Chapter 22 (Two in One)
"I thought you would go to dinner with them first." "Comic Consciousness" said in confusion, "There must be a plot here, right?"
Su Bei shrugged: "I already said that I want to read comics first, otherwise I won't be able to eat peacefully. Besides... I need to check my supernatural power as soon as possible."
At the same moment when his "comic consciousness" told him that the comics had been updated, Su Bei felt that his abilities had undergone some subtle changes.
This was a big part of the reason why he was so eager to return to the dormitory.
Of course, another reason is that Su Bei needs to adjust his mood before attending the celebration banquet. After all, he knows that 90% of everything he does is for profit.
Since I can't attend the celebration party with a pure mindset, I can only go there with the mindset of performing. If I want to perform, it's naturally better to rehearse in advance. But there's no need to tell "comic consciousness" about this.
Sitting on the bed in the dormitory, Su Bei did not have any magical powers to transform for the time being. Instead, he opened his mobile phone and clicked on the latest chapter of the comic that had just been updated.
This chapter begins with the last chapter, Sun Ming falls down, Jiang Tianming rushes over to check. At this time, the narration shows his psychological activity: "Is this what Su Bei called 'drama'?"
Corresponding to this psychological activity, he subconsciously looked up to look for someone, but because he did not find Su Bei, he could only confirm Sun Ming's situation first. After all, he had seen dead people and killed people with his own hands, so he quickly came to the conclusion that Sun Ming was dead.
The following plot was something Su Bei had personally experienced, so he quickly skipped over it and focused on the scenes that had his own experiences and things he had not experienced.
After the teacher checked that there was nothing wrong with the three of them, they were let go. This section even included Su Bei winking at the protagonists, and Lan Subing's subsequent comment that "he is so handsome".
This was a pleasant surprise for Su Bei, as he had never expected that this period of time would be featured in a comic.
At this time, the real-time bullet screens were all screaming.
"Wink! It's wink!"
"So handsome!"
"Why do you wink at girls casually? Do you like me more?"
Looking at these barrages, Su Bei twitched his lips and quickly turned the page.
Next is the plot of Meng Huai's class. This part is not mentioned briefly. Instead, Meng Huai asked several students who were lazy while running yesterday to drop out of school, as well as the part of the class about "mental exhaustion does not mean physical exhaustion".
Obviously, this class not only left a deep impression on the students, but also on the readers. From the readers' perspective, Meng Huai also successfully established his character.
The plot soon progresses to the arrival of the Sun family, and Meng Huai is called out. Su Bei is tested because of the common gear, but he explains it well and does not arouse any suspicion.
The quarrel outside the door is shown in words, and there are two shots of Wu Mingbai lowering his head to face the accusations of his grandparents. However, it can be clearly seen from the pictures that Wu Mingbai is not just accepting the scolding. His usual smile has disappeared from his face, and he is emitting a yellowish-brown light.
This dark brown light, in Su Bei's opinion, should be the expression of the spirit in comics. Last season, when Jiang Tianming and others used their superpowers, they would emit different colors of light around them.
In the last chapter of the comic, when he used his supernatural powers, his body was also glowing, and it was dark gold, which made Su Bei very satisfied. This color is low-key, luxurious and has connotations, which suits him very well.
Jiang Tianming is black and Lan Subing is blue. These two people perfectly embody the relationship between mental strength and hair and eye color, and can be used as standard cases.
As Jiang Tianming and Lan Subing rushed out of the house, the perspective also followed outside. The friendship, anger, and struggle were all fully displayed in the comics.
As expected, comic book readers were furious. The grandparents were just too hateful. Even though they were the victims whose children died, it was hard to sympathize with them.
After all, although they are victims, what did the protagonists do wrong? They don't owe it to the parents. They were threatened with anger for no reason, which made it hard for the protagonists' fans not to be angry.
After their quarrel with their grandparents came to an end, the comic generously cut a shot inside the classroom. The shot showed a conversation between Su Bei and Mu Tieren, including Su Bei's statement that "Jiang Tianming is like a villain" and Mu Tieren's good-natured behavior.
