Arc 2From Hell’s Kitchen to Afghanistan

Yang Ming saved Matt and dealt with Bullseye before trading weapons with Gotham’s crime families and crossing paths with Batman and Bruce Wayne. After Tony Stark’s capture triggered an emergency rescue mission, Yang Ming traveled to Afghanistan, where Tony and Yinsen raced to finish the Mark I armor.

  • Bullseye attacked Frank and Matt at the warehouse, and Matt took a poisoned dart meant for Frank before Frank carried him to Yang Ming’s clinic.
  • Yang Ming and Jessica revived Matt, treated Frank, and defended the clinic from Bullseye’s forces before Yang Ming captured Bullseye and extracted the weapons shipment from Pier 47.
  • Yang Ming paralyzed Bullseye and left him at a police station, then returned to Gotham and used the weapons to bargain with Cobblepot and Carmine Falcone for medical supplies and exclusive weapons rights.
  • Batman attacked Falcone at his manor while seeking information about the Waynes, and Yang Ming fought him before Batman escaped.
  • Bruce Wayne visited Yang Ming’s clinic for treatment, and Yang Ming treated his injury while Bruce arranged a house call to Alfred and planned to test Yang Ming at Wayne Manor.
  • After learning Tony Stark had been captured in Afghanistan, Yang Ming accepted an emergency mission to rescue him, packed weapons and medical equipment, and traveled through Dubai to Kabul.
  • Yang Ming drove into the mountains to search for a Ten Rings patrol as Dr. Yinsen helped Tony hide the Mark I armor parts and Tony vowed to end Stark Industries’ weapons division after their escape.
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Ch. 26Brutal Battle

Bullseye and fifty armed gangsters ambushed Frank and Matt in Warehouse 47, using powerful lights to overwhelm Matt’s senses. Frank and Matt fought back under heavy fire, but the battle remained fierce as the gangsters pressed their attack.

  • Bullseye appeared with fifty gangsters after the searchlights blinded Matt and disrupted his echolocation.
  • Frank opened fire on Bullseye, dodged his Asgardian Steel darts, and took cover as the gangsters began shooting.
  • Matt fought through the sensory overload and used his alloy baton to deflect bullets aimed at Frank.
  • Bullseye attacked from atop the shipping containers, ricocheting steel nails around Frank’s cover as Frank fought back.
  • Frank killed or wounded several attackers, while Matt disarmed a bayonet-wielding gangster and struck another with a rifle.
  • The warehouse filled with gunsmoke and blood as the battle intensified.

Ch. 27Matt, Gravely Wounded and Near Death

Matt was gravely wounded by Bullseye’s poisoned dart, and Frank carried him through Hell’s Kitchen to a black-market clinic. There, Frank demanded that Yang Ming save Matt, while Jessica bent Frank’s pistol barrel out of shape.

  • Bullseye threw a poisoned dart at Frank, but Matt leaped in front of it and was struck in the chest.
  • Frank used his last grenade to blow up the weapons crates, then carried Matt out of the warehouse as Bullseye ordered a search of the surrounding blocks.
  • Frank treated Matt’s chest wound as best he could, evaded Kingpin’s search teams, and took Matt to the clinic at 22 Lake Street.
  • Yang Ming taught Jessica vascular anastomosis when Frank burst into the clinic carrying Matt and demanded that they save him.
  • Jessica bent Frank’s M1911 barrel with her bare hands, and Frank released the ruined pistol and drew his tactical knife.

Ch. 28A top killer clashes with a girl of monstrous strength

Yang Ming treated Matt Murdock after Frank and Jessica nearly fought in the clinic, using emergency procedures and a Stark Industries cellular activator to restore Matt’s heartbeat. With Matt out of immediate danger and his firearms mastery reward received, Yang Ming demanded that Frank pay a hundred thousand dollars for the treatment.

