at the door?"

"It's okay..." Ke Xiaomo paused and said, "It's time for lunch."

"Okay, I'll go downstairs and buy a drink and come back."

Hearing this, Ke Xiaomo just nodded and watched his back as he walked into the elevator. He then turned his head to the window at the entrance of the corridor and looked through the window at Ke Mingye's figure appearing and slowly walking into the supermarket.

Then he withdrew his gaze with relief and walked back into the house.

Not long after, in the afternoon, in the Hongdeng Business District, on the bottom floor of the Chaoying Building.

A red and blue figure walked into the Chaoying Building amid the surprised gazes of the onlookers nearby.

From passers-by on the street to superheroes and staff of the association, most people know what happened last night.

The Dice Monster suddenly attacked the White Wings while they were out on a mission, severely injuring the Psychic Sister and the Mechanical Vanguard. In addition, the whereabouts of the new hero Blue Owl is unknown.

As a result, the next afternoon, Blue Owl walked into the Super English Building in broad daylight and took the elevator to the first floor.

Coupled with Qing Ya's teasing title of "illegitimate child", it is difficult to lower the rate of people turning back to look at him.

A moment later, Blue Owl walked out of the elevator and went straight into Che Zhengchen's office.

Che Zhengchen put down the file in his hand, rubbed the Tianming acupoint, then raised his eyes to look at Blue Owl, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is the second time we have talked about the dice monster."

"Yes." Blue Owl said, "I was wondering if last night's incident was my fault. The Dice Monster targeted me, so he attacked you and my team members."

"Really..." Che Zhengchen pondered, "You think so."

"Ah."

"How self-righteous."

"what?"

"Rather than targeting you, you might as well say it targeted me and attacked my superhero team."

"But it's obviously coming for me," said Blue Owl.

"Who knows? Don't care about a madman's thoughts, and don't feel guilty about his actions." Che Zhengchen said slowly, clasping his hands on the table. "This is the first thing I must tell you today."

He paused, and gently adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose. "In fact, even if I don't teach you, Qing Ya will teach you. After all, he has been fighting against the watchmaker for so many years, and many innocent people have been hurt because of it. He is not a rational person without emotions, and he often blames himself. He even came to me late at night, with injuries all over his body, and asked me, 'Did I do something wrong?'"

At this point, he sighed softly and said unhappily, "I was startled at that time. I was lying in bed resting in the middle of the night, and suddenly I saw a figure wearing a tattered black cloak outside the window, and his mask was stained with blood."

"……what?"

Blue Owl was stunned when he heard this, thinking that his father, the sultry and scary crow man, also had a moment of weakness to the point of questioning himself. Is this true? Is he sure he is not a fake?
"In short, even the Qing Ya you admire will encounter these problems, so it's not surprising that you think that way." Che Zhengchen said, "If I don't remind you a little bit, you will always take all these problems on yourself like he did, then maybe one day... you will become the second Qing Ya."

"Isn't that good?"

The blue owl tilted its head, and its beak tilted with it.

"No, no, no, it's certainly not good to be like him, you know..."

Che Zhengchen paused for a moment before continuing, "I think he can't hold on any longer."

"What do you mean?"

"He can no longer hold on, both physically and mentally," Che Zhengchen said calmly. "If he still refuses to stop, he will either be dealt with by the Control Bureau or be imprisoned in the Bedlam Lunatic Asylum in the UK before long."

Blue Owl was slightly stunned when he heard this and was speechless.

"I think that before dealing with the Clock Man, Qing Ya will never be willing to admit old age. So your appearance at this time may be God's will... He must think that you are the last straw given to him by God."

"You're exaggerating, Commander Che." Blue Owl sighed.

"No, I'm not exaggerating."

Che Zhengchen shook his head and whispered, "I know Qing Ya and I are very selfish. As mature adults, we should have advised you to take off this uniform and reminded you that you would attract the Clock Man and might be killed by him. But neither he nor I did that."

"We both know each other's intentions and how ugly each other's minds are."

He smiled self-deprecatingly and continued, "I hope I can use you to lure out the Watchman and avenge my son, letting that damn Watchman experience the feeling of having his body hung on a building for everyone to see. And Qing Ya, he also hopes to use you to lure out the Watchman and put an end to this farce that has lasted for more than 20 years, so that he can exit this chaotic stage with peace of mind."

Che Zhengchen paused and changed the subject.

