Hell's Kitchen, Kingpin

Xu Mo's operation went very smoothly.

He had made it all the way to the sixth floor without being discovered.

More precisely, everyone who had discovered him had already been dealt with.

At this moment.

Xu Mo entered the seventh floor.

From the last gang member he had encountered, he had learned that the people abducted by the Black Hand Gang were being held on this floor.

So after entering this floor, Xu Mo began checking the rooms one by one.

Anyone who was not Pietro got knocked out.

There was no helping it.

If he let them run out, his whereabouts would probably be exposed within two minutes.

After opening another room, Xu Mo immediately saw a short-haired woman in a tight-fitting suit sliding in through the window on a zip line.

After landing, the woman rolled cleanly to her feet.

She met the eyes of Xu Mo, who had just opened the door.

Once Xu Mo clearly saw her face.

His expression froze.

"Black Widow?"

The moment Natasha saw Xu Mo, she charged straight at him without pause.

She had clearly mistaken Xu Mo for a Mafia member.

Before Xu Mo could speak, a long leg lashed toward his face.

He raised a hand to block her leg, then applied a little force. Natasha's body was pushed backward by the tremendous strength.

Afraid of alerting the gangsters in the building.

Xu Mo stepped into the room and shut the door.

At that moment, Natasha charged at him again.

Having learned from their last exchange, she realized that the man before her possessed astonishing strength that she could not withstand. Two black batons had already appeared in her hands.

Unfortunately.

Having reached Warlord Rank, Xu Mo's neural reaction speed and movements were simply too fast. Before she could react, Xu Mo had thrown her onto the bed in the room.

"Stop fighting. I'm not a gang member. I infiltrated this place just like you did!"

Before she could get up from the bed, Xu Mo hurriedly explained.

Natasha, who had leaped up from the bed, put away the two batons in her hands after hearing that.

She had been wondering about it just now. After seeing her, he had not shouted or raised an alarm, but had instead shut the door. At first, she thought he was simply confident he could handle her. Now she understood.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

After confirming that he was not one of the gangsters, Natasha looked at him with confusion.

"My friend was kidnapped by them. I came to rescue him!"

Xu Mo did not hide it.

Although S.H.I.E.L.D. was no good organization, Natasha herself had a strong sense of justice. In a situation like this, she was far more likely to become an ally than an enemy.

"Looks like the intelligence I received was correct!"

As she spoke, Natasha took out an identification card.

"My name is Natasha. I'm with the FBI, and I'm here to investigate the Mafia's kidnapping and extortion operation!"

"Xu Mo!"

After introducing himself, Xu Mo turned and walked outside.

"I advise you to leave quickly. You can't handle the people here!"

Before leaving, Xu Mo still offered her a word of advice.

Although Natasha's combat skills were extremely strong, she would not have the advantage against Kingpin, whose physical abilities had reached the limits of humanity.

"That's none of your business!"

Natasha stubbornly retorted, then followed Xu Mo out of the room.

There were not many rooms on this floor.

Soon, Xu Mo found Pietro in a room in the corner.

Natasha had already disappeared somewhere.

Pietro's hands and feet were tied, and his face was covered in bruises.

Clearly, he had suffered quite a bit for refusing to hand over the money.

"Xu?"

Seeing Xu Mo walk in through the doorway, Pietro wore a surprised expression.

"Why are you here?"

"Of course I'm here to save you!"

Xu Mo stepped forward and untied the ropes around him.

Just as he was about to take Pietro away, his expression changed.

"Wait!"

Thanks to his formidable physical condition, the sounds outside the door reached his ears clearly.

In the corridor outside.

A group of figures rushed out from the stairwell with guns in hand.

They quickly surrounded the room's door.

The door was kicked open from outside.

Then the gang members waiting outside unleashed a burst of gunfire into the room without hesitation.

In an instant, the entire room was shrouded in smoke.

While they were changing magazines, a figure suddenly darted out from the smoke-filled room.

The figure flashed through the corridor like an afterimage.

When he came to a stop, the heads of the armed gang members had all been twisted to impossible angles, and they slowly collapsed to the floor.

Pietro, who rushed out right after Xu Mo, happened to see the scene.

Shock first appeared on his face.

Then he eagerly rushed over.

"Wow, that was so cool!"

"Xu, was that the legendary kung fu?"

"Stop talking and follow me!"

Xu Mo waved a hand and led him downstairs.

Pietro was still just an ordinary person. A stray bullet could kill him at any time, so Xu Mo intended to get him out first.

The two headed downstairs.

The moment they stepped out of the building, they saw a bald, burly middle-aged man waiting outside.

"Not bad!"

The man clapped his hands, then took off his suit jacket.

"You managed to fight your way through my men. You're pretty good!"

"But if you want to take someone away, you'll have to ask whether I agree first!"

Xu Mo sized him up.

From the man's distinctive massive build, he could guess that this was Hell's Kitchen's underground overlord, Kingpin.

"You leave first. I'll handle this guy!"

After telling Pietro where Wanda's vehicle was parked.

Pietro hesitated for a moment, then nodded and ran toward the street where the vehicle was located.

Judging by how quickly Xu Mo had dealt with those gunmen, Xu Mo was clearly no ordinary person.

He understood very well that if Xu Mo did not have to worry about him, probably no one could keep him here. Staying would only burden Xu Mo.

"Without my permission, no one is leaving!"

Seeing Pietro trying to leave, Kingpin revealed a cruel smile.

Then his figure flashed as he charged toward Pietro.

Although he looked extremely obese, his movements were astonishingly swift.

But compared to Xu Mo, he was still far too slow. The instant he moved, Xu Mo was already standing in front of him.

"I'm your opponent!"

With that, Xu Mo launched a flying kick. His strength exploded forth, sending Kingpin straight into the building across from them.

Kingpin's massive body blasted a two-meter-wide hole directly through the wall.

Looking through the hole.

It appeared to be a bedroom inside.

On the bedroom's bed, a man and woman tangled together did not even have time to get dressed before fleeing from the hole in terror.

Pietro, who had only run a few meters away, turned back at the sound.

Staring at the hole in the wall.

He muttered blankly.

"What?"

"Is Xu some kind of Superman who wears his underwear on the outside?!"