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Darian defeated the three of them incredibly fast.
Before Kilgrave could react, the three street heroes had already fallen one after another.
No! My Charmander! Squirtle! Bulbasaur!
Of course, Kilgrave didn't know what the'starter Pokémon' were, but his current feeling was pretty much that.
He had thought that with superhumans, he was invincible, if not in all of New York, then at least in Hell's Kitchen.
Who knew that now, before even leaving the restaurant, all these superhumans had collapsed, and one was still AFK.
Kilgrave was on the verge of tears.
If he had known Hell's Kitchen was so hard to deal with, he would have continued to live a carefree life outside.
Seeing Darian walk towards him, Kilgrave suddenly yelled, "Stop!"
He still held a glimmer of hope in his heart, thinking perhaps Darian wasn't deaf, just a little hard of hearing, which was why he hadn't been able to understand his words.
Unfortunately, he had gambled wrong.
Darian walked over, slapped Kilgrave to the ground, and frowned, "Why are you shouting so loudly?"
With the presence of the Dumbass Ring, Kilgrave's ability had no effect on him whatsoever.
Wait, this thing isn't actually going to make me a dumbass, is it?
Darian suddenly realized something was off.
No, it was nine-tenths off!
According to his usual style, he should have first controlled Kilgrave, the trainer, so why did he go after those few pet Pokémon first?
Matt and the others weren't some minions that absolutely had to be attacked with taunts.
A hint of suspicion arose in Darian's heart.
But with Kilgrave in front of him, he couldn't take off the Dumbass Ring to study it right then and there, so in a fit of pique, he slapped Kilgrave again.
Kilgrave was utterly bewildered by the hit: "I didn't shout this time, why did you hit me?"
"Don't think I can't hear you cursing me in your mind."
Kilgrave: "..."
You can read minds too, can you!?
Kilgrave hadn't considered threatening Darian by making ordinary people commit suicide, like he did with the superheroes, after all, the other person seemed even more evil than him, and might even be a senior supervillain; if Darian killed him along with the hostages, he'd have nowhere to cry.
Darian didn't waste words and directly took Kilgrave to a secluded spot for interrogation.
Initially, Kilgrave was unwilling to say anything.
Fortunately, Darian also had the ability to control others, but Kilgrave's was mental control, while his was physical control.
Under Darian's physical control, Kilgrave finally honestly confessed everything.
As expected, several recent riots in Hell's Kitchen were all caused by Kilgrave.
And the reason for all this was simply that Kilgrave had used his ability to hypnotize a woman, and after 1 minute and 36 seconds of intense battle, feeling too bored in his'sage mode', he wantonly manipulated the people around him to kill each other.
Under his mental control, those once loving couples, brothers like kin, and blood-related relatives all became mortal enemies, frantically slaughtering each other until one side died.
Even Darian, a well-traveled player, couldn't help but exclaim that this guy really knew how to play.
He patted Kilgrave on the shoulder: "So, did you put your parents' photos in the safe?"
"What does that mean?"
Bang!
Before Kilgrave could react, a bullet hole had already appeared on his forehead.
A generation's protagonist of 'hentai' met his demise.
"Hmph! I am irreconcilable with evil!"
Darian snorted; he fired that shot purely to punish a beast.
It definitely wasn't because he envied the other party's ability!
And after Kilgrave confessed the truth of the incident, the system's prompt sound rang out as expected.
[Quest 'Hypnotist of Hell's Kitchen' settlement complete!]
[Reward obtained: Level 7 S.H.I.E.L.D. (HYDRA) Agent Clearance Qualification]
[Your S.H.I.E.L.D. (HYDRA) identity clearance has been upgraded to: Level 7]
[New functional modules unlocked!]
[Function One: Dungeon System activated!]
[Function Two: Achievement System activated!]
[Dungeon System: Dungeons will open periodically; rich rewards can be obtained upon completion]
[Achievement System: When players meet certain specific conditions, they will receive special titles; wearing titles grants attribute bonuses]
Seeing the new features unlocked by the game system, Darian's eyes immediately lit up.
He was all too familiar with these two features!
The dungeon system goes without saying; almost all role-playing games have this feature, where every day is either spent in a dungeon or on the way to one.
As for the achievement system, this feature was even more familiar.
Some players didn't care much about this feature.
But a portion of players, especially those with a collecting habit, would invest a lot of time and energy into the achievement system.
To collect all the achievements in the game, they would even engage in various insane behaviors.
Of course, the difficulty of obtaining some achievements was not low; for example, in a very difficult game, one achievement's condition was to clear the entire game with one HP, which was pure torture for players with poor dexterity.
Some players also earned achievements just for the small rewards of achieving them, painstakingly gathering enough for a 160-draw chance, only to pull a three-star junk weapon and completely lose it.
As a former 'triple-yellow' lucky player, Darian said he didn't quite understand that feeling.
Darian excitedly shouted, "Where's the achievement panel? Bring it up quickly! Watch me grind a hundred achievements today!"
[To enhance the fun of game exploration, achievements need to be triggered and discovered by the player themselves]
"Alright, I'll go get a plane later and fly to ten thousand meters to try a parachute-less landing, see if I can unlock an achievement."
[...]
Darian picked up a few bottles of wine from the restaurant, poured them over Kilgrave, and then took out a pixel-style torch to light him on fire.
Only after the purple man turned black did he dare to take off the Dumbass Ring.
After taking it off, Darian instantly regretted it.
Why did he kill Kilgrave?
Kilgrave controlled others, and he controlled Kilgrave, didn't that mean he controlled others?
Damn it, he was indeed affected by this broken ring.
However, at this point, Kilgrave was already nine-tenths cooked, with a bigger hole in his head than a certain President, and even Darian's ultimate Senzu Beans couldn't save him.
"I should have thought of this problem when I first said 'ingeniously brilliant'!"
Darian was filled with regret.
This wasn't a Dumbass Ring; it was clearly an Intelligence-Reducing Ring!
He decided to temporarily seal the Dumbass Ring and never use it unless absolutely necessary.
What was done was done; regretting it now was useless.
So Darian returned to the restaurant, placed the three unconscious street heroes together, and had the system take a commemorative photo for him.
He usually fought many villains, but fighting so many heroes was a first, and it definitely needed to be properly commemorated.
Darian took a few photos and felt it wasn't quite enough, so he posed the three in other ways and took individual pictures.
After taking dozens of photos at once, he immediately felt refreshed and was no longer depressed.
Indeed, it's better to find some fun than to consume oneself.
This sentence was simply the truth of life!