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"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you admit it or not…"
Gwen glanced at the female assassin behind her, who had been suffocated to death while they were talking, then raised her hand and shot a web upwards.
As she leaped up, she warned, "As long as you don't block my path, we'll stay out of each other's business."
"Damn it, you murderer, don't think you can escape… And, did you kill Erica?"
Daredevil only just noticed that the woman on the ground had no heartbeat.
Clearly, Spider-Woman had been deliberately changing the subject to distract him.
Feeling tricked, Daredevil was instantly enraged.
The short stick in his hand shot directly towards the back of Gwen's head.
Seeing this, Gwen, who was in mid-air, immediately raised her hand and shot a web in the opposite direction, intending to change direction and evade the attack.
But just then, a killing intent flared.
"!!!"
Her Spider-Sense suddenly gave a warning of danger.
Gwen didn't even think, directly letting go of her right hand, allowing her body to fall downwards.
Whoosh whoosh—
Two bullets silently sliced through the air, one from where Gwen had just been, and another from the position she had intended to move to.
If she hadn't let go immediately, she would likely have a bullet hole in her head right now.
But the assassination attempt on Gwen was far from over.
A series of gunshots lit up again from the rooftop on one side of the alley.
All the shots were aimed at vital areas like the brain and heart.
However, without exception, Gwen calmly dodged all of them using her Spider-Sense.
"Huh? This guy is so wicked?"
On the rooftop, a tall man threw off the special camouflage covering him and looked at Gwen below with a surprised expression.
Then he pulled out a sharp dagger from his embrace and threw it forcefully towards the wall on one side of the alley.
The dagger ricocheted off the wall, changing its angle, and flew towards Gwen's back of the neck from her blind spot.
But just as it was about to hit, she slightly tilted her head, successfully dodging it.
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???
WTF???
"Sly little Spider, let's see if you can dodge this time?"
The man on the rooftop then pulled out dozens of specially made sharp daggers from his embrace, and using the same method, he continuously used the walls on both sides of the alley to ricochet and change direction, launching a new round of precise encirclement on Gwen from various angles.
The attacker was Bullseye, Benjamin Dex Poindexter, Kingpin's most powerful assassin.
Although he had no superpowers.
He was born with an unparalleled throwing ability.
He could throw any object at an enemy with incredible precision.
Even a playing card or a toothpick could become a lethal weapon in his hands.
Kingpin would only use this trump card under him when carrying out the highest level assassination missions.
And targets marked by Bullseye would all eventually die unnatural deaths.
Up until now.
Only Daredevil had managed to escape him once by sheer luck.
However.
Today, Bullseye was destined to face the first setback of his entire career.
Because he encountered the strongest opponent to date.
No.
Perhaps nemesis would be a more fitting term.
For Gwen, who possessed Spider-Sense, Bullseye's precise throwing ability was useless.
Even when dozens of daggers simultaneously assailed her from completely different angles, she still easily dodged all of them with her agile movements.
However, Daredevil, who was also in the alley, was not so fortunate.
Although he possessed superhuman hearing far exceeding that of ordinary people, allowing him to accurately pinpoint every impact point of the daggers on the wall, the subsequent unpredictable ricochets and deflections left him struggling to cope.
Because he simply couldn't calculate so many ballistic trajectories simultaneously.
This had nothing to do with his abilities.
It was purely that his personal calculation ability couldn't keep up.
So… soon Daredevil was riddled like a hedgehog, lying weakly on the ground, gasping for breath.
Gwen glanced at the enemy on the rooftop, then at the heavily injured Daredevil, and then shot another web, leaped up, and swung away into the distance.
Although Daredevil's self-righteousness was annoying.
It wasn't enough for Gwen to kill him.
So she decided to leave Daredevil to the criminal on the rooftop.
Let's see if that criminal would also uphold the "no-kill" principle and spare Daredevil?
