MUP: Chapter 109. Jiu You

"Oh, this is a fairyland on earth!"

"Why didn't I come to New York earlier!"

"I love New York!"

On the streets of New York, Ryan's Master Roshi exclaimed with a look of excitement as he looked at the skimpily dressed women in the streets.

There were none of the immortal sage-like appearances he had before.

"Is he always like this?"

Natasha looked at Master Roshi, who was walking ahead and looked excited. She subconsciously raised her slender eyebrows and asked the Ip Man beside her.

"Master Roshi is ... an easy-going type." Ip Man replied with a bitter and embarrassed look.

Ip Man glanced at Natasha, who clearly had deliberately dressed up eye-catchingly, "Even if I'm not sure about your intentions, I know you don't know much about Peng Lai. If you insist on investigating Peng Lai, you're doomed to suffer."

However, obviously, Ip Man's words had the opposite effect. Facing his bitter persuasion, Natasha was secretly wary, but on the surface, she still smiled and said, "Dangerous or not, we'll judge for ourselves. What's more, you're not the only one who has the information about Peng Lai now."

With that said, Natasha waved her long hair flirtatiously and turned toward Ryan, who was walking up front.

Behind them, Ip Man made a helpless expression.

　　...

As an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Natasha clearly knew how to make use of her advantages, and her charm was evident in every smile.

Fortunately, Ryan knew exactly what she wanted.

Therefore, even though he was outwardly fascinated by Natasha, his heart was very calm.

From there, Natasha looked at the lustful look on Ryan's face. Sensing that it was almost the right time, she asked, "Master Roshi, about Peng Lai that you mentioned before. What kind of place is it?"

"Master Roshi!"

Hearing Natasha's words, Ip Man, who had been following behind, immediately spoke up and wanted to stop it.

"Peng Lai... Peng Lai has a very long history ..."

But apparently, Ip Man's warning didn't do much good. It was purely intentional on Ryan's part.

"... I can't remember exactly how long, but it was first said to be an existence used by the Celestial beings to seal demonic beings. As time went by, it became a legendary mysterious island in people's minds."

"Celestial beings... demonic beings..."

The two descriptions Ryan mentioned were intentionally vague; Natasha couldn't fully understand the meaning but noted it down in her heart. Then, she continued to ask, "What about the mysterious person Ip Man had contacted you about, Master Roshi?"

When Natasha mentioned the part about the mysterious person, Ip Man, who was on the sidelines, listened with a concerned expression.

"Mysterious person? I haven't seen the person yet, but based on Ip Man's description, I think they're someone from Jiu You. Or in your English, their name roughly means the ninth level of the immortal underworld."

"Jiu You?"

Natasha and Ip Man looked at each other in silence, both seeing the look of surprise in each other's eyes.

'Jiu You. Another name I hadn't heard of before. '

[Reputation points from Natasha Romanoff +120]

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Fisk Building, Manhattan.

When he returned to his building after a few months of being away, Kingpin's expression didn't change much.

The huge figure took a seat in the office. Kingpin waved his hand for all the men in the room to withdraw before turning his head to look somewhere in the shadows of the room and whispered, "Come out, I know you're here."

"..."

Half a second later, a raspy voice came from the shadows, followed by a dark silhouette.

"You came out quicker than I expected."

"I gave up on some plans." Kingpin replied in a low voice, "What happened in prison made me understand that I'm not omnipotent. There are some things in this world that could still hold me back. I used to obey the law because it brought me benefits, but now they became my shackles."

With that, Kingpin stood up from his chair, revealing the ankle monitor on his leg.

Although he succeeded in getting out of prison, it wasn't without sacrifice.

The ankle monitor on his leg was his compromise.

"It seems that you're more resilient than I thought."

Pulling back their gaze from the ankle monitor, the dark figure faintly remarked.

Glancing down from the ankle monitor he had compromised on, Kingpin looked gloomy and annoyed, "I spent over a decade successfully integrating the forces throughout Hell's Kitchen, making my way to the top, transforming myself into a successful entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. I tried to keep everything in balance, but apparently, some people don't share the same opinion. So I need the power of Jiu You to help me remove these obstacles. If Jiu You is really as powerful as you say it is."

With that, Kingpin turned around and stepped towards the shadows.

His huge body enveloped everything around him in darkness. He lowered his voice, "However, if I find that you have been lying to me, be prepared to bear my wrath."

It was obvious that Kingpin didn't believe this so-called 'ninth level of the underworld', Jiu You.

However, in the face of Kingpin's threat, the figure in the shadows didn't waver in the slightest. They still replied in their hoarse voice, "If you want Jiu You's help, there will be a price to pay."

"Fair enough." Kingpin had no objection to that and gently nodded, "What's the price?"

"Loyalty."

"Loyalty?" Hearing the words from the shadow, Kingpin sneered as if he had heard a joke, "Impossible. People have sworn to follow me, I have never sworn loyalty to others." As a crime lord, Kingpin would never pledge his allegiance to anyone, even if it was a large and mysterious organisation.

"Perhaps you need time to think about it a little more, Kingpin."

The figure in the shadow didn't waver because of Kingpin's rejection. He still spoke in a cold tone, "Instead of just saying no like an arrogant fool, you should know that Jiu You didn't just pick you."

The dark figure's words silenced Kingpin for a moment.

However, in the next second, Kingpin, who had been silent, suddenly raised the cane in his hand and aimed it toward the figure in the shadows.

The fearsome laser shot out of the cane, but no screams were heard from the shadows.

Seeing that, Kingpin frowned, feeling a twinge of regret at his hasty move.

"Perhaps, you would rather be Jiu You's enemy? "

From the shadows, a tall figure in golden armour came out. He looked straight at Kingpin and spoke in an indifferent tone. On the man's chest, white wisps of smoke drifted above the mirror-like metal circle guard, evidence of the laser beam that Kingpin had previously shot out.

Silently looking at the man in the armour for a moment, Kingpin dropped the cane he was holding and said, "I'm willing to serve the Jiu You until the day I die!"