The old site of the Hand.
After all the core members of the Hand and the Five Fingers were wiped out, the entire organization was handed over to Jessica by Hasward to act as a cover for the invisible empire.
As for the true invisible empire, it lies in the shadows of the lowest levels of the Hand.
Under the moonlight, Matt looked at the door of the Hand Club and sighed quietly in his heart.
Ever since Jessica massacred ninjas last time, Matt felt that he couldn't get along with Jessica, so he would never take the initiative to come here unless Hasward summoned him.
But today is different...
Matt touched the whip marks on his chest and could still vaguely feel the burning pain. The previous battle could not help but come to mind.
The mysterious man with dark black eyes and cracks around his eyes used a variety of strange attack methods to suppress him until he almost couldn't breathe.
If it weren't for the Quincy's ability to walk through the air, I'm afraid he would have died in that dark alleyway and become a corpse!
When he thought of this, Matt couldn't help but look sad, clenched his fists, and said bitterly: "If I had awakened the power of the Quincy... I wouldn't have let them leave then!"
That day, Jessica opened her spiritual bow with both arms and shot down nearly a hundred ninjas in one fell swoop. Matt was quite envious of Jessica's power.
But the hateful thing is...
No matter how hard he trained during this period, he never inspired that power!
In addition to being able to control a small number of spirit sons, it is simply impossible to condense a spiritual bow as powerful as Jessica's, let alone let him shoot a torrential rain of arrows.
It was precisely because he had not awakened the spiritual bow and could only control a part of the weak spiritual energy that he was pressed to the ground and rubbed by the mysterious man.
Although he managed to escape in the end, he couldn't stop them from taking away the boy!
Contacting the information revealed by another person before, they captured the little boy in order to sacrifice him to the God of Darkness, which instantly inspired the heroic soul in Matt's body!
After integrating all the known information, Matt can basically make a conclusion.
This evil organization called 'The Fanatics' has a grand plan, and judging from the skilled tactics and tone of those people, it is not just the child they kidnapped today!
so......
In order to save the kidnapped children, even if he no longer wanted to see Jessica, Matt had no choice but to bite the bullet and step into the Hand's building.
The moment Matt stepped into the door with his left foot, the dark shadow projected through the moonlight instantly became like a living creature, squirming and swallowing him whole!
Matt didn't put up any resistance and allowed the shadow to drag him and sink to the ground.
After a few seconds.
When Matt opened his eyes again, he found that he had reached the bottom floor. In front of him was a ten-meter long and four-meter wide bronze table, with several seats placed on both sides.
Jessica was sitting on the right side of the long bronze table. She glanced at him coldly: "Why did you come to see me?"
The attitude is still as bad as ever...
Matt smiled bitterly in his heart, if he had known he would not be hypocritical.
Just because he couldn't bear to see Jessica massacre those ninjas, he tried to dissuade her in a humble way, but Jessica mistakenly thought he was disloyal to Hasward, and now he is being targeted everywhere.
"I have something I want to ask you for help with."
Matt shook his head, cleared his messy thoughts, straightened his back, looked at Jessica, and said.
Jessica's eyes narrowed slightly, and after a moment of silence, she spat out, "What's the matter?"
"It's about a group called the Zealots."
Matt told exactly what he saw.
After listening to Matt's description, a look of ridicule appeared on Jessica's face, and she sneered: "Sorry, please forgive me for refusing."
really......
Matt's face darkened. Before he came, he had vaguely guessed that there was a high possibility that he would be rejected by Jessica.
"The children who were kidnapped are all a group of children, and they are going to be sacrificed to the God of Darkness. Don't you have any compassion and can't bear to watch those children die?" Matt was still reluctant and tried to persuade Jess. Card helps.
"You seem to have misunderstood me, Matt Murdock."
Jessica said coldly: "The order given to me by Master Hasward is to hide the existence of the invisible empire and accumulate Quincy power in secret, but it does not let us meddle in our own business!
"Especially when fighting against such a mysterious organization, what if the existence of the invisible empire is exposed?"
"You should have seen the Battle of New York. If Soul Society detects our existence, do you plan to let Lord Hasward go to war with Soul Society over this trivial matter?"
Jessica's eyes were cold and she issued a series of questions, which immediately left Matt speechless.
If they want to take care of this, it means going to war with a mysterious evil organization!
When Soul Society traces the clues to the Invisible Empire, not only will they face the pursuit of death, but they may even implicate Lord Hasward!
In Jessica's mind, Hasward has the highest priority, followed by the growth and development of the organization, and finally her own 'selfishness'.
Although Jessica was slightly moved by what Matt said.
But when she thought that doing so might expose Hasward and lead to the Soul Society's pursuit, Jessica instantly extinguished that thought.
"I... want to see Lord Hasward!"
Matt was silent for a long time, then stared at Jessica with sharp eyes, and said word by word: "It is not up to you to decide whether to save her or not, let the adults decide!"
The only person who can change Jessica's mind is Lord Hasward!
In other words...
He wanted to save the children kidnapped by the fanatics, and only with Hasward's consent could Jessica help!
But doing so will undoubtedly deepen Jessica's prejudice against him.
But Matt doesn't care anymore. He would rather be punished afterwards than be a cold-blooded person who refuses to save anyone!
“Matt Murdock!!!”
The voice mixed with rage exploded in Matt's ears like a thunderbolt!
boom!
Before Matt could react, he saw Jessica suddenly disappear from the seat.
The next moment, his neck was pinched by a slender hand, and the huge force made him unable to breathe!
"Do you...want to die?"
Jessica's eyes were red, and she said with murderous intent: "I should have told you, anything that will endanger Mr. Hasward, I will eliminate it as soon as possible, and this includes you!"
"Cough cough... cough cough cough..."
Matt's face turned purple and his eyes were filled with fear!
He didn't expect this woman to be so ruthless and not even give him a chance to explain!
"Jessica, let go of him."
A gentle voice came from behind, making Jessica slightly stunned.
Matt, who was unconscious due to extreme hypoxia, felt a flash of ecstasy in his eyes after hearing the sound, because he knew he was saved!
really.
Under the command of that voice, Jessica let go of Matt without hesitation, then turned around and knelt down on one knee, bowed her head and said: "Lord Hasward...welcome home."
