Chapter 286 Let’s Destroy This World Together
October 25, 2028, it was a quiet snowy night.

The light in the bedroom was off. Bai Zini tossed and turned but couldn't fall asleep.

She took a deep breath and stood up with her hands on the bed. She hugged her knees in the darkness, lowered her eyes, and sat quietly.

She glanced at the mirror and saw a blurry black shadow in the mirror, with the corners of a blood-red mouth raised high.

The shadow was saying something to her.

She couldn't hear...

She didn't want to hear it clearly either.

At this moment, the cold moonlight quietly sprinkled in, prompting her to look at the French window in the corner. Snowflakes flowed over the intertwined wires, falling one by one, and when illuminated by the dim lights on the street corner, they looked like swirling fallen leaves in autumn.

After a while, she suddenly turned over, fell off the bed, and walked barefoot to the corridor. In the middle of the night in October, the floor was very cold, as cold as ice.

She stopped in the empty corridor, with her back against a room and her head lowered. She wondered whether she should knock on the door of the room, but finally stopped and walked towards the rooftop.

When I pushed open the rusty iron door, the whistling wind and snow hit me in the face.

He closed the door casually, then climbed up to the railing as quietly as a kitten and slowly sat down.

The night sky is pitch black. There are fewer stars tonight, but the moon is much brighter.

The girl in her nightgown sat on the rooftop railing, basking in the moonlight, all alone.

The weather was so cold that it seemed like it could freeze people into snowmen. She blew some air on her hands and held them in her arms.

Looking up and gazing into the distance, I saw bright lights in every household amidst the falling snow.

There were noisy fashion makeup ads on the building, and men and women on the street were holding hands and walking into the distance, like a long, bustling dragon. The elevated train above passed through a long tunnel, rumbled across the sky, and slowly disappeared into the falling snow.

As I was watching intently, suddenly, there was a creaking sound from the iron door behind me.

She turned her head slightly and saw a boy in a hoodie pushing the door open slightly and sticking his head out from the gap.

Ke Mingye looked at Bai Zini on the rooftop, lowered his eyes, and exhaled lightly.

"Hey, classmate Bai Zini, it's so... " Ke Mingye sneezed, "Ah Qiu!" He raised his hand to touch the tip of his red nose, sniffed his nose unhappily, and continued to ask, "What are you doing here alone... in the middle of the night?"

His series of actions were exaggerated, as if he was deliberately trying to ease the embarrassment.

Seeing that Baizini did not respond, Ke Mingye walked onto the rooftop, closed the door, and moved closer to the railing.

"Don't come over here." she said suddenly.

Hearing this, Ke Mingye stopped in his tracks. He seemed to be playing the game of "statue" with her, not moving an inch.

"What's wrong? Because I secretly ate the ice cream you put in the refrigerator today?"

He asked in a low voice, looking at the girl's back, and suddenly felt that she seemed very far away from him.

"I'm so upset... Can you please leave me alone?"

"Okay, then put on a coat and I'm going back to bed."

As Ke Mingye spoke, he took off his coat and was about to hand it to Bai Zini when he suddenly remembered something, "Oh, right... the body temperature of a magical girl will not drop due to the climate."

Muttering to himself, he was about to take back the coat when Bai Zini suddenly reached out and took it.

Seeing this, Ke Mingye's mouth curled up slightly, loosened the sleeve of his coat, and let her pull him over. "I'll count to three. If you still want me to leave, then I'll--"

"Don't leave."

Come on, I haven't even started counting yet, Ke Mingye thought.

"Okay, then I'll reluctantly stay up with you all night. Remember to pay me for my companionship."

Ke Mingye said softly, jumped up, and sat next to Bai Zini.

The two of them were silent, looking up from the railing on the rooftop, quietly gazing at the city in the distance.

Bai Zini put on his coat and buried her face in it.

She asked, "How do you know I'm awake?"

"I heard your footsteps." Ke Mingye swung his legs in the evening breeze, clasped his hands on his legs, and added, "Although you didn't knock on the door."

He paused, turned his head and looked at Bai Zini: "So, what happened?"

"I just feel like... I can't hold on any longer."

Ke Mingye was silent for a moment: "Even so, you still can't muster up the courage to tell your masters?"