From the readers' point of view, the amount of information in their conversation is not small. First of all, Su Bei, you know, he is a person who has the ability to predict the future in the readers' view! And such a person said that "Jiang Tianming is very much like the villain in the novel."
This made everyone joke that the dimensional wall was broken, but at the same time they were afraid that this was a hint of something.
"Hahahahaha, the villain is okay, but it's actually the protagonist who should be the one to suck!"
"Is this a complaint from the author? Jiang Jiang is so unlucky. When will there be a lucky protagonist in a shonen comic?"
"Am I the only one who is worried? Su Bei has the ability to predict the future! This can't be a prophecy."
"You old thief, this is not the scenario where the young dragon slayer eventually becomes the evil dragon!"
Speaking of the wooden iron man, the character of Big Brother is indeed a common one in comics, but the doubt that Su Bei showed towards his back at the end made the readers have to be vigilant.
Is the Iron Man really just a simple good guy?
Su Bei felt that the fact that this plot could be included in the comics was a blessing in disguise. He had made a special effort to act out this scene, and the author had not let him down. He could already imagine how heated the discussion would be on the forums, as could be seen from the comments.
The comic was still going on. Jiang Tianming and the other man came back angry and then went to Su Bei. The part where Su Bei gave suggestions was shown to the readers intact in the comic.
The opinions about this section of the bullet screen are not completely unanimous. A small number of people think that Su Bei is too cold-blooded. His grandparents have suffered enough, but he actually came up with such an idea, which is simply a bad thing for the protagonists.
But more people felt refreshed. After all, compared with other youth comics with "forgiveness, understanding, and tolerance" as the main theme, whether it was Su Bei's suggestion, which was "shocking" in the comic world, or Jiang Tianming and the others accepting this suggestion without hesitation, it made people feel novel and refreshing.
[According to Su Bei's suggestion, the protagonists decided to work together to destroy the Sun family's company while looking for the murderer.]
Now he is a detective invited by the school, but it is not surprising that he did not play a role. In Su Bei's opinion, his greatest role should be to propose new knowledge points about "prohibition of supernatural powers".
Feeling the pressure, the protagonists tried to invite Su Bei to join them, but Su Bei refused with a very interesting reason -
"If the audience were to go on stage, they would become the singers. That would be... boring."
To Su Bei's delight, the comic lived up to his half-truthful acting skills and captured his dejected expression after he said these words.
However, the painting is a bit grim. He doesn't look like a lonely bystander, but rather a world-weary person behind the scenes.
Su Bei: "..."
That's fine, as long as it can make readers associate it.
As expected, readers went crazy posting comments in front of this shot.
"Everyone in Northern Jiangsu has a great personality"
"Does he stubbornly think that he is just a bystander? He feels like a flag. I bet he will be dragged into the play by the protagonists sooner or later!"
"What does this expression mean? Su Bei is not really a villain, right? Why do I feel like this is just like what he planned?"
"So handsome! I want to lick Su Bei's face in every scene"
[After being rejected by Su Bei, the protagonists began to visit and investigate in the school. The first person to join them was Mu Tieren. The good-natured class monitor first relied on his own authority to help them ask a few classmates questions in class. Later, because he was worried about their safety and he could take some classes, he naturally joined the protagonists in the investigation.
The next person to join them was Mo Xiaotian. From the comics, we can see that he originally came to look for Su Bei. However, with his warm and harmless personality, he quickly became friends with the protagonists and understood the difficulties they were facing.
So Mo Xiaotian chose to join the investigation, not only to satisfy his curiosity, but also to uphold the justice in his heart. In a sense, this is the standard protagonist of a young manga. 】
However, Su Bei did see something that the readers could not see, and it was definitely not a coincidence that Mo Xiaotian joined the investigation. When Su Bei returned to the dormitory building on the day of the incident, he was stopped by Mo Xiaotian and asked about what happened in the cafeteria.