  • Frank drew a tactical dagger and attacked Jessica, who countered with a punch, until Yang Ming ordered them to stop and warned that Matt was close to death.
  • Frank backed down and begged Yang Ming to save Matt, while Yang Ming accepted an emergency rescue mission offering World-Class Firearms Mastery.
  • Yang Ming relieved Matt’s tension pneumothorax with a puncture needle and identified the poison as the cause of Matt’s ventricular fibrillation.
  • Yang Ming and Jessica shocked Matt twice, and Jessica injected a cellular activator from Yang Ming’s supply, restoring Matt’s sinus rhythm.
  • Yang Ming received his firearms mastery reward, told Frank that Matt needed dialysis and a sterile chamber, and demanded a hundred thousand dollars for the treatment.

Ch. 29Deal struck

Yang Ming struck a deal with Frank for Kingpin’s cash and the remaining Stark weapons, while Jessica treated Frank’s wounds. Matt woke in Yang Ming’s clinic, sensed the danger around him, and was paralyzed when he tried to rise; Yang Ming told him he owed for his treatment and had to stay still until Frank paid.

  • Frank offered Yang Ming the location and code to a Kingpin safe house containing three million dollars, plus the remaining weapons at Pier 47, and Yang Ming accepted the deal.
  • Yang Ming ordered Jessica to treat Frank, who endured the painful procedure and corrected her suturing technique until she broke a needle.
  • Matt woke in the Sterile Chamber and used his heightened senses to identify Frank, Jessica, and Yang Ming, whose scent suggested he had recently killed many people.
  • Matt tried to get up to warn Frank, but Yang Ming pressed a nerve point in his shoulder and paralyzed the right side of his body.
  • Yang Ming told Matt that his life was now his asset and that he had to remain still until Frank paid the medical bill.

Ch. 30Using a submachine gun as a sniper rifle

Bullseye’s gang surrounded Yang Ming’s clinic and launched an assault, but Yang Ming used his newly acquired firearms mastery to repel their first attack. The first wave of attackers was killed, while Bullseye’s remaining forces still surrounded the clinic.

  • Matt detected Bullseye’s 32 armed men outside the clinic, including a fighter preparing to fire an RPG-7.
  • Yang Ming armed Frank with a shotgun and Thompson, assigned Jessica to guard the back, and took the front entrance himself.
  • Yang Ming shot an abandoned Ford sedan, setting off an explosion that diverted the incoming RPG away from the clinic.
  • As the gang opened fire, Yang Ming used the Thompson to kill three machine gunners, and Bullseye ordered his men to throw flashbangs and charge.
  • Jessica smashed the lead attacker with a heating pipe, and Frank shot the two remaining attackers in the first wave.

Ch. 31Taking Bullseye alive

Yang Ming used his advanced equipment and marksmanship to capture Bullseye alive during the assault on the Lake Street clinic. The remaining gangsters fled, and Yang Ming dragged the unconscious assassin inside.

  • Bullseye's men threw tear gas and flashbangs into the clinic, forcing Jessica and Frank to struggle in the smoke.
  • Yang Ming gave Frank and Jessica gas masks, then used his hearing to locate Bullseye outside.
  • Yang Ming shot the support bolts of a streetlamp, making its heavy iron housing fall and interrupt Bullseye's poisoned-dart attack.
  • Yang Ming used the Invisibility Blanket to approach Bullseye and knocked him unconscious with a precise strike to the neck.
  • The gangsters fled after Bullseye was captured, and Yang Ming dragged him into the clinic.

Ch. 32How much is your justice worth?

Yang Ming captured Bullseye and rejected Matt Murdock’s demand to turn him over through legal channels, declaring him an asset to recover the clinic’s losses from Kingpin. With Frank’s intelligence, Yang Ming headed into the storm to seize the remaining weapons before Kingpin’s reinforcements arrived.

  • Yang Ming restrained Bullseye in a chair and injected him with a sedative that left him conscious but unable to move.
  • Matt urged Yang Ming to hand Bullseye over to the police, but Yang Ming calculated six hundred thousand dollars in damages and treatment costs and demanded payment before surrendering him.
  • Frank backed Yang Ming’s approach, argued that Kingpin would evade justice, and gave him diagrams of a weapons cache with a twenty-minute window to clear it.
  • Yang Ming had Jessica guard the clinic and keep Bullseye alive, then armed himself and left alone to collect the weapons.

