Chapter 239: The Dice Monster Appears, Promises on the Aisle

At night, the residence of the Bo Ke family.

The temperature around Beijing in August and September is sometimes high and sometimes low, with a huge difference between the peak and the bottom: it is extremely hot during the day, but it is cool at dusk.

The noisy sound of the TV sounded in the warm little house, sometimes accompanied by the screams of a girl.

The evening breeze poured into the house, blowing the hair on the ears of several people. Except for the mother who was lying on the second floor, and Ke Mingye who was scheming with the octopus man on TV, the rest of the brothers and sisters of the Bo Ke family and their father were all in front of the TV. The personnel were so neat that it looked like the morning roll call of military training. It was rare to see so many people gathered together at ordinary times.

They mostly kept silent when watching TV. Several people knew Ke Mingye's identity, but they had already reached a consensus to keep it secret from their father and mother.

So they tried their best not to make their reactions look so weird: at most their faces changed occasionally, or there was a trace of worry in their eyes.

But compared to the reserve of others, the girl with a high ponytail sitting in the middle of the sofa seemed a little out of place.

In the quiet living room, she was the only one who kept chattering from beginning to end, her mouth never stopped for a second, making a fuss and mumbling the whole time.

It looked like she would start stamping her feet in anxiety in the next second.

Bai Zini was slightly raising her eyebrows, staring at the TV screen motionlessly, and her beautiful pupils reflected the figure of the blue owl running on the wall, with the octopus man chasing closely behind.

"Ah...ah? Ah!"

"Old old old old, no, the blue owl was caught."

"It's over, it's over, it's really over now--!"

Seeing the blue owl's body lose its support point and be pulled from mid-air to the octopus man by the suction of the suction cup, Bai Zini covered her mouth with her hands, widened her eyes, and spoke in a rhythmic tone, more female than the female commentator.

Until the next moment, she was slightly stunned when she saw Blue Owl cut off two tentacles of the octopus man.

The people in front of the sofa stared at the red and blue figure falling to the ground on the screen, silent, as if they didn't expect him to fight back.

Bai Zini first breathed a sigh of relief, then murmured: "Really? He actually killed him, why didn't I know that this Blue Owl also has a scissor hand?"

She turned her head and glanced at the other people on the sofa, it seemed that they didn't know that Ke Mingye had this trick.

Bai Zini narrowed her eyes and thought: He is really good at hiding. It turns out that my brother has this ability. After all, whose superhero's ability is "rock-paper-scissors", isn't this a bit too naive?

I have to mention that a few days ago, she saw someone open a special post on the Internet to analyze that Blue Owl's ability is related to "rock-paper-scissors".

The poster of this post also deliberately mentioned one point: in the process of developing superpowers, people with superpowers will be affected by their own personality and growth experience - this argument was put forward by an American superpower scientist, and has been verified by many authoritative people, and has a certain credibility.

Then, the poster used the viewpoint put forward by this scientist to analyze the character of Blue Owl in a long article, saying that he is a person who lacks love in reality, hopes to make others notice him, has some childishness and naivety in his heart, and has some performance personality, so he will be so chattering after wearing a mask, and his superpowers will be presented in the form of "rock-paper-scissors".

When she saw this post, especially when she saw the two words "childishness" and "naivety", Bai Zini couldn't help laughing in her bedroom in the middle of the night.

If Bai Ziling hadn't slept with her at the time and covered her mouth in time, otherwise both of them would have been yelled at by their mother.

It must be said that Bai Zini usually doesn't visit forums - this can be ranked in the top five in her daily rules for magical girls.

Because the forums on the Internet that discuss superheroes and magical girls can be called "smoky and chaotic", if you open any forum, you will see either sarcastic posts or some brainless species making indescribable remarks.

At the beginning, she was quite keen on searching for information about herself on the Internet.

But affected by the general environment, she successfully quit the bad habit of browsing forums in just the second month after her debut as Magical Girl Ashes.

However, after knowing that Ke Mingye was Blue Owl not long ago, Comrade Bai Zini picked up this habit again after many years.

It was summer vacation, and after meetings and games every day, the biggest fun when I was free was to open the Beijing Forum to see how others complained about Blue Owl.

It was a great pleasure after a month.

Browsing forums, cool!

Now, she finally understood the pleasure of Little Red Riding Hood visiting the forum regularly every day and complaining to her about all kinds of Ash fans' posts. This was the pleasure of watching others discuss gossip about people around them...

When Little Red Riding Hood becomes popular one day, she will definitely fight back and use the tricks Little Red Riding Hood used on her on Little Red Riding Hood.