"But even though I know we are all selfish, even though I know this is definitely wrong, I don't want to change my mind."

He lowered his voice slightly and said, "So this is my request to you, Blue Owl. Even if you risk being killed by the Clock Man, please don't give up on Blue Crow... He needs you."

Blue Owl stared at the complicated expression on his face, lowered his head and was silent for a while, then slowly said: "Isn't this the reason why I put on this combat uniform?"

Che Zhengchen was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then he smiled as if relieved.

"Thank you... I didn't make a mistake."

After saying that, Che Zhengchen lowered his eyes to look at the file in his hand and tapped the table lightly with his fingers. "Bai Yi has already told me a lot about what happened last night. There is no need for you to report it again. Go outside. He has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Ok."

After saying that, Blue Owl turned around, walked out of the office slowly, and closed the door behind him.

Then he turned his head to the right, and just like last time, Bai Yi was waiting for him with his back against the wall.

The difference is that this time Bai Yi took off his mask and was not wearing a combat uniform. Instead, he was wearing a very thin plaid jacket and black casual trousers.

He has a delicate face and fair complexion, like a scholar who has never experienced the world.

"Are you sure this is summer attire?" asked Blue Owl.

Bai Yi teased, "I just don't want to get tanned. This coat is okay, it's not too thick."

"As long as you like it." Blue Owl said, hugging his shoulders and asking, "How are the nuns and the pioneers?"

Bai Yi replied: "The pioneer and the nun are still receiving treatment in the hospital within the association. They may need two or three days to recuperate before they can move. We can be idle for the time being."

Blue Owl nodded: "That's good."

Both of them were silent for a while, with their backs against the wall outside the office, quietly looking at the city outside the window and the white high-speed train shuttling on the viaduct.

Looking at the high-speed train gradually moving away, amid the rumbling sound of the engine, Bai Yi suddenly asked.

"Are you free to come to my house?"

"Uh, I should have told you that I..."

Blue Owl hugged his shoulders, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Bai Yi interrupted him: "I want you to meet my sister. She said she would bring a friend home to play this afternoon. I also want to bring a friend back. Otherwise, how embarrassing it would be for me to be alone with a few girls?"

Blue Owl looked surprised and asked curiously, "Wait, the friend your sister is talking about can't be..."

"It seems to be someone from the Magical Girls' Alliance." Bai Yi shrugged, "Of course, there may be other friends of hers."

"Okay, then does this count as a get-together between the Alliance and the Superhero Association?"

"You really mean it."

"I have to say, it's a wonderful feeling to have a magical girl at home. I'm a little envious of you." Blue Owl said with emotion.

Bai Yi turned his head to look at him: "So are you coming or not?"

Hearing this, Blue Owl hesitated for a long time, then sighed and responded.

"Okay... I'll do it then."

"Great."

Bai Yi didn't seem to expect such a reply, so his eyes lit up, but he immediately realized a serious problem, "So you want to come to my house in your combat uniform?"

He asked implicitly, then smiled awkwardly and said, "It's not impossible. It will also make it easier for me to introduce you to my sister. An Hong told me about you before."

Blue Owl raised an eyebrow and murmured the name: "An Hong?"

Bai Yi explained: "My sister's real name, her code name 'Magical Girl Rainbow' is taken from her real name."

"So what did your sister say about me?"

"She often says... her friend, Magical Girl Kaede, is your fan. She mentions you every day and she is annoyed by you."

"Oh, I think I took a photo with that Feng before."

Blue Owl said this and shrugged, as if remembering something unpleasant.

"Have you taken a photo together?" Bai Yi raised his eyebrows and joked, "You wouldn't do that to a girl of this age..."

"Really? I certainly wouldn't have any idea about your sister or her friends."

Blue Owl spread his hands and interrupted him helplessly.

He paused and said, "Come to think of it, when you see me without the mask, you might think I look quite young." He hesitated and added, "Maybe I'm even younger than your sister."

Hearing this, Bai Yi was stunned at first, then he slightly widened his eyes, turned his head, and looked at the man wearing the bird-beak mask again with a strange look.

Then he asked suspiciously: "Is this true? I thought you started at least when you were 20 years old."

Blue Owl lowered his head, held the mask with his hand, and sighed softly: "Well, first of all, I'm only a teenager, and secondly, I have half a baby face."

"Now I know why you insist on wearing a mask."

Bai Yi sighed.

