Crushing Purple Man's Head

"If you don't want me to crush your head, tell me where this is."

After tossing the Black guy aside, Lu Wen looked at the Mexican guy he had lifted by the back of the neck.

The kid was pretty sharp. His first reaction after seeing Lu Wen toss the young white guy into a trash can had been to run.

"Don't! Don't! I was wrong! This is the edge of Hell's Kitchen! We're members of the Black Rat Gang! This is Black Rat Gang territory!"

Black Rat Gang? Never heard of them. Probably some small-time gang.

Casually tossing him into the trash can too, Lu Wen looked deeper down the street.

So this was Hell's Kitchen, that hub of crime in the Marvel Universe, and a breeding ground for quite a few street-level heroes.

"Forget it. I'm out." Lu Wen decisively turned and left.

It wasn't that he was scared. He just didn't have time to stir things up in there right now. Besides, that underground kingpin wasn't simple either. He would wait until he came back from completing an order before going to take a look at that muscle-bound monster.

"Huh? Why does that guy look so familiar?"

After leaving Hell's Kitchen, Lu Wen spotted someone by the street whose appearance looked very familiar.

He was a slick-haired, powdered-faced white man with a perverted, greasy, sleazy smile, slightly purple skin, and clothes that made him look respectable.

He was chatting up a Western woman, even suggesting they go eat Sichuan food.

"Fuck me, Sichuan food, of all things! Do you even know how to eat that?"

Lu Wen cursed under his breath and immediately strode over.

"Oi! You there! Get over here."

"Hmm?"

Purple Man, who was going about his usual routine of using his powers to control a beautiful woman he fancied into getting a hotel room with him, suddenly heard someone calling him from the side and looked toward the voice in confusion.

Before he could see who had interrupted his hunt for women, however, a dark blur flashed before his eyes. The next instant, a sharp pain shot through his mouth, and his entire body was lifted off the ground.

It was a young Asian man, staring at him with hostility.

"Those points sure weren't wasted. This speed is acceptable."

Just moments ago, after digging through his memories and realizing that this guy he couldn't stand was Purple Man, the notorious Marvel villain, Lu Wen had immediately rushed over.

Although he had already felt certain he could run fast now, and that the trait must have fixed his laughable movement speed, actually using it was still different.

"Mmph! Mmph!"

"Don't struggle just yet. Come on, let's have a proper chat."

Feeling the struggling through his hand, Lu Wen curled his lips into a smile that looked cruel in Purple Man's eyes.

He applied a little pressure, and the crunch of breaking bone came from Purple Man's face. Lu Wen had crushed his lower jaw.

Purple Man was bewildered. Who was this guy? I haven't offended any metahumans lately, have I? And he knows my powers so well! If I can't speak or give orders, there's nothing I can do. He grabbed my mouth right away, and even crushed it!

Now he really was a lamb to the slaughter.

After Lu Wen dragged Purple Man into an alley in Hell's Kitchen, the Western woman Purple Man had been controlling suddenly came to as well. She looked around, then ran off in a panic.

Once he had dragged Purple Man into the alley, Lu Wen slammed him against the wall without a word! Holding back his strength, he raised his fist and hammered it into Purple Man's stomach!

"I couldn't stand you, you bastard, back when I watched those comic recap videos. Watching the show pissed me off even more! Now I've finally got my hands on you! I'll fucking beat you to death!"

Hearing this left Purple Man even more bewildered! What comic explanations? What show? What is this guy talking about? Can somebody tell me why this is happening?

He raised his hand, trembling slightly in front of Lu Wen, trying to beg for mercy.

"Fuck! You dare provoke me?"

Lu Wen grabbed Purple Man's wrist and squeezed with all five fingers, instantly crushing it!

Purple Man wanted to scream in pain, but with his mouth clamped shut, all he could manage were muffled whimpers.