It's a pity that Little Red Riding Hood is still an unknown new magical girl. She has very little discussion on the Internet, not even a hair of Blue Owl.

In short, not visiting the forum is only the fifth most important rule in the magical girl's code. The first rule has been high since it appeared, and has become the bible of the magical girl Ash.

This rule is: Don't reason with a strange thing when you see it. No matter what it says, just go up and beat it up and it will be honest.

"I thought my brother was already a bad player, but I didn't expect this octopus man to be even worse. Why is he pretending? He was beaten by my brother in the actual battle."

Bai Zini thought to herself.

She looked at the dignified octopus man in the picture and hummed happily, but at the same time she was worried that Blue Owl would be weak in the follow-up and be defeated by the octopus man.

"So powerful." Bai Ziling said.

"Yes, he is worthy of being the idol of elementary school students." Bai Qiuwu said casually.

"If I were to slap this octopus to death." Ke Yongzhu said in his heart, "It's a pity that I am a dragon and I won't be so picky with an octopus."

Bai Zini clapped her hands lightly and said, "Oh——", "He has some strength."

While she said this, she was actually so anxious that her eyes were almost popped out: she wanted to go up and play for him, and just shoot the octopus man's tentacles with two shots. Is it necessary to work so hard?

"Humor, who is the fan of Blue Owl?"

Ke Yongzhu said unhappily, turned his head away, and looked at Bai Zini with contempt.

"This is called immersive viewing, what do primary school students know?"

Bai Zini retorted without looking back.

"You can watch it, but don't learn it... It's too dangerous."

Ke Youqing said calmly with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Of course I know, Daddy."

"It's good to know." Ke Youqing raised his hand, hesitated for a moment, and rubbed Bai Zini's head.

Bai Qiuwu raised her eyebrows slightly, leaned her back on the sofa, and looked at the two octopus tentacles falling to the ground on TV. She couldn't help but hugged her shoulders.

Although the official commentator said that the tentacles of the octopus man would regenerate, and kept patching this scene, saying that "strictly speaking, it is not a part of the body's organs", he also put mosaics on the screen in time, as if trying to tell everyone that this is really not bloody, but just a commonplace.

However, Bai Qiuwu still raised a hand and covered Ke Yongzhu's eyes.

"No, what are you doing?"

Ke Yongzhu asked with a frown.

Bai Qiuwu said seriously while watching TV: "It's too bloody, children are not allowed to watch it."

The corner of the pupil's eye twitched slightly, thinking that this is also called bloody, and men have seen scenes that are a hundred times bloodier, right?

But the old man was still behind him, and he thought about it and compromised. He symbolically accompanied Bai Qiuwu to act, pretending that he couldn't pry her hands apart, and said impatiently:

"Don't block my eyes, I can't see!"

"You are not allowed to watch."

Although he said this, Bai Qiuwu himself was watching with great interest, thinking that Mingye was quite competitive.

Seeing that the public opinion on the Internet before the game was so intense, I thought Mingye would suffer a big loss this time. As a result, even if she still lost in the end, at least she would not be scolded too badly: at least she fought back and forth with the octopus man during the game, and was not crushed by him.

For those Internet viewers, a good fight was enough to impress them, and it was not necessary to defeat the opponent.

Of course, she had to be scolded. After all, in today's Internet environment, no one can escape. She, who works silently, had to be scolded.

The next moment, when the elementary school student pretended to break free from Bai Qiuwu's palm, what came into view was an amazing scene.

On TV, the blue owl exchanged positions with the blood-red tentacles lying on the ground and came to the side of the octopus man.

Then, he raised his right hand and gave the octopus man another flaming punch.

In the flames that flowed like a spring, the whole audience sighed, and Mikaxi, who was the commentator, was beaming with joy, trying his best to exaggerate the atmosphere on the scene.

Bai Qiuwu was slightly surprised when she saw this scene. Even she couldn't help but sigh: "This Blue Owl has made great progress. I remember that he didn't seem so strong a month ago?"

Ke Yongzhu shrugged: "Just lucky."

"Well...what's the next move for this kid? He has used up all his cards."

Ke Yinzhi looked up from the book and said casually.

After hearing this, Bai Qiuwu turned his head and glanced at Ke Yinzhi, teasing: "Speaking of which, brother, how dare you assume his age? Maybe he looks like an uncle behind the mask, but he is actually much older than you?"

"Oh, that's true." Ke Yinzhi shrugged and smiled, thinking that his sister was also here to play a role. Obviously, she should also know that Mingye is Blue Owl, "but his way of speaking makes it hard for me not to feel like a 'little brat', so I can't help but call him 'this kid', is that not okay?"

