A Little Thing in the Marvel Universe

Chapter 54 Afternoon in Hell’s Kitchen

In Manhattan, there is an area that stretches from 34th Street to the south, 59th Street to the north, Eighth Avenue to the east, and the Haddonson River to the west.In our world, this was once the most unsafe area in Manhattan.However, in earth19999, this is still the worst area for public security, bar none.

Among the many folklores, the most popular dialogue between the veteran police officer and his rookie partner gave this area a very middle-class but very vivid name.The rookie police officer looked at a certain commotion in the area and said, "This place is hell!"

The old police officer replied: "Hell is big, and this is just Hell's kitchen."

And today, the most popular, influential, and powerful person here has launched an extremely vigorous campaign in Hell's Kitchen.

"Good news, good news, Wilson Fisk, the famous New York entrepreneur and philanthropist, is running for Congress!"

The sound of a loudspeaker from a neighborhood campaign rally wakes a hungover Jessica Jones.

"Damn it, it's so early in the morning, why are you making such a fuss?"

She got up in a daze, scratched her hair, and rubbed her temples painfully. The low-quality whiskey gave her a barely tolerable night, but made her pay a heavy price the next day. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon, but she thought It's early in the morning.

The winter sun is very dazzling, so the first thing Jessica does when she gets up is not to put on clothes, but to put on sunglasses.Her eyes narrowed behind her sunglasses, searching around because she couldn't remember where she threw her pants last night, or before going to bed early this morning.

She walked around the bedroom several times, but couldn't find anything related to pants.Staggeringly, he pushed open the bedroom door and looked at his tattered office desk with a confused face. There was a white floral tablecloth on it, and exquisite porcelain tableware filled with English morning tea, coffee, orange juice, and so on. Eggs Nidec, avocado salad, low-fat yogurt and blueberry sauce.

Malcolm Ducasse, who has been in disfigured shape due to drug abuse and has been in low spirits for many years, is sitting at the table with a smile, pretending to be elegant in cutting the food on the plate in front of him, but from the egg yolk stained on his face Judging from the liquid, the spilled yogurt in front of him, and the small leaves of arugula falling everywhere, it was quite difficult for him to eat.

"Morning, Jessica."

The demented smile on Malcolm's face made Jessica notice something abnormal.She stepped forward quickly, grabbed Malcolm by the collar, lifted him up from the chair, and shook him violently.I found that the silly smile on the latter's face was still there.

"Everything is cold, but it's still delicious." He said stupidly and licked his lips.

"I washed your pants for you. There are new ones in the bag over there, sent by your friend," Malcolm said, "I haven't heard you say that you know this person before?"

When she saw the strange breakfast table, she guessed that Belle was here to mess with her again.However, Belle had never alerted her weird neighbors when she came here before. Seeing the evil look on Malcolm's face, she couldn't help but suspect that Belle was warning her about her recent behavior. Express dissatisfaction with laziness and procrastination.

She picked up the paper bag and dug out a pair of jeans and a leather jacket that were almost identical to the ones she usually wore, but obviously much more expensive. She even thoughtfully matched them with a pair of shoes.But the note on the clothes is even more eye-catching:

Take a shower and change clothes, you smell disgusting like a homeless person.

She rolled the note into a ball and threw it aside. She didn't pay attention to the content in it. She put on her clothes directly. She glanced at the cold food on the table with disgust and put it at Malcolm impatiently. Wave your hands.

"Hurry up and leave after eating. Don't hang around my place all the time if you have nothing to do."

Jessica went out angrily and looked at the enthusiastic crowd on the street. She knew that this was Belle's first target that she was ready to attack.

"Just do it."

She muttered under her breath.People on the street didn't know what they were fussing about. It was really weird that so many supporters were gathered at an event where Wilson Fisk, the protagonist of the campaign, would not show up at all.

A very cool luxury car was parked across the road.This kind of behavior of showing off wealth will be met with the strongest contempt and opposition in Hell's Kitchen.Normally, most passers-by would give drivers the middle finger, spit, etc.But today, on such a day of intense public sentiment, it is possible for these people to smash the car directly.

But today is an evil day. People shouting slogans on the street, calling for attention to the unemployment rate, increased welfare and unemployment assistance, fewer refugees, and narrowing the income gap, are like collective blindness, and no one has even glanced at that car. It's so popular that it deserves a beating.

"Since you are going to meet big entrepreneurs, you have to drive a decent car, right?"

Belle explained this, but she didn't explain where the handsome guy in sunglasses driving the car came from.

"Didn't I tell you to take a shower? Why are you just like this... Oh my god."

……

The car drove slowly and leisurely, hanging behind the people participating in the event.

"If you have nothing urgent, I will go back to bed first." Jessica yawned, looking very impatient, "I have been dawdling for most of the day, what can I do?"

"Of course it's to see something interesting and profitable." Belle said, "In a place like Hell's Kitchen, you can't expect people who have been emotionally stirred up all day to just go home like this, right? "

"Breaking, smashing, and looting? What are you going to do next? Are you going to turn the tide on your own again?" Jessica said disdainfully.