Blue Owl gave him a sidelong glance and said, "Anyway, I'll give you a cell phone number. You can wait for me in a nearby cafe. I'll go to my secret base to take off my combat uniform, and then come to meet you. Is that okay?"

"Okay." Bai Yi smiled, "Don't worry, my sister said they won't arrive until 2pm, so you can just wait until you change your clothes before going to my house. I hope you won't stand me up."

He paused and said, "By the way...my real name is An Renchuan. You can use a fake name, I don't mind."

Blue Owl hesitated for a long time, slowly raised his eyes from behind the lenses and read out a name.

"Ke Mingye."

At the same time, Tobacco Street.

Little Red Riding Hood lowered her wand and tapped her feet on the ground on the school rooftop. The snow and wind that was wrapped around her body dissipated like smoke.

She turned her head and looked behind her. There were three figures leaning on the iron net at the edge of the rooftop. The magical girl Hong standing on the left waved at her and smiled softly.

The magical girl Feng, who was leaning her head on her shoulder and playing with her phone, sighed and said without raising her head, "You're so slow, newbie. If you're this slow, you'll be eaten by the wolf."

Little Red Riding Hood said calmly: "Don't worry, every version of Little Red Riding Hood survived."

As she spoke, she shifted her gaze to look at Huijin, who was standing on the far right, clearly a body length away from the two of them.

The girl in the Gothic skirt held onto the gap in the iron mesh with one hand, her face turned sideways, her clear eyes gazing at the viaduct in the distance, the gray ribbon above her head swaying in the wind.

Her expression was as nonchalant as ever, as if there was a layer of glass separating her from the world.

"So, why are you looking for me, senior?" Little Red Riding Hood looked at her profile and asked.

"Ask them." The girl in the Gothic skirt replied.

Hearing this, Little Red Riding Hood turned her gaze to Hong and Feng who were always together, "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

"Ask this guy." Feng said, poking Hong's shoulder with his finger.

Little Red Riding Hood moved her eyes away and stared at Hong expressionlessly.

Hong hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything. She raised her hands and pointed her index fingers at each other. After a while, she spoke: "Uh, actually I want to... I want to invite you and..."

"Me and?" Little Red Riding Hood tilted her head.

Hong suddenly shook her head and said in a frustrated tone, "No! I just wanted to invite you to my house."

Little Red Riding Hood shook her head and said, "No, what you meant to say was that you wanted to invite Senior Huijin and I to your house, right?"

When the magical girl Ash heard her own name, she withdrew her gaze from the distant viaduct, slowly turned her head, hugged her shoulders, glanced at Little Red Riding Hood, and then looked at Rainbow.

"What's wrong with me?" she asked.

"No, I don't mean that." Hong waved her hands quickly, wanting to cry but without the tears.

"That's obviously what she meant. She's just afraid that you'll be mean to her." Feng said, turning his head and getting closer to Hong, "Hey, hey, hey, don't be a coward at the critical moment."

"I think it's okay." Little Red Riding Hood said expressionlessly, "How about senior, come with me to her house to play?"

"she?"

As she spoke, the magical girl Ash stared at the bewildered Hong, tilted her head, and the ends of her black hair tilted slightly.

"Well, my brother is at home, and I want to introduce you to him." Hong nodded vigorously, "He's a very nice guy! And he's a superhero! Although he just debuted recently, you should have heard of his name!"

After this series of punches, the other three people present couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. The rooftop was briefly shrouded in silence. The wind carrying the heat wave blew over the city and slapped their cheeks.

“Eh——?” Feng was the first to be shocked, “Your brother is actually a superhero?”

Hong nodded gently and continued, "Yes. He became a superhero recently. He didn't go to school because he didn't want to go out because of problems with his legs."

She paused and whispered, "I often mentioned you to him. He once sat in a wheelchair and looked out the window, whispering, 'Thank you so much for taking care of you. It would be great if I could meet you guys.' Since then, I have always wanted to take you to meet him, but I never found the chance..."

Hearing this, Magical Girl Ashes was slightly surprised and asked softly, "Then why didn't you tell us about it?"

"Isn't it mentioned now?"

As she spoke, Hong touched her head sheepishly and chuckled.

"That's true." Magical Girl Ashes paused, "But I still don't really want to..." Before she could finish her words, Little Red Riding Hood came over and grabbed her elbow.

"doing what?"

"Senior, please obey me and come with me to her home to play." said Little Red Riding Hood.