And this scene that unfolded in the alley today also taught Gwen a solid lesson.
It taught her not to trust others lightly from now on.
Even if the other party is a well-known vigilante, they might come to blows due to differing opinions.
She decided to heal her injuries first, and then return to Hell's Kitchen to continue her "special training"!
"Damn it, that monster actually dodged all my attacks?"
Bullseye looked in the direction Gwen disappeared, still shaken.
Clearly, the other party's perfect dodging earlier was not a coincidence.
That little bug was simply his natural nemesis.
In fact, as early as before, when the three bounty hunters he hired to ambush Gwen repeatedly failed, he had already noticed something unusual about Gwen, which was why he had hesitated to launch a sneak attack.
He just never expected that the other party's dodging would be so ridiculously high.
Had all her attribute points been allocated to dodging?
"Thankfully, I accidentally caught Daredevil this time, otherwise, I wouldn't know how to explain it to Boss Kingpin."
Bullseye shook his head helplessly, then leaped into the alley, approached Daredevil, and slowly squatted down, "We meet again, it seems you're not so lucky this time."
As he spoke.
Bullseye reached out and directly pulled down the mask on Daredevil's head; even though the latter struggled desperately during this process, it was still futile.
"So it's you… Matt Murdock, the great lawyer?!"
A look of surprise appeared on Bullseye's face, then he stepped on Daredevil's head with his foot, pulled out his phone, held it close to the other party's face, took a clear unmasked photo, and sent it to his boss, Kingpin.
The other party quickly called back.
"I'm sorry, Boss, the mission to hunt Spider-Woman failed…"
Before Kingpin could even ask, Bullseye reported gleefully, "But what I didn't expect was that this time we accidentally captured your old rival, Daredevil."
"Boss, do you want me to hang his body on the lamppost in front of the New York Police Department's main gate?"
Kingpin on the other end of the line was silent for a moment, then ordered Bullseye to turn on the speakerphone, saying with a playful tone:
"Lawyer Murdock, I never thought you were Daredevil."
"Although ordering your death now would be as easy as flipping a hand for me, you can rest assured, I don't plan to kill you today… because I actually don't dislike you."
"Compared to those uncouth bastards in Hell's Kitchen, you are an enemy who understands and abides by rules, and that is very respectable."
"Mr. Murdock, although our methods are different, we share one thing in common, and that is we love this city and the chaotic Hell's Kitchen far more than anyone else…"
"Over the years, we have both been establishing order in Hell's Kitchen, each in our own different ways."
"However, now, the emergence of Spider-Woman has disrupted the rules of the game that everyone has been following."
"She is bound to bring greater chaos and bloodshed, and ignite an uncontrollable war in Hell's Kitchen."
"Therefore, my suggestion is… that we both put aside our prejudices against each other and join forces to eliminate this common enemy, restoring order."
Daredevil, hearing this, said weakly, "I will never cooperate with criminals."
"Is that so?"
Kingpin wasn't angry, but rather teased with a mocking expression, "Then what about your old flame, the black sky, Erica?"
"We met before and concluded many collaborations…"
"Even the pier that was destroyed this time was implicated because it was helping her transport those smuggled 'sacrifices'."
"Mr. Murdock, don't tell me you were truly unaware of her past evil deeds?"
"While you were wandering the streets of Hell's Kitchen, acting as a savior, this beloved person you indulged again and again was wantonly committing evil deeds with methods even worse than mine… Don't you find this ironic?"
Kingpin's words made Daredevil feel a suffocating sensation, yet he was powerless to retort.
So he stopped struggling, allowing Bullseye's large foot to remain on his head.
Kingpin continued, "Also, I have unfortunate news to tell you: after confirmation from Hand's high-ranking officials, the black sky killed by Spider-Woman could not be resurrected this time!"
"So, Mr. Murdock, don't you want to avenge your old flame?"
"Impossible, Erica won't die… They must have other ways to resurrect her."