"You seem to have a strong opinion of me," Belle said, "Have I done anything harmful to God?"

"It feels like you are about to do it. According to your usual style, you must know what will happen next, and then you will weigh it, whether to stop it, how to stop it, how to end it after stopping it, etc., and choose what is in your best interest. plans and put them into practice.”

"Oh? Then what do you think I should do?"

Belle suddenly became interested, and she really wanted to hear what the private detective had to say.

"It's best not to do anything." Jessica said. "If you want to completely defeat Fisk, the best way is not to become his enemy personally, but to make him your slave. You should be able to do it, right?" "

"Of course." Belle nodded and said.

"I have seen with my own eyes your ability to manipulate thoughts and control hearts, and I have heard from Vanessa about your combat prowess. Either of these two aspects is enough to make ordinary people surrender. Wilson Fisk should not be able to resist it either. , so, wouldn’t it be nice to either control him, or completely convince him, and then let him do what you want.”

"It's true that I asked you to join me. It's just that you seem to have thought about something wrong," Belle said seriously. "Besides the so-called justice and my plan, I also have a very important purpose in doing these things. For fun.”

"Ah?" Jessica was a little surprised, "Are you talking nonsense seriously?"

"No, I just learned something new. It's very interesting to see people fall to the bottom when they think they are at their best."

This is what she learned from the failure of Louis Williams.The Secretary of Energy has painstakingly planned a conspiracy for nearly 20 years. After paying a price that almost led to the destruction of the United States, the power he gained is still not as good as the people he envied and hated who were born with superpowers. This gap left him with It caused huge psychological trauma, and Williams went crazy.

The core of comedy is tragedy, so this almost extremely sad effect is almost a comedy.

"What you say now sounds particularly dangerous."

Jessica stared at Belle's face, as if trying to find some trace of her mental disorder.But just like she couldn't find her pants when she got out of bed, you can never find something that doesn't even exist.

"I'm not crazy. If possible, I also hope to make Fisk obey my words. Unfortunately, he is not the kind of person who will bow to others. If he just defeats him in battle, he would rather die than Will beg for mercy. If I use mind control to influence him, I will never be able to make him repent of his actions. Therefore, my plan is to let him struggle as hard as he can, and then usher in a complete failure."

"Do you think too highly of yourself?" Jessica said, "I don't doubt that you can make Fisk completely fail, but what qualifications do you have to judge other people's rights and wrongs, or even take action to judge him yourself? And is there any other power that can judge you and punish you when you go astray?"

"This is a really good question!" Belle fell in love with Jessica more and more. "I can't answer this question yet, but I do have a solution to the problem. Either, I promise that I will never do anything wrong. Or , I guarantee that no one will have the ability to judge me and punish me."

Jessica instantly felt so nervous that she was suffocating.

Belle laughed happily, "Hahahahahahaha, you should really see what you look like now, it's so funny. I'm not arrogant enough to think that I'm invincible. I'm still following the first assumption. Execution. You see, I didn’t bother any street gangsters, I directly picked on the source of the crime. At least the whole world will recognize that I took care of Kingpin, so it’s not a bad thing.”

"You actually know the name Kingpin?"

"I should ask this, right?" Belle said, "Since I have decided to do this, wouldn't it be normal to do some in-depth and detailed background checks? But you, you said you don't want to do it with me, but you still By pretending to be inactive, doesn't this also reveal Fisk's identity in the underground world?"

"Now that you have found this, you must know that there is not only one person named Jin Bin, right?"

Jessica ignored Belle's teasing and asked instead.She believed that Belle must know more than she did.Her guess was correct, but Belle knowing more didn't mean her investigative ability was stronger, it was just that she already knew. This was the benefit of being a time traveler.

With calculations in mind but not in mind, and the ability to calculate according to tricks, coupled with an ability that is far more powerful than Kingpin, this is Belle's greatest reliance.

"Of course, if I'm not wrong, we should be able to see one of the fake Kingpins when the fight starts later. I came to you today because I want your help to capture him alive. "

Jessica immediately thought of what Belle was going to do.

"I feel more and more that you may be a more dangerous villain than Kingpin."

"Instead of worrying about me, you might as well look outside carefully. If I'm not mistaken, the tall guy in front should be your old sweetheart."

Belle didn't even raise her head when she spoke, but she knew that Peter, who had put on the Spider-Man suit, was nearby and on full alert.Belle "kindly reminded" him this morning that the Hell's Kitchen campaign was likely to cause riots, and that Spider-Man alone might not be able to handle it.

However, Belle always didn't like to get involved in such incidents, so Peter Parker had to contact a new friend he had just met recently, who was also very loyal enough to travel through the entire Central Park, from Harlem to Hell. kitchen.

Soon, Jessica saw Luke Cage lurking low-key on the edge of the crowd.But what she was more concerned about was Belle's wording. "Old sweetheart" didn't seem to be said randomly.

"How much do you know?" she couldn't help but ask.

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