Under Du Mu's Great Memory Restoration Technique, Elektra finally recovered all her memories.
But the price was that Elektra's face had swollen up like a pig's head, and her breasts were now uneven in size. It was a truly horrifying sight.
Sensing his ex-girlfriend in such a pitiful state, Matt was heartbroken.
It was like someone had taken the bike he couldn't bear to so much as step on and ridden it so hard that it was about to fall apart.
He endured the pain and hobbled over to Elektra. "Elektra, I..."
Bang!
Elektra landed another kick to the groin, making Matt drop to his knees once again.
Now that Elektra had regained her memories, her temper was clearly even more explosive than it had been while she was suffering from amnesia.
Especially after realizing that her face had been beaten into a pig's head and her breasts were now uneven, she was even angrier!
But she couldn't beat Du Mu, so she had to vent all her fury on Matt, her ex-boyfriend.
"So what exactly did Lawyer Matt do to make his ex-girlfriend hit him so hard?"
Du Mu was intensely curious.
He couldn't help but reasonably suspect that it might have something to do with Matt's overly sensitive constitution.
After kicking Matt hard, Elektra seemed to have let off some steam and calmed down a little.
With her face still swollen like a pig's head, she coldly left them with one final warning.
"The Hand has set its sights on you. Take care of yourselves."
With that, Elektra turned and left without a trace of reluctance, completely ignoring Matt's wistful expression.
Du Mu didn't take Elektra's warning to heart at all.
They were just an ordinary ninja organization.
They couldn't even form hand seals, and they didn't have fancy contact lenses or tattoos. What was there to worry about?
"You did well, Agent Du Mu."
As always, Nick Fury sat behind his desk, just like one of those immobile NPCs in a video game.
He opened a drawer, took out a new ID card and a stack of documents, and slid them across the desk.
"Your Level 6 agent clearance has been activated. This is your new ID and the corresponding clearance information. Remember, Level 6 means you'll have access to more classified information, and it also means you'll have to shoulder greater responsibility."
[Quest "Mystery of the Ninjas" complete!]
[Reward obtained: Clearance eligibility for a Level 6 S.H.I.E.L.D. (Hydra) agent]
[Your S.H.I.E.L.D. (Hydra) identity clearance has been raised to: Level 6]
[New feature modules unlocked!]
[Feature 1: Detection System upgraded! New feature added: "View NPC Basic Panel"]
[Feature 2: Morality System activated!]
[Detection System: You can now view NPCs' basic information]
[Morality System: When players complete certain objectives or specific quests, they have a chance to gain Justice Value or Sin Value. Justice Value and Sin Value do not cancel each other out]
Whenever his identity clearance advanced, Du Mu's Game System unlocked or upgraded more special features.
For example, the map teleportation, enemy markers on the minimap, and auto-pickup he often used were all conveniences from his previous promotions.
And now the system had upgraded once again, bringing two new features!
Du Mu already had a basic detection function. Before, he could usually only see the names and titles above NPCs' heads.
Now, the upgraded Detection System allowed him to see more basic information!
He immediately used the detection function on Nick Fury.
[NPC: Nick Fury]
[Identity: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Level 10 S.H.I.E.L.D. agent]
[Affection: 50]
[Evaluation: One of the undercover agents hidden within Hydra. Known by the nickname: Motherfucker Hero]
Du Mu: "..."
Just how thoroughly had Hydra infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Du Mu had no words. He turned his attention to the other newly unlocked feature, the Morality System.
This feature wasn't common in games. He had no idea how Justice Value and Sin Value were earned, or what they were for.
Du Mu decided to find somewhere to test it out.
After leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, Du Mu returned to New York and deliberately went to a neighborhood with particularly poor public safety.
Before long, he found his target in a secluded back alley.
A young Black man dressed in hip-hop clothes.
In some of New York's rougher neighborhoods, standard Black thugs like this had a spawn rate of up to 60% in alleyways, and their gear drop rate was even higher—nothing like what you'd see in other countries.
When Du Mu had first started playing the game, a large portion of his early pistol ammo had come from farming these low-level mobs. New York's crime rate had even dropped for a while because of it. Thinking back, he felt a little nostalgic.
At that moment, the hip-hop youth was roughly snatching the handbag from a middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman was no match for a gorilla, and soon her bag was taken.
But the Black youth wasn't satisfied. After grabbing the bag, he didn't run away. Instead, he leered at the woman, apparently planning to take advantage of her while he was at it.
"Uh, sorry to bother you."
A voice suddenly interrupted him.
The hip-hop youth turned around and saw Du Mu standing behind him.
With his good time interrupted, the hip-hop youth pulled out a dagger and glared fiercely at Du Mu.
"Hey, Asian guy, I think you're fucking... pretty handsome. If you want to bother me, go right ahead."
The hip-hop youth's voice trembled as he stared at the Golden Desert Eagle pointed at his forehead.
Fuck, he'd run into a real hard case!
[Stopped a criminal act. Justice Value +0.01]
Sure enough, things were more or less as Du Mu had expected.
Since this was a game set in a superhero universe, the Morality System was most likely tied to crimes and the like.
The Justice Value gain was just a little low. He had no idea what it was good for.
Just then, a nimble figure dropped from above and landed on the fire escape beside the alley.
"What a lively scene. Are you having some kind of secret party? Mind if I join?"
Du Mu looked up and saw a strange guy wearing a red sleeveless hoodie, blue sweatpants, and goggles made from the cap of a pair of binoculars. A crude spider symbol had been drawn on his shirt.
The whole look was rather shabby.
Du Mu used his detection ability on him.
[NPC: Peter Parker]
[Codename: Spider-Man]
[Affection: 10]
[Evaluation: A representative of "The rich rely on technology, the poor rely on mutation." Uncle killer. Failed MAN.]
That evaluation made him sound pretty miserable.
Du Mu sensed the aura of a loser wafting off Peter and instantly decided that he belonged to the latter category: "the poor rely on mutation."
Miserable. A loser.
That was Du Mu's first impression of Peter.
"Spider-Man! Help! Save me!"
The hip-hop youth, still being held at gunpoint, seemed to have seen his savior. He immediately shouted for Peter's help.
He recognized this street hero, who had been unusually active in Queens lately!
Peter hadn't actually arrived late.
He had witnessed the whole process of the hip-hop youth snatching the woman's handbag, and knew full well that the guy was no good.
As for Du Mu, Peter assumed he was a passerby who had stepped in to stop the hip-hop youth's brutality.
In terms of both position and character, Peter naturally leaned toward Du Mu.
Of course, Black lives mattered too.
As a superhero, Peter couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
Peter looked at Du Mu and tried to persuade him. "Buddy, calm down. Put the gun down. Killing people won't solve anything."
Du Mu grinned. "But it can solve the person causing the problem."
Peter: "..."
That didn't exactly sound wrong.