"No."

"No, I'm going to jump off the building. It turns out that a girl who grew up with garbage in her mouth is not worthy of inviting a girl who grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth to go to other people's homes to play together." Little Red Riding Hood was sad.

"If you say no, it means no. There's no end to it."

Little Red Riding Hood leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Senior, can you please not be so unkind? Look at her expression. If you don't accept it, she will jump off the building soon even if I don't."

Hearing this, the magical girl Ash turned her fair face to the side and glanced at them gently, then retracted her gaze and tapped her arm lightly with her fingers. After a long moment, she said hesitantly, "But I have never let them see my true form."

"Then let them meet." Little Red Riding Hood tilted her head, "What's the trouble?"

"You are right, Jane..."

Before Ashes could finish his words, Little Red Riding Hood was suddenly covered with a layer of cocoon light, and then the cocoon light shattered, and she turned back into the girl named "You Minglu".

You Minglu was wearing a jumpsuit, dressed like a tomboy, but it inexplicably produced a chemical reaction with her indifferent temperament.

The other three were stunned when they saw this, as if they didn't expect her to be so decisive.

You Minglu asked calmly: "Aren't you going to her house to play? Aren't you going to transform?"

Upon hearing this, the magical girl Hong and the magical girl Feng turned their heads and looked at each other, then they all returned to their original appearance in the broken cocoon light.

Hong was wearing a light red pleated skirt and had hair that was slightly longer than her shoulders;
Feng was wearing a yellow T-shirt and ripped jeans. She had neat short hair, and the hair around her ears was cut very short.

They all had black hair and brown eyes, and looked not much different from standard high school girls: Hong had a little baby fat on her face, but was still cute; Feng looked like a teenager, with androgynous features.

The three of them returned to their original appearance, turned their eyes, and put the pressure on the magical girl Ashes.

The girl in the Gothic skirt hugged her shoulders and leaned her back against the iron net. After being stared at by the three men for a while, her eyes twitched slightly. Finally, she couldn't stand it anymore and opened the magic umbrella Cinderella to escape immediately.

As a result, Little Red Riding Hood seemed to have anticipated what she was going to do. She directly held down her right hand, then signaled Feng and Hong with her eyes.

Feng complained, "Senior, other magical girls from other alliances have known each other for a few years and can take baths together, but we have known you for such a long time and you haven't even let us see your true appearance."

Hong nodded and said innocently, "Yes."

The corner of Huijin's eyes twitched again. She hesitated for a while, slowly put down the magic umbrella that was about to open, then turned her head, took a deep breath, and spoke in an arrogant and cold tone.

"Then let me make it clear first. If you dare to comment on my appearance even once after I change back to my original form, you will bear the consequences yourself."

Hong and Feng were stunned by her murderous aura and nodded stupidly.

The magical girl Ashes raised her eyes and stared at them seriously for a while, then lowered her head and hugged her shoulders in thought for a moment. As if she couldn't bear it anymore, she stomped her feet, raised the handle of the magic umbrella and ran away.

As a result, Little Red Riding Hood pressed down her right hand again, stared into her eyes, and shook her head.

"Running away from the battlefield is not what you would do, senior."

Magical Girl Ashes looked into her eyes and sighed deeply, "Forget it, let's change."

After she finished speaking, her beautiful and graceful figure was slowly enveloped by a layer of gray cocoon light.

Hong and Feng opened their eyes wide, like bells. They had never seen Huijin's transformation, so they were naturally concentrating, like high school students waiting for their college entrance examination scores, not even willing to blink.

The next moment, the cocoon light on the magical girl Ashes shattered. She lowered her eyes and looked at the folding umbrella, silent, as if a little embarrassed.

"Your face didn't change?"

Feng and Hong both looked confused.

Little Red Riding Hood shook her head and pointed at Bai Zini's pocket: "Senior, there is still a mirror that you haven't used."

Baizini raised the magic mirror and looked into it, and her face immediately returned to its original appearance.

Hong blurted out: "How cute."

Feng was stunned and stammered, "So... So Senior is so young?"

Hearing this, Bai Zini took her eyes off the umbrella, raised her eyes, and glanced at the two of them with anger in her eyes.

She said, "Be careful next time."

The two of them shuddered and immediately covered their mouths.

"Let's go, we'll go to her house and play for a while and then come back."

You Minglu said this expressionlessly and pushed Bai Zini's shoulder from behind.

