Erica was chosen by Shou Hehui and became Heikong, which Gunsou did not expect. The truth is... I can only blame damn fate.
"Enough!" Matt didn't believe these so-called legends at all, or he didn't want to believe them. "If you still want me to help you deal with Shou Hehui, don't involve other people!"
"Matt...Erica has to..."
"I've said enough!" Matt grabbed the water glass on the table and threw it to the ground, interrupting Stickman's words.
The room fell into silence. Neither Gunsou nor Matt spoke. The two blind men looked at each other. It could be seen from their expressions that neither of them had any intention of changing their minds.
About three minutes later, Gunsou let out a long sigh: "Matt... you are so naive."
After saying that, Gunsou stood up holding his guide stick. He walked step by step to the door: "You don't have much time. If... I will complete the mission in my own way."
Matt turned to look at Gunsou, but Gunsou had already disappeared from there.
He knew that that was the last chance given to him by Stickman to find Erica and defeat Shou Hehui. Otherwise, Zhenchun will definitely kill Erica!
Oh, and Daniel. Although Matt didn't understand the meaning of the Iron Fist, judging from what Gunsou meant, the Iron Fist was the key to dealing with the Shouhehui.
It seemed that Stickman had given in, but the pressure on Matt had not eased at all. Each of these things weighed on Matt like a mountain. Whether it is finding Erica or convincing the police to let Daniel go, it is not an easy task. Even finding Erica, the simplest thing, Matt is not confident to handle.
Exhausted, Matt threw himself on the sofa. He felt so tired.
After a while, Matt shot up from the couch. He couldn't rest yet, time was running out now. He had no time to feel sorry for himself. He had to find a way. Although Hand Hehui fell into silence, Matt felt a strong sense of worry. He felt that it was the calm before the storm, and they must be planning something.
At this time, Matt felt deeply lonely. He was too tired to be alone.
One person...one person?
Matt felt like he had caught something.
It’s true that I can’t fight against the Shouhehui alone, but what if I find some allies?
Matt immediately perked up.
The other party is not strong enough on his own, so why not ask for help?
For example...Batman!
…
Batman is so popular lately!
New York showed unreserved enthusiasm for the superhero who had moved to New York. All kinds of media were overwhelmingly promoting Batman's arrival in New York. It was as if Batman was a transfer of an NBA superstar. Even the New York Knicks came out to take advantage of the popularity. This NBA club actually immediately launched a Batman co-branded jersey.
It is said that after the joint jersey was launched that day, the Knicks were immediately sued, saying that they had violated their portrait rights. Of course, Batman couldn't be so bored and went to fight this lawsuit. It was Batman's fans who actually initiated this lawsuit. The Knicks immediately got the hammer and immediately became popular.
The Knicks held a press conference before the game that night, and they declared that fan behavior cannot rise to the level of idols. Of course, the Knicks are not completely shameless. They said that the Knicks are willing to pay corresponding fees for the use of image rights, and are even willing to offer a large contract and reach an agreement with Batman, provided that Batman is willing to negotiate with them.
Although this move is rogue, it has to be said that this move has allowed many businesses to see business opportunities.
Yeah, Batman is such a good publicity stunt, why didn’t they think of that.
If the traffic is large, I don’t know how much better than those celebrities. The key is that it doesn’t cost money.
So overnight, all kinds of products related to Batman were put on the shelves, as if New York turned into the city of Batman overnight.
And Batman fans couldn't be more furious. They were offended, but... Batman himself was indifferent to it, and neither were they. They don't own Batman's likeness. We can only watch... well, it's not just watching, of course they want to buy, buy, buy.
This is actually nothing, and what is even more shameless is that someone actually registered the Batman logo and the name Batman, and declared that he owned the naming rights and trademarks of Batman. In other words, Batman If you want to use this name or logo, you must pay him!
As a result, this guy was besieged by a group of Batman fans that day. Fortunately, these fans knew that Batman is a righteous superhero, so they didn't go overboard.
It was just a matter of surrounding him and shouting at the top of his lungs: "Shame!"
Well, the theme of ice and fire was actually played out in advance.