Ch. 33Shopping for Free

Yang Ming used his new firearms mastery and stealth gear to eliminate the guards at Pier 47 and steal three Stark Industries weapons crates. As he prepared to leave, two Kingpin attack helicopters arrived and ordered him to surrender.

  • Yang Ming avoided NYPD patrols and reached Pier 47, where he spotted three weapons crates guarded by surviving gangsters.
  • Yang Ming used his Optical Camouflage Medical Blanket and surgical strikes to silently kill eight perimeter sentries and conceal their bodies.
  • Yang Ming revealed himself and shot the remaining twelve gangsters with precise bursts from his Thompson submachine gun.
  • Yang Ming stored all three heavy weapons crates in his ring's subspace.
  • Two Kingpin attack helicopters illuminated Yang Ming with searchlights and ordered him to drop his weapon and raise his hands.

Ch. 34We're even

Yang Ming destroyed Kingpin’s two gunships at Pier 47 and returned to the clinic with three Stark weapons crates, revealing his spatial displacement ability to Jessica, Frank, and Matt. He told Frank that the medical bill was paid and they were even.

  • Yang Ming used a Stinger missile to destroy the first helicopter, vanished under the Optical Camouflage Medical Blanket, then struck the second helicopter’s tail rotor and sent it crashing into a gantry crane.
  • Kingpin learned that Pier 47 was destroyed, the weapons shipment was missing, and Bullseye was unaccounted for, so he ordered Hell’s Kitchen locked down and the culprit found alive.
  • Jessica told Yang Ming she had broken the knees of two punks who tried to rob the clinic during the chaos.
  • Frank asked Yang Ming whether Kingpin’s reinforcements had arrived, while Matt remained in the Sterile Chamber and listened.
  • Yang Ming made three Stark Industries weapons crates appear inside the clinic, shocking Jessica, Frank, and Matt with his spatial displacement.
  • Yang Ming told Frank that the medical bill was paid in full and they were even.

Ch. 35A Friendly Reminder

Yang Ming sent Frank Castle and the wounded Matt Murdock away, then inspected the weapons seized from Pier 47. He discovered Bullseye had awakened and threatened him with a Stark explosive to force him to reveal everything about Kingpin.

  • Frank Castle warned Yang Ming that Kingpin would search Hell's Kitchen, gave him an encrypted satellite frequency, and carried Matt Murdock out into the rain.
  • Yang Ming dismissed Jessica Jones's concern about the weapons and opened the crates, finding Javelin launch tubes, armor-piercing rounds, Stark tracking charges, and exoskeleton parts.
  • Bullseye woke in the restraint chair and realized Yang Ming had somehow transported the shipment past Kingpin's security cordons.
  • Yang Ming pressed a magnetic explosive onto Bullseye's combat suit and demanded information about Kingpin, threatening to mail him back with the bomb inside him.

Ch. 36Fear and provocation

Yang Ming tortured Bullseye for information about Kingpin’s finances, but Bullseye refused to betray his boss. Yang Ming paralyzed him and left him outside a police station, then returned to the clinic planning to move weapons and expand into Gotham City.

  • Yang Ming used precise nerve torture to question Bullseye about Kingpin’s funding and shell-company ledgers, but Bullseye refused to reveal anything and threatened Yang Ming, Jessica, Daredevil, and Punisher.
  • Yang Ming disarmed the bomb on Bullseye’s chest and injected him with a neurolytic agent, leaving him irreversibly paralyzed while still able to breathe and see.
  • Yang Ming wrapped Bullseye in the Optical Camouflage Medical Blanket, carried him through the rain, and left him on the steps of the New York Police Department 15th Precinct.
  • An old cop recognized Bullseye and found him alive but unable to move as officers brought him inside.
  • Yang Ming watched from a nearby alley, then returned toward the clinic and planned to move Stark Industries weapons through the iron door and expand into Gotham City.