"Don't push me."

As Bai Zini was speaking, You Minglu quickly moved from behind her to her side and walked out of the school rooftop with her shoulder to shoulder.

A moment later, the four of them walked out of the long-abandoned primary school and stopped in front of a vending machine on the Tobacco Street.

"Wait for me. I'll buy a few bottles of drinks. I've run out of drinks in the fridge."

As Hong spoke, she turned around, stretched out her finger, and selected a drink on the page of the vending machine.

Taking advantage of this gap, Feng suggested: "Let's exchange names. We don't have to use real names, just a pseudonym will do. We can't still use code names at home, right?"

As she spoke, she shrugged her shoulders and said disapprovingly: "I'll take the lead. My real name is Qiu Xia."

Hong turned around and said while distributing drinks to several people: "My real name is An Hong, although I feel like everyone should know it."

You Minglu took the bottle of ice-cold Sprite and said, "You Minglu, the Lu in Lilu."

Bai Zini was stunned for a moment, then leaned close to her ear and asked, "Why did you just give your real name?"

You Minglu explained calmly: "Senior, I have no relatives or friends, so it doesn't matter even if the bad guys know my real name." As she spoke, she unscrewed the cap of the Sprite bottle with a "click" and then put the bottle mouth to her lips.

Upon hearing this, Bai Zini lowered her eyes and hesitated for a moment, then as if she remembered something funny, she slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

She coughed twice and said, "You can call me... Bai Mingye."

Upon hearing the name, You Minglu was choked and almost spit out the Sprite he had drunk.

"Cough...cough, cough, cough, cough."

She wiped her mouth and thought: Hey, hey, hey, don’t you have your own name? How can you steal this?

"Senior, isn't this your brother's name?" You Minglu leaned close to Bai Zini's ear and asked in a low voice.

"no?"

"It's okay, your brother's name is yours. You are invincible." You Minglu said as he put his mouth close to the Sprite bottle cap.

"Bai Mingye..." An Hong muttered, picking up a shopping bag with several bottles of drinks, and asked Bai Zini: "Senior, is this a pseudonym or a real name?"

"Real name." Bai Zini said seriously.

"It's a nice name." Qiu Xia praised, "It's as nice as the code name of your predecessor."

"That's right." Hongye said.

Sounds good, right? Stolen from me? You Minglu drank Sprite silently, complaining in his heart.

"Then let's go." An Hong said as she walked forward with her shopping bag, leading the way in front of the three people. "My home is in the Yandai residential area, very close."

Along the way, Baizini always felt very, very uncomfortable walking among the four people, and she even got goose bumps.

Originally, she looked the most mature among the four after her transformation, but after taking off the magic mirror, she looked like the youngest one standing among them, like a mascot.

It's just a matter of time.

What a torture... let it end quickly. Bai Zini took a deep breath and thought, it's all because of this Little Red Riding Hood.

"Senior, why are you looking at me?"

"You're pretty cute (NTMD)."

In the hot summer, their figures are looming among the billboards, high-rise buildings and narrow alleys along the way, and the chirping of cicadas drowns out the absurd advertising lines.

After walking for a while, An Hong, who was leading the way in front, stopped. They looked up and saw a two-story rental house in front of them, which looked quite spacious.

"Here we are, this is my home."

As An Hong spoke, she pressed the doorbell of the rental house.

Soon, the light blue door was opened, and the wind chimes tied to the door swayed "clang clang".

"An Incheon, your sister is back."

In the rental house, Ke Mingye, who was holding a mobile phone in his hand, raised his eyes while talking, glanced at the three people expressionlessly, and then suddenly froze in place.

"coming."

As he spoke, An Renchuan came up from behind him, with a warm smile on his face, and said to An Hong: "You and your friends came so quickly?"

"Yeah." An Hong pointed at An Renchuan and introduced him to the three people behind her, "This is my brother."

"Hello." Qiu Xia nodded.

"Hello." You Minglu said.

However, at this moment, only Bai Zini seemed to have completely ignored An Renchuan, but stared motionlessly at Ke Mingye standing in the house.

The two looked at each other.

She opened her mouth slightly, but no words came out.

Ke Mingye was the same, his eyes were as big as bells.

After a while, they both spoke at the same time.

"No, why are you here?!" Ke Mingye was shocked.

"I just wanted to ask you how you are?!" Bai Zini was also surprised.

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