Lu Wen had never expected this thing to be his first kill since transmigrating! Back when he watched comic recap videos, this fucker had made him grit his teeth in anger. Later, when he watched that American show called Jessica, the actor's superb performance had brought Purple Man's character to life even more brilliantly!

So whether or not he had run into him today, he would have personally tracked him down and killed him someday.

"You love ordering people around, huh? Let's see you give orders now!"

Lu Wen exerted force with his hand and tore Purple Man's jaw off, tongue and all!

Without that support, Purple Man slowly slid down the wall. The agony wracking his body left him unable even to cover his mouth with his remaining hand.

He still had no idea when he had offended a superhuman with such extraordinary combat strength.

Seeing that it was about enough, Lu Wen placed both hands around Purple Man's head and applied a little pressure... Pop. He squeezed him like a pimple.

"Ptooey! Trash."

Lu Wen shook the red and white matter off his hands and calmly walked out of Hell's Kitchen.

It was his first time killing someone, but Lu Wen felt nothing at all.

What a joke! I've transmigrated, and with my own body at that! Why the hell should I feel uncomfortable or guilty? Life before coming here was oppressive enough. If I still tiptoe around being a moral role model now, wouldn't I be wasting this opportunity?

Besides, when someone from a highly moral society, someone tightly constrained by morality and law, gained sufficiently powerful strength, they wouldn't feel any guilt over killing someone with utterly depraved morals.

Besides, didn't I already go through my confusion, just like a tokusatsu protagonist? I've finished that whole process. What more do you want?

After Lu Wen left, two neatly dressed men came over, took out a device, and scanned Purple Man's corpse and the scene.

A minute later, as they looked at the information on the device, one of them pressed his earpiece to make a call.

"Sir, the target killed a superpowered criminal with a prior record."

"Mm. Just clean it up. Leave it alone! Be alert. I've received word that the military has noticed him. Keep your eyes open, and don't let the military make contact with him."

"Understood, sir."

Lu Wen knew nothing of what happened after he left. After returning home, he tidied up a little and went to rest. He needed to get his energy up; he would be setting off tomorrow.

The next day, after getting up, Lu Wen first went to a weapons shop and picked up the batch of weapons and ammunition he had ordered.

He had ordered these on his very first day!

He could take or leave them himself. They were mainly a precaution, so that if an order requiring arms ever appeared on the order listings page, he would have stock on hand and nothing to worry about.

After picking up the goods, Lu Wen turned into an alley without cameras. Rather than going home, he opened the order page, accepted an order, and teleported...

Elsewhere, after Lu Wen disappeared, the agents sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn't find him and reported to Nick Fury.

Nick Fury thought it over. Although he was a little worried, there was nothing he could do, so he told the agents to wait downstairs at Lu Wen's home. He figured Lu Wen would have to come home eventually.

Meanwhile, another group with the same idea had already arrived at Lu Wen's home ahead of them.

To gain the upper hand in negotiations, General Ross had his men pick the lock on Lu Wen's front door, then brazenly barged into his home.

Thaddeus Ross sat openly in the seat of honor in Lu Wen's living room as though he owned the place, waiting for Lu Wen to return.

But...

He drank cup after cup of coffee.

He even ordered takeout twice, yet Lu Wen still wouldn't come back!

Just like that, he waited three whole days! Thaddeus Ross even worked remotely from Lu Wen's home, but Lu Wen never returned!

"We're leaving!"

In the end, General Ross left Lu Wen's home with a face as dark as Nick Fury's.

His subordinates hadn't found any trace of Lu Wen either. It was as though that dark alley were some abyss that had swallowed Lu Wen as soon as he entered!

But Thaddeus Ross wasn't going to give up!

He had seen the recordings of the Battle of New York: Lu Wen's formidable body, and energy readings comparable to a nuclear reactor!

He was determined to get Lu Wen into a military base and study him thoroughly! He would strive to mass-produce soldiers just like him, or even stronger!

That way, he could better enable the great America to defend peace throughout the world!