In fact, as things stood, the existence of the Heroes Alliance had only been established verbally. Its sole public asset was this chat group.
After the alliance was founded, Hawkeye introduced the Punisher, whom he had met while fighting crime. The Punisher then introduced his friend Daredevil.
For now, however, Daredevil was still only an external member.
After a brief silence, Daredevil, the external member, was the first to break it.
Daredevil: I'll stop chatting for now. A few friends of mine have run into some trouble, and I have to help them think of a solution. (ノへ￣,)
Hawkeye: What kind of trouble? Do you need our help? (⊙⊙)
Daredevil: You can't help with this. A friend of mine founded a special-effects studio several years ago. It enjoyed a period of glory and was once the special-effects team behind the bestselling movie Star Wars. But business has been bad recently, and the studio is in danger of falling apart. He wants me to help him come up with a solution. My God! What can I possibly do about this? Σ(っ°Д°;)っ
Li Congxin was already about to put away his phone, but when he saw the message, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a bold idea sprang into his mind.
Black Mask: Wait! ~ (￣0￣)/
Black Mask: Maybe I can help with this! <(￣ˇ￣)/
Daredevil: How are you planning to help? ()
Black Mask: I want to buy the studio. Help me get in touch with him. (￣︶￣)
"Gong shrimp rice, my kin亲, hoof-topped immortal donkey..."
Just as Li Congxin was rubbing his fists and preparing to do something big, an incoming-call notification suddenly appeared on his phone screen.
Hit-Girl!
This little brat—was she ever going to stop?
After answering the call, Li Congxin was about to lecture her when he suddenly heard Mindy's hurried voice through the receiver: "Help!"
Li Congxin froze. "What happened?"
"Sheriff Marcus was killed by bad people, and now they're chasing me too! The enemy is incredibly powerful. I'm no match for them at all!"
Li Congxin was stunned again and hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened? Never mind, don't talk about that for now. Where are you?"
After Hit-Girl told him her current location, Li Congxin immediately said, "Take the nearest route and run toward the airport. I'll come meet you right now."
After hanging up, Li Congxin immediately sent a message to the group.
Black Mask: Hit-Girl is in danger. Her current location is..., and anyone nearby should hurry over to help. I'll be there soon.
After sending the message, Li Congxin immediately removed a metal box the size of a die from the keychain at his waist and tossed it onto the ground.
With a bang, the die transformed into a large metal box one meter square.
Inside the opened box was his "Black Mask" uniform.
After transforming into Black Mask, Li Congxin immediately activated parkour mode. He followed the route he had agreed upon with Hit-Girl and ran toward her location to meet her.
Li Congxin thought, I'm already wearing a mask, so why should I obey traffic laws?
When he encountered a red light, he ran it!
When he encountered an oncoming car, he simply stepped on it and ran across!
When he encountered a traffic jam, he used the cars as stepping-stones. As a certain Mr. Lu once said: "There was no road in the world to begin with. When cars line up, they can become a road!"
Running freely all the way, he gained countless Impression Points along the way. At last, Li Congxin found Mindy in a secluded park.
Mindy was wearing a Hit-Girl costume. No one knew how long she had been running, but she was already panting heavily and looked utterly disheveled.
When she saw Li Congxin, Mindy's eyes suddenly lit up. She quickened her pace and rushed up to him. "Black Mask! This is bad. Marcus has been killed by those bad people!"
The little girl spoke very carefully. After putting on her costume, she had immediately changed the way she addressed Li Congxin, calling him "Black Mask" instead of Big Brother Clark. When mentioning Marcus, she had even omitted the word "Uncle."
Li Congxin felt that, at least in this respect, she was even more professional than he was.
Hearing Mindy's words, Li Congxin frowned and hurriedly asked, "What exactly happened?"
Mindy took a moment to steady her breathing before quickly explaining, "After you had Marcus hand the evidence over to the police last time, they investigated but failed to find any solid evidence. So they simply pinned all the crimes mentioned in it on the already-dead Frank D'Amico and hastily closed the case."
Li Congxin sneered inwardly. Pinning the blame on a dead man was certainly an extremely polished way of shirking responsibility.
The police in America really couldn't be relied upon!
At that moment, Mindy continued, "Marcus wasn't willing to let the matter end like that. He continued investigating on his own and discovered that Frank D'Amico was merely a small-time underling pushed out in front. The true mastermind was an organization called The Hand. The detailed information is all on this USB drive."
As she spoke, Mindy handed a USB drive to Li Congxin.
The next moment, a gentle woman's voice suddenly rang out from nearby. "Oh... I didn't expect that, despite looking so clever, you little brat would actually be stupid enough to carry the evidence around with you."
"Who's there?!"
Li Congxin instinctively shielded Mindy behind him and looked toward the newcomer. He saw an ordinary-looking elderly Chinese woman, leaning on a cane made of rattan. She seemed to rely on it just to stand upright, her eyes dim and her appearance that of someone nearing the end of her life.
Li Congxin sensed no threat at all from the old woman, but that did not make him lower his guard. Instead, his expression grew even more serious.
This old woman was definitely not ordinary!
An ordinary old woman could never have approached to within five meters of him in such a quiet place without making a sound and escaped his notice!
The more ordinary her appearance seemed, the more dangerous she was!
Li Congxin felt utterly screwed. Weren't they supposed to be in a science-fiction setting? Weren't they supposed to be in the Marvel universe?
What kind of monster was he facing?
A martial-arts master?
The return to simplicity?
Or an expert whose power was fully concealed?
After taking a deep breath, Li Congxin gave the old woman a mocking smile. "You're quite old yourself. Why are you always thinking about fighting and killing? Whether Chinese or white, everyone has a mother. What's your mother's surname?"
Received Impression Points from Madame Gao +16!
While Li Congxin searched his memories for information about the Madame Gao before him, his vision suddenly blurred. At some point, Madame Gao had crossed the several meters between them and arrived in front of him, raising her hand and striking directly at his chest.
Li Congxin had not expected her movements to be so swift. By the time he reacted, her attack was already right in front of him.
Without time to think, Li Congxin instinctively threw a punch to meet it.
"Bang!"
Amid the dull impact, Li Congxin, whose punching power reached 1,000 pounds, was sent flying backward by Madame Gao's palm strike. While he was in midair, he felt sweetness in his throat and could not help spitting out a mouthful of blood.
At the same time, Li Congxin helplessly discovered that the USB drive in his hand had also been shattered by their exchange.
Madame Gao's strength was at least over 2...!
Perhaps even higher!
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