“Miss, may I ask why you’re doing this?”
Kingpin sensed the threat of death, but he didn’t simply sit around and wait to die.
Instead, he actively searched for a way to survive.
If he wanted to live, the first thing he needed to understand was why Hela was treating him as an enemy.
Only by figuring out the reason could there be any possibility of resolving their grudge.
“My name is Hela, Ye Bai’s wife.”
Hela didn’t immediately attack.
Instead, she gave him a brief explanation.
The only purpose of doing so was to let Kingpin die knowing why.
Kingpin was about to say something else, but Hela’s “Night Sky Sword” flew from her hand and pierced straight through his powerful body.
Hela had no interest in wasting time here.
The sooner she finished, the sooner she could return and rest.
She was still injured, after all.
Odin’s seal had not been easy to break.
Poor Kingpin, the underground emperor, didn’t even get the chance to beg for mercy before dying at Hela’s hands, without ever understanding what had truly happened.
After taking care of everything, Hela didn’t linger.
In the blink of an eye, she disappeared from the room.
A long while later, a mechanical sound suddenly rang out.
A hidden compartment in the room opened, and a group of mobsters carrying heavy firearms emerged from a secret chamber.
The last person to emerge was a two-meter-tall, round-headed, obese man.
This was the real Kingpin.
He had been hiding inside the secret chamber the entire time.
The Kingpin Hela had killed earlier had merely been a substitute sent out in his place.
“Boss, she’s gone.
We’re safe for the time being.”
A fierce-looking bald man came over to Kingpin and spoke.
He was Kingpin’s number-one assassin, the notorious Bullseye, an emotionless killing machine.
“Let’s go.
We’re moving somewhere else.”
Kingpin gave the order coldly.
Everything that had happened today had left him in an utterly foul mood.
Because of a single Ye Bai, he had not only been threatened by S.H.I.E.L.D., but had now also been targeted by a terrifying woman.
If he had known this would happen, he never would have made a move against Ye Bai.
And just who the hell was Ye Bai?
How could he possibly have this much influence?
First S.H.I.E.L.D., then this terrifying woman whose background was completely unknown.
What was next?
Superman and aliens?
This was simply ridiculous.
Still, Kingpin’s methods and mentality were not lacking.
He was, after all, the underground emperor.
Now that he had confirmed Ye Bai was someone he couldn’t afford to provoke, all he had to do was leave him alone.
If he couldn’t afford to fight, he could always hide.
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Ye Bai knew nothing about what Hela had done.
In Ye Bai’s mind, Hela should have been lying in their bed at this very moment, enjoying a little extra sleep.
He was currently holding a book signing at an Ivy League university.
As one of the most popular bestselling authors in recent years, Ye Bai was quite famous.
The book signing had attracted not only numerous university students, but also many of Ye Bai’s fans who had traveled from other cities just to get a book personally signed by him.
Those were his true fans.
Toward the readers willing to spend money on his novels, Ye Bai was quite friendly.
He patiently signed books for the fans waiting in line, adding words of blessing to each one.
“Mr.
Ye Bai, hello.
I’m a huge fan of yours.
I especially love your Star Trek.
Could you please sign it for me?”
Standing before Ye Bai was a young woman with wine-red hair.
Her attractive features carried a naturally alluring charm, and her striking appearance immediately caught Ye Bai’s attention.
Without a doubt, she was exceptionally attractive.
However, Ye Bai only glanced at her before looking away.
His own wife was the best.
“Of course, beautiful lady.
What would you like me to write?”
Ye Bai answered calmly with a friendly smile.
“Thank you for being so generous.
Let me think about what to write.”
“Hmm, how about: ‘May you remain beautiful and charming forever.
To my dear Ms.
Natasha.’ That will do.”
The woman named Natasha Romanoff smiled as she spoke and handed the copy of Star Trek in her hands to Ye Bai.
Ye Bai didn’t expose Natasha’s identity.
He quickly wrote the message and returned the book to her.
At this point, Natasha still didn’t know that her identity had already been exposed.
She was already thinking about how to arrange another chance encounter so she could get closer to Ye Bai.
As a veteran agent, using the attraction between men and women to accomplish a mission was one of the skills Natasha had long since mastered.
Unfortunately, Ye Bai’s heart was completely unmoved.
Other than his wife Hela, no woman could make him fall for her.
Natasha’s plans were destined to fail.
Besides, Ye Bai would have to be incredibly foolish to get involved with Natasha simply because she was attractive.
As a spy and operative, Natasha had lived a life very different from Hela’s.
Hela, on the other hand, was completely inexperienced when it came to love.
Her feelings belonged entirely to Ye Bai.
There was simply no comparison between the two.
After Natasha, Ye Bai remained at the signing event for another two hours, spending the entire time signing books.
Fortunately, Ye Bai’s physical condition was already far beyond that of an ordinary person.
Otherwise, his hand would have been exhausted long before the event ended.
Soon, the book signing came to a successful conclusion, and it was already noon.
Normally, Ye Bai should have gone home at this point to prepare lunch for his wife, Hela.
But he still had something to take care of, so he wasn’t planning to return home just yet.
“Kingpin!”
Ye Bai thought to himself.
When it came to someone who had provoked him, Ye Bai naturally wasn’t going to let Kingpin off easily.
An eye for an eye and blood for blood.
That was Ye Bai’s way of doing things.
Poor Kingpin still had no idea that his troubles were far from over.
At that moment, Kingpin was hiding in an underground warehouse with his trusted subordinates.
The warehouse had been secretly constructed by Kingpin to store his private wealth.
It contained billions of dollars in cash, ten tons of gold, and countless pieces of jewelry.
With such an enormous fortune stored there, it went without saying that the defenses around the place were formidable.
The steel plates installed throughout the surrounding walls alone were nearly two meters thick, enough to withstand even missiles.
On top of that, more than a hundred elite mobsters were stationed there, equipped with heavy firepower to ensure that nothing could go wrong.
Only after arriving here did Kingpin finally regain some sense of security.
“Bullseye, have you gotten in touch with the people I asked you to contact?”
Kingpin asked his number-one assassin.
Bullseye was an assassin with superhuman abilities, so naturally, he knew many other mutants with extraordinary powers.
After Hela killed his substitute, Kingpin had begun preparing to gather those mutants together and form a personal guard to protect him.
“Don’t worry, Boss.
They’ll be here soon.”
Bullseye answered calmly.
Unlike Kingpin, who had been thoroughly frightened by what happened, Bullseye wasn’t actually afraid.
Although Hela was powerful, Bullseye felt that he wasn’t completely incapable of fighting her.
What era were they living in that someone was still using primitive attacks like throwing weapons?
Didn’t she know that firearms were the absolute kings of this age?
Yes, Bullseye’s confidence came from the fact that he believed Hela’s method of attacking was inferior to firearms.