In the comic, Mo Xiaotian mentioned what happened in the cafeteria that day several times at the beginning, intentionally or unintentionally, and this successfully opened the conversation.
This is understandable. After all, he and the murderer are from the same organization, so it is normal for him to want to get involved in each other's cases.
But the strange thing is that except for this short segment at the beginning, Mo Xiaotian did not do anything deliberately in the rest of the plot. It can be seen that he is seriously helping the protagonist solve the case. Although he often makes mistakes because of his eccentric character, it should not be a deliberate delay.
Moreover, when he was kidnapped, Mo Xiaotian also made great efforts to capture the murderer. If Su Bei had not known his identity, he would not have noticed the abnormality.
[Along with the noisy and funny daily life, as the protagonists gradually investigate, the scope of the murderer is narrowed down little by little, and finally it is locked inside the cafeteria.
Just before they were about to enter the cafeteria, Su Bei sent a message. This message took up the entire camera shot - "Don't forget the tip I gave you before. If you don't use it, I will be very sad."】
The barrage of comments was boiling again.
"Oh! I almost forgot this tip!"
"It's a red flame, right? I don't know what it means."
"I came back from the back, I can only say Su Bei yyds!"
“I really like those handsome guys who are good at planning and strategizing. Even if they are not involved in the whole process, they can still show their presence at the critical moment.”
"How could Su Bei send the message so accurately at this time? Is he monitoring the host group?"
Among them, the bullet screen about "Su Bei is monitoring the protagonists" caught his interest. Su Bei did not expect that such a misunderstanding would be caused because the comic author did not draw the scene where Mo Xiaotian told him that they were going to the cafeteria.
However, this misunderstanding seems to be a good idea and perhaps can be used to advantage.
Next is the part where the protagonists are solving a case in the cafeteria. It not only includes the psychological activities of the protagonists, but also directly starts writing about the psychological activities of the purple-eyed chef after he is suspected. Obviously, there is no intention to hide that he is the murderer.
To be honest, when Su Bei saw Jiang Tianming recognize the murderer by the color of his eyes, he was moved. He didn't expect the protagonists to see the color secret in the hint of "purple smoke". It was good enough to find out that the murderer's ability was smoke.
When he understands the incident, just one sentence can still establish his character in front of the readers.
But his question was obviously not as clever as their direct discovery. What's more, Jiang Tianming discovered it very early and directly identified the murderer by the color of his eyes, which made his hint more useful.
When they got the machine for testing superpowers and it failed to detect the murderer's superpowers, but they immediately thought of "superpowers prohibited", Su Bei was about to applaud them.
"What a great teammate!" He couldn't help but sigh. He finally understood what it meant that a good teammate could make an action more efficient.
What happened next was all his personal experience. Surprisingly, the comic was generous enough to include the conversation between him and the murderer before the protagonists arrived.
When he was talking, he actually had a lot of bad ideas in his head. But from the comics, even he himself felt that he was really fearless in the comics.
[The blond boy was the one being held hostage, but he seemed to be the mastermind of everything. He made the hostages even more nervous than the hostages.
In the scene "Aren't you afraid?", the robber's dagger is against the blond boy's white neck, and he asks cowardly. However, comparing their expressions, everyone will feel confused - is it really not Su Bei who is holding the robber hostage?
The next scene is a full shot of Su Bei, he is in a carefree state, his face is relaxed: "I'm scared, I'm scared to death."】
I have to say, this kind of lazy and annoying strategy can really touch the readers' hearts. Although Su Bei only felt that he accidentally asked for a beating at the time after reviewing the comics, the bullet screen revealed everything.
"So handsome, Brother Bei!"
"Handsome is just one word, and I'll only say it once"
"What are you afraid of? The robbers are the ones who are really afraid, hahahahahahahahaha"
"I'm so handsome ahhhhhhh!
"Why isn't he afraid? Even if he has a strong superpower, he's just a rookie now. Can he really beat the murderer?"
