Superman Termination Manual-Chapter 453 - 237: The Battle of Octopus Man X Birthday Party (Part 3)_3

"Qing Ya... what are you doing?"

Seeing this, Che Zhengchen turned his head to look at the crow, speaking softly and with puzzlement in his tone.

But the crow did not respond to his words. Instead, it suddenly flapped its jet-black wings vigorously, flew over the heads of the audience, and swooped violently towards the center of the arena.

After a moment, it slowly folded its wings and settled between blue owl and Octopus Man.

"...A crow?" Octopus Man stared at the crow, murmuring hoarsely.

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"What’s going on?"

Blue owl was also slightly stunned.

A sudden silence enveloped both of them and the audience.

Undoubtedly, this scene had captured the attention of most people in the metal testing room.

Ordinary people might not realize the abruptness of this crow, but the ones sitting here were all superheroes—with their vision, how could they not see a crow suddenly flying into the competition field from the audience?

So for a time, everyone, including the referees, were all looking at the crow, discussing animatedly.

"A crow?"

"Is that Qing Ya?"

"To see a crow inside the Superhero Association, other than Qing Ya who else could it be? This crow must be something he created with his superpower."

"But what exactly is going on? It looks like Qing Ya wants to stop the match?"

"Not necessarily, let’s just watch and see."

"Damn it, that bastard is annoying on a regular day; now he has to stick his beak into a match for new people?"

Sitting at the commentary booth, the referee, dressed in a black turtleneck sweater, was also somewhat at a loss.

If it had been any other animal that had appeared here, this referee might have already taken action to stop it, lest it disrupt the match.

But what appeared here was a crow.

One must understand what a crow represents in Huanjing—it signifies a member of the Superhero Round Table, the superhero Qing Ya!

Who here would dare block Qing Ya’s path?

Even the referee didn’t dare, since his tasks only included: "maintaining the order of the competition," and "ensuring that no superheroes would get seriously injured. In the event that someone is knocked down or even killed, he must use his superpower in time to rescue them and carry them off the field."

However, if a member of the Round Table Council suddenly appeared on the field without reason, then he could only pull up his collar and feign deafness.

At this moment, mikaxi first froze, then continued to comment with the microphone.

"Oh—?! Although I don’t know why, a crow has suddenly appeared on the field. Could it be related to that person?"

The next moment, under the gaze of everyone present, the crow slowly began to change.

"Huh?"

Blue owl narrowed his eyes, staring dumbfounded as the crow’s face and bones twisted.

Soon after, it turned into a bat right before their eyes.

Then, the body of the bat slowly twisted, expanded, and finally transformed into a gray humanoid figure—one that was glowing with a gray halo all over.

Blue owl was completely stunned on the spot, not even able to utter a quip;

Octopus Man was the same, covering his waist and standing speechless.

Without a doubt, everyone present could name this gray humanoid figure.

In fact, as long as one was a superhero working around Huanjing, there was no one who hadn’t heard of its infamous reputation:

— Dice Monster.

The Dice Monster slightly lowered its face and curved its lips, its gaze fixed on Che Zhengchen in the audience, as if it was mocking him.

Deception Puppet’s ability naturally couldn’t transform its appearance from human to animal, only allowing changes within the range of "still looking human," like altering skin color, facial features, and hair style.

Thus, this situation traced back to not long ago, when Ke Mingye bought the A-grade equipment "Gambler’s Gloves" at the mall, and at the same time, he purchased a C-grade equipment "Animal Transformation Belt," which allowed him to transform into one of a "bat, squirrel, or kitten."

After transforming into a bat for one of his operations, Ke Mingye discovered he could still use Deception Puppet’s facial transformation ability to further modify his appearance.

Then came the scene now before us.

Not long ago, he first had Deception Puppet use the Animal Transformation Belt to turn into a bat, then utilized the puppet’s ability to disguise itself as a jet-black crow with sharp red eyes, to be easily mistaken for one of Qing Ya’s superpower creatures.

Then, just like that, he let the crow fly openly into the headquarters of the Superhero Association, then mixed with the superheroes, rode the elevator up to the 15th floor of the building, and perched on Che Zhengchen’s shoulder.

Che Zhengchen was momentarily stunned, his pupils dilated, and at last, he couldn’t help but chuckle at himself in self-mockery.

"You really got me..."

He had thought that the crow was a creature created by Qing Ya’s superpower, therefore he had been idly chatting it up during the match.

But Che Zhengchen never expected that the crow was actually Dice Monster in disguise, no one knows how.

Just thinking that Dice Monster had been standing on his shoulder for a good five minutes sent shivers down his spine. But the superheroes seated in the audience were no pushovers, not to mention among them was rumored A-grade hero soon to join the Round Table Council— "General Lingdong."

With them around, Dice Monster had no chance of pulling any stunts. Confident in this, Che Zhengchen remained calm and didn’t get angry over the deception.

All was silent.

In the hush, Dice Monster tilted its head and with a finger raised, slowly said:

"You know, I actually have a superpower that allows me to turn into small animals. And the only animal that can be seen around the Superhero Association and not be caged... is obviously the crow... Damn crows, that just shows what kind of tyranny they have, making you fools completely ignore me."

"Our dear terrifying Crow Man is probably at home right now, drinking beer and smoking away. How could he be bothered to leave a crow here to watch the game? You were all fooled, especially Mr. Blue Owl here, smugly thinking that my lord Qing Ya was paying him so much attention he fought like a chicken on steroids against Octopus Man. Now that you’ve discovered that crow was actually me, I bet you’re feeling quite entertained, aren’t you?"

"Anyway, surprise, ladies and gentlemen. You all thought it was that damn Crow Man, sorry, but it’s your friendly neighbor Dice Monster. Just look at your faces."

While speaking, it nonchalantly lowered its right hand as a superhero charged at it from behind, shooting a web from the wrist-mounted web shooter to stick to his chest.

Then it activated the electric shock feature newly added to the web shooter; electricity crackled along the web filaments as it mockingly said, "Looks like I accidentally zapped an insect. By the way, I’ve improved my web a bit, been wanting you guys to taste it, but sadly there’s not much time."

The next moment, the superhero convulsed from the electric shock, collapsed to the ground, and immediately lost consciousness.

This overly ambitious superhero gentleman seemed to be a newbie, eager not to miss out on the high temperature of the limelight. He rushed to claim a piece of the glory upon seeing Dice Monster, but unfortunately, it was a bit of a pipe dream.

"Oh, speaking of which, Mr. Octopus Man, you’re all about the limelight, aren’t you?" Dice Monster said, confidently spreading his arms, "I’m the goddamn... limelight."

It paused, suddenly turning to Blue Owl, "Oh right, Mr. Octopus Man, what you said about ’unworthy of the post’ is quite right, I myself think this owl here is unworthy too, he should have left the association long ago. Why is he liked by so many, just because he publicly humiliated me, rejected my offer to be friends?"

No sooner had the words left its mouth than a thin layer of frost began to form over its body, as if it was standing in a freezer.

"Speaking of which, why do I suddenly feel a bit cold? Did someone turn down the air conditioning?"

Shivering, Dice Monster rubbed its shoulders and turned its head to look.

Unnoticed, A-grade hero "General Lingdong" stood immovable behind it, like an icy sculpture.

General Lingdong’s expression was indifferent as if he were watching an insect. In his lofty, chilly gaze seemed hidden an endless, unceasing snowstorm.