In New York's Hell's Kitchen, nightfall was when crime took root.
Although the Global Consolidated Investment Company had gone bankrupt, its Russian mob had been dismantled, and even Hell's Kitchen's largest drug manufacturing and trafficking organization had vanished with Madame Gao's disappearance,
this New York slum was still a chaotic mess. The disorder and evil born of poverty and desire never ran short. As long as the source of crime couldn't be stopped, there was no hope of eliminating it.
Matt still played the righteous lawyer by day, then changed into his night suit after dark and became Daredevil, protector of the innocent.
Lurking on a rooftop somewhere, Matt listened carefully to the many sounds of Hell's Kitchen.
He filtered out every irrelevant noise, focusing on terrified screams and helpless cries for help... But even after a long time, he didn't hear anyone in need.
"Again? Why has the crime situation in Hell's Kitchen been getting better and better lately?" Matt wondered.
Over the past half month, Matt had noticed that he was hearing about fewer and fewer crimes at night. He hadn't even gone out to punish a criminal in a whole week.
That would have been unimaginable before. If he only had to go out three times in one night, he considered himself lucky.
It seems this Forgivers Alliance really is changing New York.
That was the only explanation Matt could think of.
Not long ago, Tony Stark had announced the launch of a redevelopment plan for Hell's Kitchen, aiming to build the world's most advanced clean-energy community. A large number of old, vacant buildings had been bought up, and the renovation work had begun in full swing.
Unlike the Global Consolidated Investment Company, Stark Industries had plenty of money. It had no need to resort to illegal