Ch. 37The Best Boss in the World

Yang Ming inspected the military weapons delivered to the Underground Clinic and paid Jessica Jones in advance so she could check on Trish. After Jessica left, he entered the portal behind the restricted Medical Supplies Warehouse door to handle business elsewhere.

  • Yang Ming opened three military crates and inspected Javelin launchers, armor-piercing ammunition, explosives, and exoskeleton parts.
  • Jessica Jones moved the heavy crates into storage and asked Yang Ming for time off to check on Trish.
  • Yang Ming gave Jessica five thousand dollars as advance pay and told her to return by eight the next morning.
  • Jessica praised Yang Ming, left through the front door, and pulled the roll-up door shut.
  • Yang Ming entered the blue vortex behind the Medical Supplies Warehouse door.

Ch. 38A visitor to Gotham

Yang Ming returned to Gotham and checked on Maggie Kyle, whose treatment was progressing, while Selene told him the Falcone Family had placed a bounty on him after he destroyed the Rat Gang. Yang Ming revealed advanced military weapons and planned to trade them to Cobblepot for restricted medical supplies, or force him to cooperate.

  • Yang Ming examined Maggie Kyle and told Selene that she needed two more rounds of dialysis before she could leave the hyperbaric chamber.
  • Selene reported that a curious blond Gotham University student had visited the clinic asking about Yang Ming.
  • Selene warned Yang Ming that Cobblepot had offered a hundred-thousand-dollar bounty for his hands and feet after the Rat Gang's destruction disrupted the Falcone Family's organ-smuggling operation.
  • Yang Ming summoned a military crate containing a Javelin launcher and armor-piercing incendiary rounds, shocking Selene.
  • Yang Ming said he would trade the weapons to Cobblepot for restricted medical equipment and drugs, or beat him until he handed them over.

Ch. 39Ballistic salvation

Yang Ming fought his way to Cobblepot’s organ-smuggling operation and breached the plant’s underground security door. The chapter ended as he fired a Javelin missile at more than thirty armed enforcers inside.

  • Yang Ming killed or incapacitated seven of the eight men who ambushed him and forced the wounded Scarface to reveal Cobblepot’s location.
  • Yang Ming dragged Scarface to the plant’s second basement and learned that the blast-resistant security door required Cobblepot’s fingerprint.
  • Yang Ming used a miniature bomb and incendiary material to destroy the security lock and force open the door, triggering an alarm.
  • More than thirty armed enforcers rushed toward the entrance, and Yang Ming fired a Javelin missile at them.

Ch. 40Heading to Falcone Manor

Yang Ming forced Cobblepot to arrange a trade of advanced weapons for restricted medical equipment, then accepted Falcone's invitation to meet at his manor. He arrived at the estate and wondered why he had not heard from Bruce lately.

  • Yang Ming breached Cobblepot's office after destroying the armed thugs and disarming Cobblepot.
  • Yang Ming offered Cobblepot advanced weapons in exchange for restricted medical equipment and asked him to consult Falcone.
  • Cobblepot called Falcone, who approved the deal, promised the requested equipment and an additional five hundred thousand dollars, and invited Yang Ming to his manor.
  • Yang Ming accepted the invitation and rode with Cobblepot's bodyguards to Falcone Manor.
  • Yang Ming arrived at the estate and wondered how it compared with Wayne Manor and why he had not heard from Bruce.

Ch. 41An unexpected turn in the negotiations

Yang Ming negotiated an exclusive arms deal with Carmine Falcone in exchange for money and medical supplies. Just after they agreed, an intruder burst into the study with a smoke grenade, and Yang Ming moved to protect Falcone.

  • Swig searched Yang Ming for weapons before escorting him to Carmine Falcone's study.
  • Carmine Falcone offered Yang Ming compensation for the earlier attack and proposed buying all his armor-piercing incendiary rounds at a premium.
  • Falcone demanded exclusive rights to Yang Ming's weapons in Gotham, and Yang Ming accepted the deal.
  • An intruder smashed through the study window and filled the room with smoke.
  • Yang Ming heard heavy footsteps approaching Falcone and moved between him and the intruder.