This made the guy extremely embarrassed, but he still didn't feel that he was at fault. He just felt that he had discovered a business opportunity. Not only that, he became so angry that he even registered the trademarks of The Three Girls of Chicago, The Flash, and Hannibal in one go! He didn't even register the trademarks of Iron Man and Iron Patriot. After all, those two have always shown their true colors. Besides, those two people are not easy to mess with.
This time, this guy became the enemy of all superhero fans.
Then the next day, someone signed a petition on the White House's official website, asking the White House to rule on the matter.
Two hours later, the number of signatures exceeded 100,000, and by the next day, more than a million had signed. The White House had to pay attention to this and start consultations. In the evening, the White House spokesperson talked about this issue at a regular press conference and said that the President had discussed with the federal justice to see if the matter could be resolved from a legal perspective.
It is said that nine federal justices also have different opinions on this. For this reason, it is rare for the nine justices to debate and vote on such a trivial matter.
The consequence of this news was that on the third day, the number of signatures on the White House official website increased instead of decreasing. It suddenly exceeded 6 million, and is still increasing at a rapid rate. At this time, the popularity of several superheroes suddenly exploded.
Many people who didn't pay much attention to this matter also participated consciously or unconsciously, and it suddenly became a hot topic among the people.
On the fourth day, the number of signatures exceeded 12 million, and the influence spread again. The mentality of conformity began to play a role. Many people who did not care about this topic were inexplicably involved. By the afternoon, the official White House website was officially down. collapse!
For this reason, the White House had to announce a formal suspension of the signature and said that the president had felt the surge of public opinion and was urging the federal justices to give an explanation.
Originally, according to the efficiency of the American judicial system, it would have been impossible to reach a conclusion in just a few months. The efficiency of the American judicial system has always been worrisome. It is normal for them to try a very common murder case for several years. You can say that they are responsible for the case, but it is an indisputable fact that such inefficiency is a waste of resources.
But in this matter, the nine high-ranking justices were surprisingly efficient and gave an accurate statement on the sixth day.
"The name of a superhero is itself a convention. Before the person involved makes any response, these things should belong to everyone." Then the man's magical operation was declared invalid.
This is an unconventional case and even violates the U.S. Constitution to some extent.
But surprisingly no one spoke out about this matter. After all, strictly speaking, these superheroes are all illegal!
Of course, this may also be a concession to capital, because on the day the federal justice announced this decision, countless large companies began to make a fuss about the name of superheroes unscrupulously, and various derivatives emerged one after another.
Even Hollywood has gotten involved, with many film companies setting up projects and deciding to make superhero movies.
Kai couldn't describe how he felt when he saw the news.
So feeling that things were a bit out of control, he directly found Stark. The two of them worked together and authorized the Stark Group directly in the name of all superheroes. In the future, the copyrights of superheroes will be handed over to the Stark Group for operation.
Afterwards, Natalie and Pepper held a press conference to announce that Stark Group had received authorization from superheroes. In the future, Stark Group will be responsible for all copyright issues related to superheroes!
Well, strictly speaking, this is still illegal and invalid. Because no superhero would actually leave their real name on the authorization document. But this kind of thing... right, it's not normal in the first place.
So in order to avoid some trouble, Stark Group announced that they would not pursue any copyright infringements before the moment they held the press conference.
But then you have to pay a certain copyright fee. This copyright fee needs to be negotiated with the copyright company specially established by the Stark Group.
At the same time, Stark Group guarantees that all related income will be collected into a special fund, which will be used for charity in all cities where superheroes are located. Regarding the charity fund, Stark Group’s financial department has begun preparations and will go online next month.
The content of this charitable foundation is very large, including relief and employment training for the poor, protection and education of minors, subsidies and assistance to the police, construction and investment in poverty-stricken areas, etc.
In this way, this trend gradually receded.
But it is precisely because of this that the names of Batman and others are really popular around the world.
But this also caused some trouble for Matt, because he had no idea where to start looking for Batman.
Matt actually had an easier way, which was to go directly to Kai.
Now basically everyone who should know knows that Kai and Batman are connected. As for how to contact him, no one knows. Anyway, Hydra and SHIELD didn't find out.
But since the last time because of the Punisher, Matt and Kai have parted ways. It doesn't mean that they don't have to be friends anymore, but... regarding the vigilante matter, Matt doesn't feel that he and Kai have a basis for cooperation. He is the same type of person as the Punisher.
