Crack!
A crisp sound of bone breaking rang out.
The hand gripping Alex’s collar immediately went limp and let go, freeing him.
Then Bald John started screaming.
“AHHHH!
MY HAND!
MY WRIST!
AAAAHHH!” Alex still didn’t let go.
He continued holding Bald John’s right hand tightly, making sure everyone present, including Peter Parker, could see it clearly.
The expressions of the onlookers immediately changed.
There was no way Bald John would cooperate with a handsome guy like this to put on an act, so his wrist had genuinely been crushed.
‘Hiss!
Who was this blond guy?
He really crushed Bald John’s wrist with his bare hand.
How is he so strong?’ Quietly, some of the spectators fled.
To survive in a place as rough as Hell’s Kitchen, strength alone wasn’t enough.
You also needed good judgment.
You had to know who you could provoke and who you couldn’t.
If you messed with the wrong person, you might not even know how you died.
Clearly, anyone capable of crushing a person’s wrist with his bare hand was not someone easy to bully, no matter who he was.
Some people who felt the matter had nothing to do with them left.
Others left because they worried this blond man might settle accounts afterward and deal with everyone who had mocked him earlier.
That wasn’t impossible.
The thugs of Hell’s Kitchen judged others by their own standards and came to that conclusion.
Of course, even more people stayed to watch.
Their thinking was simple.
No matter how strong this blond kid was, could he really take on a whole crowd by himself?
Ignoring everyone’s reactions, Alex glanced at young Peter and continued applying pressure to Bald John’s wrist.
Crack!
This time it completely broke apart.
The broken hand hung limply from the wrist.
There was no wound, but the broken area was badly swollen.
That alone showed how skilled Minato was.
Breaking someone’s bones without damaging the skin wasn’t something that could be done with strength alone.
It also required technique.
Alex had learned this technique from the memories he received from Minato.
It was used by Konoha when interrogating prisoners.
Now it seemed the technique wasn’t only useful for interrogations.
It also worked well for intimidating ordinary people.
“AAAAHHH!” Bald John clutched his hand and rolled around on the ground in pain.
Peter took several steps back in fright.
Alex walked over and gently placed a hand on Peter’s head.
“Kid, don’t be scared.
What’s your name?” Since he was looking for someone to trigger a mission anyway, he might as well find someone he liked.
This child seemed pretty likable.
Even if he didn’t have anything he could offer as mission payment, it was still better than helping those idiots.
So Alex wanted this child to become his employer and give him missions.
“I…
I-I’m Peter Parker!” Even though he was frightened by what had happened, Peter still gave his name.
‘This man doesn’t seem to be completely good…’ Alex raised an eyebrow.
He looked carefully at Peter’s face and confirmed that this really was the future Spider-Man.
‘Who would have thought that casually looking for a random mission would lead me to a superhero?’ ‘Even if he is only a future superhero.’ Still, Spider-Man was indeed likable, and Alex had no intention of changing his plans because of Peter Parker’s future identity.
Seeing Peter’s expression, Alex guessed what he was thinking and explained.
“Peter, how do you think bad people should be treated?” To a boy around ten years old, bad people were those who bullied others.
So based on his own experiences, he answered, “Talk them into stopping and make them stop bullying people.” “But what if you can’t convince them?”, Alex pointed at Bald John, who was lying on the ground screaming, “There will always be some people you can’t persuade with words.
What would you do then?” Peter fell into thought.
After a while, he answered, “I would run away and stay far away so he couldn’t find me.” Avoiding the problem might be embarrassing, but it worked.
Most people thought this way when dealing with bad people.
There was nothing wrong with that.
But Alex said, “Running away won’t solve the problem.
You can run away, but what about everyone else?
If you run away and your friend gets bullied because of it, what would you do then?” This was another difficult question.
The young Spider-Man still thought about it seriously.
“I’d want to come back and drive the bad guy away, but I might not have the ability to do that.” “Let’s say you did have that ability.” “Then I’d definitely come back and drive the bad guy away!”, Peter Parker said firmly.
“Good!
Very good!” Alex gently rubbed Spider-Man’s head.
“When dealing with bad people, if you don’t want to kill them, then you need to make them afraid.
Make them never dare to do bad things again.” “And different bad people have different limits.” “Take this bald guy for example.
He’s the kind who bullies the weak and fears the strong.
Even if you lectured him today, he’d still go bully other people another day.” “So I chose to directly take away the tool he uses to commit his crimes, making it impossible for him to bully others in the future.”