Ch. 42Batman's Surprise Attack

Yang Ming protected Falcone from Batman, who had broken into the estate to question the godfather about the Waynes’ murder. Batman escaped after a fierce fight, and Falcone promised to honor his deal with Yang Ming.

  • Yang Ming pulled Falcone out of the way of Batman’s batarangs and fought Batman in the smoke-filled study.
  • Batman attacked Falcone to learn who had supplied Joe Chill with information about the Waynes, but Yang Ming blocked him.
  • Batman used a flashbang to escape through the window while Yang Ming recovered from the blast.
  • Yang Ming found Falcone’s unconscious guards and diagnosed that they had been knocked out by pressure to their carotid arteries.
  • Falcone thanked Yang Ming, confirmed the deal and promised to deliver the medical equipment to his clinic by the next evening.

Ch. 43Gotham's best actor

Yang Ming returned to his clinic and found Bruce Wayne waiting, where the two men concealed their earlier fight behind polite smiles and a crushing handshake. Bruce asked for Yang Ming’s green medicine, and Yang Ming warned him that its price was beyond his means.

  • Yang Ming returned to 22 Lake Street, where Selina Kyle warned him that Bruce Wayne was waiting inside.
  • Yang Ming entered the clinic and found Bruce chatting with Maggie, then greeted him with cold formality.
  • Bruce offered funding for Yang Ming’s clinic, but Yang Ming refused and challenged him with a forceful handshake.
  • After Maggie coughed, Yang Ming and Bruce released their grips, and Bruce asked for treatment for his injured chest.
  • Bruce probed Yang Ming about the green medicine and offered anything the Wayne Family could grant, while Yang Ming silently wished him gone.

Ch. 44The Mysterious Formula from an Ancient Eastern Land

Yang Ming examined Bruce Wayne’s rib injury and recognized the bruise he had inflicted earlier, then prescribed Yunnan Baiyao Aerosol while charging him a hundred thousand dollars. Bruce left with the medicine and his suspicions intact.

  • Yang Ming disinfected his hand after shaking Bruce’s and mocked Bruce’s claim that he wanted treatment.
  • Bruce paid a hundred thousand dollars and let Yang Ming examine his chest, where Yang Ming identified the bruise he had caused in Falcone’s study.
  • Yang Ming pressed the injury hard enough to make Bruce grunt, then told him there was no serious internal damage.
  • Yang Ming gave Bruce Yunnan Baiyao Aerosol and instructed him to spray it three times daily and avoid strenuous exercise for a week.
  • Bruce questioned the medicine and its price, then pocketed the cans and dressed in his suit.

Ch. 45The Butler Hero's "Rheumatism"

Bruce arranged for Yang Ming to examine Alfred at Wayne Manor, using the butler’s supposed rheumatism as a pretext to question the doctor. After Alfred confirmed Yang Ming’s medicine was a sophisticated trauma treatment, Bruce planned to investigate Yang Ming’s loyalties and abilities on his own turf.

  • Bruce paid Yang Ming and arranged a Thursday house call to treat Alfred, while warning him about Gotham’s dangerous streets.
  • Selene worried that Bruce would shut down the clinic, but Yang Ming said Bruce needed it to remain open.
  • In the Batcave, Alfred examined Bruce’s injury and identified Yang Ming’s spray as an advanced medication containing unknown plant alkaloids.
  • Bruce told Alfred that Yang Ming had saved him but was also protecting Falcone, and said he wanted to learn whose side the doctor was on.
  • Bruce prepared to use the house call to bring Yang Ming to Wayne Manor and test him away from his clinic.

Ch. 46The beginning of the Marvel Universe

Yang Ming returned to Hell's Kitchen and reunited with Jessica Jones, who brought him cookies from her sister Trish. As they watched the news, they learned that Tony Stark had been captured in Afghanistan, marking the beginning of the Marvel timeline.