"Support." Bai Zini said.

"Little brat Blue Owl." Bai Ziling said.

"Primary school student Blue Owl." Ke Yongzhu said.

After the words fell, except for Ke Youqing behind the sofa, everyone else turned their eyes to Ke Yongzhu. Their eyes seemed to say: How dare you say this?

Ke Yongzhu said disdainfully: "Why are you looking at me? I won't be a primary school student in September."

Bai Qiuwu smiled and changed the subject: "But, I'm really curious about how he will fight next. He seems to be poisoned."

"That octopus man is almost finished. Look, he can't even get up." Bai Zini frowned and said.

"Yeah."

Bai Ziling hugged the pillow and nodded seriously.

"I bet fifty cents that the octopus wins."

Ke Yongzhu said, unscrewing the cap of the Wanglaoji bottle.

"Insider."

Bai Zini glanced at him angrily.

"What's the insider?"

Ke Youqing asked, hugging his shoulders.

Bai Zini was stunned for a moment, pointed her index fingers with both hands, and quickly made up: "Xiao Ling is a fan of Blue Owl, and I am half a fan, so I said that the elementary school student is the insider."

"Get lost, you are not allowed to speak freely these days."

When several people were talking excitedly, a crow suddenly broke into the camera.

Then, it crossed the audience seats without any resistance, entered the stadium, and finally stopped at a place that everyone was paying attention to: right between Blue Owl and Octopus Man.

While the audience was still confused, Ke Youqing's face behind the sofa had slowly sank.

Because only he knew that he did not leave any crows in the Super Hero Association - the controllable range of his crows was not that far, otherwise why would he need to take the elevator to leave the apartment building before taking action? Just leave a crow in various parts of the city in advance, and then use the superpowers to switch with that crow, so that you can arrive at the scene of the incident as soon as possible.

What's going on? He thought to himself, his hand was already pressing hard on the back of the sofa.

The next moment, with the sound of bones rubbing against each other, the crow slowly transformed into a bat.

Then, the bat's body was enveloped by a gray halo, slowly expanding and turning into a gray human figure.

This strange-looking gray human figure appeared in the sight of the global audience with a lens that was magnified countless times. Those viewers who usually don't care about the Beijing Ring also saw the existence of such a person. The barrage on major forums was directly detonated, and even the official website of the Super Hero Association fell directly.

With the appearance of the dice monster, several people in front of the TV showed varying degrees of surprise.

In front of the TV, the one who reacted the most was naturally Bai Zini, who stood up directly from the sofa;

The second was Bai Qiuwu, who was slightly stunned, slowly loosened her shoulders, tilted her head slightly, and looked confused;

Then it was Ke Yongzhu, his eyes twitched, thinking, how can you be so arrogant, is there any hidden task of "exploding once a day" that has not been completed?

Ke Yinzhi rested his elbow on the armrest of the sofa, raised his hand to support his chin, yawned, and said lazily: "It's this guy again... I almost forgot about him if he didn't come out to show his presence on such a day. I'm afraid he's worried that we've forgotten him."

The one with the biggest expression was Ke Youqing. He frowned and stared at the dice monster on TV without moving.

It was as if he was staring at its empty eyes from a distance of 100,000 miles across the screen.

Then the live broadcast on TV was cut off. After a few seconds, when the live broadcast came back, the dice monster had fallen to the ground in the arena, and his body seemed to have turned into a block of ice that had been in the Arctic for thousands of years.

Then, its body sealed in the ice began to heat up and crack rapidly, and then accompanied by a strange laugh, a violent flame rose up.

Everything returned to silence.

The TV camera gave the blue owl's face. He was stunned in place and swallowed a mouthful of water, as if he had not yet come to his senses.

Half an hour later, at the Old Jingmai Railway Station.

Ke Mingye took off his mask in the empty platform, lowered his head, breathed a sigh of relief, then raised his hand and stuffed the helmet into the locker.

With a "bang", he closed the locker door.

In the quiet night, he walked out of the train station, recalling what had just happened: with the appearance of the dice monster, the game was forced to end, and then he injected the antidote in the medical department of the Super Hero Association. When the antidote took effect, the octopus man's neurotoxin completely lost its effect.

Then he rushed home without looking back.

After Ke Mingye walked out of the platform, he looked at his mobile phone in the moonlight. It was still early, only seven o'clock in the evening.

After all, today is the birthday of his two sisters, he dare not be late, nor does he want to be late, so he smoothed his messy hair, put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards home.