"Haha ...
"This scene is so beautiful! I took a screenshot and used it as my screen saver."
The next part is the story of Jiang Tianming and his friends rushing to rescue him. Su Bei watched this part carefully, wanting to understand their respective abilities.
[It is obvious that Jiang Tianming and his team are working together. Jiang Tianming is responsible for attracting the murderer's attention by chatting with Su Bei and negotiating with the murderer;
The wooden iron man used his tall figure to block the way in front, preventing the killer from seeing the other people's small movements;
Lan Subing used the [Word Spirit] to say "Impatient", which made the murderer more impatient. After all, there was a big gap in strength between her and the murderer, so she could only slightly affect the murderer;
Wu Mingbai used the [Earth Element] and when the murderer was anxious to move forward, a small lump of earth rose up from the ground without a trace and tripped the murderer;
The last one is Mo Xiaotian. The specifics of his ability are unknown, but he can generate a transparent cube in the air. The murderer stumbled and hit the transparent cube, giving Su Bei a chance to escape. 】
Most readers were delighted by the tacit cooperation among the five protagonists, and were also happy that Jiang Tianming and the other two made new friends.
However, it can be seen from the barrage that there is still a small number of readers who cannot accept the new members of the protagonist group, especially Mo Xiaotian.
The Iron Man is okay; his big brother character doesn't steal the spotlight, and he can provide support to the protagonists without attracting hatred.
But Mo Xiaotian is different. His sunny personality attracts many fans, but also many haters. People who like him think he is cute and silly, while people who dislike him think he is just a drag.
Moreover, at least from the outside, Mo Xiaotian and Wu Mingbai have the same personality. This makes some of Wu Mingbai's fans unhappy with him.
At this time, I saw that Mo Xiaotian played a big role in this rescue operation. There were so many comments on the barrage scolding him for being a member of the royal family. I felt that the author was deliberately highlighting him.
Seeing these comments, Su Bei raised his eyebrows and suddenly said, "Can we settle our previous bet now?"
He had previously made a bet with the "comic consciousness" that the new character would not receive too high a support rate.
After a moment of silence, Comic Consciousness replied, "You win."
Although the comics were updated not long ago, the trend is already very obvious. Although the wooden iron man did not receive any negative feedback, the negative feedback from Mo Xiaotian alone is definitely more than 10%, not to mention the two of them combined.
Having realized that I had taken it for granted, I frankly admitted, "Well, I don't really understand the readers, and I won't interfere with your judgment in the future."
Hearing this, Su Bei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With this promise, at least he no longer had to worry about "manga consciousness" being stabbed unconsciously, which was more worrying than malicious intent.
He continued reading, and the chapter ended with Meng Huai saying "Well done" to everyone.
But Su Beimin noticed that there was a key message hidden in the picture.
The composition of this frame is that the students are facing the camera, Meng Huai is facing away from the camera, and behind Meng Huai is a plant cage. The murderer, who is also facing away from the camera, has his collar slipped down due to the previous struggle, revealing the black lightning mark on the back of his neck.
Obviously this is a foreshadowing.
After reading the comic, Su Bei went straight into the forum.
Every time a comic is updated, there will be a wave of traffic in the forum. Now is no exception. The whole forum is extremely lively, with various posts emerging in an endless stream, and there are also many hot posts.
Su Bei's eyes fell on one of the posts, and he inexplicably felt that this post might have something to do with him.
《North Star Gathering!》
[Beige, my god No.0: I changed my name specially for my Beige. Now that he has joined our Polaris, he is an old fan of Su Bei! A handsome guy with blond hair and purple eyes, it is worth investing in him!
Subeiwink.jpg】
[No.1: Su Bei is so handsome in this photo. I didn’t feel much when I saw the first photo, but I was hooked after reading the second chapter. I really love the feeling of having a strong presence even though he is not involved!]
