"Hmph! He got away again!"
Wearing the Mind Demon Mask, Mr. Negative pulled the Negative Energy Sword out of a corpse and surveyed the scattered Magia Gang members around him who were still struggling.
"Finish them off quickly. We're heading to the next location!"
"Yes!"
At Negative's command, the Demon Gang members picked up the pace and finished off the few Magia Gang members who were already on their last legs.
Some time ago, a superhero team called the Defenders had appeared in Hell's Kitchen.
Its members included Daredevil and Jessica Jones, who had long been active in Hell's Kitchen, the mysterious hero Iron Fist, who had only recently appeared there, and Misty Knight, one of the police officers responsible for the area.
There was also Luke Cage, a Black hero who had previously been active in Harlem.
They had come together to form the Defenders to fight the Hand and its partner, Kingpin, who were conducting large-scale human and drug trafficking operations in Hell's Kitchen.
To fight these superheroes with extraordinary abilities, Kingpin had taken the initiative to ally himself with a group of supervillains who also possessed special abilities. Among them was Rhino, Alexei, who had previously sent Mr. Negative packing.
That, however, made it difficult for Hammerhead, the Magia Gang's boss, to find anyone who could stand up to the Demon Gang's Mr. Negative. Kingpin also felt that Hammerhead and the Magia Gang weren't capable enough to justify antagonizing the Demon Gang over them, so when the Magia Gang sought his protection, he refused even to meet them.
Mr. Negative seized the opportunity, leading the Demon Gang into Hell's Kitchen and wreaking havoc on the territory controlled by the Magia Gang. By now, only a handful of their bases remained intact. Hammerhead really was slippery, though, and