In fact, the reason why he let the dice man mess around at the game was nothing more than two reasons:

First, he didn't really want to get injured in this game. He had to go home to attend his sisters' birthday party. If he fought with the octopus man to the end and fought to the death on the field, he would probably lie on the bed in the lounge of the association building and couldn't get up before he went home...

To exaggerate a little, he might not be able to go home and be forced to stay in the medical department of the association for a night;

Second, he didn't want to humiliate the octopus man. After all, he knew in his heart that the octopus man was a good person. He was just stimulated by his brother and his father who died saving people, so he had such a big opinion on those superheroes who were clinging to their positions but doing nothing.

Since the octopus man wanted popularity, Ke Mingye gave him the popularity and gave him what he wanted in this weird way. In a sense, it was a win-win situation for both of them. It had to be said that with the appearance of Dice Monster, the video of this friendly match tonight would be all over the Internet. Then, not only he and Octopus Man, but also the reputation of the two teams would rise a lot.

Moreover, doing so could prevent the two from completely falling out, so that Blue Owl would not have another enemy in the Super Hero Association in the future.

It was not difficult to prevent external enemies, but it was not easy to prevent internal enemies.

Who knows, one day Octopus Man might suddenly turn into a super villain like his brother, lurking inside the Super Hero Association and stabbing him in the back. Ke Mingye would not be able to bear it.

After all, he usually plays the role of Blue Owl with his real body. If something happens to him, he has to take out the second heart and the second brother's talisman necklace - but these things are all surprises for the watchmaker. It would be too wasteful to use it on your body.

Ke Mingye thought as he boarded the elevator car and went up amid the buzzing sound.

Not long after, the car door opened to both sides, and what came into view was a girl wearing a light gray linen skirt, with a high ponytail, and a face as beautiful as a doll.

"Back?"

She asked softly, her voice slightly deeper.

"You came back early. Didn't you watch TV? That weird guy..."

Before Ke Mingye finished speaking, Bai Zini had already pulled him out of the elevator.

Her eyes were slightly red. She lowered her eyes and checked his whole body. After confirming that there were no wounds, she slowly let him go. Then she retreated to the door alone, leaning her back against the door frame without saying a word. , as if sulking.

Seeing her look, Ke Mingye sighed helplessly, "What are you doing, crybaby... Do you really not believe in Comrade Blue Owl's ability to protect himself?"

Bai Zini was silent for a moment: "Today is my birthday." She paused, "And Xiao Ling's."

"I know, so didn't I come back unscathed?"

Ke Mingye said, took two steps forward, gently raised his hand, hesitated, and put his palm on her head, "Happy birthday, little sister."

He paused, lowered his head slightly and said, "Speaking of which, by next year... you won't be a magical girl."

"so what?"

The girl standing at the door asked softly without raising her head.

When Ke Mingye heard this, he put his hands in the pockets of his windproof jacket, lowered his head and remained silent. The light from the aisle made his cheeks pale, showing a different look than before.

After a while, he opened his mouth and said:

"So, just like you don't want to see me hurt, I don't want to see you hurt. When I think of my sister, she has been alone for several years without anyone knowing, and then I I wonder...if I have to work harder to become this so-called superhero."

Bai Zini was stunned for a while, then slowly raised her head and stared into his eyes.

Ke Mingye stretched out a hand from the pocket of his windbreaker, hesitated for a moment, gently placed it on the top of her head, and rubbed her soft hair.

He raised the corners of his lips and continued: "What I mean is...by then, you will no longer be a magical girl, so do all the dangerous things for me."

Having said this, he paused for a while, turned his cheek awkwardly, and added: "Uh... after all, I am your brother."

As the words fell, the entire aisle was slowly enveloped in silence.

Bai Zini stared at his face. In her impression, Ke Mingye, who was always joking and carefree, seemed to have never spoken to him so seriously... never.

She was silent for a long time, leaning her head forward, not hugging him, but resting her chin on his shoulder.

"I know... Stupid man," she said.

Ke Mingye felt the warmth on his shoulders, raised his head, stared at the ceiling, hesitated for a while, and didn't know whether to speak: "Uh... Speaking of which, my shoulders were ravaged by the octopus man's tentacles just now, you Are you sure you can’t smell that rotten, sea-life smell?”

"Ah, is it true?"

"Fake."

"you……"

"It's just a joke, don't be angry, this is a gift for you."

"You brought gifts?"

"Yes, I bought it on the way home. Are you impressed?"

"I was touched...a little bit."

"Let's go, the others are still waiting for us."

"Um."

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