No!
Daredevil hit the ground, his empty hand telling him he had failed.
And the price...
"Dad!"
Elektra's anguished wail rang out. With Daredevil's baton embedded in his chest, Natchios staggered back two steps, his mouth agape, then collapsed.
"Right on target! Wouldn't you say?"
Bullseye flashed a sinister grin of triumph, swept his coat around him, and vanished into the night.
Elektra watched helplessly as her father fell, overwhelming grief engulfing her heart. Years ago, when she was five, she had watched an intruder murder her mother in their own home. Ever since, nightmares had followed her like a shadow.
The fear of losing her loved ones had driven the young Elektra to learn martial arts. Day after day of relentless practice had made her a formidable fighter.
But none of it had helped.
Now, she had once again watched her father, her last remaining family, fall before her eyes, Daredevil's weapon embedded in his chest.
Elektra took a pistol from a bodyguard, turned, and fired at Daredevil, shot after shot, until the magazine was empty.
Daredevil did not fight back. He only dodged, fleeing the scene as quickly as he could.
The next day, New York's newsrooms erupted.
[...police are still investigating the murder of Nicholas Natchios...]
[...Nicholas Natchios has been identified as the legendary "Kingpin"...]
[...the mysterious self-proclaimed Vigilante is wanted on suspicion of murder...]
[...Daredevil is suspected of involvement...]
Almost every television station and newspaper was covering the shocking murder in the street. A Vigilante, an ambassador, an assassination, the criminal underworld, Kingpin...
Everyone was debating whether this was another case of punishing evil and defending the innocent, or simply indiscriminate murder.
Was Nicholas Natchios really Kingpin?
Did claiming to stand for justice give someone the right to bypass the law and kill criminals?
Who was