Chapter 18: CHAPTER 17: One-sided beating
"I believe we have scores to settle, don't we? Kingpin."
"Arthur Morgan, I told you if you came I would kill you."
Kingpin spoke while looking coldly at Arthur
He didn't expect Arthur to have this power, but what does it matter?
Kingpin had full confidence in his abilities and his strength.
Years of experience wouldn't let him lose to a mere arrogant mutant.
Arthur, on the other hand on the outside, was very pleased with what he just did.
(Whirlwind Slashing Iron Fist, I didn't expect to get this while coming here.)
(Using this was easier than I thought it would be. Maybe it's because Garou could already use it, I was able to learn and master it immediately after the knowledge appeared in my mind.)
If Kingpin hadn't provoked him, this would probably have been unusable for longer.
"It's getting late, I need to go back to rest."
"Then let's get this over with quickly."
Arthur looked at the men near Kingpin, they were shaking in fear.
Turning his eyes to the full giant in front of him, Arthur was not at all worried about losing this fight.
Well, maybe if Kingpin used one of those Marvel villain tricks he could lose.
Kingpin looked at him seriously.
He began to take off his suit, ready to fight Arthur.
How dare he? A mere mutant comes to attack him, the king of crime.
The atmosphere was tense, as Kingpin looked at Arthur with condescension in his eyes.
He was confident of his imminent victory.
"Hold my suit while I kill this mutant and my cane."
"Y-yes, boss!"
Throwing his suit towards his still stunned subordinates, Kingpin prepared to fight.
(Let's see how strong I get after doing this)
Arthur started using Awakening Breath.
"Ahhhhh~~"
This was a breathing technique that extracts the maximum potential of the body. When used, the user's physical capabilities are temporarily increased
With a swift movement, Kingpin rushed towards Arthur with a powerful punch.
Arthur quickly dodged skillfully and with a movement as smooth as water he redirected Kingpin's fist to hit him in the face.
Thud! Crack!
The sound of bone breaking was heard by everyone.
Kingpin had broken his own nose, blood dripping from his nose as he stared in bewilderment at his own blood-stained fist.
"Arrgh! You damn mutant." Furiously he advanced towards Arthur again.
The Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist is a style that involves understanding and recreating the flows of torrential and undulating forces within one's own body, placing this in the user's fists.
When used by a skilled fighter, this martial art is very effective and powerful, especially against humanoid opponents, and as long as the opponents are of a certain size, the martial arts can still affect them.
Bang!!
At that moment Arthur once again redirected Kingpin's punch, this time towards the ground.
"Piercing Fang!"
With his fingertips, Arthur hit the smallest weak spots with single blows of incredible precision.
The force behind the blow sent Kingpin flying backwards, but before he could hit the wall Arthur used another move.
"Instant movement."
Arthur unleashed on Kingpin using special footwork, moving quickly and fluidly as if he was flowing like water and aimed precisely at his vital points.
"Blergh!!" Kingpin vomited a large amount of blood as he was hit by several of Arthur's attacks.
"W-what the hell is going on!?"
Kingpin was kneeling on the ground while still spitting out blood.
He looked perplexed at the blood that kept coming out of his mouth.
He quickly tried to think of something to help him win.
(My cane is too far away and my-)
Before he finished thinking, he felt pressure on his head.
Arthur had gotten in front of him and stepped on his head, burying his face in the ground.
BOOM! Crack!
"My name is Arthur Morgan..."
(What?)
"I'm 20 years old, I live in Queens, New York."
"I'm not married nor am I in a serious relationship at the moment."
"I'm a renowned, world-famous writer, I'm not a smoker and I only drink on a few occasions."
(What is this guy talking about!? And why can't I get up!? Because he's so strong!?)
"I always go to bed at 11 o'clock at night, and I make a point of always getting 8 hours of sleep, no matter what."
"I usually have a glass of tea with milk and do some stretches before going to bed and I usually have an uninterrupted sleep."
As he spoke, Arthur stepped harder and harder on Kingpin's head, gradually sinking his head further into the ground.
"I wake up and get up in the morning without the slightest tiredness, as if I were a little baby without worries."
"At my last health check-up they didn't find any problems."
(Why the hell is he saying that!? Arrrgh!!)
Crack!!
"I am a person who always seeks to maintain inner peace..."
Crack!!
"I always avoid problems or creating enemies..."
"That's my way of dealing with society, however... If I were forced into a confrontation, I'm sure I wouldn't lose."
"In short, you are a complete nuisance capable of keeping me up at night..."
Crack!
"Therefore you, Wilson Fisk, are my enemy..."
Arthur removed his foot from Kingpin's head, crouched down and grabbed him by the head.
Arthur looked him straight in the eyes.
Kingpin's face was deformed and bruised and blood was oozing from wounds on his face.
Arthur's eyes took on a yellow glow while a black aura seemed to emanate from his body.
