Inside the tall, hidden chamber that had just been opened, several red-clad ninjas simultaneously turned their heads and looked over…
"The Hand?"
Ye Li was momentarily stunned but quickly analyzed the situation in his mind.
...That's right, this is a complete world.
If he could get involved in this murder case, then other forces from the Marvel world could intervene as well...
'…But what's the Hand doing getting involved in a case involving sacrifice and the five-elemental internal organs?'
"What? People from the Hand again?"
Jessica asked in confusion.
"What's going on? Wasn't their leader, Madame Gao, already dealt with by Mathilda?"
Ye Li explained to her: "Madame Gao was just one of the 'Five Fingers' of The Hand, not the true leader."
While the siblings were talking—
Click—
Cindy immediately pressed the activation button. Knowing that she was here to rescue Chen Ying today, she specifically wore her battle suit.
Ka-cha—ka-cha—ka-cha—
Black and white patterns quickly covered her delicate figure.
As the red armor on either side of her cheeks folded into a half-face mask, her 'Web' suit was fully equipped.
Whoosh—!
She shot a webline to the ceiling and vaulted over the red ninjas trying to intercept, swinging straight toward Chen Ying lying on the altar.
Meanwhile, on Jessica's side.
Though she wasn't in full costume, the clothes she wore were woven from the Web of Fate, changing at will.
Tap—
The girl lightly stepped forward.
Her figure skillfully swayed behind Ye Li—
Entering from the left.
Exiting from the right.
By the time she reached the right side.
She was already dressed in a silver-and-black Knightess outfit.
"Brother, stay back."
A gleam of silver cut through the air.
Jessica faced off against the ninja swinging his blade.
Even though she knew that Ye Li had learned incredible magic and was no longer an ordinary person, she still instinctively wanted to protect him.
Crack—!
A side-flip spin kick—
Her shin slid past the blade and struck the enemy's chest.
His ribs shattered and pierced into his heart.
The first ninja disintegrated into dust.
Then came the second, third…
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In just a few heartbeats, Knightess had nearly wiped out the whole batch of cannon-fodder ninjas.
Ye Li watched idly...
Don't be fooled by how effortlessly Jessica was handling this. If things had gone according to the original trajectory and only Qin Feng's group had found this place, they would have been doomed.
Tap, tap, tap...
Speak of the devil, and he appears.
At the entrance of the hidden passage, three people rushed in.
It was none other than Qin Feng, Tang Ren, and Song Yi.
The Chinatown Detective Trio was completely stunned by the battle scene in the secret chamber...
"Knightess fighting against superheroes?"
Tang Ren grinned, revealing his gold teeth, with his head full of question marks: "Is this a movie shoot? Old Qin, are we sure we didn't go to the wrong place?"
"This...this..."
Qin Feng stammered, "This...this isn't what I expected at all..."
Song Yi, noticing Ye Li looked like a handsome Chinese guy, curiously asked, "Bro, what's going on here?"
Ye Li kept his gaze on the altar and didn't respond immediately.
At the altar.
Cindy was lifting up Chen Ying, when a dark figure suddenly emerged, stabbing at her with a scalpel—
Pa!
She raised her hand and grabbed the shadow's wrist, her slender fingers exerting immense force, making the attacker cry out in pain and drop the weapon.
Clang~
The scalpel clattered to the ground.
The shadowy figure was dragged out by Cindy and thrown into the candlelight.
"That looks like him!"
Tang Ren recognized the figure. "Looks like that doctor!"
Qin Feng: "It really is him! ...But what's with all these ninjas?"
"Why did you capture Officer Chen?"
Cindy, still supporting Chen Ying, questioned Dr. James, confused. "What did you do to her? Why can't she move?"
"It's the effect of sevoflurane..."
Qin Feng answered.
Tang Ren stepped forward to check.
But as he passed by Ye Li, Ye Li reached out and pressed his shoulder. "Don't go. There's someone else in the shadows."
Tang Ren: "Huh?"
Whoosh—!!
A sharp dagger, gleaming coldly, shot through the air with a piercing sound, aimed precisely at Cindy on the altar.
Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz—!
Cindy's Spider-Sense flared up, warning her in advance, allowing her to grab Chen Ying and dodge.
Ding!
The dagger embedded itself in the ground.
Although it missed, it forced Cindy back, giving Dr. James a chance to get up again.
At the same time.
A well-proportioned silhouette emerged from the darkness.
Under the candlelight's illumination.
The conspicuous bullseye symbol on the forehead stood out...
'Bullseye?'
Ye Li instinctively thought of Bullseye but quickly dismissed it—
Bullseye was indeed an enemy of Daredevil, but he had also clashed with Spider-Man. If it were truly Bullseye, the system should have given a notification.
.....
There was no need for Ye Li to guess.
The mysterious figure soon revealed their full appearance—
Her face was painted completely white, with two black dots below her eyes, and her black hair was tied up with a hairpin.
She resembled a geisha in appearance.
She wore a tight black-and-white uniform adorned with eerie concentric circular patterns.
Her outfit exuded an unsettling yet slightly comical aura.
'Ah, so it's her…'
Ye Li recognized the woman—
— 'Lady Bullseye' Maki Matsumoto.
Maki Matsumoto was originally just a woman who had been captured by the Yakuza to be turned into a weapon. However, she happened to witness Bullseye breaking into the gang's hideout for a mission, used the chaos to escape, and was inspired by him to become an assassin.
It seemed that she was currently working for The Hand.