Chapter 55: Letter from the Ninja Clan
August 6st, early morning.

Ke Mingye trembled as he opened his eyes and woke up from the bed. As always, what came into view was not the old ceiling with yellow mold spots, but a notice panel with red fonts on a black background.

Like some kind of disgusting spiritual pollution.

[Obituary: On the night of June 6, the player with the ID "Dark Blade 20" was killed by the super villain "Clock Man" in Washington, USA. ]

[Current number of surviving players worldwide: 96/100]

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"This guy has some problems. Why would he pick on a super villain?"

Ke Mingye held his aching forehead and slowly got up from the bed. He thought that the watch enthusiast was at least an A+ in the system's rating, so he should just walk around him after only looking at him from a distance.

But it was probably because this player was too unlucky. Given the watchmaker's level of perversion, anyone who had no grudge against him might be targeted and disemboweled if they looked at him for even a second.

[Today's daily tasks are as follows]

[4000. Run meters (reward: one chance to win a lucky draw)]

[1. Use a one-time item once (Reward: attribute point added to "Nervous Reaction")]

When Ke Mingye saw the words "disposable props", he immediately thought of the "Magical Girl Experience Card" in his luggage.

He put his hand on his chin, thinking that it might be okay to let the doll try, since he wouldn't be using it himself. Wouldn't it be a novel experience to control a magical girl instead of an ugly gray doll?
Logically speaking, isn't it possible to have the doll get close to Bo Zi Ni and follow her to get close to the Magical Girls League?

Thinking this, Ke Mingye turned the panel to the main task column and looked at the task node of the main line of "Magical Girl Ashes".

[The next target node of this main quest is: approach the Magical Girls Alliance through "Magical Girl Ashes". ]

"It seems like it really works?" Ke Mingye raised his eyebrows. "Isn't it that I have just completed the second task? I'll try it out sometime."

Just as I was about to close the task panel, the "Daily Task Three" position, which had been empty before, suddenly refreshed with a striking task marked in dark red font.

[3. Kill a superhuman (this task is a special daily task with a very low probability of occurrence, with additional rewards) (the reward is currently unknown)]

"Killing a superhuman is a bit exaggerated... The reward is still unknown. What if I am just given 100 mall coins to get rid of it?"

Ke Mingye yawned, got out of bed, put on his slippers, and reached out to turn the doorknob. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Ke Xiaomo in white casual clothes.

Ke Xiaomo stood with his back against the wall of the corridor, raised his eyes from the ancient book in his hand and looked at him: "Want to go for a morning run?"

"Uh...right."

Ke Mingye was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

He thought to himself, if I opened the door early in the morning and saw a villain boss, if this happened every day, wouldn’t I get high blood pressure after a long time?

"Come together. I want to go too." Ke Xiaomo closed the ancient book.

"That's fine, let me wash up."

Ke Mingye said this, walked past him, went into the bathroom and closed the door.

"I'll wait for you downstairs."

Ke Xiaomo knocked gently on the bathroom door, and an emotionless voice came from outside the bathroom.

My second brother wants to go jogging with me in the morning? What is he up to? But it doesn't seem to matter, as long as he doesn't suddenly go crazy and take out a brain imaging helmet and put it on my head.

Ke Mingye picked up the toothbrush and cup, turned on the faucet, filled a cup of mouthwash, and thought in front of the mirror.

After washing up, Ke Mingye changed into sneakers in the bedroom. After leaving the house, he took the elevator downstairs with Ke Xiaomo.

Today is the first day of summer vacation. We don’t have to go to school and can do whatever we want. It’s time to eat, drink and have fun. Of course, this also means that every family member may be active in this city as a second identity in the future.

In the early morning, the Beijing area is always shrouded in a layer of light fog, and the bottom of the sky is filled with circles of dull blue. The rising morning sun casts a warm glow, burning the mist in strands. Ke Mingye and Ke Xiaomo talked about their usual running routes, and then the two of them ran around the periphery of the block. The cool air kept pouring into their nostrils and ears, causing pain in their throats and eardrums.

"Do you usually run around the old Jingmai district?"

Ke Xiaomo asked him as he ran forward.

"Yes, I've been exercising recently." Ke Mingye replied.

"I can see that you have become a lot stronger recently." Ke Xiaomo paused, "Has anyone bullied you at school?"

"Brother, please don't let me have any ideas. I just want to exercise so that I won't be called a skinny guy every day."

"That's good. I just feel that I didn't care enough about you before."

Ke Mingye sighed: "You are just our second brother, not our father. It is the old father who is not seen all day that should reflect on himself, okay?"

"Really..." Ke Xiaomo said, slightly speeding up his running pace, "Come on, since you want to exercise, then put in more effort."

"I was wrong. So you want to be my instructor?"

Not long after, under Ke Xiaomo's urging, Ke Mingye finished running 3,000 meters intermittently. He leaned over, put his hands on his bent knees, and pretended to breathe heavily.

In fact, with his physical attributes that far surpass those of ordinary humans, he could run 3,000 meters without even taking a breath, but he still had to pretend in front of Ke Xiaomo.

"Are you tired?"

Seeing him like this, Ke Xiaomo slowly stopped and handed him a towel.

Ke Mingye took the towel, wiped the sweat off his forehead, and panted as he spoke: "I can't run anymore."

At this moment, Ke Xiaomo suddenly looked up at the sky and saw a blue bird with a scroll tied to its body flying from a distance, slowly folding its wings, and landing on the rooftop railing of a nearby residential building.

Ke Xiaomo turned around and said to Ke Mingye, "I'm going to the nearby public toilet to relieve myself. Please wait for me here."

"Okay."

Ke Mingye didn't even raise his head, and continued to bend over and gasp for breath, pretending to be able to react as his weak body should, but he noticed the strange look from his second brother.

Ke Xiaomo walked slowly into the alley, heading for the public toilet deep inside. Halfway through, he turned his head to glance over, and seeing that Ke Mingye had not followed him, he whistled softly.

The bluebird carrying the scroll flew over upon hearing the sound and gently landed on his fingertips. Ke Xiaomo untied the straps on its back and took out the scroll. The bluebird flapped its wings and flew off into the azure sky.

Ke Xiaomo opened the scroll and saw words written in ink on it. The handwriting was clear and meaningful. He recognized that it was the handwriting of his master, the leader of the Ninja Sect.

It only says above:

——We have confirmed the location and identity of the dragon of disaster. It is disguised as a human and hidden among the crowd. I am gathering disciples scattered around the world to form an elite force, and it is estimated that we will take action on July 7th.

——Mo, remember to conserve your energy during this period, do not alert the enemy, and wait quietly for our arrival.

"Half a month?" Ke Xiaomo whispered to himself, "Then I can't miss the recent training." After reading the ink words above, he closed the scroll, released his right hand, and let it fall to the ground.

If things went as he expected, the scroll would be swallowed up by the shadow on the ground when it fell to the ground.

But at this moment, a spider silk suddenly shot out from the sky, stuck to the scroll that was about to fall to the ground, and dragged it upwards with force.

Ke Xiaomo was startled and looked up at the source of the spider silk.

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