Kingpin had fallen, and the threat to the Wick family was gone.
John hadn't killed Kingpin. He was more interested in seeing what life in prison would be like for a boss of Hell's Kitchen.
Treating life as a game was his rule while on vacation.
But Dad and Mom still had no plans to come back, so John had to keep living at home alone.
The FBI's investigation into the Wick family was no longer quite so urgent.
They needed to deal with the enormous gift Kingpin had left them.
Those operations were enough to keep New York's FBI busy and funded.
Ray had been promoted, too, becoming a team leader.
The FBI would be busy cracking down on criminals in Hell's Kitchen for a while, which left Dax feeling rather frustrated.
Fighting crime was something he had to do in both of his identities.
But now, thanks to the FBI's efforts, he had to work overtime even at night.
Even more frustrating was the photograph Ray had put up.
"Night Ghost is a crime fighter active in Hell's Kitchen," Ray said gravely. "His appearance has caused a great deal of trouble in Hell's Kitchen, and he uses brutal methods to kill criminals while stopping their crimes."
"He's disappeared recently, probably hiding out for fear of the police search, but we can't let our guard down."
Dealing with those troublesome masked vigilantes had always been a difficult problem for the FBI.
What they did could be called standing up for justice, but it could also be called dispensing vigilante punishment.
Take the other masked vigilante, Daredevil. He stopped crimes too, but Ray bore him little ill will because he had a no-kill rule.
With Night Ghost, however, almost no criminal survived.
That made him not only a challenge to