The girl shook her head.

"I don't want to see them looking at me like a monster..."

She paused and whispered, "I know their attitude towards witches. If they knew I was a witch, I don't know if they would look at me that way, so I don't want to tell them."

"But if this continues..."

"If I'm locked up, I won't be able to see you anymore." Bai Zini said softly, "I've heard that many magical girls who were found to have signs of becoming witches were locked up in Bedlam Lunatic Asylum... Will Master and the others lock me up too?"

Ke Mingye was silent.

So when you know that I am a player, especially you...how will you look at me?

In the long evening breeze, Ke Mingye lowered his eyes and looked at the dim street corner, thinking.

"Then I'll go with you to find your master. Although I haven't seen Xi Ziyue in person, I think she shouldn't be a heartless person... At least, she wouldn't send her good disciple to Bedlam Lunatic Asylum with her own hands."

"It's useless. If there is a way to turn the witch back to her original form, my master will not hide it from me... I have no way out. No matter how powerful my master is, he can't save me."

"We have to try. It's not time to give up yet."

Baizini lowered her eyes and was silent for a long time. The thin snow falling towards the city landed on her red nose tip.

"Do you think I'm troublesome?"

"why would you say so?"

"You know, when I was in elementary school, everyone always said, Baizini won't cry, Baizini won't cry, Baizini is the best. When I saw the girls in the class being bullied, I ran over immediately. After driving away those senior boys, I turned my head with blood on my face, hoping that everyone would praise me. But no one paid attention to me. Everyone was comforting the bullied girl. The teacher also scolded me and made me stand in the corner as punishment... At that time, I wanted to cry very much, but if I cried, the people who stood with me would laugh at me."

"Later, when I was a magical girl, I felt like a villain. Those people made sarcastic remarks every day, waiting for me to give up. The juniors were also watching me. Even if I couldn't hold on sometimes, I had to pretend to be reliable and tell myself not to cry... If I cried, I would be laughed at. There were so many eyes staring at me, Bai Zini, you had to hold on."

She paused and said, "I persisted like this for a long, long time. It seemed like everyone was telling me that I had to hold on, but no one ever told me that I could stop and take a break, and it was okay to make a fool of myself."

Ke Mingye was silent for a while: "What about what's in front of me?"

Bai Zini seemed speechless.

"Even in front of you, I..."

Her lips moved slightly.

"I don't want to cry."

Her tone was a little vague.

"Obviously... I don't want to cry... I only want to act strong in front of you so that you won't look down on me... Because as I said, I want to protect you, so I don't want you to look down on me, and I don't want you to treat me as your sister."

Tears kept falling from the corners of my eyes, falling towards the city with a plop.

Ke Mingye's Adam's apple rolled up and down. He knew how proud the girl next to him was and how much she liked to show off, so he knew how much she trusted him. The snow was getting heavier, and listening to the girl's sobs, it seemed that some unknown emotion broke through the wind like a sharp blade and pierced his chest.

"I say...even though I have a bad personality, I am still your brother after all. You shouldn't look down on me so much. What's wrong with crying in front of me? What I mean is..."

He took a breath and said slowly, "Whether it's in front of classmates, in front of those gossipy guys, or in front of juniors, if you can't hold it in anymore, just come to me to complain. You can say anything... They only care about how powerful you are, and I only care about whether you are too arrogant."

"But when I found you before, you always laughed at me or ignored me."

"At least...not now."

Ke Mingye said this, hesitated for a moment, raised his hand and ruffled Bai Zini's hair.

“I don’t want to be dependent on anyone else.”

"But I'm your family."

"I clearly know that I will drag you down with me. I have seen so many witches who killed innocent people indiscriminately. Some witches even killed their own families... I clearly know this, but I still hope you stay by my side."

"I'm not here?"

The moonlight, like a tide, passed through the falling snow and fell on the rooftop of the apartment building. The world was completely silent, and the only sounds that could be heard were the noisy advertisements in the distance and the soft voices of young boys and girls.

"After becoming a witch, am I still myself?"

"I have no idea……"

"After I become a witch, will everyone hate me?" "I won't."

"Will everyone leave me?"

"At least I won't."

"What if I become a witch and go completely crazy, and hurt many, many innocent people... Brother, what will you think of me then?"