Upon hearing this, Daredevil's face instantly showed an expression of grief, as if he had lost a parent.
In his mind, every moment he had spent with Erica played out like a slideshow.
Two lines of hot tears silently streamed down his cheeks.
"Oh, shit?!"
Bullseye complained with a look of disgust, "Boss, this useless blind man is f*cking crying?!"
Kingpin burst into laughter, then said magnanimously, "Bullseye, I think we should give Mr. Murdock some appropriate space now to properly mourn his old flame."
"Boss, are you sure you want to let him go so easily?"
Bullseye's face showed a hint of hesitation, and he asked somewhat uncertainly, "It's not easy to catch this blind man on a normal day…"
"Don't worry, I believe Mr. Murdock will ultimately make the right choice."
Kingpin said meaningfully, "After all, even for the personal safety of his colleagues and friends, he will help us stop Spider-Woman's atrocities."
With that, Kingpin directly hung up the phone.
"Looks like today is still your lucky day, great lawyer…"
Bullseye spat a large glob of phlegm onto Daredevil's face with disdain.
Then, before turning to leave, he pulled out a flashbang from his embrace.
He pulled the safety pin from the top of the canister and slowly rolled it across the ground towards Daredevil, as a parting gift.
Bang—
3 seconds later, the magnesium powder and ammonium nitrate inside the canister ignited, instantly releasing intense noise of about 170 decibels and a blinding flash of light as bright as day.
(Note: 170 ~ 180 decibels is almost equivalent to the noise of a Rocket launch, or the sound of a large-caliber howitzer firing.)
"Ugh ah…"
Daredevil immediately let out a piercing wail.
Although the strong light could not cause any harm to him, who had long been blind.
However, the intense noise generated by the instantaneous explosion directly ruptured his eardrums, causing him to instantly lose all hearing, his mind roaring.
Even his "radar sense," which he relied on for survival, temporarily failed.
It was unknown how much time passed.
The extremely weak Daredevil struggled to get up from the ground.
Then, disoriented, he stumbled out of the alley.
He needed to find a place to heal… and then, exact his revenge!!
...
The next day.
New York, Manhattan.
United Nations Building.
In a spacious conference hall capable of accommodating over a thousand people, every seat was already taken.
In addition to the Security Council members and permanent representatives from various member states, the U.S. Department of Defense, Monarch Organization, S.H.I.E.L.D., and even the recently established PPDC Organization had all sent their respective heads or influential members to attend this special hearing, which was not open to the public.
This clearly demonstrated how much importance these organizations placed on the issue of Godzilla's fate.
And Zemo, as the chief diplomatic spokesperson for Hyperspace Group, undoubtedly became the absolute focus of the day.
However.
Zemo seemed to be accustomed to such situations.
He sat in the "defendant's seat" with a calm and composed expression, awaiting the upcoming challenges from the attendees.
The meeting began.
According to the pre-planned procedure, Monarch Organization was the first to gain the right to speak.
Serizawa Ichiro, sitting in the front row, pulled the microphone closer and began his speech for the day, looking deeply distressed.
"Baron Zemo, please allow me, on behalf of Monarch Organization, the Security Council, and all member states, to express our deep dissatisfaction and anxiety regarding Sokovia and Hyperspace Group's passive communication attitude concerning the whereabouts of Godzilla!"
"Godzilla… no, it should be said that both King Kong and Godzilla are treasures bestowed upon humanity by nature; they are guardians that maintain ecological balance."
"Facing the increasingly severe Titan crisis, I believe that they should absolutely not be controlled by anyone; such selfish actions would endanger the safety of all humanity and even the entire World…"
"Therefore, I hope that Sokovia and Hyperspace Group can abandon their immediate self-interest and, for the long-term safety of all humanity, voluntarily release King Kong and Godzilla, allowing them to regain their freedom.
This way, when new crises arise, they will be able to assist those countries and populations in need in a better state."