[No.2; Purple eyes are my xp, blond hair is also my xp, I really love meeting such a handsome guy who matches my xp. ]
[No.3: So the fans in northern Jiangsu are called the North Pole Star, right? We finally found the organization, this is a great name!]
【Northern Brother My God No.4 (Original Poster) Reply to No.3:
Big Eyes has created a super topic, and the name is also taken from the super topic, come and join!】
【No.5: There is even a super topic, I will come right away!】
【……】
[No.23: The last part made me laugh so hard. Who would have thought that Su Bei's self-help method would be this?
Su Bei shouts "Teacher, help me".jpg
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【No.24 replied to No.23:
This is indeed funny, but if you think about it carefully, it is very scary. How did Su Bei know that there are such protective measures in the school?
From his behavior, it was obvious that he knew it from the beginning, otherwise he wouldn't be so fearless in the face of the murderer.
However, the other students clearly did not know about this, and the school's protective measures were not activated at the beginning. The school activated the protective measures only after the murderer was discovered, the murderer escaped, and Meng Huai fiddled with the phone.
From the time the school activated the security to the time Su Bei was caught by the murderer, it took less than ten minutes, or even less. How did Su Bei get the news in just ten minutes?】
【No.25: There are too many words on the upper floor, so I will listen to the upper floor.】
【No.26: Yes, it seems that the source of information in northern Jiangsu is indeed a bit strange.】
[No.27: The 24th floor is awesome, I didn’t notice anything wrong at all]
[No.28: That's not right. Why didn't the school open the protection after Sun Ming's death? There is no evidence that it was Meng Huai's news that prompted the school to open the protection.]
【No.29 replied to No.28:
The 24th floor is right, the school was opened after the news. Look here.
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This scene clearly shows that Meng Huai took advantage of his speed and rushed over to stand between the murderer before he attacked Wu Mingbai.
If the school's defenses had been opened at that time, he should have teleported there instead of running. 】
【No.30: Wow wow wow wow, the masters are in the forum】
【No.31 replied to No.29:
I'm convinced. This analysis is very convincing. It seems strange that Su Bei got the news so quickly...
Of course, this doesn't affect my love for him. The big boss behind the scenes makes it even more exciting!】
【……】
Seeing that they were discussing something else, Su Bei raised his eyebrows and decided to go in person. In the second chapter of the comic, he did not show any new abilities, but only strengthened the readers' impression that he had a power similar to [prophecy].
But he is not satisfied with this. Every time his ability changes, he has to wait until the next comic is updated. In other words, if he does nothing now, his ability will not change much when the next comic is opened.
But this would be too slow. Only by making his superpowers stronger as soon as possible can he lay out his plans in advance. So before the next comic opens, he'd better give readers some new ideas about his superpowers.
Su Bei opened a single post.
"Li Tao's Source of Intelligence in Subei"
[Prophet No.0: Based on the comic content released in Chapter 2, I believe there is a hidden source of intelligence in northern Jiangsu.
There are three reasons for this conclusion.
1. Su Bei sent a message to Jiang Tianming one second before he entered the cafeteria.
If he hadn't known he had arrived here, he wouldn't have sent out this message.
2. Su Bei knew that shouting “Teacher, help me” could save himself.
That is to say, he knew that the school had already activated the protective measures. However, this measure was only activated after Meng Huai sent the message after the murderer escaped. How could he know about it if he didn't have a special source of intelligence at such a short time?
3. Su Bei was caught by the murderer "coincidentally".
Let's look at the situation when Su Bei was arrested. The comic shows that he turned his back to the murderer, holding a book in his hand, and ran to the library. That is to say, after receiving the news, he wanted to return to the library immediately after leaving the library.
But the fact is that the library is located in a remote area and is usually not found immediately. Logically, there is no need for him to be so anxious.
So I guess he might have known in advance that the murderer was heading in his direction through some means, so he was anxious to go back.
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Each of these speculations may be a bit far-fetched and can be explained by "coincidence". But if the three are combined together, there will be too many coincidences, and it will become inevitable. 】
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