"But as much as I wanted to just kill you and be done with it, I would have even more problems to deal with." Arthur spoke as he looked at him.
"W-what do you want...?" Kingpin muttered as he tried to stay conscious.
"I don't want anything from someone like you."
Arthur let go of his head as he stood up and kicked him in the face sending him straight into the wall.
Arthur stood up and took out a small paper with strange writings, they seemed to be kanji.
"Let's get this over with." Arthur spoke in a cold tone as he placed the paper on Kingpin's forehead.
"With this I won't have to worry about you causing me problems anymore..."
[Loyalty Seal: Single Use – Super Rare]
[After use, the Target of the seal will be completely loyal to you]
Soon the power of the seal kicked in, manipulating Kingpin's mind.
Seeing that the seal had worked, Arthur woke Kingpin.
"Hey! Wake up you filthy pig!"
The men in the room were speechless with fear at that moment, the situation was far beyond what they expected. If they had weapons in their hands, perhaps they could be more courageous.
But before entering the hideout, all his weapons were confiscated.
Even though they were his confidants, Kingpin didn't fully trust them.
Noticing that Kingpin was waking up, Arthur stood up and walked away.
In an instant Kingpin regained consciousness.
Seeing Kingpin awake, the men could only place their hope of survival in him.
They quickly rushed towards him.
"Sir. What do we do now?"
"This man is very strong..."
However, Kingpin's actions in the next moment surprised everyone.
Kingpin knelt in front of Arthur like a devoted servant.
"Mr. Morgan, I am very sorry for today's offense, and I am willing to compensate you for all your losses in any way you wish."
"As long as it's something I can do."
All the men behind Kingpin were dumbfounded, the king of New York's underworld was now kneeling, asking for forgiveness.
Is this still the Kingpin they knew?
(It would be nice if I pretended a little...)
"Give me a reason to let you go."
"I believe I will be more useful alive than dead."
"If I die, the whole of New York will be in chaos, and there may be unpleasant people who will try to provoke you in the future."
"And you think I'm scared of this?"
Kingpin lowered his head again: "Of course not, but it will still be very troublesome for you, Mr. Morgan."
Arthur smiled, yes, Kingpin was acting the way he wanted.
"You're very smart, okay, you convinced me."
It was just like Kingpin said, if he died, the entire criminal underworld of New York would be in chaos.
At that time, there will definitely be problems knocking at your door.
Arthur isn't afraid of problems, but he doesn't want to have to deal with them all the time.
With his current wealth and status, it would be a joke to say that no one is watching him.
News of rich people being kidnapped and extorted is not uncommon.
Leaving that face alive could help him avoid most problems in the future and that was exactly his intention after using that item.
That's why Arthur didn't kill Kingpin now.
Upon seeing Arthur release him, Kingpin immediately breathed a sigh of relief, His bruised face seemed to have received some vigor again.
Arthur continued, "You're an intelligent person, and you should also know that I want to keep a low profile."
"So everything that happened today must not be known to anyone."
"Understood, Mr. Morgan."
"I promise that other than you and me, no one will know what happened here."
The meaning of his words was obvious.
The men also felt the murderous intent emanating from Kingpin.
"Sir, I swear I won't say anything."
"I swear I won't tell anyone what happened today!"
"N-no!! Boss, please don't!"
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The next minute was a one-sided massacre.
With Kingpin's strength, killing these men was extremely easy, and soon the last man standing was caught by Kingpin by the neck.
In the process of suffocating, he begged again and again.
"Kingpin... Sir..."
"P-please..."
Crack!!!
The last person died, and Kingpin threw the body into the corner like he was throwing garbage.
When he turned around, Arthur was no longer there.
He survived!
As if relieved of a heavy burden, he knelt on the ground, panting heavily.
His back was sweaty.
He began to finally feel the pain from his injuries.
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After leaving the area, Kingpin summoned his men again and burned the entire place to the ground, completely destroying the corpses and erasing all traces of what happened there.
At the same time, it also released a signal to the entire underworld.
Anyone who dares to cause problems for Arthur will also be against him.
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NYPD - Technology Division.
George anxiously watched the operations of his colleagues, and soon a group of police officers interrupted his work.
"What's the result?"
George asked immediately.
The technician said with a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, all the data and files are still there, they have not been deleted or transferred."
"We also found no trace of modification to the files."
As soon as these words were spoken, the stone that had been weighing heavily on everyone's hearts finally fell to the ground.
"If nothing was manipulated, why did the hacker break into our system?"
A more attentive police officer asked.
Based on his years of experience in handling similar cases, George analyzed, "Can you locate this hacker's IP address?"
The technicians looked at each other and shook their heads.
George looked thoughtful, this result was expected.
"Since that is the case, unfortunately, I will need you to work overtime during this period to prevent something like this from happening again."
"If this hacker makes any moves again, you must do everything possible to locate his IP address!"
"Yes captain!"
(End of chapter)
Much better than the first version, at least for me.