Ke Mingye was silent for a moment.

"Then I will go crazy with you." He said calmly, "If you kill ten people, I will kill a hundred; if you kill a hundred people, I will kill a thousand; if you kill a thousand people, I will kill ten thousand. If that's still not enough..." He paused slightly and emphasized, "Then we can destroy the world together."

After saying this, he raised his right index finger without even looking up, and jokingly pointed at the Super English Building on the distant horizon.

"Let's destroy this damn Super Hero Association first. I hate superheroes the most." said the boy.

After a pause, he moved his index finger and pointed at the Tongmenghui building opposite.

"And then destroy this Alliance building. You annoying magical girl actually made my sister so sad." The boy added, understating it, like a boy speaking unrealistic, childish fantasies.

After a long silence, his index finger, which had been straight, slowly dropped and hung on the railing.

"In the end, we destroy the world together, leaving nothing behind. That way, all those who hate us will shut up... Doesn't that sound a lot more optimistic?"

Hearing him say these absurd words in a self-deprecating tone, the girl was stunned at first.

Then she puffed up her cheeks slightly, as if she was trying to hold back a laugh.

In the end, she couldn't help laughing, but her eyes were still red.

"……Really?"

"Of course it's true."

Ke Mingye nodded and said nonchalantly, "If my sister turns into a witch, then I will strive to become a big devil... If everyone hates you, then I will chop them all into pieces and feed them to pigs."

He paused and said, "If you die tomorrow, I will die with you tomorrow. It's not a big deal. Just be happy, okay?"

Baizini shrugged her shoulders, chuckled softly a few times, and a thin layer of snow fell on her hair.

"Liar."

"Why is it a lie? I'm telling you this very seriously. If you don't believe me, forget it."

"Because I know my brother is stupid and foolish. He is obviously a bad mouth, but he is better than anyone else. How could he do bad things..." she said, "So, by then... you will stand against me. Am I wrong?"

Ke Mingye was stunned for a moment.

"I can't." He shook his head and was silent for a while, "What about you..."

Having said this, he bent down slightly, overlooking the brightly lit streets and looking at those happy people.

"If one day I really go crazy and kill everyone I see, no matter if they are good or bad, and then I come to my senses and have killed many, many innocent people, I will unknowingly become a big devil who is much worse than you can imagine. The whole world will hate me, my family, friends, and everyone related to me will become my enemy, and they will all hate me to the core..."

Ke Mingye lowered his eyes and his voice gradually became lower. "At that time...will you still stand by my side?"

Hearing this, the girl was silent for a long time, sniffed, and imitated his tone just now, saying in a muffled voice:
"I'll go crazy with you."

Hearing this, Ke Mingye was stunned for a moment, then smiled silently.

He rarely smiled like this, and it seemed that even such a smile on the face of a heartless person like him was a little out of place. In fact, he didn't know whether he was laughing at himself or at the childish imitation of the girl next to him.

Just happy...

Feel happy from the bottom of your heart.

It seemed that in this short period of less than half a year, all the pain and struggle I had felt were blown away by a sudden gust of wind, and lost in this warm night with the falling snow.

So, this time it was Ke Mingye's turn to ask her the same question.

"really?"

But after he finished speaking hoarsely, the girl beside him did not respond. Just as Ke Mingye felt a chill in his heart, his body, which was chilled by the snow, suddenly felt warm. The girl gently hugged him, and their cheeks were close to each other.

Ke Mingye was slightly stunned.

"Really." Bai Zini whispered, "You are worthy of being my brother. Even your way of comforting people is so lame. I don't want you to become a big devil... absolutely not."

Ke Mingye gently hugged her back, exhaled softly, and raised the corners of his mouth.

"Then I won't let you become a witch."

On the snowy night of October 2028, 10, the boy and girl on the rooftop made a crude and naive oath to each other.

They were like two young animals that had been driven into a cramped corner by the world, licking each other's fur and huddling together for warmth.

Half an hour later, it was already very late at night, but Ke Mingye was still unable to fall asleep.

He lay on the bed, his right arm resting behind his head, staring at the ceiling for a while, then opened the system rating panel.

A crystal blue panel appeared in the darkness.

