Superman Termination Manual-Chapter 399 - 219: Ghost Shark, Red Giant, Octopus Man X Bai Yi and Blue Owl_3

Chapter 399: Chapter 219: Ghost Shark, Red Giant, Octopus Man X Bai Yi and Blue Owl_3

He paused, “Blue Owl, I’ve watched your actual combat videos. Your reactions and agility are not at all fast, not even close to Ghost Shark. He could have easily snapped Bai Yi’s neck before you could save him…”

“Dude, aren’t you being a bit harsh?” Blue Owl was unfazed, tauntingly, “We’ve got a ‘friendly match’ in a few days, and it wouldn’t be great if the ‘friendship’ was gone.”

Octopus Man was silent for a while and continued speaking.

“You know what I despise the most? Heroes who clearly lack the ability but still garner a ton of fans and popularity. They don’t deserve their status.”

“It’s precisely because of these attention-seeking so-called ‘heroes’ that the truly deserving, unsung heroes get buried. In this distorted, cruel era, the rewards they struggle to death for might not even compare to those of the superficial clowns who are all show but no substance.”

Upon hearing this, Blue Owl was about to speak when Octopus Man cut him off:

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“Whether you admit it or not, that is the truth. To put it bluntly, the reason I called you out for this public ‘friendly match’ is to take away the attention that doesn’t belong to you, to let everyone see your true strength and to give that attention to those who really deserve it. I thought you would refuse, but you accepted…”

Speaking, Octopus Man paused for a moment, “Now that it’s come to this, I’ll be honest: I despise your frivolous banter. In my opinion, you are at best a performer, an idol of a bygone era, and you don’t deserve the title ‘hero.’ A hero is not someone who spouts nonsense, but those who actually do the work.”

“Uh… You’re sure I haven’t done anything substantial?”

Blue Owl stood with one hand on his hip, pointing to the Ghost Shark on the ground, then to the large hole in Ghost Shark’s neck.

Octopus Man was silent, and after a long while, he spoke up:

“It seems you still don’t understand yourself. This was just seizing the opportune moment. It was already like shooting fish in a barrel; we could have handled it even without your involvement. Your arrival just added unnecessary risk and complication.”

He paused, “Stealing the spotlight… is it that important to you?”

“Come on, are you letting your anger make you talk nonsense now, buddy?” Blue Owl sighed, “Would I risk my life for the spotlight? I know our arrival has disrupted your operation, but that was based on our late arrival and lack of intelligence. And since the end result was good, there’s no need to go that far, right? Live and let live, isn’t it?”

“Let me be clear, all my words come from rational thought,” Octopus Man said, “In my eyes, you’re just a clown who’s been lifted to a position that isn’t yours by riding on the negative popularity of Qing Ya.”

“Well, you’re screwed then,” Blue Owl dropped this line out of the blue.

“What do you mean?” Octopus Man frowned.

“Because the friendly match next month will be the end of our ‘friendship,'” he said.

Blue Owl made a quip, then shrugged and turned to look at the cheering passersby on Yandai Commercial Street, as well as the flashes going off in the rainfall, those cameras continuously aiming at the two of them.

Octopus Man followed his gaze.

Seeing this, Blue Owl lowered his voice and continued, “Look, the big talk you just spouted has also been heard by the very ‘people’ from your mouth. I bet the upcoming match will draw a lot of attention. Let’s see who turns out to be the ‘hero’ in your mouth who panders to the public and doesn’t deserve their place, and who is the hero with real strength doing real work.”

He sighed, shaking his head, “I come all the way to save someone, and I get lectured by you. You say I’m flippant, full of nonsense, but who decided that only someone who preaches grand principles can be considered a hero?”

Then Blue Owl added another sarcastic remark.

“Or is it that you think by preaching these grand principles and putting yourself on a moral high ground, you will seem greater, draw more attention to yourself?”

Upon hearing this, a hint of gravity overtook Octopus Man’s languid expression.

He took a deep breath of the cold air, his long hair wet from the rain, “So you admit what I said is right, this is a distorted era.”

Blue Owl said, “Of course, I’ve always said it: heroes who silently do their work attract people’s scorn, while some flashy non-entities acquire a lofty place in public opinion. If that’s not deformed, then what is?”

“Qing Ya is wrong; his actions have crossed the line of a hero, he’s just a thug,” Octopus Man enunciated each word. “And you, exploiting the reputation of a thug to catch people’s attention, are even more despicable.”

Shit, how does my taking advantage of my dad’s fame offend you? If you keep nagging, tonight I might just let Strange Thing hang you up on Huanjing Tower…

Such were Blue Owl’s thoughts, yet he remained quite docile in his speech, considering he needed to maintain a public image in front of the crowd.

“Oh, case closed,” he said. “You’re being spiteful: you hate Qing Ya, I praise Qing Ya, so you’ve lumped me in with him for execution too?”

Octopus Man was silent, offering no rebuttal.

He turned his head to glance at the crowd gathering around him, said nothing more, and just quietly walked away.

“I hope you won’t chicken out of the competition a month from now.”

After dropping those last words, Octopus Man’s figure disappeared into a corner no one paid attention to, while all the flashlights were aimed at Blue Owl.

At this moment, Red Giant also glanced at Blue Owl and said darkly.

“Mind your own business.”

Having said that, he walked away without looking back.

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Bai Yi was stunned for two seconds, then leaned in close to Blue Owl’s ear and somewhat belatedly said, “Uh, do these people really need to be so tense?”

“Great, just like that, I’ve managed to offend two of the new generation’s banner heroes,” Blue Owl said, patting Bai Yi on the shoulder. “Never change, Comrade Bai Yi. If you hadn’t texted me a reminder, I’d probably be at home sleeping in, definitely not getting involved in this.”

“Who are you kidding, you would have come even if I hadn’t texted,” Bai Yi stated confidently.

“But in their eyes, isn’t this being ‘nosey’?” Blue Owl said self-deprecatingly.

Bai Yi brushed off Blue Owl’s blood-stained hand and shrugged his shoulder stained with smears, saying, “Who cares about them? The purpose of being a hero is to ‘mind other people’s business.'”

He paused for a moment, turned his head towards the flashing lights around him, and chuckled uneasily, “But now we’re really in trouble. If we lose that competition in a month, our faces will be a bit hard to save.”

“Isn’t that the effect he wants?” Blue Owl said. “To strike at someone like me who plays to the gallery.”

“Please, you’re not seriously letting his words get to you, are you?” Bai Yi said. “I think those were just words said in anger; they feel we stole their thunder.”

“I think so too.”

Blue Owl fiddled with his phone, glanced at a WeChat message, and responded offhandedly.

[Bai Zini: You’re invincible, saying you were going to buy cartridges and then off to fight crime. See if I bother with you for the next month! (Angry cat emoticon package)]

“Let’s go, let them be shocked by the competition a month from now.”

After Bai Yi spoke, he grabbed Blue Owl’s shoulder, and immediately unfurled his pristine white wings in the rain, catapulting into the sky with a gust, disappearing from the crowd’s sight.