On the contrary, Batman is very to his liking, because Batman adheres to the principle of not killing.
Even among those ninjas who fought with each other, Batman still didn't kill anyone.
This was something that Matt himself never expected. Thinking of what those ninjas did, Matt himself couldn't help but kill a few ninjas, because those guys were all monsters! Can't be considered a human being at all. But Batman managed to avoid killing anyone!
In the eyes of others, this is a fool's errand. But in Matt’s opinion…this is simply an idol! ! !
But the problem is, he really can't find Batman.
In fact, no one in this world can find Batman. Except Kai!
But what a coincidence.
Aren't those troubles making a lot of noise recently?
Kai felt that Batman should come out more and move around more. Damn it, those people just saw that Batman rarely went out, so they joked about Batman's name unscrupulously. Really are!
So Kai felt that he should let his avatar go out for activities more often, so as to calm down those idiots a little bit.
At first, Kai didn't think that the clone's power was of any use. At most, it was just to deceive others. However, as Goldfinger collected more and more energy, Kai spent energy points on the clone's power. This thing is so useful!
As the clone's ability receives more energy points, its effect becomes stronger and stronger.
Although it is still weaker than the main body, it can last longer and longer, which also results in the clone being able to stay away from the main body.
This is also the confidence that Kai can travel around with a few vests on his back.
To be honest, other powers don't actually bring much strength bonus to Kai. Whether it's a sure-hit power or a shock power, at most they just make Kai look more fancy, and he's actually a clone. It's true. It can indeed bring a lot of benefits to Kai.
So some time ago, Kai sent Batman's clone to Los Angeles to increase his presence. Then Hannibal follows up and harvests a wave of souls. After two appearances in Los Angeles, it’s New York’s turn!
…
Clinton District, the headquarters of the Viper Gang.
The Viper Gang is a new gang. Although it has not been active for too long, it has expanded very quickly. They originally operated as a gang in Harlem and did illegal business. However, due to Kingpin's strong rule, the Viper Gang could only hide in Harlem until the Viper Gang got involved with government officials. I don't know how. This opened up Jin Bin's joints and allowed the territory to be expanded.
When Kingpin disappeared, the Viper Gang was completely released and began to expand rapidly!
No, now they have arrived at the holy place of gangsters - Hell's Kitchen!
Being established here is equivalent to being on the New York gang list.
Mike Owen, a leader of the Viper Gang. Now he's in charge of the Hell's Kitchen stronghold. Irving is a native of the Clinton area and has some connections there. At the same time, this guy is also a drug addict with a crazy brain. He gets crazy from time to time and dares to kill anyone when he goes crazy. It is said that his dead dad was driven crazy by him. Killed at the time.
So many people are afraid of him.
Owen knew, but he didn't care. On the contrary, he enjoyed this feeling. When he was a child, he was autistic and timid because of his father's abuse. Until he came into contact with drugs, which completely released him, he has been unable to extricate himself. Maybe he lacks something and wants to make up for it. He has been weak since he was a child. , just like that everyone is afraid of him.
Today is a day for bulk goods. Owen brought a large amount of drugs to the gang of hawkers and paid the bills. These street gangs are the street salesmen of the gangs. They get their goods from here and are protected by the gang to sell on their turf, but on top of the drug money, the men pay an additional monthly protection fee.
It is actually rare for gang members to actually end up selling goods. Most bulk sellers belong to these small gangs. Many of them are not actually gang members, they are just forced by life.
Many gangsters rely on this to make money. The Viper Gang is no exception.
Things were going smoothly at first, but just when it was about to end, the thick iron door made three crisp clanging sounds, and then stopped.
The two gangsters guarding the gate raised their guns vigilantly. This rhythm was not a code for the guards outside.
Owen immediately looked at the bulk vendors. He suspected that these people had betrayed him.
But the bulk vendors all turned pale with fright, and they didn't look like they had the guts to be second-in-commands.
After a slight pause, three more knocks on the door sounded.
It was still as unhurried and moderately paced as a polite person would do when asking for directions to a stranger's house.
Owen waved his hand, signaling the guards in the hall to take out their guns, be alert, and be ready to fire at any time.
Seeing that his men were ready, he gestured to the gangster at the door and asked him to use the small window on the door to observe who was coming.
Then he froze...
"Fake!!!"