  • Yang Ming left Selene to watch over Maggie and traveled from Gotham to his clinic in Hell's Kitchen.
  • Jessica Jones arrived with caramel cookies baked by Trish and told Yang Ming that she planned to save money to help her sister open a bakery.
  • Yang Ming had Jessica make coffee and turn on the television so they could watch the news.
  • The news reported that Stark Industries CEO Tony Stark had been captured in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan.
  • Yang Ming recognized Tony Stark's capture as the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Ch. 47I'm going on vacation

Yang Ming learned that Tony Stark was missing in Afghanistan and received a system quest to rescue him within fourteen days in exchange for the complete Eight Gates technique. He decided to leave New York for Afghanistan, trusting Jessica to watch over the Underground Clinic while Kingpin was occupied.

  • Yang Ming explained to Jessica that the military had concealed Tony Stark's disappearance for over ten days before announcing its failed search.
  • Pepper Potts demanded a transparent account from the Department of Defense and threatened to hire private military contractors as Stark Industries' stock plunged.
  • Yang Ming received an emergency quest to rescue Tony Stark alive and considered how his medical equipment could help him survive using the Eight Gates.
  • Yang Ming decided to travel to Afghanistan, seeing the rescue as a chance to gain both the quest reward and Stark Industries' support.
  • Jessica questioned Yang Ming's plan to leave Hell's Kitchen, and he told her to handle minor street thugs while Kingpin dealt with federal investigations.

Ch. 48Flying to Dubai

Yang Ming prepared to leave New York for Afghanistan, where he planned to reach the Ten Rings' base. He flew to Dubai on his way to Kabul, leaving Jessica and Trish to guard the clinic.

  • Yang Ming rejected Jessica's request to bring Trish on his Hawaii vacation unless they paid fifty thousand dollars for their expenses.
  • Yang Ming packed weapons and medical equipment into his Storage Ring and warned Jessica to flee with Trish if the clinic was attacked.
  • Yang Ming drove to John F. Kennedy International Airport and checked in for an Emirates flight to Dubai, asking to connect onward to Kabul.
  • Yang Ming passed through security with his Storage Ring undetected and settled into first class for the fourteen-hour flight.

Ch. 49Undercurrents

Yang Ming traveled through Dubai on his way to Afghanistan, where Tony Stark was being held, and confronted mercenaries pursuing Stark’s bounty. He boarded the flight to Kabul as other armed groups converged on Afghanistan for reasons still unknown.

  • Yang Ming read a surgical journal in Dubai International Airport’s VIP lounge while four private military contractors discussed Stark Industries’ bounty for Tony Stark.
  • Cole insulted Yang Ming and reached for his collar, but Yang Ming struck a nerve in Cole’s wrist and incapacitated his arm.
  • Yang Ming warned the other mercenaries against intervening, and they apologized and left the lounge.
  • Yang Ming boarded flight EK640 to Kabul, thinking of Tony Stark and the Eight Gates as the plane departed for Afghanistan.

Ch. 50Echoes in the cave

Yang Ming traveled to Kabul and took a Toyota pickup to search for the Ten Rings hideout, while Tony Stark and Dr. Yinsen secretly built the Mark I armor inside the terrorists’ cave. Tony resolved to shut down Stark Industries’ weapons division once they escaped, and the armor was nearly complete with only three days before the Ten Rings might discover their deception.

  • Yang Ming reached Kabul, disarmed a greedy vehicle owner, and took a Toyota pickup to search the surrounding mountains for a Ten Rings patrol.
  • Yang Ming used his ring to produce a MAC-10, grenades, and spare magazines as he drove into the desert.
  • Dr. Yinsen warned Tony Stark about a camera’s ninety-second blind spot, allowing Tony to hide the Mark I armor parts and pretend to work on Jericho Missile plans.
  • Yinsen told Tony that Ten Rings weapons made by Stark Industries had killed his wife and daughter in Gulmira.
  • Tony vowed to shut down Stark Industries’ weapons division after they escaped, and told Yinsen they had at most three days to finish the Mark I.
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