According to the rating standards of the system, the reason why the danger rating of a superhuman race would be shown as "A+" instead of "S" actually has a certain basis.

In the introduction it says:

"A+" means that the attribute standard has exceeded the upper limit of A level, but the overall performance (mechanism, ability and other factors) has not yet reached the standard of the next level.

"Grade A++" means that the attribute standard has "significantly exceeded" the A-level upper limit, but the overall performance (mechanism, ability and other factors) has not yet reached the standard of the next level.

The same applies to "B+ grade" and "C+ grade".

In other words, among the three giants of magical girls, Xiziyue, Lilai, and Utena... their three-dimensional attributes are likely to have far exceeded the A-level upper limit of 400 points, but their overall performance has not yet reached the S-level range.

As for the higher S-level, or S+ level, S++ level, or even question mark level attribute values, Ke Mingye dared not even think about it. Otherwise, the task of "exterminating superhumans" would seem extremely slim, and no matter how he stretched out his hands in the darkness, he could not grab a spider thread for survival.

But think positively, on October 10, the day when the Witch Night arrives, after activating "The Chosen One", all of Ke Mingye's attributes will temporarily double within an hour... In other words, Little Red Riding Hood's spiritual attributes will temporarily change from 31 to 220, which is equivalent to directly breaking through the upper limit of Grade A. As a result, the total amount of magic power will also become twice as much as before.

It sounds optimistic. Doesn't this mean that she briefly possesses the power of an A+ grade magical girl?

But according to Xiziyue, the total amount of magic power is not equivalent to the strength of a magical girl, and is even far from it - this is the same as the internal strength often mentioned in martial arts novels. No matter how deep your internal strength is, it will only be useful if you have the appropriate internal strength to refine and release it.

Only through constant practice can one raise the threshold for releasing magic power.

Xiziyue is a genius picked among billions.

She said that after only two years of training, her magic power release threshold has been maintained between 80% and 100%, which means that she can usually release 80% to 100% of the total magic power.

But Ke Mingye lacked practice and did not have such terrifying talent.

Therefore, Little Red Riding Hood's magic release threshold is naturally incomparable to it. At most, it is around 40% to 50%, which is a very mediocre threshold.

However, with the terrifying total amount of magic power brought about by doubling the spiritual attributes on the "Chosen Day", even if the minimum release threshold is only 40%, it can already release power equivalent to that of a B-level magical girl.

Ke Mingye didn't have high expectations for this. It was enough for Little Red Riding Hood to perform like a B-level magical girl in actual combat. As long as she had this level of combat power, it would be like having an admission ticket, and she would not be limited to just watching the battle and not being able to intervene.

He and the monster will appear in this war as supporting characters, and if necessary, they can also use the power of the divine path.

“But… no matter if we win or not, it’s only a matter of time before Bai Zini turns into a witch… Forget it, don’t let your imagination run wild. Let’s first beat back that group of witches, and then in the next six months, I’ll work with Xi Ziyue and the others to find a way to turn Bai Zini back into a normal person. Otherwise, if the Qiamat Comet can’t take back her power, then…”

Ke Mingye felt a little lost when he thought of this. He took a long breath, raised his arm to his forehead, and muttered to himself in the darkness.

"I promised... everyone else can die, but she can't die, but what should I do?"

His face turned pale and his thoughts became increasingly confused.

Because Xiziyue hid two trump cards in Baizini's magic book, and this is in the Bai Ke family residence, guarded by his mother, a question mark-level figure. Even if that group of witches suddenly attacks, Ke Mingye is not worried about anything happening.

So he stared at the ceiling for a while, and then fell into a deep sleep.

There was silence that night.

When Ke Mingye woke up, he looked up at the old clock and saw that it was already 10 a.m., which surprised him a little. Ever since Little Red Riding Hood's personality changed its dolls, he no longer had the habit of waking up in the middle of the night. Perhaps because his brain was too tired that day, even the alarm clock by the window failed to wake him up. It was almost noon when he woke up.

Moreover, not long after waking up, Ke Mingye heard a piece of news that stunned him for a long time -

According to Bowenna, it happened in the early morning of October 26th.

Two people from the Bo Ke family disappeared.

The first person is Ke Youqing;

The other person is Baizini.

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